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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOctober 2, 2023 City Council Emails701-32 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: 10/2/2023 Document dates: 9/25/2023 – 10/2/2023 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Rice, Danille To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; Clerk, City; Shikada, Ed Subject:City.Council Bundle: 8/17 - 9/30 Date:Monday, October 2, 2023 11:15:14 AM Attachments:FW Street signage at San Carlos Court and Middlefield.msgFW Gas Leaf Blowers Continue Unabated.msgRE 2901 Middlefield Road PC.msgBike Safety at Escondido.msgRE Agenda A Open Forum on crossing guards for Escondido elementary school.msgRE 91923 435 pm ALERT 724 Arastradero Rd-yet another urgent water disruption for repairs. OWNER SASAKIMGR PRODESSE can"t seem to get anything right or safe. But Hoyt says that"s OK..msgRE Bike and Pedestrian Safety.msgRE Pedestrian Accident at Escondido Rd And Stanford Ave.msgTraffic safety near Escondido Elementary.msgRE 739 Sutter Avenue Residential Project 21PLN-00222.msgRE GreenWaste Clean Up Day is not going to reuse our items.msgFW Slide presentation for Monday Council Meeting.msgIllegal parking on El Camino Way - very dangerous for our .msgFW Follow Up - Application Request .msgFW I have submitted a complaint to the city RE Any update on getting rid of the generator.msgRE Castilleja Neighborhood Committee.msgimage001.png Dear Mayor and Council Members, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please see attached staff responses to emails received in the City.Council inbox from August 17 through September 30. Most of the attached emails were responded to within the past two weeks. I am attaching a few emails that were submitted in August, as we did not have enough emails to submit a batch during mid-summer. Thank you, Danille Danille RiceAdministrative AssistantCity Manager’s Office|Human Resources(650) 329-2229 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.orgwww.cityofpaloalto.org From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan Subject:Agrihood project in Santa Clara Date:Monday, October 2, 2023 10:29:11 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://sanjosespotlight.com/editorial-a-blueprint-for-the-future-of-housing-sits-in-santa- clara/ FYI I wonder if a project like this could fit into a developer's plan for the GM/ROLM area with the proper city incentives. Steve From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan Subject:Fwd: Los Altos loosens restrictions to get some retail with housing Date:Monday, October 2, 2023 10:25:54 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI in this case Los Altos waived parking and FAR to get the retail residents wanted Another example of going the extra step Steve -------- Original Message -------- Subject:Los Altos loosens restrictions to get some retail with housing Date:2023-09-28 10:47 From:Steve Levy <slevy@ccsce.com>To:steve levy <slevy@ccsce.com> Sent from my iPad From:slevy@ccsce.comTo:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Sunnyvale slashes fees on conversion of offices to housing Date:Monday, October 2, 2023 10:22:14 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. FYI example of going the extra step to make needed housing feasible. I note that HCD mentioned our fees as one of many constraints needing attention and Steve -------- Original Message -------- Subject:Sunnyvale slashes fees on conversion of offices to housingDate:2023-09-29 10:32From:slevy@ccsce.comTo:Jonathan Lait <jonathan.lait@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Scott O\"Neil" <scottoneil@hotmail.com>, Robert Chun <rgchun@gmail.com>, Owen Byrd <owenbyrd@gmail.com> FYI, just saw this in my email. https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2023/09/28/sunnyvale-slashes-fee-by-4m-to-avoid-suit.html?utm_source=st&utm_medium=en&utm_campaign=me&utm_content=JO&ana=e_JO_me&j=32873596&senddate=2023- 09-29&empos=p4 article below in case link has paywall. By Devan J. Patel – Reporter, Silicon Valley Business Journal Sep 28, 2023 Eastern Sunnyvale could see hundreds of new residences in a pair of apartment buildings after the city tentatively agreed to lower a proposed fee on the project by $4 million to avert a threatened suit. Developer SKS Partners and site owner A&F Properties have proposed replacing a pair of office buildings on SonoraCourt just west of the Lawrence Caltrain station with two structures that would offer a combination of affordable andmarket-rate housing plus office and retail space, according to documents filed with the city. Under a tentative deal struck between the city and the development partners earlier this month, Menlo Park-based A&F would pay a $1.2million community benefit fee as part of its development agreement with Sunnyvale, according to a series of emails theBusiness Journal obtained through a public records request. That's a big comedown from what the city initially sought. In March, after reviewing SKS's proposal, the city proposeda development agreement that would have called for A&F to pay a more than $5.2 million community benefit fee to the city, according to the emails reviewed by the Business Journal. The reduction in the proposed fee came after SKS and A&F balked at the initial amount and threatened to sue the cityto secure the right to move forward on the project without a development agreement, according to the email records.It also came after Sunnyvale Mayor Larry Klein and Councilmember Richard Mehlinger, whose District 5 includes the project site, each met separately behind closed doors in June with SKS officials. And it came after the City Council inthe last month held two closed sessions to discuss the litigation threat from SKS and A&F, according to the recordsreleased by the city. After meeting with the city manager, "we agree with the additional terms you requested," Trudy Ryan, Sunnyvale's director of community development said in a Sept. 7 email to Alexandra Lee, a project manager at San Francisco-basedSKS, that laid out the revised terms of the development agreement, including the lower fee. Although the terms are seemingly in place, the project still needs to be officially considered and voted on by the city'splanning commission and City Council. City spokeswoman Jennifer Garnett confirmed the development agreement between the city and SKS is movingforward. But the city can't share the agreement yet, because it hasn't been finalized, she said. The city plans to make it public as part of a hearing soon, she said. She didn't say when that would be. The city's proposed fee stunned SKS SKS representatives did not respond to request for comment about its interactions with the city regarding the Sonora Court project. Klein likewise did not respond to a request for comment about SKS's project. Mehlinger declined tocomment about the project. A&F and SKS in 2021 proposed to tear down the two office buildings located at 1154 and 1170 Sonora Ct. and replacethem with a pair of seven-story structures that together would include 280 apartments, including 46 affordableresidences, more than 220,000 square feet of office space and 380 square feet of retail space, according to records filed with the city. Sunnyvale and SKS negotiated for more than a year over a development agreement for the twosites, according to the email records. On March 30, the city apparently stunned the developer by sending an emaillaying out the "best offer" it could provide SKS — a development agreement that would have included the $5.2 million community benefit fee. SKS took issue not only with what it saw as a high fee but also that the city wasn't proposing to reduce its credits inrecognition of the number of affordable homes it planned to include in its Sonoma Court project. More than 16% of theresidences in the towers would be set aside for people with lower incomes; Sunnyvale's development plan for that area of the city calls for residential projects to reserve at least 15% of their units for affordable housing. Dan Kingsley, SKS's managing partner, said in an April 3 email to Sunnyvale officials he was "at a loss to understandwhy the city abruptly ended the negotiations with such a terse email." "After careful consideration of your best/final offer, we have concluded, regrettably, that the high costs associated witha development agreement are not economically feasible," Lee said in a follow-up email to city officials April 26. Despite that message, the two sides continued to discuss the project for the next few months. But in June, Holland &Knight, representing SKS and A&F, threatened the city with a lawsuit if it didn't approve the project. The negotiations with city staff prompted the closed door sessions with the mayor and Mehlinger — and the eventualfee reduction. From:Ah Yun, MahealaniTo:herb; Council, City; Clerk, CitySubject:RE: Agenda PostingsDate:Monday, October 2, 2023 8:52:31 AMAttachments:image001.pngimage002.pngimage003.pngimage006.png Good morning Herb, Thank you for reaching out. We did not have a City Council Meeting on September 24, 2023. Also, no ordinances were adopted on September 28, 2023. Is there something specific you are looking for? The amended agenda for October 2, 2023 removed an item, the study session. No additional items or information was added to the agenda. Please let me know if you have any further questions or concerns. Thank you for your time. Best regards, Mahea Mahealani Ah YunInterim City Clerk Office of the City Clerk 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 P: 650.329.2630 | E: Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org From: herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, October 1, 2023 5:52 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Agenda Postings CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. The agenda for the September 24, 2023 City Council meeting has been removed from the Current Agendas becausethat meeting has already been held, but that meeting does not appear on the Archived Agendas that would showthe meeting Agenda, Action Minutes, and Summary Minutes. I recall that the agenda for that meeting included agenda items for the second reading of ordinances thatwould then be subject to referendum, but to draft a referendum petition, prospective proponents would needthe Ordinance Number and text of the Ordinance, from either the posted archived agenda and action agenda, orfrom the City Clerk's Records Page for Ordinances, but any ordinances adopted on September 28, 2023 have notbeen added to the Records Page for Ordinances. Meanwhile the online agenda for the October 2, 2023 contains an amended agenda that deletes a study session,but when I looked at the same agenda posted at Civic Center plaza, the agenda did not have that amendment. Herb Borock From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian;bearwithme1016@att.net; beachrides; Leodies Buchanan; bballpod; boardmembers; fred beyerlein; Council, City;Cathy Lewis; cramirez.electriclab133@gmail.com; Doug Vagim; dallen1212@gmail.com; Dan Richard; DanielZack; dennisbalakian; eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu;Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; jerry ruopoli; JoelStiner; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor; merazroofinginc@att.net; margaret-sasaki@live.com; maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net; MY77FJ@gmail.com; news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk; nickyovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry; tsheehan; yicui@stanford.edu Subject:Fwd: Big news heat pumps. No brainer! Date:Sunday, October 1, 2023 6:10:41 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: Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 5:19 PM Subject: Fwd: Big news heat pumps. No brainer Sunday, Oct 1, 2023 To all- I am sending this again with my discussion with Doug Vagim included. Aninstaller told him that a heat pump could cost $20,000, but see this link which suggests an avg US cost of $5700 installed. This link is loaded with information about heat pumps: Avg. cost of a heat pump $5700 - loran.harding@alumni.stanford.edu - Stanford Alumni Mail(google.com) You wouldn't know the cost for your home until you thoroughly investigate the various kinds of heat pumps and get with people who install them. BTW, you need a bid, not anestimate. You need to investigage rebates available, since a $5,000 rebate seems to be available now from the SJVAPCD- San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District inCalifornia. If the politicians are going to honor their pledge to hugely increase the use ofheat pumps, we can expect tax credits for spending money on one AND THOSESHOULD BE "REFUNDABLE TAX CREDITS". I'll go further than discussing tax credits. If heat pumps can do what is claimed wrt cutting GHG emissions, we need a big federal program to get them built and installed. We needfederal incentives for manufacturers to increase their capacity to produce them, and orders to do so if necessary. Recall when the feds ordered GM to start producing ventilators a few yearsago. Enough federal incentives to gear up to produce millions of them would increase the supply and maybe lower the price. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com>Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 11:12 PM Subject: Re: Big news heat pumps. No brainer! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> That price of $20K was from a vendor working with the Air District who told me that the higher cost is due to the fact that heat pumps need a different air circulation process from theold gas furnace. I was getting a quote for a live alone very senior citizen who's furnace of her old dual pack stopped working, and technicians are afraid to touch it because it's an ancientsystem with a pilot light of all things. So I told her that the opportunity was here if you wanted to replace the old unit with a heat pump and applying the $5k towards the total replacementcost. The 20K was a setback for all of us to be honest. Evently Heat Pumps that come in the form of the new mini split type systems, where the evaporator head is mounted inside the room for example is much less costly than a full homedual pack HVAC system. In a mini split system the evaporator coils and the condenser coils are used in reverse. Much easier to do with a mini split system versus a full home dual pack HVAC system. On Mon, Sep 25, 2023, 10:19 PM Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: Monday, Sept. 25, 2023 Doug- Thank you. I am shocked at the $20,000 amount. I looked at heat pumps on theweb and the smaller ones run $4,500. My furnace/AC dual pack guy told me about six mos. ago when he installed a new motor that if my unit ever dies I'll need a "three ton" unitcosting $7,000. That would be to replace the current dual pack with another dual pack. He said that two years ago those cost $5,000. We did not discuss heat pumps. So I get theimpression that I would need a smallish heat pump. I see some for $4,500. So tough to see a price of $20,000. They do have to use a truck with a crane to remove the current unit andinstall the new unit. I won't know for sure until I cross that bridge. I'm impressed that the SJVAPCD has a $5,000 program for replacing the dual pack with a heat pump. If my (optimistic) idea of $4,500 were correct, the air pump would be free. I'llkeep pushing the idea of a "refundable tax credit" at the federal level and at the FTB level. It can't just be "a tax credit" since that would benefit the higher income groups and not helplower income groups as much. It would be worthless for those who owe no tax at all, and that is lots of people. But you see in my email that 25 governors and the WH have all formed a big alliance topush for more heat pumps. When they do that, tough to refuse to give any tax incentives. Remember that term "refundable tax credit". That is what we need here. BTW, the $3,000 figure is one I picked out of the air. There is no discussion of that bythe electeds. LH ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Doug Vagim <dvagim@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2023 at 9:05 PMSubject: Re: Big news heat pumps. No brainer! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District has a $5,000 grant program to any household in exchange for replacing any gas or wood appliance with a heat pump. By "appliance" it means any HVAC unit with an AC and gas furnace combination (dualpack) or by eliminating a wood burning heating device, e.g., fireplace or wood stove. I wonder if someone could also get the $3,000 tax credit in addition? A replacement for a home central air system (HVAC unit) with a heat pump plus installation could cost around$20k. On Sun, Sep 24, 2023, 5:09 PM Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> wrote: ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sun, Sep 24, 2023 at 2:39 PM Subject: Fwd: Big news heat pumps. No brainer!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023 To all! This is big news!! Big push to get heat pumps installed. Give us a $3000refundable tax credit for one and millions of homeowners will buy one; Governors, Biden administration push to quadruple efficient heating, AC units by 2030 | AP News California seems to be part of the "US Climate Alliance' that will push to quadruple thenumber of heat pumps in use by 2030. What specifically is the State of Californiadoing now, in September, 2023, to make this happen? I suggest that a $3,000refundable tax credit would hasten the process. It would wrt me. I look at heat pumps and it looks like I would need one costing ~$4,500. Heat pumps appear to cut the use of natural gas if that is what your current rooftopfurnace uses. In California's Central Valley these are on the roof. I would then be left using natural gas in my hot water heater and in my gas-fired clothes dryer. MOST of myannual nat. gas bill comes from using nat. gas for heating in the winter. Maybe a heat pump uses NO natural gas to heat a home- the impression I get. If so, one of these wouldbe a God-send. Then they also use way less e- than conventioinal A/C in the summer to cool your house. Where do I sign up?? Can you believe what you are reading? California | Members | U.S. Climate Alliance (usclimatealliance.org) We need to hear from Newsom's office what specific State tax breaks are availablenow to homeowners who have a heat pump installed to replace their current heatingand A/C unit. If none are, the Governor and the legislature needs to get them in place.Homeowners would respond enthusiastically if heat pumps cut way back on the nat. gas they use in the winter and the e- they use for A/C in the summer. I know I would. Why do we need a "refundable tax credit" for having a heat pump installed? Fromthe link below, we see that "There are two types of tax credit: 1) Refundable tax credit: This can get you a tax refund when you don't owe anytax. 2) Non-refundable tax credit: If the credits are greater than the tax you owe, they willreduce your tax to zero, but you won't receive the balance as a refund. Refundable tax credit: You'll receive the entire amount of the credit. If the credit exceeds the tax yoiu owe, you'll receive the remaining amount as a tax refund. Even if you owe NO TAXES, you can apply for and receive a refundable taxcredit. If you qualify, you'll receive the entire amount as a tax refund. 5 Things You Should Know about Refundable Tax Credits - TurboTax Tax Tips & Videos (intuit.com) This would be, and is, a God-send in terms of reducing GHG emissions!! and in termsof reducing the e- load on the grid. All of that e- saved in the summer on A/C will help fuel the EVs. There has been a big question as to where the grid is going to get the e- for them. We need a nice refundable tax credit in the IRC and in the State tax codes for installingheat pumps. Legislatures and Congress should make enacting those a high priority. One article above says that there is a shortage of installers of heat pumps. Maybe we need a federal program to train them. Sort of a "Heat Pump Installer Corps." We read that now the California State Insurance Commissioner, Mr. Lara, is going tolead an effort to write new regulations governing how insurers calculate homeowners insurance rates. Many public hearings will be held over the next year to gather input forthe new regs. I find articles, and have sent emails recently, indicating that insurance companies consider the following risks in setting homeowners insurance rates: The risk ofwildfires, floods, wind damage and heat. I looked up my home, see the recent email about this in which you can do that, and found that the risks for my home from wildfires, floods, and wind damage are very low. Ido have a risk from heat, it says. I am not sure what the damage from heat can be, but we do get heat in Fresno, Ca. in the summer. If the problem there is the cost of cooling myhome in the form of high PG&E bills, well, I don't submit claims to State Farm for high PG&E bills. But if that is the risk from heat, think of how my having a heat pump tohugely reduce my summer PG&E bills could help with my homeowners insurance rates from State Farm. I am suggesting here that the widespread installation of heat pumps could enter intoand lower the cost of homeower's insurance if policy holders' dealing with heat in the summer is raising the cost of that insurance. This heat pump phenomenon should befront and center in the new regs developed over the next year in California wrthomeowners insurance pricing. As such, the California legislature will have anadditional reason to enact a refundable tax credit for heat pump adoption. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Tom DuBois To:Clerk, City; Council, City Subject:Fwd: Item #11 City Recognition and City Paid Holidays Date:Sunday, October 1, 2023 3:09:34 PM Attachments:Staff Report 9549.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I am resending my letter a refresher on this item since the item has been delayed ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Tom DuBois <tom.dubois@gmail.com> Date: Thu, Sep 7, 2023 at 2:44 PMSubject: Item #11 City Recognition and City Paid Holidays To: <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org> Council members, Action Item #11 asks you to consider additional holidays for City staff. I think you would best be served by breaking the discussion into two components - which holidays to recognize and separately how many total paid holidays there should be. I suggest that if you add additional paid days with our labor groups that you secure transparency in labor negotiations in exchange for the added benefits. The council and HRC have had multiple discussions on holidays, and I am confident that you will have a vigorous discussion and recognize all the appropriate days. I am writing to you because of my concern on the second issue - the number of paid holidays in total. Discussion of additional paid holidays are best handled as part of the labor negotiation process in order to discuss trade offs and concessions for additional benefits. As the staff report highlights, the cost of an additional holiday is $735,000 in salary, plus additional overtime cost required in several departments that must be staffed during holidays plus the loss of productivity from one fewer day of work in the calendar year. You should also consider the impact of the city being closed while businesses and other agencies are open and doing business. While the total is unstated in the report, it is clear that this is a significant total cost. By any standard, but particularly when comparing Palo Alto to other California cities, we have a quite rich benefits program for our employees. Additional paid vacation days are not required from a benefit perspective or to be “competitive” with other cities. On Feb 26, 2018, the City Council unanimously approved a colleagues memo regarding transparency in labor negotiations. I’m attaching the follow up finance committee report from Sept of that year. I hope you will read it, it includes verbatim minutes of the council meeting discussion. The idea was to copy several other cities that make their labor negotiations more transparent by making formal offers public within 48 hours with accompanying fiscal analysis. The memo noted that such a change was subject to “Meet and Confer” discussions which would be held at the “appropriate time”. That time has yet to come. While transparency in itself is a benefit for the public, the feeling was that something would need to be given to employees in order for labor groups to agree to transparency. If Council wants to consider an additional paid holiday, I think Palo Alto residents would be well served by including in the meet and confer discussion the requirement to adopt the council approved labor negotiation transparency changes in exchange for an additional paid day off. Thank you for your consideration. I am available if you have any questions or comments. Best, Tom DuBois From:Aram James To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed; moore2j@att.net; sallen6444@yahoo.com; Human Relations Commission;voteshanasegal@gmail.com; becker.josh@gmail.com; Mila.Zelkha@asm.ca.gov Subject:PM Modi’s Hindu nationalism stokes tension in Indian diaspora Date:Sunday, October 1, 2023 11:16:32 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof 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. PM Modi’s Hindu nationalism stokes tension in Indian diasporahttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=6c8b068c-f467- 4118-9801-533fd683024d&appcode=SAN252&eguid=3767620d-f4d5-4cc5-82f3-a8ba4b47fb74&pnum=35# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: From:Aram James To:sallen6444@yahoo.com; moore2j@att.net; Council, City; becker.josh@gmail.com; Shikada, Ed; Human RelationsCommission Subject:Time for the blame game on homelessness to end( Mercury News, Sunday, Oct 1,2023 Date:Sunday, October 1, 2023 11:10:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Time for the blame game on homelessness to endhttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=46bfb609-b18f- 4d99-9d42-83dddc334b5b&appcode=SAN252&eguid=3767620d-f4d5-4cc5-82f3-a8ba4b47fb74&pnum=29# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Lauing, Ed; Shikada, Ed; KP14him@aol.com; Wagner, April; Council, City;dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; editor@paweekly.com; emibach@padailypost.com; Reifschneider, James;javier.ortega@bos.sccgov.org; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com;michael.squires@propublica.org; michelle.osorio@bos.sccgov.org; sallen6444@yahoo.com Subject:Systemic racism pervades US police and justice systems, UN Mechanism on Racial Justice in Law Enforcement says in new report urging reform Date:Saturday, September 30, 2023 3:06:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 2:32 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/09/systemic-racism-pervades-us-police-and-justice-systems-un-mechanism-racial From:Aram James To:kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; KP14him@aol.com; sallen6444@yahoo.com;dennis.r.burns@gmail.com; Shikada, Ed; javier.ortega@bos.sccgov.org; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April;michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; michelle.osorio@bos.sccgov.org; emibach@padailypost.com;michael.squires@propublica.org; Council, City; Lauing, Ed; editor@paweekly.com Date:Saturday, September 30, 2023 2:32:57 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.ohchr.org/en/press-releases/2023/09/systemic-racism-pervades-us-police-and-justice-systems-un-mechanism-racial From:Magrissa Funnie To:Council, City; Becchetti, Benjamin Subject:RV Encampment on Fabian Way Date:Saturday, September 30, 2023 1:18:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Good morning, I would like to address the RV Encampment on Fabian Way. I would like to thank Officer Ben for doing a wonderful job on clearing the abandoned boat, cars and RVs in a timely manner. He was a great surprise to the neighborhood that had lost hope in the cars and boats that was being used by unsavory people. But the job of city council is to make people feel safe in the communities. We don’t! there is so much more RVs on the street that are not registered and abandoned that the people living in them don’t own them. The trash is left behind, rats and mice are around. We don’t even want to by that side of street. People had RVs camped there so long people started putting up tarps that blend in the wall of the buildings and camfolage themselves into the buildings. Now you see them now you don’t! Street lighting is so dim you can’t see me, which isn’t saying much because I’m an African Women. What we need is: 1. remove more cars, RVs 2. Better street lighting so you can at least see me 3. Street cleaning 4. Police patrol car that doesn’t always come down the street at the same time every nite, he is so consistent that I even know his patrol times. Please get him to switch it up a little. Don’t be predictable. Also, el Camino a public highway even gets a break during game days. What does Stanford have that Fabian Way doesn’t. All of el Camino is cleared and the street are clean today why because of the game. Discrimination! We pay taxes too! Do your jobs! The sign posted on RVs for Stanford say regardless of your reasons for not moving your RV on game day YOU will be towed. Strong language only on game day! Use that language when it comes to Fabian Way! Thank you Sent from my iPhone From:Hamilton Hitchings To:Council, CityCc:Lait, Jonathan; French, AmySubject:Please Support Monday"s Staff"s Electrification & Noise Ordinance + 1 minor enhancementDate:Saturday, September 30, 2023 9:21:45 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I support staff’s proposed Electrification and Noise changes that passed the PTC 7-0 These will enable more homes in Palo Alto to convert their gas heating and cars to run on 100% Palo Alto Utility renewable electricity Staff has thoughtfully crafted an ordinance that allows us to convert from gas to electricity while really minimizing neighborhood ambient noise and in some cases actually lowering it compared to what is currently allowed in practice The proposed changes will just enable myself to install an electric HVAC heat pump that I submitted a permit application over a year ago However, any reduction in noise levels below what staff has proposed or increases in setbacks would prevent me from installing electric HVAC heat pump Although a lot of folks want to place their electric heat pump in their side yard, the proposed ordinance still makes this very difficult because you really need at least 55 or ideally 56 decibels (dba) at 4 feet from the property line to enable this. Unfortunately, the current ordinance only allows 52 decibels at 4 feet. A good example is my neighbor who even with this ordinance as written cannot place a heat pump in the desired side yard because he needs three more decibels to do so. Three more decibels is considered barely perceptible change. Thus I suggest council enable more residents to be able to place a heat pump HVAC in their side yard by making this small change Grant a bonus 3 dba for Table 1 column 2 (urban area) in section 9.10.030 at the property line for variable speed heat pumps where a solid fence or other sound barrier dampens noise to their closest neighbor without requiring a sound study. Note, a five foot high fence very roughly reduces sound by 6 decibels for the neighbor In addition, with these variable speed heat pumps, it’s very unlikely they will be running at full speed and maximum noise in the later evening as the sun goesdown and things cool off in the summer, which is when their neighbor is likely to have their window open. Although higher than surrounding cities, Los Altos allows 64 decibels at 6 feet from the property line with a fence for single speed air conditioning units whereas my proposed change would still be 8 decibels (dba) less than Los Altos. https://www.losaltosca.gov/sites/default/files/fileattachments/community_development/page/41491/air_conditioning_equipment_setbacks_handout_rev03- 2020.pdf I also would strongly recommend against going higher than 3 decibels above what staff proposes as you would be likely to receive noise complaints. Regardless, please pass the changes staff has put in front of you as we’ve already had to wait 10 months since PTC initially passed this for it to make it to council. Without this ordinance, many Palo Altans will continue to rely on gas heating and traditional loud air conditioning units. From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Dave Price; District1@bos.sccgov.org; DuJuan Green; Lauing, Ed; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; KEVIN JENSEN; Linda Jolley; Ortega, Javier; Robert.Jonson@shf.sccgov.org; Rosen, Jeff; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Perron, Zachary; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; libor.jany@latimes.com Subject:Re: Justice for Jarod Draper Date:Friday, September 29, 2023 8:00:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I signed it. On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 7:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Hey, I just signed the petition "Justice for Jarod Draper" and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name. Our goal is to reach 5,000 signatures and we need more support. You can read more andsign the petition here: https://chng.it/WZDY5mtLGG Thanks! Aram From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce - Board Member Nominations Date:Friday, September 29, 2023 1:05:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations to serve on the Palo Alto Chamber Board of Directors. Board - terms are for three-years beginning January 2024. Palo Alto Chamber Board members engage with chamber staff to ensure that the Chamber meets its mission and stated goals, and they act as ambassadors in ourcommunity to create a positive business climate. The Board represents a broad cross section of business and professional leaders in Palo Alto. Board members are asked to help build a vibrant business community, while providing expertise and sound business skills for a successful chamber. For more information contact Charlie Weidanz at charlie@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:Sriram Sankar To:ParkRec Commission Cc:Council, City; Srivatsan Laxman; Krishnakumar.mohandos@gmail.com Subject:Re: Use of Mitchell Park Tennis courts Date:Friday, September 29, 2023 9:54:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sriram.umr@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. As an update, I noticed that all the signs at Mitchell Park have been changed to read "Dawn to 10pm" (from 8am to 10pm). This has happened in the last couple of days. Assuming this is inline with the official city policy, this is good. But it will still be useful to verify that this is indeed the official city policy. And my other request still remains - to consider reducing thenumber of courts that coaches can reserve to 1 court from the current 2 courts. Thanks, Sriram On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 4:42 PM Sriram Sankar <sriram.umr@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Committee Members, First I hope this is the correct email address to send this email to. We (cc'd on the email) are Palo Alto residents that regularly play tennis at the Mitchell Parkcourts in the mornings. We have been doing this for over 3 years now. Last Sunday, we were kicked out of Court #2 at 7.30am by a coach who said he had reserved the court for a lesson. The sign outside the courts says that coaches have priorityfor Courts #1 and #2 every day from 8am to 10pm. When I mentioned this to the coach, he told me that the sign is wrong and that he could kick us out as early as 6am. So our first question is regarding the sign - we'd like to know if the sign is wrong or if thecoach is wrong. If the sign is wrong, it should be changed. The other (more important) question we have is on this policy. Regardless of whether it is 6am or 8am, it seems excessive for half of the four Mitchell Park courts to be set aside forlessons. It would have been OK when we had 7 tennis courts at Mitchell Park, but now 3 of them have been converted to pickle ball courts. So we have only 4 courts remaining. We could go to other courts - but the Hoover courts do not have lights, and the Rinconadacourts are far away (some of us live in the Barron Park area, I live in Midtown - so Mitchell Park is the most convenient). Is there any way you are able to consider changing this policy to one court only that isreserved for lessons? One court out of four courts seems more reasonable. Thank you, Sriram From:Hilary Glann To:Council, City Subject:350SV Palo Alto Supports Adjusting Setback Limits to Support heat pumps Date:Friday, September 29, 2023 9:22:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, When considering the setback between a neighbor’s property and a heat pump water or space heater, it’s important to find an appropriate balance if we are to meet our 80 x 30 climate protection goals. Most homes in Palo Alto are built with a 6-foot side yard setback. When installing heat pump equipment to reduce local pollution and carbon emissions, most homeowners will choose to put their heat pumps in a side yard along with other utility equipment, allowing for other uses of their front or back yards. However, the proposed ordinance about noise from heat pumps would make it nearly impossible for many residents to use their side yards for this purpose. The proposed ordinance calls for a noise level of less than 50 decibels at the property line nearest to the heat pump. But this is less than typical sounds that we experience every day, such as normal speech (around 60 decibels) and the noise level inside a car (typically 65 - 70 decibels). Since heat pumps operate most intensely during very cold or very hot periods — which is exactly when adjoining residents would be likely to keep their windows closed – the sound will be attenuated. Also, modern inverter heat pumps (which are becoming more popular) are generally quieter than their standard decibel rating since they vary the speed at which their compressors work and rarely reach the highest decibel number at which they are rated. So a heat pump space heater/cooler rated at 60 decibels might operate at less than 50 decibels most of the time. For these reasons, we strongly encourage Palo Alto to look into the higher decibel allowances permitted by other cities such as Portland, Chicago, and Houston — and modify the proposed ordinance so that it would allow for the majority of Palo Alto residents to take advantage of the benefits of heat pumps, without taking up space in their front or back yards. To meet our 80-by-30 climate goals, we must not let "the perfect be the enemy of the good." Thank you for making a change in the proposal. Sincerely, Andrea Gara, Co-Leader, 350SV Palo Alto Climate Action Hilary Glann, Co-Leader, 350SV Palo Alto Climate Action From:Bruce Hodge To:Council, CitySubject:Comments and proposals regarding proposed revisions to Palo Alto"s noise ordinanceDate:Thursday, September 28, 2023 8:02:39 PMAttachments:PastedGraphic-2.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from hodge@tenaya.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilmembers, I hope many if not most of you are familiar with a revised noise ordinance proposed by staff which will be coming in front of Council next Monday on October 2nd. We believe that the proposed revisions are a step forward in some ways, but ultimately they will prevent many Palo Alto residents from replacing their current fossil-fueled furnaces with quiet, efficient heat pump HVAC units. Staff neglected until very recently to account for the different noice properties of modern heat-pump condenser units which use a variable speed inverter motor that result in significantly quieter units. In their report, staff has left an opening for Council explore revisions that would allow these variable-speed inverter condensers to be installed in more situations. We argue that the revisions should be augumented to allow installations of inverter technology condensers in all side yards that are at least 6 feet in depth. The condenser would be installed almost flush with the building and leave a minimum of 3 to 4 feet from the property line. This is the worst case scenario, and side yards of greater depth would allow greater distances from the property line. Below is the email we sent to Jonathan Lait and Amy French, and cc’ed to Jonathan Abendshein and Brad Eggleston. Note that we offer several other related climate friendly suggestions worth of consideration. Your actions and support for a more climate friendly approach in the upcoming meeting are critical and we’re counting on you to make this happen. Best, Bruce Hodge Bret Andersen Carbon Free Palo AltoCarbon Free Silicon Valley Hi Jonathan & Amy, Bruce Hodge and Bret Andersen here from Carbon Free Palo Alto and Carbon Free Silicon Valley. We’re writing to make comments about the proposal particularly with respect to electrification equipment, and to propose modifications that would align the ordinance more closely with Palo Alto’s S/CAP climate goals. Motivation We understand that one of the intentions of the changes is to relax the noise requirements for installation of electric heat pump condensers in side yards. We believe that the goal of the noise ordinance changes should be to establish limits that enable outdoor heat pump compressor installations for most homes. This is required in order to meet the city’s goals for equitable electrification by 2030 in Palo Alto. Based on the city’s zone map, a significant portion, possibly the majority, of our residents will need to be able to install condensers in narrow side yards as a practical way to avoid renewing their investments in gas furnaces. Comments 1. Side yards are often the most practical place to install outdoor condensers based on building configuration, installation cost, aesthetics and noise concerns. 2. The map of residential zones indicates that a majority of homes potentially have the 6-foot setback constraint assuming that most homes are built out to this limit. The side yard setbacks by zone in Palo Alto are shown on p20 of Single-Family Zoning Technical Manual (PDF, 4MB) R-1 has 6’ setbacks between properties R-1 7000-20000 are Special zones with 8’ setbacks Zone R-1 appears to be the majority of coverage on the Zoning Map 3. Table 1 in Paragraph (c) of section 9.10.030 allows for the needed option to put equipment within 3 feet of the property line. However, in the 50 dBA area the allowed sound levels will exclude the vast majority of available HVAC equipment on the market today within minimum side yard setbacks. Note that the average / median level of existing equipment is 56-58 dBA according to the consultants report. The attached table of inverter technology condensers available from Trane/Mitsubishi show a range of 50-59 dBA. Daikin promotes their quieter inverter systems at 57dBA at this link. The ranges are similar from other manufacturers. In fact, the majority of new heat pump condensers being installed today probably utilize inverter technology. The city noise ordinance should not prevent residents from availing themselves of mainstream inverter heat pump HVAC technology and the significant public incentives available. 4. We see no reason for requiring a substantially stricter noise limit west of Foothill Expressway for modern heat pump condensers utilizing variable speed inverter pump technology. 5. With respect to variable speed inverter technology in condenser units, it must be noted that these fans never run at 100% speed for long intervals and are more typically running at much lower speeds and noise levels. For example, see the graph below taken from the Trane brochure that compares the fan speeds of non- inverter units to inverter units. Anecdotally, many customers report that the noise levels are exceedingly quiet in practice. A comparison with single or dual speed condenser noise levels on average and maximum would help inform the decision about sound limits. Proposed modifications and actions 1. Provide a separate Table 2 in section 9.10.030 - that allows the installation of inverter technology condensers with maximum noise levels in the range of 58-60 dBA in 6 foot side yards. 2. For paragraph 9.10.030 (a), the city should assist residents by providing a map or a table to determine the ambient noise level for a given building address. This would make it easier for residents to install equipment in known higher ambient noise zones. 3. Provide analysis of the practical impact of the noise limits on the installation of heat pump condensers and the related impact upon the 80/30 S/CAP climate goals. a. What percentage of the currently installed devices would qualify under the new rules? b. Which devices are likely to qualify for 6 and 8’ setback yards and which also meet the EnergyStar specs that are needed to qualify for some incentives? c. Ask the noise consultant for 8760 data on noise emissions from variable speed condenser units in our climate zone. (8760 implies data once an hour over an entire year - i.e 8760 = 365 * 24) Conclusion We strongly feel that this existing proposal will continue to significantly restrict the ability of the residential community to electrify their heating and cooling needs in line with the 80/30 goal. It needs more discussion and revision. Lastly, please note the recent announcement of a goal to install 20 million heat pumps in the US by 2030: https://rmi.org/what-a-20-million-heat-pump-commitment-means- for-the-us/. This is mainstream activity now. Thanks and hope to hear from you shortly as we understand this is coming to council on Oct 2nd. Sincerely, Bruce Hodge - Chairperson Bret Andersen - Board member Carbon Free Palo Alto Carbon Free Silicon Valley From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce News & Updates - September 28, 2023 Date:Thursday, September 28, 2023 3:39:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NEWS & UPDATES - September 28, 2023 2023 Annual Athena Awards 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch Makers Market Brunch - Sunday 12th Avenidas Housing Conference el PRADO Holiday Special Sibling Cities Town Halls Stanford Otho Acute Injury Clinic 2023 PATMA Commute Survey Community Guide and Member Directory Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce proudly presents the 2023 Annual ATHENA® Awards Thursday, October 19, 2023 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Sheraton Palo Alto 625 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94301 >REGISTER ONLINE< HONORING 2023 Athena Leadership AwardWinners Athena Leadership Award Michele Lew Michele Lew CEO The Health Trust Athena Emerging Professional Leadership Award Jesse Ebner Jesse Ebner Vice President Premier Properties Fees/Admission Individual Tickets: $125 Table Sponsorship (8 guests with preferred location and signage): $1,000 Individual tickets and table sponsorships are available through October 12th - REGISTER ONLINE Learn More 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch 2023 Great Glass Pumpkin Patch Flyer Saturday - Sunday September 30 - October 1 Palo Alto Art Center1313 Newell Road Palo Alto, CA 94303 Learn More Makers Market Brunch @ Wild Onion Bistro & Bar Makers Market Brunch Spend the final moments of summer at Palo Alto’s Wild Onion Bistro & Bar in Hotel Citrine for a Makers Market Brunch this Sunday, October 4th, from 11am to 2pm. In addition to its California-inspired bistro brunch menu, guests can mix, mingle and shop with local artisans and makers at mini pop-up shops located throughout the restaurant's outdoor patio. Featured makers: @tinyrightbrain, @kailunaco, @the_eclection_shop, @ chaparralmade, @aturalsbynisha, @saltwater._.society, @dancingbeeblends, @chanteuseshades, @ stitchesbytiff, @kawaiiglassco Reservations here. Those who make advanced RSVPs on Eventbrite will receive a complimentary glass of bubbles with their brunch. Dine in only. Makers Market Brunch will return later this year for the holiday season. To find out more and learn about other events at Wild Onion, sign up for the newsletter here. Wild Onion is located at Hotel Citrine at 750 San Antonio Road in Palo Alto. 12th Avenidas Housing Converence 12th Avenidas Housing Conference Saturday, October 14, Avenidas is co-sponsoring with the City of Palo Alto, “Create Your Housing Blueprint for Successful Aging” Conference at Mitchell Park Community Center. Please join us for this free event (you have the opportunity to order a box lunch for $20—sign up at registration.) Learn More and Register for Free el PRADO Holiday Special el PRADO Holiday Special Flyer Book your holiday party with el PRADO during the promotional period, and you will receive a complimentary night stay certificate to be used towards our luxurious accommodations. It's the perfect addition to your employee holiday raffle! Must book between Sept 27 - November 20, 2023 Holiday party must actualize before 12/31/23 Call: 650-323-1912 Email: eventservices@elpradopa.com Sibling Cities Town Halls Flyer Want to help knit this country back together? Ready to listen with curiosity and empathy to residents of Palo Alto’s Sibling City, Bloomington, Indiana? Curious what they think about how to get along, climate action, and race and belonging? Want to share your views and build friendship, trust, and respect across the miles? Come to a Town Hall where Palo Altans will gather in person and connect by videoconference with a room full of people in Bloomington. Co-sponsored by the cities of Palo Alto and Bloomington, these events aim to renew our public square and offer opportunities to discuss tough issues with fellow Americans distant fromus. Two more Town Halls will be held on Sunday afternoons from 1-3 pm: Climate Action, October 8 Race & Belonging, November 12 In Palo Alto, we’ll gather at the Mitchell Park Community Center, 3700 Middlefield Road for conversation, comparing and contrasting how these issues arise in each of our communities and sharing both concerns and potential solutions. To register, go to www.siblingcitiesusa.org/events or use this QR code: Sibling Cities USA is a non-profit organization that fosters relationships between city pairs using three pillars of Connection: Community, Commerce, and Civil Discourse. Palo Alto and Bloomington have engaged in numerous joint activities over the last year to get to know each other and develop friendship and respect. Join the movement! Stanford Otho Acute Injury Clinic Stanford Otho Acute Injury Clinic Stanford Healthcare is pleased to announce the opening of the Acute Injury Clinic in Redwood City, where patients with acute injuries can self-schedule for same day or next day appts. Patients can self-schedule directly here: https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical- clinics/acute-injury-program.html This clinic is for patients age 14 and older who have: Acute joint pain Achilles tendon tear Crushed fingers and toes Elbow ligament injuries, including ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injury Knee injuries, such as anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear, medial collateral ligament (MCL) tear, meniscus tear, and knee ligament injuries Muscle tears, such as biceps, quadriceps, or hamstrings Shoulder pain and problems, including dislocated shoulder, separated shoulder, and rotator cuff injury Sprains and strains Stress fractures We are unable to treat patients age 13 and younger and people with certain injuries or conditions, including: Chronic orthopaedic conditions, such as arthritis or bursitis Back or neck injury Open fractures or lacerations (cut) For More Information: Acute Injury Program | Stanford Health Care 2023 Commute Survey to better understand the commute habits and preferences of Palo Alto workersCommute Survey Header - Woman riding on a bike in a city. The Palo Alto Transportation Management Association (PATMA) is conducting their annual commute survey for workers in the University Ave Downtown and California Ave areas through Friday, Oct 5, 2023. Your participation in this 3 minute survey will help the non-profit improve program offerings. PATMA urges people who telecommute to also complete the survey. Enter into a prize drawing at the end of the survey for a chance to win a Patagonia Black Hole duffel bag or 1 of 10 $25 gift cards to spend in Palo Alto. Take the Survey Online or use your smartphone camera to take a photo of this QR code and you will be directed to the survey. Survey QR Code Questions? survey@paloaltotma.org Flyer Españnol Community Guide and Member Directory 2024 Community Guide and Member Directory Flyer Contact ariffel@tspubsdigital.com for more information. See Our Upcoming Events Learn More About The Chamber ​ PALO ALTO CHAMBER & VISITORS CENTER 355 ALMA STREET | PALO ALTO | CA | 94301 | 650-324-3121 WWW.PALOALTOCHAMBER.COM This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe click here. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email atinfo@paloaltochamber.com. From:Charlene Kussner To:Council, City; City Mgr Cc:Li Li; Steve Sandholtz; Stephen Reller; Dean Mattsson; Kallas, Emily Subject:Palo Alto Commons, Ph 2 added units entitlement, Neighbor Outreach Night Date:Thursday, September 28, 2023 2:48:39 PM Attachments:CommunityOutreach Palo Alto Commons Event Oct 11.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good Afternoon~ We are working with Planning Staff member Emily Kallas on an entitlement pre-application for our property located at 4041 El Camino Way (Palo Alto Commons, Senior Assisted Living). We presented our preliminary information/request to City Council for their review and comment at the Monday August 8th meeting. The Council members reviewed the package and we had some public comment from two adjacent property owners. On the advise of Council and staff, we are ready to host our neighbors to discuss their concerns of our entitlement request. We will have detailed exhibits regarding the Building Plane impact/shadow effects and we will have a stick & tape outline on the physical building which will show the proposed 2nd and 3rd story unit addition’s physical outline to provide real life image of the entitlement request. We have reached out to our to our Wilkie Way neighbors and have invited them to Palo Alto Commons, The Avant Building, on Wednesday October 11th. The invitation is attached. We would like to encourage City Council and staff to attend this informative meeting as well. Please contact me with any questions. Thanks so much~ Thank You~ Charlene Kussner | Director of Acquisition and Development (She/Her/Hers) charlene@wqliving.comwqliving.com C: 951.757.2571 Corporate Office: 185 South State Street, Suite 1300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111 CA Office: Wellquest of Menifee Lakes, 29914 Antelope Road, Menifee CA 92586 THIS MESSAGE CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL(S) NAMED. IF YOU ARE NOT THE NAMED ADDRESSEE(S) YOU SHOULD NOT DISSEMINATE, DISTRIBUTE OR COPY THIS E-MAIL. PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER IMMEDIATELY BY E-MAIL IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS E-MAIL BY MISTAKE AND DELETE THIS E-MAIL FROM YOUR SYSTEM. E-MAIL TRANSMISSION CANNOT BE GUARANTEED TO BE SECURE OR ERROR-FREE AS INFORMATION COULD BE INTERCEPTED, CORRUPTED, LOST, DESTROYED, ARRIVE LATE OR INCOMPLETE, OR CONTAIN VIRUSES. 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RCFE # 435200706 Li Li Executive Director 650-494-0670 lli@wqliving.com L ig ht horse d’oeuv res will be ser ved andLight ho rse d ’oeuvres w ill be s erved an d valet p arking w ill be availab le a t the entra ncevalet par king wil l b e av ail able at t he entrance From:Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo To:Council, City Subject:Halloween at the JMZ! Purchase Your Tickets Today Date:Thursday, September 28, 2023 12:00:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. 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Hi, Recently the Palo Alto city council reviewed a proposal for a privately funded 44-unit housing project for low-and-moderate income residents with a right of first refusal forteachers and staff of the Palo Alto Unified School District. The project followed HUD areamedian income guidelines for rents. Some council members were concerned that the rentsseemed high to them and they wondered if the project would be attractive to many teachersand staff. I spoke at the meeting about the time and cost savings of avoiding long commutes will affect what kind of rents people find attractive. After the meeting, I developed an example in an interactive spreadsheet and this memo explains the assumptions and results of my example, which was oriented to potential teacher commutes but is relevant to other situations as well. Some residents prefer the long commute for a variety of reasons and many residents do not have long commutes or are not interested in infill housing living arrangements. Yet the savings from avoiding a long commute are very large and will make the higher rents on the peninsula seem more attractive when rent costs, commute costs and the value of time savings are considered. Readers can adapt the spreadsheet to their own locations and assumptions and see theresulting savings. Steve 385 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 • phone (650) 321-8550 • www.ccsce.com 1 September 2023 The Time and Cost Savings of Avoiding a Long Commute Recently the Palo Alto city council reviewed a proposal for a privately funded 44-unit housing project for low-and-moderate income residents with a right of first refusal for teachers and staff of the Palo Alto Unified School District. The project followed HUD area median income guidelines for rents. Some council members were concerned that the rents seemed high to them and they wondered if the project would be attractive to many teachers and staff. I spoke at the meeting about the time and cost savings of avoiding long commutes will affect what kind of rents people find attractive. After the meeting, I developed an example in an interactive spreadsheet (Excel file, 13 Kb) and this memo explains the assumptions and results of my example, which was oriented to potential teacher commutes but is relevant to other situations as well. Here are my example assumptions: Commute cost savings Commute Costs Miles each way 50 Time each way (minutes) 60 IRS allowance for business use ($ per mile) * 0.655 * 65.5 cents is probably low for Bay Area as our gas prices are far above the national average https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-standard-mileage-rates- for-2023-business-use-increases-3-cents-per-mile Gasoline cost ($ per gallon) 5 Miles per gallon 20 Tolls per day ($) 7 Commute days per month ** 17 ** Most months have 21 or 22 weekdays and I used 17 days as a rough estimate to account for holidays and personal time 385 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 • phone (650) 321-8550 • www.ccsce.com 2 Below are the monthly savings from avoiding this 50-miles-each-way commute calculated as $65.50 a day for 17 days for the IRS estimate of driving costs; $25 a day for gasoline savings (100 miles at 20 miles a gallon and $5 a gallon); and $119 for toll savings ($7 a day for 17 days): IRS estimate of driving costs per month $1,113.50 Gasoline costs per month $425 Toll costs per month $119 Value of time savings Many workers are willing to trade money for less commuting. For example:  https://www.businessinsider.com/us-remote-workers-would- take-pay-cut-to-keep-wfh-2023-5  https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15004-survey-toll-of- commute.html  https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/banks/articles/cheaper-home- or-shorter-commute-heres-how-to-decide Part of this is saving on car costs as described above and part is valuing the time saved that can be used for personal or family time. Some sources (like the last link above) say to use 100% of the wage rate for the value of travel time saved. The U.S. and CA departments of transportation use 100% for business travel and 50% for personal travel. I used 50% and used a wage/salary rate of $40/hour roughly equivalent to $80,000 a year. So that equals $20 an hour of time saved. https://www.transportation.gov/sites/dot.gov/files/docs/USDOT%20V OT%20Guidance%202014.pdf (refer to page 15) https://dot.ca.gov/-/media/dot-media/programs/transportation- planning/documents/data-analytics-services/transportation- economics/cal-bc/2022-cal-bc/guides/cal-bc-81-parameter--guide-v1- a11y.pdf 385 Homer Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 • phone (650) 321-8550 • www.ccsce.com 3 This is actually the reverse case of workers willing to take a pay cut to continue working from home. In this example, workers are willing/able to pay more in rent to avoid the time and costs of commuting. Here are my assumptions for valuing the time savings: Hourly wage $40 % counted as value of time saved 0.5 Commute hours 2 Commute days 17 Value of time saved per month $680 So, if you save 2 hours a day for 17 days a month this comes to $680 a month using $20 an hour as the value of time saved. Adding commute cost savings and time value savings results in substantial savings to an individual who no longer needs to commute 50 miles a day each way. Assumptions like these are used regularly in evaluating the cost- benefit analysis of transportation projects. In my example they apply to the people interested in avoiding a long commute. Many workers currently live close to their jobs and some/many commuters prefer the commute in exchange for the benefits they see living where they are now. But from a societal perspective, we can and should count the reduction in GHG emissions, pollution, congestion and potentially new highway construction costs from housing that helps people avoid long commutes. Celebrating Six Decades of Sister City Friendship Join Neighbors Abroad on October 27 for a fundraising party celebrating our 60th anniversary of cultivating Palo Alto’s Sister City relationships! 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Updated Info on Opt Out 5G Symposium Friday 29th, 2023 Updated Info on Opt Out 5G Symposium Friday 29th, 2023 Ana Maria Mihalcea, MD, PhD - Updated Speaker List and Press Release View this email in your browser LWVPA Fall Kick Off Event Sunday, October 1, 2023 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm From:LWV Palo Alto Speaker SeriesTo:Council, CitySubject:Final Reminder: LWVPA Fall Kick Off Event with Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe SimitianDate:Tuesday, September 26, 2023 12:15:12 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from publicity@lwvpaloalto.org. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. The Foster Museum 940 Commercial St. Palo Alto Light Hors d’Oeuvres Will Be Served Join us for engaging conversation with our Guest Speaker. Bring a friend and introduce them to the League! 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I specifically elected our current leadership to figure out more ways to help landlords andincrease the distance between the billionaires and We The People - can't we all agree that Democracy was always a joke and we will be better off with New Feudalism? MARK WEISSI POSTED THIS ON THE WEEKLY WEBSITE BUT THEY OFTEN CENSOR MY VIEWS -- OF COURSE. PALO ALTO IRONY ALERTRE: Property owner seeks city's help to fill vacancy in Homer Avenue building Property owner seeks city's help to fill vacancy inHomer Avenue building Gennady Sheyner Citing anemic demand for downtown office space in the aftermath ofthe pandemic, a Palo Alto developer is asking... From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; Shikada, Ed Subject:Bike Palo Alto Is Back! Sunday, October 1, 1-3pm at Fairmeadow School, 500 East Meadow Drive Date:Tuesday, September 26, 2023 10:21:55 AM Attachments:image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council Members, Planning & Transportation Commissioners, City Staff, and Parks & Recreation Commissioners, We invite you to join us at this grassroots celebration of bicycling that guides riders to city parks and open spaces and helps them discover calmer, quieter Palo Alto in-town bike facilities they might not know about if they usually drive. Please feel free to share this announcement with anyone you know who may be interested. Thank you for all you do. Penny Ellson, Volunteer Community Team Member for Bike Palo Alto Bike Palo Alto Is Back! Explore. Discover Local Bicycle Routes. Sunday, October 1, 1-3pm at Fairmeadow School, 500 East Meadow Drive On Sunday, October 1 from 1-3 pm at Fairmeadow School, explore Palo Alto’s parks and open space and other fun destinations. Find little known bike bridges, off-road trails and quiet streets that make bicycling here easy and fun. This free event will also offer mini bike tune-ups, and a pop-up Traffic Safety "Garden" where young riders can practice bike skills on the school blacktop. Find how- to-fit-your-helmet help and bike safety information. Stop at a Stanford Research Park booth offering make-your-own trail mix to enjoy along the way and free rechargeable bike lights (while supplies last). Visit a booth where you can talk with planners about how to make Palo Alto walking and bicycling routes better. [REGISTER HERE] This grassroots event encourages people of all ages and abilities to bike more places more often. Choose and explore one of four mapped bike-friendly routes, enjoy free treats and fun activities along the way! Visit the home of the donkey from Shrek and his friends. Visit a sweet shop. Explore the Baylands Nature Preserve and learn about its amazing ecosystems. Ride an off-road bike path along the train tracks and find a train play structure in a local park. More bicycling adventures await. Find event details at https://bikepaloalto.org/ Virus-free.www.avg.com From:Aram James To:Council, City Subject:Leaders pave way for housing projects Date:Tuesday, September 26, 2023 9:35:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. . Leaders pave way for housing projects https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=0f4dd8b4-774f-40ec-9884-a1c723fb9677&appcode=SAN252&eguid=3aa4d7ce-e95a-4c90-91a4- 0d1bdb457c18&pnum=38# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: From:Sky Posse Post To:Council, City Cc:Supervisor Simitian Subject:Sky Posse"s Input to the FAA"s Noise Policy Review Solicitation Date:Tuesday, September 26, 2023 8:56:43 AM Attachments:Sky Posse Palo Alto Input to FAA Noise Policy Review.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from skypossepost@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, Attached please find Sky Posse Palo Alto's Input to the FAA's Noise Policy ReviewSolicitation which has been posted to the Federal Register and can also be found at, https://downloads.regulations.gov/FAA-2023-0855-2897/attachment_1.pdf We encourage you to take a close look at the 800+ individual comments that we shared fromour petition, found in the last section. As well as some background of the Select Committeeeffort which we have previously written to you about. We have let the City Manager know that many of the inputs that we are receiving are aboutSLEEP! This is a Mid-Peninsula priority that the Select Committee addressed at length butthere has been no follow up on from the FAA, or the regional efforts Best regards, Sky Posse Palo Alto From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Please Join Us to Celebrate the 2023 ATHENA Winners: Michele Lew and Jesse Ebner Date:Tuesday, September 26, 2023 8:02:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. athena-logo Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce proudly presents the 2023 Annual ATHENA® Awards The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce announces the 2023 Awards Thursday, October 19, 2023 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Sheraton Palo Alto 625 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94301 >REGISTER ONLINE< HONORING Athena Leadership Award 2023 Athena Leadership AwardWinners Michele Lew Michele Lew CEO The Health Trust Athena Emerging Professional Leadership Award Jesse Ebner Jesse Ebner Vice President Premier Properties PROGRAM 5:30 P.M. - 6:45 P.M. Arrivals and Reception 7:00 P.M. Welcome, Introductions and Acknowledgments Charlie Weidanz, President & CEO, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Jon Goldman, Board President, Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Presentation of the 2023 Annual ATHENA® Leadership Award Honorees: Michele Lew CEO, The Health Trust Jesse Ebner Vice President, Premier Properties Honoree Remarks Closing Fees/Admission Individual Tickets: $125 Table Sponsorship (8 guests with preferred location and signage): $1,000 Individual tickets and table sponsorships are available through October 12th - REGISTER The ATHENA award is given to honor exceptional women leaders who demonstrate the highest levels of professional excellence, give back to their communities and, most importantly, assist other women in realizing their full leadership potential – and it is an international award, having been given to more than 6,500 recipients in over 500 cities and 8 countries. Locally it is awarded by our ®​ Chamber of Commerce. 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This free discovery event will also offer mini bike tune-ups, a pop-up Traffic Safety "Garden", helmet safety fittings, a "Create your Own Trail Mix" snack station and free rechargeable bike lights (limited while supplies last), and a booth where you can talk with planners who work to make our city’s walking and bicycling routes better. Go to www.bikepaloalto.org to register. Volunteer for Bike Palo Alto! We are also looking for volunteers. Sign up here [LINK] to volunteer. Volunteers will receive free “I Bike Palo Alto T-shirts”. Secondary students can volunteer for community service credits. If you want to take part in the ride, we can accommodate you to do both. Don't miss this opportunity to discover why bicycling in Palo Alto is a way of life for so many local people! More information [LINK]. Email Bike Palo Alto with questions. From:Mj Wolf To:PWD; Reynolds, Brian Cc:Council, City; City Mgr; Mark and Amanda; jue cheng; Caroline Gabarino; Karen Law Subject:Street signage at San Carlos Court and Middlefield Date:Monday, September 25, 2023 8:57:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I want to bring your attention to the street signage at the intersection of San Carlos Court and Middlefield Road. The attached photos show how the tree branches are blocking the street sign(San Carlos Court and Middlefield) and also the Stop sign. This intersection is frequented not only by San Carlos Court residents but also by patients who are entering and exiting the 2875 Middlefield Road dental offices. Pedestrians and bicyclists usethe sidewalk that crosses this intersection, especially children who are coming and going to Greene Middle School and Keys School. Considering that since the start of the school year therehave already been two accidents involving drivers and children, I hope that you will consider the safety of pedestrians and bicyclists and give priority to this dangerous situation. Respectfully,Mimi Wolf 745 San Carlos Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306650.245.6434 From:lchiapella@juno.com To:French, Amy Cc:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Fw: 2901 Middlefield Road PC Date:Monday, September 25, 2023 6:37:12 PM Attachments:Message.msg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I have requested to see the modified PC for 2901 Middlefield Road. No response from the City yet. The current owner of the property has not maintained his trees and landscape over the years of ownership. The current landscape project at the site is concurrent with his request before City Council. As part of the new PC the property owner is requesting there should be an enforceable landscape and maintenance stipulation. Please inform me if and when the modified PC is available.