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March 13, 2023 City Council Emails
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: 3/13/2023 Document dates: 3/6/2023 – 3/13/2023 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Richard Corny To:Council, City; Kou, Lydia Subject:The state of Cal Ave and the economy Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 11:16:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links.________________________________ Hello and thank you for your time as alwaysCal Ave is a business district but the offices are mostly empty and there are many businesses that havealready closed down.Seeing the SVB bank debacle and the lack of startups starting up it looks like we might be headed for arecession. We barely made it through the 2008 financial crisis with all the offices full in the area and anopen street.We also barely made it through the street remodel that happened about 9 years ago. I don’t think we willsurvive a big recession as many businesses wouldn’t as well. Opening the street is crucial to Cal Ave’ssurvival including our business.There is no reason for people to come and hangout on Cal Ave because too many businesses and officesare closed. That’s the bottom line.Let’s look at some pros and cons shall we Pros of Cal Ave being closed1.A few restaurants have the ability to triple their dinner revenue so they don’t have to open for lunch.2.Starbucks employees get to go home early lol as they close at 2:30 and is the SLOWEST Starbucks inthe whole Bay AreaIt’s bad when a big corp business can’t survive3. A few pedestrians and their kids get to enjoy walking around and shop at the 3 stores on the street thatare open4. We can have some live music5. The cyclist and scooters get to have a whole street to ride on even though they’re supposed to walktheir bikes And now the Cons1. Our business and many others have suffered tremendous loss2. The street and businesses are not handicapped compliant and are liable for lawsuits3. There is no foot traffic during 90% of the time making it difficult to make money as people only comeduring the farmers market4. Some of the buddings look absolutely depleted5. We are completely surrounded by construction6. Our customers call everyday, they can’t find our business and it’s the same for a lot of businesses andwe lost a lot of our older customers that have limited mobility7. The empty spots aren’t getting filled8. The tech industry is in a down cycle and we don’t expect a big boom in businesses and office spacerental. Therefore hurting our local economy Cal Ave has really been neglected for many years now. It’s sadWe’ll see what happens next but hopefully you will make the right decision and save Cal Ave byreopening the streetA lady got hit by a guy on a scooter who took off on her. She broke her finger or something Thank you. Sent from my iPhone From:Jay Chesavage To:Council, City Cc:Tanaka, Greg Subject:e-bike ban on Baylands on 3/13/2023 agenda Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 11:08:08 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jay@chesavage.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ Honorable Palo Alto City Council: I am opposed to the proposed e-bike ban which includes "Class 1" e-bikes, which are pedal assist electric bicycles. Class 2 (throttle operated with 20MPH limit) and Class 3 (throttle operated with ~30 MPH limit) do not require anyrider effort, and more clearly fall into the category "motor driven vehicles" presently prohibited from the Baylandsand other trails. A reasonable speed limit would be sensible to address the use of all types of e-bikes. I believe an exception should certainly be made for class 1 e-bikes, and many surrounding parks are alreadyproviding signage related to allowing class 1 e-bikes where bicycles are permitted. 1) E-bikes are environmentally friendly, and Class 1 e-bikes only match some fraction of the rider's pedal effort withelectric assist, are speed limited to 20MPH, and increase access for riders of all abilities while the cyclist providesmost of the pedal effort. 2) My Class 1 E-bike is my primary transportation, and after spinal surgery, I prefer the smoothened ride of dualsuspension with rough terrain of the Baylands. Recreational riders such as myself usually have the electric pedalassist turned off in places with flat terrain such as the Baylands, and I can’t think of any reason I’d need a seconddual suspension (non electric) bicycle other than this proposed legislation banning e-bikes of all types on thebaylands. 3) The proposed amended ordinance does not ban the activity of riding a bicycle or how responsibly it is used, butinstead bans the capability of the bicycle, whether that capability is used or not. I drive a motor vehicle which iscapable of going faster than the speed limit, yet we don't ban certain cars on a roadway merely because they arecapable of exceeding the speed limit. The same public safety concerns apply to both and should be sensiblyaddressed according to operator conduct and not operator equipment. 4) An e-bike ban should be based on some sort of specific measured metric of use that makes them unsafe forpedestrians or riders, or some specific evidence that shows e-bikes are inherently unsafe for the rider or others on theBaylands trails. 5) I believe an origin of the ban against e-bikes is based in the long standing 'motor powered vehicles prohibited'signage from the past directed to motorcycles, which have neither a 20 MPH limit, nor a pedal assist mode, and areconsiderably heavier than an e-bike. The predicate device relied on for this legislation is not applicable to thecurrent one. 6) Modern e-bikes are no heavier then old steel Schwinn bicycles I've owned in the past, and cyclists typicallyweigh more than their bike. If total mass of a bicyclist vs a pedestrian is the safety issue that is sought to beaddressed, the e-bike vs pedal bike risks to pedestrian trail walkers are identical. My belief is that legislative changes should be made with a particular underlying principle in mind, so that theapplication of the legislative change is consonant with the principle it seeks to protect, which remains unarticulatedwith this proposed legislative change. I request that the vote on this matter be either NO, or tabled until the underlying principle for the change is articulated and demonstrated as being an actual public hazard so that the change reflects that principle rather thanthe proposed current ban which identifies neither. Here's an analogous example. Bicyclists and dog walkers are both allowed on baylands trails, and I've used bothmodes of transport. Some dog walkers prefer an extendable reel-style leash, and their dog may bolt across the pastof a bicyclist on that reel-style leash, presenting a hazard to both. Yet, we don't ban reel-style leashes (which arecapable of being locked) on the baylands. Are those next? Jay Chesavage, avid baylands bicyclist (and baylands dog walker) 3833 Middlefield Rd, Palo Alto From:Bill Zaumen To:Council, City Subject:Restricting the use of natural gas Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 10:30:10 AM Attachments:energy.pdf [Some people who received this message don't often get email from bill.zaumen@gmail.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links.________________________________ I've enclosed a short (9 page) article discussing restrictionson the use of natural gas. Such restrictions may be counterproductiveif additional power lines cannot be installed quickly enough or ifwe cannot store electric power in sufficient quantities for use atnight. Lithium ion batteries, for example, are expensive but inaddition, they are needed for electric vehicles. It is probablymore important to eliminate automobile engines that use gasolinethan to restrict home heating applications because gasoline usein motor vehicles is one of the least efficient ways of generatingpower. The article is more about the tradeoffs than any specificrecommendation, and includes a very short introduction tothermodynamics because understanding that is needed for makinginformed decisions. Regards, Bill Zaumen From:Rachel Fussell To:Council, City Subject:Public Comment: Palo Alto City Council E-Bike Ban Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 9:15:56 AM Attachments:Palo Alto City Council_ Public Comment Letter .docx.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from rachel@peopleforbikes.org. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council, On behalf of the PeopleForBikes Coalition, we are writing in response to the Parks and Recreation Commission Recommendation to Adopt an Ordinance Amending PAMC Section22.04.220 to Regulate Electric Bicycles and Electric Coasting Devices in Parks and Open Spaces, that would prohibit all classes of electric bicycles on unpaved roads in the Baylandsand in open space areas like the Arastradero Preserve. I've attached our public comment and letter below. Thank you and I look forward to hearing from you. Best,Rachel -- Rachel Fussell eMTB Policy & Program Manager (she/hers) PeopleForBikes P.O. Box 2359 / Boulder, CO 80306 MOBILE: 802.310.6685 PeopleForBikes.org From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; Council, City;Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; dallen1212@gmail.com; dennisbalakian; eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; SallyThiessen; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; newsdesk;news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk; nick yovino; dan.richard@earthlink.net; russ@topperjewelers.com; MarkStandriff; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net; Daniel Zack Subject:Fwd: FDR Fireside Chat 20, Feb. 23, 1942 Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 1:47:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Mon, Mar 13, 2023 at 1:15 AM Subject: FDR Fireside Chat 20, Feb. 23, 1942To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sunday, March 12, 2023 late: To all- Two and one half months after Pearl Harbor, FDR was full of fight, as were the American people. It took one year to totally convert US industry to a war footing. Many thought it would takefive years. By 1943, 49% of our GNP was devoted to the war effort. Not 49% of the federal budget. 49% of our GNP. Highly recommended. 36:31 February 23, 1942: Fireside Chat 20: On the Progress of the War | Miller Center L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Council, City; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeff Rosen; Human RelationsCommission; Cecilia Taylor; Figueroa, Eric; Michael Gennaco; Shana Segal; Foley, Michael; Braden Cartwright;Bains, Paul Subject:Do the tea leaves suggest Chief Andrew Binder intends to promote disgraced Zack Perron to assistant chief in the very near future? Let talk about this at oral communication at an upcoming city council meeting Date:Monday, March 13, 2023 1:29:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops-use-of-n-word-led-to-investigation-that-never- became-public/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Richard White To:Council, City Subject:request to offer public comment on item #4 regarding amending ordinance to ban e-bikes from certain trails in the Palo Alto Baylands Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:11:48 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rllkwhite@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council Admin, Could I please be added to public comments listing to provide community input on theproposed banning of e-bikes from certain trails in the Palo Alto Baylands park? My plan is the attend the meeting by Zoom. I understand the opportunity for providing this publiccomment will be tomorrow (Monday) sometime after 7:30. Thanks Richard L. White From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Josh Becker Subject:memphis-police-academy-tyre-nichols/ Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 4:20:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/03/12/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:paulwtrainer To:Council, City Subject:Documents Pertaining to March 13 Meeting on Ebike Ban of Unpaved Baylands Roads Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 2:21:38 PM Attachments:Ebike Ban Counter Arguments2.pptx Some people who received this message don't often get email from paulwtrainer@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I have been designated to represent a group of concerned ebikers that are not in favor of the proposed plan to ban ebikers from the Palo Alto baylands unpaved roads. We feel that wehave not had adequate say in the decision that is to be taken at the City Council meeting on March 13. We therefore ask that you please allocate a 20 minute time slot so that I, as thespokesperson of our group, can present the attached documents to the city council. Given that this is the last opportunity before the definitive vote, it is particularly urgent that we be given our say in this matter, since what is being proposed and will be decided on Mondayevening, if implemented, removes our rights and access to these trails and we believe that the city council has not been properly briefed of the gravity and consequences that such a banwould produce to a large portion of the older population of Palo Alto as well as disabled citizens and those that are health impaired. Please give us 20 minutes to present our case on March 13 City Council meeting agendabefore the vote on Ebike Ban on Palo Alto baylands roads. The document needed for my presentation and that we would like to have projected at the city council meeting are attached below. Thank you,Paul Trainer From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Angie Evans; Jethroe Moore;Shana Segal; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker Subject:Housing : A HUMAN RIGHT? Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 12:18:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this A HUMAN RIGHT? https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=5dd4eebb-10b6-4083-bd3f- 174c41e5edc8&appcode=SAN252&eguid=399ec97f-5dad-4fac-9a2f-b6e0bdeb5b3a&pnum=3# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen Subject:LAUNCHED: Aram, Your 2023 45th Anniversary Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 10:51:47 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. JUST LAUNCHED - YOUR 2023 ANNIVERSARYOFFICIAL AND AUTHORIZED PARTNER OF MARTINDALE-HUBBELL®Your 45th Anniversary Congratulations Aram James on your 45th Anniversaryas a Member of the Bar! See My Award Or call us: 866-964-0866 Your Member of the Bar Anniversary is a significant milestone. It showcases your years of hard work...proven experience. Hanging on your wall, this prestigious honor makes quite the impression. The American Registry has helped individuals and businesses promote their excellence by creating the absolute best displays of your awards. Your awards set you apart from all the competition. They validate. They build confidence and trust. They grow your business! Put them on display now and show your customers just how good you are. This e-mail has been sent to abjpd1@gmail.com, click here to unsubscribe. ©2022 American Registry, LLC 1020 NW 6 Street, Unit D, Deerfield Beach, FL 33442 800-892-6998 Preview Code: 95TXP38 From:Friends of Cubberley To:Council, City Subject:Cubberley Date:Sunday, March 12, 2023 9:58:51 AM Attachments:PastedGraphic-1.tiff Some people who received this message don't often get email from friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, As the chairperson for Friends of Cubberley, I am increasingly frustrated by the lack of movement on redevelopment plans. As you can see from the photos below (taken by formerCouncil Member Cormack before she left office), Cubberley is in a horrible and frankly, embarrassing state of disrepair. What is the status of the land swap with the school board? What are your plans to address thisridiculous situation where a city renown for innovation and wealth has a facility that is well used and looks like this? Thank you, Deborah SimonChairperson, Friends of Cubberley From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; bballpod; fredbeyerlein; boardmembers; bearwithme1016@att.net; Leodies Buchanan; Chris Field; Cathy Lewis; Council, City;Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; dallen1212@gmail.com; dennisbalakian; Daniel Zack; dan.richard@earthlink.net;eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk;karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; Mark Standriff;merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan;terry; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: State to refill aquifer. How? Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 9:29:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Mar 11, 2023 at 4:58 PM Subject: Fwd: State to refill aquifer. How?To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Saturday, March 11, 2023 To all- KCBS-SF 740AM, Northern California's all news radio station, is squawking thefollowing. I've heard it twice now: (KCBS can be heard in Fresno, 200 miles from their transmitter. It can be heard really well in Sacramento. I used to hear the other all-news stationin SF, KGO, 810AM, in Guadalajara, Mexico, 1500 miles to the SE, especially on cold winter nights via a skip signal. It sounded like a local station in Guadalajara. KTRH in Houston wason the same frequency and I could "tune" to them in Guadalajara by swinging the antenna on the back of my Tandberg receiver across their signal path). KCBS is saying that the local water agencies in the San Joaquin Valley of California havenot been managing the aquifer properly and the level of water in the aquifer has beenfalling for decades. Anybody who lives here knows that. In dry years, farmers on the westside of the valley drill wells 1500 feet deep. It causes ground subsidence, serious subsidence. That damages canals and highways. Fifteen hundred feet is way more than the WTC towerswere tall. Now the State Water Resources Control Board has taken management of the aquifer away from these local agencies, or several of them, at least. Big news. A lot of people, including me, have observed that during our rare wet years, like 2023,TRILLIONS of gallons of precious water go down the San Joaquin and Sacramento Rivers, to the Delta, and out to the Pacific. Bye-bye. So now the second big news out of the State WRCB. The Governor has signed anExecutive Order that will suspend CEQA and one other tough environmental rule in California through June, 2023, to permit the following: Now, the trillions of gallons roaring down therivers, or at least some of it, will somehow be caused to go into our aquifer. Great news, but THEY DO NOT SAY HOW!! I wish KCBS would ask them how. Here is an excellent March 11, 2023 "LA Times" article that tells how they plan to do it. Divert flood waters in our rivers out to areas with permeable soils. TO AREAS WITHPERMEABLE SOILS. It just took ages to come up with this plan. Better late than never, Isuppose. It seems that CEQA and various local agency permitting processes have prevented this approach up to now. For decades up to now, making it a national scandal. Farmersfallowing fields, tearing out certain crops, like almond trees. Little towns having their wells run dry. Ground subsidence. Severe water restrictions for towns and industry. When onefourth of the food consumed in the United States is produced in California's Central Valley, or is tried to be. Can you believe what you are reading? The Natural Resources Defense Councilhas weighed in about how diverting water out of the San Joaquin River for this new policy could be bad for the Chinook salmon. But, some enviros say, in a very wet year like 2023,there is enough water for the aquifer and the fish. Hope this link opens for you. If not, Google "Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater withflood waters". California will use floodwater to recharge groundwater - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) Two female researchers at Stanford, about 10 years ago suggested that berms be pushed upnear the rivers, water channeled out to them, and water in wet years be impounded in the resulting spaces to perc into the aquifer. If you enclosed 100 acres with berms 10 feet tall, youcould impound 1,000 acre-feet of water and let it perc. The farmers would be paid for the value of their lost crops.These could be built on marginal land, where possible. Water justsitting out on MOST land, if it has layers of clay under it, does not perc. It just runs back into rivers and out to sea or it just evaporates. It would be MOST interesting if the State WRCB would say how they are going to nowget some water to perc into the aquifer under the San Joaquin Valley when the vast snow-pack we now have in the Sierra starts to melt and flows down-hill between now and the end ofJune. (See article above). You mean CEQA and local permitting agencies have allowed trillions of gallons of water to flow to the sea and caused massive water shortages inthis valley for decades? If so, CEQA and those agencies have been a pox on our houses. The former Mayor of Costa Mesa said that CEQA prevents the construction of vast new housing in the Central Valley. Instead, Newsom signed the obnoxious, traitorous SB9 and 10which is to allow the construction of apartments and condos in areas zoned now for single family neighborhoods. Control of zoning has now been removed from local government andthose decisions will now be "ministerial", dictated from Sacramento, apparently. Then, you can be certain that our expensive state prisons will be emptied of murderers, rapists and childmolesters and the inmates placed in these new dwellings in our now peaceful, safe neighborhoods. A measure to repeal SB9 and 10 will appear on the November, 2024 ballot.Newsom's political career is now finished for his having signed this traitorous SB9. He revealed himself as a traitor to the decent people of California by signing SB9. He is adangerous, radical ultra-liberal. That crap flew in San Francisco, but it won't fly in the rest of California. I've noticed that this bastard is just not very smart. You get these 3 second sound-bites and we are supposed to think that he "knows something". Even if the new residents in all of the backyard "auxillary dwelling units" ADUs, and condos and apartment buildings to be permitted in our neighborhoods under SB9 are alldecent, sort of law-abiding people, a 30 unit apartment building will put 60 new children in your neighborhood. They will inflict vandalism on your homes and vehicles, and assault youand your family. Loud music 24-7. Parking in front of your driveway and ON your driveway. Want to go out and take on a murderer, or his pals, who have parked on your driveway? Packa gun when you do. That is what Newsom and the Dems in the legislature have set you up for with SB9 and 10. They just can't STAND people living in nice, safe single familyneighborhoods. People don't have that in Kuba or North Korea, and they shouldn't have it in California. Newsom and the Dems who passed SB9 are just traitors and they deserve the worstwe can legally dish out. Former Mayor of Costa Mesa, Ca. explains SB9 and 10: The Impact of SB 9 & 10 on California's Single-Family Home | Jim Righeimer - YouTube Laguna Beach and SB9: The cities are fighting back. Now the voters need to too. Repeal SB9 and 10 in November, 2024. Spread the word- the repeal measure will be on the ballot inNov., 2024. Laguna Beach OKs rules to blunt state housing law’s impact - Laguna Beach Local News (lagunabeachindy.com) L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Barberini, Christopher; Josh Becker; Reifschneider,James; Shikada, Ed; Michael Gennaco; Foley, Michael; Perron, Zachary; Tony Dixon; Council, City; Council, City Subject:- Ex-NYPD officer guilty of taking part in Capitol riot Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 6:00:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Ex-NYPD officer guilty of taking part in Capitol riot https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=5c75181b-d10e-47d6-962c- be4cdb67cb36&appcode=SAN252&eguid=351631fc-8792-438e-88a2-c3d68d868afc&pnum=16# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Angie Evans; Shana Segal; Human Relations Commission; Stump, Molly Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Legislator proposes law to protect renters from becoming homeless Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 5:56:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Legislator proposes law to protect renters from becoming homeless https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=540b5c22-3111-4aad-a90f- c504b47509ec&appcode=SAN252&eguid=351631fc-8792-438e-88a2-c3d68d868afc&pnum=14# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Sean Allen; Council, City; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; Shikada, Ed; Lauing, Ed; JoshBecker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Reifschneider, James; Jeff Rosen; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary;Bains, Paul; Figueroa, Eric; Michael Gennaco; Foley, Michael; Binder, Andrew; Human Relations Commission;Enberg, Nicholas Subject:A university removed a partial Malcolm X quote from its library after protestors argued the full quote about "battling the white man" was misrepresented Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 3:02:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP A university removed a partial Malcolm X quote from its library after protestors argued the full quote about 'battling the white man' was misrepresented Insider I found this on NewsBreak: A university removed a partial Malcolm X quote from its library after protestors argued the full quote about 'battling the white man' was misrepresented Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Reifschneider, James; Jethroe Moore; Wagner, April; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Perron,Zachary; ladoris cordell; Josh Becker; Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Pat Burt; Barberini,Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Diana Diamond; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Joe Simitian; JeffRosen; Rob Baker; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Michael Gennaco Subject:11 OH Police Officers Indicted For Excessive Force Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 1:18:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/OyQTG3VYWQI From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:March 13, 2023 Council Meeting, Item #AA2: Revised List of Board and Commission Applicants Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 11:49:51 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 March 11, 2023 Palo Alto City Counciland City Clerk Lesely Milton250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94302 MARCH 13, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #AA2REVISED LIST OF BOARD AND COMMISSION APPLICANTS Dear City Council and Ms. Milton: The Ralph M. Brown Act prohibits secret voting to create theRevised List of Board and Commision Applicants that appears inthe staff report for this agenda item. Prior to acting on the recommendation in the staff report, thenames of each Council Member who selected each of the appliantson the revised list needs to be disclosed to the Council, thepublic, and the press by means of either a staff reportavailable before the meeting or an announcement at themeeting, Those Council Members names and selections must thenbe disclosed in the Action Minutes for the meeting. Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock From:john kunz To:Council, City Subject:e-bikes Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 11:19:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from johnclaytonkunz@gmail.com. Learn why thisis important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council members: With shock and dismay, I learned about the e-bike ban on Baylands trails. As an 80- year old who bikes 4-6 days a week, I hereby formally request you to reconsider the total ban. There are not a lot of us who use e-bikes to enable our physical activitiesand our connection with nature, but those of us who do are older (I'm 80; a friend is7) or have other significant physical limits. Please remove the ban for people who need personal mobility devices and have medical prescriptions (as I do) or, ideally, enable use of Class-1 e-bikes (pedal assist, limited speed). Thanks for your thoughtful consideration. John Kunz913 el Cajon WayPalo Alto From:Arthur Keller To:Council, CitySubject:Fwd: Public Landscaper Workgroup Meeting on Small Off-Road EnginesDate:Saturday, March 11, 2023 4:10:38 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from arthur@kellers.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Begin forwarded message: From: "California Air Resources Board" <carb@public.govdelivery.com>Subject: Public Landscaper Workgroup Meeting on Small Off-Road EnginesDate: March 10, 2023 at 1:59:56 PM PST Learn about new rules and incentives to help purchase electric landscape equipment CARB_header Public Landscaper Workgroup Meetingon Small Off-Road EnginesLearn about new rules and incentives to helppurchase electric landscape equipment The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites professional landscapers to participate in a workgroup to discuss recent updates to the small off-road engine regulations that will affect new engines used in landscape equipment. The workgroup will also discuss incentives for electric landscape equipment to assist landscapers with the transition to zero-emission equipment. Professional landscapers are encouraged to join the workgroup and participate in its quarterly virtual meetings. The first virtual meeting of the landscaper workgroup will be at the date and time below: Date: March 23, 2023 Time: 4:00 - 5:00 PM Pacific Daylight Time Location: Virtual meeting through Zoom Subscribe Background Small off-road engines (SORE) are spark-ignition engines with rated power at orbelow 19 kilowatts (25.5 horsepower) used in non-stationary equipment. Emissionsfrom SORE have decreased by 50 percent since 2000 due to SORE regulations andincreasing adoption of zero-emission equipment (ZEE). Further reductions of SOREemissions are needed despite this progress. CARB has adopted amendments to theSORE regulations that will transition SORE equipment to ZEE as soon as possibleto achieve additional emission reductions. You may view all rulemaking documents on the SORE rulemaking page. The SOREregulations include emission standards of zero for most new engines starting withmodel year 2024. The SORE regulations do not prohibit the use of existing CARB-certified equipment. New engines smaller than 175 horsepower used in construction equipment orvehicles or farm equipment or vehicles are preempted from CARB’s emissionstandards and only subject to emission standards from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). A list of equipment exempt from the SOREregulations under this preemption can be found on CARB's website. More Information Contact Inquiries concerning the landscaper workgroup may be directed tolandscaper@arb.ca.gov. Clearing California Skies for Over 50 Years CARB is the lead agency for California’s fight against climate change, and oversees all air pollution control efforts in the state to attain and maintain health-based air quality standards. More Information Stay connected with the California Air Resources Board California Air Resources Board · 1001 "I" Street · Sacramento, CA · 95814 From:Aram James To:Jeff Rosen; Veenker, Vicki; Shikada, Ed; Council, City Subject:Stopping the Systems That Keep Sending People Back to Prison | Vera Institute Date:Saturday, March 11, 2023 12:40:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Indianapolis: Blacks 5 times more likely to be arrested then Caucasian https://www.vera.org/news/stopping-the-systems-that-keep-sending-people-back-to-prison Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:chuck jagoda; Barberini, Christopher; Josh Becker; Wagner, April; Sean Allen; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lauing,Ed; Cecilia Taylor; Tony Dixon; Gennady Sheyner; Jason Green Subject:California lawmakers seek to ban police dogs from biting suspects Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 11:34:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/v3xBz7NkhwY Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed;Perron, Zachary; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky;Human Relations Commission Subject:The Bullpen: Unarmed Man Shot at 90 times by Police Speaks Out Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 11:28:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/tHvuL4yT-BA Sent from my iPhone From:Goma Myers To:Council, City Subject:Utility Cost Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 8:04:46 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from gomamyers@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City of Palo Alto Members of the City Council I have loved living in Palo Alto since 1962. However, my mind-boggling Utility bills make me wonder if Palo Alto, in striving for excellence, is becoming a place where people like me, with no active income, can no longer afford to live. I rely very much on electric heaters and multiple layers of clothing but since I have two chronic lung diseases it is impossible to idle the furnace altogether. If you drive by my little house (unfortunately with zip code 94301) you can see that I have eliminated lawns and changed to succulents and other plants requiring minimum water (with no request for rebates from the City). Additionally, I collect shower water and lug it outside to water plants. In other words, I am doing all I can to conserve and follow city recommendations. To already announce now further cost increases is adding insult to injury. I am sure you will get many letters like mine and hope that you make this cost problem a priority. I feel that the Utility Department procedures and costs should be closely monitored and any surplus not be passed to the Palo Alto General Fund but be kept separate for future up-grade expenses. Respectfully yours, Annelie Myers From:Aram James To:Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; ladoris cordell; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright;Gennady Sheyner; jdong@paweekly.com; Council, City; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Stump, Molly; Molly;David Angel; Rob Baker; Jeff Rosen Subject:California: The State of Incarceration | Vera Institute of Justice Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 7:59:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.vera.org/california-state-of-incarceration Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Gennady Sheyner; Perron, Zachary; Diana Diamond; Sue Dremann; EPA Today; Jason Green; Emily Mibach;Dave Price; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Barberini, Christopher; Lee, Craig;Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric; Josh Becker Subject:Does Andrew Binder intend to appointed disgraced Captain Zack Perron his next assistant chief of police ( let’s discuss this possibility at the next city council meeting -based on a recent-March 2, 2023 piece in the Daily Post) Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 6:53:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Zack Perron still employed with the PAPD despite his alleged vile racist conduct https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops-use-of-n-word-led-to-investigation-that-never-became-public/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Barberini, Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Wagner, April; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Josh Becker;Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Joe Simitian; walter wilson; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider,James; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Michael Gennaco; Enberg,Nicholas; Betsy Nash; Tony Dixon; Shana Segal; Rebecca Eisenberg; Bains, Paul; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary;Greer Stone Subject:Tasers are less reliable than their maker has claimed. The results can be deadly | When Tasers Fail | APM Reports Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 4:56:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/05/09/when-tasers-fail Sent from my iPhone From:Mary Gallagher To:Council, City Subject:Death Rate in Palo Alto Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 2:56:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from livebuoyantly@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council members: Another one bites the dust in Palo Alto. Last evening my Ventura neighbor lost her son orgrandson. I am not sure which son, grand or birthed, but he died. Today, I was told a few of the details surrounding his death on Curtner Ave. The details of this incident and many others tell us enough Palo Alto residents have serious social, economic,health, and welfare issues among us to give us reason to pause and investigate. What does the incident map look like? Who is dying or attempted suicide—how, why, and how often? Whatcan we do to make Palo Alto a better place to live a long life for all residents? Many Palo Alto residents need and want support, a place in each neighborhood to gather, chat, share information about our life situations, receive support, identify resources for our wellbeing. La Comida at the former senior center downtown was one such gathering place, but certain powers that be removed La Comida from the downtown senior center. What gathering places are there in every neighborhood where folks can go for support daysand evenings—before and after the death of a neighbor? I appreciate your consideration of my report and questions. May we all have the opportunity to live long and prosper as an integrated, inclusive, and positively inspired community in PaloAlto. Sincerely, Mary Gallagher Resident of the Curtner Apartments -- Mary Gallagher, B.Sc. Aquatics Professional 650-683-7102 (cell) Copyright 2022 Security Alert NoticeThe information contained in this e-mail is confidential information, presumed to be virus free, and intended only for use by the individual or entity named above. Virus protection is the responsibility of the recipient. If the reader of this email is not the intended recipient, dissemination or distribution is prohibited. If you have received this email in error,please delete the material from your computer. From:Sheri Furman To:Council, City Subject:Study Session on Ellsworth Place Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 2:21:49 PM Attachments:Ellsworth Place MRA.docx Some people who received this message don't often get email from sheri11@earthlink.net. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please see the attached letter concerning the March 13 agenda item 2. Sheri Furman From:Kamran Tahamtanzadeh To:Council, City Subject:Coupa Cafe Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 2:06:52 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kamran@epicelona.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members,As a member of our community here in Palo Alto, I wanted to express my gratitude for all your efforts in creating a delightful, commercially attractive center in down town and inparticular on Ramona street where Coupa Cafe is located. Coupa is the heart of our community from before Covid-19 era, in the midst of it and now post Covid-19, to this end, the outdoor seating extension of Coupa has brought a new and relaxingdimension to the community where people like me can frequent it, spend quality time with friends and family without any traffic noise interruption or accident risk when kids and elderlyattempt to cross the street. I hope when deciding the fate of outdoor seating in this area, your council members keep in mind both commercial vitality of the neighborhood as well as how tethered communitymembers are to a familiar, tranquil outdoor seating in front of their favorite cafe in town. Best wishes, Kamran Tahamtanzadeh CEO- EpiCELONA LLC -- Kamran Tahamtanzadeh Mobile: 925-518-3658 From:John McNellis To:Council, City Cc:Guagliardo, Steven; Dave Price (dp-2006@sbcglobal.net); CHop Keenan; roxy@roxyrapp.com; Jon Goldman; Mike Powers; Beth Walter Subject:Parklets/Street Closures Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 1:16:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ladies and Gentlemen— We own a number of properties in Palo Alto, including two on University Ave and several within a block or so. We have been in the retail business for over forty years. We are in favor of parklets if and only if: a) they do not block traffic; b) their length is limited to the frontage of the restaurant they serve (i.e., they do not block the frontage of adjacent tenants); and c) they are professionally designed and constructed. Our recent storms have shown how poorly designed parklets have contributed to street flooding. Also, by giving away public property—our parking spaces—to certain restaurants, allowing some to effectively double their seating capacity rent-free, you are giving these restaurants an enormous competitive advantage, thereby dooming other restaurants to failure. At a minimum, the city should charge fair market rent for the parklets. Finally, California Avenue is an absolute disaster. Closing that street benefitted a handful of restaurants at the expense of nearly everyone else, particularly the poor retailers counting on foot-traffic to sell their wares. We would urge you to reopen the street as swiftly as possible. Thank you, John E. McNellis McNellis Partners Click here to sign up for my essays 419 Waverley Street Palo Alto California 94301 650.853.3904 650.853.3910 (fax) john@mcnellis.com From:Maurice Druzin To:Thomas Rindfleisch Cc:Eggleston, Brad; CPNA; Shikada, Ed; Hamilton Hitchings; Jeffrey R Koseff; Murray, Kevin; Margaret Bruce; Neilson Buchanan; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; Tess Byler Subject:Re: [CPNA] SFC Storm Projections Later This Week -- UPDATE #3 [Assessment] Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 8:39:41 AM Attachments:rClVrpZt0nrL0TQH.png9BE9T0N1kPNWKDHz.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from mauricedruzin@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks , Tom, always appreciated!Are the creek monitors working? I see question marks instead of numbersMaurice Druzin On Fri, Mar 10, 2023 at 6:25 AM Thomas Rindfleisch <tcr@stanford.edu> wrote: Friends, the nominal CA/NV River Forecast Center for San Francisquito Creek (at 3:30AM) missed the mark in that the USGS flow record shows the peak flow level occurred at ~4:00 AM at a gauge height of 9.18 ft and a flow rate of 3,250 cfs (see charts below). Thenominal 3:30 AM CNFRC forecast was 5.8 ft with an upper bound of ~7.9 ft -- well short of the actual 9.18 ft measured rate at the gauge. We certainly dodged another flood (SFCcapacity at Pope-Chaucer bridge is ~5,500 cfs) by a big margin, but it is clear that weather/rain/flow forecasting with these super storms is at best a science-based guess, evenwith the great satellite and ground observation tools we have now. There seems to be another "smaller" event coming next week on Tuesday or Wednesday, but enjoy theweekend! Regards. Tom R. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crescent ParkPA" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to crescent-park-pa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/crescent-park-pa/21506735-bf61-9b00-0db9-95afd0279383%40stanford.edu. From:Duncan Mason To:Thomas Rindfleisch; Xenia Hammer Cc:CPNA; Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Rebecca Eisenberg; Margaret Bruce; Murray, Kevin; Council, City; Jeffrey R Koseff; Hamilton Hitchings; Neilson Buchanan; Tess Byler Subject:Re: [CPNA] SFC Storm Projections Later This Week -- UPDATE #2 Date:Friday, March 10, 2023 6:51:51 AM Attachments:0mvRNYUJTB6YlyEq.pngBOSA89pLJDjHwKJw.pngScreen Shot 2023-03-10 at 6.06.27 AM.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from hdwmason@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Looking at the satellite map, the front seems to have largely passed through with not much behind it. Duncan Mason On Friday, March 10, 2023 at 06:28:00 AM PST, Xenia Hammer <xhammer@gmail.com> wrote: Good morning, Pope Chaucer Bridge is at the top of the opening at 16 ft currently, down from 18 feet earlier this morning. Peak flow so far of around 3,300 cfs, close to but slightly higher than the high end of forecast. (Capacity is around 5,500 cfs) If there is no more heavy rain (more than 0.15 inches per hour), we should be ok. The rain data on the Palo Alto monitor is not working (due to a power outage in the foothills). If you areinterested in more detailed rain data (other than how heavy it is raining outside), the San FrancisquitoJPA website has the data by time interval and by tributary in the watershed. Go to sfcjpa.org, click on "Flood Warning and Winter Readiness" button on top right; Flood Warning Monitor. Xenia https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Engineering-Services/Creek-Monitor-Cam On Thu, Mar 9, 2023 at 11:08 PM Thomas Rindfleisch <tcr@stanford.edu> wrote: Friends, the latest prediction run from the CA/NV River Forecast Center for San Francisquito Creek (at 8:30 PM) shows the expected peak flow level at the USGS gauge down to about 5.7 ft (~1,400 cfs) at 9:00 AM Friday, so it still does not appear to come close to flooding danger. Remember that the SFC capacity at Pope-Chaucer bridge is ~5,500 cfs. The prediction still has a fairly wide range of uncertainty (see second plot below) but the current estimate for the high end flow (<~ 5% probability) is ~3,000 cfs, still well below flood stage. Let's hope there are no surprises... Hang in there. Tom R. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crescent Park PA" group. 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To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/crescent-park- pa/CA%2BpcwCqHjhDqCzga_Gge5hC76xF0QQ9c-ttpztij0ZgjXOQ1%2Bg%40mail.gmail.com. From:upcomingsales@friendspaloaltolib.org To:Council, City Subject:Massive, Monolithic, Monumental Book Sale - Friends of the Palo Alto Library Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 8:25:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. BOOK SALE NEWSLETTERTHIS WEEKEND ATCUBBERLEY Visit our web site CUBBERLEY USED BOOK SALES FACE COVERS RECOMMENDED Saturday March 11Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pmChildren's Room 10am - 4pmMain Room 11am - 4pm Sunday March 12 All Rooms 11am - 4pm FEATURED IN MARCH TV, Movies/EntertainmentPsychology/Self-Help Drama Music Sets 4000 Middlefield Road Palo AltoNE corner of the CubberleyCommunity Center (650) 213-8755 www.fopal.org Maps and DirectionsMore information on the salesDonate your used books, DVDs, &c ALL NET PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALOALTO LIBRARIES Marty's (Main) Room In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge.Hardcover books start at $3.00 andsoftcover books start at only $2.00. No numbered tickets this month! (Another reminder that yes, we are still in a pandemic!) Please note that due to crowding during the first two hours of the Book Sale, no strollers, rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike. By 12:30 or so, the crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to bring these items into the sale. Children's Book Sale The Children's Room is located in theportable next to the soccer field nearGreendell School. It is entirely filledwith children's books and toys. You'llfind picture books, school age fictionand non-fiction, fiction for teens, awardwinners, non-English titles, CDs andDVDs, and books for parents andteachers, most for 50 cents or $1.Strollers are welcome in the Children'sRoom at any time. Bargain Books in H-2 The Bargain Room is located in Rooms H-2 and H-3 of the Cubberley maincampus, between Marty's Room andMiddlefield Road. On Saturday,paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcovers are$1, and children's books are 50 centseach. The room also contains many records, CDs, and DVDs at $1 each. On Sunday, the room opens at 11 am and all prices are half off. Or, save even more on Sunday by buying green FOPAL reusable bags from us for $3/ea (or bring your own grocery-size reusable bag) and stuffing them with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fill four bags at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE! (We no longer receive sufficient used paper grocery bags along with donations for this purpose.) News from the Library, by E-mail and RSS If you have ever given the Library your e-mail address, like this newsletter editor did when he signed up for a Palo Alto Library card, you have probably noticed that they are sendingyou one to a few e-mails per month since the start of the pandemic. The Library would like you to know that they're celebrating Norooz this Saturday afternoon over in the Art Center next to Rinconada Library. Also Women's History Month with several events this month and other resources. You can read about these on their blog to which you can subscribe if you have got an RSS reader. And if like yr hmbl newsletter editor you have not been paying attention and are wondering what is open and how much the Library has a Current Library Services page. Spring Forward This Sale Weekend! Daylight Saving Time begins this Sunday, which means you'll want to be sure to move your clock forward by one hour on Saturday night. Otherwise, you'll arrive at our Sunday sale an hour late! Incidentally, the correct term is daylight saving time, not daylight savings time. If you had it wrong, don't feel bad. More people Google the incorrect phrase than the correct one! What's Special for March! The TV, Movies & Entertainment, Music and Sets sections for March are providing books for this month's special area sale. These sections received more than the usual donations and as a result, each created a special for the "Specials Bays" just to your right as you then the Main Room. A super big THANK YOU to section managers George, Felix, Bobby & Khulan for creating these specials for FOPAL! March at FOPAL is the month to shop and buy books from this Special Section Sale! Also, for this weekend's sale look for a special from our Psychology & Self-Help section in the Main Room, in the assigned Psychology & Self-Help bays. The Psychology & Self- Help section manager has been working to process hundreds of books that were donated recently. The March FOPAL sale is also going to be a big one for Drama. The section received asizeable; donation which resulted in a Drama section makeover. Also offered this month isa dozen or so nearly new musical programs. Look for even more Drama books in theBargain Room given the abundance of books received in February; the Bargain Room Drama shelves are FULL! Important Sale Note! Beginning with the April 2023 sale, FOPAL will no longer accept Venmo payments. We will continue to accept cash, checks, credit cards, PayPal & Apple Pay, with a $5 minimum charge. Drama In Drama we have a complete set of the 1956 Yale Shakespeare in perfect condition for the 'bargain basement' price of $40. That's only a dollar a book for these lovely little blue volumes of the bard's work. -Jenny Munro Music Additional titles featured on the Main Room specials shelf. Look for titles on the late greats Tupac Shakur and David Crosby. Also a large format book of photos from Rolling Stone Magazine. -George Chaltas Poetry For those who March to a different drum, Here's a taste of things to come. Trips can March to different beats From Chaucer's folks to Sixties streets. Voyages of love may find The poet of a different mind. Gunn and Sappho's rhymes are fleeting. Journeys end in lovers meeting. See pictures of the poetry section at fopalbooks.com. -Mandy MacCalla Recent Fiction In Recent Fiction check out our new shelf of Light Reads. When you need a good, not- too-stressful book to enjoy on a rainy day, or any other time, we have a great selection. -Jenny Munro The West Come to The West section. It covers everything west of the Mississippi River with books from and about many states and people. There are many items about Palo Alto and Stanford as well as a large section of items on San Francisco. The gold rush and San Francisco earthquake are also covered. In addition, there are many western novels. -Ed Walker Home & Crafts For March, the Home section showcases fashion and beauty, including Bobbi Brown's guides, plus accessories and skin care. There's also fashion editor, Anna Wintour's biography, fashion designers, and costume design. In addition you'll find etiquette titles, as well as home organizing and spring cleaning. Shelves also include multiple books on interior design, including kitchen and bath, as well as building and remodeling, all at low prices. This month the Crafts shelves feature good buys on floral crafts for your spring planning. Other shelves reveal how-to books on ceramics, book design, and jewelry-making, plus sewing, crochet, knitting, and needlepoint. Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com. -Virginia Perry Antiques & Collections Among the offerings this March priced for less than online sellers: Christies's catalogs, including Marilyn Monroe; Hillary Rodham Clinton's White House history; antique toys,teddy bears, and nesting dolls; silver and jewelry; furniture and rugs; and classic firearms. You'll also find an overflow of Antiques & Collections, as well as several Home & Crafts titles on a Mixed Red Cart. This month features reduced prices for antique coin collecting, plus interior design, home improvement, and a myriad of how-to repair guides. Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com. -Virginia Perry Computers A sudden influx of computer science donations caused the "Software Engineering & Algorithms" shelf to spread out and invade its neighbor shelf. Look for two versions of the Dragon book, A Pattern Language of Distributed Computing, and other esoterica. -David Cortesi Children's Room We're featuring holiday books this month for St. Patrick's Day, Passover, and Easter. Look in our School-age Fiction section for like-new fantasy books by Rick Riordan, and for loads of the very best of the early chapter books: Geronimo Stilton, Magic Tree House, Junie B. Jones, etc. Non-fiction has a boxed set of Horrible Histories and a boxed set of Lego books. In the Activities section you'll find costumes for Superman and a couple of construction workers, lots of board games, and plenty of math and science workbooks. Our graphic novels shelves and table will be filled to capacity. The Picture Books section features many Little Golden Books and books in the Curious George, Franklin, Berenstain Bears, and Olivia series. Richard Scarry books and several delightful gift-condition paperback and hardcover books for beginning readers round out the offerings. Finally, an entire shelf in our Giftable Picture Books bookcase is filled with large Llama Llama books-- not to be missed! -Carolyn Davidson Children's Vintage There is a bonanza of interesting books in the older kids' section this month. Several books from the Wizard of Oz series from Reilly & Lee (1950s), several Freddy the Pig books by Walter Brooks, and some nice vintage Dr. Dolittles. History fans will enjoy an abundance of Landmark and You Were There books, many with dust jackets. Little kids have the usual array, including two(!) early copies of The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins by Dr. Seuss. Shelf pictures are available at www.fopalbooks.com for a taste of what's available. -Lisa Heitman Medicine Our Medicine shelves are brimming with bargains this month. In addition to a fine collection of Internal Medicine texts and Nelson's Textbook of Pediatrics, we have many reference books in pharmacology, including A Psychotherapist's Guide to Pharmacology and The Handbook of Psychotropic Drugs. The Song of the Cell (2022) by the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Emperor of AllMaladies explains how the song is beautifully complex, like a baroque fugue, or chaotic likethe effect of cancer. In The First Cell (2019) a world class oncologist examines the currentstate of cancer and its effect on individuals...including herself. Standout history books include A History of Immunology, A History of Psychiatry, and a lavishly illustrated A History of Surgery with art and literature throughout the ages. In Dr. Henry Kaplan and the Story of Hodgkin's Disease, this cancer of lymph tissue was formerly a death sentence for young adults. Today most are cured due mainly to the efforts of this Stanford radiation oncologist. Another medical triumph! -Pam Parke Judaica Browse the Judaica section for books on the Jewish religion and culture including editions of the Torah and other basic texts, Kabbalah, Jewish history, the Holocaust, memoirs, Israel, Jewish Women, the Jewish American Experience and other related subjects. New this month - The Mossad Amazons - The Amazing Women in the Israeli Secret Service; Plunder: A Memoir of Family Property and Nazi Treasure; The Jews' Secret Fleet: The Untold Story of North American Volunteers who Smashed the British Blockade; Judaism's Ten Best Ideas: A Brief Guide for Seekers; Typically Jewish; Saying Kaddish: How to Comfort the Dying, Bury the Dead, and Mourn as a Jew. Most fiction with Jewish themes will be found in Modern Literature/Classics or CurrentFiction. Books entirely in Hebrew are shelved in the European Languages section. -Charlotte Epstein, Section manager for Judaica Art Special Sale this month is Russian/Soviet Union arts. Russian artists, Soviet Union posters etc. Art section has set up an instagram account @fopalartbooks. Please follow us on instagram. We will share books from art section on the instagram. -Fiona Wang Curious Books There is a lighthearted air to the Curious Books offerings this month. Wait out the wet weather with a smile whilst enjoying our engaging books. Shelf photo at fopalbooks.com. -Donya W. Reference This month the Reference section features the complete 10-volume Great Ideas Program, by Mortimer Adler, published by Encyclopedia Britannica, between 1959 and 1963. Condition varies between good and acceptable, in hardcover, with all bindings intact. Our price for the set is $30. -Bruce Heflinger Health Health is 'marching' along with loads of new books this month. A revealing read is Bottle of Lies by Katherine Eban, which recounts the 'inside story' of the generic drug boom. Pick Your Poison by Morona Rossol has no book cover, but the inside text is full of information regarding the 'household' chemicals we all have in our homes, which can be detrimental to our health. For 'lighter' reading, there is Shiatsu Therapy: Theory & Practice by Toru Namikoshi, many Yoga books, dozens of diet books, exercise guides, and yes, a cookbook: 500 15-Minute Low Sodium Recipes by Dick Logue. Stay healthy! -Suzanne Cholko Photography Shelves full with many new releases! A great guide book on how to take photos of newborns, and a large format book of photos of Lady Di. Please take some time andbrowse through the Monograph shelves; there are many gems at very low prices. -George Chaltas Science Fiction and Fantasy Science Fiction and Fantasy notable items are a facsimile edition of the script for the first Star Wars movie; a dozen attractive volumes from Stephen King; the first three of Alexei Panshin's Anthony Villiers adventures (sadly missing volume 4, The Universal Pantograph); and the first paperback edition of Ursula K. LeGuin's Always Coming Home in a boxed set with the cassette tape of related songs. Tolkien collectors, look for the red- leather slipcased one-volume Lord of the Rings and a set of the first Ballantine paperbacks, not first printing this time but in exceptionally fine shape. -Rich McAllister Comics In Comics there's another batch of well-preserved comic magazines from the '80s, Marvel, DC, and Eclipse. Long runs — some complete — of Micronauts, Squadron Supreme, The Adventures of Superman, Airboy, and more. Also look for four fat volumes of The Walking Dead. -Rich McAllister Science and Technology Our shelves are beginning to fill up again. See https://fopalbooks.com/ for shelf pictures. -Edwin El-Kareh Sheet Music Some more came in this month. Mostly songs and piano. See shelf pictures at https://fopalbooks.com/. -Edwin El-Kareh History Check out the History red cart for high value books, now marked down to $10 or less. There is a beautiful book on China, bound in brocade, and a 1950 overview of Korea with some nice tipped-in plates. The other History cart has a selection of books on conspiracies and controversies. In the main History section there are several new books on Russian history. Other new additions are a large collection of books on the U.S. constitution and related political theories, and books on the late 20th century U.S. history. -Lin McAllister Donations We have made it past Drop-off Donations 3.0 and have returned to accepting donations without the need to make an appointment. HOWEVER.... We are closed for donations from Sunday March 5 through Sunday March 12 to prepare the Main Room for this weekend's sale. Please hold your donations until Monday March 13. Please read our donation guidelines before you bring materials to us. All that said, our normal hours for drop-off donations are Monday through Saturday, 3pm- 5pm. (But not the week before the sale.) Suggestions? We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our book sale. Please email us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org. This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees werefelled in the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcomingbooks sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will notshare your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than tosend you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply withthe words "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Dilma Coleman To:Council, City Cc:Gaines, Chantal; gc_uss@mfa.gov.ua Subject:Fwd: Geographic locations whereas former Palo Alto CA police officer Dilma Andrea Coleman(homicide,+evidence+cold case)was shot in the head. Not employed with Palo AltoPD during the shooting atRamona+Homer near 819 Ramona. Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:55:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Mar 9, 2023, 4:41 PM Subject: Geographic locations whereas former Palo Alto CA police officer Dilma AndreaColeman (homicide,+evidence+cold case)was shot in the head. Not employed with Palo AltoPD during the shooting at Ramona+Homer near 819 Ramona.To: <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: <tips@sheriff.sccgov.org>, <paloalto@tipnow.org> Dear Palo Alto,CA PD Chief Andrew Binder, isn't it normal for you to have the same thing? Purple heart recognition from injury in law enforcement. Explain it. Verify that Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Lee MD+JD earned purple heart recognitionwith OaklandPD when Shawn Whent was Internal Affairs+Robert Warshaw the federal monitor. What yr was the negro pregnant woman shot in the head at Ramona /Homer/ Cowper?Witnesses? Reese Witherspoon ran towards Dilma Andrea Coleman gave a hug. Another male got medical attention his car..perhaps or an Lyft ride prior to males with yellow constructionbusiness clothing worn. Name the Guerilla street gangsters+their business ventures+their past and present places of worship. The building on Homer/Ramona is where Bill Gates plus others met for a discussionwith Donald Trump. Was the shooter Melinda Gate's daughter Jennifer Gates at Homer/Ramona? No. Explain. I believe that the shooter was Guerilla gangster related to Marsha Lee Spencer+her husbandMr.Spencer a murder for hire type of shooter.(residents of Las Vegas NV and perhaps commute to Palo Alto CA as childcare workers with Jerri Flowers+Rolana Smith+PeninsulaBible Church pastor Scott Grant). Stanford University hospital had internal medical doctor or neurologist as their patient Extortion paid.. generated income for Donald trump's administration campaign for Santa Claracounty whereas more ultimatums given again at another apartment building in San Jose CA..a big fall push off the roof.of the Domains Apartments in 2019. Peninsula Bible Church pastorScott Grant blongeonged Scott Peterson and it's been on repeat for whatever reason why injury compensation is the biggest gossip that Scott Grant gains income with the excessivecharectoristics analysis of the billboards advertising Omar Habbas Associates injury lawyers. Argue it. The rescuers whom arrived were they in fire fighting uniforms? At Homer/Ramona PaloAlto,CA. Verify it. Who were the men whom gathered the injury compensation? Who sent injury compensation check to check into cash? ??? Gunshot victim was given Temp housing in Las Vegas NV atMarsha Lee Spencer's home. Argument over rent increase..in the past. Is it on repeat for whatever reason an apartment building across from Palo Alto,CA Addison elementaryschool? Yeah mostly apprehended yet released from Gavin Newsom's jail programs. Waverly St near Is it on repeat for whatever reason VTA injury compensation? Didn't Santa Clara county DA Jeff Rosen have his extra income sucked up from injury client Dilma Andrea Coleman? March 7,2023Bus #22 slams onto the breaks. Dilma Andrea Coleman had a big fall from seat to bus floor Dilma Andrea Coleman refused medical attention afterwards because of injury ultimatumsgiven from those doing gang activity not their employement in the past. (assumptions granted from former abuse). March 8,2023 6-7Am experienced a brief jet lag feeling less dramaticthan vertigo. It continues then stayed locally in public view. On March 7,2023 VTA bus driver Brandon C. #16861 route 22. He pressed the brakes tightly to avoid/prevent a crash prior to an Matilda Intersection. Bus driver pulled over near PFChang's. Sunnyvale CA. Somewhat scared on March 7,2023 (VTA passengers with strange behaviors yet not altercations type) not major bruises yet I had fell down from handicapped seating area mywalker tipped over..on bus ground. Notice left head hurts but it's second day after the fall. Dilma Andrea Coleman is frequently riding VTA with frequent visits Been back n forth tohospital for Acute heart failure,Acute Pulmonary Embolism Acute Cor Pulmonale and acute ischemic colitis. Haven't had adequate effective resolutions for the injury of the VTA bus rideon March 7,2023 route 22. In the past in Palo Alto CA, Ramona+Homer near 819 Ramona, Dilma Andrea Coleman was shot in the head. No it isn't your employment anymore explain it Palo Alto CA police chiefMr.Andrew Binder. Is it similar appearances of that OaklandPD Chief Leronne Armstrong? The law enforcement agent behaviors at Spangenburg theater in Henry M Gunn Highschool inPalo Alto CA mimicking patterns of Homer/Ramona. (Dilma Andrea Coleman shot in the head) checks written or Cashapp completed to those witnesses. What was the worst negligent/gaslighting Narcissistic storylines behaviors of law enforcementagents in Palo Alto CA whereas your employment isnt prosopagnosia similarities as Oakland PD Chief Leronne Armstrong, HaywardPD chief Toney Chaplin (Former Hayward PD ChiefDiane Urban) (Former San Jose PD Chief Eddie Garcia)(Former Vallejo PD Chief Shawney Williams) etc. ConcordPD chief Bustillios. Former Millbrae Police chief Christina Corpus.Former San Mateo county Sheriff Carlos Bolanos. Dilma Andrea Coleman aka Diva Lee MD JD is the niece of Registered nurse Debbie Rowe who once was married to Dilma's uncle Singer Michael Jackson. Verify it. Verify that Lisa Marie Presley had once been the step mom of Dilma Andrea coleman.Whatever matters are those events at Henry M Gunn Highschool in Palo Alto CA Spatenburg theater. Those acting roles that were not designed for negro women. The real reason behindthe excessive writings Dilma Andrea Coleman proclaimed she wrote ... excessive materials whereas most of her writings managed by Evil jealous retailiated violent homosexual malessuch as actor Will Smith+others. Stop the gaslighting techniques narcissistic storylines lies and fraudulent business ventures whereas it's a huge loss for Dilma Andrea Coleman a damsels in distresses observed gunshotsover there where are the documentation for it. The witnesses falsifying their check cashed scams isn't it verified that that income deposit into Oakland CA Mayor fundraising campaign. Argue it. She is a Mayor firing OPD Chief LeronneArmstrong. Everything vocalized Andrew Binder, what's happening now in Palo Alto CA whereas Palo Alto cold cases aren't solved. Cold case of Michaela Garecht didn't get solved Futhermore thearrest of Misch isn't valuable assets for HaywardPD chief Toney Chaplin that closed $10,000 reward from the unsolved cold case of Michaela Garecht whereas President Donald Trump'sPresidential campaign fundraising manager tried to collect payments for the reward of Michaela Garecht.. verify it then argue it. The Palo Alto CA geographic locations whereas Michaela Garecht was sodomized,rapedwitnessed by a few negro kids ...over there on Waverly St+Lincoln+Addison Ave Palo Alto CA. I was age 9-11 ran over to 2011 Waverly St to notify a child under attack. Whom do you have as a Palo Alto CA police detective in that area ofLincoln+Waverly+Cowper+Addison+Lincoln+Tennyson+Middlefield rd+Ramona+Homer+Ramona+Oak Court Apartments near the childcare center (Ramona)?Palo Alto CA police chief Andrew Binder+Palo Alto CA city manager Ed Shikada plus city attorney of Palo Alto city hall needs to accommodate Dilma Andrea Coleman for hotel living+food accomodations+VTA bus schedule..for the excessive violent acts inflicted on Dilma Andrea Coleman. Including the falsifying statements on the Geographic locations forobservations of the Michaela Garecht's Hayward,CA disappearance in 1989. HaywardPD chief Toney Chaplin should be arrested for falsifying his research projects behind the scenesof composed info created by Dilma Andrea Coleman for the Michaela Garecht's death. Is it possible that Christina Pressley is the birth mother of Michaela Garecht? Why isn't shehoused? Misch vocalized antagonistic viewpoints about Michaela Garecht with Randy Barker(father of Travis Barker and Landon Barker+blink182). Misch vocalized it but he didn'tkill Michaela Garecht at Waverly/Lincoln Ave Palo Alto CA Michaela Garecht was sodomized at that home outside and partially near the garage.. swooped parking ..betweenWaverly St and Lincoln Ave Palo Alto CA. How do I know Randy Barker? I knew him when he was married to Gloria Barker. Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman. From:Aram James To:Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; ladoris cordell;Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Veenker, Vicki; Lauing, Ed; Josh Becker; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; JoeSimitian; Barberini, Christopher; Bains, Paul; peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com; Tony Dixon; Wagner, April;Reifschneider, James; Jeff Rosen; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew;Michael Gennaco; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary Subject:Black couple settles lawsuit after value of their California house allegedly soared when white friend feigned ownership Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:21:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP Black couple settles lawsuit after value of their California house allegedly soared when white friend feigned ownership NBC News I found this on NewsBreak: Black couple settles lawsuit after value of their California house allegedly soared when white friend feigned ownership Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Amy Christel To:Swanson, Andrew Cc:Council, City Subject:PAO 2021 Noise report Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 4:13:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mr. Swanson, Please send me the 2021 Airport Annual Noise Report for PAO. Why is this annual report not on the City’s website? https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Public-Works/Palo-Alto-Airport In addition, please provide the number of annual operations in 2021 that were “pattern training” operations. This number is important in evaluating the impact of airport operations on neighboring communities and the Baylands, ascircling aircraft have greater environmental impacts. If this number is an "estimate",not based on actual data, can you start collecting that data for next year's report? On the PAO website “Airplane Noise” page you only address SFO jet noise. Thisimplies that the planes using PAO don’t make noise! This "Airplane Noise" pageshould also explain to the public why aircraft fly below 1500 ft over homes in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto. The side bar for “Additional Resources” should also link to Palo Alto Airport’s Annual Noise Reports. PAO reports to City Council should also report: annual sales of aviation fuel at PAO, including how many gallons of leadedfuel are pumped at PAO each year, and how many gallons of "unleaded" aresold. the proportion of PAO based aircraft currently using leaded Avgas, and the percent of these aircraft that could burn unleaded fuel (UL94) withoutengine modification? These numbers should be made public each year. I was told 8 years ago by PAO staff that leaded fuel would be phased out "soon", but here we are. No other option is available. Local hobby pilots and owners of decades old planes have no incentiveto let go of leaded fuel. Once the promised UL94 is available, will PAOdiscontinue the sale of leaded Avgas? Becasue as long as leaded Avgas is available at PAO, I assume that the majority of single-piston engine aircraft there will continue to use the older, cheaper leaded fuel. Lastly, since the Flight Schools are such a vital part of PAO, can these businessesprovide any data on how many graduates of their schools have become commercial pilots and how many are just "hobby pilots" and high-impact commuters? IMHO, the latter two are not a public benefit, and therefore don't earn PAO braggingrights. Thank you for providing some transparency to community members. Sincerely, Amy Christel Sent from my iPad From:Jennifer Landesmann To:Council, City Subject:PAO - Noise Emissions Reporting Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 10:02:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, I was encouraged at the PAO study session by some of the questions about the legal/regulatory constraints that PAO is working with. I hope that you will receive detailed responses - inparticular about the uses of the money the airport generates after expenses. As you may be aware, airports are increasingly being more transparent because the capital markets demand more information about environmental, social, and governance concerns. See,Dallas' DFW Sustainability by Design Report. It's important to know that DFW has purchased all the 65 DNL contour (the scope at which the FAA limits monetaryresponsibility for mitigation), like SJC (which also bought out the 65 DNL contours years ago) these airports have considered that their job is pretty much done as far as noise is concerned.Frankly, the capital markets and I hope the law will eventually see that an arbitrary line of 65 DNL is not a great way to behave and investors or bond holders could have choices to punishthose who are not reporting material information. Where PAO can be a leader is in having full disclosure of reporting both carbon and noise emissions. Carbon has scope 1 and 2 reporting which is like about energy for the lights in thebuildings. Scope 3 is what the airport customers are burning. I believe that even SFO has started reporting scope 3 but there are IMHO squirrely ways that carbon emissions getcalculated - for example only on outbound operations. We know first hand that fuel is burned on arrivals as well. How to report on noise emissions? The City and region has a long history on the topic ofnoise metrics and measurements. I would probably start with the attached unanimous vote by the Select Committee on South Bay Arrivals on Noise Metrics and Measurements. The SelectCommittee encompassed the votes from three counties, San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz and East Palo Alto was represented on the committee. One of the reports that informedthe Select Committee was this review of aviation noise metrics. On the topic of engaging youth in the "life of the airport," I suggest that PAO's environmental, social and governance reporting is a tremendous topic for youth to be involved in and wherewe have successfully engaged Stanford on the topic of big data and visualization methods for noise. Get students from both East Palo Alto and Palo Alto high schools involved from soup tonuts on getting the noise monitors set up, understand how the data gets collected, processed to produce the metrics; document and film the story, and make sure that PAO is a real leader onhow we capture noise data, analyze, and communicate about it. One last note on the airport money - I think you have to really dig deep into what is allowed or not. For example, airport legal expenses are covered as East Hampton found, and yet a noisemonitor may not without constraints. Kind of backwards because what you really want is to invest in quality communications that especially for the Bay Area also need to be scientificallyaccurate and not just glossy pages. Thank you, Jennifer From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce News & Updates - March 9, 2023 Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 9:59:39 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NEWS & UPDATES - MARCH 9, 2023 el Prado Hotel Wine Tasting - TONIGHT Breakfast with City Mayor Ed Shikada Business Leadership Luncheon Spotlight: Miyagi Space Stanford Blood March Madness Event: Stanford Celiac Awareness Month Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo ALPR Survey Palo Alto Mediation Program Recreation Wellness Center Survey Mark Your Calendar - 43rd Annual Tall Tree Awards Elevated Evenings at el PRADO | TONIGHT: 6:00pm-8:00pm Elevated Evenings at el PRADO Location: 520 Cowper St, Palo Alto Enjoy a curated wine tasting from Testarossa and Westlife Imports. Featuring live music in our new Tapas Bar. LIMITED TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE RSVP Now Breakfast with Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada Join Us for Breakfast with Palo Alto City Manager Ed Shikada Friday, March 24, 2023 8:30am - 9:30am Homewood Suites By Hilton 4329 El Camino Real, Palo Alto RSVP Now Join Us Business Leadership Luncheon County Supervisor Joe Simitian Friday, April 14, 2023 Noon - 1:15pm Details to Follow Chamber Member Spotlight: Miyagi Space Miyagi Space Miyagi Space's bespoke technology stack is designed with a singular mission in mind: create well-thought-out solutions for small businesses and prosumers. We provide comprehensive services in Apple device deployment and management, network security, data backup, SaaS architecture, and workflow consulting. Our distributed team of solution engineers are always thinking about the best way to achieve balance with our clients' relationships to technology to enhancetheir personal and professional endeavors. With so many digital applications and tools in the landscape, we help business owners figure out how to optimize their technology so that they can grow. We work with amazing clients that span across multiple industries, including design+build, architecture, mental health, non-profit, healthcare tech, real estate, and technology consulting. Miyagi Space is a member of the Apple Consultants Network. We are also a Jamf Certified Associate, certified in Apple Deployment and Management, and a Google Certified Associate. Stanford Blood Center: Win Golden State Warriors Tickets! Stanford Blood Center Blood donors are essential to the health and safety of our community, and this March, saving lives is a slam dunk at Stanford Blood Center! When you donate in March, you’ll be entered to win one pair of tickets tosee the Golden State Warriors play the Oklahoma City Thunder on April 4! You can help support patients in need and catch all the action at the Chase Center… It’s a win-win! Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity — make your appointment to score tickets today! Learn more about our Spring Drawing at stanfordbloodcenter.org/ Warriors23. Stanford Celiac Awareness Month Special Event Stanford Medicine Join us, Saturday, May 20th for Stanford's Celiac Awareness Month Special Event. This will include presentations by medical specialists and a Q&A. We are looking for vendors/restaurants who can give out samples of their gluten-offerings during this event. Location: Grand Rounds Conference Room at the Stanford Center for Academic Medicine 453 Quarry Rd, Palo Alto, CA 943049:30am - 1pm Contact: Charlie@paloaltochamber.com The Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo (Friends) is the nonprofit that works to support and enhance the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo (JMZ), a beloved Palo Alto institution whose mission is to engage a child’s curiosity in science and nature. For generations, the Friends has funded learning and discovery at the JMZ through hands-on exhibits, such as the Voyage Solar System Model, unveiled in May 2022, and the California Dinosaur Garden, opening in 2023. The Friends also funds impactful programs that expand access to the JMZ and to science education in the community, such as: Super Family Sundays – Special days for families who have children with disabilities, providing exclusive access to the JMZ in a calm and friendly environment. JMZ Science Outreach – Exceptional and engaging science programming for K- 5 students, brought to children in the Ravenswood City School District and East Palo Alto Charter School. 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If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general,please contact us by email at info@paloaltochamber.com. This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe clickhere. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email atinfo@paloaltochamber.com. From:Thomas Rindfleisch To:CPNA Cc:Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Rebecca Eisenberg; Margaret Bruce; Murray, Kevin; Council, City; Jeffrey R Koseff; Hamilton Hitchings; Neilson Buchanan; Tess Byler Subject:[CPNA] SFC Storm Projections Later This Week -- UPDATE #1a Date:Thursday, March 9, 2023 7:36:13 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Friends, no new prediction information for San Francisquito Creek yet this morning. However,you can watch the storm progress at the NOAA GOES-West CONUS site -- see this link. It seems to be bending to the south... Tom R. From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Josh Becker; Javier Ortega;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Cindy Chavez; Figueroa, Eric; Wagner, April; Reifschneider,James; Steve Preminger; Perron, Zachary; Tannock, Julie; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Human RelationsCommission; Joe Simitian; Jeff Rosen; ladoris cordell; chuck jagoda; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; MichaelGennaco; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Bains, Paul Subject:GOVERNMENTLos Angeles Sheriff’s Second-In-Command Has Alleged Gang Tattoo Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 9:15:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://capitalandmain.com/los-angeles-sheriffs-second-in-command-has-alleged-gang-tattoo Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Jeffrey KoseffTo:Thomas Rindfleisch; CPNACc:Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Rebecca Eisenberg; Margaret Bruce; Murray, Kevin; Council, City; Hamilton Hitchings; Neilson Buchanan; Tess Byler Subject:Re: SFC Storm Projections Later This Week -- UPDATE #1 Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 5:33:42 PMAttachments:0cb5UjRFE5Og1b2Y.png5ThcDsZSRi0sxuu0.pngzc1PiTxcS2NUtHQn.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks Tom. I will be in DC so will miss the storm but I will be watching keenly from afar. From my experience a lot will depend on how the rainfall isdistributed in time. Some years back around Christmas (2012) we had a very close call with overtopping because we had 3 rain cells move through separated bya couple of hours from each other. Even though none of the 3 was particularly intense the timing between the storms led to a very interesting response. Thetiming of the third cell at the time when the hydrograph would typically be receding was particularly impactful. Jeff On 3/8/23 4:47 PM, Thomas Rindfleisch wrote: Friends, we have a new prediction run from the CA/NV River Forecast Center with the outlook for San Francisquito Creek flows for Thursday and Friday. The expected peak flow level at the USGS gauge is a bit higher, but still does not appear to come close to flooding danger. The nominal peak flow predicted for the morning on the 10th (Friday) is around 6.6 ft or ~2,000 cfs instead of the previous level 4.6 ft or ~1,000 cfs. Remember that the SFC capacity at Pope-Chaucer bridge is ~5,500 cfs. The prediction still has a fairly wide range of uncertainty (see second plot below) but the current estimate for the high end flow (<~ 5% probability) is ~3,500 cfs. I'll keep my eye out as we get closer to Friday AM and let you know of any changes. Hang in there. Tom R. PS: In case you are interested, the reason the flow rate jumped from ~1,000 cfs to ~2,000 while the USGS gauge height only increased from 4.6 ft to 6.6 ft is that the channel at the gauge is "V" shaped. Thus, adding another 2 ft in height adds more than a linear increase in flow because the cross- sectional area increases non-linearly. -- Jeffrey R. Koseff William Alden and Martha Campbell Professor of Engineering Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor of Oceanography Department of Oceans Stanford School of Engineering Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability Founding Perry L. McCarty Director, and Senior Fellow Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stanford Faculty Athletic Representative to the NCAA koseff@stanford.edu office: (650) 736-2363 https://profiles.stanford.edu/jeffrey-koseff Stanford University Ancestral lands of the Muwekma Ohlone Tribe From:Kristen Van Fleet To:Amy.French@cityofpaloalto.com; Council, City; Kou, Lydia; kou.pacc@gmail.com; Burt, Patrick; Lauing, Ed;Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org; Veenker, Vicki; Stone, Greer; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Lait, Jonathan Cc:Bhanu Iyer; Chin Chong; Gala Beykin; Hanh Nguyen; John Abraham; Natalie Fisher; On Chong; Robert Chen; Robyn Ziegler; Shan Wang; Susan Light; Tsing Xue; Vadim Axelrod; Venketa Kurra; Yevgeny Yoni Khasin; Glanckopf, Annette; yogabear23@aol.com; Mj Wolf Subject:Re: Add to Packet for March 13, 2023 City Council Meeting Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 5:09:40 PM Attachments:ELLSWORTH PLACE - OUR HISTORY - SINCE 1937 - Google Docs.pdfEllsworth Place Ownership Status Report.pdfPalo Alto - Apartments 23PLN-00025 - Google Docs.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from kvanfleet@gmail.com. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Good news! https://patch.com/california/across-ca/ca-halts-54m-walgreens-deal-over-abortion-pill Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Josh Becker;Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; Reifschneider, James; ladoris cordell; Wagner, April; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen;Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco; Foley, Michael; Greer Stone;Wagner, April; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary Subject:DAILY FRIENDLY REMINDER: DONT TALK TO COPS- When YOU are Under Investiga... Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 3:46:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://apnews.com/article/breonna-taylor-louisville-justice-department-investigation- 07017f9d2721e1b6f99494ea6b03f1f4 Sent from my iPhone From:Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo To:Council, City Subject:You"re Invited: Celebrate Women"s History at the JMZ! Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 2:01:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Logo_Full_Color_CMYK.jpg Join us and the Friends of the Palo Alto Library for a special preschool storytime. Guests will be invited to post notes about the women whoinspire them in the JMZ’s exhibit hall, and see the Picturing WomenInventors traveling exhibition, organized by the Smithsonian, which is ondisplay through March. This event is free with admission. Advanced ticket purchase to the JMZ is required. 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From:herb To:Council, City; Clerk, City Cc:Transportation Subject:February 13, 2023 Council Meeting, Item #5: Adding On-Demand Transit Fee to Municipal Fee Schedule Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 1:50:14 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from herb_borock@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Herb BorockP. O. Box 632Palo Alto, CA 94302 February 8, 2023 Palo Alto City Council250 Hamilton AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94301 FEBRUARY 13, 2023 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #5ADDING AN ON-DEMAND TRANSIT FARE FEE TO THE MUNICIPAL FEESCHEDULE Dear City Council: I urge you to remove this item from the Consent Calendar for thepurpose of including the actual fares before adopting theproposed ordinance instead of just using a range of fares. The fee schedule on the City's website includes a 50% discountfor additional regular fare passengers, and provides a WeeklyPass and Monthly Pass for regular fare passengers, but omits a50% fare for additional passengers eligible for discountedstudent, senior, low-income, and disabled fare rides, and alsodoes not have a Weekly Pass and Monthly Pass for those riders. Before adopting the proposed ordinance, I also urge you to add a50% fare for additional discounted fare riders, and to add aWeekly Link Pass and Monthly Link Pass for those eligible for thediscounted fare rides at 50% of the price of the Weekly Pass andMonthly Pass for regular fare passengers. The fee schedule could still include a separate variable fee forpromotions, other discounts, and other deals. The current proposed fares are shown on the City's websiteat https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Transportation/Palo-Alto-Link: All rides are FREE until April 7! After April 7 fares will be $3.50 per trip. Add additionalpassengers to your ride for $1.75 each. You can also save more with a Palo Alto Link Pass, which lets you pay upfront and unlock 4 freerides per day: Weekly Pass: $20 Monthly Pass: $65 Regular fare rides: $3.50 (cash or mobile pay accepted) Discounted student, senior, low-income, and disabled fare rides: $1.00 (cash or mobile payaccepted) Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb borock cc: Chief Transportation Official From:Richard Corny To:Council, City; Kou, Lydia Subject:Cal Ave is surrounded by construction. No one wants to come down here Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 1:47:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links.________________________________ Hello and thank you as alwaysOn Cal Ave we are surrounded by construction and empty depleted buildings and it brings no one to CalAve.As you know we at the Cobblery have been dealing with a lack of customers on our closed street for 3years now.I believe that the restaurants have had a chance to make up some of their lost income by having 3 timesmore seating than before and good for them for making millions moreBut that only benefits a few businesses and is a slap in the face to a business like us.The old NuttHouse looks like crap and is very dirty at their entrance. The Hotel California looks like it’sbeen in a war lolAs a tourist coming down Cal Ave to check out the Hotel California WOWWhat a joke.Our street is empty and depleted and the only remedy is to open it up to cars. We’ll see how the nextmeeting goes but my hopes that the city will do the right thing dwindles on a daily basisIt would be nice if you sped things up for your devoted voters Thank youRich from the Cobblery Sent from my iPhone Dear Aram, Yesterday was Purim, a joyous holiday which celebrates strong women, and the survival of the Jewish people in the face of forces who wanted to wipe us out. At a time when Israeli politicians areopenly calling for Palestinians to be wiped out, Purim takeson a renewed and urgent significance. We must not only celebrate our survival as Jews, but also the Palestinian struggle to survive From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lydia Kou; Vara Ramakrishnan; Roberta Ahlquist; Shana Segal; Angie Evans; Stump, Molly;alisa mallari tu; Veenker, Vicki; Emily Mibach; Sue Dremann; jdong@paweekly.com; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash;Council, City; Wagner, April; Tannock, Julie; Shikada, Ed; Josh Becker;Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Lauing, Ed Subject:From Purim to International Women’s Day, Let’s Celebrate Women Fighting Fascism Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:47:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. and thrive in the face of heightened violence. Speaking of strong women, today is International Women’s Day (IWD). Just as Purim celebrates Queen Esther standing up to the evil Haman’s plot to annihilate the Jews, IWD is a perfect day tohonour women who are standing up to fascism, war, racism and colonialism all over the world. We hope you can make it out to a rally or celebration near you. If you do, please send me a photo! We’d love to hear about it. Standing up to racism and oppression is the work that Independent Jewish Voices does on a daily basis. This week I’mproud to say that we were in the news for supporting a Palestinian student in Halifax who was the victim of anti-Palestinian racism from the school’s principal. You can read yesterday’s front-page coverage from the Halifax Chronicle Herald here, or check outthe video report from CTV News. Unfortunately this silencing of Palestinian voices and culturalidentity is not an isolated incident, but part of a systemic anti- Palestinian racism in Canada. To learn more, read IJV's recent report “Unveiling the Chilly Climate”. In other IJV news, the month of March means that Israeli Apartheid Week is right around the corner, and with it a range of exciting events. Do watch out in the coming weeks for detailedprogramming announcements, but for now, mark your calendars for March 16th at 7pm. Former UN Special Rapporteur Michael Lynk will be speaking at the University of Toronto about his report on Israeli apartheid. Get your free tickets for this in-person eventhere. And if you’re in Vancouver, IJV members LJ Slovin and Avi Lewis will be speaking at an event alongside Mark Muhannad Ayyash about the IHRA antisemitism definition at Simon Fraser University on March 24th at 5:30pm. Tickets and info availablehere. If you want to support the intersectional anti-oppression work ofIJV, please consider making a donation today in the spirit of Purim or International Women’s Day. May all fascists fall, from Haman to Bezalel Smotrich. In solidarity, Donate to IJV or become a member! Aaron Lakoff, IJV Communications and Media Lead aaron@ijvcanada.org PS. I wanted to send a huge shout-out and thank you to Sarah Boivin who filled in for me while I was away on parental leave for the last two months. Shkoyach, Sarah! PO Box 30087 RPO Woodbine Heights 1500 Woodbine Avenue Toronto, ON M4C 5J2 Canada Unsubscribe from this list View in your browser From:Jill Passalacqua To:Barbara Riper Cc:Thomas Rindfleisch; CPNA; Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Rebecca Eisenberg; Margaret Bruce; Murray, Kevin; Council, City; Jeffrey R Koseff Subject:Re: [CPNA] SFC Storm Projections Later This Week Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 12:28:13 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from jqua8@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you, Tom!! Always appreciated. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 8, 2023, at 10:10 AM, Barbara Riper <6bamoreripe@sbcglobal.net> wrote:Sograteful for your continuing care. Sent from my iPhone On Mar 7, 2023, at 11:06 PM, Thomas Rindfleisch<tcr@stanford.edu> wrote:Friends, I know the weather forecast predictions sound dire, but sofar the outlook for San Francisquito Creek flows for Thursday andFriday do not appear to come close to flooding danger. The nominalpeak flow predicted for late morning on the 10th (Friday) is around4.6 ft (~1,000 cfs) at the USGS stream gauge. Remember that theSFC capacity at Pope-Chaucer bridge is ~5,500 cfs. The predictionhas a fairly wide range of uncertainty (see second plot below) but thecurrent estimate for the high end flow (<~ 5% probability) is ~2,500cfs. I'll keep my eye out as we get closer to the end of the week andhopefully the models will converge on a more accurate estimate. Hang in there. Tom R. <bEPXddusK0rgg1DK.png> <0HhuVe7MoFE1Oaq7.png> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crescent Park PA" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to crescent-park-pa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/crescent-park-pa/2446842b-cdf8-dc3d-bc3a-11b722b31555%40stanford.edu. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Crescent Park PA" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to crescent-park-pa+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/crescent-park-pa/3D4C9135-1B7E-444C-8382-7AEA57111680%40sbcglobal.net. From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City; Guagliardo, Steven; Nose, Kiely Subject:Fwd: Economic Development Strategy update Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 11:06:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from slevy@ccsce.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Resending my comments for the earlier meeting. As an economist who studies the region and city, I hope council takes seriously the consultant's recommendation that we need to adapt to changing market realities and thestrong competition we face from neighbors who are adding customers to replace WFH lossesand for other reasons. Stephen Levy -------- Original Message -------- Subject:Fwd: Economic Development Strategy update Date:2023-02-12 09:57From:slevy@ccsce.comTo:City Council <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc:Steven Guagliardo <steven.Guagliardo@cityofpaloalto.org>, Kiely Nose <kiely.nose@cityofpaloalto.org> Dear Mayor Kou and council members, I have reviewed the packet and had clarifying discussions with the consultant and staff. I am pleased with their work and look forward to the council discussion. I hope council can focus on discussing and asking questions about their findings on the current situation and the drivers of retail and hospitality growth. When I read the media report, they focus on the implied possible recommendations but whatever council chooses eventually should flow from the findings about the economic landscape. I repeat my earlier take that ED decisions have strong impacts on our budget long-term. What caught my attention in the findings include: --the challenging retail environment everywhere but especially in Palo Alto for downtown where I live and work and Cal Ave given the diversity and central management at Stanford Shopping Center and T&C --their finding that neighboring cities are competing strongly to make their area attractive but also adding to the customer base by welcoming housing and jobs. --the relatively high and enduring retail vacancy and rent rates around Univ and Cal Ave. Iwould add high, enduring and likely to continue office vacancies as firms economize onspace. --the importance for a thriving hospitality sector of business travel and travel related to Stanford activities (parent visits, sports visits as well as related to on campus research SRP, SSC and the hospital. As an economist I feel optimistic here as international travel is opening up in addition to domestic growth. --the difficult but important challenge of reconciling the different perspectives of business and property owners and customers. Even within business owners, I suspect the perspective of restaurant, cafe and bar owners may differ from those of retail proprietors. I noted that downtown food and beverage sales were much higher than store sales the reverse of most other areas. My sense is many of these findings will link to council decisions on open versus closed(possible combinations by time period) for Cal and Univ Ave. I hope you will ask the team to spend more time on the office space market and possibilities and what is needed to convert unused office and retail space. I understand that the market and economic reality may make achieving some of residents' wishes hard or unrealistic. For this reason I think focusing on and seeking clarification as needed of the consultant findings is a necessary first step. Stephen Levy From:Scott Turner To:Council, City Subject:For Greg Tanaka: questioning PA gun-free zone Date:Wednesday, March 8, 2023 9:05:38 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from redsoxscott2@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Greg, Like you I’m questioning the usefulness of a PA’s gun-free zone bill. Full disclosure: I don’town any guns, have never used one & haven’t given $ to either side of the gun debate. If the threat of a murder conviction isn’t a deterrent to gun use, why would the City’s penalty forcarrying a concealed weapon in a public place deter a criminal? Hard to believe that any of the mass murderers we read about would act differently due to fear of a concealed weaponscarrying violation. The City Council ought to use its resources on actions that can produce real value to citizens. Regards Scott TurnerSouth PA resident redsoxscott2@yahoo.com650-387-1912 From:Thomas RindfleischTo:CPNA Cc:Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Rebecca Eisenberg; Margaret Bruce; Murray, Kevin; Council, City; Jeffrey R KoseffSubject:SFC Storm Projections Later This Week Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 11:06:53 PMAttachments:bEPXddusK0rgg1DK.png0HhuVe7MoFE1Oaq7.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Friends, I know the weather forecast predictions sound dire, but so far the outlook for San Francisquito Creek flows for Thursday and Friday do notappear to come close to flooding danger. The nominal peak flow predicted for late morning on the 10th (Friday) is around 4.6 ft (~1,000 cfs) at the USGSstream gauge. Remember that the SFC capacity at Pope-Chaucer bridge is ~5,500 cfs. The prediction has a fairly wide range of uncertainty (see secondplot below) but the current estimate for the high end flow (<~ 5% probability) is ~2,500 cfs. I'll keep my eye out as we get closer to the end of the weekand hopefully the models will converge on a more accurate estimate. Hang in there. Tom R. From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Human Relations Commission;Lydia Kou Subject:- Critics say spending on homelessness missing the mark Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 11:04:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Critics say spending on homelessness missing the mark https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=ccc4c864-3a13-439e-b9c2- 73dd66053c15&appcode=SAN252&eguid=9bb7efdf-f027-4b30-ba4e-8a91687c028f&pnum=41# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Joe Hirsch To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Lait, Jonathan; Wong, Tim Cc:Greg Schmid (external) Subject:Housing Element Update Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 10:21:24 PM Attachments:November 21, 2022 PASZ letter to CC.pdfDecember 5, 2022 Letter to CPA re Housing Element Update.doc [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jihirschpa@earthlink.net. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ To the Palo Alto City Council and Palo Alto City Staff: I am submitting this communication on behalf of Palo Altansfor Sensible Zoning (PASZ), Greg Schmid and myself. The attached letter from PASZ (the PASZ letter) was submitted on November 21, 2022 and was published in the City Council packet for the November 28th joint meeting with the PTC on the Housing Element (Item #9 on the agenda). City Staff (Tim Wong) announced at that joint meeting that comments would be accepted for the Housing Element during the period through December 7th and should be addressed to a special online address(heupdate@cityofpaloalto.org). On December 5th, the November 21th PASZ letter was resent to that email address along with a second letter from Greg Schmid and myself (copy attached). The two letters include comments and questions pertaining to HCD, MTC, ABAG and the determination of the RHNA allocations for the Bay Area and Palo Alto. A follow-up note was sent by Greg Schmid to Tim Wong on December 15th asking for confirmation that the two letters sent on December 5th had been received. When no response was received over the holidays Greg made a call to City Staff. The response was that the Housing Element had been submitted to HCD on December 23rd. The document submitted by the City included a 248 page appendix that summarized "citizen contributions". There was no mention of our two letters with their detailed sets of comments and questions. City Staff said they had "gone to spam", but that excuse is contradicted by the fact that at least the PASZ letter was included in the Council packet for the November 28th joint meeting. Jonathan Lait has offered to meet with Greg Schmid (and other representatives of PASZ) to discuss the comments and questions in the two letters. His offer will be accepted, but the timing is such that we still want the responses we were entitled to if the responses to us has been made on time. Accordingly, we believe that we are legally entitled to comprehensive responses by City Staff to our comments and questions. We ask Council (or the Mayor) to direct City Staff to promptly give the City’s detailed responses to us, with copies to Council and HCD (along with the two original letters), and a more appropriate explanation for the record as to why the responses were not given sooner as legally required and publicly committed to by Tim Wong, which explanation should acknowledge that the failure to respond sooner was the fault of the City and not ours. Respectfully submitted, Joe Hirsch From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; WinterDellenbach; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Shikada, Ed; Wagner, April; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian;Reifschneider, James; ladoris cordell; Human Relations Commission; chuck jagoda; Michael Gennaco; Bains,Paul; Foley, Michael; Javier Ortega; Jay Boyarsky; Ed Lauing; Greer Stone; Shana Segal; Lydia Kou; Angie Evans;Kaloma Smith; Cindy Chavez; Pat Burt; Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon; Betsy Nash; Cecilia Taylor;Stump, Molly Subject:Raleigh Police In-Custody Death | 01 17 23 SUMMARY Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 6:05:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/3Y0NJu6MYxY Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Tanaka, Greg; Shikada, Ed Cc:jdong@paweekly.com; Jason Green; EPA Today; ladoris cordell; Pat Burt; Bains, Paul Subject:Palo Alto bans firearms in schools, government buildings, polling places | News | Palo Alto Online | Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 2:35:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Online |Hi Greg, Despite Pat Burt’s unprofessional outburst directed at you at the end of lastnight’s gun ordinance discussion ….Palo Alto Online covered your comments in a very favorable light. Pat Burt, in my view, owes you an apology-but don’t holdyour breath. Keep up your great advocacy work for our city. I want you as our mayor in 2024. 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Logo_Full_Color_CMYK.jpg The Cichlid Tank at the JMZMarch 7, 2023 Hello Friends, While it may not feel like it with the recent cold and rainy days, spring is in the air at thePalo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo. The flamingos’ breeding season has already begun, andthe zoo is welcoming new animals. A colorful military macaw, a threatened species, justarrived at the zoo and will participate in the JMZ’s Ambassador Program. As Canadathaws, a meerkat princess will soon arrive at the JMZ, creating one of the newest meerkatbloodlines in the country. As we get ready to welcome the new season, we dive into the zoo’s vibrant fish exhibit with JMZ Executive Director John Aikin for this month’snewsletter. March is also Women’s History Month, and the JMZ is celebrating with a new travelingexhibition Picturing Women Inventors organized by the Smithsonian.* On March 21st, the Friends will host a free event for JMZ visitors: a story time for preschoolers, featuring books read by the Friends of the Palo Alto Library, and an activity on "Inspiring Women" from 3 to 4 p.m. Tickets to the JMZ must be purchased in advance. You can find more information about these and future events on the Friends’ Events page. I hope to see you at the JMZ soon! Lauren AngeloPresident, Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo Exhibit Spotlight: JMZ Fish TankQuestions for John Aikin, JMZ Executive Director What is unique about the JMZ’s fish tank? The fish tank was inspired after a visit to Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. The hippopotamus exhibit there is home to hundreds of Lake Malawi cichlids in various vibrant colors. The tank is positioned so that visitors face south looking into it. This allows light to shine through and illuminates the water all day, and it is gorgeous. We wanted to recreate a similar experience at the JMZ— without the hippos! Now, the JMZ’s cichlid tank is probably the largest of its kind in Northern California. Large fish tanks are incredibly difficult to construct. There are multiple layers built in theprocess in order to ensure there will be no leaks once filled. It takes a lot of time andspecialized knowledge. We really wanted visitors to feel like they were underwater withthe fish when the tank was built. The acrylic barrier that contains the water is actuallyslightly concave, which gives the illusion of being underwater and closer to the colorful fishinside. Our tank is roughly 6,000 US gallons. Not only are these tanks hard to build, but they are also difficult to maintain. The cichlidsinside have their own unique care needs and environment that has to be monitored. Weactually have specialists visit every week to check the water quality for the fish! We hopeto introduce turtles into the aquarium sometime in the future, which is why the artificialbranches in the tank are vertical, so that turtles cannot escape. Fly river turtles are a greatoption for the tank since they enjoy the same warm, alkaline water that our cichlids do. Photos of the colorful cichlids inside the tank. Can you tell me more about the different cichlids in the tank? Lake Malawi cichlids are a textbook example of adaptive radiation and evolution. Cichlidsare found in Africa, South Asia, and Central and South America. In Lake Malawi in EastAfrica, cichlids have diverged into at least 850 different species. The fossil recordindicates that throughout history, Lake Malawi was inhabited by very few cichlid species,unlike today. Lake Malawi is isolated from other bodies of water, so all cichlids in the lakemost likely evolved from random mutations. This is a great introduction to evolution for ourolder visitors. There are more than 25 species of cichlids in our tank, representing a rainbow of colors.Some cichlids are common, like the yellow lab cichlid. Others, like the Moor’s cichlid, alsoknown as the humphead, are vulnerable species. It is pretty exciting that we have beenable to add rarer species of cichlids to our tank since opening. As mentioned previously,we have specialists monitor the water conditions in the tank, so our cichlids remain happyand healthy. Cichlids are so vibrant, they almost look like they belong in a saltwater coralreef, but they are actually freshwater fish! We feed the cichlids a primarily vegetable diet.Cichlids are sensitive to protein, so we can’t give our population too many treats. Three young visitors peek inside the tank. This photo was taken before the cichlidpopulation more than quadrupled. Photo courtesy of Artem Nazarov. How has the tank changed since the JMZ opened last November? One of our volunteers, Milan del Buono, was fascinated by the tank and did his ownresearch on new cichlids we could add. Including the original population and the fish thatMilan added, we started with around 75 fish. After two years of breeding, there are over350! While he looked for new fish for the tank, Milan had to keep a lot of factors in mind.For example, most tropical fish are bred in outdoor ponds in warm environments, whichmakes these fish susceptible to disease and parasites, including parasites that can bepassed to birds if they ingest fish. Since our birds (before Avian Flu) were free to wanderaround the zoo and could easily come into contact with the cichlids, we wanted to avoidintroducing any factors that could make our animals sick. Milan had the difficult job oflooking for indoor-only breeding facilities. While these were much harder to find than thestandard ponds, acquiring fish from indoor breeders ensured that no disease would enterthe zoo. Often, when they go to a zoo, visitors don’t expect to be amazed by a fish tank. However, guests consistently tell us that they are fascinated by the dynamic and colorful ecosystem of our cichlid tank. This really all leads back to our mission of inspiring curiosity in nature. Sometimes it takes a bright, vibrant fish tank for young learners to recognize the wide range of wonderful animals to be discovered in our world. *Picturing Women Inventors is organized by the SmithsonianInstitution Traveling Exhibition Service in collaboration with theLemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, and wasdeveloped in collaboration with the United States Patent andTrademark Office and made possible with the support of the Lyda HillPhilanthropies IF/THEN Initiative and Ericsson. Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zooinfo@friendsjmz.org | www.friendsjmz.org DONATE NOW Connect with us Friends of the JMZ | 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Unsubscribe city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@friendsjmz.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today! From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Your Opinion Is Needed, Please Take This Survey Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 10:00:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Member, Please help us by taking this very short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/X6Z7389. Thank you, The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe clickhere. 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Greetings Educators, Decision Makers, Water Leader, and Interested Water Folk, Are you looking for engaging K-12 educational materials that will support your students’ understanding of the importance of water, water conservation and water resources in California? The California Department of Water Resources (DWR) has prepared free educational materials for all 10 hydrological regions in the state. The materials include lessons and activities that are easily adaptable to a variety of school and classroom settings while conforming to the 2016 Science Framework for California schools, STEM education standards and California’s Next Generation Science Standards. Access the new educational materials in English are now on DWR’s Underrepresented Communities Technical Assistance Program webpage. Spanish versions are on the way! Water is one of our most precious resources and while we at DWR are doing all we can to deliver water to millions of Californians, it is also our hope to keep our young people educated about how water shapes all our lives and how we can all make conservation a California way of life. Jane Gray (she/her) Project Director/Regional Planner 621 Chapala Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 Direct: 805.308.8531 Cell: 805.335.7380 www.dudek.com From:Greg Bressani To:Council, City Subject:The City of Palo Alto is Allocated $141,790 for Streetlighting Projects Date:Tuesday, March 7, 2023 5:22:07 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from greg@tankolighting.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City of Palo Alto, CA, The Department of Energy specifically allocated $141,790 for the City of PaloAlto through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program (EECBG)! This funding can be used to improve the energy efficiency of your streetlighting system. To reserve your funds, you must complete the simple registration before April 28, 2023. Tanko is a team of municipal streetlight experts who have helped communities for over 20 years with energy efficient streetlight projects. Contact us today to learn more aboutthe $141,790 available to the City of Palo Alto through the EECBG Program. Regards, Greg Greg BressaniBusiness Development Coordinatorgreg@tankolighting.com415.622.6860 (phone) www.tankolighting.comBringing passion to light. From:Aram James To:Greg Tanaka; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Dave Price Subject:Greg, despite Pat Burt’s ugly comments directed at you your personal experience with gun violence growing up- and spot on questions to staff -you did a great job tonight -shame on Pat Burt Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 11:06:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Greg Tanaka; Veenker, Vicki; Council, City Subject:Good questions —this ordinance is symbolic at best Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:57:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good questions —this ordinance is symbolic at best Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Tanaka, Greg; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Stump, Molly Subject:FGood questions —this ordinance is symbolic at best Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:55:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com>Date: March 6, 2023 at 10:54:14 PM PSTTo: Greg Tanaka <greg.tanaka@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Good questions —this ordinance is symbolic at best Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed Subject:Good amendment even thought I disagree we this sensitive spaces analysis - and the motion in general —there is zero way to enforce nuts with guns regulations —we need to put the money into mental health and limit the weapons —-military and others —in t... Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:41:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Kenneth Streib To:Council, City Subject:Boulware art Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:26:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am kind of curious about what art we paid for at Boulware and how much it cost. I am not really in favor of spending money for this. Thanks so much for your time, Ken Streib From:Kenneth Streib To:Council, City Subject:PA Airport Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 10:24:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings City Council, I come from a little bit of an aviation family, but having made that disclosure, I am very much in favor of keeping Palo Alto Airport as a Palo Alto owned aviation facility. But we should move forward with unleaded fuel, and even noise abatement, although the noise does not bother me on Curtner, I have about four sources of noise far worse than overhead aircraft. It DOES sound like some people are confusing overhead aircraft landing at perhaps San Francisco or San Carlos as landing at Palo Alto. Could that be true? If that is true, closing the airport will be an costly mistake that won't even help the noiseproblem anyway! Lets keep this great valuable facility, and kudos to Pat Burt for helping us keep it! Ken Streib From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Pat you are at 10 minutes 5 mins over your limit Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 9:23:37 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly Subject:Pat you are over your 5 mins again Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 9:20:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Pat Burt; Council, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:Pat I think you are beyond your time limit. Not a good example Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 8:34:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Dave Price; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; ladoris cordell; JoshBecker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; chuck jagoda; Jeff Rosen; HumanRelations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Barberini, Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; Michael Gennaco;Greer Stone; Bains, Paul; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Perron, Zachary; Javier Ortega; Kaloma Smith; Betsy Nash;Shana Segal; Pat Burt; Angie Evans; Lydia Kou; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Stump, Molly Subject:Bay Area police stockpiling military-grade weaponry—and our city council wants to further limit our second amendment rights. What say you? Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 7:34:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Should the police have all the military weapons and the guns while our city council debates further limiting our Second Amendment rights? Should the city council shut their eyes to the extraordinarily violent police culture in this country? Last year, 2022, per The Guardian and the Washington Post police across this country killed nearly 1200 hundred people -an average of 3 people a day. Given the extraordinary disproportionate extrajudicial executions of African Americans every year by the police — should the city council carve out an exception allowing African Americans to be armed in all of the same public and private locations that police are allowed to carry guns? Arguably arming African Americans in the same private and public spaces council proposes -to allow police and retired police to be armed- would substantially mitigate- act to eliminate the extrajudicial ( without trial or due process) execution of African Americans in these spaces. Dr. Huey P. Newton famously said: An Unarmed People Are Subject To Slavery at Any Time > To: The City Council of Palo Alto > > From: Aram James > > Re: Today’s front page article in the San Jose Mercury News: > > BAY AREA POLICE STOCKPILING MILITARY-GRADE WEAPONRY > > *** This issue requires and action item > on an upcoming agenda. > ****. PLEASE DON’T LET OUR CITY MANAGER ED SHIKADA BURY THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA UNTIL LATE AT NIGHT - IN AN ATTEMPT TO LIMIT PUBIC IMPUT. TRANSPARENCY ON THIS ITEM > IS CRITICAL: Read in advance AB 481 > > > Be aware of the 2022 California Assembly Bill AB 481 that requires ALL police departments to annually ( first reports due in May) report their entire inventory of military equipment -how the department used their stockpile of weapons in the last year -and ask elected officials explicit permission before obtaining any new military hardware. > > > > I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. > > Bay Area police stockpiling military-grade weaponry > https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=b59ff2fb-b3a6-4839-8a00- 544f3725fbb7&appcode=SAN252&eguid=9da05b09-3f38-4f69-97a6-8b175d857db5&pnum=1# >> For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here:>>> Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City Cc:Stump, Molly; Jethroe Moore; Shikada, Ed Subject:Just a note ( re possible hate crime at my home) Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 5:57:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ > >>>> Hi Andrew,>> Thanks for getting back to me so quickly, very much appreciated. We will see if the behavior toward my truckand bumper stickers continues. We do agree NO hate is acceptable in our community.>>>> Best regards,>>>> aram>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone>>>>>> On Mar 1, 2023, at 6:58 AM, Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:>>>>>> Hi Aram - I'm sorry to hear about a possible vandalism and hate crime incident at your residence. While wedon’t always agree on everything, I know we both strongly believe that hate has NO place in our community and ourworld.>>>>>> Thanks for sharing about your interaction with Agent Goodell and her trainee. And I agree, she is talented,professional, and special in so many ways; PAPD and our community are lucky to have her! Best- andrew>>>>>>>>> ________________________________>>>>>> Hi Chief Binder:>>>>>> Hope you and your family are doing well. Agent Erin Goodell took a police report from me today over thephone and responded to my home to take some photos re a possible vandalism and hate crime incident. I can’t sayenough about the total professionalism agent Goodell exhibited in the investigation of this matter. I would highlyrecommend agent Goodell for any future assignments in your office. It was also a pleasure to me the new traineewho accompanied agent Goodell to my home this evening.>>>>>> Best regards,>>>>>> Aram James>>>>>> 415-370-5056>>>>>>>>> Sent from my iPhone From:Aram JamesTo:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Stump, MollySubject:Hate crime ?Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 5:48:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Bains, Paul; ladoris cordell; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright;Emily Mibach; Rebecca Eisenberg; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Wagner,April; Josh Becker; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Council, City; Human RelationsCommission; Enberg, Nicholas; Michael Gennaco; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Michael Gennaco; Foley, Michael;Diana Diamond Subject:Racist Gun Laws and the Second Amendment Date:Monday, March 6, 2023 4:40:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://harvardlawreview.org/2022/06/racist-gun-laws-and-the-second-amendment/ Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone