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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:45 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Ana Picazo <ana_picazo@yahoo.com>
Sent:Wednesday, July 19, 2017 10:29 AM
To:Council, City
Subject:city.council@cityofpaloalto.org
Dear Palo Alto City Councilors
I saw the Denial of a Request for Waiver of the City's Moratorium on Conversion of Ground Floor Retail for the Property at 100 Addison Avenue. I understand that the expiration of the current interim ordinance on April 30, 2017 will allow a re-
evaluation of the appropriateness of ground floor retail at this location.
I think the best use of that location would be to build an apartment building to help address the lack of housing issue in
Palo Alto. This would be a great location to zone for apartments. As a neighbor to this location, I am fine with an apartment building at 100 Addison.
Thank you,
Ana Picazo 649 Fulton St.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/31/2017 5:28 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sent:Thursday, July 13, 2017 5:06 PM
To:Loran Harding; Dan Richard; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; David Balakian; Paul Dictos;
Daniel Zack; dwalters; Mayor; CityManager; Council, City; beachrides; bearwithme1016
@att.net; johnhutson580; nick yovino; robert.andersen; Leodies Buchanan; bmcewen;
bballpod; boardmembers; Cathy Lewis; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov;
firstvp@fresnopoa.org; Raymond Rivas; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; Steven Feinstein; Gary
Turgeon; Greg.Gatzka; huidentalsanmateo; steve.hogg; info@superide1.com; Joel
Stiner; Mark Kreutzer; kfsndesk; kclark; Kirk Sorensen; newsdesk;
rosenheim@kpix.cbs.com; lxcastro93@yahoo.com; leager; Mark Standriff; scott.mozier;
mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; midge@thebarretts.com;
newsletter@tesla.com; paul.caprioglio; popoff; pavenjitdhillon@yahoo.com; david
pomaville; richard.wenzel; russ@topperjewelers.com; Tranil Thomas; Steve Wayte; terry;
thomas.esqueda@fresno.gov
Subject:Fwd: Bay Area rocketing real estate prices- one hour from Fresno by HSR. Yeah, train to
nowhere.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Date: Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 3:14 PM Subject: Bay Area rocketing real estate prices- one hour from Fresno by HSR. Yeah, train to nowhere.
To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Thurs. July 13, 2017
To all- Sizzling home market in Silicon Valley. One VERY modest home in Cupertino listed at $1,300,000
and sold for over $1,500,000:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/13/new-report-bay-areas-rocketing-real-estate-market-leads-nation-
in-over-asking-sales/
With HSR, we in Fresno will be ONE HOUR from all of that. Million dollar average home prices in San
Jose, $2 million in Palo Alto probably and $4 million in Atherton. Hundreds of thousands of the most highly educated workers in the world with degrees in EE, Computer Science, Biotech, etc. from places like Stanford, Harvard, Cal Tech and MIT. And the people I talk to here in Fresno, many of whom are not alumni of one of
those schools, say "it's a train to nowhere. When will it ever run? Bad for the Central Valley".
They have learned to say that so they will have "something to say" if HSR comes up. And then Kevin McCarthy, Jeff Denham, David Valadao and Devin Nunes almost herniate themselves daily to kill HSR in California. Fresno Mayor Lee Brand has never been a big fan of HSR. Fresno just bristles with hostility to it
when it is almost our only hope of salvation from being one of the poorest communities in the western world.
Doug Vagim proclaimed on TV recently that HSR trains don't have to stop at a station if not enough tickets have been sold at that station. I don't think that will be a frequent problem in Fresno.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/31/2017 5:28 PM
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L. William Harding
Fresno
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:45 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:bobgnote <bobgnote@gmail.com>
Sent:Sunday, July 16, 2017 1:28 PM
To:CtyMgr@cityofpaloalto.org
Cc:Keene, James; City Attorney; paloalto; Council, City
Subject:Fwd: I.S. movement, incited but neglected, by Wells Fargo VP Lani Dalrymple Re:
Automatic reply: New mailing address for BOB GAEBLER
Your Police employee complaint form has been submitted.
Form Data (Palo Alto PD)
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
Full Name
Lt.Zach Perron
ID Number (If known)
Employee's Job
Police Officer
What is the nature of your complaint?
Lt.Perron fronts for all refusal to take reports by PAPD, by all officers, which like MVPD and SJPD now neglect Wells
Fargo Pvt.Bank misconduct, elder abuse, and neglect, connected to IRENE BELL KEENAN, her husband Michael, and
Wells Fargo Pvt.Bank, which as RICO racketeering and local violations moved my Robert S. Gaebler SNT to Walnut Creek,
at the death of my father, in Palo Alto VA, 3/15/10.
PAPD, MVPD, SJPD, Sheriff, APS, DA/SCCo., State, USDOJ all neglect elder abuse, financial abuse, now SEDITION, by Wells
Fargo, so since 2015, Co.Santa Clara and inferiors use me as judas goat to incite I.S.
attacks, since UC Merced, including all in locations of national or state origin of subjects in collusion with Wells Fargo,
WITH NO EXCEPTIONS.
Location where incident occurred.
PAPD station. No reports ever taken, while Wells Fargo leaves me homeless by action of Irene Bell Keenan, office at 555
MIDDLEFIELD ROAD, PALO ALTO.
Date when incident occurred.
(12/07/15 to 07/15/17)
Time of incident.
8:00am to 5:00pm
What are the details of your complaint?
PAPD, SCCo. stonewall how Wells Fargo not only colludes with agencies, but also with CSGs, so when Islamic State kills, it
is with the same intel from old RAMONES productions by Phill Spector, via local corruption, to use late Ray Estelita's
voice, with my guitar, a gross rippoff, but this was during AC‐ZZ ripp orgy, all using my guitar, but now comes I.S.,
knowing you won't take reports from me, including about Wells Fargo and court collusion, IN YOUR JURISDICTION. The
Grenfell fire was about Keenans being from UK, to incite Manchester, but Grande came back during Ramadan, so
London Bridge and Grenfell, with others, since Mayor Khan is Muslim, but this is about because PAPD neglects MY facts,
President Trump needs to know about VP Lani Dalrymple up Fl. 40 in Seattle, re towering inferno on his 71st.
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Lafayette Chamber fire is the WE ARE HERE‐announcement, by Islamic State US, as Turkey, Saud tighten up, during the
end, of ISIS, which is just one wave, of what is coming and ongoing but unreported, THANKS TO PAPD, WHICH LETS
WELLS FARGO CONTINUE TO INJURE ME, DIRECTLY INCITING I.S. ACTIONS.
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Forwarded message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
From: bobgnote <bobgnote@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 09:47:09 ‐0700
Subject: I.S. movement, incited but neglected, by Wells Fargo VP Lani Dalrymple Re: Automatic reply: New mailing
address for BOB GAEBLER
To: TexasSNT <TexasSNT@wellsfargo.com>
Cc: SNTSeattle <SNTSeattle@wellsfargo.com>
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:39 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, July 15, 2017 8:50 PM
To:Roberta Ahlquist; George Chippendale; Paul George @ PPJC; Joan Simon; WILPF
Peninsula Palo Alto; wendy; Spencer, Cherrill M.; Stephanie Munoz; Council, City; Board
Operations; Sandy Perry-HCA; Robert Aguirre
Subject:Fwd: Sunnyvale-7/3/17: MidPenn-Edwina Benner Plaza affordable housing project at
460 Persian Drive.
To who care about housing:
This is a great and wonderful thing! If only Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Mountain View, and San Jose
could rise to this level of smart action!
And what about developing the 280 corridor to the sea? People who work around here could actually
also LIVE around here!
Sunnyvale is SO advanced!
Chuck Jagoda
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From: neighborshelpingneighbors2013 <neighborshelpingneighbors2013@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, Jul 15, 2017 at 1:57 PM
Subject: Sunnyvale-7/3/17: MidPenn-Edwina Benner Plaza affordable housing project at 460 Persian Drive.
To:
http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/07/03/groundbreaking-for-edwina-benner-plaza-affordable-housing-
project-in-sunnyvale/
Of the 66 units,
30 will be 560-square-foot one-bedroom units with monthly rents of $557 to $1,185.
Nineteen two-bedroom units will be 870 to 925 square feet with monthly rents ranging from $655 to $1,409.
Seventeen three-bedroom units will range from 1,097 to 1,346 square feet with rent at $747 to $1,617 per
month, according to MidPen Housing.
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Jan Lindenthal, vice president of real estate development for MidPen Housing, said 10 units would be set aside
for formerly homeless residents, 13 would be reserved for families at risk of homelessness and 43 units would
be targeted for people who live and work in Sunnyvale. Free transit passes will be provided to tenants.
Planned amenities include a computer lab, fitness center, playground and case management assistance.
Caryll-Lynn Taylor , Executive Director
📧NeighborsHelpingNeighbors2013@gmail.com
☎650-283-0270 (No Texting, please)
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Palo Alto, CA 94302
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/31/2017 5:24 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Fred <fred124c41@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:27 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:Low income housing crisis
Palo Alto should be ashamed of itself. It's about the richest city in California and yet it does next to nothing to help the
down and out.
I've lived here over 40 years worked as a software engineer most of that time. Now I'm old living on the street. I have
both and a . I've kept my mind sharp. Still write
software. Have written and am testing a program that is winning a option trading. Have setup a paper trade account
with TD AmeriTrade. There isn't enough low income housing here. I almost got into the new apartments near Wells
Fargo bank on California ave but my credit score was to low (it's ). Today the alternator in my car which is my life
blood failed. I don't have the money to fix it. I've sent out about 200 resumes seeking a software job but I'm to old.
When my car fails and it will soon as it's just running on the battery I will be stranded somewhere. Then I will have to
walk. When I walk more than 2 blocks my complains. I'm a final waiting to come.
I can't get a job. I can't rent a place. I haven't enough money to move out of the area. I can't get my car fixed. I can't
buy/finance a car.
And now unless there's a miracle I'll probably be dead soon of a . But the rich elite of Palo Alto don't give a
damn.
The rich elite say there is plenty of help here but they don't know what they're talking about.
Fred Smith
650‐669‐1469
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:45 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:aram james <abjpd1@icloud.com>
Sent:Monday, July 17, 2017 8:12 PM
To:citycouncil@menlopark.org; Council, City; council@redwoodcity.org
Subject:NY Times housing crisis in California
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/07/17/us/california-housing-crisis.html?referer=https://www.google.com/
Shared via the Google app
Sent from my iPhone
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:41 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Monday, July 17, 2017 9:20 AM
To:Council, City
Cc:Lum, Patty; Watson, Ron; Bullerjahn, Rich; Philip, Brian; Perron, Zachary; Scharff, Greg;
Kniss, Liz (external); Wagner, April; Bonilla, Robert; Ryan, Dan
Subject:Patty Lum
Another milestone in twitter views.... Turn in your badge....lump!
Sent from my iPad
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:34 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Tony Kramer <tonykramer@aol.com>
Sent:Friday, July 14, 2017 9:18 AM
To:Council, City; City Mgr
Subject:Possible Loss of Control by Palo Alto for Wireless Installations
Attachments:AT&T and Verizon want free rein to put new wireless transmitters in your
neighborhood. Here's why th.webarchive
Here is a article that was in the Los Angleles Times earlier this week Tuesday, July 11, 2017) that I thought might be of interest to you. AT&T and Verizon are trying to get a bill passed in Sacramento (SB 649) that
would essentially give wireless companies free rein to install their wireless equipment wherever and however
they want and at minimum leasing costs to them and with no architectural review. As a resident of Palo Alto I
am concerned about how my neighborhood looks. Bulky and unregulated electronic equipment on telephone
poles and streetlights is not what I want. I hope that city representatives can contact our legislators in Sacramento to let them know that the proposed bill is not something that the residents of Palo Alto want.
Tony Kramer
HERE IS THE ARTICLE
There’s a classic brawl raging in the California Legislature between a bankrolling private
interest and several toothless local governments over wireless expansion.
It’s a fight being waged essentially under the radar. This subject isn’t sexy like a gas-tax
increase, universal healthcare or a so-called “sanctuary state” for immigrants here illegally.
So it hasn’t gotten much public attention.
That’s when special interests tend to win.
This battle involves the big telecommunications companies — AT&T, Verizon and the like
— trying to push aside local governments and start installing the next generation of
wireless infrastructure without pesky interference from city hall or the courthouse.
The telecom corporations want to streamline permitting and reduce costs for slapping
their transmitters — ranging in size from a pizza box to a small refrigerator — on
municipal utility poles, street lights and traffic signals wherever they want.
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The industry anticipates installing 30,000 to 50,000 of these “small cells” in the next few
years as it rolls out the next generation of wireless networks, 5G. It will be faster and have
more capacity than what we’ve got today.
But today, local governments control where the equipment is placed, usually on tall cell
towers, which won’t be needed for the new stuff.
Under the contested bill, SB 649 by Sen. Ben Hueso (D-San Diego), local governments
wouldn’t have the power to deny permits if the telecoms followed the minimum guidelines
set by Sacramento.
Also, local governments have been tapping telecom outfits for $3,000 or more annually for
each transmitter. Sometimes they’ve been hitting up the firms for a little extra kickback,
such as connecting the local library to wireless. None of that would be allowed under SB
649. And the maximum per year lease on a small cell would be $250.
Local governments are aghast.
“They’d get to deploy their equipment on their own terms wherever they wanted to deploy
it,” says Rony Berdugo, lobbyist for the League of California Cities. “It would force
counties and cities to lease their public property for wireless equipment. And it would
eliminate negotiated leases.
“We now have discretion,” Berdugo continues. “We can say, ‘We don’t want it on this pole;
put it on another pole. Make your equipment the same color as the pole.’ They could put
up something the size of a refrigerator on a street light by your front yard. We don’t want
refrigerators on poles outside people’s windows.”
Local citizens wouldn’t have a meaningful say. There’d be no public input. It would be
strictly Sacramento’s call.
The telecom companies, however, are concerned that the current permitting process
would bog down expansion of broadband capacity as demand explodes. Already, they say,
there are more wireless devices in California than people.
In many communities, they contend, the regulations and lease fees for wireless
infrastructure are ancient, created when 200-foot towers were the norm. Some towns
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refuse to allow small cells on utility poles and other structures, they argue. The
bureaucratic process is too lengthy, they add, and the current fees are “extreme.”
The telecom giants already have thrown up the white flag in the face of one group that
tends to be wealthy and politically connected: beach dwellers. Coastal zones — narrow
strips along the waterfront — are exempt from the bill, as are historic districts.
So someone who lives in Malibu might be able to beat back the visual blight of a
refrigerator-size contraption. But forget it if you’re in Montebello.
In Sacramento, the telecoms have hoards of money to fuel legislators’ reelection
campaigns, and they routinely spend it.
During the last election cycle, AT&T doled out more than $1.6 million to political groups
and politicians. It didn’t discriminate among parties. Virtually everyone got a piece. The
California Democratic Party was given $615,000. But the Republican Party got even more,
$625,000.
AT&T also spent $250,000 on the annual Speaker’s Cup golf tournament at the world-
class Pebble Beach course. That’s the Assembly Democrats’ big fundraiser.
By contrast, the League of California Cities and other local government organizations
aren’t allowed to spend a dime on politicians because their money comes from taxpayers.
They do lobby, however.
Updates from Sacramento »
In matchups like this, the money-doling special interests usually win when only a few
people are paying attention. They often lose if the public opens its eyes and gets irritated.
Then the politicians respond to their constituents.
Hueso’s bill breezed through three Senate committees and the full Assembly in less than
two months. There was only one “no” vote, from Sen. Steve Glazer (D-Orinda).
The measure cleared its first Assembly committee on a 6-2 vote — the two “no” votes were
from Democrats — and is scheduled to be considered by the Communications and
Conveyance Committee on Wednesday.
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This is the kind of bill you’d expect Gov. Jerry Brown to veto, based on his rhetoric
advocating local control. He’s fond of the word “subsidiarity,” meaning governance should
be handled locally rather than by central powers, such as Sacramento. But Brown is
unpredictable.
You can’t blame the telecoms for wanting to kick locals in the rear and expedite the
permitting process for expanding broadband. But they shouldn’t be allowed to ignore local
citizens. And they should pay a fair price for hanging their machinery on public property.
People should not be forced to stare at ugly refrigerators dangling outside their homes.
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/31/2017 5:24 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:06 PM
To:Carnahan, David; Stump, Molly; Council, City
Cc:Minor, Beth; Keene, James; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Scharff, Greg; Kniss, Liz
(external)
Subject:Re: File photo of assistant Palo Alto Police Chief Patty Lum aka Patrica Lum
CPRA_Response_Letter1_-_MPP_Photo_W801-053017.pdf
The court has already ruled on the exemption the city has sited. We will move forward and file a civl complaint
for injunctive relief in Superior Court.
Mark Petersen-Perez
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 13, 2017, at 10:07 AM, Carnahan, David <David.Carnahan@CityofPaloAlto.org> wrote:
Mr. Petersen‐Perez,
The City’s response dated June 8, 2017 (attached), details the exemptions applicable to this request.
David Carnahan, Deputy City Clerk, MPA
O: 650‐329‐2267 | E: david.carnahan@cityofpaloalto.org
From: Palo Alto Free Press [mailto:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 6:06 AM
To: Carnahan, David <David.Carnahan@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Minor, Beth
<Beth.Minor@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Subject: File photo of assistant Palo Alto Police Chief Patty Lum aka Patrica Lum
CPRA_Response_Letter1_‐_MPP_Photo_W801‐053017.pdf
Hi David,
The courts have ruled that this request is not exempt from disclosure. Ibarra vs. Superior Court
(2013) 217 Cal. App. 4th 695 Before we file for injunctive relief we would like you to provide
specific legal reasons for non-disclosure as mandated by law. You may ONLY refuse to provide these records IF there is an express law prohibiting you from
doing so. California State University of Fresno Assn, Inc. Vs Superior Court McClatchy Co.
(2001) 90 Cal. App. 4th 810 That court held, "The burden of proof is on the proponent (city of
Palo Alto) of nondisclosure, who must demonstrate "clear overbalance on the side of confidentially."
Thank you,
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/31/2017 5:24 PM
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Mark Petersen-Perez
Sent from my iPad
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<CPRA_Response_Letter1_-_MPP_Photo_W801-053017.pdf>
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:44 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Keene, James
Sent:Monday, July 17, 2017 3:07 PM
To:Lindgren, Gary; Council, City
Cc:Passmore, Walter; Sartor, Mike; Shikada, Ed; Ng, Judy
Subject:Re: Message from the City Council Home Page
Mr. Lindgren,
Thanks for your email. I am forwarding your concern to our City Arborist, Walter Passmore, for his response.
Jim
James Keene
City Manager
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From: Gary Lindgren <gel@theconnection.com>
Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 2:39 PM
Subject: Message from the City Council Home Page
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: It Should be a Matter of Priorities
The tree in the parking strip at 1042 Cowper has been sentenced to be cut down due to root rot. This tree has a full
canopy and outwardly shows no sign of distress. It is a beautiful tree and clearly an asset to Palo Alto and Cowper street.
Just a block away at 536 Addison, there is a tree clearly in distress perhaps due to the drought affects. It seems to me
that with the limited city funds and all the city trees that have either died or nearly dead from the drought that will need
to be removed and replaced that we should look at the worst trees first and replace those and not the ones with a full
canopy and looking beautiful. I have attached 2 photos, one for the 1042 Cowper tree and the other for 536 Addison.
Take a look and compare, would you still want to cut down that tree that is sentenced to be chopped up.
Thank you,
Gary Lindgren
Gary Lindgren
585 Lincoln Ave
Palo Alto CA 94301
650-326-0655 Check Out Latest Seismometer Reading
@garyelindgren
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:44 AM
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Listen to Radio Stations Around the World
A part of good science is to see what everyone else can see but
think what no one else has ever said.
The difference between being very smart and very foolish is
often very small.
So many problems occur when people fail to be obedient when
they are supposed to be obedient, and fail to be creative when
they are supposed to be creative.
The secret to doing good research is always to be a little
underemployed. You waste years by not being able to waste
hours.
It is sometimes easier to make the world a better place than to
prove you have made the world a better place.
Amos Tversky
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 7/12/2017 3:41 PM
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Carnahan, David
From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, July 12, 2017 3:02 PM
To:Sue Dremann
Cc:Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; Stump, Molly; Council, City; jrosen@da.sccgov.org;
PChakravorty@da.sccgov.org; David Angel; Brian Welch
Subject:Re: Releasing exempt police reports to the Weekly?
That's not what Cal. PC 13300 states, it's very clear. You could be compromising and interfering in what appears to be an ongoing criminal investigation and thus tainting a potential jury pool through prejudice.
Mark
Sent from my iPad
On Jul 12, 2017, at 3:42 PM, Sue Dremann <sdremann@paweekly.com> wrote:
Some police reports are available as part of court cases. They are not supplied to the media by
the police.
Sue
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Former nanny, school volunteer faces child molestation charges. Is this a mistake Mr. Watson?
exempt to unauthorized persons pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 6254(f) and local police record
information is exempt from the CPRA pursuant to GC 6254(k)‐Penal Code § 13300
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City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:38 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Hartmut Wiesenthal <hartmut_uwe@hotmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, July 15, 2017 6:09 AM
To:Council, City; Scharff, Gregory (internal); 7-AWP-OAK-FSDO/AWP/FAA@FAA.gov; 9-
awa-noiseombudsman@faa.gov; jrichardson@portoakland.com
Subject:Request to improve or amend the voluntary noise abatement procedures for Palo Alto
Airport
Attachments:Wiesenthal 20170706.pdf
Attached:
1) Palo Alto Airport Response from July 13, 2017
2) Oakland International Airport Response and Report from July 7, 2017
Dear Mayor Scharff, Dear City Council
I request the improvement or amendment of the voluntary Noise Abatement Procedures for Palo Alto Airport.
I request to add the voluntary requirement to fly over Fremont residential areas (Downtown / Central Fremont) and
recreational areas (e.g. Central Park with Lake Elizabeth) at a minimum altitude of at least 3000 feet, and for "noisy
aircraft" (Airplanes rated at a noise measurement of 64.5 decibels or louder are considered "noisy" ) of at least 5000
feet. Any circling over Fremont should be avoided.
The FAA has made it very clear that noise is up to the local counties and cities and municipalities to deal with, the city of
Palo Alto currently only has a voluntary noise policy that clearly is not working. On the other hand, the City of Palo Alto is
working with the FAA to reduce the airplane noise over Palo Alto. The City of Palo Alto should also address the aircraft
noise disturbances from airplanes, originating out of Palo Alto Airport.
Kind regards,
Hartmut Wiesenthal
3600 Braxton Common
Fremont, CA 94538
From: Luetgens, Michael <Michael.Luetgens@CityofPaloAlto.org> on behalf of Palo Alto Airport
<PAO@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2017 12:57 PM
To: Hartmut Wiesenthal
Cc: Palo Alto Airport
Subject: RE: Complain about small aircraft cirling over Fremont: July 06, 1:30 pm
Hello Mr. Wiesenthal,
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:38 AM
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Thank you for your email regarding this flight. I have reviewed the flight in question and the aircraft appeared to be
maneuvering over Fremont between the altitudes of 1400 and 2000 ft. The flight appeared to follow Federal Aviation
Regulations during flight and voluntary noise abatement procedures.
Although I have previously explained the nature of the airspace and role of the airport, I would be happy to answer any
questions you might have. I have logged your complaint.
Respectfully,
Michael
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From: Hartmut Wiesenthal [mailto:hartmut_uwe@hotmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, July 06, 2017 1:25 PM
To: Palo Alto Airport; 9-awa-noiseombudsman@faa.gov; 7-AWP-OAK-FSDO/AWP/FAA@FAA.gov
Subject: Complain about small aircraft cirling over Fremont: July 06, 1:30 pm
Hi,
I like to complain about the small aircraft, cirling over Fremont July 06, 1:30 pm.
Attached the webtTrak flight path.
Please contact the pilot and ask him, not to repeat this over Fremont.
KInd regards,
Hartmut Wiesenthal
3600 Braxton Common
Fremont, CA 94538
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:38 AM
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From: Jesse Richardson <jrichardson@portoakland.com>
Sent: Friday, July 7, 2017 9:54 AM
To: hartmut_uwe@hotmail.com
Subject: Aircraft Noise Event
Dear Mr. Hartmut Wiesenthal:
Thank you for contacting our office regarding your aircraft noise concerns. The report is attached for your review. If you
have any additional questions, please call the noise office at (510) 563‐3349, or e‐mail at jrichardson@portoakland.com
. For additional information about our noise management program please visit our website at FlyQuietOAK.com
Best regards,
Jesse Richardson, Jr.
Senior Noise Abatement Specialist
Oakland International Airport
Port of Oakland
One Airport Drive, Box 45
Oakland, CA 94621
Phone: (510) 563‐3349
Noise: (510) 563‐6463
FlyQuietOak.com WhisperTrack.com
July 7, 2017
Wiesenthal 20170706.docx
Mr Hartmut Wiesenthal
3600 Braxton Common Fremont, CA, 94538
Dear Mr Wiesenthal:
Thank you for contacting our office regarding your aircraft noise concerns. The noise event you
reported has been entered into our Aviation Noise Complaint and Communication Record System and will be included in the upcoming quarterly report. You reported an aircraft noise event on
7/6/2017 12:39:00 PM.
The aircraft noise and operations computer system was reviewed to determine the aircraft flight activity that occurred during the time frame you provided. The computer system has generated a Point of Closest Approach (PCA) graphic which provides information regarding the aircraft distance and altitude relative to your residence.
The source of the noise disturbance was caused by a prop aircraft that originated from Palo
Airport. At its closest point to your residence the aircraft was at an altitude of 1,523 feet with a slant distance of 1,526 feet. If you need to discuss this complaint you can contact the Palo Alto
Airport here http://www.skypossepaloalto.org/advocacy-2/complain/
If you have any additional questions, please call the noise office at (510) 563-3349, or e-mail at jrichardson@portoakland.com. For additional information about our noise management program
please visit our website at http://flyquietoak.com/
Sincerely,
Jesse Richardson
Senior Noise Abatement Specialist Noise/Environmental Compliance Office
July 7, 2017
Wiesenthal 20170706.docx
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:40 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu>
Sent:Sunday, July 16, 2017 1:49 PM
To:Council, City
Subject:WILPF Housing Priorities
Attachments:R. 3WILPF low-income housing priorities (1).docx
Dear Council People:
The WILPF Housing Sub-Committee hopes that you will ACT on these
crucial housing reforms as soon as possible. Sincerely,
Roberta Ahlquist, WILPF contact
July 15, 2017
Dear Palo Alto City Council Members:
The Peninsula Chapter of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom seeks action on these critical housing reforms. All of the research on housing and homelessness concludes that providing the working poor and
poor people in general with housing is the first step in affirming their lives. The following are WILPF’s current priorities for the city of Palo Alto to act on in order to begin to address the housing crisis:
1. There needs to be a moratorium on demolition of existing rental housing, apartments and houses, until there is
a more equitable balance between housing and jobs in Palo Alto. We need housing for our low-income city workers, civil servants, service workers, young families and students.
2. We need rent control with reasonable maximum (i.e. 2-3%) yearly increases, not whatever the owners can get,
(i.e. 20-40%) to stop the gross inequality gap that is growing ever larger in the city.
3. A moratorium on rezoning of residential land is needed now. No rezoning of existing residential land to Commercial, Office, or PC, until equitable units of low-income housing are available.
4. Stop criminalizing poor people. Use the City ‘commons’ and community buildings on existing city land, to provide shelters for those without housing and those displaced by evictions, draconian rent increases. Provide adequate shelter and parking access for the homeless, the working poor, who have been evicted or displaced ( i.e.
Cubberley, San Francisquito Creek, RVs on El Camino, other streets).
5. Slow the eviction rates: Mandate 90 day just-cause evictions, with monetary moving assistance, (not 30 days) and no rent increases.
Sincerely,
Peninsula WILPF Sub-Committee on Low-income Housing
(Contact person: Roberta Ahlquist)
City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 8/1/2017 9:39 AM
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Carnahan, David
From:chuck jagoda <chuckjagoda1@gmail.com>
Sent:Saturday, July 15, 2017 7:48 PM
To:vkezra@bayareanewsgroup.com
Cc:Board Operations; Council, City; Stop the Ban Google Discussion Group; WILPF
Peninsula Palo Alto; Sandy Perry-HCA; Robert Aguirre; Ed Frey; Robert Norse;
Greg@streetsteam.org; Chris Richardson
Subject:You article on Santa Clara County extending the winter shelter season
Hi Ms. Kezra.
Thank you for the fine article on extending the winter shelter season. It's very good of Commissioners
Simitian and Wasserman to make this move.
And it's appreciated by the end users of the shelter.
But, one must ask, can't we just shorten the chain between now and when we realize that cold weather
is only one of the many main issues that a homeless person is up against. The weather is definitely an
important and significant issue. But so is it all year. And not the only service we need. We need that
shelter open all year and all day
The winter shelter also provides visits by kind and helping people. But not enough homeless people
get engaged and make progress toward not needing a shelter in good and bad weather. If we really
want to do something about homelessness, we need to do more.
We need some comprehensive planning and many residential buildings going up.
And some out of the box thinking. Like the recent suggestion to develop the 280 corridor from Palo
Alto to the sea. Why not build houses and grocery stores and schools along 280?
That's just one of many creative solutions we can't seem to come up with-- even though Santa Clara
County is synonymous with innovation and has more billionaires than some continents.
There are many, many more.
When will those in power start listening?
Chuck Jagoda
Homeless/housing Advocate
PS
I wanted to make this comment on the article but there doesn't seem to be any way to do that so I'm
addressing my concerns to you.
uck