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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: 7/9/2018 Document dates: 6/20/2018 – 6/27/2018 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. TO: FROM: DATE: rn CI TY 0 F PALO ALTO HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL BETH MINOR, CITY CLERK JUNE 25, 2018 2 SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 2-Approval of Action Minutes for the June 11, 12, 18, and 19, 2018 Council Meetings Action Minutes for the June 18 and June 19 Council Meetings have been added to this report for your review and approval. ~a Beth Minor City Clerk 1of1 TO: FROM: DATE: CITY OF PALO ALTO HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL JONATHAN LAIT, INTERIM DIRECTOR, PLANNING AND COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT JUNE 25, 2018 8 SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 8-CONSENT (QUASI-JUDICIAL): 2515-2585 El Camino Real [17PLN-00448]: Vesting Tentative Map Merging Two Lots and Subdividing the Combined 39,953 sf Lot Into 13 Residential Condominiums and up to 13 Retail Commercial Units and Facilitating Construction ofthe Previously Approved 39,858 sf Mixed-use Development Project {15PLN-00170). Staff recommends that the Record of Land Use (RLUA) Action provided with CMR #9255 be updated to revise Condition of Approval #15 to accommodate the applicant's construction scheduling issues. Public Works Engineering staff agreed to issue the Grading & Excavation permit once the Vesting Tentative Map (VTM) was approved and the appeal period had passed (and with the proper security provided for the grading permit scope of work). An updated RLUA is attached and the specific modifications to Condition of Approval #15 are reprinted here for convenience: PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR GRADING /\ND EXC/\l/i'\TION PERMIT: 15. ~ Map shall be recorded 1Nith Co1:1nty Recorder. As the Conditions of Approval for this development did not prohibit grading permit issuance prior to map recordation, PWE will allow the grading permit to be issue in advance of Final Map recordation pending the following items are addressed: (1) The Vesting Tentative Map needs to be approved by Council and the appeal period passed (2) Applicant will need to provide a grading bond to the City. Please provide an engineer's stamped and signed estimate for grading, drainage and C.3 work for City review. The bond must be provided in advance of grading permit issuance. The Final Map must be recorded with the County Recorder prior to Building permit issuance. City Manager 1of1 ATTACHMENT B ACTION NO. 2018-XX RECORD OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO LAND USE ACTION FOR 2515 and 2585 EL CAMINO REAL: VESTING TENTATIVE MAP, 17PLN-0448 At its meeting on 2018, the City Council of the City of Palo Alto ("City Council"} approved the Vesting Tentative Map for the development of 13 residential condominium units and up to 13 retail spaces, making the following findings, determinations and declarations: SECTION !.Background. The City Council of the City of Palo Alto ("City Council"} finCI~, determ·nes, and declares as follows: A. On November 21, 2017, Palo Alto P operties Investment, LLC applied for a Vesting Tentative Map for condominium purposes ("The Project"}. B. The project site is comprised of two existirig lots (APN No. 124-33-066 and 124-33- 067} of approximately 39,953 square feet. The site contai s one existing commercial structure. Residential and office land uses are located adjacent to the lot to the north, commercial use (restaurant and motel} to the west and east. To th~e project's south, across a major arterial road (El Camino Real}, mixed-use. C. Following staff review, the Planning and Transgortation Commission reviewed the project and recommended approval on 2018, subject to conditions of approval. SECTION 2. Environmental Review. The City as the J,_ead agency for the Project has determined that the project is subject to environmental review under provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA} under Guideline section 15070, Decision to Prepare an Initial Study-Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS-MND}. An Initial Study was prepared for the project and jt has been determined that there is potential for significant impacts that would require mitigation measures to reduce them to a less than significant level. These include mitigations for protection for construction noise and appropriate construction methodology to prevent soil vapor intrusion into tbe structure. The IS-MND was made available for public review beginning January 19, 2016 through February 18, 2016, and approved by the Director of Planning and Community Environment on May 22, 2016. The Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration are contained as Attachment E in the March 17, 2016, Architectural Review Board Staff Report (ID #6623). SECTION 3. Vesting Tentative Map Findings. A legislative body of a city shall deny approval of a Vesting Tentative Map, if it makes any of the following findings (California Government Code Section 66474). The City Council cannot make these findings for the following reasons: 1 1. That the proposed map is not consistent with applicable general and specific plans as specified in Section 65451: The site is consistent with the Comprehensive Plan as described below. 2. That the design or improvement of the proposed subdivision is not consistent with applicable general and specific plans: The Project is consistent with the following Comprehensive Plan policies: Policy L-1.1: Limit future urban development to currently developed lands within the urban service area [ ... ]The Project site is located within the urban service area and the Project is consistent with this policy by continuing the reuse of land within this area; and Policy L-1.5: Encourage land uses that address the needs of the community and manage change and development to benefit the community. The Project would facilitate the construction of a mixed-use commercial, office and residential development that would create 13 new residential units, ground-floor retail and office space that maximizes the lot's utility to the benefit of the~surrc:iunding community; and Policy L-2.2: Enhance connections between commercial and mixe~-use centers and the surrounding residential neighborhoods by promoting walkable and bikeable connections and a diverse range of retail and services that caters to the daily needs of residents. The Project provides a 4.5-foot public access easement along the El Camino Real street frontag~ to accommodate a 12-foot-wide sidewalk that will serve to enhance the pedestrian environment. Additionally, 8 short-term bicycle parking facilities are provided in on Sherman Avenue (an additional 18 long-term bike lockers are provided in the below- grade parking garage) which encourages active modes of transportation such as bicycling; and Policy L- 4.2: Encourage street frontages that contribute to retail vitality in all Centers. Reinforce street corners in a way that enhances the pedestrian realm or that: form corner plazas. Include trees and landscaping. The approved development project associated with the subdivision Project provides a highly visible and substantial open plaza with pedestrian-friendly amenities such as seating areas, decorative pavers and planters that will visually engage and promote activity within the development. 3. That the site is not physically suitable for the type of development: The Project site is suitable for mixed use development; it is comprised of two large relatively flat lots in a commercial corridor along a major arterial road (El Camino Real) in the Community Commercial (CC (2)) and Neighborho~od_ Commercial (CN) zoning district. The lot would be subdivided into one parcel; for condominium purposes not to exceed thirteen (13) residential condominium units and thirteen (13) retail spaces. There is no required minimum site area, width, or depth for mixed-use developments in the CC (2) and CN zoning district. A public access easement will be dedicated with the Final Map to the provide an additional 4.5 feet of sidewalk between the front property line and back of walk along the El Camino Real frontage to create a _12-foot effective sidewalk width. The Project site would allow for thirteen multi-family residential units as permitted for mixed-use developments in the CN and CC (2) zoning district. 4. That the site is not physically suitable for the proposed density of development: The project would create thirteen multi-family residential units which are compliant with the maximum allowable residential density as calculated for the total site area (15 DU/acre= 13 DU). See Palo Alto Municipal Code Section 18.16.060-Table 4 (3). 2 5. That the design of the subdivision or the proposed improvements are likely to cause substantial environmental damage or substantially and avoidably injure fish or wildlife or their habitat: As conditioned in the Final IS-MND approved by the Director of Planning and Community Environment on May 22, 2016, the Project will not cause environmental damage or injure fish, wildlife, or their habitat, in that the property is currently developed and not adjacent to sensitive habitat areas. 6. That the design of the subdivision or type of improvements is likely to cause serious public health problems: An environmental analysis identifies a few potentially significant impacts related to the associated development project's improvements t at would require mitigation measures to reduce them to a less than significant level. These include mitigations for protection for construction noise and appropriate construction methodology to prevent soil vapor intrusion into the structure as reported in the Final IS-MND approved by the oirector of Planning and Community Environment on May 22, 2016. 7. That the design of the subdivision or the type of improvements will conflict with easements, acquired by the public at large, for access through or 11se of, property within the proposed subdivision. In this connection, the governing body may approve a map if it finds that alternate easements, for access or for use, will be provided, and that these will be substantially equivalent to ones previously acquired by the public. This subsection shall apply only to easements of record or to easements established by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction and no authority is hereby granted to a legislative body to determine that the public at large has acquired easements for access through or use of property within the propose'd subdivision. The design of the subdivision will not conflict with any easements for access through or use of the property. A public access easement will be dedicated with the Final Map to the provide an additional 4.5 feet of sidewalk between the front property line and back of walk along the El Camino Rea! frontage to create a 12-foot effective sidewalk width. SECTION 4. Vesting Tentative Map Approval Granted. Vesting Tentative Map Approval is filed and processed in accordance to PAMC Section 21.13.020 and granted by the City Council under PAMC Sections 21.12 and 21.20 and the California Government Code Section 66474, subj~ct to the conditions of approval in Section 6 of this Record. SECTION 5. Final Map. The Final Map submitted for review and approval by the City Council shall be in substantial conformance with the Vesting Tentative Map prepared by John Koroyan titled "Vesting Tentative Map For Condominium Purposes," consisting of three (3) pages, stamped as received March 20, 2018, except as modified to incorporate the conditions of approval in Section 6. A copy of the Vesting Tentative Map is on file in the Department of Planning and Community Environment, Current Planning Division. Prior to the expiration of the Vesting Tentative Map approval, the subdivider shall cause the subdivision or any part thereof to be surveyed, and a Final Map, as specified in Chapter 21.08, to be prepared in conformance with the Vesting Tentative Map as conditionally approved, and in compliance 3 with the provisions of the Subdivision Map Act and PAMC Title 21 and submitted to the City Engineer (PAMC Section 21.16.0lO[a]). SECTION 6. Conditions of Approval Planning Division · 1. MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM. Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), prepared for this project in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), shall be incorporated by reference as conditions of approval and is attached for convenience. The applicant shall comply with all specified mitigation measures in the timelines outlined in the project's MMRP. Prior to requesting issuance of any related demolition and/or construction permits, the applicant shall m~et with the Project Planner to review and ensure compliance with the MMRP, subject to the satisfaction of the Director of Planning of Planning and Community Environment. 2. ESTIMATED IMPACT FEE. Development Impact Fees, currently estimated in the amount of $1,004,828.95 per PAMC 16.61.040, shall be paid prior to the issuance of the related building permit. 3. 90-DAY PROTEST PERIOD. The applicant is hereby notified that the approved plans, these conditions of approval, and the adopted City fee schedule constitute written notice of the description of the dedications, reservations, amount of fees and other exactions related to the project. California Government Code Section 66020 provides that a project applicant who desires to protest the fees, dedications, reservations, or other exactions imposed on a development project must initiate the protest at the time the development project is approved or conditionally approved or within ninety (90) days after the date that fees, dedications, reservations or exactions are imposed on the Project. Additionally, procedural requirements for protesting these development fees, dedications, reservations and exactions are set forth in Government Code Section 66020. IF YOU FAIL TO INITIATE A PROTEST WITHIN THE 90-DAY PERIOD OR FOLLOW THE PROTEST PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 66020, YOU WILL BE BARRED FROM CHALLENGING THE VALIDITY OR REASONABLENESS OF THE FEES, DEDICATIONS, RESERVATIONS, AND EXACTIONS. If these requirements constit(Jte fees, taxes, assessments, dedications, reservations, or other exactions as specified in Government Code Sections 66020(a) or 66021, this is to provide notification that, as of the date of this notice, the 90-day period has begun in which you may protest these requirements. This matter is subject to the California Code of Civil Procedures (CCP) Section 1094.5; the time by which judicial review must be sought is governed by CCP Section 1094.6. Building Division 4 4. All occupancy separations, rated shafts and easements shall be constructed and maintained per the draft of the COMBINED CONDOMINIUM DECLARATION AND COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS dated March 13, 2018. Public Works Engineering Department 5. Off-site improvements such as curb and gutter, sidewalk replacement, street tree replacement and/or new street trees, street lights, utility upgrades or street resurfacing, striping are typically required with subdivisions. Since the~proposed projects are part of subdivision, applicant(s) shall be aware that off-site impJovements such as those listed above will be required. At a minimum plans provide an Off-site improvement Plan set that show new curb, gutter and sidewalk along the project frontages to be removed and replaced, full street width resurfacing (grind and overlay) will be required, new street trees, striping, all off-site utility upgrades. Applicant shall meet with Urban Forestry to evaluate if a new street trees can be planted along the project frontages. 6. Subdivider shall prepare and submit documents per PAMC 21.16.020 along with the Final Map. 7. Provide closure calculations and cost estimate for the off-site improvements described above. 8. Subdivision Improvement Agreement is required to secure cowpliance with condition of approval and security of improvements onsite and offsite per PAMC Section 21.16.220. 9. Siegfried Engineering will be retained to review, sign and stamp the Final Map associated with your project. The applicant will be required to provide payment to cover the cost of Siegfried Engineering's review and the City must receive payment prior to beginning the final review process. PRIOR TO FINAl MAP RECORDATION. 10. Signed Subdivision Improvement Agreement and Security Bonds as described per PAMC 21.16.230. 11. The property owner shall provide a public access easement for the additional dimension of sidewalk between the property line and back of walk and/or building edge to create a 12' free and clear sidewalk. Applicant shall plot and label the public access easement on the Final Map. 12. Submit wet signed and stamped mylar copy of the Final Map to Public Works for signature. Map shall be signed by Owner, Notary and Surveyor prior to formal submittal. 5 PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR GRADING AND EXCAVATION PERMIT . 13. Subdi:"ision Improvement Agreement is required to secure compliance with condition of approval and security of improvements onsite and offsite per PAMC Section 21.16.220. 14. Provide electronic copies of all documents provided. PRIOR TO ISSUANCE OF A BUILDING PERMIT OR GRADING AND ~XCAVATION P~RMIT final Map shall be recorEleel with Co1:1nt'( RecorEler. 15. final Map shall be recorEleEI with Co1:1nty RecorEler. As the Conditions of Approval for this development did not prohibit grading permit issuance prior to map recordation, PWE will allow the grading permit to be issue in advance of Final Map recordation pending the following items are addressed: (1) The Vesting Tentative Map needs to be approved by Council and the appeal period passed (2) Applicant will need to provide a grading bond to the City. Please provide an engineer's stamped and signed es_timate for grading, drainage and C.3 work for City review. The bond must be provided in advance of grading permit issuance. The Final Map must be recorded with the County Recorder prior to Building permit issuance. Utilities Electrical Engineering 16. The applicant shall grant the City the easement to access the transformer that will serve the new building. Housing/BMR 17. Below Market Rate {BMR) Housing Requirement: This project's total BMR requirement is two (2) units. 18. All BMR units constructed under this condition shall be in conformance with the City's BMR Program rules and regulations. A BMR Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney for the two {2) BMR units shall be executed and recorded prior to final map approval or building permit issuance, whichever occurs first. Failure to comply with the timing of this condition and any adopted BMR Program rules and regulations shall not waive its later enforcement. Fire Department 19. The public fire hydrant at the intersection of El Camino Real and Sherman Ave shall be upgraded to a Clow model 76 fire hydrant (two 2-1/2 and one 4-1/2). Contact CPA WGW 650- 566-4501 to submit work order. 6 SECTION 7. Term of Approval. All conditions of approval of the Vesting Tentative Map shall be fulfilled prior to approval of a Final Map (PAMC Section 21.16.0lO[c]). Unless a Final Map is filed, and all conditions of approval are fulfilled within a two-year period from the date of Vesting Tentative Map approyal, the Vesting Tentative Map shall expire and all proceedings shall terminate. An extension of time may be granted by the city council after recommendation of the planning commission, upon the written application of the subdivider, prior to the expiration of the Vesting Tentative Map approval, or any previous extension granted. Such extension(s) shall be subject to the maximum limitations set forth in the Subdivision Map Act. PASSED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: City Clerk APPROVED AS TO FORM: Deputy City Attorney PLANS AND DRAWINGS REFERENCED: APPROVED: Director of Planning and Community Environment Those plans prepared by John Koroyah titled "Vesting Tentative Map for Condominium Purposes," consisting of three pages, stamped March 20, 2018. 7 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 2:03 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Wayne Martin <wmartin46@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, June 21, 2018 12:28 PM To:Council, City Subject:Comments About 2019-2020 Budget Palo Alto City Council City of Palo Alto Palo Alto, CA 94301 Elected Council Members: Three minutes is not much time to comment on a combined Ops/Capital Budget of $700+M. The following are the comments I would like to have had the time to complete: Am concerned that the City’s financial model is on “auto-pilot”, with last year’s expenditures increased geometricallyby 3+% to produce this year’s budget. It’s hard to see that the Council has any interest in doing anything more than rubber- stamping these increases. There does not seem to be much in the way of constraining costs on the part of the Council. When will the Council recognize that the Airport is not paying for itself? When will the City look longer than 10 years in the future for financial planning? The Long Range Financial Forecast released in Dec. 2017, there are a number of action items identified that areintended to better help the public understand the pension debacle facing not only Palo Alto, but all of California. I hope that the City Manager will see that these items come to fulfillment—providing far more clarity to the public than currently exists about Palo Alto’s pension obligations. This year’s budget included a lot of “fluff” in that there was an inclusion of far too much material under the topic of“Goals and Objectives”. The Budget should include only items that are authorized by the Council, and presented in a way that facilitates tracking. Suggest this section be deleted in future budget presentations. The IRS 115 Trust for Post-Employment Employee Health Benefits has grown nicely since it was created. The recentlycreated PARS 115 Trust needs far more investment if it is going to grow to a size that will reduce the City’s unfunded pension obligation. Suggest that the City try to increase its investment to at least $50M. The public needs more access to proposed budget data in digital formats. Salary and Pension increases need to be better identified in budget documents. Many analyses of Pension issues include a debt per household needed to pay off ballooning pension debt. Palo Altodocuments on pensions should include this number. I would like to acknowledge the support of Mr. Lalo Perez for providing timely, and accurate, responses to questions of people like myself concerning City finances. He will undoubtedly be missed. Wayne Martin Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:54 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Penny Ellson <pellson@pacbell.net> Sent:Thursday, June 21, 2018 6:10 PM To:Perez, Lalo Cc:Council, City Subject:Congratulations On Your Retirement Dear Lalo, We don’t interact much, but I read your staff reports and budgets. I appreciate your careful work and the quiet, thoughtful way you consider options and encourage people to look deeper into the numbers. You have done a great job for our city. We are fortunate to have benefitted from your expertise and disciplined, hard work. I, for one, am grateful for your service. Best wishes in your retirement, Penny Ellson 1 Minor, Beth From:Ng, Judy Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 11:20 AM To:Council Members; ORG - Clerk's Office; Council Agenda Email Cc:Keene, James; Shikada, Ed; De Geus, Robert; Flaherty, Michelle; Minor, Beth; Jonsen, Robert; Lum, Patty Subject:6/25 Council Agenda Question for Item 22 Dear Mayor and Council Members: On behalf of City Manager Jim Keene, please find below in bold a staff response to an inquiry made by Council Member Tanaka in regard to the June 25, 2018 council meeting agenda. Item 22: Approval of 5‐Year Contract for Crossing Guard Services – CM Tanaka Item 22: Approval of 5‐Year Contract for Crossing Guard Services – CM Tanaka Q. 1. What does the police department need the extra budget for? A. 1. From the Staff Report: “The cost of the five year contract with ACMS is $3,096,779; including $2,815,254 for services and a $281,525 contingency for unforeseen costs due to potential changes, such as state or local government wage increases, summer school schedule, and scope changes. The Fiscal Year 2019 Adopted Operating Budget includes a portion of the funding needed for year one of this contract; however, an additional $112,000 will be necessary to fully fund the anticipated FY 2019 cost of $557,000. Staff recommends that this appropriation is offset by a reduction in the Budget Stabilization Reserve.” Here is a breakdown of the costs for FY19: The original crossing guard budget (based on the prior contract) was $445,000. That contract expires 6/30/18 and the numbers were based on figures submitted five years ago. The base budget had to be adjusted to reflect current crossing guard costs. All three of the crossing guard bids were substantially higher than the base FY19 bid. The addition of $112,000 to the PD’s FY19 budget is to bridge the gap between the expired contract’s base budget and the new contract. Historical amounts and the actual bid amounts are attached to the staff report. 2 Thank you, Judy Ng Judy Ng City Manager’s Office|Administrative Associate III 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Phone: (650) 329‐2105 Email: Judy.Ng@CityofPaloAlto.org City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:05 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> Sent:Sunday, June 24, 2018 10:58 AM To:Council, City Subject:Build low-income housing NOW Dear Council People: This is just one of many articles supporting the need for local housing. https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/06/21/study-lack-of-housing-means-more-traffic-not-less/ When will we see some replacement housing for the housing that is currently being destroyed and replaced w/ expensive condos? Roberta Ahlquist, WILPF Low-income Housing Committee City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:11 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Andy Blumberg <ablumberg@pausd.org> Sent:Sunday, June 24, 2018 9:56 PM To:Council, City Subject:Letter for discussion about affordable teacher housing To Whom It May Concern: My name is Andy Blumberg. I am a 12‐ year veteran elementary school teacher in Palo Alto, and a 28‐year veteran in Bay Area schools. I feel passionate about lending my voice to this critical discussion. The phenomenon of increasing stress for teachers working in affluent areas is well documented. I highly recommend the recent Brookings Institute article published May 10, 2018 entitled, "The Financial Stress of Teaching in Regions of Fast Economic Growth," written by Susanna Loeb, Senior Fellow of Economic Studies at the Center on Children and Families. I am exactly the teacher Ms. Loeb writes about. I cannot afford to live in Palo Alto or neighboring communities. And so, I live some 40 miles north in Oakland. My round‐trip commute, which averages 2.5 to 3 hours per day, requires 5 freeways and neighborhood interchanges. Crawling along in traffic has become a way of life for me, made worse over the years by increasing traffic to Silicon Valley. Imagine the cumulative impact on my personal and professional life. I’ve begun suffering from , and (according to my MD). Typically I get home by 6:00 pm, sometimes later. I squeeze in a little exercise, help with household work, eat dinner, read email from parents and staff, and attend to my own family. All of this has to be accomplished before I get into bed…hopefully at 9pm so I can try to get 8 hours sleep before my alarm clock goes off at 5:00 am. Because the stress of this daily routine has made it difficult to get a full night’s sleep, I often begin my day feeling tired. The job of being a teacher involves much more than class‐time with students. In fact, a good teacher needs several additional hours after kids leave for lesson planning, analyzing assessments, creating differentiated learning groups & goals, grade level meetings, staff meetings, planning field trips, creating bulletin boards, and countless other tasks. If I leave at 3pm my commute is normally 1.5 to 2 hours long. If I leave after 3:30, my commute takes at least 2 hours. One or two times a school year an accident on one of the 5 freeways I drive means a 3‐hour drive home. Pretty terrible, no? City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:11 AM 2 Every afternoon, I feel the pressure to get work done but also to get on the road as soon as I can to avoid the real brunt of traffic. So, I find myself working during recess and lunch breaks. I also bring work home in the evenings, and I work on the weekends. Since my commute has worsened, I don’t have time to engage with kids and parents after school in the way I’d like. In closing, I would like to simply say that I support the effort to create affordable housing for our teachers and I encourage the City Council to provide the necessary support our teachers desperately need. Thank you for listening! City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:14 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Sarah chaffin <sarah.chaffin@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, June 24, 2018 11:58 PM To:Council, City Subject:Letter of Support for Council Hearing Monday 6/25 Attachments:Letter of Support to Palo Alto City Council.pdf; ATT00001.txt Please add this to the packet for the Council Hearing for Monday 6/25/2018. Thanks for your help! Sincerely, Sarah Chaffin SupportTeacherHousing.org June 23, 2018 Palo Alto City Council Re: Teacher Housing Project, Grant Ave Dear Mayor & City Council Members, My name is Sarah Chaffin and I am a Mother and Founder of SupportTeacherHousing.org. I have had the pleasure of meeting all of you as I am an advocate for Teachers and the Missing Middle. I am writing this letter in Support of the proposed Teacher Housing Project on Grant Ave and a set aside of $3 million. I will share with the group some staggering statistics, per the Silicon Valley Index--approximately 1% of housing since 2015 in Santa Clara County has been for Middle Income earners; and, among renters in California 1/3 pay more than half their income towards housing. The housing crisis has gravely impacted our community particularly our children, teachers and the Missing Middle. SupportTeacherHousing.org, along with Bay Area Forward, held a teacher town hall at Gunn High School in January. We had roughly 100 Palo Alto teachers and community members attend the event. Many local teachers shared their stories of long commutes, challenging living conditions, and the stress of teaching in a community where housing is unattainable on a teacher salary. The teacher housing project and the set aside is critical to maintaining an inclusive community in Palo Alto. We need more housing for teachers and the Missing Middle. I thank you for your consideration. Please approve the recommended set aside! Sincerely, Sarah Chaffin Mother & Founder SupportTeacherHousing.org City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 1:36 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:David B. Cohen <cohen.davidb@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 11:29 AM To:Council, City Subject:Housing for teachers Dear Palo Alto City Council Members: I am a Palo Alto resident, Palo Alto High School teacher, and Executive Board Member of the Palo Alto Educators Association (PAEA). On behalf of the PAEA Executive Board, I am writing to you to express support for efforts to build school employee housing in Palo Alto. We are all aware of the need for quality affordable housing in our region. The particular effort to support school employees' housing needs deserves your support because of the value it brings to the schools and the community. Affordable housing for teachers and other school staff will mean: improved recruitment and retention of teachers at a time when the state faces a shortage of teachers. Teacher housing will help new teachers in particular to save money and enjoy a higher quality of life with reduced commuting time and expense. reduced regional traffic with employees living closer to work (for some, possibly even walking/biking distance), and with easy access to public transportation. additional benefits for schools, students, and families, as school employees will be able to spend more time on campuses in support of various activities. (We know many staff members with longer commutes try to leave campus as soon as possible, because slight delays in heading home can extend their drive time to over an hour.) Thank you for considering these benefits of affordable housing options for school employees. Sincerely, David B. Cohen on behalf of the Palo Alto Educators Association Executive Board CITY OF 30 PALO ALTO TO: FROM: DATE: SUBJECT: HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL JOSHUAH MELLO, CHIEF TRANSPORTATION OFFICIAL, OFFICE OF TRANSPORTATION JUNE 25, 2018 AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 30 -ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE DOWNTOWN RESIDENTIAL PREFERENTIAL PARKING (RPP) PROGRAM REDUCING OR OTHERWISE AMENDING THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEE PARKING PERMITS AND MAKING RELATED CHANGES, MODIFYING OR MAINTAINING THE PROHIBITION OF RE-PARKING IN THE RPP DISTRICT MORE THAN TWO HOURS AFTER INITIALLY PARKING, AND MAKING OTHER CLARIFYING MODIFICATIONS TO RESOLUTION 9671. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA): EXEMPT PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15061(B)(3) (CONTINUED FROM APRIL 2, 2018) BELOW IS INFROMATION REGARDING NON-RESIDENT PERMITS ISSUED BY TYPE FOR EACH OF THE TEN RPP ZONES AS OF TODAY. Employee Decals Employee Hang Tags Total Permits Sold Total Permits Zone Sold Sold Inventory 1 59 10 69 69 2 95 16 111 111 3 63 31 94 168 4 73 26 99 136 5 138 24 162 162 6 79 13 92 92 7 97 28 125 125 8 29 49 78 137 9 ---0 10 ---0 . All Zones 633 197 830 1000 ReservL \. f\ ---100 \'vi~(\ ,";;l '><----~~t-hn ~ Jo~p'{l r11 ~Keene ~ City Manage: Chief Transp ..... ;. n icial Office of Transportation 1of1 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 1:57 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Lynette Hernandez (NC PAL) <Lynette.Hernandez@wholefoods.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 20, 2018 8:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:Letter Regarding RPP Permits Whole Foods Market Attachments:Letter to City Council.pdf City Council Members, I, Lynette Hernandez, Store Team Leader for Whole Foods Market, Palo Alto, am writing this letter* on behalf of downtown Palo Alto employers for the City Council to reconsider the reduction of RPP permits available to our employees. Additionally, I would like to request a reversal to the cuts made in Zone 8. When RPP permits within a reasonable walking distance from our store are sold out, some of my Team Members, as well as employees of nearby businesses, have to park in the 2 hour parking spaces around Whole Foods Market. This hurts my business considerably, since I am unable to provide adequate parking for my customers. In addition, the challenge of Team Members moving their vehicles every 2 hours also damages the level of customer service that my customers receive. Team Members are forced to cut interactions short or must leave during peak business hours for up to 15 minutes at a time, as they search for a new parking spot. In April alone, three team members cited parking as one of the reasons that they found employment elsewhere. Additionally, it hurts my ability to attract new hires and retain current Team Members, since they have to utilize their rest periods to move their vehicles and oftentimes inevitably end up receiving a parking ticket. Zone 8, which is a reasonable walking distance for my Team Members, was reduced from 337 permits to just 57 permits. Whole Foods Market employs 180 Team Members, and we hire about 10 Team Members per month, without increasing our total head count. Under the current system, these Team Members will not be able to purchase parking permits. I would urge the Council Members to please reconsider such a drastic 83% cut in RPP permits in Zone 8. I would also like to note that, unfortunately, public transportation is not an option for many of my Team Members, as a majority of my employees must drive personal vehicles to work. Thank you for considering an increase in the number of RPP permits available to both Whole Foods Market employees, as well as additional area Palo Alto employees, in the downtown business district. *I have included a PDF of the above letter, signed on letterhead. Lynette Hernandez Store Team Leader Whole Foods Market 774 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650.326.8676 naturally grown since 1980 WHOLEPOODSMARKET.COM Whole Foods Market . 774 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 6/20/18 ·City Council of Palo Alto City of Palo Alto, Office of t~e City Clerk 250 Hamilton Ave. · Palo Alto, CA 94301 -I, Lynette Hernandez, Store Team Leader for Whole Foods Market, Palo Alto, am writing this letter on behalf of downtown Palo Alto employers for the .City Council to reconsidt'._r the reduction of RPP permits available to o.ur employees. Additionally, I would like to request a reversal to the cuts made in Zone 8. When RPP permits within a reasonable walking distance from our store are sold out, some of my Team M_embers, as well as employees of nearby businesses, have to park in ·the 2 hour parking spaces around Whole Foods Market. This hurts my business considerably, since I am unable to provide adequate parking for my customers. In addition, the challenge of Team Members moving their vehicles every 2 hours also damages the level of customer service that my customers receive. Team Me111bers are forced to cut interactions short or must leave during peak business hours for up to 15 minutes at J time, as they search for a new parking spot. in April alone, three team members cited parking as one of the reasons that they found employment elsewhere. Additionally, it hurts my ability to ~ttract new .hires and retain current Team Members, since they have to utilize their rest peripds to move the~r ' yehicles and oftentimes inevitably end up'receiving a parking ticket. · Zone 8, which is a reasonable walking distance for my Team Members, was reduced from 337 permits to just 57 permits. Whole Foods Market employs 180 Team Members,. and we hire about 10 Team Members per 'month, without increasing our total head count. Under the current ~ystem, these Team J:Jember,s will not be able to purchase parking perrnjts. I would urge the Council Members to plea§e reconsider such a drastic 83% cut iri RPP permits in Zon_e 8.· I would also like to note that, unfortunately, public transportation is not an option for many of my Team Members, as a majority of my employees must drive personal vehicles to work. Thank you for considering an increase in the number ofRPP permits available to both Whole Foods Market employees, as well as additional area Palo ·Alto employees, in the downtown business district. - L 1 ~ ilP 11 N'\ fl _ .. J L-./ {Jette Hern~;;;· ~~-0 Store Team Leader · Whole Foods fyiarket, Palo Alto 774 Emerson Street, Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 326 8676 tel • 650 326 0539 fax • City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 2:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, June 21, 2018 8:07 AM To:Council, City; Planning Commission Cc:De Geus, Robert; Lait, Jonathan; John Guislin; Mello, Joshuah; Michael Hodos; Becky Sanders; Furman, Sheri; Norman H. Beamer; Holzemer/hernandez; Theresa Davis; Tommy Derrick; Glanckopf, Annette; Christian Pease; Paul Machado; Allen Akin; Malcolm Roy Beasley; Brand, Richard; Marion Odell; Karen Machado; Wolfgang Dueregger; KJ and Fred Kohler; Mary Gallagher; Nelson Ng; Mary Dimit; Mary😂- SAVE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD; Keith Bennett; Rita Vrhel; Jennifer Fryhling; Fred Balin; Fred Bisharat; Neeraj Pendse; Ted Davids; mariondell7@gmail.com; Elaine Uang; Michael Griffin; Sallyann Rudd; Ronjon Nag; Lauren Burton; Leslie Caine; Susie and Gary Hornbeek; Peter Rosenthal; Beth Rosenthal; Tim Lindholm; Jim Wiley; Patti L. Fry Subject:Comments on Downtown RPP: Agenda for Council Meeting June 25, 2018 Attachments:June 25 2018 RPP Comments final revision 6.21.18.docx See Attachment. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com 1 Putting Neighborhood Quality into Context and Action June 18, 2018 City Council Meeting SUMMARY: Neighborhood quality in ten zones surrounding the University Avenue commercial core has been improved. There is great potential for further improvement. Three requests to Council are outlined in this document. REQUEST #1 Council is requested to clarify the zone limit reallocation process, neighborhood serving permits and street saturation on June 25 and to hold staff accountable for managing these three issues with reporting back not later than November 2018. REQUEST #2 Council is requested to direct staff to report on how city budgets have been allocated to RPPs not later than January 2019. REQUEST #3 Council is requested to direct staff to report on Appendix A issues not later than January 2019 before RPPs are finalized for their renewal of April 1, 2019. Signed Neilson Buchanan John Guislin Michael Hodos 2 APPENDIX A Preferred Future: Streamlining city process and improving outcomes Since conception of Downtown RPP there have been unresolved management issues and policies for Downtown RPP. Deferred, unfunded improvements will lower costs and improve outcomes. Staff turnover has been extremely high and the FY19-23 budget proposals show great potential to resolve short- and long-term issues. Bottom line: Downtown RPP is unstable and unsustainable with current city staffing and policies. #1 Rationale to reallocate permits in Zone 8 is not explained. Spur of the moment management decisions made in isolation by inexperienced city staff has the potential to aggravate inequity within neighborhood zones. This seems to be the squeaky wheels form of government decision making. It is not modern quality assurance with professional, open decisions guided by objective data. Furthermore, this issue was raised in the earliest stages of the RPP stakeholder process and remains unaddressed by staff and technology. This issue requires explanation to residents, business community and Council. This problem seems to be stochastic demand in small cells (ie 8 zones) and inability of staff to manage “show-rates”. Empowering staff to make these “adjustments” unilaterally based on political pressure has the potential to corrupt the basic Council mandated controls of zone limits and allocations. Staff responded to question from residents and Attachment B is attached. Data for Zone 8 is incomplete and cannot be analyzed without elaborated by City Staff. Zone 8 is a special circumstance since approximately 50% of residential street faces are not in the RPP. Staff report is silent about continued mal-distribution of non-resident vehicles on selected street faces. This results in street “saturation” and other neighborhood quality issues such as traffic. Staff report is silent about Council direction for staff reports on policies to preferentially allocate non-resident permits to neighborhood serving business. REQUEST #1 Council is requested to clarify the zone limit reallocation process, neighborhood serving permits and street saturation on June 25 and to hold staff accountable for managing these three issues with reporting back not later than November 2018. 3 #2 Stabilization of RPP framework has been stretched out over an unnecessarily long period of time. Acknowledgement of sign regulations problem is appreciated but it is just one detail. In the spirit of quality assurance, there is no reason for blame. Just fix this procedural problem. However, the core issue is that Council has not allocated sufficient resources to manage parking intrusion into prime residential neighborhoods. Staff turnover has been horrific. Residents strongly feel that management of 2-hr parking within zones is impossible without technology. The FY19 city budget may or may not provide basic technology and other resources vital to all of the city’s RPPs. REQUEST #2 Council is requested to direct staff to report to Council on how city budgets have been allocated to RPPs not later than January 2019 #3 Chasing poorly defined problems with short-term solutions cannot continue. At least 24 months will be required to study and design sustaining, affordable RPPs. This is a basic responsibility of staff and Council. Without sufficient resources and policies, city staff will continue to waste professional time and city budgets. All neighborhoods have unique characteristics and warrant RPPs that fit their needs. “One size fits all” is not an appropriate solution. Current RPPs are basically sound but not sustainable templates for the future. Below is a partial list of previously identified issues addressing the basic needs of residential neighborhoods and adjacent businesses. 1. Equitable distribution of short-term and all-day commercial parking within a neighborhood 2. Complete elimination of development incentives that create demand for commercial parking in residential neighborhoods 3. Accommodation, only when necessary, of neighborhood serving business who do not provide sufficient parking for employees and customers 4. Preference for lower wage workers over all other non-resident eligible for permits 5. Enforcement of 2-hour parking and elimination of residential zone skipping 6. Audit of permit issuance procedures 7. Differential pricing that establishes non-resident parking permits at higher cost than adjacent commercial parking in commercial cores 8. Elimination of free parking in the two commercial downtowns, including diversion of parking revenue into parking mitigation programs 9. Reform of the in lieu parking program that encourages galloping parking deficiencies and political pressure for perpetual commercial intrusion into neighborhoods REQUEST #3 Council is requested to direct staff to report on nine issues above not later than January 2019 before RPPs are finalized for their renewal of April 1, 2019. 4 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/65535 Adoption of a Resolution Related to the Downtown Residential Preferential Parking (RPP) Program Reducing or Otherwise Amending the Number of Employee Parking Permits and Making Related Changes, Modifying or Maintaining the Prohibition on Re-Parking in the RPP District More Than Two Hours After Initially Parking, and Making Other Clarifying Modifications to Resolution 9671. CEQA: Exempt Pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (Continued from April 2, 2018) Signed Neilson Buchanan John Guislin Michael Hodos City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:55 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Neilson Buchanan <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com> Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 7:48 AM To:John Guislin; Michael Hodos; Paul Machado; Norman H. Beamer; Jeff Levinsky; Becky Sanders; Beth Rosenthal; Gabrielle Layton; Holzemer/hernandez; Christian Pease; Allen Akin; Hetterly, Jennifer; Doria Summa; Council, City; Planning Commission; Carol Scott; Wolfgang Dueregger; Mary Gallagher; Furman, Sheri; Malcolm Roy Beasley; Lauren Burton; Len Baker; Greg Welch; Neeraj Pendse; Tim Lindholm Cc:Mello, Joshuah; Hur, Mark; Lait, Jonathan Subject:last minute RPP data to City Council Attachments:Downtown RPP Supplemental Report to City Council June 25 2018.pdf https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/65674 This Downtown RPP information (attached) is a welcomed step in right direction. It is better management data and it is useful information for Council oversight. It is a result of citizens' questioning of staff report. We really appreciate staff's response with better data. Thank you, Mark and Josh. However, it does not address the core issue that we residents finally grasped a year ago. What is the show rate? This is the key metric to manage commercial intrusion into residential neighborhoods. Currently the city does not have sufficient staff or technology to measure and manage show rates. The request for additional funds on the consent calendar is essential because is one of several steps toward modern management of commercial parking in the University Ave core and adjacent neighborhoods. Explanation: Non-resident permits are sold in six-month periods. Permits are valid from Apr 1 to Sept 30. From Oct 1 to Mar 31. This means that every six months there are unique employee populations applying for and receiving non-resident permits in eight (not ten) Downtown RRP zones. There will be an unknown amount of variance in parking patterns since permit holders will vary by employer, proximity to work, part-time vs full-time, day vs evening shifts, etc. Statistically, the law of large numbers should smooth out any imbalance in show rates. However, in my opinion (albeit amateur) the relatively small RPP zones create variances in the show rates. Bottom line: Staff is reporting on non-resident permits sold. How many non-resident vehicles actually park in a given zone on peak/average weekdays? This is potentially unacceptable quality variance among the RPP zones. Zones and residents within them may not equitably share the impact impact of commercial parking. Understanding statistics and stochastic demand is fundamental to airline, hotel, hospital and parking managers. The nut for PA Council to crack is stochastic demand. It is impossible for Palo Alto Council to manage its garages, surface lots and RPPs without developing staff and systems to measure and manage 1000s of parking spaces. Millions of dollars of garage/surface lot value is not being maximized. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:55 AM 2 I never liked statistics, but I mastered its concepts. If you want to punish yourself, Google this stuff. Best solution is to empower the Josh and his planners with modern tools to manage city parking assets and neighborhood streets. Sufficient Reference for Laypersons: Stochastic optimization refers to a collection of methods for minimizing or maximizing an objective function when randomness is present. Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 5:15 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jeneen Nammar <jeneen.nammar@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 4:44 PM To:Council, City Cc:Soren Telfer Subject:Parking Permits for Residents near Gunn Hi, My name is Jeneen Nammar and I live in a house at 4143 Hubbartt Dr. near Gunn High School. We are a family of 4- my husband and two teens who go to Gunn. We have 2 vehicles. After living in our house for four years, and parking my minivan in front of my house for all of those years, this April I was issued a $46 parking ticket. I am chagrined to relate that there is a sign on my street that I had not read- that there is no parking on school weekday mornings from 9 to 10 am. I went to City Hall to get a permit. My assumption was that as a resident, we would be allowed a permit. The clerk kindly gave me one, and I submitted a form to get my parking citation reviewed for dismissal. They did not dismiss the ticket, and instead informed me that the permit sticker I had was given to me in error and that I needed to mail it back. Upon further communication with the parking office, I have been informed that residents of my neighborhood were not eligible for permits. In short we are expected to move our cars every weekday school morning at 9 am. or we can be issued citations. It turns out that in 2004 there was a resolution, No. 8402, that no vehicles but commercial vehicles are allowed to park on our street during 9 am to 10 am on school weekday mornings. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/21988 I personally find this unacceptable. Actually the idea that we as residents would be required to move our car every weekday morning under the threat of a $46 a day penalty seems a quite shocking and a wrongful use of law. We use our garage as a rec room. My husband parks in our driveway, so I have always parked in front of our house. We don't have an unusual amount of vehicles and I have never lived in a community in which I was not allowed to park in front of our house. I did live in Belmont Shore, Long Beach where we had to move the car once a week for street cleaning- that is an acceptable norm. But furthermore, I have heard that other school neighborhoods ARE issued permits in Palo Alto. A friend that lives near Addison Elem. was under the impression that her neighbors one block closer to the school were allowed permits. So not only is it personally unacceptable, but if it is indeed the case that Palo Alto residents who live close to schools are treated unequally, then that needs to be rectified. Can you research if we are treated equally or unequally? The equitability also relates to the high cost of living here if you think about it. We all pay a high cost to live here. But are some of us also living under the threat of being penalized $46 a day to do something that others are not required to? That would be quite unfair. We all pay a high cost, but are some of us are required to perform an extra daily chore- a near daily behavior management task required by government with a penalty if not performed? It works out to be this way, because many residents across Palo Alto must park in front of their houses, but only some of us are penalized for it, and I suspect only some school neighborhoods. Personally, I think that the way this law is set up and implemented poorly treats and penalizes its citizens. I also strongly suspect it is inequitable. Can you please respond as to why we as residents are barred from access to permits when others in the community are probably not? Thank you for your time. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 5:15 PM 2 Sincerely, Jeneen Nammar City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:54 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:pol1@rosenblums.us Sent:Thursday, June 21, 2018 9:55 PM To:Council, City Subject:Council meeting of June 25, 2018, Item 31 Stanford GUP I urge the Council to take this opportunity to involve Stanford financially in the needed improvements to the Caltrain grade level crossings in Palo Alto. The University is responsible for the largest part of the traffic crossing the train tracks as well as for ridership on Caltrain and should be expected to help out financially with the expected grade separation work. This should be made an explicit part of the GUP. Dr. Stephen Rosenblum Santa Rita Ave TO: FROM: DATE: CI TY 0 F PALO ALTO HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL JAMES KEENE, CITY MANAGER JUNE 25, 2018 32 SUBJECT: AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 32-RECOMMENDED TERMS OF AGREEMENT FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES TO STANFORD UNIVERSITY FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2018-JUNE 30, 2023 AND SETTLEMENT OF PRIOR CLAIM FOR OVERPAYMENT Staff requests this item be removed from the City Council Action Items on June 25, 2018 and be heard at a future date following the City Council's break from July 2018 through August 13, 2018. 1of1 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:02 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Shannon Elward <shelward@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 11:31 PM To:Council, City Subject:A Proposal to Unite Our Town Dear Palo Alto City Council, My name is Shannon Elward. I was born and raised in Palo Alto and I am a happy citizen of this lovely town. I am sure you receive many a letter or e-mail complaining of Palo Alto’s ever-changing nature. People are dissatisfied with traffic conditions, housing conditions and many a decision made by our local government. The truth is, people love to complain and it is much easier to complain rather than make changes. I am writing to you today to propose a change that will hopefully alleviate some of the complaints you receive. A lot has changed in Palo Alto over the years. My father also was raised in Palo Alto, so I have heard many a story about the ‘good ol’ days’ when houses were cheap and people did not spend so much of their day staring at a screen. But in my opinion, Palo Alto has changed for the good. With the influx of techies into our city, we are home to some of the most brilliant minds in the world. And not just in the computer industry, we home to Stanford University and our little town is one of the most educated cities in America. That is astounding and I believe we should start taking advantage of the vast wealth of knowledge in our community. What I propose is to create a community outreach program, uniting the citizens of Palo Alto. Since we are home to such smart individuals, we are all capable of teaching one another what we know. I think Palo Alto should start its own lecture series, similar to TEDtalk. The series would feature residents speaking on what they know best, whether that is literature or starting a business or overcoming struggle. Everyone has something to give and something to share and I think it is time to start taking advantage of what Palo Alto already has: brilliant citizens. It would be relatively easy to host and speakers would lecture on a volunteer basis. Attendance would be free, or when more prominent lecturers speak, we could fundraise for local projects. This would be an opportunity for our community to connect, to learn more about each other and to meet one another and possibly network to create further community service projects or even business endeavors. This idea has the possibility of creating lots of good for our city and we can uncover some of the gems of Palo Alto. The people here have lived extraordinary lives and as a city, we should embrace our residents and give them an opportunity to share what they know. If you are interested in my idea, I would love to create a more detailed plan of execution and work with our local government to embrace our strengths as a city. Thank you for your time and consideration. Sincerely, Shannon Elward shelward@gmail.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:58 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:J Logan <j_logan1@yahoo.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 12:53 PM To:Council, City Subject:Applaud the hiring of new City Manager Ed Shikada Hello City Council, Applause to you for immediately hiring Ed Shikada to be City Manager upon to the retirement of Jim Keene at the end of the year. As a 40 year resident of Palo Alto and as a staff member in a neighboring City, I've had the pleasure of working with Ed over the years and admire him greatly. Thanks for stepping forward, retaining talent and keeping Ed in the City of Palo Alto to move into the City Manager position. Regard, J. Logan 560 W. Crescent Dr. Palo Alto, CA City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 2:03 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:T Diebert <tdiebert4@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, June 21, 2018 12:11 PM To:Council, City Cc:T Diebert Subject:Bicycle Safety I've lived in South Palo Alto for more than 30 years. I've seen Palo Alto grow, and improve, and loose downtown parking, but I still love living in Palo Alto! There is a general area, bicycle safety, that the City can do better on, without too much additional cost. I appreciate the fact that our city is 'Bike Friendly", but I believe that there's something more that the City needs to do related to this. As I travel around Palo Alto, both walking and driving, I'm very concerned about the safety of people on bikes. In my neighborhood, there's a 4-way stop at which I see bicyclists, including children and parents pulling small children in a trailer, just blasting through stop signs without even appearing to look. This morning there was a car stopped at the stop sign, and a bicyclist coming in the cross direction just ran through the stop sign, seeming to assume that he/she had the right of way over the car, or that he/she didn't need to respect the stop sign. I see this same thing happening all the time in the Mayfield/California Ave business area as well, and in the CalTrain station area. I strongly believe that the City needs to do a few things to address this: 1st, Engage with the various Bicycle Coalitions in the area to have them remind their members, by E- Mail, on web sites and events, that under the California Vehicle Code, bicycles must obey all the rules of the road even though many bicyclist think the laws are stupid, or don't apply to them. I don't think that doing this will cost the City too much money, perhaps just a few days time of a staff member. 2nd, Perhaps add something to the City Web Site about Bicycle safety. I'm not sure of the cost of this, but it might be covered by the contract I assume the City has for support of the Web Site. 3rd, Increase the enforcement of the California Vehicle Code 'Rules of the Road', because they apply to bicycles as well as cars, in the major business districts, and at the two CalTrain stations in the City. I realize that the City currently faces a shortage of Police Officers due to the difficulty of attracting them to the area, but perhaps having an Officer do enforcement for an hour or two during the commute hours, a few weekdays a week for a while would help. I realize that this will take an Officer away their normal assignments, but I think this is really necessary to protect both the safety of the bicyclist, pedestrians and drivers. I assume that if the Officer issues warnings, it reduces the amount of additional time necessary to deal with citations. In egregious situations, citations might be more in order. Thank you for reading this. Tim Diebert City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 3:30 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Steve Follmer <steve.follmer@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 12:08 PM To:Council, City; city.council@menlopark.org Subject:Caltrain Overpasses are Beyond Repair Dear City Council, Forget trains. It's time for something radically different. Can't we just turn Caltrain into a track for autonomous vehicles. Would cost less than the billions it would take to fix all the over/underpasses. Safer and more energy efficient too. See https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/06/the-new-york-city-subway-is-beyond- repair/562472/ Cordially, Steve Follmer PS All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Schopenhauer City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Karen Robin <karenrobin2007@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 6:29 PM To:Council, City Subject:Castilleja Hi, As a resident of Palo Alto since 1988, I urge you to support Castilleja’s recent proposal for construction/renovation. As a psychotherapist in private practice, I can tell you that girls need to be educated in a way that empowers them and encourages self confidence and resourcefulness. Thank you very much, Karen Gould 1344 Martin Ave, Palo Alto City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:58 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:redress.of.grievance@gmail.com Sent:Wednesday, June 27, 2018 9:00 AM To:Dave Price; allison@padailypost.com Cc:Stump, Molly; Minor, Beth; Carnahan, David; Council, City; Reichental, Jonathan; sdremann@paweekly.com; bjohnson@paweekly.com; gsheyner@paweekly.com; Keith, Claudia Subject:Daily Post - Copyright material City council packets are filled with photos and other materials taken from your website. (Daily Post) Will you be filing a CopyRight infringement case and demand your material be removed? http://dailypostonline.blogspot.com/ Where do you draw the line of distinction? Price...? Were you aware of this activity and if so, a California Public Records Request will determine the depth and scope of your knowledge and any permission of use. We will include this information in a future story....DMCA Federal Law Title 17. Including the alleged selective vindictive takedowns of other websites... The Dark Art of Fake DMCA Takedown Requests https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-dark-art-of-fake-dmca-takedown- requests_us_57a4962ae4b034b25894b63f Mark Petersen-Perez Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:55 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Deborah Goldeen <palamino@pacbell.net> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 4:11 PM To:Council, City Subject:Dog Parks City of Mountain View allows dogs off leash in ALL parks before 10am weekdays. City of Menlo Park turns their baseball diamond/park over to dogs several hours a day, the baseball diamond/park being five times the size of any of the Palo Alto enclosures. City of Palo Alto attitude towards dogs stinks. Deb Goldeen, 2130 Birch, 06, 321‐7375 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:08 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rita Chang <ritachang1@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, June 24, 2018 3:29 PM To:Council, City; Tom DuBois Subject:Follow-up: Solving Palo Alto traffic snarls Attachments:PA-traffic-improvement-ideas.pdf Resending my email with my April letter reattached for your reference. Hello Palo Alto City council members: As over these past few weeks, myself and many cars behind me sat waiting for the the traffic light on Arastadero to turn green where the street meets Donald Drive (the light seems to be timed to turn red "just because" that is for no apparent reason (i.e., no vehicular or pedestrian traffic trying to cross Donald)) ... I was reminded that I had not heard back a single comment from anyone. The exception is I got an email from Councilman Tanaka's office asking if I would like to come to his office hours. What do the rest of you have to say or suggest about these unjustified traffic injunctions? Thanks. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rita Chang <ritachang1@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2018 at 4:00 PM Subject: Solving Palo Alto traffic snarls To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, Tom DuBois <tomforcouncil@gmail.com>, liza.kolbasov@gregtanaka.org Dear PA City Council member: I'm writing to let you know of the many opportunities to improve the experiences of people who navigate Palo Alto by car. I'm certain that these people (residents and non-residents) are enduring many time-wasting and frustrating moments so your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. Please see the attached. I would be more than happy to discuss with you in person. Many thanks. Rita 415 323 8244 Rita Chang 686 Georgia Ave Palo Alto, CA 94306 415 323 8244 April 15, 2018 Dear City Council member: I'm writing to let you know there are many opportunities to improve the experiences of people who navigate Palo Alto by car. I'm certain that these people (residents and non-residents) are enduring many time- wasting and frustrating moments so your attention to this matter would be greatly appreciated. 1 - Lights at train tracks should reset after train passes The number one, and most frustrating experience for those of us who have to cross the Caltrain tracks, is that the lights do not recalibrate after the train crossing gates are lifted. That is, after the train the lights continue favor Alma, and do not make any adjustments for the As you can imagine, this causes significant backup during commute hours. Then, to make things worse, the stoplight is green for ta fixed time, so not enough cars can pass through to relieve the congestion. Can you please fix this. 2 - Too many "dumb" lights The other issue I would like to bring to your attention is that during periods of light traffic, there seems to be many "dumb" stoplights. That is, there are times when intersection comes to a standstill because the waiting cars cannot move based on stoplights that seem to be on some irrational timer. As a result, cars are waiting for prolonged periods at an intersection where there is an absence of cross-traffic. This of course wastes people's time and burns fuel unnecessarily. In particular, on weekends the light on Waverly near JLS seems to be fixed on a timer. So even though there are no pedestrians or vehicles trying to cross East Meadow, the traffic on East Meadow is forced crossing Waverly at the command of the stoplight. 3 - no more roundabouts! I haven't been attending the meetings about this misguided project but it seems like the city is trying to fix problems where there is none with the roundabout on Ross and East Meadow. This has become a dangerous intersection for cyclists and the narrow passage has caused damage to my car, albeit minor. This was not smart, as I'm sure you've heard many times. 4 - too many unnecessary stop signs There are stop signs that are placed throughout Palo Alto streets that seem to benefit a few residents at the expense of many. To give you an example, please tell me the purpose of the stop signs at Georgia Street and Crosby Place. The latter is a cul de sac that at most probably have no more than 15 people a day coming and going, if even that. Many many more people are crossing Georgia! Did the residents of Crosby ask for the stop sign? A yield sign on that street would be infinitely more appropriate. The same goes for another route I frequently travel. Heading southeast on Wilkie Way towards West Charleston, I encounter too many stop signs that seem unjustified -- again, how appropriate is requiring the Wilkie Way traffic to stop for the lesser dead end streets? Seems like the traffic should be managed in a way to favor Wilkie Way which is more of a thoroughfare than these side streets like Tennessee Lane that are dead end. Again, I would like to ask what is the reasoning behind these stop signs? 5 - Miranda/Foothills/Arastadero Please find a solution for managing the traffic where Arastadero and Foothills and Miranda Ave meet. The city needs to put a right-turn-only lane to serve Miranda exclusively and direct the right-turners to Foothills into a later lane. This would relieve a lot of the backup in this area. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jeffrey Lipkin <repjal@att.net> Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 12:06 PM To:Corrao, Christopher Cc:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue To the City Council: I would appreciate it if some of the council members would follow up on this matter. To Mr. Corrao: It is now a year and nine months since you sent me this email. Where do you stand on these matters? Jeff Lipkin Begin forwarded message: From: Jeffrey Lipkin <repjal@att.net> Subject: Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Date: October 30, 2017 at 11:25:04 AM PDT To: "Corrao, Christopher" <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Cc: Jen Fryhling <jfryhling@gmail.com>, "Star-Lack, Sylvia" <Sylvia.Star-Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org> It is one year later after you sent the following email. What progress have you made on these points? Why does it take you so long? Responsiveness, speed and a concern for pedestrians and bike riders should have a higher priority with you On Sep 13, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Corrao, Christopher <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Hello Mr. Lipkin, Below are some answers to your questions from your recent email: 1) Work has not stalled, and is continuing. The striping contractor marked the locations for the signage and striping and we approved the locations with a few modifications next week. The signage and striping contractor should be out soon to complete the project. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 2 2) Flashing beacons are currently not planned for this location. We are installing a high visibility crosswalk, warning signs, and yield signs which will require vehicles on Georgia Avenue to yield right of way to path users. We typically reserve the use of the flashing beacons for crosswalks on arterial or collector roads with higher traffic volumes, speeds, and/or visibility constraints. We also frequently hear concerns from the community members regarding light impacts of flashing beacons in residential neighborhoods. 3) The project was an early implementation task for the council‐approved Georgia‐ Maybell bike boulevard concept plan line, and additional speed tables near this crosswalk will be evaluated during the design phase of this bigger project. Please see attached plans showing potential locations for the speed tables. 4) We make every effort to complete construction projects before the beginning of the school year, and the most disruptive parts of this project were completed before school began. Unfortunately, there were some delays in striping this location due to competing needs for striping at high‐volume intersections which were resurfaced as part of the city’s five year paving plan and reoccurring capital improvement program. 5) U‐Turn signs are not planned as part of this project but may be implemented through the Maybell bicycle boulevard project. This spot project focused on the improved crossing. Also, when reviewing the attached plans please note that the “green‐back sharrows” shown have been changed and will be traditional white “bike‐blvd” legends, they look like a typical white sharrow but include “blvd” below the chevrons. Kind Regards, Chris Corrao <image001.png> Chris Corrao, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner City of Palo Alto Planning + Community Environment 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Ph: (650) 329‐2106 Fax: (650) 329‐2154 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you! From: Jeffrey Lipkin [mailto:repjal@att.net] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 3:49 PM To: Corrao, Christopher Cc: Jen Fryhling; Star-Lack, Sylvia; Council, City Subject: Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Dear Mr. Corrao: City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 3 I see that you have made progress since my email on a crosswalk at the spot in question on Georgia Avenue, but the work has stalled without completion of the crosswalk, including signage and painting the crosswalk. In this connection, I have a few questions: 1. are you planning on installing the kind of signs with flashing lights like you have on Arastradero? If not, why not? 2. why didn’t the project include a speed hump to slow and calm traffic? Can you, and will you, add one now? 3. it is already the middle of September - why hasn’t the project been finished - school is well underway, and I see no current progress on this? 4. now that the crosswalk will be there, are you planning on installing NO-U- TURN signs at that point? If not, why not? Sincerely yours, Jeff Lipkin On Jul 28, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Corrao, Christopher <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Hi Jen, Thank you for forwarding Jeff’s email. I will look into it and see how the Arastradero project and other projects we’re working on may address his concerns. Jeff is also welcome to do a 311 request as well, but why don’t I check into this first and we can take it from there. On another note, I’ve been meaning to follow up with you regarding our discussion of Maybell. We have had some internal discussion regarding the “greenback” sharrows, and have decided that to be consistent with what we’re doing in other neighborhoods we’ll be changing them to white “bike boulevard legends.” These are the traditional white stencil markings we’ll also be using on Bryant St. Thanks! Chris Corrao <image001.png> Chris Corrao, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner City of Palo Alto Planning + Community Environment 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Ph: (650) 329‐2106 Fax: (650) 329‐2154 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 4 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you! From: Jen Fryhling [mailto:jfryhling@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 1:28 PM To: Corrao, Christopher Cc: Star-Lack, Sylvia; Jeffrey Lipkin Subject: Fwd: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Hi Chris, As we discussed on July 13th, I am forwarding you an email from my neighbor Jeff Lipkin, who lives near the back entry path into Gunn High School. He raises a traffic safety concern on Georgia Avenue. You had mentioned during our meeting that you would look into his concern as a 311 matter. He is cc'd in case you have questions. I have cc'd Sylvia, as you suggested, because she is the Safe Routes to School coordinator. Thanks for listening to residents' traffic and safety concerns near all the schools in the Greenacres 2 and Barron Park neighborhoods. Regards, -Jen ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: <repjal@att.net> Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:14 PM Subject: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Cc: jfryhling@gmail.com Congratulations on taking the best action on the Maybell Avenue project. A fitting sequel would be to take traffic slowing actions on the block of Georgia where students from the high school and Terman enter and leave Bol Park. The two speed limit signs at either end of the block are completely ineffectual. This problem is worsened by the cut-through traffic from Arastradero and the hot-rod driving habits of teenagers. The simple solution would be to mark and prominently sign a crosswalk across Georgia at the cut-through, raise the road in a City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 5 hump a few inches high and as wide as the crosswalk, and cross- hatch the raised crosswalk. I had been told the citizens advising you on the Atastradero project would address this problem, but they called me after the fact to say they failed to do so. Please act this summer so no student gets killed or injured next school year. It will be on your moral and political record if nothing is done. Jeff Lipkin 650 Georgia Avenue Sent from my iPhone <2015 - January Approved Maybell-Bike-Blvd_Concepts.pdf> City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Docpotter <beverly@docpotter.com> Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 3:34 PM To:Docpotter Subject:FYI>>> Zimbardo's Stanford Prison Project Attachments:ZIM.FINAL Rebuttal.6.21.18[2].docx; Selected References.SPE.docx FYI: Breaking News: Zimbardo’s famous Stanford Prison Project of 1971 - being challenged. See attachments below. -bp Begin forwarded message: From: Philip Zimbardo <phil@heroicimagination.org>how Subject: Phil Zimbardo sends you 2 attachments as rebuttals against my critics Date: June 22, 2018 at 8:34:12 AM PDT To: Scott Plous <splous@wesleyan.edu> Cc: Christina Zimbardo <czimbardo@gmail.com>, Taylor Langley <ZimbardoAssistant@gmail.com>, Philip Zimbardo <drzimbardo@gmail.com> Dear colleagues, friends, and family, I am taking the liberty of using this mass mailing (bcc) to send all of you the following message. Last week a number of attacks against the validity of the Stanford prison experiment, my scientific integrity, and my personal honesty went viral globally after their online appearance and a book publication. I am attaching my final rebuttal (20 pages) and a selected set of references (5 pages) that begin with identifying those four critics. My rebuttal has benefitted from the constructive feedback from many of you. On Tuesday, an online version of these materials will appear on the social psychology network, www.SPN.org, directed by Professor Scott Plous. In addition, it will include a video clip from my documentary about the SPE, Quiet Rage. In that clip, you can see and hear the confession of a prisoner, Doug Korpi, admitting to being out of control of his emotions during his short time in the study. This evidence challenges some of the major criticisms of the SPE as only a “lie”. I would appreciate your sharing this information as widely as possible in order to counteract these false claims. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:58 AM 2 Thanks for your time, and also for your caring. Ciao, Phil Zimbardo Professor Emeritus of Psychology, Stanford University President & Founder, Heroic Imagination Project 1 Zimbardo’s Rebuttal Against Recent Criticisms of the SPE (June 21, 2018) Blogger Ben Blum (online Medium, June 7, 2018) recently questioned the authenticity and value of the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment (SPE), labeling it a “fraud” and a “lie,” and other commentators have followed suit. For example, after watching a video that I deposited with the Stanford Archives, Brian Resnick wrote, “This damning video debunks the famed experiment” (VOX (June 14, 2018), and Jay Van Bavel told LIVE- SCIENCE (June 12, 2018), “The bottom line is that conformity isn't natural, blind or inevitable.” French author Thibault LeTextier (2018) even published a book-length critique entitled History of a Lie. In this response to my critics, I hereby assert that none of these criticisms present any substantial evidence that alters the SPE’s main conclusion concerning the importance of understanding how systemic and situational forces can operate to influence individual behavior in negative or positive directions, often without our personal awareness. The SPE’s core message is not that a psychological simulation of prison life is the same as the real thing, or that prisoners and guards always or even usually behave the way that they did in the SPE. Rather, the SPE serves as a cautionary tale of what might happen to any of us if we underestimate the extent to which the power of social roles and external pressures can influence our actions. Background What was the Stanford Prison Experiment, and what serendipitous events catapulted this academic experiment about situational power into national prominence? The SPE was a study conducted at Stanford University over six days, August 14-19, 1971, designed and conducted by me, as principal investigator, along with my research team of graduate students, Craig Haney and William Curtis Banks, undergraduate David Jaffe, and prison consultant, Carlo Prescott. It was an exploratory investigation of the extent to which the power of situational forces could transform individual behaviors of participants. Twenty- four college students, recruited from a newspaper ad to participate in a study of prison 2 life, first completed a battery of psychological tests and surveys (in order to establish that they were healthy and normal, and had not had any prior experience of breaking the law). These students were then randomly assigned the roles of prisoner and guard. The guards worked 8-hour shifts, while the prisoners lived full time in a mock prison setting created in the basement of the Stanford psychology department. Stanford’s Human Subjects Research Office approved this unique experiment, within the guidelines they provided. The intended two-week experiment was terminated after 6 days because of the unexpectedly extremely negative reactions of many of the mock guards and prisoners. Full details of this study are available in my book The Lucifer Effect (2007) and online, www.PrisonExperiment.org. Shortly after the SPE ended, dramatic events in two American prisons—San Quentin and Attica—brought prison conditions into the national limelight. On August 20, during an alleged escape attempt by Black political prison activist George Jackson, a number of San Quentin guards and prisoners were killed. From September 9 - 13, a thousand Attica prisoners took control of that facility in public protest against Jackson’s “murder.” That confrontation ended with National Guardsmen killing many of those prisoners as well as their prison guard hostages. Extensive news coverage and congressional investigations ensued, and I was invited to participate in both media interviews and congressional hearings, which generated considerable interest in what had happened in our mock prison. Before responding to questions about whether I portrayed the SPE honestly and accurately, it's important to note that I have gone to great lengths to make every bit of documentary information from the SPE publicly available in the archives of Stanford University and Akron University’s Museum of Psychology. This information includes more than 40 boxes of observational data; prisoner, guard, and staff reports; diaries that were gathered during and following the study; and 12 hours of videos made during the study. The Lucifer Effect also contains 10 chapters devoted to various aspects of the SPE, with full documentation as to the source of every assertion. In addition, a considerable amount of material about the SPE has been available on the Stanford Prison Experiment 3 website for more than 15 years. Thus, contrary to critics who imply that they've unearthed new information that I kept hidden, the SPE has been a model of open science long before practices such as public archiving and data sharing were common. Critics also claim that my place in modern psychology is based primarily on the SPE. However, my reputation derives from considerable research and theories on many topics, both before and after the SPE. Indeed, I was already a tenured full professor at Stanford and nearly 40 years old by the time that the SPE was conducted in 1971, and it was my earlier work at New York University that led me to be invited to author one of the leading introductory psychology texts, Psychology and Life (over 12 editions), and later Psychology: Core Concepts. Subsequently, I was chosen from a group of textbook authors to become the creator and narrator of the 26-part TV series, Discovering Psychology, which has been viewed by millions of students and teachers around the world. I suspect that my place within psychology derives as much from those contributions, if not more so, than it does from the SPE itself. Overall, I have contributed to 40 different areas of psychology, as documented in more than 60 books and 600 publications that I have written so far. In this reply, I will first address claims about the alleged fraudulent nature of the experiment’s process and conclusions. I will detail some of the study’s unique features, discuss its scientific validity, and describe several real world applications. Finally, I will conclude by outlining some unexpectedly valuable extensions derived from my SPE experiences and reflections. Main Criticisms Recent criticisms of the SPE have focused on six issues, each of which I will address in turn. 1. A staff member publicly denounced the SPE as flawed and dishonest. Blum cites a 2005 op-ed in the Stanford Daily student newspaper allegedly written by SPE prison consultant Carlo Prescott and entitled “The lie of the Stanford Prison Experiment.” In fact, Blum even borrowed the op-ed title as the core theme for his blog. The reality is that Carlo never wrote a word of that op-ed. He and I had become friends after our first 4 meeting in my social psychology class in May 1971, and after I learned that he had served time in prison, I invited him to serve as SPE's expert advisor on prison life. A careful reading of the student newspaper op-ed makes evident that the writer had a very distinctive legalistic style and vocabulary, not at all like Carlo’s. It turns out that its real author, who also published many related negative SPE comments online, was Michael Lazarou, a Los Angeles movie writer. He had befriended both Carlo and me in an attempt to get me to agree to give him screen rights to a Hollywood movie about the SPE. When I chose instead to go with Maverick Films producer Brent Emery, Lazarou began writing critiques of the SPE (Brent Emery’s phone records indicated, “Carlo said it was NOT him, but all from Lazarou,” May 7, 2005). In other words, it is simply not the case that the SPE prison consultant referred to the study as a lie. 2. The staff's instructions for guards to be "tough" biased the guards' behavior and distorted the research outcomes. The SPE was designed as a mock prison simulating some of the main features that characterized the American prison system at that time. Central in the training of guards was to exercise their power over the prisoners so that they maintained order, prevented rebellion, and eliminated escape attempts. My instructions to the guards, as documented by recordings of the guard orientation, were that they could not hit the prisoners but could create feelings of boredom, frustration, fear, and "a sense of powerlessness—that is, we have total power of the situation, and they have none." We did not give any formal or detailed instructions about how to be an effective guard. None of the participants wanted to a guard, but half were randomly assigned to that role. As shown in a documentary film on the SPE, entitled Quiet Rage, the guards took awhile to get into their role; videos from the first day show them giggling while encouraging prisoners to take the rules seriously. One of three guards on a shift that day wasn't even getting prisoners to follow orders issued by the other guards, so David Jaffee, acting as the SPE Warden, took this guard aside and asked him to become more active, involved, and "tough" in order to make the experimental setting seem more like a prison. Here are his exact words: 5 We really want to get you active and involved because the guards have to know that every guard is going to be what we call a “tough guard”… what I mean by tough is [that] you have to be firm, and you have to be in the action… It’s really important… for the workings of the experiment [because] whether or not we can make this thing seem like a prison—which is the aim of the thing—depends largely on the guards’ behavior. There was never any further specification in how to be active or tough, although there was an explicit admonition against any use of physical force. Despite the request David Jaffee made, none of the guards behaved in a dominant way during the first two shifts. What made a difference was that on Day 2 the prisoners rebelled with verbal and physical confrontations challenging the full complement of nine guards. After the guards put down this rebellion, one of them declared that prisoners were "dangerous," and with that new view of the situation, several guards became much tougher in their actions. It's important to note that in all my reports about the SPE, I have always highlighted individual differences among the guards. One or two guards on each shift became progressively meaner over time, others maintained a more even-tempered style, and a few were considered “good guards” from the prisoners’ perspectives. However, none of the “good guards” ever intervened to prevent the cruelty of their fellow guards. Even Blum acknowledges these individual differences among the guards. From my perspective, the range of guard behaviors undercuts any criticisms of the alleged demand characteristics that presumably distorted the results of the SPE. The fact that some guards remained "good guards" throughout the study shows that cruel guards chose to act on their own initiative. It is their extreme behaviors that generated the dramatic effects of the study, most notably those of the iconic guard nicknamed “John Wayne” for his macho performance. 6 3. One guard was intentionally play-acting his role. The prisoners nicknamed one guard on the night shift “John Wayne” because he acted like an out-of-control, Wild West cowboy. However, some critics have dismissed this guard's behavior as merely play-acting the role of tough guard. After the experiment, “John Wayne” (David Eshelman) explained that he modeled his role after the warden in the movie Cool Hand Luke. He said he wanted to be a realistic guard, so he stepped up to lead his night shift to be really tough on the prisoners. He did so by punishing prisoners repeatedly with extensive push-ups (occasionally, with some prisoners stepping on the back of others), limiting food access, or issuing arbitrary rules. With each passing night, he became more creatively evil in ways that went beyond being a tough guard. Indeed, he later said that he began to think of himself as a “puppeteer” who made prisoners do whatever he chose. In an extreme perversion of his experimentally assigned role, he devised an unthinkable way to humiliate all prisoners on the fifth night of the study. He ordered them to think of themselves as “camels,” half as males and the other half as females. Those ordered to be female camels had to bend over, while the male camel prisoners were ordered to hump them “doggy style,” which they reluctantly did by simulating sodomy. A video recording, made in my absence, indicated this episode lasted nearly ten minutes with all three guards shouting epithets and laughing hysterically. Fortunately, I had earlier decided to terminate the experiment the next morning. I think it goes without saying that such actions go far beyond simply playing the role of a tough guard. It is also worth noting that Eshelman's fellow guards fully participated in these activities and other offensive behaviors that typified their shift—activities that were strikingly similar to the sexually degrading rituals imposed on Iraqi prisoners by American prison guards in Abu Ghraib Prison. Moreover, the night shift was not alone in excessively brutalizing the SPE prisoners; several guards on the other two shifts also regularly engaged in acts designed to humiliate the prisoners. Were these acts of brutality—and their striking parallels with real-world prison atrocities—nothing more than a function of social demand characteristics in a fraudulent "sham" study, as Blum and other critics have argued, or do they tell us something important about human nature? The full body of available evidence clearly suggests the latter. 7 4. A prisoner who seemed to have an emotional breakdown was actually just faking the breakdown to leave the study early. Blum portrays the case of Doug Korpi, alias Prisoner 8612, as an instance of me being duped into believing that a prisoner was having an emotional breakdown when in fact the prisoner was simply faking a breakdown in order to leave the study early. The evidence Blum cites for this conclusion is that Korpi told Blum in an interview: "I was faking… If you listen to the tape, you can hear it in my voice... I was being a good employee. It was a great time.” To this criticism, I have two responses. First, I would argue that any researcher who believes a research participant is having a breakdown is ethically obliged to treat the breakdown as real, even if the breakdown later turns out to be feigned. And second, I'm not alone in regarding the breakdown as real, because Doug Korpi himself went on record in Quiet Rage as saying that his time as a prisoner was the most upsetting experience of his life (see the accompanying video). For reasons I cannot fathom, Korpi’s story has changed several times over the past 47 years: from genuinely losing control of his emotions, to getting out of the study so that he could lead an insurrection and liberate the other prisoners, to faking a breakdown just to get out early and study for an upcoming Graduate Record Exam, and to other reflections and memory distortions. Regardless, the conclusions Korpi drew from the study in his Quiet Rage interview, 17 years after the experience, are fully consistent with my own conclusions: "The Stanford Prison was a very benign prison situation, and it still caused guards to become sadistic [and] prisoners to become hysterical." 5. A British research team failed to replicate the SPE. An “experiment” based loosely on the SPE was filmed and broadcast on a 4-part BBC-TV show in May 2002 (Koppel & Mirsky, 2002). Its results appeared to challenge those of the SPE because the guards showed little violence or cruelty toward the prisoners. Instead, the opposite occurred. The prisoners dominated the guards, to the point where the guards became “increasingly paranoid, depressed and stressed and complained most of being bullied.” Several of the guards couldn’t take it any more and quit: none of the prisoners did so. 8 Blum points to that TV show as another challenge to the validity of the SPE. However, in no way did this “reality-show” meet the scientific criteria for a replication. From the time of being recruited with national ads to be actors in a "university-backed social science experiment to be shown on TV," every participant knew their actions and voices (from lapel mics they had to wear always) would be seen and heard on national TV by family and colleagues. Any similarity to the intense build-up of emotional confrontations between SPE guards versus prisoners, 24/7, was diluted by the daily itinerary of the British research team (Alex Haslam and Stephen Reicher). These researchers frequently intervened, made regular public broadcasts into the prison facility, administered daily psychological assessments, arranged contests for the best prisoners to compete to become guards, and as in many “reality-TV” shows, created daily "confessionals" for participants to talk directly to the camera about their feelings. Ironically, the results of this show could be interpreted as further evidence of the “power of the situation,” although in this case the “situation” was that of reality-TV. Among the participants in this BBC-TV prison show, several of whom had contacted me afterwards, was Philip Bimpson, the ringleader of a prisoner rebellion against the hapless guards. He said, in part: "The prisoners won because they had organized themselves quicker than the guards; their subversive actions and organizational skills outwitted the guards who were disorganized in their new surroundings. They did not understand that they had to organize themselves and form a set of rules that they all agreed on… I think the group is being exploited by the BBC for commercial gain. Me and my new friends in the group joined the experiment for the furtherance of science & not to be used as a form of cheap entertainment." (Personal email communication, 26 Feb. 2002; supplemented by my subsequent visit in Glasgow, Oct. 10, 2004) City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 1:57 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 20, 2018 5:06 PM To:Council, City; Kniss, Liz (external) Cc:Stump, Molly; Keene, James Subject:Hotel President Tweet by Palo Alto Free Press on Twitter Another example where the Mayor creates her own First Amendment rules. City council always makes it a point not to answer rhetorical comments during oral communication and yet this Mayor establishes her own rules of conduct with the blessing of council, city attorney and city manager... Damm hypocrite Palo Alto Free Press (@PAFreePress) 6/20/18, 5:57 PM Council members meet greet shake hands nod wink Objecting calls for #Transparency? #PaloAlto Mayor creates own protocol rules of established decorum addressing critical comment during oral communications. City attorney twiddles thumbs #HotelPresident bit.ly/2yqgBaU Download the Twitter app Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:01 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Deborah Goldeen <palamino@pacbell.net> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 1:54 PM To:Police Cc:Council, City Subject:Leaf Blowers Right now there are no less than three gas powered leaf blowers going within a block of my house; one right next door and two at the apartments on College. This is awful awful awful and totally stupid. City crew use battery pack blowers. I have purchased three blowers and 100’ cords for gardeners who frequent the neighborhood. That works some, but I simply can’t get a hold of all of the gardeners. PD says they can’t enforce the ordinance, but the the “meter maids” can issue tickets. That would take care of problem in Evergreen Park and Cal Ave Easy. I have been making calls to the city for twenty years. I have other things I need to be doing with my time. Deb Goldeen, 2130 Birch St., Palo Alto, 94306, 321‐7375 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 1:59 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Tony Ciampi <T.Ciampi@hotmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:54 PM To:Keene, James; Council, City Subject:Officer Kelly Burger James Keene, Palo Alto City Manager Mr. Keene, you said you would put an end to the persecution. I guess you lied. How come you did not inform me that Burger was fired two days after Officers Kevin Mullarkey and Paul Burgio falsely arrested me at Starbucks last August? How come you did not have a press conference and inform the community of Burger's termination? http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/dataviews/245628/city‐of‐palo‐alto‐employee‐salaries‐2017/ https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐5.html https://chiefburns.weebly.com/ https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit‐7.html https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/ https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/missing‐videos.html Tony Ciampi City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:55 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Deborah Goldeen <palamino@pacbell.net> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 4:09 PM To:Ribeiro, Mark Cc:Council, City Subject:Peers Park Dog Park Mr. Ribeiro ‐ thank you for your prompt response for my request to take down the “privacy screening” on the backside of the tennis courts that borders the dog park. Who made these plans? All the meetings to discuss the plans were held during my normal working hours (2 till 9pm). The only plans I saw were overviews. This “privacy screen” needs to go. Even though the park is enormously successful, everything has been decided in a way that marginalizes and craps on the dog owner. There’s only a tiny bit of grass, which is constantly used. The dogs are out of view of the play ground ‐ God forbid a kid should interact with a dog! Heaven help us if the tennis players should get annoyed! Dog owners out number tennis players ten to one. If I’m not mistaken, dogs out number children in Palo Alto, yet dog owners are last on the list for consideration and then we are supposed to be happy for the dry bones thrown our way. As for park neighbors objecting, you know what? If you live next to or across from a park, you are lucky! You get view and open space all the time. I don’t get that. But guess what, that space is public and it is to be shared. One other thing I want to know is how is it that a soccer tournament with participants coming from as far as Fresno that takes up the entire park from 8am till 8pm is OK but dogs and dog parks are not? Deb Goldeen, 2130 Birch St., 94306, 321‐7375 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:59 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 7:32 PM To:Aram James Cc:wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; acisneros@capublicrecordslaw.com; Jonsen, Robert; mdiaz@redwoodcity.org; Council, City; Keene, James; citycouncil@menlopark.org; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; council@redwoodcity.org; gkirby@redwoodcity.org; dcbertini@menlopark.org; molly.o'neal@pdo.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; HRC; Kniss, Liz (internal); swagstaffe@smcgov.org; myraw@smcba.org; stevendlee@alumni.duke.edu; stephanie@dslextreme.com; Perron, Zachary; Kilpatrick, Brad; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; timothygray@sbcglobal.net; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Kan, Michael; Lee, Craig; apierce@pierceshearer.com; Binder, Andrew; Lum, Patty Subject:Re: Antwon Rose should still be here. Second case in point, When was the last time any PAPD officer, (Officer Eric Anthony Bulatao) especially, administered alcohol and drug tests? That information is exempt and further proves the secrecy of lawful protection of police officers. It’s outrageous!!!! Mark Ps. Shall I continue..... Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2018, at 8:14 PM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Editorial: Do more to stop bad cops from being hired elsewhere https://www.freep.com/story/opinion/editorials/2017/07/09/officers-discipline/458979001/ Officer Michael Rosfeld as reported in this story was fired from his previous employment This is a growing national problem in which nearly everyone ignores. Ive been writing about this for years and not a single person other than you Aram has ever responded...Our criminal justice system requires a complete overhaul.. Case in point, the drunken PAPD officer arrested give special treatment and allowed to be unhand-cuffed to sit in a police cruiser and taken to jail by Zack Perron. He’s still employed (Officer Eric Anthony Bulatao) https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/10/01/palo-alto-cop-identified-in-2009-dui- arrest and protected by the city of Palo Alto... My god statistically, alcoholic’s drive drunk behind the wheel 10 times before being caught... City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:59 PM 2 And as you know, police personnel files are exempt from review by the new hiring agency. A practice which needs to stop immediately. (Police officers special bill of rights) Reading this and other tragic accounts as the one you've routed provides me with a greater resolve to expose the fallacy that officers are sworn to protect.. Mark Petersen-Perez Sent from my iPad On Jun 26, 2018, at 2:43 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:59 PM 3 Dear Aram, The East Pittsburgh officer responsible for fatally shooting Antwon Rose has been identified as Michael Rosfeld. He was also fired from his last place of employment as an officer at the University of Pittsburgh for repeatedly being violent and falsifying reports. Officer Rosfeld was sworn into the Allegheny Police Department hours before gunning down Antown in broad daylight. Antwon was an unarmed 17-year-old boy that fled from police officers after a traffic stop. Antwon posed no threat to the officers involved. Yet, Officer Rosfeld put three bullets in the back of his body. Allegheny County District Attorney Zappala has a moral obligation to immediately press charges against this trigger-happy officer. The Pittsburgh community is looking to his leadership to bring justice to Antown’s loved ones and community. Tell District Attorney Zappala: File charges against Officer Michael Rosfeld who shot and killed Antwon Rose! 17-year old Antwon Rose was gunned down by East Pittsburgh Police Tell District Attorney Stephen Zappala: Charge Officer Rosfeld with murder! City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:59 PM 4 We are angry angry. Antwon should still be here. Antwon was loved by many and had a bright and promising future ahead of him. While our community deals with the pain of losing Antwon, Officer Rosfeld has been put on administrative leave. In other words, Rosfeld is still getting paid with our hard earned tax dollars. Killer cops should not be rewarded for taking the lives of Black children. Officials from the Allegheny County Police Department are doing everything in their power to deny responsibility in Antwon’s death. The police superintendent and investigators have prioritized mischaracterizing Antwon to the media as someone deserving of death before releasing any information on the officer who actually killed him. We have learned about the vehicle matching the description of a car fleeing another shooting, firearms found on the floor of the car and the empty gun clip in Antwon's back pocket.1 None of those details change the fact that Officer Rosfeld did not give Antwon a fighting chance before opening fire. Despite the public outcry, District Attorney Zappala’s office has failed to act. This is unacceptable and shameful. There is no need to wait for the Allegheny County Police Department to finish their investigation. We have the facts. A video recording shows officer firing at Antwon's back without any hesitation.2 Officer Rosfeld needs to be charged with murder now! Demand DA Zappala hold Officer Rosfeld accountable! The police have a sworn duty to protect and serve. The East Pittsburgh police's targeting and shooting of Antwon is a prime example of the disproportionate impact of police violence on Black people in this country. In 2017, Police killed 1,147 people. Black people were 25% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population.3 Black communities are living under constant racial terror while police officers continue to operate with impunity. In a high-profile election year, DA Zappala is proving himself to be a candidate that fails to act in the best interest of the community. His refusal to hold Officer Rosfeld accountable speaks volumes. Zappala has the City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:59 PM 5 power and authority to send a very clear message to the police in Allegheny County - acts of police violence in will not go unpunished. Join us in demanding justice for Antwon! Demand Justice for Antwon Rose! In solidarity, --Jasiri X, One Hood and Brandi Fisher, Alliance for Police Accountability Resources: 1. "Live updates: Allegheny Co. police respond to reports about N. Braddock shooting" WPXI News. 22 June 2018. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/68386?t=10&akid=14735%2E145 6029%2EfTJhez 2. "Police Killing of Antwon Rose, 17, in East Pittsburgh Prompts Protests." New York Times. 21 June 2018. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/68387?t=12&akid=14735%2E145 6029%2EfTJhez 3. Mapping Police Violence. 2018. https://act.colorofchange.org/go/68388?t=14&akid=147 35%2E1456029%2EfTJhez Join us and start your own petition on OrganizeFor today! Color Of Change is building a movement to elevate the voices of Black folks and our allies, and win real social and political change. Help keep our movement strong. If you're absolutely sure you don't want to hear from Color Of Change again, click here to unsubscribe. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:02 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Mora Oommen <morablossom@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, June 23, 2018 7:15 AM To:Maryjane Marcus Cc:Keene, James; City Mgr; Council, City; Flaherty, Michelle; Keith, Claudia; Lait, Jonathan; Nose, Kiely; Perez, Lalo; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly Subject:Re: College Terrace Centre fine - be sure to earmark the funds Mary Jane -I'm so glad you brought this to our attention and followed up with the City. warm regards, Mora On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 1:41 PM, Maryjane Marcus <maryjane.marcus@gmail.com> wrote: Dear James, Thank you! Will you wait until the end of July before getting direction? How soon would it be do you think? Warmly Mary Jane On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 11:40 AM, Keene, James <James.Keene@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Ms. Marcus. Thanks for your email and inclusion of the Council’s motion. I can assure you that as we collect fines, we will put them into a reserve. They cannot and will not be spent or committed in any way until we have explicit Council direction, which will have to occur at some future Council meeting. James Keene | City Manager 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 James.Keene@CityofPaloAlto.org City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:02 AM 2 Please think of the environment before printing this email –Thank you! From: Maryjane Marcus [mailto:maryjane.marcus@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2018 1:38 PM To: Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: College Terrace Centre fine ‐ be sure to earmark the funds Dear Jonathan, I wanted to write to you regarding the College Terrace Centre fine, which you confirmed to Ann Balini starts July 9th at $2000/day. I want to make sure you and Jim Keene are aware of a motion that also passed when the Ordinance was passed, and the need to set aside and earmark the funds until you have guidance from City Council as to how it will be used. See below the transcript from Dec 15, 2014. MINUTES 12/15/2014 116- 271 MOTION: Council Member Berman moved, seconded by Council Member Scharff that any funds collected due to future violations of the grocery store be brought to Council for guidance on expenditure of funds. Council Member Berman preferred penalty funds be utilized for the benefit of the College Terrace neighborhood. Council Member Scharff felt expenditure of the funds should be more visible than Code Enforcement. MOTION PASSED: 9:0 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:02 AM 3 Can you please be sure the funds are earmarked until you receive this guidance? Will you let us know when guidance from Council will be requested? Sincerely Mary Jane Marcus Member, College Terrace Residents Association -- -- Mora Oommen Cell: 650-644-5354 Email: morablossom@gmail.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:56 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Minor, Beth Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 10:10 AM To:Penny Ellson; Keene, James Cc:Council, City; board@greenmeadow.org; elizabeth@nodiamonds.com; 'Claire Kirner'; 'Lanie Wheeler'; 'Carolyn Dobervich'; 'Jennifer Hetterly'; 'Diane Reklis' Subject:RE: Concordia LLC for the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan & Visioning Hi Penny, Here is what Council passed last Monday. Recommendation Staff recommends that City Council: 1. Approve a Professional Services Agreement with Concordia LLC in an Amount Not to Exceed $565,972 for Cubberley Community Center Master Plan and Visioning, 2. Amend the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Appropriation Ordinance for the Cubberley Property Infrastructure Fund by: a. Increasing the revenue estimate for the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan project (CB-16001) by $332,986; b. Increasing the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan project (CB- 16001) appropriation by $188,681; and c. Increasing the ending fund balance for the Cubberley Property Infrastructure Fund by $144,305. 3. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Cost Share Agreement with the Palo Alto Unified School District for up to $332,986, equal to one-half of the maximum total project cost of $665,972. Thanks, B‐ Beth D. Minor | City Clerk | City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue| Palo Alto, CA 94301 T: 650‐ 329‐2379 E: beth.minor@cityofpaloalto.org City Clerks Rock and Rule From: Penny Ellson [mailto:pellson@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 9:58 AM City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 10:56 AM 2 To: Keene, James <James.Keene@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; board@greenmeadow.org; elizabeth@nodiamonds.com; 'Claire Kirner' <kirnerclaire@gmail.com>; 'Lanie Wheeler' <hswdw14@gmail.com>; 'Carolyn Dobervich' <cdobervich@gmail.com>; 'Jennifer Hetterly' <hetterly@sbcglobal.net>; 'Diane Reklis' <reklis@comcast.net> Subject: Concordia LLC for the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan & Visioning Dear Jim, I read the June 18 City Council Consent Calendar item related to the agreement with Concordia LLC for the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan & Visioning which I didn’t notice until yesterday. I spoke with several other former members of the Cubberley Community Advisory Committee (CCAC) who were also surprised and sorry to have missed hearing the decision. Would you please update CCAC members on what Council decided? Here are my questions and comments: 1. I was glad to see that the contract calls for recruiting “community fellows” and stakeholders and calls for creating a Stakeholder Engagement process. I understand that process is not yet defined, but as Cubberley’s abutting neighbor, Greenmeadow would like to be represented in this process. I am reaching out on behalf of Greenmeadow Community Association (GMCA) to reaffirm our continued interest and willingness to collaborate in this planning process. 2. The report says the consultant will recruit and train Community Fellows and that there will be a public application process with final selection by the City Manager and PAUSD Superintendent or his designee. I am interested in understanding what criteria will be used in that selection process. Will you please clarify? Please note: GMCA has an elected board (copied here) who may wish to have a voice in deciding who represents our community. 3. I see that the report mentions that housing for PAUSD employees is to be considered as a potential use of the site. This was not a recommendation of the CCAC and it has never been publicly vetted, so it will be important to clarify the intent. Would housing be built in addition to or instead of the uses that were previously discussed? How might adding that use affect the intensity of use of the site? I don’t know what Greenmeadow’s position might be with regard to this change. GMCA voted only to support the CCAC recommendations. We never discussed housing because it was not part of the CCAC recommendation. We would need to reach out to residents to understand their thoughts on the matter of housing at Cubberley, so it would be helpful to understand the intent of this addition better in order to explore it with residents. 4. Management of Cubberley traffic and safety, visual and noise impacts in and around our neighborhood and maintaining a vital community center and potential school site for enrollment expansion will continue to be key concerns of Greenmeadow residents. Thank you for considering my comments. Sincerely, Penny Ellson Co-Chair, Greenmeadow Community Association Civic Affairs Committee City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:00 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Carolyn D <cdobervich@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, June 22, 2018 4:57 PM To:Keene, James Cc:Claire Kirner; Council, City; De Geus, Robert; Diane Reklis; Jennifer Hetterly; Lanie Wheeler; Penny Ellson; board@greenmeadow.org; elizabeth@nodiamonds.com Subject:Re: Concordia LLC for the Cubberley Community Center Master Plan & Visioning Penny, thanks for sending this. As always, I appreciate your good work on behalf of Greenmeadow as well as the Palo Alto community. I look forward to reading Rob’s answers. Carolyn (Dobervich) On Fri, Jun 22, 2018 at 4:48 PM Keene, James <James.Keene@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Penny< I’ll do my best on the questions. Rob De Geus has been our CMO lead on this so I’m asking him to respond, as he can be more complete on this more easily than I can James Keene | City Manager 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 James.Keene@CityofPaloAlto.org Please think of the environment before printing this email –Thank you! From: Penny Ellson [mailto:pellson@pacbell.net] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 9:58 AM To: Keene, James <James.Keene@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; board@greenmeadow.org; elizabeth@nodiamonds.com; 'Claire Kirner' <kirnerclaire@gmail.com>; 'Lanie Wheeler' <hswdw14@gmail.com>; 'Carolyn Dobervich' <cdobervich@gmail.com>; 'Jennifer Hetterly' <hetterly@sbcglobal.net>; 'Diane Reklis' <reklis@comcast.net> City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:03 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Johanna van de Woestijne <johannacalifornia@gmail.com> Sent:Saturday, June 23, 2018 11:28 AM To:council@losaltosca.gov; Council, City; Courtenay Corrigan; mwu@losaltoshills.ca.gov; jradford2011@yahoo.com; rspreen@losaltoshills.ca.gov; gcwaldeck@losaltoshills.ca.gov Cc:citycouncil@mountainview.gov Subject:Re: oppose Palo Alto animal services change over to no kill Attachments:Lepczyketal.2015ReviewofCatBehaviorinRelationtoDiseaseandManagementOptions (1).pdf I am adding an attachment that reviews cat behavior in relation to disease management options. The use of neuter release of feral cats to achieve no kill status increases risks of disease transmission among cats, wildlife, and humans. Neuter release has been demonstrated to be less cost effective and less preferred than removal approaches, the use of neuter releasing for managing disease would be a poor choice. If Palo Alto Animal Services is to be take over by other shelter management, and their goal is no kill, it is very important to establish that the shelter will be open admissions, meaning they can not refuse admission of cats unsuitable for adoption. They can not just pick and choose to accept only adoptable animals, or release feral cats back to the environment. Since a shelter can not control what rescuers do with the cats (such as releasing them), euthanasia must remain a shelter tool for cats otherwise unsuited behaviorally for adoption into an indoor life or catio or enclosure. Neutering cats and releasing them to the environment or neighborhoods, does not prevent free roaming and leaves the cats on the landscape for another 10 to 15 years. Neutering doesn’t prevent disease transmission and feeing a feral cat does not prevent it killing wildlife either, since they are instinctive predators and kill even when not hungry, often leaving the prey in the field, uneaten. Do you really want secret cat colonies behind every fence, for years on end, as GCats has been doing at the childcare in Palo Alto? I certainly do not, and that is exactly what is happening in Mountain View with GCats and The Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority no kill program, and that is what will happen if the management of the animal shelter in Palo Alto is given to a no kill program On Jun 23, 2018, at 7:20 AM, Johanna van de Woestijne <johannacalifornia@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Council Members, Mountain View is served by a shelter that practices no kill, mainly by releasing feral cats back to parks, playgrounds, schools, wildlife areas, and neighborhoods, without permission from the managers or home owners in those areas. The feral cats extensively contaminate our watersheds and are fed by supposed care takers, all in great secrecy, usual under the cover of darkness. That is was no kill is. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:03 AM 2 No kill managers of animal shelters do not know where the feral cats are released, nor do they supervise the releases, nor do they keep maps, or gain permission from anyone for the releases. The cats end up many times in the watersheds and baylands. Right now I am struggling with Google, requesting they remove a feral cat colony that they fund, and is organized by their employees, in an organization called GCats. The feral cat feeding station, although run by GCats, is over the city line into Palo Alto and the cats spend their days in the baylands, adjacent the Adobe Creek Path and adjacent a day care center. This is what happens under No Kill policies. No Kill really means no permission, no accountability, no control, and no respect for first world public health standards, or for wildlife areas. I set a trail cam up for 3 days and 3 nights on a very small trail that leads directly to the feeding station at the child care center adjacent Adobe Creek. I found that no only indeed the cat defecates very near the feeding station and the children’s play area, it is also attracting excessive numbers of raccoons, including young raccoons. Raccoons love cat food, and dominate cats at feeding stations. Raccoons will always eat first and are not vaccinated against rabies. Crowding around the cat food is opportunity for disease spread among the wildlife at the bowl. Raccoons and cats both spread parasites in their feces too, that are undesirable in the children’s play area or in our watersheds, or baylands. The raccoons attracted to the feral cat feeding station have also altered their behavior, appearing 4 times in full daylight during the short time I had a trail cam set out. Again, this is not healthy, because it increases opportunity of disease spread and unwelcome interaction with humans and other wildlife. I have edited together the trail cam video clips, so you can see for yourself the animal traffic on one teeny tiny animal trail leading to the cat food. There were many more trails that I was of course not monitoring, so who knows how much more traffic there is. I do not think that the baylands or a daycare is an appropriate or safe setting for feral cat colonies. But, Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority is providing the perfect negative example of how NOT to handle feral cats (they release feral cats to GCats), which in turn releases them to watersheds, cay care centers, wildlife areas, all with no permissions and not notice to parents. Palo Alto Animal Services, which serves my residential area (Los Altos hills) really must investigate and evaluate the environmental impact of no kill (CEQA) before switching over to no kill practices, which are environmentally destructive and also negatively impact public health standards, especially at day cares, playgrounds, schools, parks, and public spaces. Here is my trail cam edited video of the wildlife trekking into the feral cat feeding station in the Palo Alto baylands, maintained by Google and GCats, all in great secrecy. https://vimeo.com/275942590 Respectfully, Johanna van de Woestijne Resident, Los Altos Hills See discussions, stats, and author profiles for this publication at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/303565427 Lepczyk et al. 2015 Review of Cat Behavior in Relation to Disease and Management Options Data · May 2016 CITATIONS 0 READS 214 3 authors: Some of the authors of this publication are also working on these related projects: Invasive species Science and Management in the Pacific View project Prioritizing threat management activities on islands View project Christopher A. Lepczyk Auburn University 120 PUBLICATIONS 1,537 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE Cheryl Lohr Department of Biodiversity, Conservation an… 29 PUBLICATIONS 107 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE David Cameron Duffy University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa 114 PUBLICATIONS 3,175 CITATIONS SEE PROFILE All content following this page was uploaded by Christopher A. Lepczyk on 27 May 2016. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Applied Animal Behaviour Science j ourna l h om epage: www.elsevier.com/locate/applanim Review A review of cat behavior in relation to disease risk and management options Christopher A. Lepczyka,∗, Cheryl A. Lohrb, David C. Duffyc aSchool of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA b4 San Teodoro Ave, Sinagra, WA 6065, Australia c Pacific Cooperative Studies Unit and Department of Botany, University of Hawai‘i at M¯anoa, 3190 Maile Way, St. John 410, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, USA a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 4 October 2014 Received in revised form 7 July 2015 Accepted 23 July 2015 Available online 5 August 2015 Keywords: Diet FeLV FIV Home range Movement ecology Plague Rabies Toxoplasmosis a b s t r a c t Domestic cats (Felis catus) are a common household pet and also a notorious invasive species around the world. Because cat numbers have been increasing in many locations it is critical to work on management solutions that help to reduce threats posed by cats. With regard to cat behavior, one of the threats both to cats themselves and the species that they interact with is disease transmission. As part of a broader overview on applying cat behavior to management the focus of this review is to consider different types of cat behaviors and highlight how they relate to disease as a means to help inform management. Specifically, we focus on cat movement, foraging, and cat–human interactions as broad classes of cat behavior that can lead to acquisition and transmission of diseases. In addition, we review the diseases that are commonly harbored by cats, are of growing human health concern, and for which we have reasonable information. Finally, we review the main forms of cat management in order to provide a set of recommendations for use in addressing cat diseases. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2. Cat movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 3. Cat foraging and diet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 4. Human–cat interactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 5. Cat diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.1. Diseases of concern to humans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 5.2. Diseases of concern to cats and other species . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 6. Management issues and implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.1. Climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.2. Urbanization and urban areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 6.3. Management options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 7. Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Conflict of interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Acknowledgement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 ∗Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 334 844 9254. E-mail address: lepczyk@auburn.edu (C.A. Lepczyk). 1. Introduction Animals engage in a wide range of activities over the course of their lives and many of these activities show some temporal reg- ularity. For instance, animals exhibit a range of daily behavioral patterns that include foraging, walking, grooming, and sleeping. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.applanim.2015.07.002 0168-1591/© 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. 30 C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 Likewise, over longer periods of time, such as seasons, animals may breed and migrate. Although a species may engage in numerous behaviors, the behaviors of sub-populations may vary based upon environmental variables, such as temperature (Schmidt-Nielsen, 1983), food availability (Zielinski, 1988), and presence or interac- tion with competitors and predators (Carothers and Jaksic, 1984). In the case of the domestic (or house) cat (Felis catus) their foraging behavior may vary from ambush predation to solitary active hunt- ing to scavenging, depending on the availability of prey species or food resources (Spotte, 2014). Domestic cats have become more common as pets in the United States and around the world over the past several decades (Lepczyk et al., 2010). Concurrent with this growth has been a rising under- standing of the negative consequences that cats, primarily those allowed outdoors or living without human control, have on wildlife (Churcher and Lawton, 1987; Coleman and Temple, 1993; Lepczyk et al., 2004; Loss et al., 2013). Cats have caused local extirpations of species, exterminated species endemic to oceanic islands, and become problematic in ecosystems around the world (Medway, 2004; Bonnaud et al., 2011; Medina et al., 2011; Frank et al., 2014). As such, cats are considered amongst the 100 worst invasive species in the world (Lowe et al., 2000). Beyond just being predators, cats may also be a nuisance to people as they make noise, defecate in children’s sandboxes and on lawns, pose a threat to people with asthma, leave a urine stench, and provoke barking by dogs (Proulx, 1988; Jarvis, 1990; Natoli, 1994; Baker, 2001). Finally, cats carry a wide range of diseases that pose risks to themselves, other wildlife species, and humans (Moodie, 1995). For instance, felids, including house cats, are the definitive hosts of Toxoplasma gondii, a para- site that is responsible for a wide range of ailments in a number of species including humans (Smith and Frenkel, 1995; Dubey, 2002, 2010). More recently toxoplasmosis has been associated with a range of neurological and psychiatric disorders in humans such as schizophrenia, epilepsy, altered personality traits and “aggre- gate neuroticism” (McAllister, 2005; Lafferty, 2006; Palmer, 2007; Torrey et al., 2007, 2015). Cats are also carriers of rabies (Eng and Fishbein, 1990) and plague (Craven et al., 1993). Because disease affects not only the cats themselves, but other species and the ecosystems they live in, understanding how behav- ior plays a role in cat disease acquisition and movement is needed for appropriate management actions and policies. Here, we focus on the main cat behaviors that can lead to the acquisition and trans- mission of diseases intraspecifically and interspecifically as well as the main diseases that cats harbor. Because the majority of the behaviors we consider relate predominately to cats allowed regu- lar access to the outdoors or free ranging cats (i.e., both owned and unowned or feral cats allowed free access to the environment) our emphasis is on outdoor cats. 2. Cat movement In relation to disease risk and propagation the relevant move- ments to consider are those relating to disease exposure in the environment and species interactions. Specifically, the movements of interest relate to home range size, distances moved across the landscape, when movement occurs, what types of habitats or environments cats encounter as they move, and conspecific inter- actions. Home range is an old concept in ecology, but has changed over time from a more general idea of the area over which an animal for- ages, sleeps, and may reproduce (Burt, 1943) to one of a utilization distribution that describes more precisely where and how much time an animal spends on given locations on the landscape (Fryxell et al., 2014). Considering the technological changes in being able to evaluate animal movement over the past 30 years it is important to keep in mind that different methods of estimating home range yield different results (e.g., Gehrt et al., 2013). Although cats can move up to 200 km in a lifetime (Newsome, 1991) and there may be a substantial number of transient indi- viduals within populations (Pettigrew, 1993), most cats have quite limited ranges. Males tend to have home ranges two to three times larger than those of females (e.g., Liberg and Sandell, 1994; Duffy and Capece, 2012; Gehrt et al., 2013) ranging from less than a hectare (Metsers et al., 2010; van Heezik et al., 2010) to nearly 300 ha (Gehrt et al., 2013) with average home ranges of less than 10 ha (Kays and DeWan, 2004; Lilith et al., 2008; van Heezik et al., 2010; Wierzbowska et al., 2013; Kitts-Morgan et al., 2015). Differences in home range size have been related to sev- eral factors, including breeding season, male access to female cats, whether or not they have been neutered, cat age, time of day, and prey availability (Liberg and Sandell, 1994; Barratt, 1997; Edwards et al., 2001). Research has suggested that the home range of males increases during the breeding season as breeding males seek access to receptive females and hence non-breeding males may have smaller home-ranges than breeding males (Liberg and Sandell, 1994). Similarly, unneutered cats tend to have larger home ranges than neutered cats (Hervías et al., 2014). Younger cats have been shown to have smaller home ranges than older ones, which may be due to reduced dispersal behavior in young cats (Hervías et al., 2014). Time of day also matters, with home ranges calculated during evening hours tending to be larger than those calculated during daylight (Barratt, 1997; Metsers et al., 2010). Similarly, in the urban environment, more cats are active during early morning hours (Haspel and Calhoon, 1989). In the case of human control, cats that are generally indoors most of the time also tend to have smaller home ranges than those that are allowed open access to the outdoors (Hervías et al., 2014). Cats are one of the most widely dispersed invasive vertebrate species. Notably, cats are partially arboreal, they have excellent night vision, and when live prey is available, they do not require water (Newsome, 1991). With these traits, populations of cats per- sist in nearly every ecosystem type from tropical islands, to the arid interior of Australia (Jones and Coman, 1981), to sub-Antarctic islands, high elevation mountain ranges (Troyer et al., 2014), and high density urban areas (Haspel and Calhoon, 1989). The types of habitats or environments encountered by free-roaming cats are highly variable. Despite this variability, cat movement and hence interactions with other outdoor cats, are probably influenced by the distribution of prey rather than many landscape characteris- tics, although study results are somewhat mixed, with some studies showing that prey distribution does not affect home range sizes (Hervías et al., 2014) whereas in other cases it does (Barratt, 1997; Edwards et al., 2001). In the Orongorongo Valley of New Zealand, for example, cat home ranges were linear following the course of a stony riverbed. This linear range was attributed to the distribution of rats and rabbits (Fitzgerald and Karl, 1979) which were plentiful only in the bottom of the long, steep sided valley, rather than hes- itancy by cats to cross the river. In contrast, two studies in the less productive habitats of central Australia have indicated that male cat home ranges may exceed 2000 ha during dry periods (Mahon, 1999; Edwards et al., 2001). Cats in rural areas tend to have considerably larger home-ranges than cats in urban areas (Lilith et al., 2008; Metsers et al., 2010), probably due to the dispersal of resources. The different factors that relate to home size for cats are impor- tant in that the larger a home range is, or the more an animal moves, the more opportunities may exist to acquire, transmit, and prop- agate disease, all else being equal. Thus, an unneutered male, for example, may be much more important for managing disease than neutered or female cats given the differences in the size of their home ranges. Likewise, because cat home ranges overlap (Spotte, 2014), wide-ranging individuals, or the transient individuals within C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 31 a population, are more likely to interact with numerous other con- specifics and propagate disease. An issue related to movement, but different from it, is the geo- graphic distribution of cats on the landscape. As previously noted, cats do occur in a range of different habitats around the world. However, cats are frequently found in association with human habi- tation or urban areas (Aguilar and Farnworth, 2012, 2013) in large part due to the various food resources available (see Spotte, 2014, for review). As a result, cat interactions may occur more regularly in urban areas and human dominated landscapes than in other locations. Cats may interact with conspecifics both directly and indirectly. Direct interactions include breeding behaviors, sharing of food resources, or formation of colonies. The term ‘cat colonies’ is fre- quently used to refer to groups of cats that coalesce around food resources that are often provided either intentionally or uninten- tionally by people often in or near areas of human habitation. Studies from Australia have revealed that cats naturally form colonies in highly modified resource rich habitats, such as trash or waste transfer stations, large and small townships, homesteads, mining sites and tourist resorts, which provide food, resting and nesting sites and breeding opportunities for cats. In such habi- tats, cats have been recorded forming dense localised colonies, based on matrilines, where females defend the resources, recruit their own kittens to the colony (Liberg and Sandell, 1994; Denny et al., 2002), and exclude unrelated females (Kerby and Macdonald, 1994). Weaned kittens gradually develop a home range that over- laps that of the mother and littermates, with all using a common feeding site, and it is the repetition of this process that appears to generate the feeding groups (Izawa and Ono, 1986). Using genetic analyses, Denny (2005) confirmed that cats living away from a rural waste transfer site in relatively unmodified habitat were more closely related to the cats in the colony than cats from a nearby township. These data indicated that rather than compris- ing loose collections of abandoned or dumped suburban cats, the waste transfer site populations were made up of self-perpetuating, closely related animals, from which individuals could disperse into the surrounding habitats. Any of these direct interactions between cats within a colony or between a colony and surrounding locations can obviously lead to disease transmission. The most important indirect interactions amongst cats is den sharing. Cats will use any means of shelter available within their home range, and hence may have numerous den sites which they move amongst. In the Orongorongo Valley, for example, cats did not have permanent dens, but could be found resting in any part of their home range. Diseases spread via arthropod vectors (e.g., cat flea) may be spread through the use of den sites by multiple cats. Hence, as the number of cats using the dens concomitantly and the frequency of use increases, there will be increased oppor- tunity for disease spread. Such increased opportunities are likely to arise where cats are fed, in cat colonies, and in urban and human dominated landscapes. 3. Cat foraging and diet Foraging is a direct way in which cats may acquire disease through the food they consume both through hunting and scav- enging. Cats are opportunistic predators and obligate carnivores (Coman and Brunner, 1972; Fitzgerald and Karl, 1979) that can sur- vive on preformed and metabolic water in food for months (Prentiss et al., 1959). The consumption of only animal tissue has led to a set of evolutionary adaptations in cats including a limited ability to reg- ulate enzymes of amino acid metabolism, an inability to synthesize niacin from tryptophan, and an inability to use plant material for conversion to amino acids and vitamins (MacDonald et al., 1984). Thus, while plant material is consumed (Errington, 1936; McMurry and Sperry, 1941; Jackson, 1951; Clevenger, 1995; Molsher et al., 1999), they are dependent on meeting their energetic demands through consumption of a high protein diet. Dietary analyses have been carried out in cats around the world for at least 100 years (Forbush, 1916), with many studies finding that either small mammals or birds are the dominant prey items, often depending upon the ecosystems in which the studies were conducted (Coman and Brunner, 1972; Fitzgerald and Turner, 2000; Pearre and Maass, 1998). Such dietary differences across habitats found in various studies is likely a reflection of differences in prey availability (Dickman, 2009). In a compilation of 258 cat diet stud- ies we have found >1000 different species consumed, with house mouse (Mus domesticus), European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), black rat (Rattus rattus), house sparrow (Passer domesticus), and common blackbird (Turdus merula) amongst the most common (House et al., unpublished manuscript). Although many of these species are associated with humans, this is more a reflection of study location than diet preference as the overall view is that cats will take any available prey that they are physically capable of killing (Duffy and Capece, 2012). However, recent findings suggest that cats continue to hunt specific species of prey, even when these prey become scarce, and that they can exhibit individual variation in hunting behavior (Dickman and Newsome, 2015). Furthermore, cats scavenge carcasses of animals (e.g., Ragg et al., 2000), including ones larger than they can kill (e.g., livestock; Molsher et al., 1999) and consume spoiled and wasted food left by people (Errington, 1936; Jones and Coman, 1981). Given the combination of such a wide diet breadth and sources of food, there is ample oppor- tunity for disease transmission both through direct consumption and via contact with the carcass. For instance, fleas on the carcass can transmit plague and consumption can introduce endoparasites (e.g., round worms, tapeworms), bacteria, and viruses, leading to a range of diseases (e.g., rabies, toxoplasmosis, leptospirosis). Just as home ranges varied markedly based on such differ- ences as gender and urban versus rural location, cat foraging and predation rates have shown a great deal of variance depending upon a variety of factors. For instance, prey capture rates differ across seasons in temperate climates, suggesting there may be sea- sonal differences in hunting behavior (Churcher and Lawton, 1987; Barratt, 1997; van Heezik et al., 2010). Likewise, the amount of time spent hunting varies widely by individual (van Heezik et al., 2010) and some cats appear to be more active or successful hunters than others (Lepczyk et al., 2004; Kays and DeWan, 2004). Cats hunt throughout the day, with some studies showing more diurnal patterns (George, 1974) and other showing more activity at night (Alterio and Moller, 1997), likely due to such factors as temperature and when prey are most active (e.g., Faulquier et al., 2009). Notably, because sterilization fails to reduce feeding activity (Fettman et al., 1997), it does not change a cat’s motivation to hunt (Spotte, 2014). Hence, as foraging varies markedly based on location, time of day, time of year, and individual behavior the possibility of disease transmission also varies. 4. Human–cat interactions People regularly interact with cats, whether as pets or as feral animals. As pets, indoor cats have been shown to provide substantial quality-of-life benefits, both psychologically and phys- iologically, to their owners (Karsh and Turner, 1988). Owners of pet cats interact through such activities as grooming, petting, feeding, cleaning or handling fecal material, and cleaning indoor areas where cats have been active. All of these interactions can provide either direct contact with a cat or indirect exposure, such as through airborne inhalation of cat dander or litter dust. For strictly indoor cats, opportunities for disease exposure and acquisition are 32 C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 relatively minor and thus the likelihood for human exposure is low. Opportunities arise from such situations as the introduction of new cats to a home, visits to a veterinarian, or through exposure or ingestion of prey species which enter the home. In the case of owned pet cats that have access to the outdoors, they can acquire diseases through environmental exposure or become infected through ingestion of host or diseased prey (Waap et al., 2014). Once acquired these indoor–outdoor cats may trans- mit diseases to their owners. For instance, cat parasites that can infect humans include Toxocara cati (Waap et al., 2014), hookworm (Ancylostoma tubaeforme; Robertson and Thompson, 2002) and the tapeworm (Dipylidium caninum, Szwaja et al., 2011). As for feral and unowned cats, the main ways in which humans interact with them that have potential for disease transmission is through feeding at feral cat colonies and through interacting with their waste. For instance, parasites can be transmitted from cats to people directly through contact with a parasitized cat or indirectly through expo- sure to contaminated water and soil (Waap et al., 2014). Cat effects on humans can be either direct or indirect. Direct effects include infection following cat bites and scratches or infec- tion via respiration. Indirect effects include introducing disease vectors into the household, such as fleas and ticks, or contaminating the environment with feces or by disturbing neighborhoods with their nocturnal calling and conflicts. Although some of these activi- ties may be innocuous, they can all provide opportunities that lead to disease transmission. For instance, at least 66,000 people are bit- ten annually by cats, or 21 per 100,000 in the US, with the majority of victims being women (O’Neil et al., 2007). Untreated, up to half of cat bites become infected (Goldstein, 1992). Likewise, cats defecate on lawns and in children’s sandboxes, posing a threat for inhalation or direct contact with diseases (Proulx, 1988; Jarvis, 1990). In one study in suburban California, approximately 9000 (2000 feral) cats produced 14–63 kg/ha/yr of feces (28% from feral cats), excluding feces from litter boxes dumped outdoors by their owners (Dabritz et al., 2006). 5. Cat diseases Cats carry a wide variety of diseases, many of which are zoononotic, being transmissible from animals to humans. Zoonotic diseases are a concern for both human and wildlife populations, and they have been emerging worldwide with increasing frequency (Jones et al., 2008). From a management point of view, we consider only diseases that are zoonotic versus the ones that are transmitted to other species or found only in cats. Given the recent in-depth reviews of many diseases (Gerhold and Jessup, 2012), we high- light only those of most concern to humans at present, with others simply noted (Table 1). 5.1. Diseases of concern to humans Cats can expose humans to disease in a variety of ways: mechanically through bites and scratches; through aerosol pas- sage of pathogens; enterically through contact with feces in soil or water; or by bringing disease-bearing ectoparasites into the house (Table 1). The relative risk of the diseases depends on the status of the cat, as confined indoors, indoor–outdoor pet cats that are allowed to freely range, outdoor owned cats (e.g., farm cats) that can freely range, or feral cats that essentially have no contact with people. Indoor cats are unlikely to be exposed to disease risks due to their lack of interaction with outdoor or feral cats, wild animals, or the environment. All cats that are either allowed outside or live out- side pose a much greater risk of disease transmission than indoor cats due to their interactions with one another, with wildlife, and exposure to the environment. The cats that are owned and receiv- ing some modicum of vet care by their owners likely pose a lower risk of disease than strictly feral cats due to increased likelihood that they are vaccinated and that diseases may be observed and treated. Perhaps the most serious disease carried by cats is rabies, a virus that is generally transmitted via saliva when a rabid animal bites a host animal. Although the traditional view of rabies is of a rabid dog, the virus is now more frequently detected in cats than dogs in the US, perhaps because of better canine vaccination (Rupprecht, 2002; Blanton et al., 2007). People exposed to rabies are largely associ- ated with free roaming or feral cats (e.g., Roseveare et al., 2009). Feeding stations for free roaming cats may increase the risk of rabies exposure in people as the stations attract other wildlife that are commonly infected (e.g., raccoons [Procyon lotor]) which could increase opportunities for transmission (Gerhold and Jessup, 2012). A disease of growing concern is T. gondii, a tissue-cyst form- ing coccidian protozoan that causes the toxoplasmosis infection in birds, mammals, and humans (Dubey, 2010). Felids are the defini- tive hosts for the sexual stage and the only hosts to accommodate both the asexual and sexual stages of the protozoan and shed the environmentally resistant oocysts in their excrement (Dubey and Jones, 2008). Upon shedding, oocysts transmission can occur through ingestion in soil, grass, fruits and vegetables, inhalation, or in contaminated water (Dubey, 2010; Dubey and Jones, 2008; Tenter et al., 2000; Teutsch et al., 1979). Toxoplasmosis has led to deaths in a number of animal species including sea otters (Enhydra lutris nereis; Kreuder et al., 2003), Hawaiian crows (Corvus hawai- iensis; Work et al., 2000), Hawaiian geese (Branta sandvicensis; Work et al., 2002), Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi; Honnold et al., 2005), spinner dolphins (Stenella longirostris; Migaki et al., 1990), and red-footed boobies (Sula sula; Work et al., 2002). Toxoplasmosis also affects livestock (Dubey and Jones, 2008) and oysters (Lindsay et al., 2004; Esmerini et al., 2010). Cat scratch fever infections, caused by Bartonella spp., are usually minor but fever, lethargy, urinary tract disease or neuro- logical disease can occur with chronic infections ((Breitschwerdt, 2008; Bevins et al., 2012). Research in California suggests that the prevalence of Bartonella sp. infections is positively correlated to proximity to large urban areas, driven by high domestic cat den- sities in urban areas with locally amplified flea populations and increased transmission opportunities (Bevins et al., 2012). Rickettsia felis is a member of the genus Rickettsia, which com- prises intracellular pathogens that produce infections commonly called rickettsioses. Rickettsiae have traditionally been subdivided into two groups: the spotted fever group (SFG) and the typhus group. While infections produced by these two groups are clinically indistinguishable SFG members are transmitted by ticks whereas typhus group members are transmitted by fleas and lice (Adams et al., 1990; Schriefer et al., 1994). Ctenocephalides felis fleas serve as the main reservoir and likely have a central role in transmission of rickettsioses in humans. The lack of host specificity of the cat flea and the worldwide distribution of C. felis represents a threat to the human population. The urban–wildland interface which allows interaction between domestic animals and wild animals maintains R. felis infection in nature (Perez-Osorio et al., 2008). Infection of humans by rickettsiae often begins at the site of the bite of the arthropod vector and subsequently spreads through the lymph nodes throughout the body, resulting in infection of endothelial cells, which can lead to multi-organ pathologic changes associated with potentially life-threatening diseases (Azad and Beard, 1998). Yersinia pestis is a bacteria belonging to the family Enterobac- teriaceae and source of plague, a frequently fatal zoonotic disease if untreated. Plague is found in semi-arid areas, where fleas are active year round and rodents are common (Gage et al., 2000). Plague is primarily a rodent disease with around 200 species of rodents and lagomorphs implicated in its epidemiological cycle (Gratz, 1999). Transmission typically occurs from flea bites or inges- tion of infected rodents or lagomorphs, but can also occur through C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 33 Table 1 Diseases of management concern in domestic cats. In some cases, methods and extent of transmission remain little known. Health Concern Disease Scientific Name Classification Cat Acquisition Transmission Cat Human Reference Rabies Virus Saliva, bites Saliva, bites x x Craven et al. (1993) Avian flu Influenza A subtype H5N1 Virus Prey Inhalation x x Kuiken et al. (2004) Feline calicivirus FCV Virus Direct, fluids Direct, fluids x Radford et al. (2007) Feline herpesvirus FeHV Virus Direct, fluids Direct x Gaskell et al. (2007) Feline panleukopenia FPV Virus Direct Direct, fluids x Squires (2013) Feline leukemia FeLV Virus Fluids Fluids x Hardy et al. (1977) Feline immodeficiency FIV Virus Direct Bites x Courchamp and Pontier (1994) Murine typhus Rickettsia typhi Bacteria Fleas Fleas x Roberts and Ellis-Pegler (2001) Rickettsiosis Rickettsia felis Bacteria Fleas Fleas x Perez-Osorio et al. (2008) Rocky mountain spotted fever Rickettsia rickettsii Bacteria Ticks Ticks x Kelly et al. (2004) Cat scratch fever Bartonella spp. Bacteria Fleas Bites, scratches x Kelly et al. (2005) Gastroenteritis Cryptosporidium spp. Protozoa Water, food, feces Feces x Matos et al. (2004) Giardia spp. Protozoa Water, food, feces Feces x Huang and White (2006) Helicobacter spp. Bacteria Direct, feces? Feces x Heilmann and Borchard (1991) Campylobacter spp. Bacteria Feces Feces x Deming et al. (1987) Plague Yersinia pestis Bacteria Prey, carrion Fleas, bites x x Gage et al. (2000) Yersinosis Y. enterocolitica Bacteria Prey, food Feces x Yanagawa et al. (1978) Pseudotuberculosis Y. pseudotuberculosis Bacteria Feces, prey? Feces x Fukushima et al. (1989) Tularemia Francisella tularensis Bacteria Prey Direct, inhalation x Sjöstedt (2007) Q fever Coxiella burnetii Bacteria Ticks Inhalation x Karakousis et al. (2006) Visceral and ocular larva migrans Toxocara cati Helminth Prey, Direct Feces x Chorazy and Richardson (2005) Toxoplasmosis T. gondii Protozoa Prey Inhalation/feces x Teutsch et al. (1979) Lyme disease Borrelia spp. Bacteria Ticks Ticks x Burgess (1992) Trypanosomiasis chagas disease Trypanosoma cruzi Protozoa Bug Bug x Enriquez et al. (2014) Hookworm cutaneous larva migrans Uncinaria stenocephala Nematode Soil Feces x Bowman et al. (2010) Ancyclostoma tubaeforme Nematode Soil Feces x Green et al. (2001) Ancyclostoma ceylanicum Nematode Soil Feces x Bowman et al. (2010) Ancyclostoma brazilense Nematode Soil Feces x Bowman et al. (2010) Equine protozoal myeloencephalitis Sarcocystis neurona Protozoa Prey, carrion? Feces (Horses)a Stanek et al. (2003) a The disease is a health concern to horses. mucous membranes, skin lesions or inhalation of infected aerosols from individuals suffering from the pulmonary form. Between 1977 and 1998, there were 23 reported cases of cat-associated human plague in the Western US, of which five (21.7%) were deadly (Gage et al., 2000). Pennisi et al. (2013) conclude that “Cats are considered the most important domestic animal involved in plague transmis- sion to humans.” Two waterborne diseases that affect cats and a number of other animals, including people, are Cryptosporidium parvum and Giardia duodenalis. Both pathogens have several species and subtypes, with some host-specific and others zoonotic. Although Cryptosporidium in wild animals may represent a potential public health problem due to oocyst contamination in the environment, studies in vari- ous regions of the world have indicated a strong host-adaptation by these parasites and a limited potential of cross-species transmis- sion of cryptosporidiosis among placental mammals (Feng, 2010). G. duodenalis causes diarrhea, abdominal cramps, bloating, weight loss, and malabsorption and may eventually lead to weight-loss and developmental problems. The life cycle of Giardia is direct, with infectious cysts being released into the feces, which remain infec- tious for months in cool, damp areas and rapidly accumulate in the environment. Cysts may be spread by contaminated water, food, and fomites and by direct physical contact. Direct transmission of Giardia from domestic cats to humans appears to be rare. While infection rates in people are usually less than 8%, infection rates in domestic cats can be as high as 44% in the US (Feng and Xiao, 2011). A tick-borne disease of great concern to humans that is also found in cats is Lyme disease (Oliver et al., 1999). Transmitted by ixodid ticks, the disease is caused by a spirochete bacteria. Lyme disease is not transmitted from cats to people. Given that Lyme disease is expanding in several regions of the world, it is likely to be increasingly found in cats. In humans, when misdiagnosed or left untreated, Lyme can affect a number of the body’s systems leading to neurological problems, arthritis, and a variety of other problems (Steere, 1994). Notably, cats can introduce ticks into indoor living spaces. 5.2. Diseases of concern to cats and other species Numerous diseases exist that are primarily confined to cats or are transmissible only to other non-human species (Table 1). Many of these diseases are of concern both in terms of cat welfare as well as for their potential to interact with other species or diseases, although our understanding of them has lagged behind zoonotic diseases (e.g., T. gondii). Feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) is a naturally occurring lentivirus that replicates preferentially but not exclusively in feline T-lymphoblastoid cells (Pedersen et al., 1989). FIV is similar to HIV in terms of viral structure, transmission, target cells and disease progression (Yammamoto et al., 1988; Pedersen et al., 1989). FIV infections are life-long and infected individuals eventually become immunosuppressed and succumb to additional opportunistic infec- tions (Bevins et al., 2012). Felids from all parts of the world have been identified with FIV, but it is most prevalent in high density populations of free roaming cats. Domestic cats have lower infec- tion rates than other felids (Bevins et al., 2012) and male domestic cats are twice as likely to become infected as females (Bevins et al., 2012). FIV is transmitted mainly by bites. Intimate, non-traumatic contact (mutual grooming, shared use of food, water and litter pans) is inefficient in transmitting the infection (Pedersen et al., 1989). Feline leukemia virus (FeLV) is a retrovirus transmitted between cats through saliva or during mating. FeLV induces 34 C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 immunosuppression in its host and can lead to FeLV-related diseases in individuals unable to overcome the disease. Cats can also be a source of transmission to native felids, such as cougars with suspected cases of domestic cat-transmitted FeLV reported in California and Florida (Jessup et al., 1993; Cunningham et al., 2008). An infection from a single domestic cat was the likely cause of mortality in five Florida panthers (Puma concolor coryi; Brown et al., 2008), an endangered subspecies whose population was reduced to an isolated remnant estimated at ca. 30 individuals at one point (McBride et al., 2008). Other diseases that exist in a wide range of animal hosts includ- ing humans include herpes viruses (family Herpesviridae). Many strains of herpes virus are species specific and hence do not present a transmission hazard between domestic cats and other species. Three feline-specific gammaherpesviruses (GHV) have been docu- mented in domestic cats, bobcats, and pumas. Domestic cat and bobcat strains of GHVs are widespread across the US. The bob- cat strain has been detected in cougars demonstrating interspecific transmission of GHVs between felids. Adult domestic cats are at greater risk of infection than juveniles and male domestic cats at greater risk of infection than females (Troyer et al., 2014). 6. Management issues and implications 6.1. Climate change The perception of cats as disease vectors is not new, but has become increasingly important for management due to both ongo- ing environmental changes and our growing understanding of diseases. With climate change occurring globally, many ecosys- tems are experiencing marked shifts in climate and disturbance events. Because vectors such as fleas and other arthropods have abundances that are associated with climate (Jameson et al., 1995), changes in temperature and precipitation could lead to increases in vector abundances and hence opportunities for infection (Otranto and Wall, 2008). For instance, climate change is predicted to cause the northward range expansion of Lyme disease (Simon et al., 2014). In terms of management, locations that will get warmer and wetter may pose concerns for cats as diseases such as cat-scratch disease which is prevalent in warm and wet climates (e.g., the southeastern US, Hawaii, coastal California, and the Pacific North- west; Jameson et al., 1995) become more prominent. Aside from simply influencing the abundance of disease vectors, climate change has already resulted in the extension poleward of the geographic ranges of many species (La Sorte and Thompson, 2007). As species move and communities reorganize or change, this also brings new opportunities for diseases to move or expand. A great deal of research has already focused on predicting changes in species distributions in relation to climate change, but little of this has focused on diseases directly related to cats. Hence, under- standing where future geographic ranges of potential vectors may expand to is needed in terms of understanding how disease risk will change for cats and humans. 6.2. Urbanization and urban areas Cities and urban areas continue to expand around the world, such that now more than half the world’s population lives in them. Urbanization results in habitat fragmentation that has been shown to lead to artificially high densities of wild felids (Riley et al., 2003) and a potential for increased contact rates between domestic and wild felids (Bevins et al., 2012). Furthermore, as urbanization expands into wildlands, there may be potential for increased expo- sure of cats to wildlife and disease. A case in point is exemplified by Gage et al. (2000) who note that “The risk of cat-associated human plague is likely to increase as residential development continues in areas where plague foci exist in the western US.” Because urban- ization brings cats both closer to wildlife and reduces the habitat available for many species of wildlife, there are increased opportu- nities for disease transmission. Urbanization can also lead to much denser numbers of cats (Lepczyk et al., 2004), which can result in some diseases becoming more prevalent. Feline calicivirus is most common in higher den- sity cat situations, both through direct contact with fomites and with residual contamination in the environment (Radford et al., 2007). Likewise herpes virus is spread by direct contact and one study found antibodies to the disease present in almost twice as many cats in high density areas compared to more dispersed ones (Moodie, 1995). Feline panleuopenia, a parvovirus, is spread both by fomites and contact so it is also more readily transmitted in dense situations. However, as survivors develop partial immunity, transmission is best when there is a high turnover in the popula- tion. FeLVis also spreads by close contact, such as mutual grooming or sharing a food or water bowl. Though rarely fatal by itself, FeLV suppresses the immune system presenting opportunities for lethal secondary infections. Finally, FIV is spread mainly through aggressive interactions. In all of these cases, higher densities of cats appear to lead to increased risk of disease, either because of direct contact and interactions or because of increased environ- mental contamination by fomites. Garbage dumps, picnic areas and similar concentrations of food provided by humans would thus lead to increased risk from disease. Cat colonies would also seem to be ecologically suitable sites for transmission of these cat diseases. Higher densities of cats may similarly be a problem for human disease transmission. Attractive non-food sources, such as sand boxes or garden beds serving as litter boxes, may present increased indirect risk of gastric disease through fomites (Cryptosporid- ium sp., Campylobacter spp., yersinosis, Toxcara cati, Anclyostoma spp., and toxoplasmosis) or direct transmission through aggres- sive interactions (rabies, cat scratch fever) (Duffy and Capece, 2012). Anthropogenic food sources may also play a role in increas- ing human diseases vectored by cats both directly and indirectly. Direct transmission would be through cat bites. Indirectly, rodents attracted to food may elevate the number of ectoparasites present, increasing the ectoparasite load on cats and the probability of intro- duction into the house and to human exposure (e.g., plague, Lyme, murine typhus; Table 1). Elevated food supplies may also attract other scavengers and predators which may pass diseases to cats through proximity or shared ectoparasites (rabies) or to humans through fomites. For example, mongoose in Hawaii frequently feed side by side with cats at cat colonies maintained by humans at the University of Hawaii at Manoa (Lepczyk pers. obs.). Mongoose and rodents are hosts for leptospirosis (Higa and Fujinaka, 1976) and 34% of human cases of leptospirosis in Hawaii were linked to expo- sure to cats (Katz et al., 2002), although cats are regarded as poor reservoirs of leptospirosis (Hathaway and Blackmore, 1981). Managed cat colonies, with elevated food resources maintained by human, should attract increased numbers of rodents, cats and other predators, increasing risk of transmission of disease to both cats and humans. Unfortunately, there has been little work on this, despite the increasing use of trap-neuter-return (TNR) in cat man- agement in the US. Notably, however, in Italy where volunteers care for licensed feral cat colonies a recent outbreak of rabies in red fox (Vulpes vulpes) spilled over into other animals, including two feral cats in registered colonies (Mutinelli, 2014). Along the wildland–urban interface abundant populations of sympatric disease hosts appear to amplify pathogen circulation and the degree of infection and exposure (Carver et al., 2012). For instance, sympatry between pumas and domestic cats might have been the driver of the 1995 human toxoplasmosis outbreak in British Columbia (Aramini et al., 1999). Considering that the wildland–urban interface covers ∼9% of the conterminous US C.A. Lepczyk et al. / Applied Animal Behaviour Science 173 (2015) 29–39 35 (Radeloff et al., 2005) these areas are of growing concern for sym- patric species interactions that can promote disease transmission. 6.3. Management options Given such changes as increased globalization and subsequent increases in both cats and humans there is little doubt that cat diseases will continue to be a public health concern. Although a number of approaches exist to manage cats, some have gener- ated conflict between stakeholder groups (Peterson et al., 2012; Lohr and Lepczyk, 2014; Lohr et al., 2014). In terms of disease issues there are management options that can reduce disease trans- mission or risk that are non-controversial means of influencing behavior. Obviously one of the best options to reduce movement and foraging of pet cats is to keep them indoors, as recommended by groups ranging from the American Bird Conservancy to the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Cats allowed little to no access to the outdoors are healthier and longer lived and the potential for interactions with other cats or other species is removed. Thus, in the case of owned pet cats that are currently indoor-outdoor the action of allowing them to freely roam outdoors can be stopped. However, as noted previously, indoor pet cats are but one of sev- eral groupings of cats based upon their ability to roam and contact with one another. Whether cats are allowed outdoors or not, increasing vacci- nation rates can help control diseases such as rabies. Alongside vaccinations is the use of ectoparasite controls, such as treating cats for fleas. Aside from not allowing cats to roam free, the Centers for Disease Control recommend treating cats for fleas regularly if a pet owner lives in area known to harbor flea borne diseases, such as plague (http://www.cdc.gov/plague/). Given the number of dis- eases transmitted by ectoparasites, treating cats is a low cost and prudent option. In terms of managing cats that are indoor–outdoor, freely roam- ing outdoor cats that are owned, and feral cats, there are both direct and indirect forms of management that can be used. In the case of indirect forms, much of it entails modifying habitat such that there are fewer opportunities to acquire diseases. For instance, it is possible to reduce encounter rates with known vectors of dis- ease, such as rodents or other mesopredators by keeping garbage and other waste in secure containers and removing large brush piles near homes. Cats do get into garbage (Spotte, 2014) and are often found living and foraging at waste transfer sites or dumps (Dickman, 1996). The use of secured containers for storing garbage has been effective at reducing animals from accessing the waste (e.g., Barrett et al., 2014). Similarly, elimination of standing water removes breeding grounds for mosquitoes, and hence a primary vector for diseases that affect both cats and humans. Another use- ful approach for managing free roaming cats is simply to exclude them from an area through the use of fences. There have been a variety of fences developed that are resistant to the cat’s ability to tolerate electric shock, dig, climb vertical surfaces, and jump at least 1.8 m (Long and Robley, 2004). In one recent case, a predator excluding fence was built after removal of feral cats and has suc- cessfully excluded them for years, resulting in an increase in the number of seabirds nesting (Young et al., 2013). Many forms of management are much more direct. For instance, sonic deterrents use noise to prevent cats from entering a location. However, the use of sonic deterrents have shown mixed results, with some finding little evidence of deterrence (Mills et al., 2000), whereas others (Nelson et al., 2006) have found some evidence that they reduce the probability of a cat intrusion into a site and stronger evidence that such intrusions are of shorter duration when devices are present. Sonic deterrents do not necessarily reduce diseases, but may reduce transmission if they reduce cats from interacting with one another. Eradication is a commonly used management approach that has been successfully implemented in a number of locations, particu- larly islands (see Campbell et al., 2011, for review). In reviewing island eradications, Campbell et al. (2011) identified 87 successful campaigns across 83 islands, ranging in size from 5 to 29,000 ha, with each successful campaign requiring an average of 2.7 eradi- cation methods. Though eradication removes the possibility of cats interacting with one another and hence most types of disease trans- missions, it has most often been successful on islands or small isolated populations. However, even when eradication is successful diseases such as toxoplasmosis may persist for long periods of time after cats are removed as their oocysts are very refractive (Frenkel et al., 1975; Dubey, 1998). One eradication method is the use of toxic baits (for further review of lethal control methods see Fisher et al., 2015). A number of eradication programs have employed sodium monofluoroac- etate (1080) in baits because it is inexpensive and non-persistent in food chains (Rodríguez et al., 2006). At present, 1080 is not permitted in the United States, and though cats are highly sus- ceptible to it, the degree to which it kills humanely has been questioned (Sherley, 2007). A second toxicant that has shown great promise is paraaminopropriophenone (PAPP), which is fast-acting and appears to be “humane and effective” for carnivores (Eason et al., 2010b). In fact, grooming traps specifically designed for cats were recently used to apply a gel containing PAPP to the fur of feral cats which was consumed via grooming and resulted in mortality (Read et al., 2014). Notably, because some birds may be vulnerable to PAPP, the bait must be designed to limit such exposure (Eason et al., 2010a). Finally, when considering use of toxicants it is impor- tant to keep in mind that toxicant efficiency depends on bait size, shape, taste, color, strength, and positioning, both to attract cats and to deter incidental take by other species (Morgan et al., 1996; Wickstrom et al., 1999; Marks et al., 2006; Algar and Brazell, 2008). Spotte (2014) recently suggested that instead of using poison, diets that lack arginine be tested as it would be host specific since cats require arginine and its absence from a single meal in a hungry cat can induce hyperammonemia in <1 h, with death being inevitable (Spotte, 2014). A second major form of eradication is use of trapping, which is often used in combination with other methods (Nogales et al., 2004). Because live traps have to be checked at least daily or require a mechanism to signal if a cat is caught it is a labor intensive approach (Benevides et al., 2008, Will et al., 2010). There are also various types of kill traps that are in use in New Zealand, Australia, and Pacific Islands (e.g., Glen et al., 2014). A third form of eradication is hunting. Hunting is often a pre- ferred technique used for removing the last remaining cats at a site (Nogales et al., 2004), though it may be ineffective at low densities (Bester et al., 2002). In many instances hunting is used in combina- tion with other eradication approaches (e.g., Young et al., 2013). Diseases themselves have been used as a biocontrol method of eradication and have been effective when used in combination with other approaches. For instance, feline panleukopenia virus (FPV) has been used to reduce cat populations on several oceanic islands (Rauzon, 1985; Van Rensburg et al., 1987). Feline immunodefi- ciency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia virus (FeLV), both of which remain effective at low host densities, might serve as effective agents for cat control on islands and have the potential to greatly increase the efficiency of an eradication program, when used with other approaches (Courchamp and Sugihara, 1999). Notably, though, biological control has the potential to spread to owned cats or closely related species and not be effective in locations where the diseases and consequent natural immunity are already present. TNR is an in situ method of management that is promoted by some animal welfare organizations. However, TNR does not elim- inate free-ranging cats (Castillo and Clarke, 2003; Winter, 2004; City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:jeffrey lipkin <repjal@att.net> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 6:32 PM To:Mello, Joshuah Cc:Council, City Subject:Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Thank you for the information that nothing further has been done on the “Council approved” Georgia-Maybell bike boulevard. Corrao’s email was dated 9/16. It is now 6/18. I still see cars speeding along the Georgia block just North of the school crosswalk on Georgia at about 45 mph, and then running the stop sign at Donald. Coming from Donald in the other direction they come around the corner and accelerate to 45mph despite a posted 25 mph limit- the sign is easy to overlook. This stretch of road is used by children from Gunn, Terman, and Briones. Why has nothing been done? Has the Council come down with amnesia? Has the staff? Were you swayed by a couple of letters from homeowners who said the only need for speed tables on Georgia was in front of their house? (What wits!) Jeff Lipkin Sent from my iPhone On Jun 26, 2018, at 3:27 PM, Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Mr. Lipkin: There has been no additional work completed on the Maybell Bicycle Boulevard since Chris sent you this message. Regards, <image001.jpg> JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP Chief Transportation Official PLANNING & COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT Transportation Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org office: 650.329.2520 fax: 650.329.2154 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. From: Jeffrey Lipkin [mailto:repjal@att.net] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2018 3:24 PM City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 2 To: Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut ‐ through on Georgia Avenue My specific questions relate to the following open points in Corrao’s 9/13/2016 letter; please tell me what their status is: 1. "The project was an early implementation task for the council‐approved Georgia‐Maybell bike boulevard concept plan line, and additional speed tables near this crosswalk will be evaluated during the design phase of this bigger project. Please see attached plans showing potential locations for the speed tables." 2. "U‐Turn signs are not planned as part of this project but may be implemented through the Maybell bicycle boulevard project." If there has been no follow‐up, why is that so? What is the status of the bike boulevard planning and implementation? These are still desirable changes ‐ if not adopted, then what is the reasoning? Jeff Lipkin On Jun 26, 2018, at 3:11 PM, Mello, Joshuah <Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Mr. Lipkin: Thank you for writing. I apologize for the delayed response. Chris Corrao departed the City several months ago. All of the work described by Chris below was completed over a year ago. We are not planning any additional modifications to Georgia Avenue in the vicinity of the path entrance to Gunn High School and the answers that he provided in his last message to you are still accurate today. Please let me know if you have any additional questions or comments. Regards, <image002.jpg> JOSHUAH D. MELLO, AICP Chief Transportation Official PLANNING & COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT Transportation Joshuah.Mello@CityofPaloAlto.org office: 650.329.2520 fax: 650.329.2154 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 3 From: Jeffrey Lipkin [mailto:repjal@att.net] Sent: Friday, June 22, 2018 12:06 PM To: Corrao, Christopher <term.Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Fwd: Traffic slowing at the high school cut ‐ through on Georgia Avenue To the City Council: I would appreciate it if some of the council members would follow up on this matter. To Mr. Corrao: It is now a year and nine months since you sent me this email. Where do you stand on these matters? Jeff Lipkin Begin forwarded message: From: Jeffrey Lipkin <repjal@att.net> Subject: Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Date: October 30, 2017 at 11:25:04 AM PDT To: "Corrao, Christopher" <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Cc: Jen Fryhling <jfryhling@gmail.com>, "Star-Lack, Sylvia" <Sylvia.Star-Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org> It is one year later after you sent the following email. What progress have you made on these points? Why does it take you so long? Responsiveness, speed and a concern for pedestrians and bike riders should have a higher priority with you On Sep 13, 2016, at 1:57 PM, Corrao, Christopher <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Hello Mr. Lipkin, Below are some answers to your questions from your recent email: 1) Work has not stalled, and is continuing. The striping contractor marked the locations for the signage and striping and we approved the locations with a few modifications next week. The signage and striping contractor should be out soon to complete the project. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 4 2) Flashing beacons are currently not planned for this location. We are installing a high visibility crosswalk, warning signs, and yield signs which will require vehicles on Georgia Avenue to yield right of way to path users. We typically reserve the use of the flashing beacons for crosswalks on arterial or collector roads with higher traffic volumes, speeds, and/or visibility constraints. We also frequently hear concerns from the community members regarding light impacts of flashing beacons in residential neighborhoods. 3) The project was an early implementation task for the council‐approved Georgia‐Maybell bike boulevard concept plan line, and additional speed tables near this crosswalk will be evaluated during the design phase of this bigger project. Please see attached plans showing potential locations for the speed tables. 4) We make every effort to complete construction projects before the beginning of the school year, and the most disruptive parts of this project were completed before school began. Unfortunately, there were some delays in striping this location due to competing needs for striping at high‐volume intersections which were resurfaced as part of the city’s five year paving plan and reoccurring capital improvement program. 5) U‐Turn signs are not planned as part of this project but may be implemented through the Maybell bicycle boulevard project. This spot project focused on the improved crossing. Also, when reviewing the attached plans please note that the “green‐back sharrows” shown have been changed and will be traditional white “bike‐blvd” legends, they look like a typical white sharrow but include “blvd” below the chevrons. Kind Regards, Chris Corrao <image001.png>Chris Corrao, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner City of Palo Alto Planning + Community Environment 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Ph: (650) 329‐2106 Fax: (650) 329‐2154 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 5 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you! From: Jeffrey Lipkin [mailto:repjal@att.net] Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2016 3:49 PM To: Corrao, Christopher Cc: Jen Fryhling; Star-Lack, Sylvia; Council, City Subject: Re: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Dear Mr. Corrao: I see that you have made progress since my email on a crosswalk at the spot in question on Georgia Avenue, but the work has stalled without completion of the crosswalk, including signage and painting the crosswalk. In this connection, I have a few questions: 1. are you planning on installing the kind of signs with flashing lights like you have on Arastradero? If not, why not? 2. why didn’t the project include a speed hump to slow and calm traffic? Can you, and will you, add one now? 3. it is already the middle of September - why hasn’t the project been finished - school is well underway, and I see no current progress on this? 4. now that the crosswalk will be there, are you planning on installing NO-U-TURN signs at that point? If not, why not? Sincerely yours, Jeff Lipkin On Jul 28, 2016, at 10:13 AM, Corrao, Christopher <Christopher.Corrao@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote: Hi Jen, Thank you for forwarding Jeff’s email. I will look into it and see how the City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 6 Arastradero project and other projects we’re working on may address his concerns. Jeff is also welcome to do a 311 request as well, but why don’t I check into this first and we can take it from there. On another note, I’ve been meaning to follow up with you regarding our discussion of Maybell. We have had some internal discussion regarding the “greenback” sharrows, and have decided that to be consistent with what we’re doing in other neighborhoods we’ll be changing them to white “bike boulevard legends.” These are the traditional white stencil markings we’ll also be using on Bryant St. Thanks! Chris Corrao <image001.png>Chris Corrao, AICP, Senior Transportation Planner City of Palo Alto Planning + Community Environment 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 Ph: (650) 329‐2106 Fax: (650) 329‐2154 Use Palo Alto 311 to report items you’d like the City to fix. Download the app or click here to make a service request. Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you! From: Jen Fryhling [mailto:jfryhling@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 1:28 PM To: Corrao, Christopher Cc: Star-Lack, Sylvia; Jeffrey Lipkin Subject: Fwd: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue Hi Chris, As we discussed on July 13th, I am forwarding you an email from my City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 7 neighbor Jeff Lipkin, who lives near the back entry path into Gunn High School. He raises a traffic safety concern on Georgia Avenue. You had mentioned during our meeting that you would look into his concern as a 311 matter. He is cc'd in case you have questions. I have cc'd Sylvia, as you suggested, because she is the Safe Routes to School coordinator. Thanks for listening to residents' traffic and safety concerns near all the schools in the Greenacres 2 and Barron Park neighborhoods. Regards, -Jen ---------- Forwarded message --------- - From: <repjal@att.net> Date: Thu, Jun 30, 2016 at 5:14 PM Subject: Traffic slowing at the high school cut - through on Georgia Avenue To: city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Cc: jfryhling@gmail.com Congratulations on taking the best action on the Maybell Avenue project. A fitting sequel would be to take traffic slowing actions on the block of Georgia where students from the high school and Terman enter and leave Bol Park. The two speed limit signs at either end of the block are completely ineffectual. This problem is worsened by the cut-through traffic from Arastradero and the hot- rod driving habits of teenagers. The simple solution would be to mark and prominently sign a crosswalk across Georgia at the cut- City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:00 PM 8 through, raise the road in a hump a few inches high and as wide as the crosswalk, and cross-hatch the raised crosswalk. I had been told the citizens advising you on the Atastradero project would address this problem, but they called me after the fact to say they failed to do so. Please act this summer so no student gets killed or injured next school year. It will be on your moral and political record if nothing is done. Jeff Lipkin 650 Georgia Avenue Sent from my iPhone <2015 ‐ January Approved Maybell‐Bike‐ Blvd_Concepts.pdf> City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:03 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, June 26, 2018 6:41 AM To:Aram James Cc:dcbertini@menlopark.org; gkirby@redwoodcity.org; chuckjagoda1@gmail.com; Council, City; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; citycouncil@menlopark.org; council@redwoodcity.org; Keene, James; stevendlee@alumni.duke.edu; mdiaz@redwoodcity.org; Stump, Molly; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; swagstaffe@smcgov.org; Kniss, Liz (internal); timothygray@sbcglobal.net; myraw@smcba.org; bos@smcgov.org; HRC; stephanie@dslextreme.com; molly.o'neal@pdo.sccgov.org; roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu; essenceoftruth@gmail.com; Jonsen, Robert; Binder, Andrew; Kilpatrick, Brad; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; acisneros@capublicrecordslaw.com; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Perron, Zachary; lydiakou@gmail.com; Watson, Ron; patriceventresca@gmail.com; griffinam@sbcglobal.net; sdremann@paweekly.com; Kniss, Liz (external); Jay Boyarsky; Scharff, Greg Subject:Re: Transcript of 1st Amendment exchange between mayor and citizen —re police abuse-the limits of the 1st amend,etc. Palo Alto City Council circa 2005 This was indeed, one those ancient Roman gladiator jaw dropping moments in the colosseum (council chambers) and an outstanding First Amendment victory where the dragon, the Mayor, was slew with no blood being shed.... The moment was poetic...leaving the Mayor’s staff stunned. Like a grenade dropped into the calm waters of a lake and fish rising to the surface belly up..... Mark Petersen-Perez Editor: Palo Alto Free Press Ticuantepe, Nicaragua 🇳🇮 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:03 PM 2 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 5:03 PM 3 Sent from my iPad > On Jun 25, 2018, at 9:49 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks -to Mark Peterson Perez -of the Palo Alto Free Press for locating this piece. > > <IMG_4618.jpg> > >>> >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:06 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rod Lehman <rod_k_lehman@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, June 24, 2018 1:28 PM To:Scharff, Greg; Council, City Subject:Re: Why the School Improvement Bond will Fail You’re missing the point. Voters are mad and going to respond by voting down your hotel tax, the school bond, and any other PA related spending measure on the ballot. The $20M that you’re wasting on the bike boulevard project should be going to other critical infrastructure like a new police station. Have you seen the flyer that someone is now distributing door? My whole street got them last week. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/25/2018 11:06 AM 2 Sent from my smartphone On Jun 23, 2018, at 5:25 PM, Greg Scharff <gregscharff@aol.com> wrote: It’s a school district measure not a city measure Sent from my iPhone On Jun 23, 2018, at 8:20 PM, Rod Lehman <rod_k_lehman@yahoo.com> wrote: Hi, When the school improvement bond on the ballot in November fails, the Palo Alto City Council will to be blame. Why? The parents who will vote no are the same ones that are so angered by the current bike boulevard project, where the City is wasting $20 Million. Not only do we not want the project, but thousands of us feel that it's making the streets less safe for our children who ride their bikes to school every day. Instead of pausing the project to address our concerns, if anything, they're speeding up construction. Until something changes, we'll vote against any more spending by the City, no matter what the cause. Rod Lehman City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 6/21/2018 1:58 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Darrel Torgerson <ddtdat@earthlink.net> Sent:Wednesday, June 20, 2018 9:49 PM To:Council, City Subject:Rodd Rd & Amarillo Ave Changes We are concerned about the dangers of the Ross Road work and upcoming work on Amarillo Avenue next to Ohlone School. We’ve seen no evidence that the new projects are safe or effective, and see obvious risks to bicyclists with the current designs that intentionally pinch bike lanes. We’re endangering our children. Please revert these changes now, and stop making more changes that pinch bike lanes. This is key issue that will motivate voting in the next city council election. Darrel and Dorothy Torgerson City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/2/2018 4:56 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Mark Petersen-Perez <bayareafreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, June 25, 2018 8:35 PM To:Kniss, Liz (external); Stump, Molly Cc:Council, City Subject:Subtle Bullying - Tweet by Bay Area Free Press on Twitter Bay Area Free Press (@BayAreaFreePres) 6/25/18, 9:22 PM One of the most intense heated #FirstAmendment exchanges @cityofpaloalto attempted to “chill” in council chambers including armed @PaloAltoPolice officers facebook.com/11764871492604… #PaloAlto @CaCities @rjPAPD Nows it’s subtle #Bullying. Getting the last words in by the Mayor. pic.twitter.com/lXQ0ImjdXd Download the Twitter app Sent from my iPad Palo Alto City Council, City Hall 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto, CA Dear Council Members, CITY Of PALO ALTO. CA CITY CLEM'S OFFICE 18 JUN 2 t PH 1: 36 787 Stone Lane Palo Alto, CA 94303 June 17, 2018 Thank you for holding the study session on Ross Road on June 12th. It gave me great clarity about the reason behind the design. The attempt was to build a bike boulevard which confirms to the definition in the Comprehensive Plan: "low volume through-street where bicycles have priority over automobiles" ... and ... "conflicts between bicycles and automobiles are minimized." The design team's first choice for a "low volume through-street" was surprisingly Ross Road, the only route to reach the YMCA, which has, I believe, around two thousand visits from its members every single day. The way the design gives bicycles priority over automobiles is unusual. Bicycles, and their vulnerable riders, are used as traffic calming pawns. The slower bicycles are funneled in front of the faster moving cars to slow the cars down to bicycle speed. The design relies on the bodies of bicyclists to keep cars from driving at 25 mph as they all approach the frequent and very narrow speed bumps. This design has already fulfilled the third clause in the goals f01~ike boulevard as defined in the Comprehensive Plan, the one that calls for "conflicts between bicycles and automobiles" to be "minimized." Over half of the bicyclists I see on Ross Road have retreated to riding on the safety of the sidewalks. This design is seriously flawed. It's hard to admit a mistake this big but please stop the implementation of this dangerous traffic plan and tear down the structures on Ross Road before there's a tragic accident. POLICY & SERVICES COMMITTEE -TENTATIVE AGENDA 6/21/2018 :COU NCIL MFNG '· u--rl-1--1 . : ( ] Placed Before Meeting if uESDAY, March 21, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! µ-fteceived at Meeting 1. Recommendation That Policy and Services Committee Recommends the City Council Accept the Status Updates of the Audits for the Citywide Cash Handling and Travel Expense, Audit of Cable Franchise and Public, Education and Government (PEG) Fees and the Continuous Monitoring: Payments Audit jGANCELLED -TUESDAY, April 10, 2018 POLie;¥ AND SERVICES COMM.' MEETINGj 1. Update on ThinkFund Programming (formerly Bryant Street Garage Fund) (CSD) Move to May 2018 2. City of Palo Alto's ~Aergy Risk MaAagemeAt Report for the First a A el SecoAel Q1::1arters of Fiscal Year 2018 (!\SD} Now going directly to Council 3. Disc1::1ssioA of the 8oely Worn Cameras Policy (PD} Now goiAg elirectly to Co1::1Acil Now going directly to Council ~UESDAY, May 8, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! 1. Update on ThinkFund Programming (formerly Bryant Street Garage Fund) (CSD) 2. Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) -goals/criteria for a new NOFA. 3. Town Hall Community Meetings [uESDAY, June, 12 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! 1. Policy and Services Committee Recommend the City Council Accept the Green Purchasing Audit Status Update 2. Policy and Services Committee Recommend the City Council Accept the Status Update on the Audit of Parking Funds and Approve Consolidation of Residential Parking Funds 3. Policy and Services Committee Recommend the City Council Accept the Status Update of the Community Services Department Fee Schedule Audit 4. Policy and Services Committee Recommend the City Council Accept the Status Update on the Cross Bore Inspection Contract Audit 5. Policy and Services Committee Recommend the City Council Accept the Status Update on the Accuracy of Water Meter Billing Audit 6. Auditor's Office Quarterly Report as of March 31, 2018 7. Policy and Services Committee Recommends the City Council Accept the ERP Planning: Information Technology and Data Governance Audit truESDAY, August 14, 2018 POLICY AN~ SERVICES COMM. MEETINqj TBD POLICY & SERVICES COMMITTEE-TENTATIVE AGENDA [uESDAY, September 11, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! TBD [UESDAY, October 9, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETINGj TBD [UESDAY, November 13, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! TBD [UESDAY, December 11, 2018 POLICY AND SERVICES COMM. MEETING! TBD To be scheduled and potential P&S agenda items 1. Council Referral -P&S to review revised language, options, and implications associated with modifications to seismic compliance in the City's Municipal Code 2. Review economic analysis regarding the housing inclusionary program 3. Auditors Quarterly Report (AUD) 4. Audit status updates 5. Review and Acceptance of Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Future Needs Assessment 6. City Policy and Procedures annual update Informational Items • Senior Programs update • Fiber to the premises update • Track Watch update • Homeless Services including safe parking update 6/20/2018 FW: technical assistance for sugary drink tax Ken Horowitz Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 10:36 AM To: James.Keene@cltyofpaloalto.org Attachments:lmageOOl.glf (4 KB) Hello Jim: FYI FW: technical assistance for sugary drink tax I asked Dr. Jim Krieger to send this email to City Attorney Molly Stump Thank you, Ken PS See you this evening From: Jim Krieger Sent: Monday, May 21, 2018 9:08 AM To: 'City.attorney@cityofpaloalto.org' <City.attorney@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: technical assistance for sugary drink ax Good morning City Attorney Stump, efore Meeting eceived at Meeting I was asked to contact you by Ken Horowitz, who has been exploring a potential tax on sugary drinks. He suggested that I let you know that I am available to offer technical assistance with respect to the design and implementation of sugary drink taxes. I am executive director of Healthy Food America, a national NGO based in Seattle, that supports healthy food policy adoption in cities across the us. We have provided support to all seven of the jurisdictions that have adopted sugary drink taxes in the us. Through this work, we have developed a deep understanding of the policy and legal issues related to sugary drink taxes, have learned from the collective experience of these cities, and have developed a set of best practices for tax design and adoption. Our website has extensive information on sugary drink taxes: * This tool allows analysis and comparison of current US taxes: http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/compare tax policies<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u•http- 3A www.healthyfoodamerica.org compare-5Ftax- SFpolicies&d=QwMFAg&c=xoYdONxMEGxjdyKj5bQdEQV28uakaJ20R4TjadGGZBc&r•kO SF Kc2uRZfrDCfBzfT!nZMClj3h4eRCojb7-z3hFU&m=8- zKnkkuPSBXsbzlmgMtfcFeg4wBMA2dV JbsiOYW7A&szOglf2BCJQG8eeEy8AtEBFSYBMX7WGBMgeBU9fFOo0xs&e=> * This page offers an overview of taxes: http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/taxing sugary drinks<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/y2/url?u•http- 3A www.healthyfoodamerica.org taxing-5Fsugary- SFdrinks&d•[)wMFAg&c=xoYdONJ<MEGxjdyKjSbQdEOY28uakaJ20R4TiadGGZBc&r•k0 SF Kc2uRZfrDCfBzfT!nZMClj3h4eRCojb7-z3hFU&m•8- zKnkkuPSBXsbzlmgMtfcFeg4wRHA2dy JbsioVW7A&s•Ng4PSbm-J2-gejtlTz25viNxygoc-wAbaaOlnC-PJxI&e•> * This fact sheet offers the basics on taxes: https://d3n8a8pro7vhrnx.cloudfront.net/heatlhyfoodamerica/pages/34/attachments/original/1470257382/TaxSugaryprinks FINAL.pdf? 1470257382<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u•https- 3A d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net heatlhyfoodarnerica pages 34 attachments original 1470257382 TaxSugaryprinks-5FFINAL.pdf- 3Fl470257382&d=!)wMFAg&c=xoYdONxMEGxidvKj5bQdEOV28uakaJ20R4TjadGGZBc&r=kO SF Kc2uRZfrOCfBzfT!nZMClj3h4eRCojb7-z3hFU&m•8- zKnkkuPSBXsbzlmgMtfcFeg4wRMA2dy JbsioVW7A&s•IlPPXf 3wNfCEhmHvzB!smhFuikCsDYPJHlbHLfI77ugU&e•> * We have prepared a guide to designing taxes (in 2016 -it is now being revised for publication of the second edition later this year): http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/best practices in designing local taxes on sugary drinke<https://urldefense.0roofpoint.com/v2/url? u•http-3A www.healthyfoodamerica.org beSt-SFpracticee-5Fin-SFdesigning-SFlocal-SFtaxee-5Fon-5Feugary- SFdrinke&d=QwMFAg&c•xoYd0Nl<MEGxjdyKjSbQdEOY28uakaJ20R4TiadGGZBc&r•kO SF Kc2uRZfrpCfBzfT!nZMClj3h4eRCojb7-z3hFU&m•8- zKnkkuPSBXsbzlmgMtfcFeg4wBMA2dV JbsiOVW7A&s•tKaiigOwyfLpangpEe20ufOBSFV2wj FGuX7mSXYil4&e•> I would be happy to talk with you to discuss any thoughts, concerns or questions you might have on this topic. Please let me know if you would like to find a time. Best, Jim Krieger, MD, MPH Executive Director Healthy Food America Clinical Professor of Medicine and Health Services University of Washington e: jkrieger@HFAmerica.org<mailto:jkrieger@HFAmerica.org> p: 206.451.8196 x 1001 c: 206.491.9S97 [HFA_emailsignatureLOGO) HealthyFoodAmerica.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http- 3A~www.healthyfoodamerica.org_&d=DwMFAg&c=xoYdONxMEGxjdvKj5bOdEOV28uakaJ20R4TjadGGZBc&r•kO_SF_Kc2uRZfrDCfBzfTmZMClj3h4eRCojb7- z3hFU&m•8-zKnkkuPSBXsbzlmgMtfcFeg4wRMA2dV_JbsiQVW7A&s•CBCGZABwt7K9r-IPNvNsd9M4dIFCyFGiHtEvR9Jvdd4&e•> I Moving Science to Action https://www.mail.fbda.edu/owa/?ae=ltem&t=IPM .Note&id=RgAAAACA3hyJ%2bFrWSJQfWrtXRFLIBwB6Dsytq6%21NfpnzV dh%2bC If mAA Uf y37aAAAhH4Rt.. I/ I ' • .. I '-f. pl;: r ORDINANCE NO. #,### • N.S. Section 1. Findings A. Our nation1 our state, and our commu11ity face a major public health crjsis. B. Diabetes, ob~slty, and tooth decay have been on the rise for decades. Although no group has escaped these epidemics, children as well as low income communities and communities of color have been and continue lo be disproportion~tely affecteq. C. While there is no single cause for the rise in diabetes, obesity, and tooth decay, there is overwhelming evidence of the link between the consumption of sugary drinks and the incidence of diabetes, obesity, ~nd tooth decay. D. Sugary drinks such as soft drinks, energy drinks, sweetened teas, and sport drinks offer little or no nutrittonat value, but massive qt,1antft1es of added sugar. A single 20- ounce bottle of soda, for instance, typically contains the equivalent of approximately 16 teaspoons of sugar. E. Before the 1950s, the standard so~-(frink bottle was .6.5 ounces. In the.1 ~50s, larger size containers were introduced, inciuding the 12-ounce can, which became widely available in 1960. By 1he early 1990s, ~0-ounce plastic potties had become the norm. F. At the same time, hundreds Qf millions of dollars have been spent in an ongoing massive m~rketll'lg camp.~ian, ~hlch particularly targets children and people of color. In 2006 alone, nearly $~00 mllhon was spent In advertising fo cflildr~n tJnder 18. African American and Latino children a1e also aggressiveiy targeted with advertisements to promote sugar-tade11 drinks. G. The resulting impact on consumption should not be surprising. The average Ameri®n now drinks hearly 50 gallons of sug~ry drinks a ye~:m The problem is espe9ially acute with children in California. From 1989 to 2008, the percentage of children consurning sugary drinks h1ereased ·frorn 19% to 91 % and the percentage of total calories obtained from sugary drinks inc(eased by 60% in chlldrem age's 6 to 11. H. This level of consumption has had tragic impacts on community health. Type 2 Diabetes ..... previously only $~en among adults-is now increasing among child_ren. If the c~urrent obesity treJlQ~ _are not revet$ed, It is predicted that one Jn fhree chjldren and nearly onrt-helfof l..atino and African American chUdren born In the year 2000 i · ... • wiU deveJop type 2me··!" a Ir: llfeth:nes. I. An Asian resident _ 1 :almost~3 time~. more likely than a white re~f --t~ have been diagno ed with diah"etes, and an African American resident ~Y 1s 14 times mote li~~IY than~ white resl{ientto be hospitalized for diabetes. K. Childhood obesity has •rnore than doubted in children and tripled in adolescents in the past 30 years: in 2010, more than one-third of children and adolescents were overwelght or obese. . -~ .. ~ .. N ; Our community has not been immune to the challenge of unhealthy weight gain and obesity. I · These overweight and obese children have a much greater chance of being obese as adults. with all the health risks that entails . M . There are aiso economic costs. In 20061 for instance, overweight and obesity-related costs in California were estimated at almost $21 billion. 0 . Tooth decay, while not as life. threatening as diabetes or obesity, still has a meaningful impact, especially on children. In fact, tooth decay is the most common childhood disease, experienced by over 70% of California•s 3rd graders. Children who frequently or excessively consume beverages high in sugar are at increased risk for dental cavities. Dental problems are a major cause of missed school days and poor school performance as well as pain, infection, and tooth loss in California. Section 2. Purpose and Intent A. Based on the findings set forth above, the purpose of this Ordinance is to diminish the human and economic costs of diseases associated with the consumption of sugary drinks by discouraging their distribution and consumption in Berkeley through q tax. Specifically, the purpose of this ordinance is to tax the distribution of sugary drinks and the products used to make them. B. This Ordinance is nof intended for the purpose of regulation, C. This Ordinance does not authorize the conduct of any business or activity in the city, but merely provides for the taxation of distribution of specified products as it occurs. D. This Ordinance imposes a general tax on the distribution of sugar-sweetened beverages such as high-calorie, low-nutrition products, like soda, energy drinks, and heavily presweetened tea, aa well as· the added caloric sweeteners used to produce these sugar-sweetened beverages, such as the premade syrup used to make fountain drinks. Certain drinks containing sugar are exempted, including infant fotmula, milk products, and natural fruit and vegetable juice. E. This Ordinance provides for a small pUsiness exemption for Retailers Who transport sugar-sweetened beverage products into the City themselves and then sell those products directly to consumers. F. This general tax will provide reve_pj']J to ~~ble for the general governmental needs of the people of .Qe1clteleyTgx...., G. This Ordinance provides for a Sugar Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts, composed of experts in the areas of public health, child nutrition, nutrition education, and food access programs. The Panel will make recommendations on how and to what extent the City should fund programs to further reduce the consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in ~and address the consequences of such consumption. f' ph ~ 2 .. . . .. . . D /~~~-7 ~~ Section 3. NewP · r Muhiclpat~e~r 1.L.t,s {~ ~ /r. . · -? ' 117'('4' ru --1 That a new Chapter is added to the S~..,y Municipal Code Is to read as follow~ Chapter• lf."S ~ Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Distribution Tax V / ~. (,S: Cfe Section Excise Tax A. In addition to any other taxes imposed by the City, the City h~reby levies a ta}( of fr'\/ one cent ($0.01) per fluid ounce on the privilege of Distributing Sugar-sweetened '-~ beverage products in the City. B. For the purposes of this Chapter, the volume, in ounces, of a Sugar-sweetened beverage product shall be calculated as follows: ~ 1. For a Sugar-sweetetieo beverage, the volume, in fluid ounces, of Sugar- sweetened beverages distnbuted to any person in the course of business in the City. 2. For Added caloric sweeteners, the largest volume, in fluid ounces, of Sugar- sweetened beverages that could be produced from the Added caloric ~ tl _ .. sweeteners. In accorS:a&;~~JJ!t rules a11d regulations promulgated by the. City ~ pursuant to Sectiorr? 2.illil 9f tne largest volume, in fluid ounces, that would ~ typically be produced from the Added caloric sweeteners shall be determined _ fJ based on the manufacturer's instructions or, if the Distributor uses the Added caloric sweeteners to produce a Sugar-sweetened beverage, the regular practice of the Distributor. c. The tax shall be paid upon the first non--exempt Distribution of a Sugar-swe¢tened beverage product In the City. To the extent that there I~ a chain of Distribution within Berkeley involving more than one Distributor, the tax shall be levied on the first Dist..ributor st.1bject to the jurisdiction of the City. To the 13xtent the tax is not paid as set forth above for anY.Iei'SOn, it shall be payable on subsequent Distributions and l;Jy subsequent Distributors, provided that the Distribution of Sugar-sweet~ned beverag~ ptoqµcts may not be taxed more thah ~mce in the chain of commerce. ~"5. "1.0 Section 7 ze ,18 Exemptions The tax Imposed by this Chapter shall not apply: A. To any Distributor that is not subject to taxation by the City under the laws of the United States or the St~te of California; 8. To any Distribution of a Sugar-sweetened beverage produpt to a Re_tailer With less than $100,000 in ahnual gross receipts, as defined in Section -, in !~j,~O_!>,~ recenty~ar: ~-- c. To any Distribution of Natural or common sweeteners; or D. To any Dlstributiori of Added caloric sweeteners to a Food Products Store as defined in Sestia,. 33F:8 1,NO, if the Food Products Store then offers the Added caloric sweetener for sale for later use by customers of that store. H-.t;r;. 03 0 Section ffl2:eao Deflnltiohs 3• ' A. ")\dded caloric sweetener" means ahy substance or combination of substances that meets all of the following four criteria: 1. Is suitable for human consumption; 2. Adds calories to the diet If consumed; 3. Is perceived as sweet when consumed; and 4. Is used for making, mixing, or compounding Sugar-sweetened beverages by combining the substance or substances with one or more other ingredients including, without limitation, water, ice, powder, coffee, tea, fruit juice, vegetable juice, or carbonation or other gas. An Added caloric sweetener may take any form, including but not limited to a liquid, syrup1 and powder, whether or not frozen. "Added caloric sweetener'' includes, without limitation, sucrose, fructose, glucose, other sugars, and high fructose corn syrup , but does not include a substance that exclusively contains natural, concentrated, or reconstituted fruit or vegetable juice or any combination thereof. B. "Alcoholic beverage" means any beverage subject to tax under Part 14 (commencing with Section 32001) of the California Revenue and Taxation Code, as that Part may be amended from time to time. C. "Beverage for medical use" means a beverage suitable for human consumption and manufactured for use as an oral nutritional therapy for persons who cannot absorb or metabolize dietary nutrients from food or beverages; or for use as an oral rehydration electrolyte solution for infants and children formulated to prevent or treat dehydration due to illness. "Beverage for medical use" shall also mean a "medical food" as defined in Section 109971 of the California Health and Safety Code, as that definition may be amended from time to time . ''Beverage for medical use" shall not include drinks commonly referred to as "sports drinks" or any other common names that are derivations thereof. _ (j..(hl- D. "Business Entity" means an erson except for a natural person. E. "City'' means the City of _ y, California. ;~ (i_(2:;t, F. "City Manager" means the City Manager of the City .efi' Bf.r!:ty or his or her designee. G. "Consumer" means a natural person who purchases a Sugar-sweetened beverage product in the City for a purpose other than resale in the ordinary course of business. H. "Distribution" or "Distribute" means the transfer of title or possession (1) from one Business entity to another for consideration or (2) within a single Business entity, sUch as by a wholesale or warehousing unit to a retail outlet or between two or more emplo-yees or contractors. "Distribution" or "Distribute" shall not mean the retail sale to a Consumer. I. "Distributor" means any Person who Distributes Sugar-sweetened beverage products in the City. J. "Milk" means natural liquid milk, regardless of animal source or butterfat content, natural milk concentrate, whether or not reconstituted, regardless of animal source or butterfat content, or dehydrated natural milk, whether or not reconstituted and regardless of animal source or butterfat content, and plant-based milk substiMes, that are marketed as rnilk, such as soy milk and almond milk. 4 _, • . • ... K. "Natural or common sweetener" means granulated white sugar, brown sugar, honey, molasses, xylem sap ofm~ple trees, or agave nectar. · L. "Persqnn meart~ an jnqividuaf; tn:.i~t. firm, joJnt ~tock COl.)1pany, business concern, business trust, government, receiVer. trl.lstee, syndicate, social club, fraternal organiiation, estate, corporation, including, but not limited to, a, limited liability company, and association or any other group or <:ombination acting as a Unit M. "Retailer" means any Person who serves Sugar-sweetened b~yerage products to~ Consymer. N, 11Slmple syrupn means a f'J\ixture of water and one or more Natural or common sweetetters Witham any additional ingredients. 0. "Sugar-sweetened beverage" means any beverage intended for human consumption to which ope or more A,?ded calo(ic sw~eteners has been added ~l)d tti~t contains at least 2 c~lories per flu[d ounce. 1. "Sugar-sweetened beverage" Includes, but is not limited to all drinks arid beverages commonly refefred to as "soda," "pop.'' "cola," "soft drlnks,u 11sports drinks," ''energy drinks.'' ''sweetened ice teas, a or any other common names that are derivations thereof. 2. "Sugar-sweetened bever~gen shall not i,ncJude any of the following: a. Any beverage in which milk is the primary ingredient, I.e. I the ingredient constituting a greater voliJme of the product than any other: b. Any beverage for medical use; c. Any liquid sold for use for weight reduction as a meal replacement; d. Any product commonly referred to as 11infant formula" or "baby forml!la"; or e. Any alcoholic 'beverage. P. '1Sugar-sweetened beverage producr means a Sugar-sweetened beverage or Added caloric sweetener. ff., ~~.a 'fD Section _. Duties, Responsibtllties and Authority of the City Manager A. It shall be the duty of the City Mariager to collect anCI receive all taxes lrnp,os~d by this Chapter, and to keep an accurate recoref thereof. B. The City Manager is hereby charged Wlth the enforcement of this Cha tet, except as otherwise provided herein, and may prescribe, aaopt, and enforce rules and regulations reta~ng to the administration and enforcement of this Ch~pter, Including provisions for the reexamin~tion and correction of returns and payments, and for reporting. Such rules and regulations may include, but are notlirrilted to, the following: 1. The determination of the frequency with Which a Distributor mLisf calcula,t~ the tax. This determination shall not constitute an Increase of the tax. 2. The detE;!rmination of the frequency wit~ which a Distributor m~st pay the t~. Ttiis determinatio~ shall 11ot constitute an increase .of the t~x. 3. The determinatroh of whether 8,nd how a Distril>utor must register with the City 4. The determtnation of Whe\her ati~ now a Djsfributor Who rece!v~s in the Gjty, Sugar-sweetened beverc::tge p~oaucts from ahother Distributor must ·report to the City the mime of that Distributor. 5. The detertnlf'!atlon Of whether af!d how a Distributor who re~ives, rn the Cjty, $µgar-sweetened beverage proC(ucts from ~nother distributor must report to toe 5 City the volume of Sugar-sweetened beverage products received from that Distributor. 6. The determination of what other documehtation is required to be created or maintained by a Distributor. C. The City Manager shall annually verify that the taxes owed under this Chapter have been properly applied, exempted, collected, and remitted. If-. ~r ~ £1:> Section M P &iO Collection A. The amount of any tax, pehalty, and interest irnposed under the provisions of this Chapter shall be deemed a debt to the City. Any Distributor owing money under the provisions of this Chapter shall be liable in an action brought fn the name of the City for the recovery of such amount. B. In order to aid in the City's collection of taxes due under this Chapter, any Retailer that receives Sugar-sweetened beverage products from a Distributor shall, in accordance With rules and regulations promulgated by the City Manager pursuant to }} , 5" l!J If Section . , either: · T ·"' · 1. report to the City all such transactions, the volume in ounces of Sugar-sweetened beverage products received in each transaction, and the identity and contact information of the Distributor from whom the Sugar-sweetened beverage products were received; or 2. collect the tax that woulq be payable as a result of the transaction by the Distributor from whom the Sugar-sweetened beverage product was received and remit it to the City; or 3. provide to the City evidence that the Distributor from whom the Sugar-sweetened beverage products were received has registered as a Distributor with the City and that registration is current. C. The City Council~ the taxes imposed by this Chapter collected by the County ef~:::;;:idaorthe California Board of Equalization in conjunction with the collection of other taxes for the City. If the City Council exercises this authorization, the d~d.Pf?P~i[ties of the City Manager shall be given, as appropriate, to th~r the California Board of Equalization, which may delegate,such duties and responsibilities as necessary and as authorized by law. 11-. ~a-. o ,e> Section 1!12.D&O Refunds Whenever any tax under this Chapter has been paid more than once or has been erroneously or illegally collected or received by the City, it may be refunded only as provided in Chapter ~of th~y,JJh.IDicipal Code. If, ~-07 0 lJ-JCI"'& Section 7:7'2.91-0 Enforcement Except as otherwise provided by this Chapter or by rule or regulation promulgated by the City Manager, the tax imposed by this Chapter shall be administered in the same manner as taxes imposed pursuant to Chapter and, without limitation, shall be subject to ttie same dellnquelJCY penalties, appeals processes and other enforcement provisions set forth In Chapter ~. ~ 6 ,,.., (' ,Gl?G Section :f .72.0BO Not~ Sales and Use Tax. The tax imposed by this Chapter. is a tax upon the privilege of condugtlng,busihe~§t._ /1 n n_ •.. specifically, Pistributing Sugar sw~etened beverage products within tt]e Cfty of "r'7J.Jco ~ B • It is not iJ sales, use, or other excise tax on the sale, cons1,1rnption or use of Sugar-s\iJeetened beverage. products. L/:_(,cC_ Tf/1J /".A~ o Section 7.t72."90 Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Product Panel of Experts-(; ~v-c-S i. f';\ . A, There shall be established the Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Proauct Panel of to~~) Experts to make recommendations on how and to what exteti\i:the Ctty should establish and/gr.Mi~ms to reduce the consumption of sugar-~weetened beverages In 8~rf<l to address the effects of such consumption. · B! :An officer or employee of the City designated by the City Manager shall serve as secretary of the Panel. C. In accordance with Chapter . , the Panel snail be cornp9seo of nine members appointed by the} City Councit. D. Terms shall e~pire and vacanpie ~hall be filled in accordance with the provisions of Section 204.0ao through . , of this Code. E, E~E;fl rnernber of tne Panel must: 1. Have experience in community-bpsed yo!,ltn food and nutritlol') programs; or 2. Have experie~l))@<>ol-based food and nutritjon prograrns and be referred by the BJ I I )16i& -tel District; or 3. Have.experiehce in early childhood nutrition educatlQf'l; 9r 4. Have experience in researching public heaffh issu~s or evaluatihg public health programs related to diabetes, obesity, anq sugary drink consumption; or 5. Be a lic~nsed medical pr~mt1tiQJJer. in.J ~ F. In accordance With Section : · , me.mbers of tpe Panel m~y be reappointed ~ut shall notfoe,-ye more than eight consecutive years. G. The Panel s all, by majority vote, do each of the following: 1. Atinual!y appoint one of lts rn.em~ers as chair and one of its members as vice- chair; 2. Approve bylaws to facilitate the proper functioning of the Panel; 3. Establish a regular time and place of meeting. All meetings shall be noticed as required by law and shall be scheduled in a way to allow for maximum Input from the publip. Mint,.ites for e~ch meeting sh~ll be recorded, kept, ~nd matnta'.ined; and 4. Publish ah annual report !hat irtplu_des the following: a. tecotnrnendatlons on how to ~llo.~te t~e City's general funds to reduce the consumption of sugar sw~etened beverages in~~~nd to addtess the ref?ults of such co·n!?umption; __ ~ a:.L'Y :t> b. lnformatlo_n, it avatlable, concerning the impact:'of this Chapter on the public health of the residents of t~e Cib'; and c. any addibonal infonnation 1hat th") Panel deerns appropriate. H. Within 15 day~ of ecefpt ofthe pllbll~tion. of the Panel~s annu~I epoft, ttie City -Manager shall cause the report to be published on the Gity's Internet website and to ge transrnitt~d to the City Cgl(ncll and th~ Govemi.Jlg Board of the Be~mley U~ ;Spttaatl!>.ietn«. f'i!t-t.:J .SJO - 7 I. The City Council shall consider, but need not follow, 1he Panel's recommendations and shall annually inform the Panel as to the extent to Which it has implemented the Panel's recommendations. 11/..fl-J: I en Section ~12.109 Increase Appropriations Limits Purl?uant to California Constitution article XllJB, the appropriation limit for the City is increased by the aggregate sum authorized to be levied by this tax for each of the four fiscal years from through 2911 19. jf.frr. (((> 3 µ ¢ 9 "... ., Section 4=:7a;1'1B Amendment The City Council, without a vote of the people, may, either permanently orternporarily, increase the dollar amount of the threshold for the small-business exemption in Section Section 4. Duration. ~ T~is Ordinance shall be effective on January 1, iiil!i..,.._,-he last effective date of this Ordinance shall be December 31, nd it shall terminate as of January 1, a;m 7 1 ' Section 5. Severability. ,P~ f1..Qs1-o The People of the City of y hereby declare that they would have adopted each section, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion of this Ordinance, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, sentences, clauses, phrases, words, or portions of this Ordinance, or any application thereof, be declared invalid or unenforceable and, to that end, the provisions of this Ordinance are severable. If any section, sentence, clause, phrase, word, or portion of this Ordinance, or any application thereof in any circumstance, is for any reason held to be invalid or u11enforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining sections, sentences, clauses, phrases, words, or portions of this Ordinance, and applications thereof, shall nonetheless remain in fUll force a11d effect. Section 6. Municipal Affair f ~ Of}.s#-o A. The People of the City of hereby declare that the taxation ·of the privilege of distributing sugar-sweetened beverage products and that the public health impact of sugar-sweetened beverag~ products separately and together constitute mu11lcipal affairs. f/oL tlfbt-o 8 . Tne People of the City of ~y hereby further declare their desire for this measure to coexist with any similar tax adopted at the county or state levels. Section 7. California Environmental Quality Act Requirements. This Ordinance is exetnpt from the California Environmental au.allty Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq., including without limitation Public Resources Code section 21065, CECA Guidelines section 15378(b)(4) and 15061(b)(3), as it can 8 . . t I be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity authorized herein may have a significant effect on the envf ronment and pursuantto Public Resources Code section 21080, subdivision {b)(S) and CEQA Guidelines sectiotl 15273 as the approval of government revenues to fupd existing services, 9 0 CITY OF PALO ALTO TO: City Council Please Contact the Clerk's Office to View Add itional Pages, Attachments, or Images Related CITY OF PALO ALTO MEMORANDUM FROM: James Keene, City Manager AGENDA DATE: June 11, 2018 ID#: 9324 City Council [><] Placed Before Meeting 9 Title: PUBLIC HEARING: to Hear Objections to the Levy of Proposed Assessments on the Palo Alto Downtown Business Improvement District; Adoption of a Resolution Confirming the Report of the Advisory Board and Levying Assessments for Fiscal Year 2019 on the Downtown Palo Alto Business Improvement District Attached to this At Places Memorandum is a copy of the contract between the City and Palo Alto Downtown Business and Professional Association. The contract was inadvertently not attached to the staff report. 612012018 --- Map and Chart the Movement -Healthy Food America Moving Science to Action Home I Resources MAP AND CHART THE MOVEMENT There's a movement underway across the United States to reduce sugar consumption back to healthy levels. Our Interactive map lets you see what's happening and where, and the table below provides additional details. Check out our Policy Profiles for more information about each site.. SUGARY DRINH EFFORTS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES Al.BERTI\ M-OiNTANA OREGON IDAHO ... . t,;an a a a MA!IHTO@A ' NORTH DAKOTA -~·---! sourn DAKOTA NEIBRASKA IOWA QN'TARIO Chicago 0 http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/map T I/4 6/20/2018 San Francisco 0 Map and Chart the Movement -Healthy Food America NEVA.DA KANSAS UTAli United States COLO RADO MIS$~UJRl ~ v ~a1 KlttHUei<v v CA,UFORNIA oµia Vegas Los A~geles : AR 17 ru.i .ti. San Diego 0--z..._ ·. - SUGARY DRINH EFFORTS IN CALIFORNIA Tamalpais latershed Muir Beach ;ii o" r;,,.' .... San Rafael ~ • San Quentin l..ark$pur Corte Madera @) BEt.VEOEJIE. TIBURON Golden Gate Sausa~tto National - R.ecrea1ion . ~rea CD MISSION DISTRICT P Kl.AHO MA. T NNE"SS'E Mexicp City ® San Pablo ijRKAtl.SAS i-t .........,UfQIH'C' Wildcat Richmond Canyon Regional Park ~I Ceoito !y Alameda Island @ Piedmont Alameda Bay Farm Island LOCAL SUGARY DRINH TAXES PASSED IN THE US AS OF 03/06/18 http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org/map 214 6/20/2018 Map and Chart the Movement -Healthy Food America PhllaClelphla, PA -CDUnci 1,567,442 $0.0150 Sweetened Pre-k, _,,. 14,300 >78.80 community schools, parks 1nd rec centers Soulder, CO Measure 2H 101,3"49 $3.1 $0.0200 Sugary H .. lth -10% 938 S6.41 Albany, CA Measure O I 19,73 $0.2 $0.0100 Sugary Health -3'!1. 92 $0.80 O..kl•no. CA Me.a.sure Hl1 <19,287 $7.0 $0.0100 Sugary Health -4'!1. 2,HO SlB.10 Sin franciKO, CA Me..UUre v 884,816 $15.0 $0.0100 Sugary H .. lth -4'!1. 3,750 us.oo Seattle. WA·Caunul 686,800 $15.0 $0.0175 Sugary PDOd access, -4!1. 3,J70 >29.20 educauon Download chart as PDF. SSB TAXES AROUND THE WORLD: IMPLEMENTATION DATES ""°' Z002-08 2011 2012 Finland Pacific Islands Incl. Hunaary Fronce since Fed States l .. peded 1940 FIJI to rise Frenth Polynl~iil 2018) Norway NiilUru since New Caledonia 1981 PNG Samoa Somo• Solomon since &more 1984 Berkeley, CA 2014 2015 longa. Kiribati Barbado• Ml!Xico Chile St. Helena Dominica Vanuatu Under Dlscysslon • Canada Columbiu CNMI India Indonesia • Italy • Panama • Peru Albany, CA Boulder, CO Oakland, CA Phlladelphra, PA San FrtandKo, CA Seattle 2016 ZOS.T BelRium Brunei Fiji lncre•sed Catalonia Mauritius Saudi Arabia Phihppmes Thailand Ponus•I United Arab Emirates ll-4 1/1/17 54% 1/ 17 71% 4/JlJ/17 SI ... 7/1/17 62% 1/1/18 7-1 1/1/18 2018 Ireland South Afr1c• Sri Lanka Un1t~d Kingdom SoLlt<H: Hf A. Bad1hoier 2016, WCAF J0-17 Download chart as PDF. Want to help the movement grow? Join us at http://www.healthyfoodamerica.org I join Do you like this page? [ Like j 19 people like this. Be the first of your '----..J friends. get updates Email address ----------------- http://www.heal th yf oodameri ca .org/map Tweet JOIN 3/4 More and more places are turning to taxes on sugary drinks to counter the health risks from a harmful product, reduce the amount people are consuming. and raise revenue to help their communities. Sugary drinks are harmful ·Scientific evidence now has clearly established that sugary drinks harm health, contributing to our alarming rates of diabetes.1 obesity,2 heart3 and liver disease,4 and cavities.5 • Sugary drinks have no nutritional value but are the #1 source of added sugars in our diet, representing almost half (46%) of all added sugars we consume.6 • Sugar delivered in liquid form bypasses the body's defense against consuming too many calories: sugary drinks don't make you feel full.7 A tax on sugary drinks can help: ·Raise revenue for important programs like healthier food in schools. initiatives to prevent diabetes and other chronic diseases, education campaigns about sugary drinks and healthy eating. and universal pre-R · Target investment of revenues in low-income communities disproportionately affected by hearth conditions caused by sugary drinks. · Reduce the rates of, and curb rising costs from preventable chronic diseases. ·Increase awareness about the harmful effects of sugary drinks and shift sales to healthier products. · Discourage consumption of sugary drinks by raising their prices. · Encourage industry to produce and promote healthier beverage options. Why do we drink so much, and why is soda cheaper than water? Big Soda spends big on marketing. and it pays off. Half of U.S. adults and almost two-thirds of youth consume at least one sugary drink on any given day.8 Americans consume an average of 50 gallons per year.9 The beverage industry markets these beverages relentlessly, especially to children. Beverage companies spent $866 million marketing sugary drinks in 201310 alone. The industry makes sure sugary drinks are available everywhere and that they are inexpensive-often cheaper than plain bottle water. Su ary drinks take a greater toll on people of color Beverage companies target these communities with intensive marketing.11 In 2013, black children and teens saw more than twice as many TV ads for sugary drinks and energy drinks than with white children and teens. 74% of African-American teens consume sugary drinks every day, versus 64% of white teens. Hispanic teens are also more likely to consume sports drinks and energy drinks every day compared with white teens.12 FACT SHEET I Sugary Drink Taxes ~ ~~~,,.,..,--". •t,., .,,. , .••••• '' ._,.,., .. '. •,• •. ,, • . . . • ••• , ., ••• ~;.:.,~;.:~..... ·~;. -···r· " ·~ . ., , . "".. ~ ,._' _., ~,' 1 ,. •• :·.:i: •. -•.•• .,,-;: ~~ -~,: -~ . . . ~ -' . ~i { ... '. ~· ~'·• ,:.c~,\";>~ "':.. . .. 't,.1l• f.-.: , , ••••• ~ ·-. "" ,\ r:1 .,, '!'-'· f"111 ·~1..-l -~·1 . ~"'.1'..; .. :.;.· '• ~ ... ' •i\'i.• • ~ ~1:;/: ... ·'.! \' J. . "· .. . .• . .. 1 •''· , • ., ' .,,.~ •.. , '"'11~ ..... ' ...... ., ....... , ... ,,. .............. ~ ' • ' • ----s. • ,._ r,._..,_.-"'f..,~--..l--" ••.·.:•'"v.·~ · t~. • • ,,_ •• ~r.~, •~-·· ... I~ .. t-'° w ,, ·' •.:h ... / •'"--.. 1 .... How do the taxes work? These are excise taxes collected from distributors of sugary drinks. They can be based either on volume (usually by ounce) or on the amount of sugar in a drink (grams or teaspoons). Many experts recommend the latter because it directly reflects the amount of harmful substance in the drink. See our guide, "Best Practices in Designing Local Taxes on Sugary Drinks" at healthyfoodamerica.org. The tax would apply to beverages with added sugar, including: Sodas R 8 I Energy and sports drinks Fruit-flavored drinks Sweetened teas and coffee drinks How much tax? Experts recommend increasing the price by at least 20%. which is around 2 cents per ounce or 0.5 cents per gram. Communities decide on a tax rate based on revenue and health needs while considering what is politically feasible. How much revenue will a tax raise? A tax of just 1 cent per ounce will generate about $44 per person per year. For a large city like Chicago. this would yield $133 million. In a medium size city like Boston, it would raise about $27 million. These funds can support local health, education and community projects. What places can adopt a tax? All states and many cities and counties have the legal authority to impose a tax Success Stories: Berkeley, CA: A 1-cent per ounce tax raised $1.S million in the first year. An expert panel awarded grants to community groups like the YMCA and Healthy Black Families for health and nutrition outreach and education and to make fruit and vegetables more accessible to low-income communities. Philadelphia, PA: A 1.5-cent per ounce tax (effective 2017) will yield up to $400 million over five years to support universal pre-R. parks and recreation centers, community schools and more. Mexico: A 10% tax raised $2.6 billion (in USD) in national revenue over the first two years. while reducing overall soda consumption by 12%.13 To learn more about how taxes work and how to pass one in your city, county or state, visit www.healthyfoodamerica.org. where you will find a roadmap for adopting a tax and guide to designing sugary drink taxes. Contact us for more information at info@hfamerica.org or 206.451.8196. FACT SHEET I Sugary Drtnk Taxes ~ REFERENCES 1 Malik VS. Popkin BM. Bray GA. Despres JP. Willett WC. Hu FB. Sugar-sweetened beverages and risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis. Diabetes Care. 2010:33(11):2477-83. 2 Morenga LT. Mallard S, Mann J. Dietary sugars and body weight: systematic review and meta-analyses of randomized controlled trials and cohort studies. Brit Med 1. 2013:346. 3 Yang Q. Zhang Z. Gregg EW. Flanders WD. Merritt R, Hu, FB. Added sugar intake and cardiovascular diseases mortality among US adults. JAMA Intern Med. 2014:174(4):516-24. 4 Ma J, Fox CS. Jacques PF. Speliotes EH. Hoffmann U, Smith CE, Saltzman E, McHeown NM. Sugar-sweetened beverage. diet soda. and fatty liver disease in the Framingham Heart Study cohorts. J Hepatol. 2015:63(2):462-9. 5 Bernabe E. Vehkalahti MM. Shelham A. Aromaa A. Suominen AL. Sugar-sweetened beverages and dental caries in adults: a 4-year prospective study. J Dent 2014:42(8):952-8. 6 US Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Department of Agriculture. 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. 8th Edition. December 2015. 7 Pan A. Hu FB. Effects of carbohydrates on satiety: differences between liquid and solid food. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2011:14(4):385-90. 8 Hit BH. Fakhouri TH, Park S. Nielsen SJ, Ogden CL. Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among youth and adults in the United States: 1999-2010. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013:98(1):180-8. 9 Beverage Marketing Corporation. New Study: Bottled Water's Impact On U.S. Caloric Intake. http://www.beveragemarketing.com/news-detail.asp?id=390. Accessed July 18, 2016. Estimate ls adjusted to exclude diet beverages. 10 Harris JL. Schwartz MB. LoDolce M, et al. Sugary Drink FACTS 2014: Some progress but much room for improvement in marketing to youth. Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: 2014. u Harris JL. Schwartz MB. LoDolce M. et al. Sugary Drink FACTS 2014: Some progress but much room for improvement in marketing to youth. Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity: 2014. 12 Park S, Blanck HM. Sherry B. Brener N. O'Toole T. Factors associated with sugar-sweetened beverage intake among United States high school students. J Nutr. 2012:142(2):306-12. 13 Colchero MA. Popkin BM. Rivera J A. Ng SW. Beverage purchases from stores in Mexico under the excise tax on sugar sweetened beverages: observational study. BMJ 2016:352:h6704. FACT SHEET I Sugary Drink Truces ~ June 15, 2018 Dear Sir or Madam: CITY GF P.ALO ALTO. CA CITY CLERK'S OFFICE 18 JUN 25 AH fO: 04 Shell Pipeline Company LP Greg Smith President-Shell Pipeline LP 701 Poydras St., Suite 1000 New Orleans, LA 701 39 As a public official, you are one of the key stakeholder to ensuring public safety. Shell Pipeline Company LP is sending you this safety message because we operate a terminal and/or pipeline system in your area. Please review the enclosed public awareness brochure. We also encourage you to provide this important safety information to other groups within your organization, especially public works, zoning/ permitting, safety, training, emergency response and 911 dispatch. The brochure tells how to use 811 or the One Call notification system, identifies the possible hazards associated with a release from a pipeline, the physical indications that such a release may have occurred, what steps should be taken in the event of a release, and how to report the release. The map on the back of this letter provides a general location of the route of our terminal and/or pipeline systems in your area. If you would like more detailed pipeline locations, attributes or characteristics, please do not hesitate to call us and we will be happy to provide you with appropriate maps and information. You can also receive a list of all pipelines and their operators in your area by accessing the National Pipeline Mapping System INPMS) on the Internet at www.npms.phmsa.dot. g_QY. You are probably aware of the importance of oil and gas pipeline facilities. You may not realize that pipelines transport approximately two-thirds of all the natural gas, crude oil, and petroleum products in the United States. These vital products heat homes, fuel cars and farm machinery, power businesses, airports, and military bases and are the components of thousands of products in daily use in our lives. To obtain more information about terminal and/or pipelines, visit~ pipeline 101.com. The Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has developed recommended practices to help in making decisions about what, where and how to build safely near transmission pipelines. You can access this information by visiting https://primis.phmsa.dot.gov/comm/pipa/pipa resources.htm. If you plan to dig in the area of our terminal and/ or pipeline system, please call 811 or your local One Call Center at the toll free number listed on the brochure. After receiving an excavation notification, Shell Pipeline will determine if a planned excavation activity has the potential to affect any of our pipeline systems. If so, we will contact the excavator, locate and mark our underground systems for them lat no cost to the excavator) and provide additional safety information so that they may dig safely. In addition, Shell Pipeline contacts and/or meets with public officials, excavators and emergency officials in your area annually to provide education and awareness information and to obtain an understanding of local government agencies response resources, capabilities and concerns. We will use these opportunities to discuss and answer any questions regarding pipeline safety, our operations, or our emergency response capability, plan, and procedures. These outreach meetings provide us with an opportunity to engage in discussions with you on how our organizations can plan and work together to respond to pipeline emergencies. If you are unable to attend the annual meeting but would like to meet with us, please contact us and we will be happy to arrange a more convenient date and time. Also enclosed you will find a survey card which provides you an opportunity to provide feedback to us. After reading the enclosed public awareness brochure, please take a few moments to complete all the questions and return it to receive a special "Thank You" from us. This important feedback will help Shell Pipeline improve our safety efforts. If you have any questions about our facilities or Shell Pipeline, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1 ·877-775-2622 (Monday -Friday 8:00am -5:00pm Central Time) or e-mail us at SPLC·One·Call-Center@shell.com. Thank you for your commitment to public safety. Sincerely, ~~:::%1:- Greg Smith President-Shell Pipeline LP Enclosures 228-SPLC 8-PO Shell Pipeline Company LP Western Region \ ""'" -"' \ --~ -, ---=-------'"\ \ ~, ___,, o '!J -~----' \ "·· 1 _...., ----.__rea Products \ '-\ Une (SFr, ,.'' 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Los vapores pueden causar mareos o asfixia Butane, Propane, Etano, Gas esparce en el suelo y puede viajar hasta la sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos si se inhalan en concentraciones fuente de incendio y causar un retroceso de grandes. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, Propileno y Liquidos de llamas. El Producto no tiene color, saber ni olor. heridas graves y/o congelamiento. El fuego puede producir irritaci6n y/o gases Gas Natural (NGL)] t6xico. Es mas liviano que el aire y generalmente Son muy faciles de incendiarse con el calor, chispas o llamas y forman una mezcla explosiva con el aire. Los vapores pueden causar mareos o asfixia Gas Natural Gas se eleva y se disipa. Se puede acumular en sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos si se inhalan en concentraciones espacios confi nados y viajar hasta fuentes de grandes. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, encendido. heridas graves y/o congelamiento. Son muy faciles de incendiarse con el calor, chispas o llamas y forman una Gases lnflamables Los vapores de los gases licuados son mezcla explosiva con el aire. Los vapores pueden causar mareos o asfixia [Tales Como: Acetileno, Gas inicialmente mas pesados que el aire y se sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos si se inhalan en concentraciones Butadieno y Etileno] propagan cerca del suelo. grandes. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, heridas graves y/o congelamiento. El fuego puede producir irritaci6n y/o gases t6xicos. El producto es un simple asfixiante y no es inflamable. Los vapores pueden Bioxido de Carbone Gas lnicialmente es mas pesado que el aire y se causar mareos o asfixia sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos si se inhalan. (C02) esparce en el suelo. El contacto con gas o con gas llquido puede causar quemaduras, heridas graves y/o congelamiento. Nitr6geno Gas lnicialmente es mas pesado que el aire y se El producto es un simple asfixiante y no es inflamable. Los vapores pueden esparce en el suelo. causar mareos o asfixia sin dar ningun aviso y pueden ser t6xicos si se inhalan. Los vapores son mas livianos que el aire y generalmente se elevan y se disipan. Cuando Los vapores son t6xicos y pueden ser fatales si se inhalan, ingieren o si hay humedad presente, los vapores se son absorbidos per la piel. Los vapores son extremadamente irritantes y Amoniaco Gas convierten mas pesados que el aire y se pueden corrosives. El contacto con gas puede ocasionar quemaduras, lesiones graves esparcir a lo largo del suelo o hasta las areas y/o congelaci6n de la pie. bajas donde estos pueden ocasionar riesgos al ser expuestos. Liquidos Peligrosos lnicialmente es mas pesado que el aire, se [Tales Como: Petroleo esparce en el suelo y se acumula en lugares La inhalaci6n o el contacto con esta materia pueden irritar o quemar la piel y Crudo, Combustible Liquide bajos y confinados. Los vapores pueden los ojos. El fuego puede producir gases irritantes, corrosives y/o t6xicos. Los Diesel, Combustible Para viajar hasta la fuente de incendio y causar un vapores pueden causar mareos y asfixia. Los residues del fuego controlado o Aviones, Gasolina y Otros retroceso de llamas. Peligro de explosi6n en del agua diluida pueden causar contaminaci6n. Productos Refinados] interiores, exteriores o en alcantarillados. lnicialmente es mas pesado que el aire, se T6xicos y pueden ser fatal si es inhalado, ingerido o absorbido a traves de la esparce en el suelo y se acumula en lugares piel. La inhalaci6n o el contacto pueden irritar o quemar la piel y los ojos. bajos y confinados. Los vapores pueden El fuego puede producir gases irritantes, corrosives y/o t6xicos. Los vapores Meta no I Liquide viajar hasta la fuente de incendio y causar un pueden causar mareos y asfixia. Los residues del fuego controlado o del retroceso de llamas. Peligro de explosion y de agua diluida pueden causar contaminaci6n. Los residues que llegan hasta los envenenamiento en interiores, exteriores o en alcantarillados. alcantarillados pueden crear un peligro de fuego o de explosi6n. Los vapores de los gases licuados son Son t6xicos, pueden ser fatales si se inhalan, ingieren o si son absorbidos per la inicialmente mas pesados que el aire y se piel. El contacto puede ocasionar quemaduras, lesiones graves y/o congelaci6n Mon6xido de Carbone Gas propagan cerca del suelo. Los vapores pueden de la piel. El fuego puede producir gases lrritantes, corrosives y/o t6xicos. llegar hasta las fuentes de encendido y Son inflamables, se pueden incendiar con el calor, chispas o con llamas. Los ocasionar que el fuego retroceda. residues descartados per el control de fuegos pueden causar poluci6n. * Fuente: U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook. La Administraci6n de Seguridad de Materiales Peligrosos y de Uneas de Tuberias ("PHMSA" por sus siglas en ingles) del Departamento de Transporte de los Estados Unidos ofrece una aplicaci6n web gratis de su Guia de Respuesta de Emergencias 2016 ("ERG" por sus siglas en ingles). Esta aplicaci6n web proporciona a los bomberos, la policia ya otros respondedores de emergencias informaci6n de respuesta de materiales peligrosos, tablas de evacuaci6n y procedimientos estandares de respuesta a incidentes en las lineas de tuberias de gas y de liquidos. Los enlaces para descargar este programa (software) estan disponibles en el sitio web de Apple iTunes en ERG 2016 para iPhone y desde el sitio web de Google Play en ERG 2016 para Android. Ademas, una version del ERG esta disponible en la aplicaci6n del Sistema de lnformaci6n lnalambrico para los Respondedores de Emergencias ("WJS.fB" por sus siglas en ingles). Tambien hay disponible un video de instrucciones para aprender a utilizar el ERG 2016 en el sitio web de PHMSA (www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov). HAZARDOUS MATERIAL QUICK GUIDE PRODUCT LEAK TYPE VAPORS HEALTH HAZARDS Highly Volatile Liquids Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will form explosive [such as: butane, Initially heavier than air, spread along mixtures with air. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without propane, ethane, Gas ground and may travel to source of warning and may be toxic if inhaled at high concentrations. Contact propylene, and ignition and flash back. with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or natural gas liquids frostbite. Fire may produ,ce irritating and/or toxic gases. (NGL)) Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will form explosive Lighter than air and will generally rise mixtures with air. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without Natural Gas Gas warning and may be toxic if inhaled at high concentrations. Contact and dissipate. with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Flammable Gases Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Will be easily ignited by heat, sparks or flames and will form explosive mixtures with air. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without [such as: acetylene, Gas heavier than air, spread along ground warning and may be t oxic if inhaled at high concentrations. Contact butadiene, and and may travel to source of ignition and with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or ethylene) flash back. frostbite. Fire may produce irritating and/or toxic gases. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Product is a simple asphyxiant and non-flammable. Vapors may cause dizziness or asphyxiation without warning and may be toxic if inhaled. Carbon Dioxide (C02) Gas heavier than air and spread along Contact with gas or liquefied gas may cause burns, severe injury and/ ground. or frostbite. Nitrogen Gas Initially heavier than air and spread Product is a simple asphyxiant and non-flammable. Vapors may cause along ground. dizziness or asphyxiation without warning and may be toxic if inhaled. Vapors are lighter than air and will Vapors are toxic and may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed Ammonia Gas generally rise and dissipate. In presence through skin. Vapors are extremely irritating and corrosive. Contact of moisture, vapors become heavier than with gas may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. air and may spread along ground. Hazardous Liquids Initially heavier than air and spread along ground and collect in low or Inhalation or contact with material may irritate or burn skin and eyes. [such as: crude oil, confined areas. Vapors may travel Fire may produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may diesel fuel, jet fuel, Liquid to source of ignition and flash back. cause dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution gasoline, and other Explosion hazards indoors, outdoors or water may cause pollution. refined products) in sewers. Toxic, may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed through skin. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Inhalation or contact will irritate or burn skin and eyes. Fire will Methanol Liquid heavier than air, spread along ground produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Vapors may cause and may travel to source of ignition and dizziness or suffocation. Runoff from fire control or dilution water flash back. may cause pollution. Runoff to sewer may create fire or explosion hazard. Vapors from liquefied gas are initially Toxic, may be fatal if inhaled, ingested or absorbed through skin. Contact may cause burns, severe injury and/or frostbite. Fire will Carbon Monoxide Gas heavier than air and spread along produce irritating, corrosive and/or toxic gases. Flammable, may be ground. Vapors may travel to source of ignited by heat, sparks or flames. Runoff from fire control may cause ignition and flash back. pollution. * Source: U.S. Department of Transportation Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 2016 Emergency Response Guidebook. The U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) provides a free, mobile web app of its Emergency Response Guidebook 2016 (ERG). This web app provides firefighters, police and other emergency responders' hazardous material response information, evacuation tables and standard response procedures for gas and liquid pipeline incidents. Links to download this software are available from the Apple iTunes website at ERG 2016 for iPhone and from the Google Play website at ERG 2016 for Android. In addition, a version of the ERG is available in NLM's Wireless Information System for Emergency Responders (WISER) application. An instructional video for learning how to use the ERG2016 is also available on PHMSA's website (www.npms.phmsa.dot.gov). !\I MENLO PARK CITY Of PALO ·~TO. CA CITY CLERK'S -OFFICE 18 JUN 25 At1;1Q: 3lt June 15, 2018 Liz Kniss, Mayor City of Palo Alto 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 2018 .JUN 25 AH 9: 21' RE: Interest in Collaborating on a Multi-City Rail Trench/Tunnel Dear Mayo~ lt.r/ On behalf of the City of Menlo Park, I write this letter indicating the City's interest in considering a railroad trench/tunnel alternative for the Caltrain corridor. The City Council recently identified a preferred alternative for grade separating Ravenswood Avenue. However, as part of the Council's deliberations on grade separation alternatives, the City continues to be interested in exploring options for placing the railroad in a trench or tunnel. The Council has requested that staff prepare conceptual designs and a financing analysis for a trench/tunnel, similar to the work prepared as part of the Connecting Palo Alto project. Further, the City is reaching out to neighboring cities and other mid-peninsula cities that are considering grade separations of the Caltrain line to explore collaboration opportunities on a trench/tunnel. Similar letters are being sent to the Cities of Redwood City, Atherton, Mountain View and Sunnyvale. Menlo Park understands that Palo Alto is currently considering grade separation alternatives at all existing at-grade locations. If the City of Palo Alto has interest in pursuing a collaborative effort for a multi-city trench/tunnel, we would like to schedule a meeting to discuss potential areas of collaboration. For more information or any questions, please contact Angela R. Obeso, Senior Transportation Engineer at 650-330-6770 or arobeso@menlopark.org. Mayor City of Menlo Park 701 Laurel St., Menlo Park, CA 94025 tel 650-330-6600 www.menlopark.org '•• c~~~ G§NCSK MEETING W'U/~@ City Services -PAUSD UfZA-FT ~ OReceived Before Meeting ecelved at Meeting Program Name & Description Cubberley lease and Child Care Agreement Portable Extended Day Care. This is part of the Cubberley Lease and Child Care Agreement As per Amend.#3 of the Cubberley Lease and Child Care Agreement a Property Infrastructure Fund was set up for the benefit of the Cubberley Site. This money is placed into the City controlled fund annually and not paid directly to PAUSD PAUSD Field and Court Maintenance: Agreement between the City and PAUSD for maintenance and capital improvements of district owned athletic fields, tennis courts and basketball courts. Brokering of PAUSD Fields and Tennis Courts: Scheduling and fee assessment of fields CIP PG-06001: Agreement with PAUSD for Capital Projects also includes Tennis Court resurfacing Project Youth Art Exhibition: A collaboration with PAUSD that involves an exhibition at Palo Alto Art Center featuring artwork by PAUSD students. The exhibition includes an opening reception with PAUSD teachers, staff, and board members. Project look I: Serves the school community (PAUSD and beyond) with interactive tours of Art Center exhibitions and related hands-on art activities. Approximately 75% of schools participating are PAUSD. ($29K of EKpense and Revenue budget is from Art Center Foundation in support of program.} Services Provided DIRECT SERVICES Operate and manage the Cubberley Community Center 12 portables on PAUSD elementary school campuses used for after school care. The Fund shall only be used for expenditures related to improving Cubberley Leased and City owned portions. The City shall notify and confer with PAUSD regarding intended improvements Maintenance of thirteen elementary school and three middle school athletic fields including annual field renovations and irrigation scheduling and maintenance. District owned tennis courts and basketball courts maintained as well. Allows thousands of participants in Palo Alto based sports groups to use district athletics fields and tennis courts Terman school tennis court resurfacing Opening of art exhibition draws 600 people. Overall, serves approximately 2,000 people. Serves 5,000 children and teachers every year. .... City Services -PAUSD Program Name & Description Services Provided Cultural Kaleidoscope is a program that creates connections between school districts in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, and East Menlo Park through the visual arts. An artist works in residencies in classrooms at PAUSD (50%) and in classrooms in There is a public private partnership agreement between the Foundation and the City that expires Ravenswood school district (50%). The classrooms come together for an exhibition in 2015. at the Art Center in the spring that coincides with Youth Art. (Art Center The Foundation and City established a funding agreement that outlines the Foundation's annual Foundation provides $108K In funding for the program, $43K Is provided to the support of positions in Project LOOK!, Cultural Kaleidoscope, and Children's Fine Arts. No expiration City to offset staffing, the rest is paid directly from the Foundation to program date. costs such as artists, materials, etc.) Serves 500 children every year. The Palo Alto Art Center provides volunteer opportunities for approximately 415 PAUSD Paly and Gunn students annually. Volunteer service fulfills student's Living Skills requirements, supports their efforts to achieve a Presidential Service Award (100+ service hours), gives them practical job experience (i.e.: Gallery Shop, CIT), provides leadership opportunities for personal growth (LCIT), and helps them explore careers in the field. Rangers and Parks staff provide volunteer opportunities ranging from simple litter pick-ups for a few kids to days spent pulling non-native invasive plants for an entire school. Students can conduct science projects in the diverse and biologically abundant Open Space habitats which span from salt Volunteer Opportunities at Art Center and in Open Space marshes to oak woodlands and everything in between. Science instruction at PAUSD schools. This reflects year-round contracts for programs. Additional Jr. Museum & Zoo outreach science classes and labs: to six PAUSD elementary revenues are associated with "one off" programs in PAUSD schools that also associated with a schools contract. Jr. Museum & Zoo science classes & field trips: at Baylands for PAUSD Schools Education field trips to and classes for PAUSD at Baylands. Middle School Athletics (MSA): The City and PAUSD collaborate to provide after The MSA program is managed and overseen by the City, PAUSD provides the facilities (i.e. gyms, school sports at the three middle schools in Palo Alto. wrestling rooms, etc.) 2 ... City Services -PAUSD Program Name & Description Services Provided Summer Camps: The City of Palo Alto's Recreation staff and PAUSD collaborate to offer afternoon middle school camps during the summer school period. Facilitation of Camp Programs catered towards PAUSD students during the summer months. PAUSD Golf Teams: City of Palo Alto provides complimentary weekday golf rounds in February for PAUSD students trying out for the high school golf teams in addition to providing each high school advanced reservation for golf league play. Moreover the City provides discounted rates for all students wanting to play golf throughout City provides free golf rounds to students trying out for PAUSD golf teams as well as discounted golf the year. rounds for all students. The program was designed through collaboration with the Teen Coordinator and PAUSD school officials to be a safe, enriching, and fun place to be for middle school students. The Teen Center is Mitchell Park Youth and Teen Center: Structured after school program for middle also open for FREE, supervised drop-in for middle and high school students where teens can choose school students that includes homework assistance, enrichment activities, and to play pool, compete on the X-box, relax on the comfortable furniture, or grab a bite in the recreational activities. kitchenette. Theatre performances rehearsed and performed at six PAUSD Elementary Schools each year, Children's Theatre Outreach to PAUSD Elementary Schools: Theatre performances serving all 12 PAUSD schools in a two-year cycle. Theatre outreach includes 2,190 child participants at PAUSD schools reaching a ticketed audience of 6,800 per year. Teachers, school librarians, administrators, parents and students are educated about library services Promote Library Services to PAUSD Elementary, Middle and High Schools including the summer reading program and homework assistance. No-PAUSD works with Utilities to determine how to spend the money. PAUSD spends the money, Energy Efficiency/ Water Conservation Grant submits receipts to Utilities, and then receives reimbursement. Fiber build out to 17 schools and district office Construction of the dark fiber ring to the 18 facilities; 10 year repayment plan for construction costs. In-class bike safety education provided to students during the school day. Includes organization of Provide Staff time, contracted support, curriculum, and materials provided by City. bike rodeo at all elementary schools. 3 City Services -PAUSD Program Name & Description Services Provided Pedestrian Safety Education Grades K-2 -Staff time and Contract with Safe Moves The City contracts with Safe Moves for the provision of pedestrian safety education at twelve provided by City elementary schools. Administration of the Safe Routes to School Program, coordination of the City/School Traffic Safety Committee, consultant support, and miscellaneous materials. Staff costs include 0.8 FTE Program Coordinators and hourly personnel. Partially funded by a multi-year $528,000 reimbursable VTA Safe Routes to School Staff time provided by City, consultant costs covered by grant to upgrade the program, provide materials, improve curriculum. Revenue and costs shown reimbursable grant. here reflect approximate expenses and revenues for one year's activities. Grant ends June 2016. Education portion of this program reflected in Bicycle and Pedestrian safety entries. City of Palo Alto, Palo Alto Unified School District and a number of community partners formed Project Safety Net to leverage the knowledge, passion and resources of the independent groups into an integrated system of services and strategies focused on suicide prevention for youth and Project Safety Net Community Coalition teens in the community Contractor provides crossing guard services at intersections in mornings and afternoons during school and summer school. NOTE: City has indirect costs of going to RFP for vendor, entering into School Crossing Guard Program -Contractor services paid for by the Police contract, etc. as well as PD costs of vendor oversight. Costs will likely be higher than currently Department budgeted and will increase YoY. FY2018 vendor contract is $530k onlv. School Resource Officers -2 Uniformed Officers on campus (SRO) Current agreement, expiring, up fro renewal = 2 sworn SROs for officers focused solely on schools. Note: an additional SRO was added to the City's Police Department Budget. The Current agreement calls for PAUSD to pay 50% of 2 officers, NTE $200k/year. Current costs exceed position remains vacant, pending PAUSD's agreement to fund half of the position. $200k/year. PD management oversight also required. The Estimated Budget and Estimated Revenue columns assumes the cost for 1 SRO Title IX Liaison Coordination and Training Mandated investigation coordination and training. School Lockdown Drills Training and Drills. CORE Community Outreach Requests and Events -event requests. Adopt-a-School Program officers adopt a school for the year. 10 elementary schools; @10 officers Safe Routes to School PD participation in City-USO traffic and safety meetings and trainings. Lieutenant coordination with PCE and PAUSD City School Traffic Safety Committee Lieutenant at 11 meetings City School Liaison Meeting Chief at 2 meetings per year @ 4 hours each School Safety Plans Develop, document, provide School Safety Plans. Bicycle Rodeos PD supports safety for Bicycle Rodeos. 10 officers PIO, Major Case Support PIO Coordination on major cases and Paly Voice Interviews. Special Events Coordination and Support Graduations, Football games, major events. INDIRECT SERVICES The Crosstown and Embarcadero free shuttle services provide transportation to and from schools, neighborhoods, commercial districts, and recreation centers. Both shuttles serve schools and Palo Alto Shuttle program -Provides free shuttle service to the community school children. Includes almost two dozen projects. Implementation of this plan will improve connectivity and Bicycle Pedestrian Plan -approved by Council in 2012 safety ;iilong key segments of a citywide network. ,,,, City Services -PAUSD Program Name & Description Services Provided PCE staff works w/ PAUSD Enrollment Forecast consultant to determine the current status of "In New and Projected Housing Development Report -PCE compiles a list of new and Process -Under Review" Projects containing a housing component or recently approved and/or recently permitted Housing Development projects. PCE staff also provides number, type of housing projected housing development within the City to include in PAUSD Enrollment projected and year the housing projects is expected to be occupied. This data is then used by Forecast Report PAUSD and its consultants to forecast number of students from yet-to-be-occupied housing 1oroiects. 3.5 Hours of Crew Time, for each of the 12 Elementary schools annually & $300 of material costs Support to Bike Safety Program (bike rodeo): Uniformed Firefighters -Regular Duty annually. HSRAP funding for Adolescent Counseling Services (ACS): PAUSD on campus counseling services PAUSD on campus counseling services HSRAP funding for Palo Alto Community Child Care (PACCC): Child care subsidy Majority of funding goes to support low income families with after school care provided on PAUSD program for low income families campus by PACCC. HSRAP funding for Youth Community Service (YCS): Learning through Service and Leadership for youth. Learning through Service and Leadership for youth. Science with a Twist -Elementary Afterschool Programs Afterschool program providing science instruction at PAUSD schools. City share of portables on PAUSD elementary school campuses for after school care. Moved to Portable afterschool care. Note comment on top. Direct Services above. Senior Friendship Day -Provision of space and custodial services for Senior Friendship Day, a program of Palo Alto Adult School. Guard services for Caltrain Trackwatch program. City provides Procurement, Contract Mgt, Contract Administration and daily operational oversight. Used average of two years of contract values plus Trackwatch & Project Safety Net (FY 19) -transitioning to intrusion Detection PD oversight. Note that FY 17 and FY 18 costs were approximately $3.4M Juvenile Citation Diversion Program Training classes in lieu of fine. two classes per year Bicycle Licensing (discontinued Aug 2017) Multi-year program recently discontinued. Explorer Program Palo Alto youth program for students with interest in Law Enforcement. 5 City Services -PAUSD Program Name & Description Services Provided Agueret Scholarship Administration of scholarship and presentation. Parent Project Parental assistance for dealing with troubled youth Caltrain Camera Monitoring system. City managed procurement process, vendor management, implementation oversight, City PM, on-going monitoring and coordination by OES. Does not include Trackwatch Intrusion Detection (commences FY 2019) City Purchasing and Public Works RFP, contracting overheads and administration 6 City-School Liaison Committee E;SUN &:-ME 2018 Schedule Wz..l U)t6 c~~~~\ ft:\ g EYING ~ f'JR.@ceived Before Meetina Date Item ~eceived at Meeting February 15, 2018 • Library collaboration with PAUSD to issue students Library Cards • 2018 Council Priorities • Agenda planning for 2018 March 15, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council/PAUSD Board Meetings • 2018 Summer Programs (City) • Planned bike and pedestrian improvements to Churchill Ave -City Chief Transportation Official • Discussion of Agenda Topics for April and May April 19, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • Update Coordinated North Ventura Area Plan • City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meetings and Agenda's May 17, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Safe Routes to School -Rosie Mesterhazy, MPH, LCI #5255. Safe Routes to School Coordinator, City of Palo Alto, Transportation Division Department of Planning+ Community Environment • Cubberley Master Plan Update • Future Meetings and Agenda's June 21, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Summary of Contracts and Support Services provided between City and PAUSD • Future Meetings and Agendas July 19, 2018 Cancelled due to Council and PAUSD Holiday Break August 16, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meetings and Agenda's September 20, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meetings and Agenda's October 18, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meetings and Agenda's November 15, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings • City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meet ings and Agenda's December 21, 2018 • Review of Recent City Council and PAUSD Board Meetings ·• City and District Comments and Announcements • Future Meetings and Agenda's '. " ...... •"'C" \r:--.111o~· '• '-.11 •• 1 r I City-School Liaison Committee 2018 Schedule To be Scheduled and/or Potential Items for discussion: • Grade Separation • Traffic School Team • Middle School Athletics • Shared use of facilities • Coordination on Capital Improvement in • Teacher housing -thoughts and potential the right of way collaboration • Pension Liability • Stanford GUP • Emergency Preparedness • Ways for City and District to work together • Teacher & staff housing more effectively to accomplish shared goals June 25, 2018 Good Evening Mayor and City Council, My name is Neva Yarkin I live on Churchill Ave. Stanford Expansion cot~~/ W I NG [ ] P~ed Before Meeting [ ]'°Received at Meeting I said this 11h years ago that Stanford expansion is impacting Palo Alto beyond what the city can handle. Traffic, and the Infrastructure that will be needed to accommodate this influx of New People will be -beyond what the city can manage. Actually, we are now beyond what we can handle. Like I said before, traffic is unbearable. Besides traffic in Palo Alto, getting to the freeways, 280 and 101 are a nightmare. Restaurants, medical clinics, schools, daycare, gas stations, grocery stores, and many more essentials will be needed to accommodate everyone. Where will all this be built? Housing Alternative A and B will just add more to the GUP that Stanford has already asked for. As one Stanford Official stated "We believe Stanford and the County share common goals to benefit our communities, and that can craft successful solutions". Stanford is a great University but when will this saturation point stop? As one very concerned Citizen of Palo Alto I'm asking all of the council to vote against anymore increases of beds, academic space, or square footage that Stanford is asking for. Thank you so much for your time and wishing all of the council a wonderful summer vacation. Zone 8 permit sales "Subsequent to April 17, staff has begun reassigning some available employee parking permits from Employee Parking Zones 3 and 4 to Employee Parking Zone 8." -6/25/18 Staff Report (page 3) BUT ••• COUNQIL t-JfffJMG &lr/,-lL" ~ ~ ~Before Meeting 1,..-i-"'Keceived at Meeting .. • ~ 1 't • Zone 8 employee permit cap cut from 337 to 59 (83% cut) during March 2018 sales period. All zones (except 3 & 4) permits sold out within days. 1 No public announcement of additional zone 8 permits until the very end of May: • SP+ emails sent to "active accounts" (i.e., primarily to employees who already have permits) • No outreach to business owners/managers -City failed to use Business Registry to communicate Hur. Merk Wed, Jun 20 5 1.1 h'.1 l' d•" 'qa1 -{:r +.. to Joshuah me ... Simon, 1 SP• !.ent a m~mo to RPP ac.counh ;,t the end of May and carher th1'!. week, Cu~tom~r$ with .actwe RPP accounts received the memo, not m,.mbrrs. of the business rcg1st 2 AH>f 6/19{!~ Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 PALO ALTO Emplav-e O@cals Employee Hane Tags S9 10 95 16 63 31 73 26 138 2d 79 13 97 28 29 .19 633 197 Mark Hur I Parlclnc Opomtons Loed Dl11nru11u P. f 11111r11•11•1I\• f 1:,.ru m.l"'•'llf lr.!11''111"''·""" )!,(\ u.umltt1!' A•11,n1lf' I Pi!ln. J\hn. I ""Qi ~01 Ph ffiSO) ]}'l J.'1111 I r ~fll-'.!lyofpaloA!to org Total Permits 69 111 94 99 162 92 125 78 830 "1. SP+ sent a memo to RPP accounts at the end of May and earlier this week. Customers with active RPP accounts received the memo, not members of the business registry." 2 J > • •.. 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No onsite parking. • No RPP permits available except in zones 3 and 4 (near San Francisquito Creek) 4 Recorded June 19, 2018 Who do you help when you make Permits available? Suzi • Message Therapist • Watercourse Way • 165 Channing Ave • Just recently got her zone 8 permit due to a I location of more permits to zone 8 by Transportation Staff 5 Whnlc Foock MaA:ct not FmennnStteet PaloAho.CA~JOI 6!10'1K Ctty Council or ralo Ahn CtlyorPUo Attn. Ofliceoflhct'ilyC.1nk 2"' Jbmihon Aw. Palo Alto.CA "4;\01 I, LJ!l<ff• I"'"""""" s-r .. m l.rllder '"'Whole F-. Mnrht, 1'111n l\ltn. am wri<ior ti.. ldkr no hchalfof-l'loln AIM ...,..i.y.r. l'<tr °""Chy c....,.;1 k• ...-1bon:doclioftofRPP ........... olbblc1n-~.l\ddlt"-lly,I wnuld like ta mp:Jl a rewt"Sld to lhc cw. ftDlic m 7.one R, When RPI' pcrmitt. wkhtn a renomNc ~ dt4il:u..:c hm our llPrr nrc M»ld «Nl. lblrlOofmyTam Mcmbcn. Mwdl ltl~"CCSof'ncarb)'~.t.¥C toptrk in lho2_paldns __ Whokf ...... 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I "-oulcl alto hb tn nntc tMI. unfortunalefy. puhUc ~"'Ian 11 oot en OJttion fN' many nf my Tam Manbcrrt. u 1 mlljmity nr my~ nnK1 drive l'J'C"nOMI vdudes In work. 11mlk pu lnr mns6deriA111tn incrcuo ln the numlttr of Rrr pmnit1 in..tlablc ln bttth Whnlc F°""' Mnr""1 """""""'·a well., oddltioMI,.... Pain l\llo """"""'"·In II•• dcrA-nlown bul1aca ddlrici. ~~~- Store Tt::3m 1.i:adc-r Whnle fCWMk M31kc1., r•lo Alto •• , l_r1·n.·111 :i-.-rrrl I'! .. Alu•. f \ •ulm '·~h J.lf• lr·rh rd • t.t• ;'1'>1'"•!11•1 ·' Whole Foods letter to City Council "In April alone, three team members cited parking as one of the reasons that they found employment elsewhere." " ... we hire about 10 Team Members per month, without increasing our total head count. Under the current system, these Team Members will not be able to purchase parking permits." (emphasis added) 6 Some of the Community Serving Businesses in SOFA ' ; / " :;, \ ' ,f ~ ~ ., / Legend Downtown Commen:oal POflong --< 25% Downo....,, Employee Penm Paftung Cle~ Weetday 12 pm 25% to 4-1% Downtown Employee Perm;t Por11Jng OcctJpancy Weekday 12 pm 45'!. IO 84 % Downtown Employee P"""" P•rlo11g OcctJpancy Weallday 12 pm --65 IO 85% Downtown Employee Permit PO!k1119 Occuponcy Weekday 12 pm Do\\ nlo" n RPP Zone~ P.:ulmg Occup.:mcy ~ Emplo}ee P~rmn~ 1.2PM \VcckdJ} • Where is the business employee OVERPARKING In zoneB? • What problem was solved by cutting zone B from 337 permits to 59 permits? {83% cut) 7 Let's HELP our Downtown Businesses/Employees, not HURT them. Please reverse the harmful cuts made on 2/26/2018 • Implement Staff's Recommendation of 2/26/2018 -no cuts at this time • Reverse cuts to zones 8 & 10. (Note: zone 9 was not used by employees) • Restore permits recently moved from zones 3 & 4 • Direct Staff to "fix" the RPP employee permitting system. • If reallocations are necessary, make them semi-annually to match 6 month sales cycles. Staff Recommendation from 2/26/2018 Downtown RPP Report: "Overall, staff believes the Downtown RPP program has been generally successful and recommends that the City Council wait before making further adjustments until decisions can be made about managemer.it actions proposed for the commercial core, such as possible implementation of a reduced price garage permit for low income workers (similar to the reduced price permit offered in the RPP program)." (page 1, emphasis added) Employee RPP System needs to be fixed before making cuts: • Make ALL employee permits transferable • Prorate price of permits bought mid-term • Raise earnings ceiling from $SOK/year for reduced price permits • Streamline/simplify permit purchasing process • Actively Promote RPP to employees and thereby reduce the re-parking problem 8 ALL City Garages & Lots are FULL AS OF JUNE 8, 2018 Lot currentW/L Avallable Cal 96 WL cc 85 WL cw WL WL EG 9 ' WL KT 8 WL Q 93 WL R 90 WL s 38 WL x 4 Wl- High 15 WL From Revenue Collections Service Desk Ground Floor Lobby -City Hall 6/20/2018 ' ' ! 9 Whole Foods Market 774 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 6/20/18 City Council of Palo Alto City of Palo Alto. Office of the City Clerk 250 Hamilton Ave. · Palo Alto, CA 94301 I, Lynette Hernandez, Store Team Leader for Whole Foods Market, Palo Alto, am writing this letter on behalf of downtown Palo Alto employers for the City Council to reconsid~ the reduction of RPP permits available to ~ur employees. Additionally, I would like to request a reversal to the cuts made in Zone 8. When RPP permits within a reasonable walking distance from our store are sold out, some of my Team Members, as well as employees of nearby businesses, have to park in the 2 hour parking spaces around Whole Foods Market. This hurts my business considerably, since I am unable to provide adequate parking for my customers. In addition, the challenge of Team Members moving their vehicles every 2 hours also damages the level of customer service that my customers receive. Team M~bers are forced to cut interactions short or must leave during peak business hours for up to 15 minutes at ~ time, as they search for a new parking spot. In April alone, three team members cited parking as one of the reasons that they found emplo)'ment elsewhere. Additionally, it hurts my ability to attract new hires and retain current T earn Members, since they have to utilize their rest peri9<is to move their vehicles and oftentimes inevitably end up receiving a parking ticket. · Zone 8, which is a reasonable walking distance for my T earn Members. was reduced from 337 pennits to just 57 permits. Whole Foods Market employs 180 Team Members, and we hire about 10 Team Members per month, without increasing our total bead count. Under the current system, these Team Members will not be able to purchase parking permits. I would urge the Council Members to plea§e reconsider such a drastic 83% cut in RPP permits in Zon.e 8. · I would also like to note that, unfortunately, public transportation is not an option for many of my Team Members, as a majority of my employees must drive personal vehicles to work. Thank you for considering an increase in the number of RPP permits available to both Whole Foods Market employees, as well as additional area Palo Alto employees, in the downtown business district ~.~~ Store Team Leader Whole Foods Market, Palo Alto 774 Em..:r.on 'ltreer, Palo .AJro, CA 94301 650 326 H676 tel• 650 J.26 0539 fax . ' Description Lincoln Ave. and Middlefield Intersection 1. Lincoln Ave connects Channing to Middlefield Road. There are presently no stop signs on Lincoln between Channing and Middlefield. 2. There are no painted crosswalks at Lincoln/Middlefield. Nor are there any at Kingsley/Middlefield. Both are major bike crossings for Paly HS kids. 3. 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Prior to the bike boulevard project, Ross road was very busy but allowed easy passage. It is often used to get to school, but with the construction and the narrow roads, it makes it tight for bike and cars to share the road. Prior to the addition of the unnecessary islands along the side of the road and speed bumps, there was plenty of room to be shared by multiple bikers and cars. Because of these being placed all down the street, many drivers go in the middle of the street in order to avoid the numerous speed bumps. This is problematic because bikers also have to ride in the middle, to avoid the islands on the side of the road. Many injuries can happen due to this if a car goes too fast, or a biker isn't aware of his surroundings and runs into an island, or even worse a car. Another problem with this project are the roundabouts. Multiple roundabouts have been placed all the way down the street at major intersections. Based on studies done by mythbusters, they proved that roundabouts are beneficial to drivers but not bicyclists. This defeats the purpose of a roundabout on a bike boulevard street. Instead of cars stopping for bikers to cross the street, they are allowed to continue driving even if pedestrians or bikers are waiting to go. With stop signs, everyone has their turn to cross, which most people are accustomed to. Another problem is the cost. To construct one roundabout costs nearly half a million dollars. Mean while the stop sign is a lot cheaper and does an even better job of regulating traffic. I believe our city should not be spending its money on a project that only apply to a small portion of palo alto. This 9 million dollars could be used fund our school district or redo some older roads. Even though a bike boulevard is supposed increase the safety of bikers, its still up to them to be responsible riders. About fifty percent of bike accidents are due to loss of control, and less than two percent are car related. This proves how it is necessary to add a bike boulevard. Finally, many people in palo alto have spoken up about how they dislike the new bike boulevard. On change.org over 1500 people have petitioned to get rid of the construction. Neighbors on ross have realized that the islands are making the street unsafe and unhelpful and are trying to take a stand. With even more bike boulevards being planned, I believe to city can save some money by cancelling the project now, and turn our street back into the way it was. By removing the islands, it frees up parking spaces for residents and their guests who are affected by this change. Not only will the bikers get a safe amount of space to ride in, cars won't have to worry about sharing the road. This issue affects many Palo Alto residents who live near Ross road, and many others that often use this street, including me. Change doesn't happen unless someone advocates it. Hopefully I can make a difference, or at least spark a solution to the bike boulevard problem. Sincerely, ~Jr Kylen Liu 854 Rorke way Palo Alto, CA 94303 Phone: .$(650)654-0456 May 24, 2018 City of Palo Alto, Office of the City Clerk 250 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 Airplane noise over Palo Alto and Nearby Communities Dear Greg Tanaka, My name is Kai Cable. I am a student at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, where we have been studying public policy. I am writing to talk to you about the planes that have been flying overhead. Planes have been flying over Palo Alto and neighboring cities to get to SFO, and have to descend in order to land. However, when flying above cities, you have to maintain an altitude of over 5000 feet. The problem is that planes are flying much lower than what was agreed on by the FFA, SFO, and Anna Eshoo. I am proposing a regulation for the airplanes flying overhead to change the flight path to make it so that all planes coming from inland have to be coming from the bay and can't have make noise greater than 55 decibels. One of the reasons to do so is that residents in Palo Alto and especially in Port of Oakland, are experiencing noise levels over time increase. Not only have SFO arrivals has increased 23% over the past 15 years according to SFO, but also the amount of overhead planes for Palo Alto has increased 185%. This accounts for daytime and night time arrivals, where during the night, residents have said; "I've lived there for 18 years and it never bothered me. Now I'm hearing jet noise constantly. I started wondering, 'What is going on?"'(Stewart Carl, a member of Sky Posse Palo Alto). And with the rise of "NewGen", a new air traffic system, which will be concentrating planes above Palo Alto and nearby communities. The reason for NewGen was to regulate the increasing amount of airplanes. The reason this is significant is that a new path above the Bay Area to improve airplane noise would make things even more noisy, and raise noise levels more than 80 decibels, which is 15 decibels more than regulation set in 2014, which set the limit to 65 (UPROAR, data collected by Nguyen's aviation noise experts). The reason that we don't already have the path going above the bay area and into SFO is that the track that has been laid down on the trackway doesn't compensate for planes coming above the bay area. And in 2013, Asiana Flight 214 crashed on the trackway on SFO due to the angle the plane was descending down onto the runway. At this time, the regulation was that planes would come from the bay and land. But as said in the summary report by the National Transportation Safety Board; "The flight crew mismanaged the airplane's descent, which resulted in the airplane being well above the desired 3° glidepath when it reached the 5 nm point." And "the pilot flying (PF) selected an autopilot (AIP) mode ... a mode in which the AIT does not control airspeed". Meaning the pilot was slightly at fault. Not due to the angle of the runway. Meaning that changing the flight path isn't a safety hazard. Furthermore, there is also an argument that Palo Alto residents receive on average 44-43 decibels worth of aircraft noise on a daily basis, and that NextGen wouldn't have an effect on the amount of noise, because the program would have the planes start descending at 200 miles away from SFO and spread out the noise generated over large areas of land rather than over small communities as stated by Oakland Metropolitan International Airport, Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport and Sacramento International Airport, ATAC Corporation. Communities and citizens however, have pointed out that this is just an average, and that there are flights which have reached over 65 decibels on a daily basis. Which still means that flights overhead will be generating a bunch of noise even if the NewGen system is put into place. Through legal means, the FFA have allowed numbers like these and have excused them because "Unless there is new legal authority on the federal level under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), (the FAA) can continue to use this ridiculous and meaningless average." Which is why I write to you. I ask you to bring this issue up and pass the regulation upwards towards people with powers. Airplane noises over the bay area is something has been bothering citizens for over a decade and having regulation to avoid waking people up in the middle of the night would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my letter. Sincerely, Kai Cable K /// If?,£, 4149Wilkie Wa~ Palo Alto 94306 Phone: 650-669-7261 May 29, 2018 Greg Tanaka 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto City Council Palo Alto, CA 94301 Re: the Addition of Roundabouts in California Dear Greg Tanaka, My name is Audrey Tseng. I am a student at Gunn High School in Palo Alto, California, where we have been studying public policy. I am writing to talk to you about increasing the number of roundabouts in California. Recently, Palo Alto has made the decision to spend $8.7 million to make changes to its traffic and road design. This includes curb extensions, bicycle boulevards, and most notably, the newly installed roundabouts on several street intersections. These modifications are part of The Palo Alto Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan, which was adopted in 2012 as a way to promote safety and efficiency. The official website for City of Palo Alto claims that the project aims to reduce speeding, improve safety, and improve the aesthetics of the neighborhoods. However, despite all of the benefits promised by the plan, it has stirred up controversy in the general public. Perhaps one of the most widely disputed topics in Palo Alto currently is the installation of the roundabouts. Bus passengers, bikers, and drivers have been criticizing the modifications, claiming that it makes transit more difficult and confusing. However, this may actually be a problem of the protesters as a whole, and not the design of the roundabout itself. Roundabouts, despite the backlash, are designed to improve safety among bicyclists and pedestrians, as cars navigating through them are forced to drive at lower speeds. This can significantly reduce the risk of head-on, right-angle, and left-turn collisions normally found at traditional intersections. In fact, according to Washington State Department of Transportation, roundabouts reduce injury crashes by 75% and 37% in overall collisions. Furthermore, traffic efficiency is increased with the help of roundabouts, which, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation, are designed to ensure a continuous flow in traffic. In other countries, these systems are much more common. France, for example, has more than 30,000 roundabouts while America has just 10% of that. Because roundabouts are so rare in the U.S., it is very likely that the majority of the public who are against the design are simply overwhelmed and confused by the new contrast to the previous structure. Furthermore, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety created a survey on the public opinion of roundabouts, where the percentage of drivers supporting roundabouts rose from 34% to 69% from before and after the construction was complete. Given the evidence and benefits that roundabouts provide pedestrians and bikers alike, there is only one logical solution to this: to make roundabouts more conunon in the U.S .. By making this decision, traffic efficiency can grow and hundreds of lives can be saved by preventing collisions from happening in the first place. This issue is important to me because, as a biker, pedestrian, and civilian, I care about the safety of myself and others. I believe that our by making roundabouts more common in Palo Alto, we can make a significant change in our community and eventually, our country. Sincerely, Audrey Tseng Palo Alto City Council Meeting June 25, 2018 l ct,u,GZ~JJ?"ING ( ] Placed Before Meeting [ }""Received at Meeting Zone 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 All Zones Agenda Item Number 30 Additional Information Regarding Current Non-Resident Permits Issued Permit Distribution Total Permits Sold As A Percent of Total Permits Sold 69 8.3 111 13.4 94 11.3 99 11.9 162 19.5 92 11.1 125 15.1 78 9.4 0 0 0 0 830 100 Note: 830/8 = 103.75 25-JUN-2018 (M.Hodos) 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 Preparedfor: 6/18/2018 Document dates: 5/30/2018 -6/6/2018 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 701-32 City of Palo Alto I City Clerk's Office I 6/1/2018 1:07 PM COUNCIL MEETING @] 06/04/2018 4 Carnahan, David From: Sent To: Cc: Subject: Attachments: Please see attached. Thank you. YoLLC !"!0!""R-e-ce-iv_e ... d_B_e""fo_r_e_M_e_e-ti-ng- Elizabeth Wong <elizabethwong2009@gmail.com> Friday, June 01, 2018 10:34 AM Council, City Keene, James; Stump, Molly; Lait, Jonathan; Architectural Review Board; John L. Flegel Council Hearing of June 4, 2018 scanappeal.pdf; paweeklyOOOl.pdf 1 ' 55° High: 77° Low: 44° : .. \'ER\. 1\l~/\L l .( )e_·:j \L .Nl:\ \' . --. .. . . ..... Sat Sun Mon Tue Print or onllne subscription starts as low as SS /month ( SUPPORJ HERE ) Log In I Register ~ Pal«!_~l!g W online Home News Town Square Biogs A&E Sports Real Estate Print Edition 5 Uploaded: Thu, May 31, 2018, 9:22 am Nobu expansion faces appeal in Palo Alto Downtown property owner says city ls glVlng the applicant 'special treatment' ••ft'l ,;~.1 -.;e• ... -., ... _. ., .... _ .... . 1..,-_ ...... ..,, ...... . ~.: .. ::.·..: .... -··-····" ,, ... ·.,u .... .:----~~~-' I ------~t_~W:,!lf_!_ .... f ' This rendering from the project plans illustrates the new Nobu building proposed for 620 Emerson St. Rendering by Montalba Architects Inc. by Gennady Sheyner I Palo Alto Weekly As a downtown developer, Ellzabeth Wong fully understands the power of the appeal In slowing down a project. In February 2017, her proposed mixed-use development at 429 University Ave. narrowly won the City Council's approval after more than three years of reviews and a formal appeal by neighbors who deemed her project at the former site of Shady Lane too massive and architecturally inmmpatible with the area. Now, Wong finds herself on the other side of the debate. On Monday night, the City Council wlll consider an appeal of another downtown project: the proposed expansion of the Nobu restaurant, which Is lmg I Ii i 11· ·. , . . ! 3 Bod I 1.5 Batll I Houso: 1,340+SF I !Picturesque home. just ;minutes from downtown . Redwood Caty! I T 1or:l=ERED AT $1,498,000 ~ l·-·-·-----· ··---·-·-···-· -- located at the Epiphany Hotel at 180 Hamilton Ave. The appellant Is Yo LLC, which Is managed by Wong. In appealing the proposal to open a new Nobu location next door to the Epiphany, at 620 Emerson St., Yo LLC, Is seeking to reverse the approval that project received from the city's planning staff on Aprll 19. Palo Alto's Architectural Review Board had also voted on Aprll 5 to approve the proposal, which calls for a new, 4,063-square-foot two-story building to replace the existing structure formerly occupied by Stanford Aorist. for Yo LLC, the biggest Issue Is parking --spedfically, the city's decision to allow the property owner to pay "ln-lleu parking fees" Instead of providing actual parking on the site. The project would remove three ex ls ting on-site parking spots. Planning staff had determined the removal of parking spots Is reasonable. The location and size of the property, combined with Americans with Dlsablllties Act requirements, local standards for refuse collectlon make It "Infeasible to provide additional parking onslte In an efficient or convenient parking layout,• according to a report from the Department of Planning and Community Environment. Search Classifieds Visit Join Contact !~_P. BLO..§~ .. ·----- Keeping eicpectatlons in check By Cheryl Bae IO comments I 6,111 views Palo Alto's Vin Vino Wine reopens By Elena Kadvany 11 comment I 1,913 views At Home with John COlllns, Wherever You Are By Aldis Petrlceks I 1 comment I 1,211 views Couples: "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time." By Chandrama Anderson IO comments I 622 views Ahhh, those dam aging questions By Diana Diamond I 2 comments I 449 views lh;a "Bl View all local biogs deJeur www.deleonrealty. Wong disagreed with this determination and argued that the city's decision on parking sets a dangerous precedent. In an Interview with the Weekly, she noted that if every restaurant in downtown's parking assessment district were given the same right to remove parking spots, the area would lose more than 2,000 parking spots. This, she said, represents •a tremendous loss to the city.• "Whatever you grant this appllcant, you have to grant to other applicants," Wong said. Wong also argued that by approving the proposal, the city is essentially giving the restaurant special treatment. Any project bulkling within Palo Alto, she wrote to the architecture board in February, "should comply to the requirements of the City's existing land use policies.• "Yo LLC objects to special treatment the City has granted Nobu restaurant because It is a very popular and well-regarded restaurant and to Larry Elllson, the owner, because of his Immense status in the business community." The tiff over parking spots isn't the first clash between Yo LLC and the project applicant, who is listed In the project plans as PA Hotel Hold Ing LLC. Last year, Yo LLC filed a lawsuit against the property owner al leg Ing breach of contract, fraudulent concealment and negligent misrepresentation. According to the suit, Yo LLC made a bid In 2013 to buy the property from the owner, Krucker Trust (represented by Ruth Krucker), for $3.25 million. The two parties entered Into a purchase agreement and the sale was set to dose escrow In 2014. That, however, did not happen because of a separate legal dispute between Krucker and her husband, Adolf Konigsreiter, over ownership rights. ln July 2016, the Krucker Trust was deemed the "sole and rightful" owner of the property, according to Yo LLC's court flllng. Yo LLC maintains that the Emerson Purchase Agreement remained In effect, despite these disputes. However, In January 2017, Ruth Krucker, as trustee of the Krucker Trust, sold the property to PA Hotel Holdlng for $4.25 million. The complaint from Yo Ll.C argues that by selling to PA Hotel Holding, Krucker and Trucker Trust "have breached the mvenant of good faith and fair dealing by falling to honor the Emerson Purchase Agreement and by breaching their contractual obligations.• Yo LLC's formal appeal focuses on the Issues of parking, congestion and the provision of a oode-compllant restroom; Wong's February letter to the board alludes to the ongoing litigation as another reason the application should not be approved. "Yo LlC has a contract to purchase the property which predates Appficant's ownership of this property,• Wong wrote. "Approval of this application and the proposed demolition and development work proposed to follow may have to be reversed depending upon the outmme of the pending litigation.• The muncH is scheduled to consider Yo LLC's appeal at Its meeting this Monday. Planning staff Is recommending that the councll reaffirm the project's approval and reject the appeal. Because the appeal Is listed on the counclrs "mnsent calendar,• It would take three council members to remove It from the calendar and give Wong a full public hearing. Follow the Palo Alto Weekly/Palo Alto Online on Twitter @PaloAltoWeekly and Facebook for breaking news, local events, photos, videos and more. Comments Posted by Downtowner a resident of Downtown North 21 hours ago 19 people Hice this "Planning staff had determined the removal of parking spots Is reasonable.• Yep, that's our Planning Department. After all, that's what Larry Ellison wants. We don't want to stop the rich folks from getting richer. Parking Is someone else's problem. Posted by Online Name a resident of Embarcadero Oaks/Leland 20 hours ago Online Name is a registered user. Email Town Square Moderator Report Objectionable Content 14 people like this Planning staff also didn't think the Epiphany needed parking for Its guests and their visitors, Its staff and its restaurant patrons. Where did they "think" those hundreds of cars would go?? Email Town Square Mode,.,,tor Report Objecttonable Content SUMMi REGIS1 BEGIN! MAY3. JUNE7 FOR NON· HAYOU ON THE BAY SATURDAY. IDNE :J fREF Pl\RHING H /\Div Posted by Anonymous a resident of Duveneck/St. Francis 18 hours ago S people like this Let's see If they do get special treatment. It's outrageous, and Imoppose this. But I'm just a city resident. Email Town Square Moderator Report Objecbonable Content 1 Posted by Marie a resident of Midtown 12 hours ago Marie is a registered user. • S people like this Just say no to a restaurant that Is not willing to provide any parking at all, next to a hotel, which was allowed to convert a low Income assisted living building to an expensive hotel -without any parking, since It was deemed to be an equivalent use. Right. Email Town Square Moderator Report Objecbonable Content Posted by RlchardT Like this comment a resident of Old Palo Alto 11 hours ago I'm all for more parking downtown (aren't we all), but after some research, It looks like the hoters parking is there, but off-site (valet). That's a bit inconvenient but works, I guess. I frankly don't get the Issue with Nobu parking. The spots In question would be employee-only anyway, and I'd rather see something other than a shuttered building lnthe old florist spot. This seems like a frivllous and vengeful appeal that will hinder the restoration of our very special downtown area. If nobu needs to provide additional parking, what about all of the other restaurants? Why only NobU? This seems like a case of sour grapes. An opportunity was missed and has since been elevated by $1M -Wong is going for the money-grab, and the original contract was never exeaited. Game over. Email Town Square Moderator Report ObJetbonable Content Don't miss out on the discussion! Sign up to be notified of new comments on this topic. Emi!ll: Your email address Post a comment Posting an Item on Town Square is simple and requires no registration. Just complete this form and hit "submit" and your topic will appear onllne. Please be respectful and truthful In your postings so Town Square will continue to be a thoughtful gathering place for sharing oommunlty information and opinion. All postings are subject to our TERMS OF USE, and may be deleted If deemed Inappropriate by our staff. We prefer that you use your real name, but you may use any "member" name you wish. Name: Select your neighborhood or school community: · Not sure? Ne~hborhoO<Js ij JOIN US FOR A FREE COMMUI Saturday, June 2 Oil 9:30am -11:30am ~ Palo Alto •;ii'Hli;* To: City of Palo Alto City Council Subject: Appeal of Planning Staff Approval of Demolition and Construction at 620 Emerson St. Appellant: Yo LLC Date: May31, 2018 Let's start with a few simple facts. Until Stanford Florists closed, the back of this property at 620 Emerson was actively used for parking and loading for the flower shop. The Applicant's approved design eliminates all three on-site parking spaces. This Appeal objects to the elimination of the parking spaces based on the following: POTENTIAL DISAPPEARANCE OF 2,124 PARKING SPACES On-site parking is sorely needed in the downtown core. Elimination of on-site parking pushes the parking problem to the City. The city's parking assessment document {University Avenue Area Off-Street Parking Assessment District -attached as Exhibit A) shows on page 5 that the property is given credit for three on- site parking spaces and paid in-lieu for the remaining eleven spaces it didn't provide. The architects' drawings for this property show as existing conditions that there are three on- site parking spaces. The Applicant's plans for new construction removes all on-site parking. Now I ask you, why would the City even consider allowing this on-site parking to be removed? This sets a dangerous precedent as there were by my count 2,124 on-site parking spaces listed in the report (page 6 of Exhibit A) , many with similar 90-degree parking configurations with access from a 20-foot wide alley (see Exhibit B), that can also be removed from similar sites if on-site parking at 620 Emerson is allowed to disappear. Purportedly, the reason to allow removal is because the current configuration for the existing parking spaces is 20 feet long and does not meet the new standards requiring 23 to 25 feet. This can be easily accommodated by increasing the length inwards towards the interior of the site. Further, any space lost by the expansion of the parking could easily be accommodated on the second floor of the Applicant's design. DO WE NEED TO LOSE ALL THREE SPACES? If it is necessary to accommodate access for utilities and/or trash removal, it might necessitate losing one of the parking spaces; but to remove all three parking spaces is overreaching. The Applicant should be required to preserve as much on-site parking as possible, even only one in the extreme case. OTHER ON-SITE OPTIONS The Applicant has not addressed other viable options such as putting parking underground, which can easily be accommodated with a ramp from the alley. Another option is to use a mechanical lift to double the parking of any space, thus increasing the parking density of downtown. In summary, we are appealing Planning's approval for this project because it runs counter to the City and its residents' best interests. The elimination of on-site parking goes against the City's long-time vision to keep the downtown a viable commercial core with easy access for residents and visitors. Return this project to Staff until the on-site parking issue is properly addressed. Respectfully submitted, YoLLC FINAL ENGINEER'S REPORT for UNIVERSiTY A VENUE AREA OFF- STREET PARKING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Prepared for: City of Palo Alto . California Prepared by: .. . .. Harris & Associates March, 2001 c11y ol Palo Ano UnlYl!rslly Avanve Ofl·Slrccl Pait.Int Assn1mtn1 OlstrtCI AHtSllNln , ..... A•Sttift\lnl AHIUOl"t °"""" N11mbtr PJICCI llamo I IJl>CJJ.002 Pctlf"l.Coln , 1:0-GJ.G2l .._~lrwntmtftlCo J • m~GJ.az• MochilU1 l11¥.,1m1n1 co. 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