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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20170417plCC2DOCUMENTS 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: 4/17/2017 Document dates: 3/29/2017 — 4/5/2017 Set 2 of 3 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. 701 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:25 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Arlene Goetze <photowrite67@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, April 05, 2017 8:59 AM To:Sara Cody; Ro Khanna Subject:6-in-1 Vaccines Killing Kids EDUCATION EMAIL from Arlene Goetze, NO Toxins for Children, photowrite67@yahoo.com Posted March 22, 2017 by Vaccine Impact * . 6-in-1 Hexavac: 2.5 times higher than the average mortality in this age group. Autopsy shows huge brain swelling - in Europe * . 6-in-1 Infanrix: 36 deaths, 503 serious adverse reactions and 1742 adverse reactions in 2 years * 5-in-1 Pentavalent: 237 deaths reported to the government within 72 hours of vaccination in India * India boycotts Bill Gates Foundation--too many infant deaths Are Untested Combination Vaccines Killing Our Children? Posted By Admin - Orissa On March 22, 2017 @ 2:24 pm In Headline,News | by Christina England, Health Impact News It appears that the pharmaceutical industry is trying to cram as many vaccines as humanly possible into one syringe and advertise these combination vaccines as safe and effective. In reality, however, a growing number of medical professionals are concerned that administering too many vaccinations to an infant at one time increases their chance of suffering an adverse reaction. This is especially the case for combination vaccinations, and it appears that the fears of medical professionals are justified, because, over the years, history has painted a very disturbing picture. History Proves that Combination Vaccines are Unsafe In October 2000, the 6-in-1 vaccination Hexavac was first licensed for use in Europe. The vaccine manufactured by Sanofi Pasteur was formulated as a combination vaccination that combined the diphtheria vaccine, tetanus vaccine, acellular pertussis vaccine, recombinant hepatitis B surface antigen vaccine, inactivated poliomyelitis vaccine and Haemophilus influenza vaccine in one syringe. Just five years later, however, the vaccination was withdrawn from use by the European Medicines Agency [1] for “commercial reasons.” However, Dr. Klaus Hartmann believes that the vaccine was withdrawn for very different reasons. In a 2015 documentary, titled We Don’t Vaccinate – Myth and Reality of the Vaccination Campaigns [2], he explained his reasons why. USA – GB – http://www.informedparent.co.uk/shop/we-dont-vaccinate-film-documentary [4] Dr. Hartmann worked for the licensing authority at the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute and was in charge of vaccine safety. He was not opposed to vaccination; however, he was concerned City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:25 AM 2 about the aluminum adjuvants contained in vaccines and was especially concerned about the 6-in-1 vaccination Hexavac [5] because he had noticed a massive increase in the number of children suffering adverse reactions. He stated that: Here we had another problem with Hexavac. A pathologist had autopsied a child who had died two days previously, after getting the Hexavac vaccine. He found that the child had a massively swollen brain, something that he had never come across before in his career as a pathologist. Several other cases were mentioned; it was not just this one child. This observation had raised Dr. Hartmann’s concerns, because, at the time, the vaccine had been licensed as safe in Europe. He explained that experts had discussed the vaccine in depth during meetings and they had decided that it was not wise to connect the vaccine to the deaths of these babies because politically, it was not considered, “a smart thing to do, to damage the public’s trust in vaccinations.” Consequently, Dr. Hartmann resigned from his post, and a year later, the Focus magazine stated that the mortality rate among the vaccinated babies in the first 48 hours after a vaccination with Hexavac was 2.5 times higher than the average mortality in this age group. A year later, Hexavac was taken off the market and disappeared forever. Within a few months, a study titled the Token study [6] was published, which, according to Austrian investigative journalist Bert Ehgartner, was a scandal and in a class all of its own. He explained that: Naturally people became very disquieted simply because the probability of death following a vaccination had been shown to triple, so there they sat in conference rooms, asking themselves how they could handle the situation. Fortunately, they had good advisors because these idiots at the Robert Koch Institute had their study financed completely by the vaccine manufacturers, which is why when all this happened they had to immediately notify their sponsors industry, for the more they wanted to have experts available for dealing with the public relations aspect of the vaccinations, they of course are employed by the vaccine manufacturers themselves. He continued: The publication of the study results was delayed for two years, as the pharma industry had to hold numerous meetings and lectures to address the issue. Finally, they announced that everything was OK, that absolutely nothing unethical had happened, they simply reshuffled data and redefined parameters, they simply used statistics to make the link between the vaccinations and the casualties disappear. Confirming the information that had been relayed by Dr. Hartmann, Rolf Kron, M.D., explained that the more comprehensive English version of the Token study mentioned that hundreds of deaths had occurred after the vaccination. He stated that: When looking through the data bank of the Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, you will find very few deaths and suspected cases, listed. At the same time constant mention of the fact that it is still unclear whether these cases are really vaccine related. >If now for example, there is no increase in the number of deaths between the fourth and the seventh day after vaccination, then only this is mentioned in the medical papers. When however, we take a look at the days before and after this period to find out what the mortality rate is, we suddenly see an enormous increase. >In the shorter German version, it is only stated that the vaccines are safe and that multiple vaccines pose no significant risk of an increase in the infant mortality rate. For more information on this vaccine, read: European Medicines Agency – Hexavac [7], and European Medicines Agency – Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use European Public Assessment Report (EPAR) [8] City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:25 AM 3 Another Lethal 6-in-1 Vaccine is Unleashed In 2011, news leaked about another dangerous 6-in-1 vaccination, which had also been licensed as safe and effective. Reports revealed that a confidential GlaxoSmithKline document [9] had been leaked to the press, which exposed the fact that within a two-year period, a total of 36 infants had died after they had received the 6-in-1 vaccination, Infanrix Hexa. According to the Initiative Citoyenne [5] website, a 1,271-page document had revealed that GlaxoSmithKline had received a total of 1,742 reports of adverse reactions between October 23, 2009, and October 22, 2011, including 503 serious adverse reactions and 36 deaths. Initiative Citoyenne stated: It’s not that 14 deaths were recorded by GSK between October 2009 and end in October 2011 as we had originally calculated but 36 (14 from 2010 to 2011 and 22 from 2009 to 2010). In addition to these 36 deaths at least 37 other deaths (sudden death mainly), bringing the total to at least 73 deaths since the launch of the vaccine in 2000, and again, this concerns only the death by sudden death, no further recovery of under-reporting. Using the figure of 36 deaths over a two-year period, the figures averaged 1.5 deaths per month, which I am sure most will agree is extremely high. It should also be noted that only 1 to 10% of adverse reactions to vaccines are actually reported. Therefore, in reality, the problem could potentially be far more serious and the actual number of fatalities could have been much higher. The Deadly Chemical Cocktail The charts [10] revealed that many of the infants who had passed away had died within the first few days of receiving the vaccine. A total of three infants were reported to have died within hours of receiving the vaccine. This was hardly surprising, given the vaccination’s ingredients, which were listed on the GSK Infanrix Hexa product information leaflet. [11] Sadly, it is not only the 6-in-1 vaccinations that are believed to be killing our children, because according to reports, multiple deaths are also occurring after the 5-in-1 vaccinations. Reports from India Towards the end of 2016, a flood of reports from India revealed that 237 children had died after being vaccinated with pentavalent (5-in-1) vaccinations. In November 2016, the website SundayGuardianLive [12] published an article titled 237 deaths by pentavalent vaccine and still counting [12]. The author, pediatrician Jacob Puliyel, revealed that after submitting a Freedom of Information report, they were shocked to learn that: Under Right to Information we know that up to August 2016 there have been 237 deaths reported to the government here within 72 hours of vaccination with pentavalent. We examined deaths in states which were giving DPT and pentavalent vaccine concurrently. As expected, the true figures were never revealed to the public and any link to the vaccination went from being probable to “unlikely” extremely quickly. He wrote: There were three deaths following the use of pentavalent vaccine in Sri Lanka. The Government of Sri Lanka suspended the use of the vaccine. WHO experts investigated the deaths. They found there was a clear temporal association of the deaths to the vaccine (WHO terminology, meaning the deaths followed soon after vaccination) and there was no alternate explanation for the deaths. According to the standard protocol in investigation of City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:25 AM 4 vaccine deaths these deaths would have to be declared as ‘probably’ caused by Pentavalent vaccine. The experts balked at the prospect of giving such a report. No country would use this vaccine after that. Instead they wrote in their report that they were deleting ‘probable’ and ‘possible’ from the standard classification. The report maintained that although it was probably related to the vaccine, they were reporting it as “unlikely” to be related to vaccination. The full report was not published online, only the conclusion was made public. He continued: The full report was presented to the Delhi High Court in a vaccine case. Once this devious methodology employed by the WHO experts was known, it was exposed by the British Medical Journal. Following the exposé, the WHO set up a 40-member committee called the CIOMS/WHO committee. 19 of the 40 were representatives of vaccine manufacturers with conflicts of interest. They developed a new algorithm for investigating adverse events after immunization, which decreed that any reaction seen first in Phase 4 trial must be ignored. However, it appears that their lies eventually caught up with the World Health Organization (WHO), because the pentavac SD, the main pentavalent vaccination that was licensed for use in India, was manufactured by the Serum Institute of India [13]. According to their website, the Serum Institute of India [14] stated that: Serum Institute of India Pvt. Ltd. is now the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer by number of doses produced and sold globally (more than 1.3 billion doses) which includes Polio vaccine as well as Diphtheria, Tetanus, Pertussis, Hib, BCG, r-Hepatitis B, Measles, Mumps and Rubella vaccines. It is estimated that about 65% of the children in the world receive at least one vaccine manufactured by Serum Institute. Vaccines manufactured by the Serum Institute are accredited by the World Health Organization, Geneva and are being used in around 140 countries across the globe in their national immunization programs, saving millions of lives throughout the world. Interestingly and crucially, however, the Serum Institute of India is not only accredited by the World Health Organization, but they also have an affiliation with the Gates Foundation, UNICEF and GAVI Alliance (Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation). On their website, GAVI [15] stated that: The GAVI Alliance provides vaccines to children in poor countries. It is a true alliance, including donors like Canada and the countries that receive vaccines, as well as organisations such as UNICEF, the World Health Organisation, World Bank, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the private sector. Speaking on the pentavalent vaccination, GAVI stated that: Geneva, 30 July 2014 – The five-in-one pentavalent vaccine [16] is being used in all GAVI Alliance-supported countries – now the race is on to increase coverage of the vaccine which protects children against five life-threatening diseases. Pentavalent, which protects against diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP) as well as hepatitis B (hepB) [17] and Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib) [18], was first introduced with GAVI support in Kenya in 2001. South Sudan became the 73rd and final GAVI-supported country to introduce the vaccine on the 16th of July 2014. However, it appears GAVI has more than a casual relationship with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Careful research shows that they were the organization that actually set up GAVI Alliance in 1999. [19] The Serum Institute of India [20] stated: Nearly two million children in the worlds poorest countries die from preventable diseases every year because they do not have access to life-saving vaccines. The GAVI was established in 2000 to save children’s lives by expanding immunisation in poor countries. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:25 AM 5 In its first ten years, GAVI-financed programs have immunised more than 280 million children, thereby saving more than five million lives. Saving Children’s Lives: GAVI Alliance Pledging Conference for Immunisation was held in London on Monday in which city-based vaccine major Serum Institute of India has participated. The objective of the conference was to bring together GAVI donors and partners. Vaccine manufacturers were specifically invited to demonstrate their active contribution to counter the financing challenge and making significant pricing and/or supply announcements. This year, Serum has offered GAVI the pentavalent vaccine at $1.75 per dose. The vaccine was purchased by GAVI a couple of years ago at more than $3/dose. Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla, chairman and managing director, Serum Institute of India, said: The mission to further children’s health in developing countries had been at the heart of the institutes business model right from when we started manufacturing life-saving vaccines at the lowest affordable prices and providing them to UNICEF and PAHO. India Severs Its Ties with the Gates Foundation In early 2017, Asianet Newsable announced that the Indian government had chosen to cut some of their funding ties with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and their involvement with the Indian immunization program. Announcing the news, author Fleme Varkey wrote: The Gates Foundation was working with and funding the Immunization Technical Support Unit (ITSU), which provides strategy and monitoring advice for New Delhi’s massive immunisation programme that covers about 27 million infants each year. The Indian government has now distanced itself from the programme and refused their funding as well. Outlining the government’s reasons why they had chosen to boycott the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, she explained: 1. There were concerns that the BMGF was facilitating external (foreign) interest in this immunisation programme, bringing big pharmaceutical players to test, and market their products in India. This is in reference to the Foundation’s backing the Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunisation (GAVI) and Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). Concerned organisations have cited this as a conflict of interest. >2. In India, GAVI has been responsible for introducing the Hepatitis B vaccine into the Universal Immunization Programme (UIP), a vaccination programme launched by the Indian government in 1985. The liquid Pentavalent vaccine is a replacement of DPT and Hep B vaccines, containing a combination of diptheria, pertusis, tetanus (DPT), Hepatitis B and Hib Meningitis antigens. The government of India decided to introduce it in UIP, as per WHO recommendations in 2011. However, there are allegations that without considering the experience of other countries using this vaccine, it was introduced in India and has resulted in a lot of infant deaths. She continued: The question lies that how were these vaccines allowed to still be promoted in different states under the National Immunisation Programme despite there being reports of deaths regarding its usage? Reading her article in full, which we highly recommend, will demonstrate that not only do the BMGF have many conflicts of interest but in their attempts to convince the Indian government that the pentavalent vaccines were safe and effective, they failed to mention the deaths that had been associated with this vaccine. Reprinted in The Vaccine Impact, March 22, 2017 City of Palo Alto I City Clerk's Office 14/3/2017 1:55 PM Carnahan, David From: mail@changemail.org Sent: Friday, March 31, 2017 3:49 PM To: Council, City Subject 10 more people signed "Enforce the CUP: Keep Castilleja Enrollment at 415" change.org New signatures Palo Alto City Council — This petition addressed to you on Change.org has new activity. See progress and respond to the campaign's supporters. Enforce the CUP: Keep Castilleja Enrollment at 415 Petition by PNQLnow.org 10 supporters 10 more people signed View petition activity RECENT SUPPORTERS IIIJanette Herceg Palo Alto. CA Mar 31. 2017 Enough already! There are takers and there are givers. Sadly Castilleja is a taker, with little to no regard for their negative impact on our community. IChia -Yu Cardell Palo Alto. CA Mar 30. 2017 Use alternative transportation like the rest of us do to keep our city clean and green! E.g. Charter shuttle buses for Castilleja events instead of increasing parking spaces. Castilleja should be part of the solution, not part of the problem! 1 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/3/2017 1:55 PM 2 Jian Cheng Palo Alto, CA · Mar 21, 2017 1. The local traffic is very bad now. The expansion will make it worse. 2. It's a private school. Most of the students are not from our area. The expansion won't benefit our local community, but generate more problems. 3. Hope our city council can think more from local resident point of view to improve the quality of our life. Ying Cui Palo Alto, CA · Mar 20, 2017 I want to keep the neighborhood quality of life. Now it is affecting our morning school commuting already! paul Machado Palo Alto, CA · Mar 31, 2017 View all 10 supporters CHANGE.ORG FOR DECISION MAKERS On Change.org, decision makers like you connect directly with people around the world to resolve issues. Respond to let the people petitioning you know you're listening, say whether you agree with their call to action, or ask them for more information. Learn more. This notification was sent to city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, the address listed as the decision maker contact by the petition starter. If this is incorrect, please post a response to let the petition starter know. Change.org · 548 Market St #29993, San Francisco, CA 94104-5401, USA City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:24 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Richard Brand <mmqos@earthlink.net> Sent:Tuesday, April 04, 2017 10:35 PM To:Architectural Review Board Cc:Council, City; Elaine Meyer Subject:901 High St Resubmittal plan, Staff Report 7175 ARB members: After spending too much time trying to get to the building layout from Accela as detailed in the Staff Report I just now looked at the building plans. This building is totally out of alignment with the Compatibility requirements included in the SoFA 2 Plan. The Plan specifies that: "The design guidelines included in the CAP encourage the scale, bulk and mass of buildings and their architectural components to be compatible with that of existing structures in the neighborhood." This structure in no way is "compatible" with the buildings across both streets from the planed building include the Peninsula Creamery 2 story building and the single story Watercourse Way building. We all worked very hard to ensure that this example of an outsized building not be constructed in our historic district south of the Downtown. As a board member of the SoFA Neighborhood group and as a resident too, I strongly encourage you to reject this proposal. Let's not set a new and ugly precedent. Richard Brand 281 Addison in Professorville City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/3/2017 3:44 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rita Vrhel <ritavrhel@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Saturday, April 01, 2017 9:38 PM To:Bobel, Phil; Sartor, Mike; Council, City Cc:Keith Bennett; Esther Nigenda Subject:1496 Dana Hello: Please see the recent photo from the Kohler designed house at 1496 Dana where the basement waterproofing failed and an Emergency pumping permit was issued by PW to save the basement from extensive damage. I had thought the pumping was limited but the sidewalk was cut , the pipe laid and asphalt installed. Somehow that broke lose and the water was flowing again last week as shown in the video.... It will be interesting to see how this issue is resolved. This house did not require dewatering BUT it may be with the recent heavy rains the water table rose to unexpected levels thus the flooding. To me it is a perfect example of what can happen with basements being built in areas of high water tables or where sea level rise is expected. Thank you 1496 Dana https://www.dropbox.com/s/yxxosgjsrm29cq7/1496%20Dana.MOV?dl=0. Rita C. Vrhel, RN, BSN, CCM Medical Case Management Phone: 650-325-2298 Fax: 650-326-9451 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/30/2017 4:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Stan Hutchings <stan.hutchings@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, March 30, 2017 3:36 PM To:Council, City Subject:Balancing Housing & Jobs article in March 2017 eNews Dear Council, So the Comprehensive Plan for 2030 scenario calls for 3,545 to 4,420 new housing units! How can Palo Alto do it? Follow the example of other cities that have dealt with Job/Housing issues, like Kobe, Japan, where an 800 sq ft 1-bed apartment rents for under $3,000/mo and a 1,400 sq ft 2-bed for under $4,000/mo. They can ONLY do it by building UP. For example, the Art Center of Kobe (https://www.maedarealestate.com/en/article_list/article_detail.php?no=2780&rno=803) has the following features; note there are only 172 units but 37 stories, so only 4-6 units/story: Completion Jan. 2008 Structure Reinforced concrete 37 story Parking yes Bicycle Parking Lot yes Total Number of Households 172 Building Facilities elevator,concierge Contract Form Fixed term lease contract Contract Period 5 years Renewal Fee No Equipments All rooms are air-conditioned/ Washer System kitchen / disposer City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 12:04 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Robert Moss <bmoss33@att.net> Sent:Wednesday, April 05, 2017 11:49 AM To:Council, City; Keene, James Subject:Birch St. Garage Birch St. Garage April 5, 2017 Palo Alto City Council; Mayor Scharff and Councilmembers During the discussion of what design o select for the parking garage on the existing parking lot between Birch and Ash along Sherman there was uncertainty about the depth of the aquifer and whether it would interfere with a 2-level underground garage. I said I thought that the aquifer would impact a 2-level basement but didn’t have data to support this. I now do have the data. As you probably know H-P and Varian have been required to address the groundwater contamination in the California-Olive-Emerson (COE) area caused by leaks of toxic chemicals, especially TCE, from their buildings in the Stanford Research Park near Page Mill Road. Status of the groundwater and contamination has been tracked for many years by consultants and reported formally every five years. The latest such report that I have is from June 2005 data, so it does not necessarily give precise data for conditions today, but it still is an excellent indicator of the aquifer. There is a water monitoring well F66A at Sherman near Park that had a depth to water of 11.8 feet. The aquifer is shown as 13 feet deep at Sherman between Ash and Birch. Considering our 5-year drought the aquifer depth could be a little lower, but it still will be far above the 21 foot depth of a 2- level underground garage. Any such garage thus must include a water barrier under the lower floor and along the below-grade walls. In addition, there is a monitoring well F37A on the site at Sherman and Ash, so any garage construction must address protection and maintenance of this well. That will add to the estimated cost of any garage on this site, if it has not already been included in the cost estimate. I will provide copies of the maps showing the aquifers and wells to the City Clerk later this week. Please consider the presence of this shallow aquifer and any impacts it may have on garage design and construction when making your final decision on this project. Regards, Bob Moss City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:30 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, April 04, 2017 3:44 PM To:Watson, Ron; Council, City; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org Cc:jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; bwelch@dao.sccgov.org; dangel@dao.sccgov.org; admin@cummingslawgroup.com; Perron, Zachary; Philip, Brian; Bullerjahn, Rich Subject:Civic Debate Gets Ugly 01_DP_01_22_09 Attachments:Civic Debate Gets Ugly 01_DP_01_22_09.pdf Loss of three jobs in pursuit of justice. But lingering questions remains. How many did I rape? Ron! Can you answer that? Mr. Phillips, any possibility I can interview you. You hold a JD, right? Should be an easy interview? Give me a call would you? 650 646 5737. Or are you still abiding by the famous Brown recording? Mark Petersen-Perez Sent from my iPad Daily Post's Open Home Guide premieres —page 13 THURSDAY Jan. 22, 2009 Parent assn. leader arrested Kennedy withdraws Welcome back Condi? 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Earlier this month, Petersen - Perez had his attorney, Andrew Pierce, fire off a "cease and desist" letter to Baum claiming the effort to block his e -mails was unconsti- tutional, and asking him to stop [See UGLY, page 2] After the flub heard around the world, Chief Justice John Roberts went to the White House last night to deliver the oath of office to President Obama. The rare do -over was done out of "an abundance of caution," a White House spokesman said. Charter high school now much more likely BY JOSH WOLF Daily Post Staff Writer A proposed Redwood City charter high school scored a big victory yesterday from the state of California, after its applica- tion was rejected by both the lo- cal school district and the county government. Everest Public High School, the proposed charter, would be modeled after Summit Prepara- tory Academy, a small Redwood City high school that has a long waiting list and holds a lottery to award its 100 available freshman seats each year. Despite Summit's claims that 98 percent of its students have been accepted at a four-year uni- versity, both the Sequoia High School District and the San Ma- teo County Board of Education rejected Everest's application because they said that adminis- [See CHARTER, page 10] 85 De Soto Street • San Francisco crrr7' It 0 REAL ESTATE SERVICES Nini Abdala Broker - Owner 408.806.0678 INNOVO www.ninishomes.com David Chung 650.543.1058 Caroline Ratelle 650.380.3389 www.davidandcarolineapi.com Tom Correia Direct 650.823.5441 tcorreia@apr.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, April 03, 2017 5:18 PM To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:COMMENTS -- UAC-04-05-17, Item IX.2 -- Future Plans for Fiber & Wireless Commissioners,    (I'm a member of the Citizen Advisory Committee on FTTP & Wireless (CAC), but in this message, I'm speaking only for  myself.)    I'd like to comment (below the "#########" line) about the body of the staff report (pages 1‐12) for Item IX.2 of your  04‐05‐17 agenda, which is about Future Plans for Fiber & Wireless.  (My comments are the paragraphs that start with  "###".)    Agenda:  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56799  Staff report:  https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56779    EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:    * Of the three options, I favor OPTION 1, municipally‐owned FTTP.    * OPTION 2 purports to hold out hope for FTTP in the future, but really it's just a way to advance various wireless  agendas at the expense of FTTP.  Ask yourself, would a third‐party private‐sector white‐knight entity that wanted to  deploy FTTP throughout the City rather have a) FTT∅ or b) between $12 million and $15 million?    * Now that the Congress has rescinded Obama‐era legislation protecting user privacy, and the FCC seems eager to  dispense with net neutrality, it's more important than ever that municipalities like Palo Alto take charge of their telecom  destinies.    Thanks.      Jeff    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  Jeff Hoel  731 Colorado Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94303  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    PS: I'd also like to comment briefly about the attachments (pages 13‐44).    * Re Exhibit A (pages 13‐17), the "History of the City of Palo Alto Dark Fiber Optic Backbone Network," I commented on a  10‐14‐16 version of the document here (pages 14‐20).  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 2 http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/54475  Sorry, I've run out of time to comment on the 02‐04‐17 version.    * Re Exhibit B (pages 18‐21), the "Council Motion Status," recall that Item 1a was a Council request to provide more  information in support of the cost estimates of the 09‐28‐15 staff report.  Consultant CTC said that more information  could not be provided because it was proprietary.  CAC (before I was appointed to it) was given limited access to the  proprietary information for a limited time, and it opined that the information seemed to pass muster.  To me, it's an  unsatisfactory way to conduct the public's business.    * Re Exhibit E (page 43), the "Wi‐Fi CSD Site Summary":      + Note that Golf Course Wi‐Fi items total $26,300.  I feel that if it's something the Golf Course wants, they should pay  for it.      + Why are two fibers budgeted for each Wi‐Fi access point?    * Re Exhibit F (page 44), the "Fiber Optic Network Rebuild Project,"      + I've said before that I think this should be documented in a separate staff report.  For one thing, it could inform how  we think about FTTP.      + Why is the aerial fiber being placed in aerial duct, and what are the cost implications?      + Why is the number of strands added to the route from PAIX to the Park Boulevard Substation exactly 312?  (Rather  than, say, 288 or 432?)    ############################################################################    https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56779    ### I have added structured section numbers to the document, for clarity.    TO: UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION  FROM: UTILITIES DEPARTMENT  DATE: April 5, 2017  SUBJECT: Utilities Advisory Commission Recommendation that Council Approve a Recommendation Concerning: (1)  Future Plans for Fiber and Broadband Expansion; and (2) Expand Wi‐Fi to Unserved City Facilities; and Discontinue  Consideration of City‐Provided Wi‐Fi in Commercial Areas    1. Recommendation    Staff requests that the Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC) recommend that the City Council approve one of the  following three options for the City’s fiber‐optic utility:    OPTION 1.  Municipally‐Owned Fiber‐to‐the‐Premises (FTTP). Explore potential funding models, such as general  obligation bonds requiring a ballot measure with two‐thirds voter approval, or revenue bonds secured by ongoing dark  fiber license revenues and fiber reserves, to build and maintain a ubiquitous, municipally‐owned Fiber‐to‐the‐Premises  network; or    ### I think this is the best option.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 3 OPTION 2.  Municipally‐Owned Fiber‐to‐the‐Node (FTTN) Network with Neighborhood/Private Last Mile Provision.    ### The term "Fiber‐to‐the‐Node" (FTTN) usually means fiber to the node and then copper to premises.  But here, staff  means fiber to the node and then NOTHING to premises (other than hope for the future).  I have suggested using the  term "Fiber‐to‐the‐Nothing" and the acronym "FTT∅."    Explore design of a Fiber‐to‐the‐Node network, which may be a platform for Public Safety and Utilities wireless  communication in the field, Smart Grid and Smart City applications, new dark fiber licensing opportunities; in addition,  explore alternative “last mile” funding models for Fiber‐to‐the‐Premises, including user‐financing, creating Assessment  Districts, Mello‐Roos/Community Facilities Districts and/or public‐private partnerships; or    OPTION 3.  Pause Municipal FTTP Development Efforts; Increase Transparency and Predictability for Third Party  Providers. Direct staff to identify additional resources and opportunities to assist Internet service providers committed  to deploying gigabit‐speed broadband service; in addition, pause internal efforts to pursue municipal FTTP as the  telecommunications industry and associated technologies rapidly evolve.    Staff’s subsequent exploration would include a more specific analysis of the costs, business justifications and needs, as  well as the legal and practical feasibility of the selected option.    ‐‐‐ page 2 ‐‐‐    Staff also requests that the Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC) recommend that the City Council approve the following  two recommendations for wireless expansion:    * Expand the City’s OverAir Wi‐Fi Hotspots    ### What does the term "OverAir" mean?  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/services/overair_free_wifi_.asp    to unserved City facilities and request that Council approve an estimated $165,100 for one‐time equipment and  installation costs funded by the Fiber‐Optic Fund    ### It is inappropriate to use the Fiber Optic Fund for Wi‐Fi.  Wireless should not be considered part of the City's fiber  utility.    and allocation of monthly recurring charges of approximately $6,239 to the General Fund; and    * Discontinue consideration of building a City‐provided public Wi‐Fi network in high traffic commercial areas.    2. Executive Summary    2.1. Fiber Utility    ### I agree that Palo Alto has a fiber utility, and it should have the goal of universal access.    Given the increasingly competitive telecommunications landscape, including new hybrid fiber/wireless technologies and  emerging services and applications requiring access to networks capable of gigabit‐speeds and beyond,    ### Is staff saying that the City should consider only technologies that are capable of 1‐Gbps speeds or faster?  Does that  include both upload and download speeds?    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 4 staff recommends pursuing one of three identified incremental approaches to fiber‐optic expansion. Staff is requesting  feedback, direction and a recommendation for approval by Council to direct staff work concerning the fiber utility for  the next twenty‐four (24) months to best facilitate citywide access to gigabit‐speed broadband services. Staff requests  that the UAC select one of the three options proposed above for approval by Council.    * Option #1 (Municipally‐Owned FTTP) proposes exploration of different funding models to raise the $50 million to $78  million    ### This is an interesting range.  The $78 million comes from the 09‐28‐15 CTC report.  But where does the $50 million  come from?    staff estimates is necessary to build a municipally‐owned FTTP network.    * Option #2 (Municipally‐Owned FTTN, with Neighborhood/Private Last Mile Provision) proposes exploration of a design  of a FTTN network with an estimated build‐out cost between $12 million to $15 million, in addition to evaluating  alternative funding models and approaches to build the “last mile” to the premise. [1]    ### This is also an interesting range.  Page 6 of the staff report has an estimate of $11,425,000 for FTT∅, but where does  the $15 million come from?    * Option #3 (Pause Municipal FTTP Efforts; Increase Transparency and Predictability for Third Party Providers) proposes  to identify resources and opportunities to better support third‐party network upgrades and pause internal efforts for  municipal FTTP.    2.2. Wireless Deployment    With respect to wireless deployment, staff recommends expanding the City’s existing Wi‐Fi serviceto unserved City  facilities such as the Cubberley Community Center, Palo Alto Municipal Golf Course, Lucie Stern Community Center and  Lytton Plaza. However, staff does not recommend pursuing deployment of City‐provided public Wi‐Fi connectivity in  high traffic commercial areas such as University Avenue and California Avenue.    3. Background    The dark fiber optic backbone network (“fiber network”) was originally conceived by the City in the mid‐1990s and is  maintained and operated by City of Palo Alto Utilities (“CPAU”). Exhibit A – Fiber    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    [1] FTTN is one of several options for providing fiber cable telecommunications services to multiple neighborhood access  points. FTTN helps to provide broadband connections and other data services through a common network box, which is  often called a node. The node provides a neighborhood access point to build out the so‐called “last mile” to deliver  services to the customer premise. The last mile is typically the most expensive portion to build in a FTTP network. Fiber‐ to‐the‐Node is also called “Fiber‐to‐the‐Neighborhood.”    ‐‐‐ page 3 ‐‐‐    History and Initiatives provides a comprehensive history of various efforts to expand the network from 1996 to the  present. The most recent activities under the Council’s “Technology and the Connected City” initiative involved the  preparation of a Fiber‐to‐the‐Premises Master Plan (“FTTP Master Plan”) and a Wireless Network Plan, in addition to  working with Google Fiber for more than two years on a potential citywide FTTP network build. The FTTP Master Plan  and Wireless Network Plan were prepared by the City’s consultant, CTC Technology & Energy (“CTC”). Staff has also  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 5 worked closely with a Citizen Advisory Committee (“CAC”) since 2014 on various fiber and wireless issues. The CAC was  recently expanded from six to eleven members. The committee meets approximately every two months and has  provided valuable feedback and guidance to City staff.    Since the FTTP Master Plan and Wireless Network Plan were completed and reviewed by the Council in September 2015,  staff has worked to complete the various tasks in the Council’s September 28, 2015 (staff report #6104) and November  30, 2015 (staff report #6301) motions. The status of the Council motion items can be found in Exhibit B – Council Motion  Status. In the past year, the competitive landscape in the industry has changed dramatically throughout the country,  including Palo Alto. The most significant change affecting Palo Alto occurred in July 2016, when Google Fiber advised  staff that it was “pausing” its plans to build a fiber‐optic network in Silicon Valley and other cities where construction  had not yet started. Other significant changes include upgrades to existing wired and wireless networks by AT&T Fiber,  Comcast, AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.    At the November 2, 2016 UAC meeting, staff reviewed several elements of the above‐noted recommendations and  provided other information related to network and service improvements by AT&T Fiber, Comcast and the wireless  carriers, in addition to the status of Google Fiber. Information was also provided about the responses to the Request for  Information (“RFI”) for a partnership for deployment of a citywide FTTP network issued in May 2016. Staff reported that  none of the responses to the RFI completely aligned with the City’s objective for a public‐private partnership.  Commissioners provided feedback and suggestions which includes incentivizing the incumbents to accelerate their  network upgrades while providing ubiquitous coverage and identifying the public benefits of a municipally‐owned fiber  network. (Exhibit C – Excerpted Final UAC Minutes of November 2, 2016).    ### I don't agree with the "suggestion" to incentivize the incumbents to build private‐sector wired networks.  We want a  municipal FTTP network, to provide the right speeds, at the right prices, with the right privacy protections, net  neutrality, etc., for decades to come.    ### On 11‐02‐16, UAC considered a "discussion" item about FTTP & Wireless, but they couldn't vote on what they  collectively wanted to "suggest," because it wasn't an "action" item.  I transcribed this discussion (68 minutes) and  commented on it here (pages 13‐39):  https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/55390    At the November UAC meeting, City Manager James Keene observed that an incremental Fiber‐to‐the‐Node (“FTTN”)  approach has potential because of the need to reinvest in the fiber network    ### I don't understand this point at all.  How does FTT∅ reinvest in the fiber network?    and the cost is manageable.    ### At 45:38 on the video and transcript, City Manager Keene says the cost could be paid by existing reserves, but that  that didn't mean it was a wise bet.    The fiber ring could be expanded in a way to stay competitive. For example, the fiber network was extended to the  school district and there may be other opportunistic expansions. Also, since staff does not exactly know now where the  technology is headed for fiber and wireless deployments, FTTN may be back‐filler    ### Back‐filler?  What does this mean?    for fiber backhaul opportunities to support ubiquity    ### Ubiquity of what?  I'm interested in ubiquity of FTTP, and I think FTT∅ is not the best way to accomplish that.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 6 and possibly facilitate future 5G services. [2]    ### What's in it for the City to do facilitate 5G?  (I can see what's in it for private‐sector companies like AT&T and  Verizon.)    In light of the rapidly evolving dynamics in the private marketplace, and the varied community interest in both private  and municipal deployment of fiber in Palo Alto, City staff has attempted to pursue and keep all options open in a  preliminary manner. Nonetheless, this staff report is designed to allow the UAC to recommend that Council select one of  the three options to direct staff to focus on a single effort over the next 24 months.    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    [2] 5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems, abbreviated 5G, are the proposed next  telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G/IMT‐Advanced standards.    ‐‐‐ page 4 ‐‐‐    On December 12, 2016, staff provided Council with an informational update regarding fiber and wireless activities (Staff  report #6221):  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/55016    4. Discussion    4.1. FIBER UTILITY    4.1.1. Option 1: Municipally‐Owned Fiber‐to‐the‐Premises (FTTP).    The 2015 FTTP Master Plan indicated that the City will require an estimated overall capital investment of approximately  $78 million one‐time cost to build    ### The 09‐28‐15 staff report said $77.6 million.  (So, OK, round up to $78 million, because surely CTC wasn't claiming its  estimate was accurate to three significant figures.)    and approximately $8 million annually to operate and maintain the network.    ### The 09‐28‐15 staff report said $8,291,160 million in Year 5.  (So, OK, round down to $8 million.)  I think previous  discussions haven't spent much time on this opex estimate because the capex estimate was alleged to prove  infeasibility.  The opex estimate doesn't consider the possibility that the City could implement an "open access" network  in which the retail service providers do most of the work of interfacing with end users.    The estimated network construction and operating costs are subject to change based on real‐world variables.    Certain challenges inherent to FTTP deployment are especially pronounced in the Palo Alto. The City’s primary challenge  in its pursuit of an FTTP buildout is that its costs will be high compared to other metropolitan areas for labor and  materials. The cost of outside plant (“OSP”) [3] and drop cables [4] will be greater than in other metropolitan areas  because Bay Area costs tend to be higher. Additionally, many of the easements where the City must build are privately  owned, which may require every drop cable to be placed in conduit.    ### The City might make it plain to easement owners that if the easement owner insisted on undergrounding drops, that  might aversely affect when the City would be willing to deploy FTTP there.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 7 ### IF the City agreed to underground drops in an aerial district, could it do so in such a way that if electric, phone, and  TV utilities in the district were later undergrounded, the City wouldn't have to reimplement the undergrounded fiber  drops?  I'm skeptical.  At one time, the City required that newly‐built houses in aerial districts underground their electric,  phone, and TV drops, in anticipation of future undergrounding of the district.  But then, too often, those drops had to be  reimplemented when the district was undergrounded.  So the City abandoned the requirement.    Additionally, many back yard poles in private easements will need to be replaced, because they’re too short for new  fiber‐optic attachments.    ### This seems to be saying that most or all of the City's short poles are in private easements.  Interesting.    The high construction and labor costs result in a higher necessary take rate for the City’s FTTP enterprise to obtain and  maintain positive cash flow. Based on the financial projections (and the underlying assumptions), a 72 percent take rate  is required to financially sustain the network.    ### The 09‐28‐15 report said that if $20 million from the Fiber Optic Fund were used to help finance the network, then  the take rate required would be only 56.7 percent.    This is not only much higher than overbuilders [5] have been able to achieve in other communities, but also higher than  the required take rates for other potential municipal fiber enterprises. As a comparison, other recent analyses  performed by CTC for municipalities have shown a required take rate in the mid‐40 percent range in order to maintain  positive cash flow.    ### Ammon, ID, chose not to deploy in a neighborhood unless the initial (pre‐build) take rate was at least 50 percent.  http://nextcenturycities.org/2017/01/25/guest‐blog‐american‐broadband‐anxiety‐alive‐and‐well‐in‐2017/  So far, Ammon's experience is that the actual initial take rate is nearly 70 percent, with expectations that the take rate  will increase over time.    ### Longmont, CO, estimated that it needed a take rate of only 27 percent to be successful.  But it actually experienced  an initial take rate of more like 56 percent.  http://www.timescall.com/longmont‐local‐news/ci_30360415/longmont‐council‐gives‐first‐ok‐7m‐nextlight‐budget    In the FTTP Master Plan, CTC provided an analysis of potential funding models. A key consideration for network  implementation is how to fund both capital construction costs and ongoing operational expenses. The importance of  factoring in the ongoing cost of operations cannot be overstated; these expenses fluctuate based on the success of the  enterprise, and can vary considerably each year, and even month to month. The capital and operating costs associated  with a full‐scale communitywide build‐out will be significant, and the City will have to seek a combination of outside  funding, internal subsidies, and/or other financing alternatives such as user‐financing, creating Assessment Districts or  finding a private sector partner to provide additional funding to support construction and the FTTP network’s startup  costs.    ### Don't forget the Fiber Optic Fund.    Each of these potential funding mechanisms would require a more detailed legal and practical feasibility analysis, should  UAC and Council elect to pursue this option. It’s important to note, however, that some private entities involved in  financing and building municipal broadband networks may require an ownership stake to secure loans from the private  lending markets.    ### What is this talking about?  Whose "ownership stake"?    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 8   [3] OSP is physical assets like overhead and underground fiber, accompanying ducts and splice cases, and other network  components    [4] Drop cables connect the fiber optic backbone to the customer premises.    [5] An “overbuilder” is a private entity or a government entity that builds a new network in the public rights‐of‐way that  will operate and compete with existing networks already built by the cable TV and telecom incumbents.    ‐‐‐ page 5 ‐‐‐    Examples of potential financing models are bond issuances, City subsidies and loans, user‐financing and Assessment  Districts. Municipalities typically rely on General Obligation Bond and Revenue Bond issuances for capital projects;  therefore, the City may be able to issue a bond (i.e., borrow funds) to enable construction of an FTTP network.    General Obligation (“GO”) bonds are directly tied to the City’s credit rating and ability to tax its citizens. This type of  bond is not related to any direct revenues from specific projects, but is connected instead to citywide taxes and  revenues that can be used to repay this debt. GO bonds can be politically challenging, because it requires approval by  two‐thirds of the voters. Because GO bonds can only be used for physical improvements and not for services, they are  generally issued for projects such as libraries, museums, community centers, schools, public parks, roadways and other  infrastructure improvements.    Revenue bonds are directly tied to a specific revenue source to secure the bond and guarantee repayment of the debt.  As of June 30, 2016, the Fiber Optic Fund has accumulated approximately $25 million dollars in reserves. The Fiber Optic  Fund currently generates a positive net income between $2.5 million to $3.0 million annually depending on the level of  capital improvement activity.    ### The 09‐28‐15 report erroneously says it's about $2 million.  This 04‐03‐13 staff report (which UAC Commissioner  Melton insisted on getting) provides financial projections of the dark fiber network through 2018.  https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/33583  It shows net income rising to $3,197,000 in 2018.  It also shows the Fiber Optic Fund growing to $28,419,000 by 2018.   I'd like to see an updated report with projections through, say, 2022.    In addition to funding the construction cost, it is also possible that ongoing internal subsidies from other City funds will  be necessary to support regular operations if customer take rates are not sufficient. Examples of these operational costs  include network equipment license fees, ongoing hardware and software replenishments, labor‐intensive customer  support, customer acquisition costs, and network maintenance.    ### San Francisco is considering funding citywide municipal FTTP using a utility fee or parcel tax.  http://sfbos.org/sites/default/files/FileCenter/Documents/55324‐BLA.MuniGigabitFiberFinance031516.pdf  Each premises would pay the fee, and each premises would be connected and receive a baseline service; faster service  would cost extra.  Two‐thirds voter approval would be required.    4.1.2. Option 2: Municipally‐Owned Fiber‐to‐the‐Node (FTTN) Network with Neighborhood/Private Last Mile Provision.    To evaluate a potential incremental step for citywide FTTP, staff worked with CTC to develop a preliminary, high‐level  analysis of the cost to build a FTTN network. [6] A FTTN network would require construction of approximately 62 miles  of fiber plant, compared to 230 miles for a citywide FTTP network deployment.    ### If the City built the 62 miles of fiber infrastructure required for FTT∅ and then wanted to build citywide FTTP, how  many additional miles of fiber infrastructure would the City have to built?  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 9   The FTTN network would provide an access point to connect neighborhood‐area backhaul communications links. [7]  Building a FTTN network would be an incremental approach for fiber expansion and may lower the barriers for potential  FTTP providers to build the “last mile” from neighborhood access nodes to individual premises. FTTN would provide the  City with a phased and economically viable    ### What does "economically viable" mean in this context?  Does it mean that FTT∅ would pay for itself eventually,  whether or not FTTP were implemented later?  Or does it just mean that it could be financed by the Fiber Optics Fund,  so staff doesn't have to worry about paying it back?    deployment approach to push fiber closer to residential neighborhoods and create a potential “jumping off point” to  bring fiber to individual premises (i.e. building the “last mile”). Ancillary benefits    ### I think that what staff is calling "ancillary benefits" ‐‐ wireless this and that ‐‐ are actually the benefits staff cares  about, and the ostensibly main benefit ‐‐ getting closer to FTTP ‐‐ is just a talking point.    would also occur    ### Note that staff says the ancillary benefits "would" occur.  In the staff report, there are 34 instances of "may,"  reflecting staff's caution about predicting the future.    by expanding the functionality and the choices of technology that can be implemented for Utilities and Public Safety and  to support Smart City, Smart Grid and wireless applications dependent on fiber‐optic communication links.    ### According to Broadband Communities interactive database of FTTP networks,  http://www.bbpmag.com/search.php  31 municipal FTTP networks use their networks to provide smart grid services.    Additional opportunities to license dark fiber for commercial purposes may also develop.    ### How many strands in the fiber infrastructure for FTT∅ "may" be reserved for dark fiber customers, and at what cost?  How many new dark fiber access points "may" be deployed for the purpose of making this dark fiber accessible to  customers, and at what cost?  Has staff talked with any "potential" customers of the dark fiber in FTT∅'s fiber  infrastructure?  If so, has that affected where the infrastructure will be routed?    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    [6] CTC advises that there are variations of the concept of building some subset of the physical plant to entice private  investment.    ### In the bad old days, incumbents used to berate munis for adopting a "build‐it‐and‐they‐will‐come" strategy for muni  FTTP.  Well, FTT∅ is a "build‐it‐and‐they‐will‐come" strategy.    For example, Lincoln, NE used 300 miles of conduit to attract an FTTP provider.    ### Unlike California, Nebraska has severe state‐imposed barriers to muni FTTP.  http://www.baller.com/wp‐content/uploads/BallerStokesLideStateBarriers11‐1‐16.pdf  Can we agree not compare our situation with that of cities in Nebraska?    ### This website seems to say Lincoln will be "fiber‐ready" by 2020, and they refer the reader to Time Warner Cable and  Windstream for further information.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 10 https://lincoln.ne.gov/city/pworks/engine/row/fiber‐to‐the‐home.htm    Holly Springs, NC built a middle‐mile fiber network to serve their own town sites, but designed it specifically with  capacity and other attributes intended to make it attractive as a backbone for FTTP. This attracted Ting Internet, who is  leasing large quantities of fiber strands (144‐count) throughout Holly Spring’s approximately 20 mile backbone.    ### Likewise, North Carolina has severe state‐imposed barriers to muni FTTP.    [7] Backhaul communications fiber links are required to transmit data back to a network backbone or central office.    ‐‐‐ page 6 ‐‐‐    If fiber was expanded to residential neighborhoods, it would be available to the wireless carriers who need to build small  cell sites in not just commercial areas, but also in residential areas to improve coverage and capacity for their networks.  This is known as “network densification.” These small cell sites, located primarily on utility and streetlight poles in the  public rights‐of‐way, will need to be connected to fiber to “backhaul” traffic to a central point in a wireless carrier’s  network.    ### This "need," if it is a need, is a need of the wireless incumbents, not the City.  Not every incumbent believes that  each 5G access point will need fiber backhaul.  https://www.wirelessweek.com/article/2016/03/why‐wireless‐backhaul‐holds‐key‐5g    The carriers can build this fiber themselves, but if City fiber is available it could be licensed to the carriers at a more  expedient and cost‐effective manner. According to RCR Wireless News, fiber is expected to be a significant focus on  planned 5G network deployments.    ### Insufficient citation.    Similar to 3G and 4G before it, 5G is the “next generation” of wireless connectivity built specifically to keep up with the  proliferation of devices that need a mobile Internet connection, connecting not just a smartphone and computer, but  home appliances, door locks, security cameras, cars, wearables, and many other inert devices beginning to connect to  the web. This is commonly known as the “Internet of Things” (“IoT”). In effect, these dark fiber licensing opportunities  for the wireless carriers and builders of shared wireless infrastructure may facilitate a new opportunity to increase  revenues under the existing business model. Additionally, this expansion could also create a communications platform  for Smart City and Smart Grid applications, especially for communication with utility meters, streetlights, parking, traffic  and City news.    The following is a high‐level breakdown of the FTTN cost components and total estimated network costs provided by  CTC:    Cost Components                 Total Estimated Costs  Outside Plant (OSP Engineering)       $1,110,000    ### It's "Outside Plant (OSP) Engineering."    Quality Control/Quality Assurance        290,000  General OSP Construction Cost          7,110,000  Special Crossings                        150,000  Backbone & Distribution Plant Splicing   310,000  Backbone Hub, Termination & Testing    2,410,000  Drop Connections (Tap to WAP)             45,000  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/30/2017 8:46 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Stuart Hansen <hansensc@att.net> Sent:Wednesday, March 29, 2017 6:22 PM To:Council, City Cc:'Hansen' Subject:Comp Plan Proceedings Dear City Council‐‐‐‐Thank you very much for revisiting your January 30 decisions. I, like many, were shocked at the  proceedings that night.                  It makes so much more sense to me to see you re‐examine and decide to adopt a more reasonable approach to  ultimately solving our Jobs‐to‐housing imbalance.                   Also, the re‐inclusion of the programs with the associated policies will, I think, make our C.P. more useful  as  guiding document…the programs are the heart of what we residents want for our city in the future.       Stuart  Hansen, Palo Alto.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/3/2017 3:47 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Robert Schulte <rbschulte@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Sunday, April 02, 2017 10:27 PM To:Scharff, Gregory (internal) Cc:City Mgr; Council, City Subject:Debris along El Camino, Vista Intersection, Street Lights/Signs Attachments:IMG_1578.JPG; IMG_1579.JPG; IMG_1581.JPG; IMG_1582.JPG; IMG_1585.JPG; IMG_ 1587.JPG; IMG_1588.JPG; IMG_1589.JPG; IMG_1590.JPG; IMG_1593.JPG; IMG_1594.JPG; IMG_1595.JPG; IMG_1597.JPG; IMG_1599.JPG; IMG_1600.JPG Dear Mayor Scharff, I have 3 items to bring to your attention/consideration: 1. The City, County or its contractors have left a gravel/debris mess on El Camino between Vista and Maybell for at least a month now. Is anyone going to clean this up? See photos. 2. Though weekends are fine, this section of El Camino turns into gridlock 5 - 7pm southbound Monday - Friday thanks to all the Stanford business parks and Stanford itself. It is impossible for Barron Park residents coming north on El Camino to make a left or U-turn (such as I need to do to get to Driscoll Place) at Vista during that time period without the help of drivers in all 3 lanes agreeing to let us in. I frequently go to the light at Los Robles to make a U-turn. I request the City or City working with the County designate and mark a Keep Clear area at that intersection. See photos of the Vista intersection. I think this would also make it safer for pedestrians. 3. Lastly, why does the City or whoever sand off the remaining paint on street light assemblies and then leave them for months unpainted? I also don't understand why we have all these faded and bent street signs. I think other cities do a much better job with street signs like for example Sunnyvale. See photo of the signs at the Vista intersection and Los Robles light. Seems like we should have better for our property taxes. Thank you. Bob Schulte 553 Driscoll Place Palo Alto ,t4 . r\ \_� » �5 _ ~0?iiiii- , , - _ a < ,`vi, w iklt. � 3\ f F f,fip W s • J' City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:41 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jackson Moses Sent:Monday, April 03, 2017 7:51 PM To:Council, City Subject:El Camino Trailers Hello, I was wondering if the City Council has been made aware of, and is currently addressing, the ongoing parking crisis along El Camino Real (specifically around Town & Country and Stanford). There are literally tens of old parking campers that have occupied the same spaces for months, if not years. Not only does this present a safety threat to students of Stanford University and Palo Alto High School, but their continued presence inherently prohibits Palo Alto residents from making use of the parking spots. There remain few unlimited parking zones in Palo Alto and I'm wondering why this is any different. Moreover, how do we know the identities of these people? They're essentially Palo Alto transient "residents" and are making use of the city's resources for free. I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks. Sincerely, Jackson City of Palo Alto I City Clerk's Office 14/5/2017 10:26 AM Carnahan, David From: Sent: To: Subject: Downtown Streets Team <eileen@downtownstreetsteam.ccsend.com> on behalf of Downtown Streets Team <info@streetsteam.orq> Wednesday, April 05, 2017 10:02 AM Council, City Frank's Transformation ©©® © Like After Tragic Loss, Frank Remains Positive Frank became homeless three years ago after his wife passed away from cancer. 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Box 632   Palo Alto, CA 94302    April 5, 2017    Palo Alto City Council  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301    APRIL 5, 2017, UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING AGENDA ITEM IX.2 FUTURE PLANS FOR FIBER, BROADBAND EXPANSION, AND WI-FI Dear City Council: I am forwarding to you with this letter a copy of the letter I sent to the Utilities Advisory Commission for their meeting tonight on future plans for fiber optics, broadband expansion, and Wi-Fi. Sincerely, Herb Borock         Herb Borock  P. O. Box 632  Palo Alto, CA 94302    April 4, 2017    Utilities Advisory Commission  City of Palo Alto  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 11:15 AM 2   APRIL 5, 2017, UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION  AGENDA ITEM IX.2  FUTURE PLANS FOR FIBER, BROADBAND EXPANSION, AND WI-FI      Dear Utilities Advisory Commission:    In addition to sending this to the UAC email address, I am also sending a copy to individual Commissioners email addresses that I have been able to obtain, because I don’t know whether UAC emails are automatically forwarded to Commissioners.    I urge you to recommend to the City Council that they do one of the following:    1. Issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a Fiber to the Premises (FTTP) system as described below; or    2. Terminate staff work on pursuing an FTTP system.    A City FTTP system should provide potential customers a system that they are unable to obtain from other providers such as AT&T, Comcast, and Google.    The City should view the FTTP system as a City service rather than as facilitating a private company to compete with the incumbents.    The City FTTP system should pass all premises and be built citywide at the same time.    The City FTTP system should not connect every premise like a water utility or sewer utility does. Instead, the City FTTP should connect customers on demand.    The City FTTP system should provide symmetrical service with the same upload and download data rates.    The City FTTP system should not be built in phases, with further build out depending upon the success of earlier phases.    Customers should be able to connect to the FTTP system whenever they want to, instead of only being able to connect during a specific time window and then only when a certain percentage of potential customers also want to connect.    The Network Operator and Internet Service Provider should not collect customer data and usage patterns for tracking and ad targeting purposes.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 11:15 AM 3 The Network Operator should provide quality service.    Among the incumbent providers of service, we already have companies that provide bad service, that build out only to certain neighborhoods, that only offer connections during a specific time window to neighborhoods that have a certain percentage of residences that want to connect to the system, that don’t provide symmetrical data rates, and that collect customer usage patterns for tracking and ad targeting purposes.    The Council should terminate the FTTP project if it is not possible to provide a system that can be differentiated from the incumbent providers on each of those attributes.      Proposed System Components    The Commercial Fiber Fund should finance the citywide build out of a fiber network that passes all premises (but not pay for drop cables or any equipment to light the fiber) by using the Fiber Fund reserves and the Fund’s bonding capacity.    When you unbundle the system expenses estimated by Columbia Telecommunications Corporation, the cost of that citywide build out is $31.4 million. Knowledgeable members of the Fiber Citizens Advisory Committee believe the actual cost would be substantially less than that.    The City should issue an RFP to seek a System Designer, System Builder, Network Operator, and Internet Service Provider (ISP).    Those functions may very well be performed by the same company, because the ISP would want to design the system that would be able to provide the data rates that would be guaranteed to potential customers to give the ISP the confidence that it would be able to be financially successful.    The Network Operator would pay a special Dark Fiber rate to the Commercial Dark Fiber Fund to lease the citywide fiber build out that passes all premises.    For example, the rate could be the City’s depreciation rate for the dark fiber that is amortized over a thirty year period, or the rate may be a certain number of dollars a month per premises passed.    The special rate would be justified by the fact that the Network Operator would be committed to connect any customer to the FTTP system at any time.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 11:15 AM 4 The Network Operator would be responsible for providing system equipment, as well as drop cables and equipment to each customer, and for setting prices for the service.    Since the Network Operator would be providing the customer connections, there would be no payment to the Commercial Dark Fiber Fund, unlike the payment current commercial fiber customers pay in exchange for the drop cable connection installed by the Commercial Dark Fiber Fund to connect to fiber strands dedicated to that customer.    The companies or company providing the different components of the FTTP system would have to be agreed to concurrently and would probably require some kind of commitment from potential customers to ensure that the ISP, Network Operator, Builder, and Designer could profit from the FTTP system.    The key to getting customer commitments in advance would be the data rates for upload and download speeds that would have to be more specific than just saying the system could provide up to 1 Gigabit per second.    Potential customers would need to know the committed data rates they would actually receive both downstream and upstream for a given monthly price, rather than just be told that they would not have network congestion based on current application data rates for multiple users in a household or neighborhood.    During the City’s attempt to encourage Google Fiber to build in Palo Alto, over 150 companies and over 2,000 individuals expressed interest in subscribing to a Gigabit system without knowing the details of the data rates they would receive and without having to make a financial commitment.    To be able to get a City FTTP system, I believe the system provider and the system customers will need to make binding commitments before design and construction starts.    Thank you for your consideration of these comments.    Sincerely,    Herb Borock         City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/30/2017 8:46 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Elizabeth Goldstein Alexis <ealexis@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 29, 2017 12:59 PM To:Council, City Subject:Fwd: Maintenance Service Request - Ticket #: 656873 � Opened Portions of El Camino in Palo Alto were repaved with some type of really substandard aggregate. This has now disappeared in sections and reverted to gravel in others. This is dangerous for cars and even more hazardous for bicyclists who are crossing the road. I've submitted a request to Caltrans but wanted to make this is on the city's radar for a couple of reasons. 1) In spots, the city needs to either make sure that Caltrans does some repairs or make repairs itself like the onramp to Oregon Expressway. 2) The fact that El Camino has a patchwork of different types of pavement offers city public works / transportation officials an opportunity to evaluate the real life wear and tear of various road technologies. It may even be worth finding out which vendor did the work so we can avoid these types of mistakes in our own road repair program. Regards, Elizabeth ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Caltrans Division of Maintenance <No_Reply_Address@dot.ca.gov> Date: Wed, Mar 29, 2017 at 12:48 PM Subject: Maintenance Service Request - Ticket #: 656873 � Opened To: ealexis@gmail.com Thank you for taking the time to send Caltrans a Maintenance Service Request and for helping the Department repair California's aging transportation infrastructure. Caltrans staff will send an email to the address you used to contact us, confirming that we received this highway service request, with a confirmation number for the job. We handle service requests Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will address this as soon as possible. If you need to talk to us about this, please call 916-654-2852. If this is an emergency, please call 911 or the highway patrol. We sincerely appreciate your concern and request. Thank you for letting Caltrans staff know about the issue so we can repair it as soon as possible. MSR Ticket Number: 656873 Date Submitted: 2017-03-29 12:48:24 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/30/2017 8:46 AM 2 California County: Santa Clara State Highway Route: 82 Nearest Town or City: Palo Alto Nearest Cross Street: Charleston Mode of Transportation: Bicycle Direction of Travel: Both Time Situation Noticed: 9 am - 10 am Type of Situation: Roadway - Rough Pavement Nature of Situation: At this intersection, the road had been repaved with some type of substandard material. This material has now reverted to gravel in places and deep holes in others. It is extremely dangerous for bicycles. There are other places on El Camino in Palo Alto where this is also an issue. Geographic Location of Situation: El Camino at the intersection with Charleston/Arastradero Road in Palo Alto. Your Email Address: ealexis@gmail.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:43 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, April 03, 2017 2:47 PM To:Wagner, April; Bonilla, Robert; Lum, Patty; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org; Ryan, Dan; Stump, Molly; Perron, Zachary; Watson, Ron; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; robert.miller@oirgroup.com; Keene, James; Council, City; michael wasylyshyn; Scharff, Greg; SWebby@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; Kniss, Liz (internal); Kniss, Liz (external) Cc:Brian Welch; Philip, Brian; David Angel Subject:legal status, U-visa's, given to illegals who report crimes I have personally reviewed 100's of such cases with tragic consequences. If any lesson can be learned, you need to examine all the facts and motives on an alleged RAPE / Child molest case April Chan / Wagner which can potentially destroy lives. And if harm occurs you need to take FULL responsibility and liability for YOUR negligence. You should be punished and decertified from law enforcement anywhere in the US Mark Petersen-Perez ps. Ms. Kniss how are you doing on my letter of exoneration and check for 5K? pss. Patty Lump resign today. These is simply no room anywhere for elder abuse... Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com> Date: April 3, 2017 at 2:10:02 PM PDT To: Mark Petersen-Perez <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>, bayareafreepress@gmail.com Subject: legal status, U-visa's, given to illegals who report crimes SF courts anything but safe for some immigrants in sanctuary city Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement: “These are members of our community who help us solve crimes and take dangerous people out of all of our neighborhoods. The trust that we must maintain with our immigrant communities is a matter of life or death.”................ Adachi’s office pointed to one case from 2012 in which a woman accused her boyfriend, a construction worker here illegally, with no criminal history, of domestic violence. He was charged with felony assault with a deadly weapon and other lesser charges. The jury acquitted City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:43 PM 2 him of all charges after deliberating for just two hours, and Adachi’s office believes the woman made up the story to obtain a U visa.................... Maria, a housekeeper from Honduras living in San Francisco without documentation, called police in May 2015 to report that she had been sexually assaulted. .................... And in court, an attorney from Adachi’s office insinuated she was testifying only to try to obtain a type of visa available to crime victims. ............... The U visa program was created by Congress in 2000 to encourage immigrants living in the country illegally to report crimes. Victims of more than 20 different serious crimes can apply for the visa if a law enforcement official certifies they have been helpful in the prosecution of the crime..................... Under California rules, law enforcement officials must provide the certification if the immigrant asks for it and qualifies. The visa allows the holder to live and work in the country legally for three years and potentially obtain permanent residency. The visas are capped at 10,000 per year, and there is a backlog nationally of more than 60,000 petitions for them.................. Ernie Lewis, executive director of the National Association of Public Defenders, said “a bedrock and fundamental” part of a public defender’s job is to investigate witnesses’ biases and motives to fabricate a story. “To do less would be to provide ineffective assistance of counsel,” he said........................ He said Maria changed her story several times on the stand, and it was problematic that the district attorney’s victim advocate had told her she could qualify for a U visa after sentencing. “The jury had a good chance to observe her demeanor, and the jury’s verdict showed they found her to be not credible on the important issues of the case,” Santina said. The jury found the defendant guilty of misdemeanor assault against Maria, but not guilty of the more serious sex charges. She did apply for a U visa after the trial, but doesn’t yet know if she will receive one. http://www.sfchronicle.com/news/article/SF-courts-anything-but-safe-for-some-immigrants- 11045155.php City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/3/2017 4:24 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, April 03, 2017 7:18 AM To:jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org Cc:Council, City; Scharff, Greg; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Kniss, Liz (internal); Kniss, Liz (external); David Angel Subject:Letter of exoneration in the matter of Mark Petersen-Perez Please instruct the City of Palo Alto to issue a letter of complete exoneration along with a check of 5 thousand dollars which covers property stolen by the Palo Alto Police Department. Officer Dan Ryan. Ms. Kniss take leadership this and make sure it happens. Thank you! I wish no letter of apology! Send to: Dirección: Villa San Jose 17.9 Km. 100m de intro Carretera Masaya, Ticuantepe Nicaragua Central America Mark Petersen-Perez Editor: Bay Area Free Press 650 646 5737 Google Intl 505 8784 3381 Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/4/2017 8:33 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:BetteUK@aol.com Sent:Tuesday, April 04, 2017 6:32 AM To:Council, City Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page Honorable Council Members: I ask that you initiate a resolution for an impeachment probe by Congress for President Trump such as was done by the City Council in Cambridge, Mass. Bette Kiernan Cambridge passes resolution calling for Trump impeachment ... 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I urge you to vote against it. As you can see from the white flags and rope of the attached photo, the home will be seen right in the middle of the trail. The illegal part is that the proposed home will actually have 2 structures, which requires 10 acres. Additionally, it will unlawfully impede views from the public park and will be built on a hilltop in view of parks. Please vote "no." Sincerely, Christine Chang MD 1892 Mark Twain St. Palo Alto CA 94303 y I City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/3/2017 3:45 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Michael Harbour <dr.mharbour@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, April 02, 2017 6:04 PM To:Council, City Cc:Michael Harbour Subject:Ordinance to prevent tobacco sales in Palo Alto pharmacies. Dear City Council, I'd like for you to consider zoning requirements to prevent all Palo Alto pharmacies from selling tobacco products in the city of Palo Alto. It is inconceivable that any pharmacy should sell tobacco products which are the known cause of preventable diseases such as heart attacks, stroke and lung cancer. CVS stopped selling tobacco product nationwide in October 2014. Unfortunately Walgreens has not followed suit. Many cities have passed ordinances that prevent pharmacies from selling tobacco including San Francisco (see list: http://no- smoke.org/learnmore.php?id=615). In addition, Vice-Mayor Kniss was instrumental in preventing sales of tobacco near schools when she served as a county supervisor. Tobacco sales are not allowed in pharmacies of San Benito County or unincorporated Santa Clara County. In addition, no tobacco sales are no longer permitted anywhere on Stanford University campus. I am asking the council to evaluate the feasibility of doing the same within pharmacies in Palo Alto. Thank you, Michael Harbour, MD, FACP. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:24 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Press strong <pressstrong@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, April 04, 2017 10:41 PM To:Keene, James; Council, City Subject:PAPD Corruption Attachments:Harper v. L.A. 1.PNG; Moore gym.png James Keene Palo Alto City Manager Mr. Keene, Remember back in December 2008/January 2009 when former Palo Alto Police Sergeant Natasha Powers filed a false police report in order to frame me for a crime as a retaliatory act for my exposing her and some of her colleagues editing and falsifying MAV and taser videos and taser gun activation data to wrongfully convict me of a crime while simultaneously concealing their crimes? http://chiefburns.weebly.com/ http://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-5.html That was the first attempt to what has become persistent campaign by members of the PAPD and their supporters to go out of their way to find some way to wrongfully convict me of a crime as retaliation for exposing their corruption. https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=17448382956194674833&hl=en&as_sdt=6&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr  Lt. April Wagner attempting to help frame Chris Lund on behalf of Page Mill Properties  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/10/20/palo-alto-officer-taped-released-private-call  Sgt. Michael Yore and the Galbraith & Children’s theater cases  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2008/04/29/who-is-sgt-michael-yore  http://www.topix.com/forum/source/palo-alto-daily-news/T1PSOJK5CSE5JIQ9J  Sgt. Powers and the Jorge Hernandez case:  http://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-true-confession/  The Cover Up of Albert Hopkins by Dennis Burns:  http://chiefburns.weebly.com/hopkins-2.html City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:24 AM 2  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2005/2005 06 08.officers08mb.shtml  PAPD Change Story in Killing of Burglary Suspect Pedro Calderon  http://chiefburns.weebly.com/Calderon-Contradiction.html   The false prosecution of David Carlson  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/weekly/morgue/2002/2002 11 20.questioning20.html  PAPD officers attempting to frame Jerold Rob Reed Jr.  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/03/24/court-throws-out-case-due-to-police-error  Tyler Harney Case  http://www.mercurynews.com/peninsula/ci_26242251/man-sues-palo-alto-police-over-alleged-civil  http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2016/02/17/palo-alto-settles-suit-after-allegations-of-excessive-force  Police Auditor Finds Numerous Missing Videos  http://chiefburns.weebly.com/police-auditor.html  Lt. April Wagner attempted to falsely incriminate Mark Petersen-Perez  http://paloaltofreepress.com/santa-clara-county-district-attorney-jeff-rosen-refuses-to-investigate-charges-of-rape/  Lt. April Wagner, Ofc. Dan Ryan, Former City Attorneys Gary Baum and Donald Larkin Slander Petersen-Perez resulting in the loss of employment.  http://chiefburns.weebly.com/Petersen-Perez.html How to instigate an altercation to frame someone for a crime: Palo Alto Police Auditor Report: City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 4/5/2017 10:24 AM 3 Harper v. City of Los Ange... X !;l https':'scholar google,com'schnlar_case?case=17448382956194674833&hl-en&as_sdt-5&as_vis-1&ol=scholanr Ca Gy 1 Q �eard+' Harper v. City of Los Angeles, 533 F. 3d 1010 - Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit 2008 :all having a specific conversation with Liddy QU UUL UIC ly.uiI The Officers also pointed to additional evidence that went uncredited by investigators One witness interviewed by the Task Force stated that. on the arrival of the police. one of the gang members ran toward her car and appeared to trip or crouch down_ This witness was the owner of the car in whose wheel well the gun was later found The Task Force also ignored evidence that Perez was making false accusations despite learning that Perez had boasted that he could plant an investigation on any officer he wanted to saying "if someone pisses me off. I'll throw their name in the hat and they will get investigated. innocent or not." Although Tyndall knew of these accusations. he never provided the information to Skaggs or Baling_ nor was the information ever provided to Deputy District Attorney Laura Laesecke before charges against the Officers were filed_ O 18959 x F Q www.cityofpaloatto.org/civicaxffilebank/documents/18959 t 16 ofl9 Q Search 6. Complaint of Off Duty Battery #C 2009-005 Synopsis: A man residing in a neighboring town belongs to the same athletic club as a supervising officer of PAPD. The club member alleged that he was working out on an exercise machine when the officer bumped him from behind and said, "Watch it." There was no further interaction between the two and no injury to the club member. Four months later, the club member filed a complaint with the PAPD saying that he believed the bump had been intentional and for the purpose of intimidating him. The Department determined that the complaint may allege a criminal battery and turned it over to the police agency of the town where the athletic club is located. That agency investigated the incident but chose not to submit it to the District Attorney. At that point, PAPD commenced their administrative citizen complaint investigation. An internal affairs investigator interviewed the complainant, the officer and several employees or officials of the athletic club. The officer denied that she had had any physical contact with the complainant, whether intentional or accidental. The complainant had not mentioned the incident to any staff or officials at the club before making his ccmiplaint to the off duty officer's employer, namely the PAPD. Club officials were aware however of some incidents of erratic or confrontational behavior from the complainant at the club in the past. Club officials were also aware that the officer, in her capacity as a volunteer administrator for the club had had to request dues from the complainant and evaluate his expense requests. 15 *