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February 5, 2024 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: 2/5/2024 Document dates: 1/29/2024 – 2/5/2024 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Nat Fisher To:Council, City Subject:702 Ellsworth Place item on consent today Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 12:46:36 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sukiroo@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and members of the City Council, City Staff have changed line item 2 of the approved motion of December 11, 2023, and they have chosen to avoid line item 3 via deferral. Neither of these points respects the Council motion. Please vote to remove item 7 from the agenda on February 5, 2024, and fix the language of the ordinance to maintain the safety measures approved by the Council. Thank you. Ellsworth Place Resident Natalie Fisher From:Amber McGee To:Council, City Cc:WeWork Community Team at 3101 Park Blvd Subject:City Council Public Comment | Park Blvd | RV Parking Concern Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 12:41:55 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from amber.mcgee@wework.com. Learn why thisis important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, We represent local businesses located on Park Blvd in Palo Alto, concerned about the RV's parked up and down the street of Park Boulevard and the lack of enforcement by the City ofPalo Alto despite clear time restrictions noted. These vehicles are parked continuously for days and weeks on end, creating an eye sore, and inhibiting the safe exit of our cars from private parking lots - we have no continuousenforcement taking place by the Local Police Department and are asking that the vehicles illegally parked are addressed. Our concern is the vehicles' placement along our commercial street creates a hazard,obstructing drivers from seeing cyclists, pedestrians and oncoming traffic. As this is a business district, this means that many people are also riding bikes and walking as well, which adds tothe unsafe conditions the parked RV's create. We are imploring the City of Palo Alto to use our taxes dollars for effective and continuous enforcement of these RVs rather than waiting for our business to write to you to complainabout the lack thereof. Thank you! From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:RSVP Today: Chamber Mixer & Networking Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 12:23:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto Chamber Mixer & Networking Event with NonProfit Board Match Chamber Mixer and NonProfit Volunteer Match Connect with fellow professionals & business owners: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Hanahaus Palo Alto 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Hosted By: The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Special Keynote Speaker: Christian Butzlaff Chief Sustainability Solution Architect, SAP Topic: SAP as an Exemplar and Enabler of Sustainability Food & Beverages provided by Tacolicous >RSVP Online Today Bonus: Get a Free Professional Headshot! HanaHaus has partnered with local photographer, Dean Birinyi, to offer FREE complimentary headshots at the event so you can kick off 2024 with a brand-new LinkedIn profile picture! If you would like to secure your spot for a professional headshot in advance, please use this calendar link. Expand Your Network and Leadership Our NonProfits are looking for interested business leaders & volunteers as potential committee members or Board Members for their NonProfit. Here's some of the NonProfits you can match with at the event: Achieve Kids Avenidas Channing House Gamble Garden Jr Museum & ZooKarat School Project La Comida de California Neighbors Abroad Palo Alto Community Child CarePalo Alto Community Fund Palo Alto Players PAST Heritage Sibling Cities USAYMCA We look forward to seeing you there! Members: FREE Non-Members: $25 >RSVP Now< 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:Katie Causey To:Amie Ashton Cc:Council, City; Planning Commission; Sumpter, Andria; Shikada, Ed; Nordman, Eric; eunmi.choi@dot.ca.gov; Kamhi, Philip; Bhatia, Ripon; Star-Lack, Sylvia; Katherine Dumont; Frank Viggiano; Ken Kershner; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; McDonough, Melissa; April Webster Subject:Re: Thank you & Additional ECR FAQs Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 11:44:57 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from katie@bikesiliconvalley.org. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you all again! - and again, if there's any data we can help with, please let us know! Katie Causey she/her/hers | 庄可欣//莊可欣 Community OrganizerTogether we can make our community better through biking - Ways to Give Twitter @bikeSV | Instagram @bikesiliconvalley On Mon, Feb 5, 2024 at 8:47 AM Amie Ashton <aashton@gmail.com> wrote: Hello City and Caltrans Staff, Council Members, and Commissioners, Thank you to those who met with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) todiscuss your concerns regarding the El Camino Re-paving Project. The SVBC ElCamino Vision team is working hard to help make El Camino a vibrant, multimodalcorridor from San Francisco to San Jose. We want to see it become an inclusiveplace to live, work, shop, play. In response to our discussions, we compiled the attached information to helpaddress some of the issues we heard from you. Additionally, we are talking to El Camino businesses to listen to their concerns. Weknow that people using bikes ride on sidewalks create dangerous situations withpedestrians and drivers entering El Camino that don't look to their right. There arenear-misses daily (and many of those people who bike are children). Businessowners want better (and slower) streets, so do cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers. Note that we are also conducting a general parking assessment in areas whereparking will be removed during construction, and potentially permanently as part of the project design. We are also outreaching to Palo Alto TMA staff to hear theirideas on what works locally for getting employees to reduce single-occupant vehicletrips. We will update you with the data we obtain. We understand construction will begin very soon and Caltrans is already beginningthe process of notifying RV-dwellers that will need to move for preliminaryintersection work. We are happy to assist with any additional outreach ornotification efforts that will be conducted by the city as all the RV-dwellers will needto move for at least the duration of construction activities. We look forward to supporting the city in whatever way we can as we movetowards the project start date. Thank you, From:Richard Corny To:Burt, Patrick; Lauing, Ed; Kou, Lydia; Council, City Subject:Concerns about your choice of keeping Cal Ave closed even though half the businesses wanted it open Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 11:22:33 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from guitarrichie@yahoo.com. Learn whythis is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links.________________________________ First of all you went against half the businesses and maybe more about keeping Cal Ave closed to traffic.Now no one is thriving as some of you keep advertising that it is thriving. That’s a big word. We werethriving when the Street was open before Covid. Now it’s the complete opposite. And with a normalwinter like we are having absolutely no One is on the street. Still some restaurants are not followingrules and no one is coming to tell them to change.I also hear “and this is a rumor” that some of you get invited to restaurant owner’s homes. Wouldn’t thatbe a conflict of interest?You know like keeping the street closed where restaurants that don’t pay anything extra for 5 times moreseating in an illegal parklets or tents with heaters and sides.The city council to me is a complete failure Check with all the businesses. Come to Cal Ave see it for yourself Also to the guy who called our business a shoe lace store man have I got some words for you.How disrespectful of youYou have all managed to disrespect myself and my wife and our business.You went against our backs and you have never been supportive of us in any way.Our street looks like a construction zone still after 4 years. But hey you can all pat yourselves on the back because retail sales were up in PA thanks to Sephora,Hermes and pretty much the mall. Because there’s no access to our street and still about a dozen emptyspots not including Cambridge Ave no one is coming down to Cal Ave. The rain, the crappy look.Horrible job by the city. Thanks for nothing Point of this email 1 Watch what you say about my business2 come down to Cal Ave and see for yourself how crappy it looks3 do something about the orange barriers4 being persuaded by restaurant owners shouldn’t even happen in the first place. Get your act together.Be a city council. Do your job Photos taken Friday night after 6pm and Saturday It’s a joke and I hope you get sued.Have a nice day Sent from my iPhone From:Annette Glanckopf To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:Ellsworth Place Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 11:12:43 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members. After reading the Ellsworth Place neighbors slide deck for tonight, I request that you pull agenda item #7 from consent and make sure the final approvals are what council moved. The Ordinance needs to match the motion as approved by the City Council. The staff write up was far too liberal in their interpretation and does not match your original decision. Items that were changed from the council motion in the staff report that need to beamended are 1) Delivery trucks: Make sure the wording allows truck delivery on Ellsworth and remove the sign banning trucks over 24 feet. 2) Fencing: I agree with the neighbors that the proposed fencing does not allow"adequate transparency", and the fence placement & height differ from both the motion and "CPA Transportation requirements." 3) Amend the ordinance to state that the 26' road must be "matching, driveable asphalt to the existing road" and may not use any kind of pavers.4) Revise wording to refer to Ellsworth Place as its legal definition of a "private street" and not as a "driveway". I have a concern about the major changes (and interpretation of council motions) fromstaff in ordinance. Thank you for pulling this item and correcting the ordinance to reflect the council motion. Annette Glanckopf From:Amie Ashton To:Council, City; Planning Commission; Sumpter, Andria; Shikada, Ed; Nordman, Eric; eunmi.choi@dot.ca.gov;Kamhi, Philip; Bhatia, Ripon; Star-Lack, Sylvia; Katherine Dumont; Frank Viggiano; Katie Causey; Ken Kershner;Van Der Zwaag, Minka; McDonough, Melissa; April Webster Subject:Thank you & Additional ECR FAQs Date:Monday, February 5, 2024 8:50:09 AM Attachments:ECR Repaving FAQ & Info.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello City and Caltrans Staff, Council Members, and Commissioners, Thank you to those who met with the Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition (SVBC) todiscuss your concerns regarding the El Camino Re-paving Project. The SVBC ElCamino Vision team is working hard to help make El Camino a vibrant, multimodalcorridor from San Francisco to San Jose. We want to see it become an inclusive placeto live, work, shop, play. In response to our discussions, we compiled the attached information to help addresssome of the issues we heard from you. Additionally, we are talking to El Camino businesses to listen to their concerns. Weknow that people using bikes ride on sidewalks create dangerous situations withpedestrians and drivers entering El Camino that don't look to their right. There arenear-misses daily (and many of those people who bike are children). Business ownerswant better (and slower) streets, so do cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers. Note that we are also conducting a general parking assessment in areas whereparking will be removed during construction, and potentially permanently as part ofthe project design. We are also outreaching to Palo Alto TMA staff to hear their ideason what works locally for getting employees to reduce single-occupant vehicle trips.We will update you with the data we obtain. We understand construction will begin very soon and Caltrans is already beginningthe process of notifying RV-dwellers that will need to move for preliminaryintersection work. We are happy to assist with any additional outreach or notificationefforts that will be conducted by the city as all the RV-dwellers will need to move forat least the duration of construction activities. We look forward to supporting the city in whatever way we can as we move towardsthe project start date. Thank you, From:Robert Chen To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Ordinance Differs From Motion - Ellsworth Place Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 9:12:28 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from chaoqiangc@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor, Vice Mayor, and members of the City Council, Regarding Council Meeting on February 5, 2024, Agenda Item #7: How can the City Staff change the motion? This is not right. As elected Council members I ask you to fix this. Remove Agenda Item 7 from February 5, 2024. Sincerely, Chaoqiang Chen Ellsworth Pl residence From:Jeff Levinsky To:Council, City Subject:Problems with Item #7 (Ellsworth Place) on Monday’s Consent Calendar Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 8:40:19 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from jeff@levinsky.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Councilmembers: The ordinances for Ellsworth Place on tomorrow’s consent calendar unfortunately do not match what you approved on December 11, 2023. Here are two significant problems: The 702 Ellsworth Sight Triangle The sight triangles are the area at the corners of Middlefield and Ellsworth in which plants and such must be kept low so that drivers, bicyclists, and pedestrians can see each other. On December 11, 2023, you approved the new PC ordinance for 702 Ellsworth, which specified that the site triangle for 702 Ellsworth shall “extend to the southernmost corner of the property along Middlefield Road.” But the proposed ordinance for February 5, 2024: significantly narrows the sight triangle to just 35 feet across the Middlefield frontage. Nothing in the Council motion of December 11 changed the size of the sight triangle. The staff report for February 5 contains not one word discussing why staff then made this major change. Additional comments subsequently produced by staff attempt to justify the change by noting that a different motion on December 11 seeking to further enlarge the triangle (and make other changes) failed, but that does not mean the Council somehow agreed to instead significantly shrink the sight triangle. If anything, the fact that the Council rejected a motion that would have altered the sight triangle means Council clearly knew it could do so and opted not to. Given that the proposed ordinance does not match the safer sight triangle that was in the ordinance when the Council approved it in December, the item should be pulled from the consent calendar and the sight triangle size restored to how the Council left it. The Wrought Iron Fence Council discussed on December 8, 2023 the proposed wrought iron fence to be installed both on the southern side of Ellsworth and the southern portion on Middlefield. During the hearing, the Council noted that one will have to see through two fence sections simultaneously and the proposed wrought iron fence would not work. The proposed ordinances on the February 5 consent calendar however retain essentially what the Council rejected. The proposed spacing of vertical rails every 4 inches is hardly different from the industry standard for wrought iron fences of 3.875 inches. No drawing or study is presented in either the February 5 staff report nor its subsequent comments to verify how the 4 inch spacing will solve the visibility problem. But having the proposed ordinance now include an exhibit that requires the fence be made of wrought iron removes the possibility of the City mandating better solutions should the 4 inch wrought iron prove no better than what Council already rejected. The exhibit language should be modified to not require a wrought iron fence but instead one of adequate transparency (it currently does not). Over the years, poorly-written PC ordinances have caused the City and its residents considerable grief, so it’s best to fix these problems now when they’re spotted. So again, please pull this item off consent. Thank you, Jeff Levinsky From:Andrea Eyestone To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Staff Watered Down Council Motion for Ellsworth Place Safety Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 8:03:02 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from aeyestone3@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth - Council Meeting - February 5, 2024 Dear Palo Alto City Council, For the safety of ALL children and pedestrians who traverse Middlefield Road near Ellsworth Place, please remove agenda item #7 from the 2nd reading this coming Monday, February 5, 2024. The line of sight triangle, fence placement, fence type, and fence height as stated in the ordinance for 702 Ellsworth Place do not match the motion of December 11, 2024. Ellsworth Place neighbors have repeatedly stated we need to see over to Matadero Creek when exiting Ellsworth Place, and the ordinance language and/or EXHIBIT 1 map as attached to this ordinance, will allow for a 4-foot high fence near the creek, made from wrought iron, which is not transparent when looking through it through two layers of fencing. This is very unsafe and goes against the approved motion. Please vote to remove agenda item #7 from Monday night’s meeting. Kindly, Andrea Alberson From:Chin Chong To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Cc:Kristen Van Fleet Subject:Ellsworth ordinance has big problems Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 6:11:50 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from chin18881@hotmail.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.________________________________ Hi Palo Alto Council,City Staff should not go around the council’s motion! This is not right. Please pull item #7 and have staff fix it towhat you asked for!!!Thanks!Regards,Chin Chong Sent from my iPhone From:On Chong To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Cc:Kristen Van Fleet Subject:The 702 Ellsworth Ordinance Differs from the motion Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 6:03:38 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from on18881@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.________________________________ Dear council,Regarding Agenda item #7 Ellsworth for city council meeting on February 5,2024. Please pull agenda item 7 as itdoes not match the council’s motion. 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ISRAEL HAS KILLED NEARLY 900PALESTINIANS SINCE DICJ ORDER TOPREVENT ACTS OF GENOCIDE Buoyed by the staying support of American officials, Israeli forces have continued to commit atrocities in Gaza. https://theintercept.com/2024/02/02/israel-gaza-icj-palestinian-deaths/ From:jake.black127@gmail.com To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Please Remove Ellsworth Pl Agenda Item #7 from February 5, 2024 Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 4:39:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from jake.black127@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. - Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth Ordinance - Council Meeting, February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and Members of the City Council, I am writing to request that the council refrain from voting on the approval of agenda item #7 (Ellsworth Place) while further considerations are taken. When rezoning a planned community district I hope that precedent, and benefit for all stakeholders (beyond real estate speculators) are taken into account. I am concerned that rushing into a vote on a proposal that disagrees with the motion of December 11, 2023 on the matter is not in the best interest of the community. Specifically, what would prevent other developers from splitting out parcels of property meant to service their tenants in private transactions to yield more single family homes? I understand that the city is expected to provide on the order of thousands of additional residences in coming decades and do not see how simply bending planned community ordinance to extract the profit of a few more single family homes sets a reasonable precedent. I argue that if the city council is re-evaluating a planned community that is part of a private street, the precedent and all current provisions should be taken into account. This includes unit per acre density and adequate two way vehicle ingress / egress. Thank you for your public service. Warmly, Jake Margolis From:Yogabear23 To:Council, City; yogabear23; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Please Pull Agenda Item #7 From the Ellsworth Ordinance on 2/5/24 Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 4:23:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from yogabear23@aol.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the City Council, Please pull Agenda Item #7 from the second reading of the Ellsworth Ordinance on February 5, 2024. Ensure the safety of all who walk, drive, or bike along Middlefield Road as it crosses Ellsworth Place. The Palo Alto City Staff made changes to the "line of sight" triangle that were not approved on December 11, 2023. They did not implement "adequate fencetransparency" along Middlefield Road between Ellsworth Place and Matedero Creek. I ask that this misinterpretation be corrected at the February 5 City Council Meeting. Thank you for your service to the City of Palo Alto. Respectfully, Carolyn V. 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Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth - Council Meeting - February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone and City Council Members, Please take a good look at what City Staff has written in the ordinance for 702 Ellsworth Place and compare it to the motion of December 11, 2023, as they do not match. Therefore, the ordinance needs to be corrected before being passed into City law. Thank you, Jessica Sheldon 718 Ellsworth Place From:Robyn Ziegler To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker, Vicki Subject:Ellsworth Ordinances - City Staff Did Not Follow Your MotionDate:Sunday, February 4, 2024 2:41:02 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from robynanne65@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clickingon links. Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth Place: City Council Meeting February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone and City Council, I was quite surprised to learn that the Palo Alto City staff did not follow the motion you approved in the creation of the ordinance for Ellsworth Place (agenda item 7), and instead chose to remove very important safety measures. As our Palo Alto elected officials, you are in a position to reverse the inconsistencies. Please vote to pull agenda item 7 and direct staff to make it match the original motion. Thank you in advance for your support, Robyn Ziegler 730 Ellsworth Place Palo Alto From:Ken Horowitz To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; City Mgr; Clerk, City Subject:Mento Park Community Campus Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 2:19:00 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from klhorowitz67@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 clicking on links. ________________________________ FYI https://menlopark.gov/Government/Departments/Community-Development/Projects/Under-construction/Belle- Haven-Community-Campus Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Bryan Gobin; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; David S. Norris; EPA Today; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; JeffRosen; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lewis james; Michelle; Pacific GrovePD; Salem Ajluni;Sean Allen; Zelkha, Mila; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; cromero@cityofepa.org Subject:Letter of censure Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 12:17:45 PM Attachments:Letter-of-Censure-Nithya-Raman.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From:sel lightahead.com To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Ellsworth Safety Ordinance Concerns Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 11:19:28 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sel@lightahead.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth - Council Meeting - February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and members of the City Council, For the safety of Midtown residents and all who drive or otherwise traverse by Ellsworth Place along Middlefield Road, we ask you to please pull agenda item #7 so that the ordinance can be corrected to what the prior City Council motion required. The Council motion seeks to address the serious safety problems related to the line of sight and fencing at the proposed property, but the ordinances do not match the motion of December 11, 2023. I look forward to seeing the corrected materials Sincerely, Susan E. Light, MD From:Rice, Danille To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed Cc:Executive Leadership Team; Clerk, City Subject:City.Council Bundle_February 2 Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 11:04:11 AM Attachments:image001.pngRE Public Comment for January 25 Historic Resources Review Board meeting.msgFW Palo Alto Historical Inventory - OBJECTION LETTER for 546 Washington Ave.msgRV Parking on Park Blvd.msgRE Cell Tower Applications .msgNails in tires.msgRE Process for street name change request.msgFW Abandoned house.msgRE Lack of Enforcement of Code Violations.msgFW_ 23REV-00749 Resubmission - Pending Planning Review.msg Good afternoon Mayor and Councilmembers, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please see attached staff responses to emails received in the City.Council inbox through February 2, 2024. Respectfully, Danille RiceAdministrative AssistantCity Manager’s Office|Human Resources(650) 329-2229 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.orgwww.cityofpaloalto.org From:Steve Levy To:Council, City Subject:Remove tree ordinance from the consent calendar Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:24:58 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Dear Mayor Stone and council members, In light of the recent storms here and in San Diego and Southern California and the SCC alerts we all received, Please remove the tree ordinance from consent and send back to staff for additional analysis. Clearly the assumption that last year’s storms were a one-off is no longer credible. Discuss future weather events with experts and modify the ordinance as appropriate including recent comments from John Kelley and Leah Russin. Stephen Levy From:Charlie Effinger To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Issue with Agenda Item #7 for February 5, 2024 Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 10:18:24 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from charlie.effinger@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Re: Item #7 Ellsworth - Council Meeting - February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the City Council, Please take a deeper look at what City Staff has written in the ordinance for 702 Ellsworth Pl. It does not match the final motion of December 11, 2023 and therefore the ordinance needs to be corrected before being passed into City law. Thanks, Charlie Effinger - 718 Ellsworth Pl From:Tsing Xue To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Ellsworth Agenda Item 7 Has Issues - Please Pull It For Correction Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 9:54:14 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from tsingxue@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone and members of the City Council, A couple of important items were overlooked in the making of the motion on December 11, 2023. These issues have a direct impact on neighborhood safety and also on my property value. I ask that agenda item #7 be removed from the 2nd reading it is scheduled for on February 5, 2024, so it can be corrected to what the council’s motion states, as well as to address the overlooked issue of removing the sign that bans delivery trucks on Ellsworth. Please pull agenda item 7 and get the ordinance corrected before making it a CPA law. Too much is at stake! Sincerely, Tsing Xue 729 Ellsworth Pl. From:vnkurra@yahoo.com To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:The 702 Ellsworth Ordinance Needs Corrections Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 4:40:28 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from vnkurra@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Agenda Item #7 Ellsworth Ordinance - Council Meeting of February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone and members of the City Council, City Staff has misinterpreted the City Council motion of December 11, 2023, and that is not how a democratic process is supposed to work. The ordinance written for 702 Ellsworth Place differs from the motion. Here is your chance to fix it by pulling agenda item #7 from the 2nd reading scheduled for Monday night’s meeting. Sincerely, Venkata From:Chin Chong To:Council, City Cc:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lythcott-Haims, Julie Subject:Ellsworth Ordinance Has Big Problems - February 5, 2024 Date:Sunday, February 4, 2024 1:09:11 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from chin18881@hotmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.Dear Palo Alto City Council, City Staff should not go around the Council’s motion! This is not okay. Please pull item #7 and have staff fix it to what you asked for! Thanks, Chin Chong From:Kristen Van Fleet To:Council, City Subject:Ellsworth Ordinance - Needs Reworking To Match Motion Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 11:14:40 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kvanfleet@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding: Agenda Item #7 - Second reading - Ellsworth Ordinance - Council Meeting of February 5, 2024 Dear Palo Alto City Council, The Ellsworth Place Neighbors have all worked hard to get safety measures implemented at the intersection of Ellsworth Place and Middlefield Road. The City Council motion of December 11, 2023, reflects these benefits, which were designed for the safety of ALL people who traverse on or near Ellsworth Place. Unfortunately, City Staff took liberties to undo some of the safety measures as approved by the Council, and they did so based on what the applicant wanted, as was stated in the Council Consent Agenda Responses, “Staff thoroughly reviewed the meeting video and worked with the applicants to revise the ordinances and drawings to reflect the Council’s motion.” Additionally, several cherry-picked video timestamps were included, which left out pertinent timestamps. Since when do city staff get to ignore a Council motion to please an applicant? This isn’t how democracy works. Please pull agenda item #7 so its language can be corrected to match the motion of December 11, 2023, and properly implement the safety measures. Sincerely, Kristen A. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sat, Feb 3, 2024 at 10:19 PM Subject: Fwd: EV Crash. Biden was wrong.To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Saturday, February 3, 2024 To all- Pure EVs not quite ready for prime time? Plug in hybrids appeal to me, like the Chevy Volt, now gone. Jay Leno loved his. Hesaid the gas would go bad in the tank since you could get around on e- for most of your daily runs. Such plug-in hybrids for sure cut the use of gasoline. The Volt could go ~53 milesbefore the little engine came on. It powered a generator which charged the Batt. and the Batt ran the e- motors at the wheels. No physical linkage between the little ICE and the wheels.Brilliant. The $58,000 price tag on the Volt hurt it. Prob. less with some rebates. Plenty around San Mateo and Palo Alto, natch. I was surprised when GM killed the Volt. LH- This AM, mighty KCBS 740 AM SF had a piece from Bloomberg about howpure EVs are now NOT selling so well. People prefer hybrids, or plug-in hybrids- PHEVs, like the Chevy Volt. They fear getting stranded between charges, and, with a PHEV,one can get around town on batt. power alone a lot of the time. With the Volt, after ~53 miles the little ICE came on the charge the batt. I could sure get around Fresno with 53 miles of batt.power. Jay Leno said the gas went bad in his tank if he got around locally a lot on batt. power alone, so rarely did the little ICE come on. I tried to google the Bloomberg story now but theyhave a pay-wall that stopped me. The report said the difference in cost between a PHEV and an ICE has narrowed. Now a PHEV can cost $42,000 (?) v. $40,000 for an ICE. Pure EVs canrun $60,000, Here is a report saying that GM is bringing back the PHEVs like the Chevy Volt as they cut production of EVs. It should not cost $58,000 this time. Watch this vid. to the 2:49mark: See "GM bringing back PHEVs", below. KCBS is touting a pure electric Volvo costing ~$35,000. BTW: Hybrid, like the Prius: You put gas in it, but you don't plug it in to charge it. At ared light, the engine shuts off, saving gas. When the light turns green, the batt. gets the car up to ~20 mph, then the ICE comes on. The trick there is that the least efficient range for an ICEis from zero to 20 mph, so the ice never runs in that range. It is either off or it is running at higher RPMs from 20 MPH and on up. The ICE charges the batt as the car runs, you do notdo so by pugging it in. Plug-in EV: E.g. Tesla's: No ICE at all, You plug the car in to charge up the batt. when it is depleted, the car stops. PHEV: Like the Chevy Volt, now gone: Here you both plug the car in to charge the batt,and put gas in the tank to run the ICE if the batt got fully discharged. The Volt could go ~53 miles on the batt alone, and then the ICE came on. If you drove less than 53 miles aroundtown and went home and plugged the car in, the ICE never came on, hence the gas going bad in the tank after months of doing that. GM Bringing PHEVs Back to the U.S.; EV Sales Drop in California - Autoline Daily 3737(youtube.com) EV CRASH! Biden PANICS As ALL Car Makers FIGHT BACK TO DITCH EVs! (youtube.com) With my 10 shares of TSLA, I have now turned $2,620 into $1,880. Big drops this pastweek. Big price cuts by Tesla, lower margins as a result, BYD outsold TSLA in China, expensive to repair after a wreck, batts can catch fire in a wreck, people have been killedtrying to use the self-drive feature, no doubt big money to repace the batt. eventually. Sales down. I might sell my shares at $100 with a limit order and salvage $1,000. You'd THINKwith all they have going that TSLA would soar, but it hasn't recently. Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024--- KCBS reported today this study saying EVs are so heavy that they can crash right through steel guard rails. The batts alone can weigh as much as a smallcar can. Univ. of Nebraska and Army Corps of Engineers did the study. A Tesla went UNDER the guard rail. Crash Tests Indicate Nation's Guardrail System Can't Handle Heavy Electric Vehicles(usnews.com) On Monday, Jan. 29, 2024 TSLA recovered a little to $190.93, reducing my loss to $610.70. So it bounces around. Wobbling around $190. Will TSLA be another AAPL? Biggun investors think it can be, but when? Also, watch this re EVs: EVs Owners HAD ENOUGH & Want to SWITCH BACK to Gas Cars! (youtube.com) What can help EV sales? The $25,000 Tesla coming in mid 2025 would help TSLA if it materializes. But somebody pointed out that for $25,000 one can buy a new ICE car right now.Malibu, I think. With plenty of gas stations, there's little range anxiety with those. The California regulators have their heads up their asses saying no more ICE cars after 2035. Unless a LOT of progress is made on EVs by then, they'll have to bend. Billions are being spent world-wide to improve the batts. At Stanford, they put battery test formulas into the beam of the Stanford Linear Accelerator to see what happens. NVIDIA continues to work hard on self driving. It is one of their major programs. Seewww.nvdia.com to see that. It will just keep getting better. TSLA has huge numbers of miles of experience to look at wrt SD. Now a Korean Co. says you can use videos taken from thecars to train your SD systems. You don't need billions of miles of data to do it. This is mentioned in a vid below somewhere. The Cruise accident in San Francisco was bad, butrelentless effort to improve SD will reduce that risk. Safe, full SD is coming. The Feds are building out a huge charging network, we hear. Ford and GM, et.al., have adopted the Tesla charging plug. As that builds out, range anxiety will diminish. Something will have to be done to reduce the batt. fire hazard. Put fire extinguishers in thebattery packs? Li-ion batts have that problem. Use asbestos in the frames for the batt. cells? Some caught fire in the cargo holds of planes. I wish Tesla would offere wireless charging via induction. The coil under the car andassociated equipment would not cost a lot. Offer it as an option. Sell the wall unit for owners' garages and the floor unit as a Tesla product. It would make home charging vastly easier. "Nomore dealing with a muddy cable in a lightening storm" said the Plugless company a few years ago- if you are charging automatically at home. The company is/was located in Virginia, Ibelieve. Siemens was really into inductive charging- see their vids from 10 years ago. Ideally, coils would be put in the ground in selected, secure parking lots. The car charges while you are at work, e.g. Really ideally, the cost of the e- absorbed would appear on theemployees utility bill. The tech to do that is surely there now. Here is a Plugless (company) vid from seven years ago: Tesla Model S - Wireless Charging - YouTube Here is a vid about Norway and their use of inductive charging at taxi stands. Musk is very familiar with Norway and its adoption of EVs. He went there and thanked them for it. Norway's Wireless Charging Roads (youtube.com) Tesla buying Wiferion- wireless charging. BREAKING: Tesla BUYING Wiferion (Wireless Charging) (youtube.com) BTW, Tesla is perfecting humanoid robots and they will sell well. You'll want them tocharge by induction. You don't want to pay people to plug and unplug the robots all the time. TSLA appears to have huge potential. I guess I just kiss off my $2,620.00 TSLA investment and see what develops. APPL almost went BK in the mid-90s, and then ~1997they brought Jobs back. $1,000 invested in APPL in the summer of 1990 was worth $895,000 at the end of 1999. Finally, where did the auto industry get the idea of making the A pillar so severelysloping? The Prius is the worst offender there. This is the pillar by the windshield, the first one, the one you have to duck under to get in and out of most current sedans. My mechanicsrun a shuttle and use the Prius. I am 6' 5/8" tall and I have to do contortions to get in and out of it. They will all go down in flames if they don't start making their vehicles suitable fornormal humans. Ever heard of ergonomics???? Making products designed forhumans to use easily. The auto-makers seem to be deaf on that concept. Spend a coupleof hundred more per unit on steel and make that A pillar so people can get in and out of thevehicle easily!! If it looks wierd, GM and Tesla should run ads saying "we have made thischange to the A pillar because we want to sell vehicles". WTF??? Want to kiss off over 5'5" tall customers? There are plenty of us. That is the first thing I look at when I see a vehicle.Bringing me home in their shuttle once, we passed a 1970s Mercedes parked. I remarked "Look at that great A pillar, easy to get in and out of that car". 90 seconds later we passed acurrent Mercedes at a light. GEEEZ look at that I said. Severely sloping A pillar. Yeah, looksdramatic, and fit for only short people. Things like Jeeps have it right, as do some PUs. Theyare all offenders on this. I guess they save $5/ unit by making the A pillar so severely sloping, and then lose a few million sales per year because of it. Mary Barra is not a tall person, soshe would have little idea what I am referring to here. Humans haven't evolved since the mid 70's, but the A-pillars have evolved. Also, the roof on the Chevy Bolt should allow a 6 footer to sit in the back seat without leaning over 30 degrees too. What was GM thinking wrt the recent Bolt on that? Ford did thatwith a car many years ago. Ms. Barra and her team came out to SF a while ago to ride in a driverless Cruise. She got in the back seat, and they showed her sitting OK in the back seat.Then they had a 6' male reporter sit there and he had to lean over about 30+ degrees to his left to ride there. I would not buy such a vehicle. Shame on GM. Tesla is a big offender here. As a TSLA stockholder, I would like to see at least one Teslamodel with an A pillar that allows 6 footers to get in and out of the car without being a contortionist. Hear me Elon? I wouldn't give a F about how it looked. Maybe there is still timeto make the Model 2 that way. I'll never buy a Tesla with an A-pillar so sloping that it's a pain to enter an exit the car. I think the Model X is probably easier to negotiate here, but veryexpensive. Imagine if Tesla did that! People might vomit when they first saw a Tesla with an almostverticle A-pillar and windshield but then they would see the sales figures as taller peoplesnapped them up. Maybe Tesla can make something like a Jeep, a vehicle that does this right. Make the Model 2 like a Jeep, maybe. January 31, 2024- GM posts strong ICE financials: GM Posts Strong ICE Financials, Shifts Toward Gas-Electric Hybrid Technology(NYSE:GM) | Seeking Alpha Finally, KCBS says that 9 million miles were driven autonomously last year in California and now the huge question is "Who in California is going to regulate this?" Will it be theDMV or some other State agency? Maybe let each municipality regulate it. (nightmare). The Teamsters are very involved in these discussions. The Tesla semi would put drivers out of ajob. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:gala b To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Pull Agenda Item 7 from Feb 5, 2024 - It Has Safety Issues Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 9:21:04 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from galab8@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Item #7 Ellsworth Ordinance, City Council Meeting - February 5, 2024 Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and members of the City Council, Parts of the 702 Ellsworth ordinance are unsafe and differ from the approved motion of December 11, 2023. Please pull agenda item 7 so the ordinance can be corrected and the safety measures documented correctly. Thank you for looking into this important matter. Sincerely, Gala Beykin Ellsworth Pl. From:Yevgeny-Yoni Khasin To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Remove Item #7 (Ellsworth) from Council Meeting February 5, 23 Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 9:16:34 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from khasiny@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Item 7 Ellsworth - City Council Meeting of February 5, 2024 Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council, Please pull Item #7 from the consent. It does not match the motion approved by elected City Council officials on December 11, 2023 in critical ways. Thank you! Yevgeny Khasin Ellsworth Pl. From:Paul Bigbee To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Problems with Monday’s Consent Calendar Item #7 Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 8:54:10 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from pwbcommerce@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and members of the City Council, You can protect pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers by restoring pertinent safety measures and deliveryservices in the 702 Ellsworth Place Ordinance. My objection specifically targets the version presented forthe second reading: - Differs from the Motion of December 11 2023,- Removes the safer line of sight triangle,- Allows a fence that does not have “adequate transparency”, and- Bans some delivery trucks on Ellsworth Place after creating a space for them. Unless the item is removed from consent and fixed, you will be degrading the safety measures andcommunity requirements that you voted for back in December. Sincerely, Paul Bigbee From:Bhanu Iyer To:Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker,Vicki Subject:Remove Ellsworth Agenda Item #7 from Monday, February 5, 2024 Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 6:47:51 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bhanuiyer9@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Regarding Council Meeting on February 5, 2024, Agenda Item #7: Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and members of the City Council, As a Palo Alto property owner and resident, I’m disappointed that the Palo Alto City Staff revised an ordinance to not match the Council’s motion of December 5, 2023, as approved for the new PC governing 702 Ellsworth Place. We very much appreciate how you and other Council members worked hard to implement safety standards regarding issues brought forth by the Ellsworth Place neighbors. But then, City Staff reinterpreted motion line item 2 and deferred line item 3 without good reason. This is not how a democratic process should work. Please remove agenda item #7 from the 2nd reading so City Staff can revise the ordinance to match the Council’s motion. 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Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 12:41:54 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from pbudnek415@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. THERE ARE NATIONAL SECURITY CONCERNS FOR ANY EMPLOYEE OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAS A LOOKALIKE THAT LOOKS LIKE THEM. I WOULD WANT THERE TO NOT BE ANY GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT FOR ANY CITIZEN THAT HAS A CLONE! AS THE VICTIM OF THE CORRUPT INFLUENCES OF EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT THAT HAVE LOOK A LIKES; THEY HAVE ADVOCATED THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF THE CONCEALMENT OF THEIR LOOKALIKE! I WANT ENFORCED THE RIGHT SO SUE AND HAVE PROSECUTED ALL THE CORRUPT INFLUENCES OF THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT! 2385. Advocating overthrow of Government Whoever knowingly or willfully advocates, abets, advises, or teaches the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying the government of the United States or the government of any State, Territory, District or Possession thereof, or the government of any political subdivision therein, by force or violence, or by the assassination of any officer of any such government; or Whoever, with intent to cause the overthrow or destruction of any such government, prints, publishes, edits, issues, circulates, sells, distributes, or publicly displays any written or printed matter advocating, advising, or teaching the duty, necessity, desirability, or propriety of overthrowing or destroying any government in the United States by force or violence, or attempts to do so; or Whoever organizes or helps or attempts to organize any society, group, or assembly of persons who teach, advocate, or encourage the overthrow or destruction of any such government by force or violence; or becomes or is a member of, or affiliates with, any such society, group, or assembly of persons, knowing the purposes thereof— Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. If two or more persons conspire to commit any offense named in this section, each shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both, and shall be ineligible for employment by the United States or any department or agency thereof, for the five years next following his conviction. As used in this section, the terms ‘‘organizes’’ and ‘‘organize’’, with respect to any society, group, or assembly of persons, include the recruiting of new members, the forming of new units, and the regrouping or expansion of existing clubs, classes, and other units of such society, group, or assembly of persons. THE EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT; HAVE ORGANIZED GROUPS OF THOSE THAT HAVE CLONES; WITH THE INTENTION OF CORRUPTLY INFLUENCING THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT. I WANT A NEW INFERIOR COURT WHERE THE EMPLOYEES; CANNOT BE EMPLOYED IN ANY FORM OF GOVERNMENT BECAUSE OF THEM HAVING CLONES! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qYbFkSzf30MyQIMLu6qw02z8NeWnm5Sj/view? usp=drive_link TODAY, I WANT SUED THE CORRUPT INFLUENCES OF CLONING AND THE CORRUPT INFLUENCES OF THE USES OF GOVERNMENT TO CONCEAL AND PAY FLOR CLONING! I WANT AN ATTORNEY, I WANT MY RIGHTS ENFORCED AND I WANT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO PAY FOR THE APPELLATE REVIEW OF EVERY COURT ORDER THAT STATE ISSUED BECAUSE OF THE VIOLATING OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND STATUTORY RIGHT TO COUNSEL, NOT HAVING BEEN GIVEN TO ME DURING EVERY STAGE OF COURT PROCEEDINGS! any other case in which the party has a constitutional or statutory right to counsel at all stages of the proceedings; I WANT SUED AND PROSECUTED MISSPRISON; THAT UNKNOWN PERSON THAT KEEPS MAKING FUN OF THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT VICTIMS EXPERIENCE! alter, destroy, mutilate, or conceal an object with intent to impair the integrity or availability of the object for use in an official proceeding; (iii) evade legal process summoning that person to appear as a witness, or to produce a record, document, or other object, in an official proceeding; or (iv) be absent from an official proceeding to which that person has been summoned by legal process; or (C) hinder, delay, or prevent the communication to a law enforcement officer or judge of the United States of information relating to the commission or possible commission of a Federal offense or a violation of conditions of probation, supervised release, parole, or release pending judicial proceedings; https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WMZs1EKbGHzNtHl-dSijByYOhahcecSE/view? usp=sharing EVERY EMAIL TO ANY EMPLOYEE OF GOVERNMENT THAT DOCUMENTS FELONIES; THAT HAS BEEN OBSTRUCTED, SPAMMED OR THE EMAIL ACCOUNT WAS DISABLED; IS THE CORRUPT INFLUENCES OF A CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY THAT HAS ADVOCATED THE OVERTHROW OF THE GOVERNMENT! MISSPRISON; DOES NOT THINK ANY LAWS HAVE TO BE ENFORCED, MISPRISION LIES ABOUT WHY SHE HAS ANYTHING OF VALUE! Whoever, having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony cognizable by a court of the United States, conceals and does not as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KIgVRNPnWZG_-s8g_S7WoLZn_X63hsBj/view? usp=drive_link I WANT MISPRISION; TO GO TO PRISON, AND ALL LOOK ALIKES THAT LOOK LIKE MISSPRISON TO GO TO PRISON! Whoever forges the signature of any judge, register, or other officer of any court of the United States, or of any Territory thereof, or forges or counterfeits the seal of any such court, or knowingly concurs in using any such forged or counterfeit signature or seal, for the purpose of authenticating any proceeding or document, or tenders in evidence any such proceeding or document with a false or counterfeit signature of any such judge, register, or other officer, or a false or counterfeit seal of the court, subscribed or attached thereto, knowing such signature or seal to be false or counterfeit, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both. https://drive.google.com/file/d/19EQcyUvWrRdw5w2T7QFv1VlsklfMjQ_8/view? usp=sharing I AM INCLUDING A DOCUMENT KNOWN AS THE RI.PDS; THAT HAS FORGERIES, THAT THE EMPLOYEES CONCUR; THAT IT WAS LAWFULLY ISSUED, THAT IT WAS ADMITTED AS EVIDENCE. I HAVE THE DEAD BANG WINNER; THE RIGHT TO APPELLATE REVIEW OF 1071RECOMMENDATIONS; AS THE INDIGENT I WILL WANT A LOT OF THE PUBLIC'S MONEY! A dead-bang winner is defined as “an issue which was obvious from the trial record and would have resulted in a reversal on appeal.” James v. McKee, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102380 ( E.D. Mich. Nov. 3, 2009) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ABgkcKHWj2A-SFDX4AIV1UKM3LfRurSa/view? usp=sharing (1) shall grant the motion for an order of indigency if the party seeking public funds is unable by reason of poverty to pay for all or some of the expenses for appellate review of: (A) criminal prosecutions or juvenile offense proceedings meeting the requirements of RCW 10.73.150. (B) dependency and termination cases under RCW 13.34, (C) commitment proceedings under chapters 71.05 and 71.09 RCW, (D) civil contempt cases directing incarceration of the contemner, (E) orders denying petitions for writ of habeas corpus under chapter 7.36 RCW, including attorneys' fees upon a showing of extraordinary circumstances, and (F) any other case in which the party has a constitutional or statutory right to counsel at all stages of the proceedings; or https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OGNoo2k9pIClvAppjIAwgl154djXnv4W/view? usp=drive_link RECOMMENDATION CONCERNING EVALUATION BY A DMHP; An opinion is required as to whether or not the defendant should receive an RCW 71*05 civil commitment evaluation by a DMHP. This opinion is based solely upon the above evaluation under RCW 10.77.060. Other reasons may exist to require a civil commitment evaluation, which fall within the scope of other standards outside the purview of this evaluation, If the defendant is not ordered into competency restoration treatment, I would recommend an evaluation by a Designated Crisis Responder (formerly DMHP) due to his persistence that he has been wronged and his efforts to have contact with his sons. At the time of the evaluation, Mr, / Budnek did not present as an imminent risk of danger to himself or others but his desperation to gain what he feels has been unjustly lost may increase, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1NgvR09kIHPDLOkWYEFuxyR_YqKQHWrXx/view? usp=sharing THE MAKING OF LOOK ALIKES IS OF GREAT FINANCIAL BENEFIT TO THOSE THAT ARE INVOLVED IN MAKING CLONES. AS THE VICTIM OF THOSE THAT MAKE CLONES; IT IS THE SAME AS SLAVE TRADING, THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THE CLONED AND THE CLONE; SO AS TO REAP THE FINANCIAL BENEFITS OF CLONING TECHNOLOGY. THERE ARE FEDERAL LAWS THAT MAKE IT A CRIME TO TRAFFICK IN HUMAN BEINGS, TO ENSLAVE HUMAN BEINGS, TO FINANCIAL BENEFIT FROM THE INVOLUNTARY SERVITUDE OF HUMAN BEINGS. I WANT SUED IN A NEW INFERIOR COURT ALL OF THOSE THAT GOT PAID TO MAKE IDIOTS THAT LOOK LIKE HUMAN BEINGS; THOSE MANUFACTURED TO COME TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY WANTED TO DO; ABOUT HOW TO CLONE MORE SLAVES THAT LOOK LIKE HUMAN BEINGS. Whoever knowingly benefits, financially or by receiving anything of value, from participation in a venture which has engaged in any act in violation of this chapter, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that the venture has engaged in such violation, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned in the same manner as a completed violation of such section. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AP_HLrz_FwwdmIH4KDoCKgy2ZZCN4Fd8/view? usp=sharing But the most corrupt and abusive peonage occurred in concert with southern state and county governments. In the south, many black men were picked up for minor crimes or on trumped-up charges, and, when faced with staggering fines and court fees, forced to work for a local employer who would pay their fines for them. Southern states also leased their convicts enmass to local industrialists. The paperwork and debt record of individual prisoners was often lost, and these men found themselves trapped in inescapable situations. THE MAKING OF LOOK A LIKES THAT HAVE TO EXTORT, PARTICIPATE IN CRIMES AND HAVE TO WORK TO PAY FOR THEIR EXISTENCE; IS PEONAGE FOR THOSE THAT MANUFACTURED THEM! https://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/themes/peonage Whoever knowingly recruits, harbors, transports, provides, or obtains by any means, any person for labor or services in violation of this chapter shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both. If death results from the violation of this section, or if the violation includes kidnapping or an attempt to kidnap, aggravated sexual abuse, or the attempt to commit aggravated sexual abuse, or an attempt to kill, the defendant shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for any term of years or life, or both. (b) Whoever obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties under subsection (a). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eurcxHRhDUDZNZeinFPRRWUTt7u1kVwh/view? usp=sharing Whoever knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, or possesses any actual or purported passport or other immigration document, or any other actual or purported government identification document, of another person— (1) in the course of a violation of section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, 1591, or 1594(a); (2) with intent to violate section 1581, 1583, 1584, 1589, 1590, or 1591; or (3) to prevent or restrict or to attempt to prevent or restrict, without lawful authority, the person’s liberty to move or travel, in order to maintain the labor or services of that person, when the person is or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to the conduct of a person who is or has been a victim of a severe form of trafficking in persons, as defined in section 103 of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, if that conduct is caused by, or incident to, that trafficking. (c) Whoever obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties described in subsection (a). https://drive.google.com/file/d/1p94fZ0W8vT640zwSUBiBa4bk8uKbyy46/view? usp=sharing efforts to create human beings by cloning mark a new and decisive step toward turning human reproduction into a manufacturing process in which children are made in laboratories to preordained specifications and, potentially, in multiple copies; THE KIDNAPPING OF MY SONS, THE FAKE CRIMES AND CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY ARE A DEAD BANG WINNER; IF THERE WAS A RIGHT TO APPEAL INCOMPETENT TO STAND COURT ORDERS. NOT HAVING ANY RIGHT TO APPEAL THE COURT ORDERS; WHEN EMAILING THE EVIDENCE THAT THE ACCUSED DID NOT COMMIT ANY CRIMES; MEANS THAT A NEW INFERIOR COURT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY RIGHT TO APPEAL; THE DAMAGES, AND MISCONDUCT; ON THE PART OF CORPORATIONS. THE NEW INFERIOR COURT WOULD NOT HAVE ANY APPEAL FOR THE 100'S OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGES FOR TRAFFICKING IN CLONES, THE ENSLAVEMENT OF THOSE THAT ARE CLONED! If two or more persons conspire to violate this section and one or more of such persons do any overt act to effect the object of the conspiracy, each shall be punished by imprisonment for any term of years or for life. https://drive.google.com/file/d/102l4b_adcoQoWO0Su9CY4DaMeAFDrJK4/view? usp=sharing MY SONS ARE KIDNAPPED; AND THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY THAT BENEFITS FROM THE MANUFACTURING AND SALE OF LOOKALIKES; IS THE CAUSE OF THEIR KIDNAPPING. I WANT ENFORCED MY RIGHT TO HAVE THEM REMOVED FROM THE CUSTODY OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON; AND THE PROSECUTION OF THE OBVIOUS BENEFIT OF CLONING; THE SALE AND PERSONAL ENSLAVEMENT OF THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE HUMAN BEINGS! https://drive.google.com/file/d/102l4b_adcoQoWO0Su9CY4DaMeAFDrJK4/view? usp=sharing I AM THE VICTIM OF THE VAGARIES OF MISCONDUCT; THE OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT OF POLICE AND SHERIFFS, THE PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT OF PROSECUTIONS, THE MISCONDUCT OF THOSE THAT ARE EMPLOYED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT! AS THE VICTIM OF THE VAGARIES OF MISCONDUCT; I WANT ENFORCED MY STANDING IN EACH OF THE COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. I WANT STANDING IN A NEW INFERIOR COURT WHERE BAR ASSOCIATIONS AND THEIR MEMBERS CAN BE SUED AND PROSECUTED. I HAVE EMAILED THE BAR ASSOCIATIONS IN THE 50 STATES OF THE UNITED STATES AND THEY HAVE MISPRISION FELONIES, CONCEALED FELONIES AND COVERED UP THE IDENTITY OF THOSE THAT HAVE COMMITTED FELONIES! TODAY, I WANT STANDING IN EVERY COURT; I WANT A NEW INFERIOR COURT LEGISLATED WHERE CORPORATE MISCONDUCT AND THE EMPLOYEES OF THOSE CORPORATIONS CAN BE IMPRISONED FOR THEIR KNOWLEDGE OF CLONING! The Judicial Power shall extend to all Cases, in Law and Equity, arising under this Constitution, the Laws of the United States, and Treaties made, or which shall be made, under their Authority;—to all Cases affecting Ambassadors, other public Ministers and Consuls;—to all Cases of admiralty and maritime Jurisdiction; to Controversies to which the United States shall be a Party;—to Controversies between two or more States; between a State and Citizens of another State; between Citizens of different States,— between Citizens of the same State claiming Lands under Grants of different States, and between a State, or the Citizens thereof, and foreign States, Citizens or Subjects. https://drive.google.com/file/d/16geYti4s9dWkNvH7isQYrScwqYWUi5NM/view? usp=sharing I WANT SUED AND PROSECUTED THE CLONING OF ANY CITIZEN; AND I WANT THAT IN A NEW INFERIOR COURT WHERE CORPORATE MISCONDUCT CAN RESULT IN 100'S OF BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGES. TODAY, I WANT ENFORCED MY STANDING IN EVERY COURT OF EVERY NATION AND I WANT IMPRISONED THE COPS THAT COVER UP THE CRIMES OF THOSE THAT LOOK LIKE HUMAN BEINGS! the United Nations has passed a declaration calling for all human cloning to be banned by member nations; https://drive.google.com/file/d/17JJhlZSjRZHT8og7MmsFjDOJGzzXyFbX/view? usp=sharing I AM THE VICTIM OF CLONING; AND I WOULD WANT THE UNITED NATIONS TO KNOW OF ANY JUDGEMENT; OF AN INFERIOR COURT, WHERE THE DEFENDANTS WERE ACTIVE IN CLONING TODAY, I WANT ENFORCED MY STANDING IN EVERY COURT, MY RIGHT TO A NEW INFERIOR COURT AND THE LAWSUITS AND PROSECUTIONS FOR THE VAGARIES OF MISCONDUCT! The Knowing Use of Perjured Testimony The application of the due process protection to discovery of the prosecution’s evidence traces its roots to Mooney v. Holohan, 158 a case in which the defendant, a labor agitator, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that the government violated his constitutional rights by introducing false evidence that he detonated a bomb in a crowd in San Francisco.159 Although the Court rejected the petition on procedural grounds, it paused to note that due process could never be satisfied “through the pretense of a trial which in truth is but used as a means of depriving a defendant of liberty through a deliberate deception of court and jury by the presentation of testimony known to be perjured.”160 Because the Court did not grant the defendant any relief, it did not need to consider what test should apply to determine whether the government violated due process in presenting false testimony. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pgAldZLWH44PGQdN_2uRbAk_uLf7nm_H/view? usp=sharing I WANT ENFORCED THE RIGHT TO SUE ALL THOSE LIABLE FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS; AND I WANT A NEW INFERIOR COURT THAT MAKES IT A CRIME TO NOT EXONERATE THE INNOCENT. TODAY, I WANT TO SPEAK TO MARILYN AND HER KIDS; I WANT ATTORNEYS SUING LOOK A LIKE CITIZENS; IN A NEW INFERIOR COURT WHERE THEY CAN LIE; WITHOUT HAVING TO SWEAR ON OATH TO TELL THE TRUTH! HERE IS A LINK TO THE YOUTUBE VIDEO WHERE MY SONS WERE INTENTIONALLY HARMED AND EXPLOITED BECAUSE THE STATE WOULD NOT EXONERATE THE INNOCENT PARENT AND WOULD NOT PROSECUTE THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlkoUF3Nr8k https://youtu.be/LlkoUF3Nr8k?si=m4vMkMw_OOohEo8B TODAY, I WILL WANT REMOVED ALL OBSTRUCTIONS OF PATENT; AND I WANT ENFORCED MY RIGHT TO REMOVE THE 100 TO 150 TRILLION DOLLAR DISCLOSURE INDUSTRY! Estimated $100 trillion to $150 trillion invest- ment needs from 2020 to 2050 to transition to a low-carbon economy and created a call to action for public, social, and private sectors to significantly scale the deployment of climate finance https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVUtSkoS0n8_8UCRe1v3imz4wKbhZp9b/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z1PlSKIhe67Y6LD3-VtbBKsUZs4Guayv/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/17VRZ71Ja7p12GT_2tBqD9Dudi7KSQnaL/view? usp=drive_link I WANT ENFORCED MY CIVIL RIGHTS, HUMAN RIGHTS, VICTIMS RIGHTS, PARENTING RIGHTS, PATENT RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO REMOVE ALL UNDUE HARDSHIPS ON ANY CONSUMER IN ANY NATION; BECAUSE OF THE ENFORCEMENT OF STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS! AS THE FATHER OF THE SONS OF THE DECREE OF DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE I AM BEING TORTURED, VIOLENTLY VICTIMIZED AND I AM THE VICTIM OF THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY! HERE ARE LINKS TO THE EVIDENCE THAT I WAS NOT IN SEQUIM, I WAS NOT IN BRINNON AND I WAS NOT CYBERSTALKING; I WANT MY RIGHTS ENFORCED AND I WANT THE STATE TO EXONERATE THE INNOCENT! https://drive.google.com/file/d/16JBAJvBNMTT1PA6bTR_bwntjF1ufbyB4/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IVrz7rInWFKYKoMmoCqKyyFi--ZP-JLN/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WNsEQNVO0mrj9FkzqUGh3GVMvjiV2lw3/view? usp=drive_link TODAY, I WANT VIOLENT LAWSUITS IN FEDERAL COURTS OF LAW; WHERE THE EVIDENCE IS VIOLENT AND THE JURY IS SHOCKED AT THE CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY, THE ABUSES OF AUTHORITY AND THE EXPLOITATION OF THE VICTIMS! I WANT VIOLENT LAWSUITS FOR VIOLENT CRIMES OF VIOLENT CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY AND THE VIOLENT EXPLOITATION OF THE VICTIMS OF THOSE CRIMES. IT IS TORTURE TO EXPLOIT THE VICTIMS OF VIOLENT CRIMES; AND I WANT ENFORCED MY RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF MARILYN. I WILL WANT FEDERAL TESTIMONY THAT THE IMAGES OF HERSELF ARE NOT HER; THEY ARE THE IMAGES OF THE LOOK ALIKES HER HUSBAND MANUFACTURED. HERE IS A LINK TO THE ROTARIAN NEWSLETTER WHERE MARILYN VANPROYEN IS BEING IMPERSONATED; I WANT TO SPEAK TO MARILYN ABOUT PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS INVESTIGATING ALL EMPLOYEES OF GOVERNMENT! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Fp0eKcLmBLe6XaDS35FMrufM9ivuKUz4/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mKDdN499fS_CMUF3gPx3Nd3UrFHqG9om/view? usp=drive_link HERE ARE LINKS TO DRIVES THAT DOCUMENT THAT EVERY RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN IS NOT BEING ENFORCED IN EACH OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-8Ig7ExaeZii1z9PbqUTshhXlZWRz9BC? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1--McnL4-KnlTUX4z4P5XaoNx3xwJMsns? usp=drive_link HERE ARE DOCUMENTS THAT ARE FRAUDULENT; BILLS OF ATTAINDER; THAT ARE NOT ENFORCEABLE IN ANY JURISDICTION OF ANY NATION! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ThHPMF7immtyGyO_CaOnCg-dAAFJ8FKa/view? usp=drive_link THE UNITED NATIONS MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE AND THE EXPUNGEMENT ORDER FROM GUAM; I WANT SUED THOSE THAT REFUSE TO ENFORCE THE LAWS! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KnprJEJH8CkfOzSc1J4IRU108HGStQ_d/view? usp=drive_link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N9SY9vaPBUhY2K_m-PfNITCYJEmIYzkr/view? usp=drive_link HERE IS THE LINK TO THE EVIDENCES OF CHILD ABUSES; THE REFUSAL TO ENFORCE THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND THE DISHONEST SERVICES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT. TODAY, I WANT MY SONS IN MY CUSTODY! Budnek thought back to his own story, when he was an eighth-grader in Brinnon. The eighth-grade version wasn’t so great. He found himself sitting at home, recovering from surgery for an ACL/meniscus injury. “I was at home; state of depression. Middle school; you’re going through that hormone change,” he added. “I was like 300 pounds, borderline. It was a bad place. Weight’s gain- ing. Hating how I looked. Just a bad place, mentally.” https://drive.google.com/file/d/1U3QOaE8A0FAJIdZV1nFqNb1tODkuO2OY/view? usp=drive_link I WANT AN ATTORNEY, I HAVE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THAT I WANT PATENTED; THAT MEANS THE ENFORCEMENT OF MY RIGHTS, THE RIGHTS OF MY FAMILY! I DO NOT WANT ANY NATION PAYING FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE TO PURCHASE; AND I WANT ENFORCED MY RIGHT TO SUE EVERY NATION THAT BUYS INTO ANY FAKE, FRAUDULENT AND COERCED AGREEMENTS IN ANY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION. I HAVE THREE FACEBOOK PROFILES; AND YOU CAN FIND OUT ANYTHING YOU WANT ABOUT ME. MY PHONE NUMBER IS 360-360-6926. I WANT ENFORCED MY RIGHT TO HAVE AN ATTORNEY, A PATENT ATTORNEY, A CIVIL RIGHTS ATTORNEY, AND THE RIGHT TO HAVE ATTORNEYS IN EACH OF THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD. From:Rachel Croft To:Council, City Subject:Churchill grade crossing / suggestion for partial underpass Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 11:38:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto Rail Committee, I reviewed the Caltrain guidance for rail crossings and understand the feedback complicates virtually all solutions. I have a suggestion for a change to the Churchill partial underpass design that might help with the new restrictions. I also have been sad to see renderings that show all the trees along Alma on both sides must be removed to make the proposed design "fit." This suggestion might help us retain some of the trees. Instead of keeping northbound Alma 2 lanes through the intersection, merge Alma north into one lane with no stop light at Churchill, for continuous traffic movement. The current necking down of Alma to one lane to cross Embarcadero doesn’t cause a noticeable slowdown. This is because much of northbound Alma is turning left on Churchill. If there is no stop for northbound Alma, I believe traffic studies would show that there would be no or little queue to merge. Bringing down to one lane would calm traffic, give more space for the new construction, and possibly enable the maintenance of the trees along Alma for the natural environment. It would also enable maintenance of the margin between the street and sidewalk for the pedestrians and houses along Alma. I’d encourage keeping the one lane all the way to the other merge / single lane at Embarcadero, or even 4 more blocks north to the Homer bike tunnel. The current bike movement coming out of the tunnel is suboptimal, with a green bike lane that goes straight (wrong way on one-way Homer), with forced right turn at High Street. If Alma were one lane at this point, there could possibly be a bike lane on Alma north to enable bikes to come out of the tunnel, turn left onto Alma, and turn right onto a correct direction street (Forest). Anything we can do to improve bike movement and safety will be appreciated by our community for years to come. I see an additional light at Castilleja. Please do not add a traffic light here. It changes the nature of the neighborhood and actually causes unnecessary waits. I strongly encourage you to put as few traffic lights as possible at all areas of this new interchange to keep the traffic calm. Thank you for your consideration, Rachel Croft (Southgate) From:Kerry Yarkin To:Council, City Subject:The Mercury News Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 10:18:32 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kya.ohlone@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The Mercury News. Hi Council Members:I just saw this article in the SJ Mercury News. Could you all get our City Manager and Molly Stump to work with San Jose in their fight against all the Developers using “BuildersRemedy” to destroy their cities. All the Best,Kerry Yarkin https://enewspaper.mercurynews.com/html5/reader/production/default.aspx? pubname=&pubid=704bc66e-2c99-475b-83aa-c7f296287203&pnum=1 From:Aram James To:Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Damon Silver; David S. Norris; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin;DuJuan Green; Friends of Cubberley; Greg Tanaka; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims;KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Gardener, Liz; Michelle; O"Neal, Molly; Salem Ajluni; Stump, Molly; SupervisorOtto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Zelkha, Mila Subject:Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign for the Senate Date:Saturday, February 3, 2024 12:55:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Barbara Lee’s Antiwar Campaign forthe Senate https://www.newyorker.com/news/persons-of-interest/barbara-lees-antiwar-campaign-for-the-senate View this email in your browser From:LWV Palo AltoTo:Council, CitySubject:LWV Congressional District 16 Candidate Forum Is Tomorrow, Feb 3, 4-6 PMDate:Friday, February 2, 2024 12:02:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. California Primary - March 5, 2024 Congressional District 16 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm League of Women Voters of Palo Alto will be hosting a Candidate Forum for Congressional District 16 (Anna Eshoo's seat) on February 3, 2024. We invite everyone to come listen to the candidates and learn where they stand on pertinent issues. The mailing of vote-by-mail ballots begins on Monday, February 5, and presidential primary election in California is on Tuesday, March 5, 2024. Candidate forums like this are one way the League makes democracy work! The event is co-sponsored by the following Leagues: LWV of Cupertino-Sunnyvale LWV of Los Altos-Mountain View LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley LWV of San Jose/Santa Clara LWV of North & Central San Mateo County LWV of South San Mateo County You may submit questions to the candidates in advance using the question submission link below or in your registration confirmation email. Time permitting, we will also take questions during the event. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, Office 5 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Hosted by LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm California State Assembly District 23 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Hosted by LWV of Los Altos-Mountain View Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Register Now Ask Your Questions Register Now 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm LWVPaloAlto.org Facebook YouTube LinkedIn Email Email Copyright © 2024 League of Women Voters Palo Alto, All rights reserved. From Voter Recipient List Our mailing address is: League of Women Voters Palo Alto 3921 E Bayshore Rd Ste 209 Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Questions? Contact us at communications@lwvpaloalto.org. Register Now Some people who received this message don't often get email from czarnecki@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this isimportant From:Burt, Patrick To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City Subject:RE: Signs on the City Hall Plaza and on the door of City Hall Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 11:50:00 AM Ed, Can you clarify city policy on this for us? I appreciate that we may not have been aware of protesters attaching a sign to city hall as asserted below. Pat From: Christine Czarnecki <czarnecki@sbcglobal.net> Sent: Thursday, February 1, 2024 8:49 AM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Signs on the City Hall Plaza and on the door of City Hall CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Members, Last night I attended the debate of the candidates running for our Congressional seat, which was held in Palo Alto City Hall. When I was entering, I saw several signs on the plaza and one over the main door to City Hall, expressing a particular stand on an international issue. While I fully support the Constitutionally enshrined presence of demonstrators and those espousing different points of view in the plaza itself, I found that the draping of signs on the plaza and especially, over the entrance of our City Hall was concerning to me. I do not think that banners should be draped over City Hall, unless the sentiment has been voted on and explicitly endorsed by our city government, our Palo Alto City Council itself. It is my hope that our City Hall can be a place which is neutral ofpolitical opinion and one concentrated instead on doing the many tasks of running our city. I suggest that when any demonstrators leave the plaza, their signs should go withthem, or if left behind, should be quickly cleared away. I do not think any should be mounted on the City Hall building itself, as this implies support of our city government directly. Thank you for your consideration. Christine Czarnecki Midtown From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; D Martell; DavidS. Norris; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Enberg, Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Friends ofCubberley; Greg Tanaka; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian;Hornung, Joel; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Linda Jolley;Bains, Paul; Reifschneider, James; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; WILPF PeninsulaPalo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Zelkha, Mila; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael Subject:Shikada’s latest boondoggle Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 11:22:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. After delays, Palo Alto’s new police building set for spring opening https://www.paloaltoonline.com/city-government/2024/02/02/after-delays-palo-altos-new-police-building-set-for-spring-opening/ From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Aram James; Binder, Andrew; Cait James; Council, City; DMartell; David S. Norris; DuJuan Green; Enberg, Nicholas; Friends of Cubberley; Human Relations Commission;Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; KarenHolman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Marina Lopez; Michelle; Bains, Paul; Paul George @ PPJC; Raj Jayadev;Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Vara Ramakrishnan; Perron, Zachary; Zelkha, Mila;dennis burns; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael Subject:Nation entering another era of racial oppression Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 9:19:42 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Nation entering another era of racial oppression Nation entering another era of racial oppressionhttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=d373cc33-6b47- 4be0-a100-d6c3db743b2c&appcode=SAN252&eguid=486c8163-6f28-454c-8a51-86729e5c6053&pnum=24# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: From:Alan Crystal To:Bill Johnson Cc:adawes@embarcaderopublishing.com; Clerk, City; Jocelyn Dong; Council, City; Stone, Greer Subject:Re: Last night"s 16th district congressional candidate debate Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 9:05:08 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from alancrystal@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks Bill, and I will keep you posted. --Alan On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 11:12 PM Bill Johnson<bjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org> wrote: Thanks for providing this research. I'll be interested in hearing what the city and police response is and would be delighted to have either Adam, me or our editor attend the meeting you're planning onsetting up. FYI, the mayor is now Greer Stone. Bill Bill Johnson President, Embarcadero Media Foundation 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650.223-6505 (direct) 650.575.4689 (mobile) On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:08 PM Alan Crystal <alancrystal@gmail.com> wrote:To: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero Media cc: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero MediaMayor Greer Stone, Palo AltoU.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District (copied separately) Dear Bill, Thanks for your detailed response to my email from this morning. I appreciate the advancework that went into the event, including talking with the police about how to handleprotesters. However, I must point out that the police were mistaken when they said that they couldnot intervene, and I must disagree with you that the protesters had a legal right "to engagein the behavior we all witnessed". Please see Section 403 of the California Penal Code: "Every person who, withoutauthority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is notunlawful in its character, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 302 of the Penal Code or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of amisdemeanor." The police could have -- and absolutely should have -- enforced Section 403. Furthermore, it would have been helpful if the moderator had alerted everyone of this lawbefore the meeting started. It makes sense that Section 403 exists. While the protestors absolutely have free speechrights, the candidates also have free speech rights, and we the audience also have freespeech rights -- to hear what the candidates were saying. If we did not have these rights,the protestors would effectively be given a "hecklers veto". In the coming days, a group of us who attended the event will be talking with the Mayor,the City Council members, and law enforcement officials, to make sure that everyone isaware of Section 403 of the Penal Code -- and that the police are ready to enforce it whennecessary. We will not be able to have a democracy if illegal protestors are allowed todrown out our own free speech rights. I look forward to the next candidate debate for the 16th Congressional district debate --this time without interference from illegal protestors. Best, --Alan Alan CrystalPalo Alto resident On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM Bill Johnson<bjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org> wrote: Alan, Thanks very much for sharing your reactions and thoughts about last night's candidates' debate.Adam departed for a short vacation at noon today and I'm not sure whether he'll have the chanceto respond in a timely way or not, so thought I would give you some background that might behelpful. Given the state of political discourse in the country and especially the current strong divisionsregarding the Israeli-Hamas conflict, we anticipated the possibility that organized protesters mightattend and disrupt the debate. Meetings were held in the days leading up to the debate with citystaff and the police about how to respond in the event this happened and the police assigned asergeant and three or four officers to be present. The police made clear that they could not andwould not intervene unless there was a physical altercation or an imminent danger to the safety ofattendees and advised us to have a plan for pausing or terminating the event if we decided thatwas necessary. As an open public forum being held in a public/government facility, the protestershad a legal right to be present and to engage in the behavior we all witnessed. (The alternativewould have been to hold the event in a privately owned facility and hire security personnel thatwould physically remove protesters. We thought this was not a smart or practical option.) As you saw, although we had many staff members present in the chambers to assist, includingmyself, the protesters would not stop their disruption when requested. Attempting to physicallyremove all of them would have undoubtedly resulted in an even more confrontational anddangerous situation. The plan for handling a disruption of the sort that occurred was for thecandidates to leave the dais and remain in a room behind the council chambers until the crowd quieted, and then to return to resume. If the crowd would not quiet, we would stop the debateand send people home. The candidates were all aware of this, but in the moment would not go into the room, preferring to not leave the chambers. Unfortunately, this likely prolonged theprotest. As to your question about Adam's talking with some of the protesters, there was no negotiationtaking place. Both Adam and I were explaining to those who seemed to be leaders (or the mostvocal) that the very next planned debate question was on the Israeli/Hamas/Gaza situation andthat if they stopped their protest everyone could have the benefit of their comments. As you saw,that eventually helped quiet things down, but the group was determined to heckle the candidatesanyway. I understand why removing the protesters seems like a logical natural consequence for theirbehavior, but since no laws were being broken the police would not have assisted, and our staffwas told not to touch any protester or attempt to escort them out by force. So that left ouravailable options as persuasion and stopping the debate. It is obviously disappointing that the final question and closing statements became impossible tocomplete. But I hope the hour and fifteen minutes of discussion that took place before theprotests erupted and the hand-out grid with the candidates' positions on many important issuesgave those in attendance useful insights into the candidates and their views. I would hate to give up on the idea of live, in-person political debates. Zoom can only go so far inconnecting voters with candidates. We really appreciate your email and feedback and would welcome any further ideas you mighthave for dealing with these kinds of events in the future. Bill Bill Johnson Chairman, Embarcadero Media Foundation 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650.223-6505 (direct) 650.575.4689 (mobile) On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM Alan Crystal <alancrystal@gmail.com> wrote:To: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero Media cc: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero MediaMayor Greer Stone, Palo Alto U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District Dear Mr. Dawes, Your effort last night to produce a meaningful debate with the 16th DistrictCongressional candidates proved to be a fiasco. Everything was going well – the format, the questions, the pacing – until, as you know, the event was brazenly hijackedby dozens of out-of-control anti-Israel protesters. The last ~45 minutes of the event were ruined by constant interruptions, including loud yelling of hateful accusationsagainst Israel, the Biden administration, the candidates, as well as members of the audience, like me. All of this happened inside of the Palo Alto City Hall auditorium. Ifound what happened at the event to be outrageous – a travesty of what our democratic process is meant to be. At the outset of the meeting, you communicated the rules, including no signs and nointerruptions. After the interruptions started, I was shocked to see that there was no mechanism to enforce the rules. Given that the protests had been advertised inadvance, you should have foreseen the risk of disruption. Why weren’t the people who disrupted the meeting escorted out of the room, so that the rest of us could hearwhat the candidates were saying? Not surprisingly, your attempt to plead with the protesters to stop interrupting proved to be futile, despite countless attempts on your part. When your pleading didn’t work,it appeared that you were negotiating with one of the leaders of the protest, so that she would influence the group to quiet down. Who was this person that you werenegotiating with, and why did she appear to get special deference from you? If she was responsible for the people who were interrupting the meeting, she too should havebeen escorted out of the room. I question whether it was appropriate to continue the event while the protesters continued their heckling. This created a hostile environment for both the speakers andthe audience, and it may have influenced the answers that the candidates gave. Why should these protesters be allowed to intimidate everyone around them, and haveundue influence on the content of this important event? As the organizers of the event, I think you owe an explanation to the community of what happened, and you and our government leaders need to take measures to preventsomething like this from happening ever again. Sincerely, Alan Crystal Palo Alto resident From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Re: Your e-mail to City Council was received Date:Friday, February 2, 2024 8:12:43 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from alafargue@mac.com. 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Contact City Departments: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City-Hall/Phone-Directory Contact City Council: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City-Hall/City-Council From:marilyn crystal To:Stone, Greer Cc:Council, City; bjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org; adawes@embarcaderopublishing.com Subject:Feeling in fear Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:37:43 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from marilyn.crystal@yahoo.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Where do I start ? I am appalled by the way the debate was managed last night at City Hall. I didn’t sleep, my husband didn’t sleep and our friends didn’t sleep. I am still trying to reconcile Democracy, freedom of speech, all the hatred that surrounded us last night and the fact that nothing was done to control the disruption.. The atmosphere during the Congressional debate yesterday was terrifying for me and an embarrassment for the Palo Alto police and Embarcadero Media. A pro-Palestinian protest was announced and Police were present at Palo Alto City Hall. How was Embarcadero Media so poorly prepared given all that we see in the news ( by the way, their article in the Palo Alto Online does not fully depict the chaos that happened and that we all witnessed)? HOW is it possible to let a mob of pro-palestianian / pro Hamas / Jew-haters behave the way they did? How is it that their freedom of speech or protest is protected and not the freedom of speech of the candidates ? Is this a democratic process ? I cannot believe or accept that there was nothing that the police could have done to protect the rest of us that felt threatened and in fear. I am a Jew who grew up in Tunisia (Africa) - a rather moderate Arab country at the time, but then again we were Jews in a Muslim country where there were serious tensions after the creation of the State of Israel and a hostile climate during each Arab Israeli war. The Jews fled and the Jewish population plummeted from over 100,000 the 1950’s to about 1,000 today. We then moved to France (Europe) - where there is a history of numerous antisemitic incidents (some dramatic where there were terrorist attacks / when people died) and where the jewish community has felt threatened for many years. Today, Palo Alto (North America) is the third country and third continent for me, and this fear once again, tightens my stomach and my throat. I thought I was lucky to live in the United States, a country where Jews lived happily, respected and peacefully… Not anymore… What I witnessed yesterday makes me believe - and fear - that physical violence could be the next step. Now I fear for us and mostly for our children… and yesterday was just a sad day for the Jewish community in Palo Alto - we did not feel protected - and for Democracy. I am asking you to please accept to meet me with a small group of friends so we can share with you our fears and hopes to be able to live peacefully in Palo Alto. Looking forward to the opportunity to meet you Marilyne Uzan From:Bill Johnson To:Alan Crystal Cc:adawes@embarcaderopublishing.com; Clerk, City; Jocelyn Dong; Burt, Patrick; Council, City Subject:Re: Last night"s 16th district congressional candidate debate Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:12:10 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email frombjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thanks for providing this research. I'll be interested in hearing what the city and police response is andwould be delighted to have either Adam, me or our editor attend the meeting you're planning on settingup. FYI, the mayor is now Greer Stone. Bill Bill Johnson President, Embarcadero Media Foundation 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306650.223-6505 (direct) 650.575.4689 (mobile) On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 10:08 PM Alan Crystal <alancrystal@gmail.com> wrote:To: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero Media cc: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero MediaMayor Pat Burt, Palo AltoU.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District (copied separately) Dear Bill, Thanks for your detailed response to my email from this morning. I appreciate the advancework that went into the event, including talking with the police about how to handleprotesters. However, I must point out that the police were mistaken when they said that they could notintervene, and I must disagree with you that the protesters had a legal right "to engage in thebehavior we all witnessed". Please see Section 403 of the California Penal Code: "Every person who, withoutauthority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is notunlawful in its character, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 302of the Penal Code or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor." The police could have -- and absolutely should have -- enforced Section 403. Furthermore,it would have been helpful if the moderator had alerted everyone of this law before themeeting started. It makes sense that Section 403 exists. While the protestors absolutely have free speechrights, the candidates also have free speech rights, and we the audience also have free speechrights -- to hear what the candidates were saying. If we did not have these rights, theprotestors would effectively be given a "hecklers veto". In the coming days, a group of us who attended the event will be talking with the Mayor, theCity Council members, and law enforcement officials, to make sure that everyone is awareof Section 403 of the Penal Code -- and that the police are ready to enforce it whennecessary. We will not be able to have a democracy if illegal protestors are allowed todrown out our own free speech rights. I look forward to the next candidate debate for the 16th Congressional district debate -- thistime without interference from illegal protestors. Best, --Alan Alan CrystalPalo Alto resident On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM Bill Johnson<bjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org> wrote: Alan, Thanks very much for sharing your reactions and thoughts about last night's candidates' debate.Adam departed for a short vacation at noon today and I'm not sure whether he'll have the chance torespond in a timely way or not, so thought I would give you some background that might be helpful. Given the state of political discourse in the country and especially the current strong divisionsregarding the Israeli-Hamas conflict, we anticipated the possibility that organized protesters mightattend and disrupt the debate. Meetings were held in the days leading up to the debate with citystaff and the police about how to respond in the event this happened and the police assigned asergeant and three or four officers to be present. The police made clear that they could not andwould not intervene unless there was a physical altercation or an imminent danger to the safety ofattendees and advised us to have a plan for pausing or terminating the event if we decided that wasnecessary. As an open public forum being held in a public/government facility, the protesters had alegal right to be present and to engage in the behavior we all witnessed. (The alternative would havebeen to hold the event in a privately owned facility and hire security personnel that would physicallyremove protesters. We thought this was not a smart or practical option.) As you saw, although we had many staff members present in the chambers to assist, includingmyself, the protesters would not stop their disruption when requested. Attempting to physicallyremove all of them would have undoubtedly resulted in an even more confrontational and dangeroussituation. The plan for handling a disruption of the sort that occurred was for the candidates to leavethe dais and remain in a room behind the council chambers until the crowd quieted, and then toreturn to resume. If the crowd would not quiet, we would stop the debate and send people home.The candidates were all aware of this, but in the moment would not go into the room, preferring tonot leave the chambers. Unfortunately, this likely prolonged the protest. As to your question about Adam's talking with some of the protesters, there was no negotiationtaking place. Both Adam and I were explaining to those who seemed to be leaders (or the mostvocal) that the very next planned debate question was on the Israeli/Hamas/Gaza situation and thatif they stopped their protest everyone could have the benefit of their comments. As you saw, that eventually helped quiet things down, but the group was determined to heckle the candidatesanyway. I understand why removing the protesters seems like a logical natural consequence for theirbehavior, but since no laws were being broken the police would not have assisted, and our staff wastold not to touch any protester or attempt to escort them out by force. So that left our availableoptions as persuasion and stopping the debate. It is obviously disappointing that the final question and closing statements became impossible tocomplete. But I hope the hour and fifteen minutes of discussion that took place before the protestserupted and the hand-out grid with the candidates' positions on many important issues gave those inattendance useful insights into the candidates and their views. I would hate to give up on the idea of live, in-person political debates. Zoom can only go so far inconnecting voters with candidates. We really appreciate your email and feedback and would welcome any further ideas you might havefor dealing with these kinds of events in the future. Bill Bill Johnson Chairman, Embarcadero Media Foundation 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650.223-6505 (direct) 650.575.4689 (mobile) On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM Alan Crystal <alancrystal@gmail.com> wrote:To: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero Media cc: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero MediaMayor Pat Burt, Palo AltoU.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District Dear Mr. Dawes, Your effort last night to produce a meaningful debate with the 16th DistrictCongressional candidates proved to be a fiasco. Everything was going well – theformat, the questions, the pacing – until, as you know, the event was brazenly hijackedby dozens of out-of-control anti-Israel protesters. The last ~45 minutes of the event wereruined by constant interruptions, including loud yelling of hateful accusations againstIsrael, the Biden administration, the candidates, as well as members of the audience, likeme. All of this happened inside of the Palo Alto City Hall auditorium. I found whathappened at the event to be outrageous – a travesty of what our democratic process ismeant to be. At the outset of the meeting, you communicated the rules, including no signs and nointerruptions. After the interruptions started, I was shocked to see that there was nomechanism to enforce the rules. Given that the protests had been advertised in advance,you should have foreseen the risk of disruption. Why weren’t the people who disrupted the meeting escorted out of the room, so that the rest of us could hear what thecandidates were saying? Not surprisingly, your attempt to plead with the protesters to stop interrupting proved tobe futile, despite countless attempts on your part. When your pleading didn’t work, itappeared that you were negotiating with one of the leaders of the protest, so that shewould influence the group to quiet down. Who was this person that you werenegotiating with, and why did she appear to get special deference from you? If she wasresponsible for the people who were interrupting the meeting, she too should have beenescorted out of the room. I question whether it was appropriate to continue the event while the protesterscontinued their heckling. This created a hostile environment for both the speakers andthe audience, and it may have influenced the answers that the candidates gave. Whyshould these protesters be allowed to intimidate everyone around them, and have undueinfluence on the content of this important event? As the organizers of the event, I think you owe an explanation to the community of whathappened, and you and our government leaders need to take measures to preventsomething like this from happening ever again. Sincerely, Alan CrystalPalo Alto resident From:Aram James To:Cait James; Council, City; D Martell; David S. Norris; Ed Lauing; Jack Ajluni; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Marina Lopez; Michelle; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; TimJames; Zelkha, Mila; citycouncil@mountainview.gov Subject:Watch ""MORONIC MONSTERS": Norm Finkelstein OBLITERATES Bill Maher & Sam Harris" on YouTube Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:30:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/QDLCutPRhes?si=p0qlL7i5p27gqT0- From:Alan Crystal To:Bill Johnson Cc:adawes@embarcaderopublishing.com; Clerk, City; Jocelyn Dong; Burt, Patrick; Council, City Subject:Re: Last night"s 16th district congressional candidate debate Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 10:09:00 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from alancrystal@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. To: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero Media cc: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero MediaMayor Pat Burt, Palo Alto U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District (copied separately) Dear Bill, Thanks for your detailed response to my email from this morning. I appreciate the advancework that went into the event, including talking with the police about how to handle protesters. However, I must point out that the police were mistaken when they said that they could notintervene, and I must disagree with you that the protesters had a legal right "to engage in the behavior we all witnessed". Please see Section 403 of the California Penal Code: "Every person who, without authorityof law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is not unlawful in itscharacter, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 302 of the PenalCode or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor." The police could have -- and absolutely should have -- enforced Section 403. Furthermore, it would have been helpful if the moderator had alerted everyone of this law before the meetingstarted. It makes sense that Section 403 exists. While the protestors absolutely have free speech rights, the candidates also have free speech rights, and we the audience also have free speechrights -- to hear what the candidates were saying. If we did not have these rights, the protestors would effectively be given a "hecklers veto". In the coming days, a group of us who attended the event will be talking with the Mayor, theCity Council members, and law enforcement officials, to make sure that everyone is aware of Section 403 of the Penal Code -- and that the police are ready to enforce it when necessary. We will not be able to have a democracy if illegal protestors are allowed to drown out our own free speech rights. I look forward to the next candidate debate for the 16th Congressional district debate -- thistime without interference from illegal protestors. Best, --Alan Alan CrystalPalo Alto resident On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 1:51 PM Bill Johnson <bjohnson@embarcaderomediafoundation.org> wrote: Alan, Thanks very much for sharing your reactions and thoughts about last night's candidates' debate. Adamdeparted for a short vacation at noon today and I'm not sure whether he'll have the chance to respondin a timely way or not, so thought I would give you some background that might be helpful. Given the state of political discourse in the country and especially the current strong divisions regardingthe Israeli-Hamas conflict, we anticipated the possibility that organized protesters might attend anddisrupt the debate. Meetings were held in the days leading up to the debate with city staff and thepolice about how to respond in the event this happened and the police assigned a sergeant and threeor four officers to be present. The police made clear that they could not and would not interveneunless there was a physical altercation or an imminent danger to the safety of attendees and advisedus to have a plan for pausing or terminating the event if we decided that was necessary. As an openpublic forum being held in a public/government facility, the protesters had a legal right to be presentand to engage in the behavior we all witnessed. (The alternative would have been to hold the event ina privately owned facility and hire security personnel that would physically remove protesters. Wethought this was not a smart or practical option.) As you saw, although we had many staff members present in the chambers to assist, including myself,the protesters would not stop their disruption when requested. Attempting to physically remove all ofthem would have undoubtedly resulted in an even more confrontational and dangerous situation. Theplan for handling a disruption of the sort that occurred was for the candidates to leave the dais andremain in a room behind the council chambers until the crowd quieted, and then to return to resume.If the crowd would not quiet, we would stop the debate and send people home. The candidates wereall aware of this, but in the moment would not go into the room, preferring to not leave the chambers.Unfortunately, this likely prolonged the protest. As to your question about Adam's talking with some of the protesters, there was no negotiation takingplace. Both Adam and I were explaining to those who seemed to be leaders (or the most vocal) thatthe very next planned debate question was on the Israeli/Hamas/Gaza situation and that if theystopped their protest everyone could have the benefit of their comments. As you saw, that eventuallyhelped quiet things down, but the group was determined to heckle the candidates anyway. I understand why removing the protesters seems like a logical natural consequence for their behavior,but since no laws were being broken the police would not have assisted, and our staff was told not totouch any protester or attempt to escort them out by force. So that left our available options aspersuasion and stopping the debate. It is obviously disappointing that the final question and closing statements became impossible tocomplete. But I hope the hour and fifteen minutes of discussion that took place before the protestserupted and the hand-out grid with the candidates' positions on many important issues gave those inattendance useful insights into the candidates and their views. I would hate to give up on the idea of live, in-person political debates. Zoom can only go so far inconnecting voters with candidates. We really appreciate your email and feedback and would welcome any further ideas you might have fordealing with these kinds of events in the future. Bill Bill Johnson Chairman, Embarcadero Media Foundation 450 Cambridge Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94306 650.223-6505 (direct) 650.575.4689 (mobile) On Thu, Feb 1, 2024 at 12:30 PM Alan Crystal <alancrystal@gmail.com> wrote:To: Adam Dawes, CEO, Embarcadero Media cc: Bill Johnson, Executive Chairman, Embarcadero MediaMayor Pat Burt, Palo Alto U.S. Representative Anna Eshoo, 16th Congressional District Dear Mr. Dawes, Your effort last night to produce a meaningful debate with the 16th District Congressionalcandidates proved to be a fiasco. Everything was going well – the format, the questions, the pacing – until, as you know, the event was brazenly hijacked by dozens of out-of-control anti-Israel protesters. The last ~45 minutes of the event were ruined by constant interruptions, including loud yelling of hateful accusations against Israel, the Bidenadministration, the candidates, as well as members of the audience, like me. All of this happened inside of the Palo Alto City Hall auditorium. I found what happened at the eventto be outrageous – a travesty of what our democratic process is meant to be. At the outset of the meeting, you communicated the rules, including no signs and no interruptions. After the interruptions started, I was shocked to see that there was nomechanism to enforce the rules. Given that the protests had been advertised in advance, you should have foreseen the risk of disruption. Why weren’t the people who disruptedthe meeting escorted out of the room, so that the rest of us could hear what the candidates were saying? Not surprisingly, your attempt to plead with the protesters to stop interrupting proved to befutile, despite countless attempts on your part. When your pleading didn’t work, it appeared that you were negotiating with one of the leaders of the protest, so that shewould influence the group to quiet down. Who was this person that you were negotiating with, and why did she appear to get special deference from you? If she was responsiblefor the people who were interrupting the meeting, she too should have been escorted out of the room. I question whether it was appropriate to continue the event while the protesters continuedtheir heckling. This created a hostile environment for both the speakers and the audience, and it may have influenced the answers that the candidates gave. Why should theseprotesters be allowed to intimidate everyone around them, and have undue influence on the content of this important event? As the organizers of the event, I think you owe an explanation to the community of whathappened, and you and our government leaders need to take measures to prevent something like this from happening ever again. Sincerely, Alan CrystalPalo Alto resident From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Sean Allen; Vicki Veenker; Zelkha, Mila; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Burt, Patrick Subject:South Bay politician allegedly stole confidential documents Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 7:58:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. South Bay politician allegedly stole confidential documents https://sanjosespotlight.com/south-bay-silicon-valley-santa-clara-county-politician-water-district-director-allegedly-stole-confidential-documents/ From:Aram James To:Council, City; D Martell; Ed Lauing; Greg Tanaka; Jack Ajluni; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Michelle; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila Subject:Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel downplays settler violence in West Bank Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 5:22:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel’s war on Gaza live: Israel downplays settler violence in West Bank https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/2/2/israels-war-on-gaza-live-israel-downplays-settler-violence-in-west-bank From:Ann Balin To:Jo Ann Mandinach Cc:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Re: Bay Area counties claim Tesla illegally dumped hazardous waste, including from Fremont plant Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 4:32:11 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from alafargue@mac.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Sue the bum. Sent from my iPhone On 1 Feb 2024, at 15:06, Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com> wrote:https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/01/eight-bay-area-counties-sue-tesla-claiming-it-illegally-dumped-hazardous-waste-from-fremont-plant-other- facilities/ Santa Clara is one of the 8 counties yet Palo Alto awards Tesla /Muskcontracts. What's wrong with this picture? From:Jo Ann Mandinach To:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Bay Area counties claim Tesla illegally dumped hazardous waste, including from Fremont plant Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 3:06:09 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/02/01/eight-bay-area-counties-sue-tesla-claiming-it- illegally-dumped-hazardous-waste-from-fremont-plant-other-facilities/ Santa Clara is one of the 8 counties yet Palo Alto awards Tesla /Musk contracts. What's wrong with this picture? From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team Subject:Council Consent Questions: Item 7 (2/5/24) Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 1:15:37 PM Attachments:image001.pngimage003.pngimage004.pngimage006.pngimage007.pngimage008.pngimage002.png Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links for the amended agenda and staff responses to comments submitted by Mayor Stone and Vice Mayor Lauing from a community member: February 5 Amended Agenda Item 7 Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce News & Updates - February 1, 2024 Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 1:03:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NEWS & UPDATES - February 1, 2024 Chamber Mixer & Networking Event - RSVP Today Discover Sweets at Sweet 55 - Town & Country Village Valentine's Day at the Poolside Grill - Sheraton Palo Alto Certified GHG Accounting and Carbon Markets Practitioner Imagination Lab School ILS In-Person Tours LA SCUOLA Enrollment & Italian Immersion Programs SAVE THE DATE - 2024 Tall Tree Awards Chamber Mixer and NonProfit Volunteer Match Connect with fellow professionals & business owners: Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Hanahaus Palo Alto 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Hosted By:The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Special Keynote Speaker: Christian ButzlaffChief Sustainability Solution Architect, SAP Topic: SAP as an Exemplar and Enabler of Sustainability Food & Beverages provided by Tacolicous >RSVP Online Today Bonus: Get a Free Professional Headshot! 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From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; CaitJames; Council, City; D Martell; David S. Norris; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Don Austin; DuJuan Green; EdLauing; Emily Mibach; Friends of Cubberley; Greg Tanaka; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen;Josh Becker; KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Michelle; Raj Jayadev;Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Susan Hayase; Tim James; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron,Zachary; Zelkha, Mila; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; yolanda Subject:Candidates delve into issues in bid for Eshoo’s seat, contend with protesters Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 11:03:08 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Candidates delve into issues in bid for Eshoo’s seat, contend with protesters https://www.paloaltoonline.com/2024/02/01/candidates-delve-into-issues-in-bid-for-eshoos-seat-contend-with-protesters/ From:Christine Czarnecki To:Council, City Subject:Signs on the City Hall Plaza and on the door of City Hall Date:Thursday, February 1, 2024 8:48:51 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from czarnecki@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Members, Last night I attended the debate of the candidates running for our Congressional seat, which was held in Palo Alto City Hall. When I was entering, I saw several signs on the plaza and one over the main door to City Hall, expressing a particular stand on an international issue. While I fully support the Constitutionally enshrined presence of demonstrators and those espousing different points of view in the plaza itself, I found that the draping of signs on the plaza and especially, over the entrance of our City Hall was concerning to me. I do not think that banners should be draped over City Hall, unless the sentiment has been voted on and explicitly endorsed by our city government, our Palo Alto City Council itself. It is my hope that our City Hall can be a place which is neutral of political opinion and one concentrated instead on doing the many tasks of running ourcity. I suggest that when any demonstrators leave the plaza, their signs should go with them, or if left behind, should be quickly cleared away. I do not think any should bemounted on the City Hall building itself, as this implies support of our city government directly. Thank you for your consideration. Christine Czarnecki Midtown From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; District1@bos.sccgov.org; Jeff Moore; JoeSimitian; KEVIN JENSEN; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor SusanEllenberg; dennis burns Subject:‘Do Not Rehire’: Panel finds Villanueva violated county discrimination, harassment policies Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2024 11:56:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ‘Do Not Rehire’: Panel finds Villanueva violated county discrimination, harassment policies https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-01-31/do-not-rehire-panel-finds-villanueva-violated-county-discrimination-harassment-policies Call for a Gaza ceasefire resolution 17 Biodiversity (light pollution) 7 Climate Change (electrification) 6 Environmental toxins (ban artificial turf) 4 Community services, transportation and facilities 4 Housing 4 Racism in the community 3 Against Gaza ceasefire resolution 3 Airplane noise 3 From:matt@evolutionaryteams.com To:palo-alto@fridaysforfutureusa.org Subject:FFF Follow Up – Jan 26 (Week #107) Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2024 5:37:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. We started our 107th consecutive week of climate strikes as Brett passed by reporting he was on his 1,233rd consecutive day of walking 10,000 steps. At the check in, Casey exulted in Biden’s decision to halt construction of all new LNG terminals. Rick said he would write President Biden a thank you letter for the monumental decision. Ingrid found a way to access the Climate Action Now app and is excited to take daily action. Robin initiated a conversation regarding the upcoming atmospheric river, and we decided that if it is raining on Friday we will postpone the march. George expressed his enthusiasm for the upcoming march. Ian lamented the rise of right-wing extremism in the US and around the world. Carol says we should not be shy about demanding peace in Gaza and peace everywhere. Kimberly quoted Noam Chomsky: “Optimism is a strategy for making a better future. Because unless you believe that the future can be better, it’s unlikely you will step up and take responsibility for making it so. If you assume that there’s no hope, you guarantee that there will be no hope. If you assume that there is an instinct for freedom, there are opportunities to change things, there’s a chance you may contribute to making a better world. The choice is yours.” On that inspirational note, we next talked through the march plan details. Then we donned our ponchos, grabbed a prototype sign and conducted a dress rehearsal march around King Plaza. We debriefed the rehearsal and decided on the configuration for our first march —exciting! Here’s a brief video of our rehearsal: https://photos.app.goo.gl/FS5feZcgMvKA7Skp9 In the event of rain on Friday we will postpone the march until we have nice weather. Meanwhile, thanks to Casey for making a wonderful handout, and I am happy to report that I completed all the signs before it started to rain—we are good to go! Also, a big thank you to Pro Bono Photo and Chris Cassell and Jim Colton for agreeing to photograph our event—THANK YOU! In other news, there were 31 members of the public who spoke at this week’s city council retreat! Here’s how I categorized the comments (some spoke to more than one): Also, I appreciated the council discussion around including the word “belonging” in 2024 priorities and its adoption into the final wording. Here are the 2024 Council Priorities: Community Health, Safety, Wellness & BelongingEconomic Development and TransitionClimate Change & Natural Environment – Protection & AdaptationHousing for Social & Economic Balance Let’s get to work! Keep Up the Fight and See You Friday! Elders Climate Action: We need elders who enjoy working with youth, who are respectful of their ability to challenge authority, and who encourage their authentic voice in realizing a team’s goals. Contact: norcal@eldersclimateaction.org Heat Pump Water Heater Program Update Here’s the latest on the heat pump water heater program. Added a new category of “dropouts.” Here are notes from Diane: Of the 473 who have had site assessments done, 85 have dropped out of the program. Some of those customers did not have enough space for a heat pump water heater, requiring relocation of the water heater, or a “split” system with the compressor outside (both options are quite a bit more expensive). The remainder of customers (388) have either installed HPWHs (158), or are in progress with their project, or are taking more time to think about moving forward. As of:12/28 11/30 11/2 10/2 9/7 7/27 6/29 6/1 4/27 HPWH full-service interest list signups 687 658 604 549 521 459 511 488 466 Site assessment agreements (SAA) sent 679 658 604 549 519 458 437 399 345 Signed SAAs 522 500 448 407 387 326 306 280 156 Completed site assessments 473 437 381 342 311 244 147 111 58 Dropouts*85 In Progress 230 Installations Total Full Service HPWHs installed 158 140 117 90 70 27 16 12 8 Total DYI HPWH installed 44 43 37 n/a 13 Total HPWHs installed 202 183 154 90 83 Target Installations 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 Monthly Installation Rate Monthly Installation Rate 19 29 64 7 43 13 9 4 7 Target Monthly Installation Rate 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 83 Highlighted numbers not accurate because of missing data point *Drop outs: not have enough space for a heat pump water heater, requiring relocation of the water heater or a “split” system with the compressor outside (both options are quite a bit more expensive). 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Matt Schlegel Organizer Fridays For Future Palo Alto Cell: 650-924-8923 Email: Palo-Alto@FridaysForFutureUSA.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture_paloalto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fri4Future_PA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGKrv_ADB5k7HPK9FJO_Hw Web: https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/local-groups/palo-alto/ Email List: https://mailchi.mp/c8c130127345/join-fridays-for-future-palo-alto From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; DuJuan Green; Friends of Cubberley; Gennady Sheyner; Greg Tanaka;Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jean Gage; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Michelle; Bains, Paul; RajJayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shana Segal; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Susan Hayase; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; William Ross; Zelkha, Mila; Foley, Michael; sean james; walter wilson Subject:California lawmakers introduce first-in-nation slavery reparations package Date:Wednesday, January 31, 2024 5:37:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. California lawmakers introduce first-in-nation slavery reparations package https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0fWD2eVtU2rbQJkzQ5yx3MovN79yCMNQuiJs5uR3HHQDyMRV8yPTM3ZjGqMEv7YC8l&id=100051178785010 Some people who received this message don't often get email from civil.eng.morsy@gmail.com. Learn why this is important From:Alyssa Ching To:Abdalla Morsy; Administrative Services; EnjoyOnline; Parks; Office of the CIO; Info, Plandiv; Building; City Mgr;Council, City Subject:RE: Request for Data on Microgrid Implementation in Palo Alto for Thesis Research Date:Tuesday, January 30, 2024 4:54:35 PM Attachments:image001.png Hi Abdalla, Thank you for your email. I am not sure if someone replied to your email, but this would be considered a Public Records Act Request. You can submit a request via our website here: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City- Clerk/Clerk-Services/Public-Records-Request. Please let me know if you have any further questions. Best, Alyssa Ching Administrative Assistant Administrative Services Department (650) 838-2873 | alyssa.ching@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Abdalla Morsy <civil.eng.morsy@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, January 27, 2024 7:41 AM To: Administrative Services <AdminSvcs@CityofPaloAlto.org>; EnjoyOnline <EnjoyOnline@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Parks <Parks@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Office of the CIO <OfficeOfTheCIO@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Info, Plandiv <Plandiv.Info@cityofpaloalto.org>; Building <Building@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Request for Data on Microgrid Implementation in Palo Alto for Thesis Research CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear I hope this email finds you well. My name is Abdalla Morsy, a Master's student in Civil Engineering at Cyprus International University, currently specializing in Civil Engineering. I am reaching out to you regarding my ongoing thesis project titled "A Comprehensive Evaluation of Microgrids as a Viable Energy Management Strategy for Sustainable Smart Cities." Given the innovative and forward-thinking approach of Palo Alto in sustainable urban development, I am particularly interested in conducting a case study on the application of microgrids in your city. To enrich my research and ensure its thoroughness, I am kindly requesting access to specific data pertinent to microgrid implementation in Palo Alto. Below is a comprehensive list of the data I am seeking: 1. Technical specifications of microgrids in Palo Alto, encompassing their size, location, energy sources, generation capacity, storage capacity, and distribution network. 2. Energy consumption data for connected loads across residential, commercial, and industrial sectors, including historical trends, consumption patterns, and peak load times. 3. Operational performance data of microgrids, covering energy generation, consumption, losses, and overall efficiency over a significant period. 4. Investment costs and operational expenses associated with deploying and maintaining microgrids in Palo Alto. 5. Cost-saving metrics attributed to microgrid adoption, such as reduced electricity bills and enhanced grid stability. 6. Estimates of greenhouse gas emissions reduction and other pollutant mitigation achieved through microgrid utilization. 7. Energy efficiency enhancements realized through microgrid integration. 8. Integration strategies for renewable energy sources within Palo Alto's microgrid infrastructure. 9. Regulatory framework governing microgrid development, operation, and integration in Palo Alto. 10. Government policies, subsidies, and incentives promoting microgrid adoption within the city. 11. Public perceptions and attitudes towards microgrids in Palo Alto. I understand the significance of this request and greatly appreciate any assistance you can provide. Access to this data will significantly contribute to the depth and accuracy of my research, enabling a thorough evaluation of microgrid viability for sustainable energy management in smart cities, with Palo Alto as a prominent case study. I am open to meeting in person or discussing further details via phone at your convenience. Thank you very much for considering my request. Your cooperation in this matter is invaluable to the advancement of my academic pursuits. Warm regards, Abdalla Morsy Civil Engineering Master's Student Cyprus International University Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Lefkoşa, TRNC Email: civil.eng.morsy@gmail.com Student Email: 22213356@student.ciu.edu.tr Mobile: +90 539 137 2793 From:Neighbors AbroadTo:Council, CitySubject:You"re Invited: Opening Reception for We Are What We Eat / A Sister City Celebration of Food and ArtDate:Tuesday, January 30, 2024 4:18:50 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from mschreiber@neighborsabroad.org. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. View in browser YOU'RE INVITED! Opening Reception for 'You Are What You Eat,' a Special Sister City Exhibit at the Palo Alto Art Center Please join Neighbors Abroad for the opening of We Are What We Eat— Culinary Heritage of our Sister Cities on Saturday, February 3, from 3-5 p.m. at the Palo Alto Art Center. Through the universal language of art, We Are What We Eat explores how food--and our traditions around food--can tell the story of a country and its culture. Artists from Palo Alto’s eight Sister Cities on three continents contributed to the project, curated by Palo Alto arts champion Harriet Stern. Attendees will enjoy small bites with an international flair and the opportunity to meet artist Joanne Posluszny-Hoffsten, our participating artist from Linköping, Sweden, who is traveling to Palo Alto for the exhibit, along with her whimsical sculpture "Meatballs with Mashed Potatoes, Brown Gravy, Peas and Lingon Jelly." We Are What We Eat will run through March 31. The show runs concurrently with another food-themed exhibit in the Art Center's main gallery titled In Feast or Famine, as well as photographs by Palo Alto High School students documenting their mealtimes at home. Neighbors Abroad's 2023 submissions to Sister Cities International's Young Artists and Authors Showcase (YAAS) also will be on display. What: Opening reception for We Are What We Eat— Culinary Heritage of our Sister Cities When: Saturday, February 3, 3-5 p.m. Where: Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road Information/Questions: Please email monicahayde@yahoo.com. Pictured: "Still Life with White Asparagus" by Heidelberg artist Giuseppe Blasotta (top), "HaringParty" by Enschede photographer Richard Morsman (center), and a photograph by Oaxaca's Ruben Morales, from the series Fotos de Tlayudas. Thank you to our generous sponsors! Neighbors Abroad 355 Alma Street, Palo Alto CA 94301 United States You received this email because you signed up on our website or made a purchase from us. 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Palo Alto Chamber Mixer & Networking Event with NonProfit Volunteer Match Chamber Mixer and NonProfit Volunteer Match Connect with fellow professionals & business owners: *Tuesday, February 13th, 2024 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM Hanahaus Palo Alto 456 University Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Hosted By: The Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce Special Keynote Speaker: Christian Butzlaff Chief Sustainability Solution Architect, SAP Topic: SAP as an Exemplar and Enabler of Sustainability Food & Beverages provided by Tacolicous Register Online Expand Your Network and Leadership Our NonProfits are looking for interested business leaders & volunteers as potential committee members or Board Members for their NonProfit. 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From:Dilma Coleman To:ncorzo@smcgov.org; david.dorn@hayward-ca.gov Cc:christina@christinacorpus.com; Council, City Subject:Cheers! a Chevron gas station Palo Alto CA Dharmesh Patel"s sexy Downsyndrome women escapes self carestole Tesla. Bingo wasn"t fun brad Pitt"s negro gumby twisted down ladder crayons colors Date:Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:23:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Cheers San Mateo county, excessive avoidance excessive excuses Oakland CA Mayor Hmongisn't selling Flint center Cupertino CA with foreseeable foresell horses. Maybe Dilma Andrea Coleman mimicks patterns of a foresee horse. with the shot of hairy rhymes with bluepheasants golf course surrounded up horse hair or pink poodles + Italian cherry soda. San Mateo county supervisors of Wagstaff sick a laffy taffy on a sexy down syndrome women rescued from quicksand+ Chevron gas station Palo Alto CA count to the left. on the right sideleghorn Ave Mountain View CA whereas a deaf mute caucasian women from Michigan gained access to a larger male cheater pumpkin eater Paul a stalker at Peet's coffee. AllFilipino women over age 50 must leave Valley Medical center especially if they arrive counting correct change at mountain view dollar tree. Back up. Fire+police department or Palo Alto police resigns isn't Kansas. List the geographic locationswhereas white women seeks negro male curve ball. Dilma seeks a plastic straight ball with lent never lentils type of fart added hand on(sail boatcompetitions cup)pistachios cup at Starbucks or sail boat memberships sold out of (church). Added Ring worms to the sour cream cheese that squirt without grapefruit. Type hell yeah. 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Name the year the Tesla Palo Alto CA is former lagear shoes as if Uber is la gear products with eye gear . The car crash did obtain a different approach. Dharmesh Patel Radiology medical doctor plus his wife was beaten up on Ventura Ave PaloAlto CA next to Chevron gas station. Act as it matters. The first appearance of another accused is with negro Alicia Wright a Sunnyvale CA women a stripper porno sites builderbehind the scenes of a continued wrestler that attacked Dilma with her physical altercations beatings plus gun violence. Why is Hall of justice dept 42 opened with judge Erik S Johnsonas a world's largest pickle juice for Alicia Wright? Bingo wasn't his name. Remove Palo Alto Tesla. Arrest Anne Wojiciki CEO of 23 Me for ownership of Sara Bronfman's NXIVM events. Stop Anne Wojiciki from excessive drug addictions drug salesole dude plastic black dildos sells as foresell horses sold out of Starbucks. San Mateo county supervisors suck laffy Taffy lol with no respect for an extra adult coloring book as if color red = Lady bugs sex. Snow White plays...real men ride bicycles. Snow Whitejewelry box snack never done Cinderella scares Janet Jackson and her niece Diva Screws. Bingo ciao cheese (mad libs type of stones). Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman From:Dilma Coleman To:Council, City; policechief@fairfield.ca.gov Cc:Fire; victimservices@dao.sccgov.org Subject:Never heard of CBD oils..splash nothin else on sail boat competitions..that generated income for unsolvedhomicide mysteries of Palo Alto CA Date:Tuesday, January 30, 2024 5:23:01 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear reader it's over there on louder loud lettuce. Best regards Dilma Andrea Coleman From:Jennifer Landesmann To:Council, City Cc:Eggleston, Brad; Swanson, Andrew Subject:public comment on Health impacts - priorities Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 8:35:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council, It was very tough to speak only for one minute and at the same time kind of funny because Iclearly didn't cut my message to include the purpose. I wanted to convey and remind that hazards and threats natural or man made (ie. airplane noise, flooding, and crime) are in a category of "health" concerns that are different from saythe timing of when a new gym gets built or a new feature in a museum. They are more in the category of public health which I recall is in the City's charter to address. Below is mycomment. Best Jennifer Public comment for Council 2024 Priorities: Residents who have faced or are threatened by flooding in a neighborhood, flight path noise need attention to these stressful issues in a way that is not diluted in the City's "to do" heat map. Handling health threats have known protocols. The level and quality of information about the potential hazard matters as well as citizen engagement. The City is investing substantially in competing priorities, but it’s time to give more attention to how it is communicating on threats to the physical and mental health of Palo Altans. This means that how the city handles these concerns must be visible; with well explained objectives for any initiatives and receive Council oversight and regular direction - not left solely to a regional or other agency, or delegating to staff and council liaisons which eliminates transparency and your engagement. For example, the Pope Chaucer bridge challenges, and noise from multiple airports - how will we know what Council can or is willing to do, or not do? One question is how to better address the thousands of jet noise complaints reported by Palo Alto residents on SFO, SJC, and OAK overflights, namely when will a permanent jet noise noise monitor and reporting system deliver information to not overstate or understate the risks to residents and the city. What steps can you take to explore making this reality? I am hopeful that you will explore this on a Council agenda or a Council Committee in 2024. Thank you. I will separately add that the advocacy that the City is involved with SFO GBAS or letters tothe FAA about metrics can mislead about potential outcomes for Palo Alto. I have suggestedthat the City develop an FAQ for the City's airplane noise webpage to explain what GBASdoes (and does not do) and for the CIty to do more outreach to people who are affected. TheCouncil body has not offered any comments or direction on this topic in over three years. From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Dave Price; David S. Norris;District1@bos.sccgov.org; Ed Lauing; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims;KEVIN JENSEN; Kaloma Smith; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; SupervisorOtto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Zelkha, Mila; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; yolanda Subject:UPDATE: San Jose protesters interrupt Kamala Harris’ reproductive rights talk Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 8:10:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. UPDATE: San Jose protesters interruptKamala Harris’ reproductive rights talk https://sanjosespotlight.com/us-vice-president-vp-kamala-harris-stops-in-san-jose-amid-israel- hamas-war-ceasefire-protests/ From:Aram James To:Council, City; Gardener, Liz; Shikada, Ed Subject:Got to love that builder’s remedy Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 8:04:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Los Gatos struggles to get its housing plan approved https://sanjosespotlight.com/will-fourth-time-be-a-charm-for-los-gatos-state-housing-goals-element-builders-remedy/ From:Richard Stolee To:Stone, Greer; City Mgr; Council, City Cc:Vargas-Aguilera, Elisa; City Attorney; ctraboard Subject:Lack of Enforcement of Code Violations Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 7:43:11 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rstolee@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the Council and City Manager, The Board of the College Terrace Residents Association is bringing to your attention the frustrations of neighbors with City staff’s response to code violations and its apparentreluctance to impose orders enforcing the City’s codes and fines for ignoring said codes. This began last June 22nd when a neighbor reported unpermitted renovations at 1361 Stanford Avenue, which is on the corner of Dartmouth Street. (23PCE-00924) This is one of 13recently sold cottages which are in two parcels, one on Stanford Avenue and the other on Hanover Street. Along with unpermitted renovations, the new owner of the property erected alarge wooden fence which enclosed the backyard of the cottage and most of the neighboring yard. This fence has one large, locked gate facing Dartmouth Street. Subsequently, neighborson Dartmouth Street witnessed a large truck rolling up over the curb and the sidewalk in order to enter the gate and dump rocks to cover the yard. Heavy construction vehicles and materialswere then left in the yard. Another neighbor filed a complaint about this newly created storage yard. After months when there were no responses to the complaints, neighbors began contacting City staff. Aninspection was finally conducted on October 2nd. After more repeated inquiries from neighbors who had heard nothing from the City, Staff sent an email on January 8th,acknowledging several violations were found after an inspection had been done of all the cottages and garages on the Stanford Avenue parcel and that the owner was asked to removethe heavy equipment and pull permits for the unpermitted work. As far as we can tell, no remedial permits have been pulled and all the heavy machinery and other construction materials remain in the unpermitted construction storage yard in this R1neighborhood. Despite our recognition of the many organizational problems and lack of funding the department has, this untenable situation has gone on for over seven months andmust be addressed. We therefore request that the City order the owner to empty the offending storage yard immediately and that it collect the revenues due for these violations. Thank you for your consideration, Richard Stolee, President College Terrace Residents Association From:egas1044@aol.com To:Council, City Subject:Upcoming storm Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 6:51:26 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from egas1044@aol.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. In light of this excerpt from todays bulletin: Residents impacted by water pooling in neighborhood streets or flooding last year, should consider preparing in advance of Wednesday’s rainfall. The City will continue to monitor forecasts and conditions, and staff is ready to respond should conditions change Will parking restrictions be suspended in downtown garages? It was last year. Those of us affected by the creek constriction at Pope Chaucer would prefer to move our cars before the need becomes urgent, maybe even before we go to bed on Wednesday. Waiting for the Alert only gives a 30 minute window and if it occurs in the middle of the night, is very traumatic to navigate. Regards, Eileen Skrabutenas 1044 Hamilton Avenue View this email in your browser. Visit us on www.lwvpaloalto.org, Facebook, and Instagram. FEBRUARY VOTER January 29, 2024 From:LWV Palo Alto VOTERTo:Council, CitySubject:LWVPA February VOTER: Program Planning 2024, Candidate Forums, and More!Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 6:43:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Subscribe to our Google Calendar The history of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) is Black history. And as we pause to celebrate Black history and commemorate the great leaders—both known and unsung heroes of our time—we must also remember that the struggle to protect voting rights continues. Read the blog HERE. In this Issue Message from our Co-Presidents LWVPA Updates Program Planning 2024 California Primary - March 5 LWV Candidate Forums Pros & Cons 2024 Primary Election - Key Dates Social Media PR volunteer wanted Board Meeting Highlights Advocacy Report Events by Other League and in the Community In-Depth Series: AI and Elections Annual City Council Retreat Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update Workshop Boards, Commissions & Committees Recruitment Open for 18 Seats Black History Month Message from our Co-Presidents Dear LWVPA Members, In February we celebrate valentines and love, Presidents Day and Black history. As advocates for greater voter understanding and political empowerment, our efforts can and should be based on love for our nation, our community, and our families. In that vein, it’s not an exaggeration to say that we LOVE all of you, our League members! In small and big ways, you each help make the Palo Alto League successful by giving generously of your time, your talent and your treasure. We just finished our annual membership renewal drive and THANK YOU for continuing to support the League's mission by renewing your membership. If you have friends, family members or colleagues who might be interested in joining us in this important work, please send their contact information to Membership Chair Sunny Dykwel at members@lwvpaloalto.org, who can reach out to them. February ushers in primary election season; we vote on March 5th! In response, we are laser-focused on voter education, helping voters make educated choices in local races for Supervisor, State Assembly, and US Representative, as well as understanding the pros and cons of Proposition 1. Our League is hosting a Candidate Forum for Congressional District 16 (Anna Eshoo's seat) on Saturday, February 3, 2024, from 4 to 6 pm. The link to register is below, and the forum will be recorded for those who aren’t able to listen live. Our Advocacy Chair and Action Committee Chairs are busy preparing for the League's Program Planning meeting on Saturday, February 17. Join us for this in-person event and help us set priorities for the coming League year. Registration link is below. This month we also say goodbye to one of our most effective League leaders, Terry Godfrey, who is now focused on a position supporting higher education. Terry jumped in last year to complete a term as Fundraising Chair and did a remarkable job. Thank you Terry! Picking up the baton from Terry, please welcome new member and new Fundraising Chair Mary Nemerov. Mary is an accomplished fundraiser with over 20 years of experience. She is currently Chief Philanthropy Officer at the California Academy of Sciences. Before the Academy, she spent over a decade at the Sierra Club's national office, where she served as Chief Advancement Officer. She is a San Francisco native with degrees from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She lives in downtown Palo Alto with her husband Alex and has two college-age daughters. Wishing you all a safe, healthy and engaged February, Judy and Nancy Co-Presidents LWVPA Updates Program Planning 2024 Saturday, February 17, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm Social 9:30 - 10:00 am Light refreshments will be provided Meeting starts at 10 am In-Person Meeting at PCC Raptor Room 3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto HELP DECIDE LEAGUE PRIORITIES FOR EDUCATION AND ADVOCACY Program Planning is the League's process of selecting public policy issues for education and advocacy to move our mission forward. LWVUS and LWV Palo Alto look to our grassroots members to help decide priority issues for education and advocacy in 2024-26 (LWVUS) and 2024– 2025 (LWV Palo Alto). LWVUS Program for 2024-26 The LWVUS Board recommends that the national program for 2024–2026 continue to be Campaign for Making Democracy Work®, which focuses on: voting rights; improving elections; money in politics; redistricting; and abolishing the Electoral College. The goal is to ensure a free, fair, and accessible electoral system for all voters at this critical time for our democracy. What other critical issues or new positions should our League recommend? Should we support LWV Vermont's request of a new national position on health care privatization? Our recommendations along with those from other Leagues will be considered by the LWVUS Board and presented at the bi-annual LWVUS Convention in June 2024. LWV Palo Alto Program for 2024–25 Making Democracy Work® is a core mission of our League, ensuring fair and open elections, voting rights, and addressing money in politics. Our other local priorities adopted at our May 2023 Annual Meeting include: Affordable Housing for All Income Levels, with a focus on zoning reform, new financing models, and renter protections Climate Action, with a focus on food waste and equitable conversion to electricity Gun Violence Prevention, with a focus on community education Local Campaign Finance Reform, with a focus on limiting contributions to $1000 and expanding disclosure of independent expenditures Civics Education, with a focus on mentoring high school civics engagement programs (needs chair) All issues viewed with a diversity, equity, and inclusion lens Members will vote on whether these issues should continue for 2024-25, or whether new aspects of these issues or new issues should be added (remember to identify who will spearhead the new work). Recommendations will be presented at our Annual Meeting in May 2024. Don't miss this opportunity to help select national and local public policy issues for education and advocacy. We look forward to seeing you in person! California Primary - March 5, 2024 Register Now Congressional District 16 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Saturday, February 3, 2024 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm League of Women Voters of Palo Alto will be hosting a Candidate Forum for Congressional District 16 (Anna Eshoo's seat) on February 3, 2024. We invite everyone to come listen to the candidates and learn where they stand on pertinent issues. Candidate forums like this are one way the League makes democracy work! You may submit questions to the candidates in advance using the question submission link below or in your registration confirmation email. Time permitting, we will also take questions during the event. Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors District 5 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Hosted by LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley Wednesday, January 31, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge, Office 5 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Register Now Ask Your Questions Register Now Hosted by LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley Tuesday, February 6, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm California State Assembly District 23 Candidate Forum (Zoom) Hosted by LWV of Los Altos-Mountain View Wednesday, February 7, 2024 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Register Now Register Now Pros & Cons The LWV of California Education Fund (LWVCEF) has developed the following resources for the pros and cons of Proposition 1 that will appear on the March 5, 2024, Primary Election ballot: Pros & Cons video - watch video explainer with the slide deck. Pros & Cons - read the PDF version. Easy Voter Guide - Our Easy Voter Guide helps the election make sense. English, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese language versions are currently available at easyvoterguide.org. Social Media PR Volunteer Wanted As we prepare for the March and November elections, the five Santa Clara County Leagues are hoping to pool resources to better publicize our candidate forums and pros/cons events on social media. If you have experience working with social media, we’d welcome your assistance! Interested? Contact Kathy Miller, kathymiller405@comcast.net. LWVPA January 2024 Board Meeting Highlights The January board meeting included lively discussions of a County Council resource on how judges are elected, League office space, the February 17 Program Planning meeting, and the upcoming virtual Congressional District 16 Candidate Forum scheduled for February 3. Approved Motions: Approved further exploration of a rental share of our current Bayshore Road office. Approved recommendation that we take no further action on changing the League’s 501(c)4 tax status. Approved adding the Palo Alto Chamber Foundation as an allied organization. Approved that an Ad Hoc Committee meet with the Chamber Foundation President to explore and consider options for a joint space use agreement and return with pros and cons for moving forward with use of a downtown space for meetings and programs. With appreciation, accepted Terry Godfrey’s resignation and approved the nomination of Mary Nemerov to serve out Godfrey’s term as fundraising director. Approved items A-C on consent calendar including: approval of minutes, EAC Congressional Candidate Forum press release, and 2024 Budget Committee. Our next Board Meeting is on Tuesday, February 27. All members are welcome to join the meeting by emailing contact@lwvpaloalto.org. - Megan Swezey Fogarty, Secretary Advocacy Reports Vote with the League VOTE NO on Prop 1: Mental Health Care and Addiction Treatment Reform & Bonds to Build Places for Treatment and Supportive Housing. Although California has a critical need to resource better mental health and addiction services and to address our crisis of homelessness, the League of Women Voters of California opposes Proposition 1 for a number of important reasons. While the additional housing resources offered through Prop 1 are sorely needed, they do not outweigh its flaws. The bond portion of the measure was rushed through the legislature with last- minute amendments that opened the door to funding involuntary treatment in locked facilities. The rushed nature of these amendments precluded substantive debate and ignored arguments from diverse community-based organizations and health care and civil rights advocates. These groups contend that community-based care is more effective than institutionalization and that incentivizing institutionalization will both lead to worse health outcomes and curtail individual liberties. Furthermore, Prop 1 does not increase the overall funding for mental health services for counties – the bond money is to build treatment units and supportive housing. Under the changes this measure makes to the Mental Health Services Act, more of the money received by counties must be used for housing of a certain group of patients and for intensive, personalized support services like assistance finding employment and accessing educational opportunities. This reallocation reduces the funds available for other mental health services that counties currently offer to patients, like treatment, crisis response, and outreach. It has the overall effect of reducing counties’ ability to set priorities based on local needs for mental health services. Any variances that may allow counties to spend more or less on specific categories would increase their administrative costs and do not erase the lack of flexibility they would have to meet specific needs. Finally, budgetary decisions should be made by the legislature, not by earmarking funds through ballot initiatives. Earmarking restricts the counties and the state from redirecting funds to alternative models of care that may arise in the future, or to other emerging and essential needs. VOTE NO ON PROP 1. - LWV of California Events by Other Leagues and in theCommunity In-Depth Series: AI & Elections Hosted by LWV of Southwest Santa Clara Valley Let’s take a deep dive into AI and prepare ourselves for the upcoming 2024 Presidential election. In this series, we will: explore AI’s capabilities and the risks that AI can pose to elections and voting learn how to identify misinformation and disinformation, and some practical tools for fact-checking explore what can be done to create a safe and ethical framework for AI, and recent policy updates at the state, federal and international levels Session 1: What is AI & How It Could Put Elections and Democracy At Risk Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 pm (PST) Speaker: Susan Gonzales, Founder of AIandYou Register Here Session 2: The Impact of AI and Misinformation on Voting & What Can We Do About It Date: Saturday, February 17, 2024, 10:00 - 11:00 am (PST) Speaker: Kathleen Tobin, MediaWise Register Here Session 3: AI and Public Policies Date: Wednesday, February 24, 2024, 7:00 - 8:00 pm (PST) Speakers: Irina Raicu, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Ann Ravel, League member, former Chair of the FCC, UC Hastings Law School Register Here Annual City Council Retreat/Priority Setting Session Join the City Council on Monday, January 29 at 5:30 pm for their annual retreat and Council Priority Setting session. Held at Mitchell Park Community Center in the El Palo Alto Room, attendees may attend in-person or virtually. The meeting will be broadcast on Cable TV Channel 26, live on YouTube, and streamed to Midpen Media Center. For the Council Retreat meeting materials, go here. Learn about the City Council’s 2023 priorities, including the latest progress report, at www.cityofpaloalto.org/councilpriorities. Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update Workshop The City is updating its Bicycle & Pedestrian Transportation Plan and engaging the community on your vision of the Plan. Help shape and guide the work ahead at the January 31 online community workshop, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. The Plan update will reflect community needs, consider recent trends in cycling and bicycle technology, and address changes in bicycle and pedestrian planning and design. Bookmark the project page at www.cityofpaloalto.org/bikepedplan. Boards, Commissions & Committees Recruitment Opens for 18 Seats Want to make a difference in Palo Alto? Are you or someone you know interested in getting involved in the community? The City is recruiting for 18 open seats on various boards, commissions, and committees. Learn more and apply online here. Deadline is March 17. Celebrate our African American Brothers and Sisters who have added so much to our history, culture and value! Black History Month website – our past is speaking to us – can we listen? Stay Informed! Sign Up for LWV California & LWVUS News & Alerts Click here to sign up for LWVC Newsletter and LWVC Action Alerts Click here to sign up for LWVUS Email News (at bottom) and LWVUS Action Alerts How to contact your elected officials All your elected officials United States President Joseph R. Biden (202) 456-1414 Senator Laphonza R. Butler (202) 224-3841 Senator Alex Padilla (202) 224-3553 Rep. 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From:Aram James To:Cindy Chavez; Council, City; D Martell; Dennis Upton; DuJuan Green; Greg Tanaka; Human RelationsCommission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Kaloma Smith; Lydia Kou; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Van Der Zwaag, Minka;Robert. Jonsen; Roberta Ahlquist; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; dennis burns Subject:Re: Sally Lieber for BOS Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 6:13:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 11:03 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: From:Aram James To:Braden Cartwright; Council, City; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Greg Tanaka; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; JulieLythcott-Haims; Linda Jolley; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Veenker, Vicki; WILPFPeninsula Palo Alto Subject:Re: Is failure to allow the public Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 6:04:27 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 5:45 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Is failure to allow the public to address the agenda items on priorities A VIOLATION of theBROWN ACT? https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=13339 From:Aram James To:Braden Cartwright; Council, City; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Greg Tanaka; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; JulieLythcott-Haims; Linda Jolley; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Veenker, Vicki; WILPFPeninsula Palo Alto Subject:Is failure to allow the public Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 5:46:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Is failure to allow the public to address the agenda items on priorities A VIOLATION of the BROWN ACT? https://cityofpaloalto.primegov.com/Portal/Meeting?meetingTemplateId=13339 From:Sonya Bradski To:Council, City Cc:Ellson, Penny; gmca-discuss@googlegroups.com Subject:Comments on COUNCIL PRIORITIES for TONIGHT Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 3:50:10 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from sonyangary@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Mayor Stone and City Council Members, Here are my comments on CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES which you will be discussing this evening. 1). Previously unplanned, mandated high density development of certain areas of the city will intensify demand for services and facilities that the city has neither fully studied nor funded. Please focus planning and funding for improvements to community service facilities (especially Cubberley), public works and multi-modal transportation in areas where the city has opted to focus state-mandated high density housing development. By this, I mean serious planning efforts, not like the student-run San Antonio Visioning Session last week. 2). Please restore the fire truck to Mitchell Park “Fire” Station #4. This is an area of special sensitivity, due to the large number of Eichlers and Mackay homes and new high density housing in the southeast quadrant. (Please see Penny Ellson’s 1/24/2024 email on this subject and note this article in which former Fire Chief Eric Nickel was interviewed on the fire sensitivity of these quick-to-burn structures. https://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/dave-weinstein/how- good-practices-prevent-eichler-home-fires#:~:text=In%20an%20interview%2C%20Palo%20Alto,the%20materials%20used%20in%20them ) Further, the southern quadrants of the city will be undergoing a lot of housing construction which can create problems that may require fast fire response. 3). Invigorate the city’s commitment to alternative transportation on every front. The denser these areas grow, the more transportation mode shift from single occupancy motor vehicles we will need. This supports city goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, maintain a vital, safer, and connected community. Alternative modes support active lifestyles and better physical and mental health of residents and reduce the very expensive transportation problems that auto congestion creates. Thank you for your time and consideration for my comments. Sonya Bradski (speaking as an individual) Virus-free.www.avg.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gmca-discuss" group.To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to gmca-discuss+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/gmca-discuss/029b01da5306%24ad47e450%2407d7acf0%24%40gmail.com. From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Council, City Cc:gmca-discuss@googlegroups.com Subject:Comments on COUNCIL PRIORITIES for TONIGHT Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 2:58:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Mayor Stone and City Council Members, Here are my comments on CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES which you will be discussing this evening. 1). Previously unplanned, mandated high density development of certain areas of the city will intensify demand for services and facilities that the city has neither fully studied nor funded. Please focus planning and funding for improvements to community service facilities (especially Cubberley), public works and multi-modal transportation in areas where the city has opted to focus state-mandated high density housing development. By this, I mean serious planning efforts, not like the student-run San Antonio Visioning Session last week. 2). Please restore the fire truck to Mitchell Park “Fire” Station #4. This is an area of special sensitivity, due to the large number of Eichlers and Mackay homes and new high density housing in the southeast quadrant. (Please see my 1/24/2024 email on this subject and note this article in which former Fire Chief Eric Nickel was interviewed on the fire sensitivity of these quick-to-burn structures. https://www.eichlernetwork.com/blog/dave-weinstein/how-good-practices-prevent- eichler-home- fires#:~:text=In%20an%20interview%2C%20Palo%20Alto,the%20materials%20used%20in%20them ) Further, the southern quadrants of the city will be undergoing a lot of housing construction which can create problems that may require fast fire response. 3). Invigorate the city’s commitment to alternative transportation on every front. The denser these areas grow, the more transportation mode shift from single occupancy motor vehicles we will need. This supports city goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, maintain a vital, safer, and connected community. Alternative modes support active lifestyles and better physical and mental health of residents and reduce the very expensive transportation problems that auto congestion creates. Thank you for considering my comments. Penny Ellson (speaking as an individual) Virus-free.www.avg.com From:Deborah Goldeen To:Aggarwal, Ruchika Cc:Arce, Ozzy; City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Bicycle Pedestrian Transportation Plan Update Date:Monday, January 29, 2024 2:32:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ruchika, Ozzy (Website says Ozzy Arce is in charge of project, but link opens email toRuchika Aggarwal) - Bicycle and pedestrian planning and infrastructure is of the utmost importance to me. I will not be able to attend the "visioning" meeting on Wednesday. As a 60year resident who has primarily used a bicycle for transportation around Palo Alto since 1967, I have a few opinions about what needs to be done and would like to have a say. 1) Seems to me all that really needs to happen is for the city to follow through on the 2012report. 2) Also, many of the suggestions/problems for cyclists and pedestrians could be solved in astraight forward manner by building a viaduct for CalTrain - with the added bonus of a north/south seperated bike/ped path that could go underneath.3) Why did city council approve funding for another study in 2023? This leaves me with the impression that city council is content to throw money at consultants rather than get anythingdone. 4) Do you remember how maybe ten years ago the council did a retreat to clarify it'spriorities? Their conclusion: Civic Engagement. Not only did the city mostly ignore the first, expensive, consultants report, but that report itself is 200 pages? I was having trouble keepingtrack of all of it reviewing it on line so I printed it out. Printing that report used up the better part of a ream of paper. It's going to take me weeks to get through it and I'm retired! If civicengagement is honestly the top priority, some big time house cleaning needs to take place. No wonder it's nightmare trying to get anything done. Thanks for your consideration, Deborah Goldeen, 2130 Birch St., 94306, (650)799-3652