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HomeMy Public PortalAbout20170313plCC 701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 3/13/2017 Document dates: 2/22/2017 – 3/1/2017 Set 1 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:49 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Penny Ellson <pellson@pacbell.net> Sent:Wednesday, February 22, 2017 2:57 PM To:Council, City Subject:Stanford GUP Comments Attachments:2018 Stanford GUP Scoping Comments.pdf Honorable City Council Members, I understand that you will be discussing the Stanford GUP at an upcoming meeting. Here (attached) are scoping comments I submitted (as an individual) to SCC last week. Thank you for considering my comments. Penny Ellson 2018 Stanford GUP Scoping Comments February 17, 2017 Suggested Routes to School & The GUP P. 35, Tab 3- of the Project Description refers to the recommendations in the Palo Alto Suggested Routes to School Walk & Roll Maps (incorrectly called Walkabout maps). It mentions a few improvements for Nixon and Escondido Elementary School routes on Stanford land. TheEIR should go further and look at the following additional potential areas of school routeimprovements for these two schools,and connections from Stanford residences to Gunn High School,Barron Park Elementary School, and Terman as well. Please consider that these improvements also will improve the comfort and safety of bike commute routes for Stanford employees, faculty and students. 1).Please study connections to Gunn High School, Barron Park Elementary School, andTerman via the Bol Park Path. The City of Palo Alto (CoPA) is in process of improving Bol Park Path to create a more comfortable multi-use trail.This seems an appropriate time to improve the Stanford connections to this city facility--especially because Stanford-affiliatedresidentsarenow attending Barron Park Elementary School, Gunn High School and TermanMiddle School. Consider the Hanover /Page Mill intersection. Note that bike lanes are incomplete along the Hanover route.Parents (and other bike commuters)complain about conflicts with motor vehiclesat driveway entrances along the sidewalk along Hanover between California Ave and theentrance to the bike path to get to the park path and Matadero/Laguna Ave.Safety is a problem for bike commuters and pedestrians of all ages in this area and makes this important connection an unattractive link in the bike network that serves Stanford campus residents, faculty and staff, discouraging bike commutes. 2). Study the Peter Coutts/Nixon/Raimundo connection to the Nixon Elementary Schoolpath.At this location, young children (and adult foot-powered commuters)cross a wide intersection with auto speeds over 30mph, a safety problem that has been exacerbated by higher auto volumes related to growth from the last GUP.Again, this is a bike/pedestrian connectionwith great potential, but its usefulness is weakened by safety concerns. 3). Questions re:student busing—The PAUSD bus that picks up students at Nixon to go to Terman has a wait list.Consider how Stanford’s existing bus/shuttle service might augment PAUSD service for Stanford–affiliated PAUSD students to reduce morning school commuteauto trips across the cordoned area. 4). Please study a 5-mile radius/bike commute shed and consider the needs of bicyclists ofall ages and abilities. Consider bike/pedestrian network improvements that would enable local Stanford employees to bike their children to school and then bike commute to campus.Work with City of Palo Alto Safe Routes to School staff to identify the best ways to engage more PAUSD parents who are Stanford employees to tag a work commute onto their daily schoolcommute and improve Stanford’s bicycle mode share. No Net New Commute Trips Goal Though Stanford’s trip reduction program is greatly appreciated, community members observe Stanford traffic increasing much more than the cordon count indicates. Here are some things the EIR might study to understand why and to identify more appropriate mitigations. 1).Zero Net New Trips: Loopholes Prevent Accurate CountsThere are loopholes in the cordon count process. Stanford has surveyed employees to find out their arrival/departure times. They adjust employee schedules so car trips won’t be captured by peak hour counts. Further, when Stanford is concerned about missing their goals, Stanford sends emails asking people to change their behavior for a day.Everyone in town knows this goes on because we all have Stanford-affiliated friends. Here are some suggested changes to eliminate these loopholes: The counts might happen randomly without informing Stanford in advance so they can’t “warn” commuters and a more accurate count will be taken. Cordon counts should be done throughout the day, not just am/pm peak hours, in order to capture all Stanford-generated car trips. (Congestion is no longer a problem limited to am/pm peak periods in Palo Alto, and afternoon auto commutes create risk for school commuting children.)This practice would support SCP-C7-Reduce auto travel in non-commute hours/directions. 2).Zero Net New Trips:Drivers Split the Trip to Game the System At the recent Mitchell Park Community Meeting re:2018 GUP Scoping a resident noted that she observes people parking in her neighborhood to pick up the Stanford Marguerite at El Camino toget to Stanford.These car trips are not included in the cordon count, but they are generated by Stanford and they impact Palo Alto. Please study this phenomenon in areas served by the Marguerite and other transit tounderstandhowthecordoncounting system could be augmented to capture all car trips in/out of town with Stanford as journey origin/destination—whether or not the car reaches the cordon area. In addition,consider the parking impacts of this practice and insure compliance withSCP-C6--Regulate parking supply while avoiding spillover. AGB:Considering Long-Term Implications of Growth The current proposal does not request any change to the Academic Growth Boundary, nor does it discuss any future plan for when the 25-year AGB period expires. Please study and discuss the potential benefits and impacts on both the university andsurrounding community of moving the AGB. What is Stanford’s future intent with regard to preservation of open space? “Flattening”Mode Shift: Mitigation of Future Growth Is it realistic to assume that a specific growth rate since 1960 (200ksf/year)can or should be maintained? Note: The growth rate from 1875 to 1960 was significantly lower (52ksf), so it isnot correct to characterize recent growth as Stanford’s “historic growth rate.” Stanford’s own documents acknowledge that results of their car trip reduction efforts are “flattening”. Please quantify that trend and study how the “flattening” of Stanford’s tripreduction results will affect mitigation of transportation impacts of future growth,including growth proposed in the 2018 GUP application. Should growth rate be reconsidered if mode shift is less robust? What additional transportation mitigations might be necessary. Affordable Housing Subsidy On page 3.41 (last paragraph) of the Project Description Stanford proposes eliminating the 6-mile radius limit on where Stanford Affordable Housing Fund mitigation dollars can be spent. This proposed change could divert housing funds to communities that are more distant from Stanford where the university’s impacts are far less acute—reducing the efficacy of the subsidy as a mitigation for campus growth. Eliminating the 6-mile limit would give power to the SCC Board to divert housing funds from communities abutting Stanford which are most acutely impacted by campus population growth and traffic.Without the 6-mile limit, they could spend that money much farther afield—with no limit on distance from Stanford. This is unacceptable. Central-county controlled VTA is already cutting local fixed bus lines in City of Palo Alto areas with potential for affordable housingdevelopment. If the 6-mile radius limit is eliminated, this will leave in place only the “high quality transit corridor” limit which could result in Stanford Affordable Housing funds being diverted to communities where the money will do little to mitigate acute Stanford-generated housing and transportation problems in communities abutting the university. Please study how this proposed change could impact affordable housing development in close proximity to Stanford where commuters have multiple alternatives to driving—not just transit. How might a longer transit commute impact Stanford commuters’ decisions to choosealternative transportation or drive? Study what radius limit is appropriate based on trip reduction performance against the university’s transportation goals. Specifically, how might housing distance from campus affect commuter choices and tripreduction efforts toward mode shift?One example to consider: Many Stanford commuters say that they do not use transit because they have to combine trips to drop children at day care or school and run errands en route to work and home. They cannot do this with transit. This very significant change was dropped into the application as a one-liner with no explanation or substantive discussion.What is Stanford’s objective in proposing this change? Population & Housing. The application provides an incomplete picture of what percentage of undergraduates, graduate students (including PhDs), post doctoral students, faculty, on-campus staff, and non-matriculatedstudents will be housed on campus. Please clarify these numbers for each of these categories. Parking Supply Reserve If there has been and will be no net new trips, why does Stanford need more parking? Please study and explain. Intersection LOS For All Modes Please look at potential impacts on intersections in the southern portion of Palo Alto and other outlying areas of Palo Alto, especially along El Camino and Foothill Expressway and AlmaExpressway. Trips don’t simply appear at the campus border. Many drivers travel through this part of town to get to Stanford. Thank you for considering my comments. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 8:07 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 26, 2017 5:55 PM To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:February 27, 2017, Couincil Meeting, Item #8 Herb Borock  P. O. Box 632  Palo Alto, CA 94302    February 26, 2017    Palo Alto City Council  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301      FEBRUARY 27, 2017, CITY COUNCIL MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #8  670 LOS TRANCOS ROAD: SITE AND DESIGN REVIEW      Dear City Council:    I urge you to reject the Record of Land Use Approval for this Site and Design Application unless the plans delete the second dwelling unit that is prohibited by the site development regulations of the Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC).    The PAMC has different definitions for "Dwelling Unit", "Dwelling Unit, Second" and "Kitchen".    18.04.030   Definitions (a)   Throughout this title the following words and phrases shall have the meanings ascribed in this section. (46) “Dwelling unit” means a room or group of rooms including living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation/bathing facilities, constituting a separate and independent housekeeping unit, occupied or intended for occupancy on a nontransient basis and having not more than one kitchen. (46.5) “Dwelling unit, second” means a separate and complete dwelling unit, other than and subordinate to the main dwelling unit, whether a part of the same structure or detached, on the same residential lot. (75) “Kitchen” means a room designed, intended or used for cooking and the preparation of food and dishwashing. Kitchen facilities include the presence of major appliances or utility connections and the ability to store, prepare, cook, and cleanup of food and food preparation. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 8:07 AM 2 If the PAMC definition for Dwelling Unit was supposed to refer to the definition of "Kitchen", it would have included the word "kitchen" instead of the words "eating, cooking". A second dwelling unit in the Open Space District requires a 10-acre site, and is limited to 900 square feet, a floor area limit that must include at least one covered parking space. The project site is only 5.42 acres, has a unit that is 1,596 square feet, without a covered parking space. Sincerely, Herb Borock   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:01 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Robert Plummer <rpplummer@comcast.net> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 12:00 PM To:Council, City Subject:Feb 27, Item 9, Bike Share Program Please do not try another bike share program:    ‐‐ The previous program failed due to lack of use  ‐‐ No good reasons have been given for why the new plan would be successful  ‐‐ The new plan is expensive  ‐‐ The City has financial difficulties and there are many ways the money could be better spent  ‐‐ Downtown is too small to require a bike.  Going to Mountain View, Stanford Research Park, etc. takes too long on a  bike.  People in Silicon Valley are in a hurry—they barely make it to meetings on time, if they do.  A leisurely bike ride is  not a viable option.    Please read the comments concerning this proposal on Palo Alto Online.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rice, Danille Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:06 PM To:Council Agenda Email; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Holman, Karen; Kniss, Liz (internal); Scharff, Greg; Wolbach, Cory; Kou, Lydia; Fine, Adrian; Tanaka, Greg; ORG - Clerk's Office Cc:Keene, James; Shikada, Ed; Keith, Claudia; Gitelman, Hillary; Cervantes, Yolanda; Svendsen, Janice Subject:February 27, 2017 Council Questions: Items 8 and 10 Attachments:Small Lot Consolidation Sites.pdf     Dear Mayor and Council Members:  On behalf of City Manager Jim Keene, please find below in bold staff responses to inquiries made by  Council Member Kou and Council Member Holman in regard to the February 27, 2017 Council  meeting agenda.     Questions and Answers for Item #8: 670 Los Trancos    Question #1:      What are we approving: a guest house, an ADU, or an accessory facility?     Response #1:     In addition to the primary residence, the applicant is seeking approval of an  accessory facility. Facility and Accessory Facility are terms defined in the  municipal code (PAMC 18.04.030 (53) and (53)(A):                                   “Facility” means a structure, building or other physical contrivance or object.                                  “Accessory facility” means a facility which is incidental to, and customarily  associated with, a specified principal facility, and which meets the applicable  conditions set forth in Chapters 18.40 and 18.42.                                                               Guest house is not a defined term in the code, but is sometimes used informally  to refer to an accessory facility or building. An Accessory Dwelling Unit, or second  dwelling unit as currently defined in the code, is not being requested. The Council  report includes further analysis as staff’s determination on this issue.     Question #2:      Under what section of code is the structure legal?     Response #2:    The applicable terms include the definitions provided above and the land use  tables for the Open Space (OS) district (PAMC 18.28.040), where accessory uses  and facilities are identified as a permitted land use activity. Additional regulations  for accessory facilities can be found in the General Standards and Exceptions  (18.40) and Standards for Special Uses (18.42) Section.     Question #3:      Is it correct that OS sites must have 10 acres for a second dwelling unit, which this  site does not?   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 2   Response #3:    Prior to recent state law changes with respect to accessory dwelling units (ADU),  the city’s local zoning ordinance established a minimum lot size of 10 acres to  construct an ADU on an OS zoned property. Aspects of state law may preempt this  requirement in certain circumstances as detailed in a forthcoming report to the  Council regarding ADUs. Nevertheless, the applicant is not proposing an ADU.    Question #4:      Is the staff report correct that this is not an ADU?    Response #4:    Based on the applicant’s proposed plans, current definitions in the zoning code,  and as conditioned in the Record of Land Use Action (attached to the report), staff  continues to support its conclusions that the proposed accessory structure is not  an ADU.      Question #5:      Per code 18.76.030(a), this does not qualify, correct?     Response #5:    The above referenced code section does not apply to the project. This section  relates to requests for variance application. No variance is being sought or  required for this project.    Question #6:      If this is an accessory facility, please note the applicant's letter states the intended  use is a yoga retreat and for the occasional guest, but it is clear there are 3  bedrooms and 2 baths. 18.40.050(b)(1) says you can't use an accessory building  built after 1983 for "living and/or sleeping purposes" 18.40.050(b)(5) says "No such  accessory building shall have more than two plumbing fixtures.  So is it correct this  is not a legal accessory facility/building?    Response #6:    The above referenced sections are not applicable to the project. PAMC Section  18.40.050 relates to limitations of use for accessory buildings, however, these  limitations apply to residentially zoned properties. The Open Space or OS district,  Pursuant PAMC Section 18.08.030, is not considered a residentially zoned  property. Moreover, this section applies limitations as it relates to accessory  buildings located in a required interior yard setback, which is not the case for the  proposed structure.     Council Question Regarding Agenda Item # 10, Planning Code Amendment Ordinance    Question #1:      Staff received a Councilmember request for a map of the SOFA II parcels affected by  the proposed small lot consolidation regulations in the proposed ordinance.     Response #1:     A pdf of a map is attached and will be provided in a larger format at the meeting.      Please note that provision of small lot consolidation incentives was a requirement  of the State Housing & Community Development Department (HCD) when  reviewing the City’s Housing Element and the City committed to adopt such  incentives by the end of 2016.      El Camino Real El Camino Real Alma Street Alma Street Alma St University Avenue Foothill Expr S. 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Legend Housing Opportunity Sites (2015-2023 Housing Element) Small Lot Consolidation Housing Opportunity Sites 0'1800' Ho u s i n g O p p o r t u n i t y S i t e s 20 1 5 - 2 0 2 3 H o u s i n g E l e m e n t Sm a l l L o t C o n s o l i d a t i o n S i t e s CITY O F PALO A L TO IN C O R P O RATE D C ALIFOR N IA P a l o A l t oT h e C i t y o f A P RIL 16 1894 The City of Palo Alto assumes no responsibility for any errors. ©1989 to 2016 City of Palo Altoccampbe, 2016-10-20 10:22:15 (\\cc-maps\gis$\gis\admin\Personal\ccampbe.mdb) City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 7:23 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 8:35 PM To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:March 1, 2017, Rail Committee Meeting, Item #1: Rail Committee Charter and Goals Herb Borock  P. O. Box 632  Palo Alto, CA 94302    February 28, 2017    Palo Alto City Council  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94301    ATTENTION: RAIL COMMITTEE      MARCH 1, 2017, RAIL COMMITTEE MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #1  RAIL COMMITTEE CHARTER AND GOALS FOR 2017      Dear City Council:    The Rail Committee Guidelines originally had language on the "Role and Authority of the Rail Committee" that preceded the "Background" section that made clear that the committee was advisory to the City Council, but granted the Committee the authority to act when there was not sufficient time to refer a particular action to the Council for final action. That language should be restored.    Now that the Local Policy Maker Group (LPMG)has changed from an information exchange body to a body that takes action, the City's representative to that group should have similar advisory and referral duties to the Council.    Language in the Guidelines should state clearly that the Committee, the LPMG representative, and staff, including City staff members on the City/County Staff Coordinating Group (CSCG) should follow adopted Council policy or refer new policy questions to the Council for final action.    "Modernization" should not be restricted to "electrification". The recent decision by the Federal Transportation Administration (FTA) to delay funding for electrification demonstrates the wisdom of the existing Guidelines that include the flexible word "modernization" and do not limit that term to electrification.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 7:23 AM 2   Thank you for your consideration of these comments.    Sincerely,    Herb Borock    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/28/2017 5:53 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Nadia Naik <nadianaik@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 1:25 PM Subject:HSR Funding Plan to access bond dollars Attachments:Vice Chair Ltr..pdf; SMFC067707170215103600.pdf; 20170227165041851.pdf; HSRA Feb 27 2017 letter to DOF Director re Feb 13 LAO letters re HSRA Pr....pdf; PRG-letter-of-7- Feb-2017-Reduced.pdf FYI - we have just received the following letters which might be of interest to you The High Speed Rail Authority has delivered their funding plan to the Legislature. This is a necessary step mandated by AB3034 in order for the Authority to be able to access the CA state bond dollars. The LAO has written its analysis of this plan. It also included the High Speed Rail Authority's response and a letter from the HSR Peer Review Group (Lou Thompson) detailing their analysis of the plan. Nadia Naik CARRD City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 7:24 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:herb <herb_borock@hotmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 8:52 PM To:Council, City; Clerk, City Subject:March 1, 2017, Rail Committee Meeting, Item #2: Grade Separations Herb Borock  P. O. Box 632  Palo Alto, CA 94302    February 28, 2017    Palo Alto City Council  250 Hamilton Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94302    ATTENTION: RAIL COMMITTEE      MARCH 1, 2017, RAIL COMMITTE MEETING, AGENDA ITEM #2  GRADE SEPARATIONS      Dear City Council:    Decisions about transportation, including grade separations, should be made only after the Council adopts a new Comprehensive Plan that has a consistent set of elements that integrate housing, employment, and transportation goals, policies, and programs.    Making a road more desirable for motorized vehicles to use will just bring more vehicles and increased congestion, especially if the Council adopts a Comprehensive Plan that encourages more development that requires crossing the Caltrain tracks.    The Council made a different kind of decision recently regarding Embarcadero Road between the Caltrain tracks and El Camino Real when the Council made improvements for bicyclists instead of vehicles, and some Council Members said that action might encourage some people to switch from using automobiles to using bicycles.    Mountain View Vice Mayor Lenny Siegel indicated at a recent Local Policy Maker Group (LPMG) meeting that there should be a coordinated plan for grade separations for the entire Caltrain corridor.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 7:24 AM 2 Siegel's remarks occurred during a discussion of a proposal from former Mayor Pat Burt to obtain funding from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to develop a toolkit or framework for grade separations.    Mayor Burt discussed his proposal at the August 29, 2016, and September 26, 2016, Council meetings, but did not provide a copy of his proposal that was available before the second meeting.    See Page 90 of 92 in the Transcript of the 8/29/16 City Council meeting at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/54335 See (1)the October 27, 2016, memorandum to CalMod Local Policy Maker Group (LPMG) from Michael Burns, CalMod Chief Officer; and (2) the September 22, 2016, memorandum from Gillian Gillet and Pat Burt, “Values of MTC Grade Separation Study Grant”, with (3) Updated Information Provided by Gillian Gillet on October 2, 2016, and (4) Toolkit Approach Created by Caltrain with input from City/County Staff Coordinating Group (CSCG) on Pages 10-14 at: http://www.caltrain.com/Assets/Caltrain+Modernization+Program/Meetings/LPM G+Agenda-October+2016.pdf See Page 100 of 100, beginning at line 7 in the Transcript of the 9/26/16 City Council meeting at: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/54676 Thank you for your consideration of these comments. Sincerely, Herb Borock   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:39 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 5:38 PM To:Council, City Subject:$1,000,000 for a bike sharing program when we're running a deficit and you want more for storm drains?? The $1,000,000 bike sharing plan is absolutely absurd.  Each bike costs more than $3142!!! And you want to hire more  staff to police the bikes that never leave their racks?!!    Go read to comments on Town Talk.  NO ONE supports it.    You're wasting money on this at the same time you want us to approve a hike in utility costs for storm drains when it's  taken you more than 2 years to fix Lake Lowell at the intersection of Lowell and Middlefield?    How much did this special election cost?  Do you have a compulsion to keep wasting OUR money?    Most sincerely,  Jo Ann Mandinach      Jo Ann Mandinach  Need To Know Info Solutions  http:.//www.needtoknow.com  650 329‐8655  or cell 650 269‐0650  Palo Alto, CA 94301      City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:42 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Annette Ross <port2103@att.net> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 7:04 AM To:Council, City Subject:Land Use Element, Bike Share Program, Ignoring Speakers Land Use Element - I have been paying close attention to this and I attended last week’s CAC meeting. I was very surprised to hear the Planning Director admonish the obviously dedicated CAC about the Brown Act. I have followed the comments online and have seen occasional comments from only a few CAC members - and those from members associated with PAF. Were the comments directed at them? And if using social media to comment is potentially unfair, why is Steve Levy’s blog acceptable? From where I sat, the Planning Director’s comments came across as yet another attempt to quash discussion on the January 30th actions. Another odd thing was her discussion of a compromise/middle ground solution. First CC unambiguously dismantles the work of the CAC by stripping programs from the Land Use Element and then Staff works on a compromise plan? That is the same as creating a problem in order to offer a solution. What is going on here and who the heck is in charge? Please count me among the many who urge you to reconsider and reinstate all programs to the Land Use Element. This will do much to restore both the new Comp Plan and Council’s credibility. Bike Share Program - in theory, this is probably a good tool, but this city’s parking and circulation problems demand practical, workable solutions, not ideas that have already failed. Plus, the industry standard for rides is 0.17 per day. For that we commit to a 5 year contract and a $1,104,550 spend? What is the point? How can the expenditure be justified? And again, who is in charge here? Ignoring Speakers - as a member of the audience I couldn’t help but watch you all while people were speaking to you. After observing - incredulously - how some of you spoke with one another or fiddled with your cell phones I actually noted the time that one of you spent scrolling on your phone and looking down rather than at the speaker. Over the course of an hour I tallied 29 minutes of phone time. Unbelievable, no? That person missed a good portion of the GUP presentation and had numerous questions afterward. Is it too much to ask that you not bring your cell phones with you to the dais? I believe it has been proven that multi-tasking is a myth. Regardless, it is rude. When people take the time to prepare a presentation for Council and residents take the time to speak before Council, the least you can do is pay full attention. Annette Ross College Terrace City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:42 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Lauren Sims <laurensims@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 9:13 AM To:Council, City Subject:No parking permits Dear Council, I have lived in Crescent Park for 4 years and we moved here for the quiet suburban lifestyle that Palo Alto is famous for. I have been told that the current 35 non-residential parking spot permits may be increased to 351 for my neighborhood. I am already inconvenienced with constant traffic on University, unsafe driving behavior from commuters with no police enforcement and parking in front of our home. There seems to be no end in sight for the traffic as this Palo Alto council does not seems to care at all about the residents. It only cares about building more commercial properties downtown. It is up to the council and the developers to come up with a solution to parking downtown like underground parking or shuttling commuters in from lots in East Palo Alto. The burden on constant traffic and parking should not be on the residents. This council should be more protective of their residents like Menlo Park has been historically. Our property value is starting to decline because of this awful traffic and parking issue. The city council has made Palo Alto worse in the last 15 years not better and it is a shame. Lauren Sims City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 12:11 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Richard Brand <mmqos@earthlink.net> Sent:Wednesday, March 01, 2017 11:35 AM To:Council, City Cc:Gitelman, Hillary; ed.shigata@cityofpaloalto.org Subject:Staff report 7814, Downtown RPP Dear Council members: A short reminder/update to my Feb 9 email re: this issue. In that letter regarding the Staff recommendations, I wrote "Now instead of cutting back on the number of permits equally across all zones, Staff is proposing to cut back my zone 7 by (only) 5%." This remains the number in the the new report.This uneven cutback % is uncalled for when other zones are being reduced by 20%. If you look at Table 1 in this report, you will see that the max number of employee permits for zone 7 were sold out. Professorville needs the same relief as the rest of downtown. I urge you to ask Staff why the large % difference? I asked them that question in our January RPP stakeholders meeting and they responded with a residents name. Sounded like favoritism to me. Reduce equally across all zones and and show no favoritism. Richard Brand 281 Addison Ave. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/6/2017 8:47 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Svendsen, Janice Sent:Monday, February 06, 2017 8:44 AM To:Council Members; ORG - Clerk's Office; Council Agenda Email Cc:Shikada, Ed; Keene, James; Gitelman, Hillary; Cervantes, Yolanda; Svendsen, Janice; Lait, Jonathan Subject:Council Question: February 6, 2017 council meeting agenda Item 12: ADU Ordinance.     Dear Mayor and Council Members:    On behalf of City Manager Jim Keene, please find below in bold staff responses to an inquiry made  by Council Member Fine in regard to the February 6, 2017 council meeting agenda Item 12:  ADU  Ordinance.     This item is now being proposed for continuance until March 6, so follow‐up questions would be  welcome by email.      Council Question 1:  How many lots in the city are sub‐standard? How many of these are very  close (0‐10%) below standard?    Staff Response:  For R‐1 and R‐1 subdistricts, there are 14,412 total lots; 11,146 meet or  exceed the minimum lot area requirement; and, 1,640 are within 10% of meeting the  minimum lot area requirement.      Also, please note that in compliance with State law, the proposed ordinance permits  Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) within existing buildings without regard to lot size (see  proposed section 18.42.040(a)(5)). Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs) are also  proposed to be permitted within existing buildings without regard to lot size. Only one ADU  or JADU (not both) would be allowed per parcel.    Council Question 2:  Do easements (such as water district) affect this calculation? i.e. I have  a 10,000 sf in the R1‐10,000 zone, but 1,500 sf is taken by the district's creek. Do I still meet  the minimum lot size requirement?    Staff Response:  Easements do not affect evaluation of a parcel’s lot area in this context. In  the example above, the project site would meet the lot area minimum requirement for an  ADU.        Council Question 3:  Where do we stand on updating fees/utility hookups? Will they at least  match the new state standards?    Staff Response:  After adoption of the ADU ordinance, staff will need to follow up with  another ordinances to bring the city’s fee schedule into alignment with state law. In the  interim, state law will have precedence over city fee/utility requirements.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 7:01 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Minor, Beth Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 5:24 PM To:Keith Bennett; Council, City Cc:Bobel, Phil; Sartor, Mike Subject:RE: Presentation on Dewatering Hi Keith,    The dewatering report went out today in packet to Council , 11 days prior to the meeting, so this was received too late  to be included in the report.  The Clerk's office will work with Public Works to get this to the Council members.  Thanks,  B‐    Beth D. Minor | City Clerk | City of Palo Alto  250 Hamilton Avenue| Palo Alto, CA 94301  T: 650‐ 329‐2379  E: beth.minor@cityofpaloalto.org  City Clerks Rock and Rule  ‐‐‐‐‐Original Message‐‐‐‐‐  From: Keith Bennett [mailto:pagroundwater@luxsci.net]   Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2017 4:52 PM  To: Council, City  Cc: Bobel, Phil; Sartor, Mike  Subject: Presentation on Dewatering  To: Honorable Council Members:  Attached please find materials presented by Save Palo Alto's Groundwater given to the Policy and Services Committee  discussion on Dewatering (12/14/2016).  We are providing the information again for the benefit of those Council Members not in attendance at the PSC Meeting. We request that these materials be incorporated into the Staff Report for the upcoming meeting of Full Council  discussion on dewatering as communications received from the public.  With best regards,    Keith Bennett http://savepaloaltosgroundwater.org Review of Issues Related to Dewatering for Underground Construction in Palo Alto Keith Bennett, Ph.D. & Dan Garber, FAIA Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater December 14, 2016 Presentation to Palo Alto City Council Policy and Services Committee We don’t hate basements! Save Palo Alto’s Groundwater concerns: 1. interaction of below grade structures (including basements) with groundwater and 2. associated impacts on resources, public safety and infrastructure Implementing practical, proven, cost-effective, best- practice construction methods minimizes the impacts during basement construction. Dewatering: A simple issue with a solution •Shallow aquifer groundwater is a valuable resource •Public resources of considerable value are utilized, without charge, for the construction dewatering to the benefit of a few •SCVWD is prohibited from charging for construction dewatering per the District Act (Sec 26.1). - Responsibility for managing construction dewatering lies with local Land Use Agencies (i.e. Palo Alto) •Using proven, best-practice methods for underground construction dramatically reduces waste, at costs comparable to or less than the value of public resources used Our two requests to PSC Direct staff to: 1. develop effective regulations that minimize waste of groundwater implemented for all projects in 2018 and beyond 2. implement improvements to the program that reduce groundwater waste from construction dewatering in 2017 while obtaining accurate data to guide regulations for 2018 and onward Dan Garber will provide a policy framework and specific program recommendations The “shallow” aquifer water is a resource •Usable “as-is” replacing potable water for irrigation and other beneficial uses •Potential source of potable water •Flows in the shallow aquifer help prevent saltwater intrusionFl i th h ll if h l t lt t i t i - SCVWD Groundwater Management Plan (2016), Sec 5.2.2 The “shallow” and the “deep”: clearly closely connected SCVWD, Annual Groundwater Report (2015), pg. 62 ZZero Zak wants the 140 million gallons of “wasted” groundwater tto be used for irrigation instead of Hetch Hetchy water! •140 million gallons = 187,000 CCF = 430 acre-feet •Average Palo Alto household use: •Indoor: 72 CCF = 54,000 gallons/ year •Outdoor use: 36 CCF = 27,000 gallons/ year •The amount of water dumped for 2016 dewatering could Palo Alto’s outdoor use needs for over 5,000 average homes for 1 full year. 1 CCF = 100 cubic feet = 748 gallons Average annual rainfall on 8,000 ft2 lot: ~80,000 gallons Palo Alto fiscal year 2016 average household water use data source: Karla Dailey, City of Palo Alto Utilities 0 50,000 100,000 150,000 200,000 250,000 300,000 Jan Mar May Jul Sep Nov Savings (2015 vs. 2013) Potential Savings Wa t e r C o n s e r v a t i o n ( C C F m o n t h l y ) In 2015, Palo Alto reduced potable water consumption by 40% 187 MG Water Conservation Potential Source: http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/dashboards/8873/city-services/ Average of $100K of resources per residential basement Value of Water: $57,620 SCVWD non-potable rate $1,072 / acre foot x 53.75 acre-feet/basement ($0.0033 / gallon) Allocated Value of Storm Drain Use: $46,153 Total storm water management budget: $6.9 million / year 56% of total budget for operations and maintenance 1.47 billion gallons (4,500 acre-feet) of stormwater average annually (excluding dewatering) 56% x (53.75/4500) x $6.9 million TOTAL (per basement) $103,773 Major sources of storm drain load & fees R1 16,000 Commercial, etc. 26,125 Paved City Streets 14,785 Residential (8) Dewatering ~6,000 Oregon Expwy. ~5,800ERU equivalent 375 612 140 137 347 0 500 1000 Million gallons per average year 1,470 MG total (exc. dewatering) Groundwater 15” annual runoff per unit area 1 ERU = 2,500 ft2 impervious 36,963,319 ft2Dewatering (2016) 140 million gallons 260 gpm 2007 discharge permit Private, assessed Private, not assessed PublicStorm Water Management Fee How will voters feel about the upcoming Storm Water Management Fee ballot measure? •Proposed storm drain fees: $163/ year per ERU •Total storm drain fees paid by assessed properties: $6.9 million annually •Total storm drain usage fees paid for (residential) dewatering: $0 •Groundwater from construction dewatering (8 residences, 2016) represented ~38% of the total average year discharge from all R1 residences in Palo Alto (16,000 ERU) •We sometimes need the storm drains for storm water during the “dewatering” season. Remember the October 2016 rains? 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Is the documentation available? - 762 Garland Enhanced Geotechnical report (2016) Are you convinced? Are these reports accurate and trustworthy? Measured average flow: ~100 GPM ( >5X the estimated flow) Total pumped for entire project: 10.4 MG / 71 days - 762 Garland Enhanced Geotechnical Report, 2016 - CPA Public Works Data Are the risks of “wide area” dewatering only on adjacent properties? -13.0 -12.0 -11.0 -10.0 -9.0 7/9 8/28 10/17 12/6 Measured Water Level Below Ground Surface (bgs) at 220 feet (3 – 4 lots away) 3 feet Should the City’s 2017 program be built on Geotechnical reports that: •Disclaim all responsibility? •Are inaccurate by factors of 5 or 10? •Are expensive with limited utility? However, detailed, well-thought out, project-specific dewatering plans designed to minimize total groundwater pumped, using soils reports and / or test well data, are definitely meaningful if properly implemented. The Take Home Message •Our aquifer is a precious, shared resource, which Palo Alto has the responsibility to protect •A significant amount of community groundwater water is pumped and dumped; Neither acceptable nor sustainable. •Storm drain usage is material and all users should pay their fair share •Enhanced 2016 Geotechnical Reports were and will be a waste of money Questions? City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 8:06 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Susan Usman <susanlusman@gmail.com> Sent:Sunday, February 26, 2017 12:47 PM To:Council, City Subject:Basements in Palo Alto Dear Honorable Council Members,    I wholehearted believe that broad area dewatering has a big impact on our local and micro‐local ground water supplies.   I do not believe this method used for basement building is acceptable especially when there are plans to do 3 houses  right next to each other. If people need to have a basement they should be using the more conservationist method of a  cut off wall.  No one knows what the long term ramification are on pumping water out to build 3 basements in a small  area. Are you prepared to mitigate any negative effects of neighboring properties.  Our canopies have been struggling to  survive during the long lasting drought.  Don’t let developers kill our already stressed trees.    Thank you,    Susan Usman  965 Elsinore Dr  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rita Vrhel <ritavrhel@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 9:03 AM To:Esther Nigenda; Council, City Cc:Keith Bennett; Daniel Garber Subject:Re: Reasons We Oppose Dewatering Esther...what a winner! lovely; strong and factual what do we do with it? shall we give to the CC tonight? pass out with the fliers? Rita C. Vrhel, RN, BSN, CCM Medical Case Management Phone: 650-325-2298 Fax: 650-326-9451 On Monday, February 27, 2017 8:13 AM, Esther Nigenda <enigenda@yahoo.com> wrote: Dear City Council, Reasons We Oppose Dewatering for Residential Construction   1. There are better ways to build basements that dramatically reduce the amount of water wasted and minimize  damage to our canopy, neighboring properties and infrastructure.   2. Water Scarcity/Water Security  We have a growing population.  Other cities (East Palo Alto, San Jose, etc.) are asking for a greater allocation from the San Francisco Public  Utilities Commission, our common supplier.  The Bay Delta Water Quality Control Plan calls for 40% of unimpaired water flow from February to  June.  Personally, we support this Plan that will result in healthier rivers and ecosystems but it will mean a lower  water allocation for all.  San Francisco is planning to use 15% groundwater in its potable supplies.   3. Environment  Dewatering is an environmentally unsound practice – it reduces recharge to streams, rivers, wetlands and the  deeper aquifer, it contributes to sea level rise, etc.  Groundwater supports our buildings and infrastructure and is a hedge against salt‐water intrusion and  subsidence.  Contrary to current conventional wisdom, the shallow and deeper aquifers are connected (San Mateo County  Groundwater Plan Meeting, 2016). City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 2   4. Safety  The deeper aquifer is the source of our emergency water supply.  The Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD) needs to keep importing (scarce and ever more expensive)  water to recharge our aquifer.  Recharging our aquifer avoids overdrafting and subsidence as happened in the  1960s.  Dewatering is equivalent to localized drought and impacts properties hundreds of feet away.  With climate change and sea level rise, groundwater levels will rise also.  A 2015 USGS study concludes that  underground construction in which the current groundwater level is 4m [13 feet] or less will get flooded.  “We’re  building tomorrow’s risk today”.    5.  Regulations Page 3 of Palo Alto’s 2017 Water Integrated Resources Plan says, “There is also regulatory pressure to reduce the  amount of water discharged to the San Francisco Bay.”   6. Community Resource  Groundwater is a community resource – less than 1% of groundwater pumped for basement construction  comes from the property being dewatered, the rest comes from neighboring properties.  Residents want to know why they should conserve water when they see water gushing down the drains.  Dewatering does not adhere to the “Lead by example” and “designate a guardian of the future” principles in  Palo Alto’s Sustainability/Climate Action Plan.  This groundwater is the birthright of our children and of all residents, present and future.                                                                                                                                          Save Palo Alto's Groundwater www.SavePaloAltosGroundwater.org City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 7:02 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 8:07 PM To:Wagner, April; Wagner, April; Lum, Patty; Stump, Molly; Council, City; Scharff, Greg; Carnahan, David; Minor, Beth Cc:Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; jnowell@padailypost.com; dangel@dao.sccgov.org; bwelch@dao.sccgov.org Subject:Application For Emergency Protective Order (CLETS) 2004-0708 Attachments:Application For Emergency Protective Order (CLETS) 2004-0708.pdf Do you remember this Ms. Chan / Wagner I will be addressing this issue at the next city council meeting... vagina and penis the size of a presto log and damage you claimed I did... Mark Petersen-Perez Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 7:04 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Rita Vrhel <ritavrhel@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:14 PM To:Council, City Cc:Bobel, Phil; Keith Bennett; Esther Nigenda; Daniel Garber; Peter Drekmeier Subject:article on current flooding, future anticipated cycles of flooding and drought and climate change Attachments:flood_drought.docx Hello All... please see attached article on our current flooding, climate change and anticipated cycles of drought and flooding. Believe it is well worth reading and considering. Thank you. Rita C. Vrhel, RN, BSN, CCM Medical Case Management Phone: 650-325-2298 Fax: 650-326-9451 https://www.yahoo.com/news/rivers-sky-why-california-flooding-194919504.html Downloaded 2/22/17 Rivers in the sky: Why California is flooding Andrew Freedman•February 22, 2017 It's hard to believe that after five years of record drought, many Californians are hoping that this winter's weekly deluges will come to a swift conclusion. The latest storm, which struck over the weekend and ended on Tuesday, has forced thousands to evacuate, including urban residents in San Jose, as floodwaters continue to rise and levees are strained. This winter demonstrates how too much of a good thing — in this case, rain and mountain snow — can lead to severe problems. This is increasingly important, since human-caused global warming is already causing both ends of the weather extremes spectrum — too little water and too much — to occur more frequently and with greater intensity. So, what is it about these California storms that separates them from ordinary low pressure systems that affect other parts of the country? The Oroville Dam spillway releases 100,000 cubic feet of water per second down the main spillway in Oroville, California on February 13, 2017. Image: JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images First, there is the amount of moisture they're carrying, and where this moisture originates. The cause of California's drought-busting flood woes lies thousands of miles off the Pacific coast, near Hawaii. It's in this area that so-called "atmospheric rivers" are born, and for this reason, such storms are often referred to as "Pineapple Express" events, owing to the produce closely identified with Hawaii. These storms account for the majority of California's heavy rain events, both this winter and throughout history. (Atmospheric rivers also affect other parts of the world.) From Hawaii, upper level winds channel air laden with water vapor — the gas form of liquid water — like veins in the atmosphere's circulatory system. Once this moisture butts up against the Golden State, it is lifted by storm systems and terrain, producing clouds and precipitation. View photos Atmospheric river seen funneling moisture toward California through Feb. 22, 2017. Image: university of wisconsin Atmospheric rivers can produce extraordinary precipitation totals. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for example, found that a strong atmospheric river, such as the one that hit California last weekend, can transport "an amount of water vapor roughly equivalent to 7.5 [to] 15 times the average flow of liquid water at the mouth of the Mississippi River." This winter has featured an unusual abundance of moderate intensity atmospheric rivers that in some cases have overwhelmed flood defenses, including at the Oroville Dam, which is the nation's tallest. View photos Water flows into the iconic Glory Hole spillway at Monticello Dam, in Lake Berryessa, Calif. The unique spillway operates similarly to a bathtub drain. Image: AP/REX/Shutterstock An emergency spillway for the dam suffered erosion that led to the hasty evacuation of nearly 200,000 from areas downstream on Feb. 12. The situation at Lake Oroville has since deescalated, but other more dire situations are playing out in other parts of the state, offering a case study in the collision of climate change, extreme weather and aging infrastructure. Many points across central and northern California have already recorded more precipitation than they get on average in an entire October-to-September water year. San Francisco, for example, has already exceeded their typical annual rainfall total. And there may be more strong storms on the way through early March and before the wet season ends in April. Global warming is amplifying droughts and floods During the past several years alone, California has seen an epic drought and record warm summers followed by an unexpectedly prolific and destructive rainy season. Experts say this should be seen through the prism of global warming, otherwise infrastructure planners may not learn the lessons needed to better fortify the extreme weather-prone state. View photos A bicyclist rides along a flooded street as a powerful storm moves across Southern California on Feb. 17, 2017 in Sun Valley, California. Image: David McNew/Getty Images Over the longer-term, precipitation extremes in many parts of the globe have become more frequent and intense, studies have shown. In the coming years, this whiplash may only get worse as human-caused global warming amplifies both droughts (by raising temperatures and increasing the loss of surface moisture), and floods (by increasing the incidence of heavy precipitation events). Michael Dettinger, a research hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Nevada, said the climate whiplash during the past few years, going from a paucity of precipitation to plenty, is a preview of what's to come. "The combination of this winter and the recent hot-drought form a pretty reasonable analog for thinking about the challenges to come," he said in an email. View photos Satellite imagery showing past atmospheric river events with connections to the tropics. Image: noaa/esrl However, many uncertainties remain in how regional precipitation patterns may shift in a warming world, particularly in the Southwest U.S., where many computer models show an increasing likelihood of drought in the future. Scientists are still studying how global warming may alter atmospheric rivers themselves, although there is agreement that as temperatures rise, more heavy precipitation is likely to fall as rain in higher elevations instead of snow, which would cause more strain on water infrastructure like the Oroville Dam. Dettinger and other experts said sudden swings from drought to flood may be the new norm, which will require a fundamental rethinking of infrastructure design for new dams, levees, bridges and other critical infrastructure across the West and the rest of the country. View photos Vineyards and farmland along the Russian River are inundated by widespread flooding on Jan. 11, 2017, near Healdsburg, California. Image: George Rose/Getty Images "The current situation in California —specifically, the dramatic swing from extreme drought to water overabundance and flooding — is indeed a preview of California's likely climate future," said Daniel Swain, a climate scientist at UCLA. "There is now quite a bit of evidence that future droughts here will be warmer and more intense, yet will be interrupted by increasingly powerful 'atmospheric river' storms capable of causing destructive flooding." Some research shows that extremely prolific atmospheric rivers could become far more common — perhaps twice as common as they are now — in parts of California by the end of the century, though this is still a matter of scientific debate. Most atmospheric river events are not of the same powerful intensity as the one that struck the state over the weekend, with pineapple express storms considered a subset of overall atmospheric river events. According to NOAA, a total of 42 atmospheric river events hit California between 1997 and 2006. Swain and Dettinger both say there is an increased expectation for more frequent and potentially stronger atmospheric river events in the future. "One important point that the present situation highlights: while climate change sometimes leads to "unprecedented" weather extremes that have no historical precedent, it even more commonly increases the risk of extreme weather events at the upper end of the historical intensity spectrum," Swain said. Dettinger's work supports this conclusion, too. "... What has really been going on is that we’ve just had so many [atmospheric river events] arrive in such a short time this winter. This is actually in keeping with one of the early findings re: West Coast atmospheric rivers and climate change… that the numbers of atmospheric rivers will increase faster than their (average) intensities," he said. This is also worrisome, since reconstructions of historic flood events —like the Great Flood of 1862 — as well as a simulation of what would be a devastating flood both involved many weak to moderate atmospheric river events hitting in rapid succession; the same thing that's happening now. Noah Diffenbough, a climate scientist at Stanford University, says California's wet winter demonstrates how we're already hitting the limits of water infrastructure that was designed in a completely different climate. “We know that the climate is different now than when our water infrastructure in the West was designed and built,” Diffenbough said. He said adapting to climate change means building a more resilient, less risk-prone water management system in California. "We’re already incurring great costs for the climate that we have now,” he said. “Most of what we would do to protect ourselves now would help us be prepared for the future.”   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Richard Placone <rcplacone@sbcglobal.net> Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:47 AM To:Council, City Cc:Keene, James; Alaee, Khashayar; Gitelman, Hillary; Jensen, Peter; O'Kane, Kristen; Mello, Joshuah; Corrao, Christopher Subject:Bol Park Future Plan City Council and Staff Members: Herewith I am submitting on behalf of the Barron Park Community, our response to the city's request that residents of the city's parks advise the Council and Staff their vision for the future of their community park. In our case, this refers to Bol Park, which serves the Barron Park community. In order to respond to the city's request, we undertook a canvassing of the entire Barron Park community to ascertain what the majority of residents envision for the future of Bol Park. As promised to the community at the beginning of this project, we held an open community meeting on the evening of February 22 at the Barron Park elementary School, to review the final report of the study. Here are the results of that effort. Richard C. Placone Study Chair ******************************************************************************************************* Canvassing the Barron Park Community Fall, 2016 Approximately mid-year of 2016, the City of Palo Alto announced its intention to upgrade most of the city’s parks and recreation centers. This would be a project that would be accomplished over a period of several years. In order to determine what upgrades residents of the various park communities would like to see for the park serving those communities, residents were asked to respond with ideas to a specified city Web Site. Bol Park was indicated as one of the parks to be considered for upgrades. Bol Park is located within the community known commonly as Barron Park. This community is unique in that it has four distinct boundaries that define the community: On the East - El Camino Real Highway; On the South - Arastradero Road; On the West - the Veteran’s Hospital and Foothill Express Way; On the North - The Stanford Research Park. Moreover, Bol Park was brought into existence by the organized residents under the auspices of the Barron Park Association in the mid 1970's. This came about when the resident Cornelius Bol Family offered to the residents of Barron Park, a parcel of land at that was then known as “the donkey pasture.” If the community would develop the pasture - approximately 5 to 6 acres - into a dedicated community park, the Bol family would make the land available at a price significantly below the market value. The majority of the community, in a special election, agreed to establish a special tax district to finance the acquisition and development of the park. This was accepted by the Santa Clara City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 2 County Board of Supervisors, who advanced the funds to purchase and develop the park. In addition, a HUD government grant was awarded on condition that the site would be a park in perpetuity. With funds in hand, the park was built and then dedicated in 1974. Shortly thereafter, the Southern Pacific Railroad Company was persuaded to donate the adjacent former railroad right of way to the county, as an addition to Bol Park, bringing the total park acreage to approximately 13 acres. In mid-1975, the Barron Park community voted to be annexed to the City of Palo Alto. Upon annexation, the city retired the debt of the tax district and funded the design and construction of a shared bicycle/pedestrian pathway. Since then, the city has maintained the park and pathway, consulting with the community residents whenever major improvements were called for. An example of this is the replacement of the original play structure when it succumbed to dry rot and termites, with the current metal structure. In order to respond to the city’s request for input from the residents, the Barron Park Association formed the Bol Park Future Plan Committee. Richard Placone, the original leader of the Bol Park and Pathway development, was appointed Chair. Twenty five Barron Park Residents volunteered to serve on the committee. The committee met with city staff (Peter Jensen and Kristin O’Kane) and learned the details of the city’s plans. It was agreed at that meeting that the committee would undertake a canvassing of the entire Barron Park community, and submit a report to the city indicating what the majority of the residents wanted for Bol Park. That canvassing was conducted by committee members beginning in the late fall of 2016, and completed in the first week of 2017. The results of the canvassing appear below. *************************************************************************************************** Barron Park Community Canvassing of Residents to Determine the Future of Bol Park January, 2017 Note: See appendix for copies of canvassing materials used in this project. Total Residences Canvassed 1,277 Total Responses Received 646 Total No Responses 631 Approximately 85% of Barron Park residences were directly included in the canvassing. In addition, three announcements were sent over the three BPA e-mail lists including canvassing materials, with instructions how to respond via e-mail. Many responses were received in this manner. Tabulation of Individual Responses 1. No Changes - leave the park as it is 311 2. Request for bathroom 127 Note: 18 responses said No Bathroom 3. Increase playground equipment 23 Note: Additional 2 for adult equipment and 2 asking for softer ground cover 4. Improve Creek side trail paving/lighting 24 5. Add several picnic tables - scattered 18 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 3 Note: Several requests stated no BBQ pits 6. Increase flowers and trees throughout 18 7. Improve drinking fountain/add for dogs 12 8. Add ADA Access to Creek and improve current access to creek 8 9. Add bike rack 6 10. Add garbage cans 5 There were a number of additional suggestions, each one received only 1 or 2 votes. These are listed here to indicate the range of interests, even though only shared by one or two residents: BBQ, Par Course, Soccer goals, Water feature as a pond, Climbing wall, Game table, Swimming pool, Volleyball net. Several suggestions included incorporating Strawberry Hill into Bol Park. Where possible these requests were answered that this location is under the jurisdiction of the PAUSD. One request suggested a Pump Track in the location of land under the control of the Santa Clara County Water District creek access route. Several suggestions pertained to the Bol Park Pathway. In these cases, where possible, it was explained that the Bol Park Pathway Committee is addressing these issues. In responding to the canvassing questionnaire, several concerns were raised. For those wanting to leave the park essentially as it is, the concern was that too much development would attract more visitors to an area that is small in comparison to larger city parks. It was noted that parking near the park is very limited. In regards to the addition of bathrooms, though a large number requested a bathroom, the type of facility envisioned is one that is tiled, with hand basins and electric dryers, that automatically locks at night and opens at day break. The exterior design should reflect the rural environment of the park. Smooth concrete surfaces are to avoided as these might attract graffiti. Overnight parking along the park boundary should be disallowed. Improved maintenance of the park was mentioned by a number of those responding - better care of the lawn; more consistent pick up of trash cans; clean up of creek debris, especially near the access areas; small stone dams in the creek near the access area for small children to float toy boats. In summary, this committee interprets these results to be saying that a large majority of the residents want no changes at all in Bol Park, aside from improved general maintenance. Those changes that are suggested, are those that enhance the present rural, natural environment of the park, and must be designed to reflect that environment. A number of residents expressed the pleasure they find in the park by its quiet, restful environment. It is away from heavy traffic, and is suitable for contemplation, a place to read a book, or to just sit and enjoy the surrounding environment. The residents clearly want Bol Park to remain a local community park, and some sited the small size (five acres) as a reason for this. The study committee has expressed in its meetings that nearby Juana Briones Park, also in the Barron Park Community boundaries, is a more regular city-wide park and that it might be here that a small soccer field, or perhaps even a pump track could be contemplated. Finally, during the course of conducting this study and meeting with city staff, it was agreed, and indeed promised, that when the time comes to implement these changes, this committee would be directly involved in the planning and design process from the very beginning. Therefore, since the committee's initial work is completed with the submission of this report to the city, it will go into recess. As Chair of the committee, I will be the contact person to engage with city staff going forward. In turn I will keep the committee and the community advised as to progress being made. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 4 In closing, on behalf of the 25 residents who are serving on this committee, and who are responsible for the canvassing task, we thank the city staff who worked with us and the City Council for its insight in planning for the future of all the city's parks and recreation centers. Respectfully submitted Bol Park Future Plan Committee Richard Placone Chair A Barron Park Association Committee Mr. Placone may contacted at rcplacone@sbcglobal.net, or 650-493-7217. His residence is at 601 Chimalus Drive, Palo Alto, 94306. The Placone's have been residents of Barron Park since 1962. ****************************************************************************************************** Appendix Canvassing Materials uses in this study The History of Bol Park In the early 1970's, the Barron Park Association (BPA) was presented with an opportunity to acquire the then donkey pasture for purposes of establishing a neighborhood park. At the request of the BPA, the Board of Supervisors of Santa Clara County accepted an offer by the Cornelius and Josina Bol Family to sell the site for well below current market value. The supervisors then placed before the voters of Barron Park, (an unincorporated island surrounded by the City of Palo Alto) a special district to tax ourselves to fund the park's acquisition and development. This passed by a large majority. Development of the park was financed by property taxes, a HUD grant from the Federal government and private donations. The completed park was dedicated in April, 1974. Later in the month, the Southern Pacific company donated its abandoned railroad right of way to the county. Plans were immediately put into place to convert the right of way into a shared pedestrian/bicycle pathway. Then in 1975, Barron Park residents voted to annex the community to Palo Alto. As part of the annexation, the city took over financial responsibility for the park. It assumed the tax district debt, financed design and construction of the pathway and agreed in writing to always keep Barron Park residents involved in ongoing management of Bol Park, a commitment it has honored to this day. The Initial Objectives for Bol Park It would be a neighborhood park, without features that would ordinarily be fount in city-wide or regional parks. The new park included a play facility for children, an irrigated turf area for family play, a small picnic area with a few picnic tables, a pedestrian pathway following the course of Matadero creek with access to the creek, and several benches throughout the park. There was and remains a strong emphasis on the park's natural environment, which included one acre left in a natural state at the south end of the park. this included one or more of the Bol family farm implements and a small barn that once uses to house the donkeys. The empty barn later burned to the ground. For more details, go to the BPA website - //www.bpapaloalto.org. **************************************************************************************************** City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 5 City of Palo Alto’s Plans to Upgrade City Parks Please review this material and respond as requested, so that your views will be recorded as part of the canvassing of the entire Barron Park community. We can only call on each residence once. Be on the look out for a community-wide meeting on this subject later this year. Thank you. The city of Palo Alto recently announced plans to upgrade most of its parks and recreation centers, including Bol Park. This is a project to be developed over the next several years. Meanwhile. The city is seeking comments for the community regarding what upgrades they would like to see in these parks. The Barron Park Association has established the Bol Park Future Plan Committee with instructions that it ascertain what the majority of Baron Park residents want by way of upgrades for Bol Park. Richard Placone, the founding leader of Bol Park, has been named chair of this committee. The History of Bol Park on the reverse side of this flyer describes the formation of the park in 1974 and the original objectives of the park. We are sorry we missed you. As we are only visiting each home in Barron Park once, so we ask you to please answer the questions below and send your responses to Mr. Placone at rcplacone@sbcglobal.net. His address is 601 Chimalus Drive, Palo Alto CA, 94306. ************************************************************************************************** Your street name and house number_________________________________ 1. Do members of this family visit Bol Park Yes No 2. Do you prefer to keep Bol Park as it is Yes No 3. If you would like to see upgrades to Bol Park, please list them. Bear in mind the park is slightly more than five acres. The adjacent shared pathway is currently being planned for redevelopment next year by the city, to be made safer for all users. The BPA’s Bol Park Pathway Committee is directly involved is this project. Mr. Placone is also the Chair of that committee. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 4:58 PM To:Scharff, Gregory (internal); Council, City Subject:City of Palo Alto | Contract negligence Attachments:Lytton_I_agreement.pdf; Lytton_II_Agreement.pdf; Lytton_IV_Agreement.pdf Palo Alto Mayor Greg Scharff Palo Alto City Council Members Dear Mayor Scharff and Council: Please respond. Given Palo Alto's housing shortage crisis, I find it definitely disturbing that our city has low-income housing contracts with Lytton Gardens but lacks the documents outlining its terms (see below emails). Likewise, it is disappointing that City Council liaisons assigned to Lytton Gardens, refuse to attend Lytton Gardens board meetings and are unavailable as fact resources. Please explain exactly how the City of Palo Alto monitors Lytton Gardens' contract compliance, re doing what it should be doing to provide low-income housing, if the City of Palo Alto doesn't know the rules or terms of our contract agreements? Where's the transparency? Where's the accountability? Sincerely, Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Palo Alto Public Records Center <paloaltoca@mycusthelp.net> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 2 Subject: Public Records Request :: W000674-020217 To: dmpaloalto@gmail.com Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of thi s pi ctu re from the In ternet. 02/02/2017 RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of February 01, 2017, Reference # W000674-020217 Dear Danielle, I am writing in response to your requests for documents under the California Public Records Act (Govt. Code § 6250 et seq.) received by the City on 2/1/2017. Your request mentioned Thank you for providing me with the city of Palo Alto's regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing at Lytton Gardens Senior Communities be made available on affordable terms to low income persons. After reading these agreement documents, it's clear that I cannot draw conclusions without reviewing the HUD regulations to which these contract agreements refer. Therefore, pursuant to the CPRA, I request the HUD regulations documents. The City has reviewed its files and has determined there are no responsive documents to your request. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) maintains the requested records. Contact information for HUD: Website: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD San Francisco Regional Office One Sansome Street, Suite 1200 San Francisco, CA 94104 (415) 489-6400 CA_Webmanager@hud.gov HUD FOIA Request information: https://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/administration/foia/requests If you have any questions or need additional information, please feel free to contact me by responding to this message. Sincerely, David Carnahan Deputy City Clerk ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Feb 4, 2017 at 2:47 PM Subject: CPRA Request | PA's regulatory agreements (with Lytton Gardens) re HUD regulations To: "Stump, Molly" <Molly.Stump@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: "Scharff, Gregory (internal)" <Greg.Scharff@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, Jay Thorwaldson <jaythor@well.com> City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 3 Molly Stump, JD Palo Alto City Attorney Dear Ms. Stump: Re your below email, please explain paragraph three's referral to "possible costs". It is my understanding that the public is not charged for CPRA requests. Sincerely, Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Palo Alto Public Records Center <paloaltoca@mycusthelp.net> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017 Subject: City of Palo Alto Public Records Request :: W000674-020217 To: dmpaloalto@gmail.com Right-click here to download pictures. To help protect your privacy, Outlook prevented automatic download of thi s pi ctu re from the In ternet.   02/02/2017 Dear Danielle: The City of Palo Alto is dedicated and responsive to our community. Your request has been received and is being processed. Your request was given the reference number W000674-020217 for tracking purposes. Records Requested: Thank you for providing me with the city of Palo Alto's regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing at Lytton Gardens Senior Communities be made available on affordable terms to low income persons. After reading these agreement documents, it's clear that I cannot draw conclusions without reviewing the HUD regulations to which these contract agreements refer. Therefore, pursuant to the CPRA, I request the HUD regulations documents. Your request will be forwarded to the relevant department(s) to locate the information you seek and to determine the volume and any costs associated with satisfying your request. You will be contacted about the availability and/or provided with copies of the records in question. You can monitor the progress of your request at the link below and you'll receive an email when your request has been completed. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 4 Thank you for using the Public Records Center. City of Palo Alto Track the issue status and respond at: https://mycusthelp.com/PALOALTOCA//_rs/RequestEdit.aspx?rid=674 From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 5:16 PM Subject: CPRA Request | PA's regulatory agreements (with Lytton Gardens) re HUD regulations To: "Stump, Molly" <Molly.Stump@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: "Scharff, Gregory (internal)" <Greg.Scharff@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Molly Stump, JD Palo Alto City Attorney Dear Ms. Stump: Thank you for providing me with the city of Palo Alto's regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing at Lytton Gardens Senior Communities be made available on affordable terms to low income persons. After reading these agreement documents, it's clear that I cannot draw conclusions without reviewing the HUD regulations to which these contract agreements refer. Therefore, pursuant to the CPRA, I request the HUD regulations documents. Sincerely, Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Palo Alto Public Records Center <paloaltoca@mycusthelp.net> Date: Thu, Jan 19, 2017 at 5:17 PM City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 5 Subject: Public Records Request :: W000663-011917 To: dmpaloalto@gmail.com --- Please respond above this line --- Right-click download help protecOutlook prautomatic dthi s pi ctu reIn ternet. 01/19/2017 RE: PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST of January 18, 2017, Reference # W000663‐011917 Dear Danielle, I am writing in response to your requests for documents under the California Public Records Act (Govt. Code § 6250 et seq.) received by the City on 1/18/2017. Your request mentioned Thank you for your response and letting me know that "the city of Palo Alto has regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing be made available on affordable terms to low income persons". Pursuant to the CPRA, I request these documents. The City has reviewed its files and has located responsive records to your request. The responsive records are attached to this email and also available by logging in to the Records Center at the following link. If you have any questions, or wish to discuss this further, please contact me. Sincerely, David Carnahan Deputy City Clerk Right-click download help protecOutlook prautomatic dthi s pi ctu reIn ternet. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 4:56 PM Subject: CPRA Request | PA's regulatory agreements with Lytton Gardens To: "Stump, Molly" <Molly.Stump@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: "Scharff, Gregory (internal)" <Greg.Scharff@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Molly Stump, JD Palo Alto City Attorney Dear Ms. Stump: Thank you for your response and letting me know that "the city of Palo Alto has regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing be made available on affordable terms to low income persons". Pursuant to the CPRA, I request these documents. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 6 Sincerely, Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stump, Molly <Molly.Stump@cityofpaloalto.org> Date: Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 2:30 PM Subject: RE: CPRA Request | Lytton Gardens of Palo Alto To: D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Cc: "Scharff, Gregory (internal)" <Greg.Scharff@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Council, City" <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Hello Dr. Martell –   Lytton Gardens is owned and run by Episcopal Senior Communities, a private non‐profit organization dedicated to providing housing for seniors (http://www.jtm‐esc.org/lytton‐ gardens/ ). Although the City of Palo Alto has regulatory agreements with ESC that require housing at Lytton Gardens be made available on affordable terms to low‐income  persons, the City does not have a role in managing the property and does not acquire or maintain any of the information that you are seeking.    You might want to contact someone at ESC for more information. Please note, however, that the Public Records Act does not apply to private non‐profits, and I do not have any  information on ESC’s requirements or policies regarding requests for information from members of the public.   Molly Stump   Molly Stump | City Attorney                           City Attorney’s Office 250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 D: 650.329.2171 |  E:molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org   Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you.   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 7 This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged.   Unless you are the addressee, you may  not use, copy or disclose the message or any information contained in the message.  If you received the message in  error, please notify the sender and delete the message.     From: D Martell [mailto:dmpaloalto@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2017 3:40 PM To: Stump, Molly Cc: Scharff, Gregory (internal); Council, City Subject: CPRA Request | Lytton Gardens of Palo Alto Molly Stump, JD Palo Alto City Attorney Dear Ms. Stump: Your intervention is required in this issue. Due to "no responsive documents" (Palo Alto response) and "lack of records" (County response) both your office and Santa Clara County Counsel office are unable to answer my CPRA request below. CPRA requests are designed to be user-friendly for non-lawyers. I am not an attorney and require assistance in locating where I can obtain the information I seek. If this data cannot be found in Palo Alto or our County, from whom do I turn to acquire this information? Thank you. Sincerely, Danielle Martell City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 8 Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com From: D Martell [mailto:dmpaloalto@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 09, 2017 4:41 PM To: Williams, James <james.williams@cco.sccgov.org>; Stump, Molly <Molly.Stump@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: BOS <bos@bos.sccgov.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: CPRA request | Lytton Gardens of Palo Alto James R. Williams, Santa Clara County Counsel Molly Stump, Palo Alto City Attorney Dear Mr. Williams and Ms. Stump: To facilitate this CPRA request, please collaborate with one another to determine who maintains public records on issues related to public housing at Lytton Gardens. Pursuant to California Public Records Act (CPRA) (Govt. Code § 6250 et seq.), I request the most recent statistics for Santa Clara County's HUD-subsidized Section-8 Housing re Lytton Gardens Senior Independent Living Community of Palo Alto and their senior residents (62 years and older). —Please answer each following question directly with either a number, dollar amount, or a breakdown of country of origin. 1. What is the total number of seniors that live at Lytton Gardens? 2. What is the total number of residents that receive government-subsidized housing? 3. What is the total number of government dollars spent on housing for residents? City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 9 4. What is the total number of seniors that receive government-subsidized housing who do not have full US citizenship? 5. What is the total number of government dollars spent on housing for residents without full US citizenship? 6. What is the ethnicity and country breakdown for residents without full US citizenship? 7. What is the average annual income for a resident with full US citizenship? 8. What is the average annual income for a resident without full US citizenship? 9. What is the average apartment rental rate? 10. What is the average out-of-pocket rent that a resident with full US citizenship pays for an apartment? 11. What is the average out-of-pocket rent that a resident without full US citizenship pays for an apartment? Sincerely. Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 dmPaloAlto@gmail.com ;, WHEN· R!iCORDt:';J MAIL TO: co~~itlwt'r:.:' fiOJJ,S:i:lilG !NC. .JP~. ' cl o r,~1~il.p. & Sf:'Jeax:s 0 ; · 285. I-t$1i"l:t:·oli Avenue Q ' · .. . 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'.· .... ·· ... :.·.:::: .: .. ···, .. ·• . ~ ~ '•• ............... .. ... ~;·- City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:D Martell <dmpaloalto@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 4:38 PM To:Jay Thorwaldson Cc:Bill Johnson; Scharff, Gregory (internal); Council, City; Kleinberg, Judy; Dave Price Subject:Evaluating Information | PA Weekly Excellent article Mr. Thorwaldson! --I agree that learning to recognize manipulative messages, from whatever source, may be more important than ever. I find it unsettling that manipulative crowd-behavior social engineering has grabbed downtown Palo Alto on several fronts, and City Hall refuses to address this issue when questioned. I want to know WHO is accountable for this recent flood of coercive psychological tactics hitting our streets and parks, and which school of thought is our city model using when viewing our community as a single organism. Social engineering is dangerous because it mostly targets vulnerable groups and is routinely used as a form of racism and prejudice. I read about one city where the city engineer purposely made overpasses surrounding a beach too low for busses to pass under which limited the poor, mostly Black citizens, access to the beach because they were the main bus riders. One recent Palo Alto example of horrible social engineering follows. As an active senior who relies on city benches for rest stops when out-and-about, I'm concerned re recent changes to these benches. Some perfectly good, strategically placed, long-standing benches have been inexplicably and permanently removed, while others, that did not need refurbishing, have been replaced with inferior, ugly designs using low-grade materials and shoddy workmanship. All remaining benches are scheduled to also be replaced with inside armrests to discourage lying on our benchs or comfortably spreading out our gear. We now have at least five high-profile downtown University Avenue "artsy, space-age" benches that no one uses (!!!) because they are so very uncomfortable. Here are a couple mind-control messages our city is sending through their above referenced social engineering: "Don't sit." "Keep moving and spend money, money, and more money." This stance discourages community, ignores Palo Alto history, and is not what I consider "progress" or concern for others. In my opinion, our new barrage of social engineering is just another harsh manifestation of our city being hijacked through devious, coercive tactics. Danielle Martell Palo Alto City Council Candidate, 2016 P.S. If Palo Alto city government was truthful, the city would remove their welcoming signs and replace them with signs that read, City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:38 AM 2 "Palo Alto is a gated city -- only the rich are welcome" City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Arlene Goetze <photowrite67@yahoo.com> Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 11:59 AM To:Joe Simitian; Dave Cortese; Sara Cody Subject:Flu vac fails & Kennedy's $100,000 mercury offer An educational email from Arlene Goetze, No Toxins for Children, photowrite67@yahoo.com 2 stories: 1. Flu Vaccine "moderately "effective? is Fake News from CDC 2. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces $100,000 for study proving highly toxic mercury in vaccines is safe. -Vaccine Impact - http://vaccineimpact.com Posted By Admin - Orissa On Feb. 22, 2017 @ 4:00 pm -----Efficacy Reported in Media is Fake News Says Medical Doctor------- Flu Vaccine “Moderately” Effective? FAKE NEWS! by Dr. Brownstein’s [1] Foxnews.com (February 17, 2017) posted a story titled, “Flu Vaccine is only moderately protective this year, CDC says.” (1) The article stated, “Overall, getting a flu shot cut one’s risk of contracting flu and needing to see a doctor by 48 percent this season, when the effectiveness of the various components of the vaccine were assessed together, according to the report published in the CDC’s online journal Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).” This story is a perfect example of fake news. I have seen a lot of flu and flu-like illnesses in my practice over the past few weeks. Since I have been telling my patients not to take the flu vaccine, since it fails nearly all who take it, I wondered if the current flu vaccine was actually working to prevent someone from getting the flu. So, I looked up the MMWR to see how effective the flu vaccine really is. The report can be found here: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/66/wr/mm6606a2.htm?s_cid=mm6606a2_w [2] Excerpts: So what is the true effectiveness of the flu vaccine? . . . . In the case of the MMWR report on the flu vaccine, the true reduction in the flu vaccine in preventing influenza- related medical visits across all age groups is around 1%. But, a 50% relative risk reduction means that the absolute risk reduction is probably around 1%. This means that the flu shot failed 99% who took it—they received no benefit from this year’s flu vaccine. . . .(Note: I have written about how the flu vaccine fails 97-99% who take it in a previous post. You can read it here: http://blog.drbrownstein.com/the-truth-about- the-flu-vaccine/ [4]) . . . The flu vaccine is a toxic mess that can contain mercury and other unwanted substances that should never be injected into any living being. The flu vaccine has been around for many years and has never been shown to be very effective at preventing the flu. . . . Instead of the flu vaccine, the best advice I can give you is to ensure that your immune system is optimized by taking lots of vitamin C. If you start to get flu-like symptoms, the best treatment to do at home is tosupplement with higher doses of vitamin C and add in Vitamins A and D.(1) City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 2 http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/02/17/flu-vaccine-is-only-moderately-protective-this-year-cdc- says.html [5] Read the full article at blog.drbrownstein.com. [1] ============================= Ed. Note: Kennedy held a Press Conference Feb. 15 to announce this $100,000. None of the traditional press carried the story I could find. Arlene Goetze Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announces the World Mercury Project's $100,000 challenge with goal of stopping use of highly toxic mercury in vaccines. WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Chairman of the World Mercury Project (WMP), announced a $100,000 challenge today aimed at putting an end to including mercury, a neurotoxin that is 100 times more poisonous than lead, in vaccines administered in the U.S and globally. Thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative, is still in 48 million U.S. flu vaccines each year, tetanus toxoid, meningococcal vaccines and, in massive doses, in the pediatric vaccines given to 100 million children across the developing world. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) review published last month found that the ethylmercury in thimerosal is as profoundly neurotoxic as the heavily regulated methylmercury in fish. "On one hand, the government is telling pregnant women which mercury-laced fish to avoid so that they don't harm their fetuses, and on the other, the CDC supports injecting mercury-containing vaccines into pregnant women, infants and children," said Kennedy, who spent decades litigating polluters who dumped mercury into water systems. "This defies all logic and common sense." Actor Robert De Niro, the parent of a vaccine-injured son, who also spoke at the press conference, is a supporter of the WMP whose vision is a world where mercury is no longer a threat to the health of our planet and people. The group focuses on making sound science the driver of public policy. Toward that end, Kennedy announced the "World Mercury Project Challenge" to American journalists and others "who have been assuring the public about the safety of mercury in vaccines." Kennedy explained that the WMP will pay $100,000 to the first journalist, or other individual, who can find a peer-reviewed scientific study demonstrating that thimerosal is safe in the amounts contained in vaccines currently being administered to American children and pregnant women. Kennedy believes that even "a meager effort at homework" will expose that contention as unsupported by science. He says the science is unequivocal that mercury is a serious health hazard and exposure is linked to many different diseases and conditions (ADHD, Alzheimer's, Acrodynia and Autism). Even studies listed by the CDC on its website, to exonerate thimerosal as an autism culprit, link thimerosal exposure to low IQ, diminished language and motor skills, and tics, a family of neurological disorders that includes Tourette Syndrome. A Yale University study published last week suggests a link between vaccines and tics, as well as anorexia and OCD. And for those who say the science has been settled since Dr. Andrew Wakefield's Lancet paper on the MMR vaccine and its role in causing autism was discredited, think again. The paper had nothing to do with thimerosal, which is not in the MMR vaccine. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:51 AM 3 In August 2014, CDC senior vaccine safety scientist Dr. William Thompson invoked federal whistleblower protection and confessed that CDC supervisors instructed vaccine scientists to destroy data linking vaccines to autism. In 2004, an FDA official acknowledged in testimony before a Congressional committee that no government or privately funded study has ever demonstrated thimerosal's safety, and that still stands today. "It's our hope that this challenge will elevate this important debate beyond name-calling and prompt a genuine examination of the relevant science. The American public is entitled to an honest, probing and vigorous discussion about this critical public health issue – a debate based on facts, not rooted in fear, or on blind faith in regulators and the pharmaceutical industry," wrote Kennedy in a letter addressed to America's reporters, journalists, columnists, editors, network anchors, on-air doctors and news division producers that was handed out at the press conference. Hon. Nicholas "Nico" LaHood of San Antonio also presented. Former CBS News veteran Sharyl Attkisson moderated. from Vaccines Revealed 1776 Park Ave. Suite 4-217 Park City, Utah 84060 United States Ed. Note: CAlifornia now has a state law requiring children get up to 50 vaccines in order to attend public or private school kindergarten. Parents no longer have any say. They have lost their constitutional right to determine what goes in their children. Vaccine companies have total immunity from prosecution for damages or death. 20 states have 103 more laws pending more mandated vaccines for all ages. Forwarded and edited by Arlene Goetze, MA, health writer, former Dir of Communication for Diocese of San Jose, founder/editor of Catholic Women's Network. photowrite67@yahoo.com City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:43 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Susie Pickett <susie.pickett@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 11:15 PM To:Council, City Subject:I support Castilleja Attachments:City Council letter about Castilleja.pdf Dear Mayor Scharff and City Council Members, Please find the enclosed letter in support of Castilleja's renovation and increased CUP. All my best, Susie Pickett Palo Alto Resident Mayor Greg Scharff's Office City of Palo Alto, Office of the City Clerk 250 Hamilton Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 February 17, 2017 Dear Mr. Scharff, City Council Members, and neighbors of Castilleja, I have been curious about how Paly impacts the traffic around Old Palo Alto, so I decided to see for myself on a day when PAUSD has a holiday (Presidents Day Weekend). This morning I drove by Castilleja School at 7:50 a.m. (ostensibly crunch time in the neighborhood, as school starts at 8:00). The neighborhood was quiet, several cars were at each school drop off, and neighborhood traffic was light. Mind you, it was raining, so you would assume that more people would be dropping their walkers and bikers at school; however, this was not the case. I would posit that Paly, a public high school just blocks away, which has no Conditional Use Permit (CUP) and a current enrollment of 2000 according to the school’s website is the main driver of traffic in the neighborhood. As I neared the school this morning, to my dismay, I saw red “Stop Castilleja Expansion” signs on a number of lawns surrounding the school. The buzz around Castilleja has been very negative. I heard from a neighbor that when their family was looking at schools in the neighborhood in the 70s, the realtor told them that Castilleja was a boarding school. At its height, there were no more than 60 boarders at the school. I have also heard that neighbors would like Castilleja to move to another location because construction would impact the neighborhood for 5 years. Aside from the fact that land is scarce and dear in the Bay area (and that the school is a landmark close to Stanford and has been at this location for over 100 years), anyone who purchased the land would likely raze the school and the location would still be under construction for a lengthy period of time. As I sit at my home, which is across the street from a Palo Alto Elementary School, traffic is heaviest at drop-off and pick-up and people park on “my” side of the street at various times during the school day. I can hear the bell schedule and often recess, and if the principal makes announcements, I can hear that, too. The point is, that I moved into my neighborhood knowing that there is a school, that there are busy times and quiet times. I also hear the train at night and the concerts emanating from Shoreline amphitheater; but we live in the Bay area, and it is a vibrant, growing community. Castilleja has really taken the time and effort to reduce traffic flow, and from my point of view as a recent direct neighbor of the school, Castilleja’s impact is minimal in comparison to the neighboring school of 2,000. In addition to the train (and logjams at railroad crossings), the Stanford game day traffic (where the neighborhood becomes a satellite parking area) and the general increase in traffic from the recent explosion of growth in the area, Castilleja is a small part of this confluence. As Castilleja moves forward with its sorely needed renovation (not expansion) and hopes to allow more students to benefit from this amazing school, please take this note into consideration as neighbors raise their voices in opposition to this Bay area treasure. Yours sincerely, Susie Pickett, Palo Alto Resident City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 7:05 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:annetteisaacson@comcast.net Sent:Thursday, February 23, 2017 9:20 PM To:Council, City Subject:ICE Dear City Council Members, As a retired PAUSD teacher, I know how much fear Trump's threat of deportation is causing children of immigrants in our schools. I just talked to one mother who has a green card. Her whole family had been planning a vacation to Mexico during Spring Break, but her husband is so fearful for her that she has cancelled her flight. Now her middle school daughter is so worried, she's calling home every day from school with a stomach ache. And this is a family where every member is either a citizen or has a green card. Imagine the fear in the families that have an undocumented member. I urge Palo Alto to declare itself a sanctuary city and instruct the police force not to aid ICE. I read that the Department of Homeland Security has called for "deputizing" local police to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its massive round up of immigrants. Delegation of Immigration Authority is voluntary. (Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/287g). Palo Alto should not volunteer. I urge you to: 1. Issue a formal statement of policy that Palo Alto will not enter into any Delegation of Immigration Authority agreements with the Department of Homeland Security to deputize members of our police force to assist in immigration enforcement. 2. Send a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security advising him of your position. He has to know that there will be push back on this policy. Securing and maintaining the trust of our local immigrant community is essential for the safety of everyone who lives and works in Palo Alto. Please take these actions immediately. Sincerely, Annette Isaacson City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 10:33 PM To:cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; joe.simitian@bos.sccgov.org; smanley@scscourt.org; jsylva@scscourt.org; mharris@scscourt.org; sscott@scscourt.org; molly.o'neal@pdo.sccgov.org; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; jay.boyarsky@da.sccgov.org; swagstaffe@co.sanmateo.ca.us; myraw@smcba.org; Stump, Molly; Watson, Ron; DHorsley@smcgov.org; dpine@smcgov.org; bos@smcgov.org; Council, City; citycouncil@menlopark.org; council@redwoodcity.org; supervisor.yeager@bos.sccgov.org; Perron, Zachary Subject:Mental Illness, untreated behind bars https://https%253A%252F%252Fwww.google.com%252F/amp/s/mobile.nytimes.com/2017/02/27/opinion/mental-illness-untreated-behind-bars.amp.html Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 3:06 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Madison Mendez <m.tmendez@berkeley.edu> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 1:47 PM To:Council, City Subject:Message from the City Council Home Page Hello, What actions does the City of Palo Alto plan to take in order to protect our Jewish, Muslim, LGBTQ+, and undocumented communities? The rights of those groups in particular are currently being threatened, and they deserve to know that their community will protect them. Thank you, Madison M. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 9:59 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Mark Petersen-Perez <bayareafreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 01, 2017 9:54 AM To:Perron, Zachary; Ron Boston; SWebby@da.sccgov.org; CSumida@da.sccgov.org; Council, City; Keith, Claudia; Scharff, Greg; jnowell@padailypost.com Cc:Dave Price Subject:News Release: Police Seek Indecent Exposure Suspect Photographed by Victim Attachments:Police Seek Indecent Exposure Suspect Photographed by Victim.pdf To media distribution: As the result of site takeover of Palo Alto Free Press / complaint initiated by Dave Price of the Daily Post, we find it necessary to change our direction and media platform. In light of the forgoing, please send all PIO news releases to the above email address. Thank you for your understanding Editorial Staff of Bay Area Free Press 650 646-5737 Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Police Public Information Officer <PIO@CityofPaloAlto.org> Date: March 1, 2017 at 8:55:11 AM PST Subject: News Release: Police Seek Indecent Exposure Suspect Photographed by Victim Please see the attached news release for information about an indecent exposure that occurred in Palo Alto on Monday morning. The victim took a picture of the suspect as he walked away from the scene. The picture is attached for your use. This e-mail address is not used for follow-up press correspondence. For PIO assistance, please call our 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413.  Palo Alto Police Department Public Information Officer (PIO) Team 275 Forest Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 24-hour Dispatch Center: 650-329-2413 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 9:59 AM 2 ### Palo Alto Police Department 275 Forest Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 www.cityofpaloalto.org/PAPDconnect News Release Contact: Captain Zach Perron Phone: 650-329-2413 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2017 at 8:55 a.m. Police Seek Indecent Exposure Suspect Photographed by Victim Palo Alto, CA – Police are asking for the public’s assistance with identifying an indecent exposure suspect who was photographed by his victim as he left the scene. On Monday, February 27, 2017, at about 11:04 a.m., our 24-hour dispatch center received a call of an indecent exposure that had just occurred in the 100 block of Park Avenue. Officers responded to the area immediately, but could not locate the suspect. The investigation revealed that the victim, a woman in her twenties, had been standing in a parking lot near the corner of Park Avenue and El Camino Real talking on her phone. She saw the suspect walk by her westbound on Park Avenue, then stop and turn around to pass her a second time headed eastbound. On the second pass, the suspect was making eye contact with her. When he was about six feet away from her, she saw that his pants were now down at his thighs, and he was masturbating his exposed penis. The victim cursed at the suspect as he walked away eastbound on the Park Avenue sidewalk, and then used her phone to take a picture of the suspect from a safe distance as he left. The picture is attached to this release. The victim described the suspect as a Hispanic male in his early twenties, about 5 feet 7 inches tall and 170 pounds. He was wearing a black jacket over a yellow shirt, blue jeans, and black shoes. He had a beanie with layered black, gray, and red stripes. He was wearing a green backpack and was carrying a brown grocery bag. He had a pencil-thin mustache. Detectives are actively investigating this case, including working to see if it may be related to any other indecent exposures that have occurred in Palo Alto or surrounding communities. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call our 24-hour dispatch center at 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be e-mailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voice mail to 650-383-8984. Tips can also be submitted anonymously through our free mobile app, downloadable at bit.ly/PAPD-AppStore or bit.ly/PAPD-GooglePlay. City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:peaceandjusticecenter@gmail.com on behalf of Paul George @ PPJC <paul@peaceandjustice.org> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 10:27 AM To:Council, City Subject:No deportation deputies in Palo Alto Dear City Council, The Department of Homeland Security has called for "deputizing" local police to assist Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in its massive round up of immigrants. Delegation of Immigration Authority is voluntary. (Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/287g). Palo Alto should not volunteer. We urge you to: 1. Issue a formal statement of policy that Palo Alto will not enter into any Delegation of Immigration Authority agreements with the Department of Homeland Security to deputize members of our police force to assist in immigration enforcement. 2. Send a letter to the Secretary of Homeland Security advising him of your position. Securing and maintaining the trust of our local immigrant community is essential for the safety of everyone who lives and works in Palo Alto. We urge you to take these actions immediately. Sincerely, Linda Henigin Edgewood Drive Edith Moore South Court Ana Ulin Forest Ave Marylyn Genovese Forest Ave Paul Taylor Waverley Jennifer Dell-Ernstrom Hamilton Ave Melanie Liu Edgewood Drive Brinda Govindan Van Auken Circle Margarer Rosenbloom Cowper St Kathleen Joki Starr King Circle Mary Thomas Santa Rita Avenue Gertrude Reagan Moreno Kristina Smith Cedar Street City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 2 Peter Herreshoff Oak Hill Ave April Eiler Poe St. Richard Greene Kendall Ave Mahendra Ranchod Waverley Street Jaymati Ranchod Waverley Street Alice Smith Los Palos June Cancell Colorado Avenue Peter Broadwell Cornell Street Laura Zweig Colorado Ave. Larry Chinn Charleston Rd Barbara Dawson Byron Barbara Moran Alger Drive Alex Van Riesen Louis Rd. Charlotte Ryan Louis Road Stephanie Klein Heather Lane Gregory Stevens Cowper St. Scott Weikart Guinda St Kathryn Bramlett High Street Johannes Muenzel Hawthorne Bette Kiernan Oak Creek Julan Chu Kingsley Ave Ann Gila Hawthorne Ave Annette Isaacson Webster St. Charmaine Furman Greer Road Monica Stone Holly Oak Dr. Jacqueline Raine Marshall drive Elizabeth Duncan Everett Court Meg Durbin Grove Avenue Minakoi Sano South Court Patricia Kinney Wildwood Lane Lu Isaacs Kingsley ave C Ballantyne Sycamore Dr. Charlotte Ryan Louis Road Elizabeth Wood El Camino Real Marcia Laris Middlefield Road Chris Lundin Ross Road Jennifer Dell-Ernstrom Hamilton Ave Anne Frahn University Avenue City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 3 Dave Thornton South Court Mary Ann Furda High Street Linda Lopez Otero Sheridan Ave. Lee Martin-Jones Metro Circle Mimi Wolf San Carlos Court Joyce Martha Parkinson Ave. Laura Zweig Colorado Nicole Lederer Fulton Street Cherie Long Sheridan Avenue Joy Sleizer Webster Drew Maran Emerson Claire Amkraut Moreno Marcia Laris Middlefield Rd Gail Thompson Edgewood Drive Hilton Obenzinger Park Blvd Jane Glauz Ely Place Dorothy Reller Williams St Erika Osteraas South Court Lynn Krug Gailen Sheila Gholson Dartmouth St Nanda Garber Clifton Ct Susan Chamberlain Byron St Nancy Patterson Lincoln St Arlene Schaupp Greer Rd Francesca Kautz South Court Brian Good Alma St Elizabeth Weal Janice Way Barb Elspas Ely Glenda Jones Moreno Ave. Carol Schwerer Second Street Paul Bundy Park Avenue Peninsula Peace and Justice Center 305 N. California Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 326-8837 www.PeaceandJustice.org www.facebook.com/penin.pjc City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 4 "Peninsula Peace and Justice Center has been one of the most effective of the activist organizations." ~ Noam Chomsky City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 7:05 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 24, 2017 5:43 AM To:Perron, Zachary; Council, City; Watson, Ron; Minor, Beth; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; bwelch@dao.sccgov.org; dangel@dao.sccgov.org; Lum, Patty; Wagner, April; Wagner, April; DOkonkwo@da.sccgov.org; Ryan, Dan; donald.larkin@morganhill.ca.gov; Scharff, Greg; gsheyner@paweekly.com; bjohnson@embarcaderomediagroup.com; Philip, Brian; bjohnson@paweekly.com; Jay Boyarsky; Carnahan, David; Gsaldivar@scscourt.org; Gary.Goodman@pdo.sccgov.org; Tony Ciampi; timothygray@sbcglobal.net; Stump, Molly; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; molly.o'neal@pdo.sccgov.org; robert.miller@oirgroup.com; Bonilla, Robert; swebby@da.sccgov.org; csumida@da.sccgov.org; sdremann@paweekly.com Cc:jnowell@padailypost.com; Dave Price; James Aram Subject:One rape or two rapes Attachments:Application For Emergency Protective Order (CLETS) 2004-0708.pdf Zack are you out on social media medical leave? You never got back to me on this question? Along with the photo of my interrogation room Nurse Wagner please chime in on the 1 or 2 rapes? This is your expertise correct? Thank, Mark Petersen-Perez Ps. Aram James. Think they owe me an explanation? What about you mister Mayor. As an attorney do you feel I have the right constitutionally to confront the likes of all of you? Here's the point folks, I'm not letting any of you, any of you off the hook getting away with impunity. Everyone, including myself must face the consequences of their actions. Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:01 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Baruch Boxer <brchboxer594@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 12:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:palo alto fire department This is to bring to your attention my thanks and appreciation for the personal help I have received from the PAFD over the past seven years. I had a stroke in December, 1994, and have lived in Barron Square condo development since 2010. A number of times since then I fell from my power chair or bed. Non-emergency 911 calls summoned firemen within 10-15 minutes to lift me and assure I was OK. The PAFD'S help and caring professional response to my urgent need has meant much to me. Please help keep the PAFD strong and well funded. Thanks for your attention to this. Baruch Boxer 4162 Thain Way, Palo Alto Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Geography, Human Ecology, Environmental Science Visiting Scholar, Stanford University (2005-13) Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering (H)650-424-8072; (C)650-250-2105 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 8:01 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Anne Lang Frahn <annefrahn@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 24, 2017 1:12 PM To:Council, City Subject:Please consider declaring Palo Alto a sanctuary city Hello, Are you considering making Palo Alto a sanctuary city? I urge you to do so. Thanks, Anne Frahn -- Anne Lang Frahn 1125 University Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 home: 650-462-9406 cell: 650-283-9353 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:37 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Meimei Pan <meimeipan@gmail.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 4:18 PM To:Council, City Subject:Proposed Castilleja Expansion Feb. 27, 2017 Dear Palo Alto City Council Members, Many others have written to you regarding the expansion of Castilleja. Our major concern is their commercial parking garage for 130 spaces. The entrance of the garage on Embarcadero onto Bryant and exiting onto Emerson/Embarcadero will create a major traffic jam. In its present configuration, we have waited quite awhile to make that turn, and oncoming traffic (at full speed) makes that turn already difficult. If you think about it, all those parents dropping off their children at 8:00 am and picking up at 3:00. Embarcadero will come to a stand-still at 8:00 am. Do we really want to add to the already congested Embarcadero? As a resident of Whitman Ct., an alley half a block north of Embarcadero, we already experience the current congestion on Embarcadero at Bryant and Waverley Sts, especially during early morning and mid to late afternoons. If Castilleja goes back to the CUP of 415 then no parking garage will be needed. Castilleja has overgrown its location. If they want to expand they should split the junior high or high school to another location. All the other private schools have split the elementary school from junior high/high school. Palo Alto already has enough traffic and adding this garage will definitely expand the problem. Our two daughters attended Castilleja School so we understand the appeal of making its education available to more students; however, this could be argued for any level of enrollment. We know for a fact, that the current campus barely accommodates the current level of enrollment. A split campus makes more sense if you want to expand the school. The concept of scaled neighborhoods is important, not to mention the strict rules about preserving certain trees to which we residents are bound. The deliberate ignoring of limits previously agreed to City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:37 AM 2 by the school and Council, appears illogical and may I say, rather insensitive, to us residents who try to be good citizens preserving quality of life for everyone? Sincerely, Raehua Meimei Pan and Lynn Jacobson 334 Whitman Ct. Palo Alto, CA 94301 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 1:00 PM 1 Carnahan, David From:Tong, Reanna Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 9:04 AM To:Stan Hutchings; Transportation; Council, City; PALO ALTO WEEKLY-Letters to the Editor; Palo Alto School Board Subject:RE: Comment for Speed Survey Community Meeting regarding safe bike routes Hi Stan,    Thank you for your suggestion regarding the speed surveys. I have forwarded your comment to the project manager for  the Speed Surveys and will be sure to note it down for consideration as the Transportation Division moves forward with  this project.      Regards,  Reanna      Reanna Tong| Transportation Program Assistant Planning & Community Environment – Transportation   250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 D: 650.329.2568 E:  reanna.tong@cityofpaloalto.org   Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you.      From: Stan Hutchings [mailto:stan.hutchings@gmail.com]   Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2017 9:51 AM  To: Transportation <Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; PALO ALTO  WEEKLY‐Letters to the Editor <letters@paweekly.com>; Palo Alto School Board <board@pausd.org>  Subject: Comment for Speed Survey Community Meeting regarding safe bike routes  I will be out of town, but I will repeat a previous suggestion: Reduce the speed limit to 15 MPH on heavily traveled bicycle routes for the optimum routes for cross-town and schools. Some of the routes are obvious and are already marked. Start immediately with them. Then as evaluation of other routes is made, extend the bike system. This is a safety issue, and should not be affected by the speed drivers want to go, but by what is safe for bicyclists. The new routes and speed limit should get plenty of advance warning. Once posted with 15 MPH speed limit, enforcement should be very strict for the first 6 months or so, until drivers get the message and figure out alternate routes where they can go faster without getting ticketed. Stan Hutchings 285 Rinconada Ave Palo Alto 94031 City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Library Director Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 6:17 PM To:karna@alumni.princeton.edu; Council, City Cc:Library Director; Cheng, Evelyn; Kanth, Gayathri Subject:RE: Downtown Library Hours Dear Karna,    Thank you very much for your continued desire to have open library hours in the evening at the Downtown Library.  I  appreciate your thoughts and ideas.  We are aware that there are some in the community who would appreciate it if the  library could stay open later.  I do hope that you are able to use the Downtown Library on Saturdays, as well as at three  other branches on Sundays.     When the library initially expanded hours, one goal was to have consistency in the time that all library branches opened  (i.e. at 10 am), so that library users would not have to remember which library branch was open at what time and which  day.  This had been a great source of confusion.  The second goal was to remain open as late as possible at the two  larger libraries, with the two neighborhood libraries open more limited hours to allow staff to work at multiple branches  if needed.  At that time, our hope of keeping the neighborhood branches open longer at least one night or one  additional day could not be met; it required a second shift of staff.    Since the hours were expanded and buildings completed, library attendance and checkouts at Downtown Library have  gone down by about 40% in both categories (http://data.cityofpaloalto.org/dashboards/8031/library/), while both have  increased at Rinconada and Mitchell Park libraries. Based on the use patterns of each library, we believe that at the  moment we have staff appropriately allocated.     However, as a single parent who had many of the same concerns which you express, I will discuss this with our current  Assistant Director, copied here, as well as the Library Advisory Commission, to determine if there are other solutions or  reallocations that make sense. Though we do not expect an increase in our budget this year, we’ll look for some  alternatives. Thank you again for your comments, which are helpful in that discussion.     Sincerely,        Monique le Conge Ziesenhenne | Library Director  270 Forest Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301 D: 650.329.2403 | E: monique.ziesenhenne@cityofpaloalto.org     Please think of the environment before printing this email – Thank you  What I’m Reading Now:  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 2 Triumph of the City by Edward Glaeser       From: karna96@gmail.com [mailto:karna96@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Karna Sent: Monday, February 27, 2017 11:25 AM To: Council, City Cc: Library Director Subject: Downtown Library Hours I am writing to ask that the Council consider evening hours at least one night a week at the Downtown Library. I am a Downtown resident and I work full time. I am not able to take advantage of my local library, because the hours that are offered are only for people who are free and home during the day. That is not useful to me, a working parent. Often when I pick my kids up from the afterschool care, they ask me if we can walk to the library. I have to say no, every day, because it always closes at 6 PM, the time when I get my kids. When I wrote in January of 2015 about this issue, this is the response I got from Eric Howard, Assistant Library  Director: Thanks again for your email. I do regret that we are unable to offer you evening service at the Downtown library at this  time. As I noted, we are exploring alternatives. It is also important to note that we hear from customers who would like  to have more morning hours. There are many needs that we seek to accommodate.  Your input is very important as we  seek to explore all of our options.  I have never seen an exploration of options. I have never seen a survey of local residents to see what we would prefer. How about opening late one day a week and staying open later that day? How about one day closed earlier at Riconada library, so you can stay open one day later at Downtown. I am sure there is a budget neutral option to meet my request. In talking with other downtown parents, I find that many agree that it would be very useful if the Downtown library hours were open at a variety of times, so as to be beneficial to all residents. It would be great if the Council could commission an audit and survey, to make sure that our tax dollars are not being spent on services that are only serving a few, but instead considering how to make sure all residents are served equally. Right now I feel like the city does not care to serve me, a working parent, from the library, to pool hours, to the courses available in the ENJOY catalog. Evenings and weekends need to be the standard for service, not workday, when well, residents are working. Karna Nisewaner Downtown Homeowner City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:43 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, March 01, 2017 3:53 AM To:Council, City; Scharff, Greg; Watson, Ron; Perron, Zachary; HRC; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; David Angel; donald.larkin@morganhill.ca.gov; Brian Welch; bjohnson@embarcaderomediagroup.com; bjohnson@paweekly.com; gsheyner@paweekly.com; Gsaldivar@scscourt.org; Stump, Molly; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; robert.miller@oirgroup.com; Cynthia Sumida; swebby@da.sccgov.org Cc:Dave Price; jnowell@padailypost.com; Tony Ciampi; James Aram; copyrightclaims@godaddy.com Subject:Re: The Unauthorized Daily Post Re: PALOALTOFREEPRESS.COM Copyright Dispute - [Incident ID: 31324616] I would consider this a willful and wonton hate crime against a minority. A Nicaraguan citizen! I'm going to file a complaint with the Nicaraguan embassy in Washington DC Sent from my iPad On Mar 1, 2017, at 3:43 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: "Fair use" example one of hundreds... In this.case the every own press club to which Dave Price belongs used the entire front page of his newspaper. Is this copyright infringement or what? This is what we call evidence beyond all reasonable doubt http://sfppc.blogspot.com/2008_05_01_archive.html And Dave Price has the audacity to request that GoDaddy shut down our website. For the use of a butt ugly copyright photo of him taking a dump near his shit paper vending machines. His actions against Palo Alto Free Press should be considered unlawful and nonoplizilng or taking away from our ability to compete constituting fraud including his vindictive actions against a minority newspaper. <image1.PNG> Mark Petersen-Perez Managing Editor and Chief Legal council for Palo Alto Alto Free Press Local 650 646 5737 Intl. 505 8784 Ticuantepe, 🇳🇮 Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:50 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Philip Sanders <filfido@hotmail.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 22, 2017 6:14 PM To:Council, City Subject:Request for specific recycling information Hello I am a Mechanical Engineer investigating recycling trends on the West Coast, particularly focusing around the Bay area. I have found some general data online but I’m looking for recycling bin audit data which lists the contents of individual bins. Do you perform periodical audits on your recycling bins and if so would it be possible to get a report of the audits to help with my analysis please? If you don’t have this information would it be possible to direct me to the correct person/deparment or company that may have records like this? Many Thanks Phil Sanders   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 8:06 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Haluk Konuk <haluk_konuk@yahoo.com> Sent:Sunday, February 26, 2017 4:22 PM To:Council, City Subject:Sand Hill Properties should be banned from Palo Alto Dear City Council Members, I live in Palo Alto as a homeowner very close to the Edgewood Plaza. I attended the Edgewood Plaza hearing on 2/13/2017. Sand Hill Properties took almost the whole day, taking up the precious resources of the City of Palo Alto, basically saying nothing, just stalling the whole process, trying to avoid the penalties they need to pay for breaking their agreement to have an operating grocer at Edgewood Plaza. And, what was more distressing was that they apparently have a series of projects lined up in Palo Alto. I do not want to see such a non-ethical developer to do any business in the City of Palo Alto. I really appreciate your help to make sure that such shady business practices in the development of Palo Alto will not be tolerated by the citizens and the government of this city. Respectfully, Haluk Konuk City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/24/2017 6:49 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com> Sent:Wednesday, February 22, 2017 3:00 PM To:Council, City Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); UAC Subject:SB 649 -- what should the City's position be? Council members,    A bill, SB 649, has been introduced in the California Legislature which MIGHT be intended to limit municipal authority to  regulate certain wireless deployments.    See this blog:  02‐22‐17: "Two California lawmakers want to declare cell sites not a municipal affair"  http://www.tellusventure.com/blog/two‐california‐lawmakers‐want‐to‐declare‐cell‐sites‐not‐a‐municipal‐affair/    Blogger Steve Blum says, "The bill that’s in the hopper now doesn’t actually say that small cells will not be “subject to a  city or county discretionary permit”, as collocation facilities are currently privileged to be. But it does set the table for  adding that exemption as SB 649 moves through the legislative sausage machine ‐‐ there would be little point to the bill  otherwise."    Here's the text of SB 649.  http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB649  Its status is that it "May be acted upon on or after March 23."  http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB649    The League of California Cities says its position on SB 649 is "watch."  http://ct3k1.capitoltrack.com/public/search.aspx?id=ad485199‐37cd‐42cd‐8217‐ d19b4d257119&session=17&s=sb%20649&t=bill  (The League's possible registered positions are: watch, support, and oppose.) https://www.cacities.org/Resources‐ Documents/Policy‐Advocacy‐Section/Legislative‐Resources/Presentations‐Publications‐Papers/Top‐10‐Tips‐for‐ Lobbying‐the‐Legislature.aspx    Is this something the City's legislative consultants should take a look at?    Thanks.      Jeff    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  Jeff Hoel  731 Colorado Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94303  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐     City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 2/27/2017 7:58 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Nadia Naik <nadianaik@gmail.com> Sent:Friday, February 24, 2017 12:25 PM To:Council, City Cc:Davies, Richard F; DiFrancia, Michele; Gitelman, Hillary; Mello, Joshuah; Shikada, Ed Subject:SPUR report on Caltrain Attachments:SPUR_Caltrain_Corridor_Vision_Plan_print.pdf Highly recommend reading to get a good understanding of Caltrain's current situation and its potential. THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR VISION PLAN REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 How to keep the Bay Area’s innovation economy moving Contents SPUR 654 Mission Street San Francisco, CA 94105 tel. 415.781.8726 info@spur.org 76 South First Street San Jose, CA 95113 tel. 408.638.0083 infosj@spur.org 1544 Broadway Oakland CA, 94612 tel. 510.250.8210 infooakland@spur.org Acknowledgments The Caltrain Corridor Vision Plan was generously supported by Stanford University, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Facebook, Ron Conway, Steven Denning and Reid Hoffman. The SPUR Executive Board adopted this report as official policy on August 1, 2016. Project Partners Silicon Valley Leadership Group San Mateo County Economic Development Association Stanford University SPUR Primary Author Ratna Amin Vision Plan Steering Committee Bob Reidy / Stanford University VP Land, Buildings and Real Estate Jim Morgensen / LinkedIn Head of Global Workplace David Radcliffe / Google Vice President Real Estate John Tenanes / Facebook Vice President Real Estate, Facilities & Security Carla Boragno / Genentech Vice President Site Services John Martin / SFO Director Kim Walesh / City of San Jose Director Economic Development Ed Reiskin / City/County of San Francisco CEO SFMTA Rosanne Foust / SAMCEDA President & CEO Carl Guardino / Silicon Valley Leadership Group President Gabriel Metcalf / SPUR CEO We are grateful to the staff and leadership of the transportation agencies in the Caltrain Corridor for participating in this research and to the many advocates, experts and elected officials who participated in interviews and workshops that informed this study. We thank the SPUR San Francisco Board, SPUR San Jose Board, SPUR Transportation Policy Board and SPUR San Jose Policy Board for their leadership, expertise and thoughtful review of drafts of this report. SPUR Staff Egon Terplan, Arielle Fleisher, Laura Tolkoff Contributors Arup – Aidan Hughes, Lauren Dong, Tim Bates, Justin Walker NWC Partners Inc. – Tina Spencer, Mary Pryor Autumn Bernstein, Karen Trapenberg Frick, Andrew Nash, Graham Pugh Edited by Karen Steen Copy edited by Rachel Fudge Cover photograph by Sergio Ruiz 2 Executive Summary 4 The Caltrain Corridor Is Poised for Transformation 6 CHAPTER 1 How We Got Here 14 CHAPTER 2 Our Vision for the Caltrain Corridor 16 CHAPTER 3 Opportunities and Challenges 22 CHAPTER 4 Rail 33 CHAPTER 5 Rail Stations and Last-Mile Connections 38 CHAPTER 6 Highway 101 46 CHAPTER 7 Ferries 47 CHAPTER 8 A Seamless Transit Experience 50 CHAPTER 9 What the Vision Costs 52 CHAPTER 10 How Do We Fund the Vision? 55 Next Steps and Phasing 56 Plan of Action 58 Endnotes Appendices for this report can be found at spur.org/caltraincorridor. The Caltrain Corridor Vision Plan How to keep the Bay Area’s innovation economy moving 2 SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR VISION PLAN Executive Summary The Caltrain Corridor, home of the Silicon Valley innovation economy, holds much of the San Francisco Bay Area's promise and opportunity, but its transportation system is breaking down. Along this corridor — which includes Highway 101, Caltrain rail service and all the cities connected by those systems from San Francisco to San Jose — the typical methods of getting around have become untenable. Growth in jobs, uncoordinated land uses, underinvestment in transit and inefficient infrastructure are straining the corridor’s transportation network. Caltrain railcars are overcrowded during peak commute hours and service is limited at other times, making it an unreliable option. Driving — especially on Highway 101 — is now synonymous with congestion, an outcome closely tied to the corridor’s low density and high rates of car ownership. Bus ridership in the corridor has declined, as buses are not time-competitive with driving. The continued unbalanced growth in housing and jobs in the area will only exacerbate the current inefficiencies. The Caltrain Corridor needs to be able to move more people, provide greater convenience and better connect to the rest of the region. How can we transform today’s underperforming system — which undermines the region’s economy and threatens its ability to meet sustainability goals — into what the corridor needs? Our Vision for the Caltrain Corridor In our vision of the future, the Caltrain Corridor is shaped by an outstanding rail system. Caltrain and high-speed rail provide the backbone of the corridor and offer modern, attractive rail service. Growth is concentrated around transit stations, which reinforces the use of transit, biking and walking. Highway 101 includes an express high-occupancy/toll lane with dynamic pricing for buses and carpools, and it’s possible to reach more parts of the Peninsula by ferry. People rely much more on non-driving options because they are convenient, functional and reliable and feel like one easy- to-use system — a result of collaboration among the cities and transit agencies in the corridor. Because of the decrease in driving, California is poised to reach its climate goals. How do we achieve this vision? It won’t be easy. The corridor faces key challenges: Caltrain lacks a dedicated source of funding and is financially unstable; the fragmentation of transportation agencies makes it difficult to take a corridor-wide approach to planning; and rail growth is hampered by the impacts of railroad infrastructure on local cities. At the same time, there are a number of opportunities we can leverage to reinvent the Caltrain Corridor. Caltrain’s plans to switch its train fleet from diesel to electric power will dramatically improve rail capacity, comfort and reliability and allow Caltrain to become cost-efficient. High-speed rail, which is expected to arrive as soon as 2025, will add capacity and create statewide connections. The private and public sectors are actively pursuing real alternatives to driving alone. And new technologies are transforming the transit passenger experience, providing new options for safer, more efficient and more convenient transportation. With these opportunities and challenges in mind, we recommend policies, projects and programs to achieve our vision for the Caltrain Corridor. Develop reliable, frequent all-day rail service with enough capacity to meet demand. As driving becomes less convenient, transit is poised to become a reliable and efficient transportation solution to get to and from Caltrain Corridor cities. Caltrain should plan to grow its ridership to nearly five times what it is today by offering an attractive, competitive rail schedule, pursuing system and infrastructure upgrades that support additional capacity, and extending the rail corridor to reach downtown San Francisco. Caltrain should also develop a business plan and use the period before electrification to pursue near-term improvements that can manage demand and attract riders. Offer quick and intuitive connections at modern, high- amenity stations. As Caltrain grows and extends its service offerings, stations should be upgraded to attract and accommodate more riders. Well-designed multi-operator stations can attract riders to transit and help them feel comfortable and informed. Station access will also need to be upgraded and should prioritize easy access by travel modes other than driving. Accomplishing this will require advancing the right street, parking and pricing policies and designating a responsible party to manage access at each station. Caltrain and other agencies should set aside funds to modernize stations. Move more people on Highway 101, with less delay. Highway 101 needs to support transit, not just private cars. It should have continuous high-occupancy/toll lanes with dynamic pricing for buses and carpools. These toll lanes should be converted from existing lanes, as new construction is costly and likely to be counterproductive. Funds raised from the tolls should go toward increasing public transit services. Equity policies and programs need to be adopted to make sure that using toll lanes provides a net benefit to low-income travelers. Changes and enhancements to 101 will only succeed if paired with policies and programs that address demand for driving alone. Establish public ferry service for Peninsula travelers. Ferry service should be added to get more people to and from the Peninsula. Ferries add redundancy and provide a way to reach new markets that are difficult to reach with rail, such as the North Bay or East Bay. We recommend establishing a ferry terminal at the Port of Redwood City for both private and public ferry service. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 Create a coordinated and convenient transportation network. For transit use to grow, the passenger experience must be convenient and attractive. The corridor’s many transit agencies should coordinate their services so they work together as one rational, easy-to-use network. Transit information should be presented consistently across agencies, and transit riders should have the option to plan, book and manage their trips on a single mobile platform. To maximize ridership, transit operators should work together to develop a shared fare payment system and structure. Clipper technology will need to be upgraded to support these functions. Develop a strategy to fund this vision. The Vision Plan will cost between $16 billion and $21 billion to implement, and we recommend a funding plan to make these changes happen. Funding strategies include using fares and tolls to cover transit operating costs, dedicating funds from county sales taxes, developing new regional and state funding, and identifying opportunities for private investments and private-public partnerships. See pages 56-57 for a plan of action identifying the parties who can implement the vision plan’s recommendations. Sergio Ruiz 4 SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR VISION PLAN The Caltrain Corridor Is Poised for Transformation The Caltrain Corridor is home to the world’s innovation economy — but its transportation system is falling short. As the San Francisco Bay Area grows in population, its transportation network is in need of significant upgrades. It must be able to carry many more people, and it must also become much more convenient and appealing in order to serve as a truly viable option for most travelers. These changes are necessary if we want to improve our quality of life, reach our sustainability goals and maintain our strong economy. This vision plan focuses on what we are calling the Caltrain Corridor: the transportation corridor along the San Francisco Peninsula, which includes Highway 101,1 Caltrain rail service and all the cities connected by those lines, from San Francisco to San Jose. The Caltrain Corridor is the most dynamic economic corridor in the world, home of the Silicon Valley innovation economy and headquarters to valuable companies like Google, LinkedIn, Facebook, Adobe, Box, Salesforce, Tesla, Apple, Genentech and Twitter, to name just a few. The corridor also includes major global institutions and destinations, such as Stanford University, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and stadiums for the San Francisco 49ers, San Francisco Giants, San Jose Sharks and, soon, the Golden State Warriors. It passes through San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties and is home to 19 cities and 3 million people.2 However, job growth, uncoordinated land use, underinvestment in transportation and inefficient use of infrastructure are leading to breakdowns in the Peninsula’s transportation system. Highway 101, Caltrain, BART, Interstate 280 and El Camino Real — the major pieces of transportation infrastructure in this corridor — are increasingly unreliable and crowded. Because of the Peninsula’s land use pattern and high rate of car ownership, its transportation system is largely based on driving. Even that option is failing for many, as stop-and-go traffic becomes the norm for many hours of the day. Transit has had a long history in this corridor, and though it lost its market to the car during the 20th century, trains and buses are now poised for a comeback as a convenient and efficient way to get to and from Caltrain Corridor cities. A severe shortage of affordable housing in this corridor is pushing workers farther away as they search for affordable places to live, putting additional demands on the transportation system. The large expanse of the San Francisco Bay, which separates the Peninsula from other communities, exacerbates the housing and transportation challenges. Demographic changes also call for new solutions: Younger generations have a less favorable attitude about driving, and an aging generation will also need ways to get around without driving.3 There is growing recognition that significant changes must take place or else the corridor, and the region, will cease to function. In a world of economic competition between regions, those with more efficient transportation systems have an advantage.4 In order to keep people moving, major transportation investments, innovation and policy changes are required. The corridor’s transportation system needs more services, more capacity and more space-efficiency — and it needs to connect with the way cities are planning to grow. In order to benefit the entire Bay Area, we must enable more people to access the rich economic and social opportunities that continue to grow along the Caltrain Corridor. These moves are also needed to address the growing threat of climate change: We must reduce our reliance on automobiles, the single greatest source of carbon emissions produced in the Bay Area and California. Our region aims to grow while decreasing our contribution to climate change, and we are starting to succeed.5 Now it is time for us to lead once again. In addition to their climate impacts, automobiles are also an inefficient use of space. The cities along the Caltrain Corridor are confined between the Bay and the coastal mountains; cars and parking consume precious space needed for housing, jobs, parks and schools. There simply is not enough space for people to continue to drive to meet all their needs. The future of Silicon Valley requires transit, biking, walking and on-demand services (such as carpools or taxis) to work well and work together. This means a transportation experience that is as comfortable, available and intuitive as driving one’s own car. We Need a Bigger Vision for the Corridor Despite the Peninsula’s obvious transportation needs, the solutions we have underway now will not offer significant enough results to fix the problems. Plans to manage Highway 101 and make it work better for transit riders are only now being developed. The immediate projects to improve Caltrain — switching the train fleet from diesel to electric power — though very significant, will result in only a 20 to 25 percent increase in capacity above today, which means service may continue to fall short of demand. And even if we do increase Caltrain capacity and provide better options than driving alone on Highway 101, we need sufficient services and routes to get people to and from transit stations. Four leading Bay Area institutions — SPUR, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Stanford University and the San Mateo County Economic Development Association — joined forces to develop the Caltrain Corridor Vision Plan. This plan explains the investments and policy changes that civic leaders, transportation agencies, cities, businesses and the general public will need to lead together to ensure that this corridor becomes more connected, more livable and more sustainable as the region grows. We also recommend a funding plan to make these changes happen. THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR IS POISED FOR TRANSFORMATION 5SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 FIGURE 1 The Caltrain Corridor The Caltrain Corridor, with a population of 3 million, is the home of the Silicon Valley innovation economy. Transit is poised to become a convenient, efficient transportation solution to and from Caltrain Corridor cities. The existing railroad presents an outstanding opportunity to shape transportation. Source: Produced for SPUR by Arup A Corridor Shaped by an Outstanding Rail System Our vision plan research focused on defining how Caltrain and high-speed rail can play a much bigger role in the corridor’s transportation system and communities, as well as how both highways and rail can work as one system. There are two possible paths for growth in the Caltrain Corridor. The first is to grow and build around the transit system, which reinforces using transit, biking and walking. In this scenario, transit isn’t only used for shuttling commuters to burgeoning job centers; it’s useful to all kinds of people, for all kinds of trips, during all hours and days of the week. The vision plan imagines a completely new quality of transit experience in this corridor: frequent and reliable Caltrain service, with quick, all-day connections to and from stations; an attractive high-speed rail service; an express high-occupancy/toll lane on Highway 101 for buses and carpools; and new ferry service to the Peninsula from other points on the Bay. Making transit and other nondriving options work well in the corridor will build confidence that we can grow our communities without adding to gridlock. The second option is to continue on the current path, with some development near rail stations and significant growth farther away from stations, reinforcing the use of cars to accommodate growth and leaving transit capacity underutilized. In this scenario, growth becomes difficult to manage because there are few attractive or efficient transportation options, and locations in this corridor become less, rather than more, connected to the rest of the region. To avoid this outcome, we must work to build the system described in the first scenario. We outline our vision for the Caltrain Corridor in Chapter 2. Oakland Fremont San Jose SanFrancisco Diridon Station 4th & KingStation Caltrain Highway 101 N 50 10MILES Caltrain BART Other Rail Highway 101 280 280 880 580 680 380 101 101 101 80 Mountain View Sunnyvale SantaClara Palo Alto Menlo Park Atherton Redwood City San Carlos Belmont San Mateo Burlingame Millbrae SanBruno South San Francisco Dublin 6 SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 THE CALTRAIN CORRIDOR VISION PLAN CHAPTER 1 How We Got Here The corridor’s transportation system was built for a different era. Today’s Caltrain Corridor was shaped first by the construction of a railroad and then by the construction of highways. Before the railroad, cities were linked primarily by various paths used by horse-based transportation. (Many of these, including El Camino Real, later became roads and highways for cars.) In the 1800s, ferries connected San Jose and San Francisco, using the Bay to transport goods and people. The 49.5-mile San Francisco and San Jose Railroad — the forebear of today’s Caltrain — was first proposed in 1851 and opened for service in January 1863. The privately developed $2 million system was paid for in part with $600,000 in bonds issued by Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties. The railroad cut the eight-hour steamboat or stagecoach trip to just three and a half hours. For the next 90 years, this railroad, which merged with the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1870, was the primary mode of transportation over long distances on the Peninsula. Towns and villages grew around the railroad stations, forming a string of walkable, mixed-use downtowns that characterize Peninsula cities to this day. Until World War II, these towns were mostly small, with productive farmland at their edges. The Santa Clara Valley, dubbed “the Valley of Heart’s Delight,” produced food and goods that were transported by freight trains to San Francisco and its ports. Passenger service on the railroad began in 1863. Local streetcar networks complemented the rail line, including the San Mateo Interurban line, providing service from South San Francisco to San Mateo starting in 1892, and the Peninsular Interurban, providing service from San Jose to Palo Alto starting in 1902.6 The railroad led to the emergence of bedroom communities along its route: small towns where businesspeople who worked in San Francisco lived. Inter-regional trains also used the corridor, including some that traveled to Los Angeles.7 Southern Pacific’s Peninsula Commute Service, which was focused on getting workers to and from San Francisco, hit its postwar peak in 1954, with 9.2 million annual boardings — a number that would not be surpassed for nearly 50 years.8 The end of World War II brought major shifts in both passenger and freight travel patterns in the corridor. Beginning in the 1950s, suburban housing, office parks and factories for the defense, technology and research industries — later known as “Silicon Valley” — began to replace agricultural lands. During this period, employers often located their offices in places with ample land for production — and parking. Most of the locations that saw growth — such as Stanford Industrial/Research Park (1951) in Palo Alto and NASA Ames Research Center (1958) and Fairchild Semiconductor (1959), both in Mountain View — were far from train stations and oriented toward the car. The 1962 completion of the eight-lane Bayshore Freeway (Highway 101) further eroded the importance, and revenues, of the railroad. Passenger rail volumes A mural at the San Mateo Caltrain station recalls the history of Peninsula transportation. Sergio Ruiz HOW WE GOT HERE 7SPUR REPORT FEBRUARY 2017 reached their nadir in 1977, with 4.4 million annual boardings — less than half the ridership of 23 years prior.9 The combination of a postwar explosion in car ownership, increasing federal and state investment in highways, and new car-oriented neighborhoods and offices chipped away at both passenger and freight rail usage. As jobs and stores left the traditional downtowns, the overall development pattern rendered rail less practical. People began to find driving an easier, or necessary, way to get to the store or even just have lunch on the other side of a busy street. Smaller rail lines were replaced with roads, as happened when the branch rail line to Los Gatos became the Foothill Expressway in 1964. During the 1920s and 1930s, the first segments of the new Bayshore Highway, now Highway 101, were built, eventually connecting San Francisco and San Jose with a road that was wide, smooth and solely focused on cars (unlike El Camino Real, which was used by streetcars, horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians). In the 1940s and 1950s, at the dawn of the highway era, the California Department of Public Works (the predecessor to Caltrans) began converting the Bayshore Highway into the 10-lane freeway we know today. While development patterns and auto-focused transportation investments were undermining the traditional rail-oriented communities of the Peninsula, the companies located in the corridor were reinventing the economy. Starting with defense contracts, the area has ridden a series of innovation waves, from the integrated circuit and semiconductors to the personal computer, biotech, genomics, the internet and social media. The core strength of Silicon Valley is the area’s combination of innovative research with venture capital and the entrepreneurial know-how to turn ideas into companies. When BART was first planned in the 1950s, it was designed to connect San Francisco, San Mateo and Santa Clara counties as part of a loop around the Bay. However, in 1962, San Mateo and Santa Clara county leaders opted out of the BART District, citing the existence of the Southern Pacific Railroad among other reasons. Both counties went on to create new public transit districts, the San Mateo County Transit District (SMCTD) and the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA). The Emergence of Today’s Caltrain In 1977, Southern Pacific petitioned the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to discontinue passenger service, motivated by dropping ridership and revenue. The state and the three counties worked out an agreement for Caltrans to take over operation of the railroad in 1980, with the state supplying half of the operating funds and the three transit agencies in the corridor (Muni, SamTrans and the Santa Clara County Transit District) providing the other half, keeping Southern Pacific as a contract operator of train service. The Caltrain brand began with the 1985 purchase of new branded train cars, which replaced old Southern Pacific equipment. Around the same time, several planning studies about the future of Peninsula rail were conducted. One was the 1977 Peninsula Transit Alternatives Project created by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, which focused on preserving rail service and connecting it with downtown San Francisco. The California Legislature then asked for a comprehensive mass transit plan for the Peninsula. The resulting 1985 Peninsula Mass Transit Study evaluated nine systems-level solutions to Peninsula transportation demand, including rail, BART and bus-only transit. The study recommended extending Caltrain to downtown San Francisco and extending BART to SFO.10 The project led to the 1987 creation of the Peninsula Corridor Study Joint Powers Board, composed of officials from the three counties with Caltrain service (Santa Clara, San Mateo and San Francisco counties). This entity was the predecessor to today’s Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (PCJPB), which owns the railroad and operates Caltrain. In 1991, PCJPB purchased the 51.4-mile railroad right-of-way from Southern Pacific for $220 million, taking over control from the state. PCJPB extended its Caltrain service to Gilroy through the $4 million purchase of track usage rights from Union Pacific.11 PCJPB gradually acquired new equipment, rehabilitated existing facilities, completed several grade separations and added two new stations and new services to the schedule. Starting in the 1980s, new rail lines connected with Caltrain, including Muni’s light-rail line to the 4th and King Caltrain station and VTA’s light-rail service to the Diridon and Mountain View Caltrain stations. In 2003, San Mateo County and SFO opened an 8.7-mile extension of BART from Colma to the airport, which connects with Caltrain at Millbrae Station. The study’s other recommendation, Streetcar lines and the Southern Pacific railroad predated automobiles in the Caltrain Corridor. Many towns on the Peninsula grew up around these systems. Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:43 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> Sent:Tuesday, February 28, 2017 10:07 PM To:Council, City Cc:copyrightclaims@godaddy.com; Dave Price; jrosen@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; jnowell@padailypost.com Subject:The Unauthorized Daily Post Re: PALOALTOFREEPRESS.COM Copyright Dispute - [Incident ID: 31324616] Re: PALOALTOFREEPRESS.COM Copyright Dispute - [Incident ID: 31324616] Dave Price shut down our site down for copyright infringement yet he has left this site go undetected without consequences for years... http://dailypostonline.blogspot.com/ Mark Petersen-Perez Sent from my iPad City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 1 Carnahan, David From:Jeff Hoel <jeff_hoel@yahoo.com> Sent:Monday, February 27, 2017 7:05 PM To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:03-01-17 UAC meeting -- colleagues memo about electrification Commissioners,    Your 03‐01‐17 agenda  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56135  contains an item (IX.1) about electrification, which includes a colleagues memo by Commissioners Schwartz and  Ballantine.  https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56111    Please see comments below.    Thanks.      Jeff    ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  Jeff Hoel  731 Colorado Avenue  Palo Alto, CA 94303  ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐    ##################################################################    https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/56111    > City of Palo Alto  > Colleagues Memo  >   > Date: 21 February 2017  > From: Commissioners Schwartz and Ballantine  > Subject: Electrification or Fuel Switching  >   > Background  >   > It is commendable that so many Palo Alto citizens, representatives on   > the UAC and elected officials on the City Council are committed to   > reducing our City’s contribution to CO2 emissions. If we wish to be a   > model for other cities, however, we need to adopt and showcase   > practices that are realistic and practical for other less affluent   > communities.    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 2 Most other communities don't have access to 100% carbon neutral electricity, so to the extent that Palo Alto bases its  approach on having this access, it's hard for other cities to follow, unless they first get this access.    > We also need to be mindful of the laws of physics and be rigorous in   > educating ourselves about the distinctions between symbolic goals   > achieved through the use of financial instruments (Renewable Energy  > Certificates) and actual impact.  >   > Contents:  > 1. Real Impact on Carbon Emissions  > 2. Understanding the Facts of Our Generation Resources 3. Fugitive   > Emissions 4. Electrification of Transportation Will be More Effective   > 5. Innovating through the Use of Solar Thermal Technologies  >    (Passive Solar)  > 6. Anticipating Consumer Reactions  >   > 1. Real Impact on Carbon Emissions  >   > If building and water heating and cooking equipment in Palo Alto   > currently powered by natural gas are replaced with electric   > appliances, the City will draw more electricity in the morning and   > night hours when solar plants are not operating.    I thought the City wasn't really focusing on electrifying gas cooking appliances.    > With the widespread adoption sought by those who wish to electrify   > these applications, the increase in load is likely to exceed what we   > have available from our hydro contracts (especially during droughts).   > Those electrons will come primarily from gas‐fired plants. (See charts   > on pages 3‐4).    The charts on page 3‐4 describe California generally.  Are you saying that whenever the CPAU goes to the spot market  for its electricity, this is the mix it gets?    > Electric heating is typically more expensive too.    There are different ways to use electricity to heat things.  Electric resistance heating is typically more expensive than gas  heating.  But using electricity to run a heat pump can be less expensive than gas heating.    > The California gas generation fleet has a Heat Rate of 8513 Btu/kWh   > [1]    Table 1 (on PDF page 7) of the cited resource says the average heat rate of California's natural‐gas‐fired electric  generating plants has been decreasing (getting better) over the years, from 10,040 Btu/kWh in 2001 to 7,760 Btu/kWh  in 2014, excluding cogeneration plants.  Table 2 (on PDF page 10) says that if cogeneration plants are included, then  then the average is 8,513 Btu/kWh.  It says (PDF page 8), "The difficulty in assessing the gain in efficiency related to the  output of steam and heat are beyond the scope of this paper. For this reason, the cogeneration data are not included in  the average heat rate calculations in Table 1."    > and there will be additional transmission losses of about 10%    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 3 Where does this figure come from?    This source says transmission losses are 5% nationally, averaged over the years 2011‐2015, and 4.7% for just 2015.  https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=105&t=3    Is Palo Alto's situation better or worse than the national average?    > so gas power is delivered to CPAU at about 9300 Btu/kWh,    8,513 Btu/kWn / 0.9 = 9,459 Btu/kWh.  (On the other hand, 7,760 Btu/kWh / 0.95 = 8,168 Btu/kWh.)    > or about 36% efficiency [2].    See comment at footnote 2.    > In contrast, modern condensing gas furnaces and hot water heaters are   > 90% to 98% efficient in converting fuel to heat [3]. To the extent   > that heating needs in Palo Alto are not coincident with renewable   > generation, it will be far less carbon intensive to burn the natural   > gas where heat is needed. In other words, delivering 1 therm of heat   > requires between 1.02 and 1.11 therms if consumed locally compared to   > 2.7 therms with local electric heating.  >   > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  >   > [1]   > http://www.energy.ca.gov/2016publications/CEC‐‐‐200‐‐‐2016‐‐‐002/CEC‐‐  > ‐200‐‐‐2016‐‐‐002.pdf    The formatting software that produced this colleagues memo substituted "‐‐‐" for each "‐" in the URL, thereby rendering  it inoperable.  The intended URL is:  http://www.energy.ca.gov/2016publications/CEC‐200‐2016‐002/CEC‐200‐2016‐002.pdf    > [2] (3413 Btu/kWh)÷[(8513 Btu/kWh) * 1.10) = 36%    Should be (3413 Btu/kWh)÷(8513 Btu/kWh) * 0.9 = 36%.    Or, with different assumptions, (3413 Btu/kWh÷(7760 Btu/kWh) * 0.95 = 42%.    > [3] https://energy.gov/energysaver/furnaces‐and‐boilers    ‐‐‐ page 2 ‐‐‐    > Air Source Heat Pumps for Space Heating in a moderate climate such as   > ours may be an option for new construction, where a COP [4] of  > 3 is achievable with radiant floor heating [5]. At this heat pump   > efficiency, 1 therm of heating requires 29.3 kWh of electric energy   > [6]. If the Heat Pump is powered by gas generation,    Of course, that's a big if!    City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 4 > it will require 2.7 therms of gas [7]. CPAU obtains about half of its   > electric energy from market purchases, most of which coincide with   > periods during which gas generation predominates.    It depends on the weather.  In 2011, CPAU's power mix was:  * 64.5% ‐‐ large hydro  * 11.8% ‐‐ wind  *  7.0% ‐‐ landfill gas  *  1.3% ‐‐ small hydro  * 15.4% ‐‐ unspecified (market purchases)  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/29761    > Accordingly, the heat pump installation would consume about 1.3 therms   > of gas, about 25% higher gas usage than if a local gas furnace was   > used.  >   > This runs counter to the emission goals because the conversion of   > thermal energy to electricity combined with distribution losses are   > less efficient than if the same amount of natural gas is burned at the   > customer's home or the local restaurant. To effectively reduce Palo   > Alto’s gas burn, it will be necessary to adjust Palo Alto’s green   > portfolio to produce power at the same time of day as the demand.  >   > While heat pumps provide reasonable performance in our relatively mild   > climate, it should be noted that during cold periods, they consume   > additional electricity for resistance heating. In addition, there are   > other considerations such as full cost of installation, setback   > encroachment, noise emissions, how fast the conditioned space can be   > heated, use of GHG refrigerants, etc. Retrofits to forced air heating   > may not be as efficient, and would need extra space on the exterior of   > homes, an additional electrical circuit, and modifications for power   > and plumbing.  >   > Air Source Heat Pumps for Water Heating, available with COP of  > 3.5 [8], are cost‐effective alternatives to electric hot water   > heaters, but may not heat fast enough (20 gallons per hour) compared   > to gas hot water heaters (36 gallons per hour) for families. The   > ambient operating requirements (37‐145°F/3‐43°C)    145°F = 63°C.    > permits installation in unconditioned spaces, but performance would   > suffer during winter. If installed within the conditioned space, this   > system could provide some cooling in the summer, but would increase   > space heating needs during winter or at night.  >   > Also, these are two to three times more expensive than gas hot water   > heaters, reducing the payback for retrofits. However for households   > without day‐time hot water needs, or offices with sufficiently large   > storage tanks, Hot Water Heat Pumps could help mitigate the over‐   > generation issues of the Duck Curve, to help avoid curtailment of   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 5 > renewable power.    In other words, you might use your hot water heater as a "battery," heating water when electricity is greenest and using  the hot water later.    > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐  >   > [4] Coefficient of Performance is the ratio of Heat Delivered to Power   > Consumed in the same units    The coefficient of performance (COP) that can be achieved depends fundamentally on the difference between the  temperature to be delivered and the ambient temperature.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coefficient_of_performance    > [5] http://www.icax.co.uk/Air_Source_Heat_Pumps.html    This company is based in London, so the COPs it cites are relative to the London climate.  You decide whether London's  climate is close enough to Palo Alto's.  http://www.holiday‐weather.com/london/averages/  http://www.usclimatedata.com/climate/palo‐alto/california/united‐states/usca0830    It says, "If the heat distribution is to a well designed underfloor heating system that works well at an output  temperature of 40°C then the CoP can rise to a level of 3 in the winter (and higher in the spring and autumn)."  Note the  "and higher" part.  Note that 40°C (104°F) is a lot hotter than the desired indoor air temperature.    > [6] [(1 therm) * (100,000 Btu/therm)]÷[(3413 Btu/kWh) *  >     3.0 kWhth/kWhe)] = 29.3 kWh  >   > [7] (29.3 kWh)*(9300 Btu/kWh) * (1 therm/100,000 Btu) = 2.72 therms  >   > [8]   > http://www.rheem.com/product/hybrid‐electric‐water‐heater‐professional  > ‐prestige‐series‐hybrid‐electric‐water‐heater    ‐‐‐ page 3 ‐‐‐    > 2. Understanding the Facts of Our Generation Resources  >   > If a local resident commuted to Sacramento daily via private jet, it   > would not be an environmentally virtuous way to travel simply because   > the person purchased offsets.    This example is designed to mislead the intuition.    > With our constant refrain of being 100% carbon neutral (via RECs), we   > fear the City is misleading the public as to the true impact on the   > GHG emissions by the proposed policy of electrification.    If UAC wants to have another discussion about whether buying renewable energy credits (RECs) or greenhouse gas  offsets are really an effective way to green non‐green electricity, fine.     City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 6 > Natural gas is a critical part of the national energy supply providing   > a third of the nation’s generation and more than half of California’s.  > GHG emissions are going down in the US because gas‐fired plants are   > replacing coal and oil in many jurisdictions due to cost advantages.  > Continuing investment in wind and solar power will bring California’s   > renewable portfolio to 50% by 2030, but the balance will be provided   > primarily by natural gas.  >   > New challenges, such as the planned closing of the Diablo Canyon   > nuclear (carbon free) facility and the Duck Curve   > (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duck_curve), demonstrate the unintended   > consequences when intermittent and variable energy sources do not   > match real‐time demand on the grid.    Nuclear power's constant (base load) output doesn't match the real‐time demand on the grid either.    > Palo Alto obtains almost all its electric power from the grid, having   > no significant generation inside the city limits. CPAU may contract   > for transmission of renewable power,    There's no "may" about it.  CPAU DOES contract to have renewable electricity generated for its use.    > but electricity is fungible, and once put on the grid, it becomes part   > of the overall generation mix, and is NOT specifically delivered to   > Palo Alto.    The claim that the renewable electricity CPAU buys is somehow made ungreen by its having to share the grid with  ungreen electricity that other entities buy is absolutely false.    > Accordingly, we must consider the carbon content of California's   > electricity.    No, not "accordingly."  However, whenever CPAU buys electricity from the spot market, we have to take responsibility  for how ungreen that electricity is.    > Of course, the California energy mix is changing, and at some point in   > the future, we would be indifferent, from a CO2 perspective. But that   > point may still be 30 or 40 years from now, and until then, we don't   > want our city policies to make climate change worse.    The following is a textual version of the cited figure:    > Total installed capacity   74,102 MW    as of 12/19/2016  > 56.2% natural gas  > 28% renewables  > 11.5% large hydro  > 3.1% nuclear  > 1.1% other  > 0.7% coal  > 0.4% oil  >   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 7 > 15,755 MW ‐‐ maximum import capacity, 2016 ISO summer peak    Further, of the 28% that is renewables,    > 47.3% solar  > 30% wind  > 9.5% geothermal  > 6.5% small hydro  > 6.6% biofuels  > 0.2% storage battery    Of course, "storage battery" isn't really a source, just a way of changing the delivery time of another source.    > http://www.caiso.com/informed/Pages/CleanGrid/default.aspx    ‐‐‐ page 4 ‐‐‐    > CAISO Renewables Watch for February 20, 2017  >   > Hourly Average Breakdown of Total Production By Resource Type    The graphic is time‐of‐day (x axis) and Megawatts (y axis) for nuclear, renewables, thermal, imports, and hydro.    > This graph depicts the production of various generating resources   > across the day.  >   > Previous Renewables Watch reports and data are available at:  > http://www.caiso.com/green/renewableswatch.htm  >   > Note the amount of Imports and Thermal (natural gas) generation used,   > particularly during the early morning and evening hours. Imports are   > primarily natural gas or coal. If Palo Alto wishes to support   > renewables during those hours, we could invest in geothermal which can   > run as base load instead of putting all new investments into solar.    Sure.  CPAU has considered geothermal in the past.  For example, see this 03‐21‐11 document:  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/31893  But this 2015 power content label document says we had 0% geothermal in 2015.  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/53679  I wouldn't look for a "base load" source necessarily, just a source that can complement our other sources.    > CPAU 2015 Residential Power Content Label*  >   > California State legislation (SB 1305) requires all energy service   > providers, such as the City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU), to   > periodically inform their customers of the source of power they are   > being sold. Such information is provided in the form of a Power   > Content Label. This is very much like a nutrition label on food and is   > designed to help consumers make informed decisions when selecting an   > energy service provider or energy product.  > http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/utl/residents/resources/pcm/po  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 8 > wer_content_label.asp (*latest one available on the City’s website.)    The following is a textual version of the cited figure:    > 49% ‐‐ Market purchases of unspecified power, made carbon neutral with   > RECs 11% ‐‐ Biomass and Biowaste *  3% ‐‐ Solar * 12% ‐‐ Wind * 25% ‐‐   > Large Hydro  >   > * Eligible renewables    Incidentally, this document says CPAU's mix includes 3% solar, whereas California's mix includes 6% solar.  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/53679    > 3. Fugitive Emissions  >   > Another issue that comes up in discussions about fuel switching is the   > worry about leaks and fugitive emissions from natural gas pipelines.   > Emissions in CPAU territory are insignificant, and would NOT be   > changed by electrification, because the gas transmission and   > distribution system, from which methane might leak, will still be in   > place and pressurized. Given that these pipelines are going to   > continue to run through    ‐‐‐ page 5 ‐‐‐    > Palo Alto for the foreseeable future, we submit it makes more sense to   > work with those innovating around methane leak detection and make sure   > that our infrastructure is properly maintained. Attached is an article   > that highlights how Google Street View mapping cars are being used to   > assess leaks in other communities.    If CPAU's gas leaks are insignificant, why is Google's approach to looking for them interesting?    Should we be thinking about how leaks contribute to the ungreenness of natural gas even before it gets to Palo Alto?    > 4. Electrification of Transportation Will be More Effective  >   > We are already seeing high adoption rates of EVs in town and beginning   > to see the installation of solar parking canopies by local   > corporations. Given that transportation comprises 38% of our   > outstanding GHG footprint, it seems that this application of fuel   > switching would be a more promising direction to demonstrate thought   > leadership, allow for manageable upgrades to our electrical   > infrastructure, and have a true impact. We note, however, that even as   > the UAC might embrace this initiative with enthusiasm, we need to   > avoid demonizing those residents who cannot afford to make the   > immediate switch to hybrids or all‐electric vehicles.  >   > We could as a City choose to convert our vehicle fleet to electric   > fairly rapidly and provide incentives and purchase participation to   > companies and small businesses who are also willing to make that   City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 9 > transition.    This 04‐05‐16 document identifies Palo Alto's vehicle fleet but doesn't consider electrifying it.  http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/51658    > The scale of solar parking/charging canopies on city lots for use   > during times of peak production is more practical than trying to power   > the city’s operations for general electrical use.    Would EV owners have to pay for the electricity received?  Would such charging occur only during times of peak solar  production?  Would these parking spaces be off‐limits to non‐EVs?  Would the parking spaces be off‐limits to EVs that  were already fully charged?    > 5. Innovating through the Use of Solar Thermal Technologies (Passive  > Solar)  >   > In countries such as Israel, most homes have rooftop solar water   > heaters. While this equipment has been slower to find widespread   > adoption in the US, mature technology exists and could be used to heat   > or pre‐heat water in commercial buildings, homes, swimming pools, and   > for space heating. For example, there is a vibrant solar thermal   > market in Montana where the idea has gained traction. Our local   > creativity and willingness to invest in building markets could have a   > greater impact here, especially as part of any microgrid and storage   > initiatives.  >   > 6. Anticipating Consumer Reactions  >   > During early smart meter rollouts, the utility industry learned the   > hard way that people do not like to feel coerced by their utility,   > even for a good cause. Telling people they can't have gas ranges may   > provoke unnecessary anger or resistance. Imagine requiring that   > everyone in Palo Alto MUST rip up their lawns or become vegans because   > of the environmental impact. While people who support these efforts   > are sincere in their beliefs, they do not speak for all individuals in   > the community. This is the kind of issue that could cause residents   > with other priorities to organize against the sustainability   > initiatives and aspirational goals of the City.  >   > It was troubling for us, in the discussions around the Palo Alto Green   > Gas program, to hear members of the community state that people who   > would not get rid of their gas stoves or replace their heating systems   > were selfish and unwilling to do their part for saving the planet.  > This type of misinformed shaming is counter‐productive as we try to   > build a groundswell of support for true carbon reduction.    ‐‐‐ page 6 ‐‐‐    Pages 6‐9 were just an attached article that can be found here:  http://www.enr.com/articles/41140‐google‐environmentalists‐and‐university‐push‐methane‐leak‐detection?v=preview However, the article itself was behind a pay wall.  City of Palo Alto | City Clerk's Office | 3/1/2017 8:40 AM 10   Here's some more information about Google's methane leak detection methodology:  https://www.edf.org/climate/methanemaps/methodology  http://www.google.com/patents/US20110248857    This 07‐21‐14 article says, "...it’s too early to put a price tag on how much it would cost utilities...."  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Mark Petersen-Perez Editor and Chief Legal Council for Palo Alto Free Press Ticuantepe, Nicaragua 🇳🇮 Palo Alto Free Press (@PAFreePress) 2/28/17, 12:18 AM Dear followers rather then be bullied by #PaloAlto Daily Post @DavePrice94301 & #fakenews we will cease operations immediately @GoDaddy pic.twitter.com/5CUrfw9jXG Download the Twitter app A Resident Reflects: What I Remember ON FEBRUARY 19, 1942, PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT SIGNED WCUTIVE ORDER 9066: wWhereas the successful prosecution of the war re- quires every possible protection against espionage and against sabotage to national-defense l\laterial, national-defense premises, and national-defense utilities ... to prescribe military areas in such places !..::!E~W• and of such extent as he or the appropriate Mili- Ralph Britton, tary Commander may determine, from which any PAHA President or all persons may be excluded, and with respect to which, the right of any person to enter, remain PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ralph Britton, Prtsldfnt Rich Green, Viet Prtsldtnt Robert Strohecker, S«rttary Chris Botsford, frtasurrr Steve Staiger, H1$torlan Patrlda Briggs Dennis Guda Brian George Betty Gerard Georgie Gleim Douglas Graham Rachel Kellerman Alan Loveless Leah McGarrigle Raye Rlngholz Jerry Tinney lht Palo Alto HiJtorical Anodation, a non profit OIJlanizatian, was tstaltliJhtd in 1948 as succts• sor to an tarlitr OIJlani:atron faundtd in J 9 JJ. Its main objtctivts art; • Cal/tel, 011anizt, and presaw mattrials ptr• taining to tht history and limtagt of Palo Alto. • Sprtad infonnation about Palo Alta'.s history by mtans of programs, disp/ayJ, and publications. • IUcognizt and prtstrvt hutaric Jilts and stn1C· turu. lht Guy Mil/tr Atdiivts of tht Palo Alto HiJtari· cal Auociation art slortd at Cubbtrlty Commu· mty Ctnttr, K· 1. in, or leave shall be subject to whatever restrictions the Secretary of War or the appropriate Milltary Commander may impose in his discretion." As noted elsewhere in this . issue, men, women and children of Japanese Clescent were evicted from their homes and moved to internment or urelocation" camps, as were Alaskan Natives of the Pribilof Islands. I was seven years old in 1942, and recall a distraught neighbor's grief over the depar- ture of her long·time housekeeper. My wife, then a young girl living in Los Angeles, remembered a tearful goodbye to the family's gardener, wBongee." Highway 10 l was not a freeway then, and we often drove by Tanforan Race Track on the way to and from San Francisco. We saw tarpaper·covered tem- porary quarters, fonner horse stalls, which housed local detainees until more pennanent camps, such Suggested Reading on ]apanae-Americaninlaoment Fiction-Three novels chronicle the Japanese- American/Japanese experience: Jeanne Wakatsuke Houston, "The Legend of Fire Horse Woman;" Julia Otsuka, "When the Emperor Was Divine;" Jeanne and James Houston, "Farewell To Manzanai:" Non-Fiction-Local journalists have covered the local impact of Japanese-American intenunent: Matt Bowling, "Japanese-American Intmunent: Palo Alto's Deported Patriots," palooltohistory.org/japa- nese-american·intemmentphp. "Japanese American Student Relocation in Wodd War II; Satulstone and Ttle, Fall 2003, bitly /2kqfvtr. Anna Nakai and Gabriela Ro~er, "Interned: The Local History We Can't Let Ourselves Forget; Vade, February 17, 2016, 17:3, verdemagazine.com /in- temed·t11e-local-history-\ve-cant·let-ourselves·forget as Manzanar or Tule Lake in California, could be set up. I had never encountered anyone of Japanese ancestry until I entered Jordan Junior High School in 1946 where there were perhaps a dozen such kids. I have fond memories of June Kumagai and Susan KadoguclU, who never talked about their in- ternment Despite what they had experienced, they fit in with the rest of us, and even seemed outward- ly unaffected. I later met and worked closely with Yosh Oshima at Pacific Measurements, originally from Isleton in the Sacramento Delta. Although he rarely spoke about internment and the harsh, bleak conditions and cold winters at Tule Lake, he described with some bitterness the forced sale of family possessions. He did not have kind words for buyers who took advantage of their plight and paid a tiny fraction of what the items were worth. President Roosevelt suspended the order in De- cember 1944. With minimal possessions and fac- ing real estate covenants restricting their access to housing, many returning internees nevertheless successfully rebuilt their lives. The 1944 Supreme Court decisions "Korematsu" and wHirabayashi," which legalized expansive interpretations of gov- ernment powers in wartime, have yet to be over· turned. Indeed, these decisions, and Executive Order 9066, have been mentioned as possible legal prece- dent for action for detaining Muslims and refugees. The Korematsu Imt:itute, San Francisco, educa~ and advoca~ for civil rights for all communities. Oakland native Fred T. Korematsu challenged the intenunent orders, going all the way to the Supreme Court in 1944. korematsuinstitute.org The Japanese American MuseWDi San Jose, chronicles the many fucets of the communitys local history, including the wartime period of incan:eration. jamsj.org Densho documents the oral histories of Japanese- Americans who were interned during \\bdd War II. densho.org The National Park Service doaunents the "largest forced relocation in US. history," via online resources and dedicated historic si~ in Mam.anar and Tule Lake. nps.gov I subjects/worldwarii/intemmenthbn Additional mataials on this tupic can be found intheonlineeditionofthe Tall Tr«. palli~tory.org/ publicationshtml Board mttlings art htld tht first Wtdntsday of tacli month (tJCCtpt August) at tht Lucit Sttm C<1mmunity Ctntcr at 4 pm. Gtntral mtttings art htld thtfirst Sunday of tach month (Octobtr~Dt• ctmbtr, Ftbruary~May) at tht Lucit Sttm Cam• mumty Ctnttr at 2 pm. Mtttings includt sptak· trs. Tltt final gtntral mttling of lht ytar iJ htld in /unt and includes a dinntr and a program. Tltt publi' is wt/come at all mtttings. 2 THE TALL TREE, MARCH 2017 PAHA would like fD thank~ librririran Rachel Kellerman and Paul Kandell and Alicia Mies of the Pao/ journalism program for their extensive assistance, materials and research on tliis topic. Locals remember 9066: Tule Lake, Hidden Villa, Stanford PAHAS March 5 program focuses on up, blamed for brin~g the camp to the area. Executive Order 9066 and its impact on Other Bay Area locals, fully adult at the time of the Japanese and Japanese Americans in the "relocation" and "intemment"- California. Gayle Riggs, longtime Palo Alto euphemisms for concentration camps-were resident now residing at the Vi, remembers Frank and Josephine Duveneck. At. Hidden her time at Tule Lake, where her father, Vtlla, they "a.smted Japanese-American fumi. Andrew Bradford "Kit" Carson, a young liesduringandaftertheirintemmentincamps." doctor &om Oakland, set up the medical · Executive Order 9066 had a devastating facility and hospital Gayle, her parents, and effect on Japanese American students at her older siblings, Warren and Claire, lived Stanford. As Katherine Buchanan writes inabarrackswingoftheTuleLakehospital in "Barbed WU"e Neurosis: Education, fro th f . th . f Yo11J1g 'hildrtn go to school walking on tht dirt road bt· • , • • m e sununer 0 1942 mto e spnng 0 twr:cn barracks at Tule Lake Camp. Courtesy National Assmulation, and Japanese Amencan In- 1943, when "Kit" joined the US Navy. Gayle ParkStrvict. ternment" (Sandstone and Tile, 2003), recalls the cold and dust, the minimal facilities, and the restJi~ons. "they saw their individual hopes dashed .... " "Liberal, white intel- At. first, she went to kindergarten at Tule Lake camp but was terrified lectuals; including the American Friends Service and Stanford by the only recess activity, "jwnping off the table." She remarked on president, Ray Lyman Wilbur, worked to open midwestem edu- how the "snow was black" because of coal dust Her brother, War· cational institutions to Nisei students. Some schools, such as Stan- ren, who attended school in nearby Tulelake, was bullied and beaten ford, awarded degrees to Japanese-American students in absentia. Fred Yamamoto: A Ramona Street Hero Fred Yamamoto ( 1918-1944) attended Jordan and Paly. Like sometimes descri~ed the hardships offightingwith his brothers, he many of the 144 Japanese Americans in Palo Alto, he was sent nevermentionedthemiseriesofwartohismother.Hefilledhislet- to the Heart Mountain internment camp in northern Wyoming ters to her with cheerful anecdotes. Because of his humility, Fred's in 1942. In a March 11, 1943 note to his circle of friends, Fred family learned of his decorations only after letters &om friends at announced that, based on his "faith and the front Schoolmate and lifelong friend John some good friends on the outside," he was Kitasako wrote that for Fred, the war "was a "putting all [his] blue chips on the U.S.A." fight for the principles of justice and freedom He volunteered for the US Army. After re-and he was dead serious about it" His inter- ceiving basic training at Camp Shelby, Mis-nal morality stemmed back to his childhood, sissippi, he joined the 442"d Regimental where he would "tower among other kids be- Combat Team, whose two units consisted cause he stood for fair play and equality." mainly of Americans of Japanese ancestry. Although his ambition to attend college Private Yamamoto served in the successful prior to the war was thwarted by the heavy Rome to Arno campaign as well as in the family responsibilities of ailing parents and rescue of the "Lost Battalion" in France, managing the family grocery in Mountain where he volunteered on a supply detail View, Fred actively pursued education and to save the 141" regiment ( 111 Texas), then culture: he attended plays, concerts, lectures, surrounded by the enemy in the forest of art exhibitions and read voraciously, espe- the Vosges Mountains. In this mission, cially the Bible as an active member of the his 12~man detail was attacked by heavy Page Mill Methodist Church youth group. artillery barrage on October 28, 1944. Volunteering for the military was based on Along with seven others in his group, Fred his belief in the future and in equality, that Yamamoto perished. Palo A Ito High School graduate, Pfc. Frtd Y11ma111oto was " [ i J f you wantto be an American and want to F d warded th I H "th interned at Heart Mo1mtain1 where he dtddtd to b d lik h h • re was a e Purp e eart Wl volunteer for the US Army, and later fought valliantly in e treate e one, you ave to s ow you re Oak Leaf Cluster, Silver Star and Combat tht Vosges Mountains. Cou rtuy United States Army. American." When asked about the evacu- lnfantryman's Badge and is buried at the Golden Gate National ation, he was "sore about it, but that was because it was against Cemetery in San Bruno. Back at Heart Mountain, the camp paper American principles, but I know our government recognizes it was eulogized Fred's character, courage, humility and heroism. In notes wrong and is trying to make up for it" In June 1945, friends of Fred to family, Fred had described his earlier luck in surviving machine Yamamoto, then scattered around the country, raised and dedi- gun fire-thanks to his "being built on the skinny side." While he cated a book memorial fund in his name at Palo Alto High School. THE TALL TREE, MARCH 2017 J THE PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION P.O. BOX 193 PALO ALTO, CA 94302 T111: Tall Tree, Newsli:tter 0 t e PALO ALTO HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WWW. a 1istor .or In Memoriam: Kevin Starr (1940-2017) Kevin Starr, noted hiilorian and librarian of California. Courtesy Univtriity of Southern California. Kevin Starr was the preeminent historian of our state and had a love of California that was reflected in his many writings and lectures.. His eight volume "Dream a series chronicled California's history from the first entry ("Americans and the California Dream, 1850· 1915 ") to the last ("Coast of Dreams: California on the Edge, l 990r2004.") In between, he wrote a one- volume history of the state, "California; and "Golden Gate: the Life and Times of America's Greatest' Bridge." Renowned as an author, historian, li- brarian, dear friend, mesmerizing lecturer, and raconteur, Kevin was a larg- er-than-life 4th generation San Franciscan. Governor Jerry Brown said, in his works, Kevin " ... captured the spirit of our state ... ," Kevin himself commented ofhis voluminous research on his beloved state, " ... a kind of enchantment overtook me.... rn made an absolutely powerful connec- tion between California and my interior landscape." Online Archive Photos -We Need Your Help PAHA has over 10,500 digitized photos online, but there are many more images requiring digitization and description before being placed on our website. We are seeking volunteers to help with this fascinating project. If you have time to help, please contact Steve Staiger at steve.staiger@cityofpaloalto.org. History Jaunts and Events Plan a visit to Manzanar War Relocation Center, the best preserved of the ten camps where Japanese-American citizens and resident Japanese aliens were interned during World War II. Now administered by the National Park Service and a National Historic Site, Manzanar is situated at the foot of the Sierra Nevada in eastern California's Owens Valley. Information on visiting can be found at www.nps.gov/maffl/index.htm or by calling (760) 878-2194x3310. "'The Wave: Palo Alto's 1967 Experiement in Extremism" will be the feature of the Palo Alto History Museum event on Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 7:00 p.m., at the Cubberley Theater, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto. In 1967, Cubberley High School teacher Ron Jones sought to teach his students how the German people could accept the actions of the Nazi regime during WWII by creating "The Third Wave," a series of exercises modeled on certain •vt~~• characteristics of the Nazi movement. Ron Jones wrote a book about this experience, and later Norman Lear produced a made-for-TV film about it. Years later, Mark Hancock and Philip Neel, former students in that class, produced the film, "The Lesson Plan~ On March 22, Mark, Philip and others will present the film for the first time in Palo Alto, with a con- .illillililill• versation following the showing. Free and open to the public. · · · · · · · · · · -> · · · · · · · · ·> · · · · · · -> Ride Share to Meetings: We are aware that some of our members have difficulty getting to meetings and might be able to attend more frequently if there was a convenient service to provide rides. If this is something of inlerest to you, either as a driver or passenger, please let us know by contacting Ralph Britton at ralphbritton@comcast.net. 4 T HE T A LL TREE, MARCH 2017 Welcome New Members! Ester Bugna, Lire Member Joseph Trrrsa, Jr. Heritage Prog ram on Channel 30 The Heritage Program for March 2017 will feature "Mysteries and Discoveries a long Old Page Mill Road" The schedule is Wednesdays at 8 pm, Thursdays at 10 am, and Saturdays at 1 pm on Channel 30. DVDs of previous programs may be borrowed from the PAHA's Guy Miller Archives, which are located at Cubbertey, Room K-7. Hours: Tuesdays, 4·8 pm, Thursdays, 1-5 pm The Tall Tree is published eight times a ye~r b the PALO ALTO HISTORll;ALASSOCIATIOl'J Luana Staiger, Peggy McKee, Jon Gifford, Georgie Gleim, Editorial Gyorgyi Kapala,jon Gifford, Design Omega Printing, Printing Photographs courtesy of PAHA Guy Miller Arcl1ives unless otherwise noted. DAPL Financiers -$$ Order -· ... _._, II -·- Banks financing DAPL Funding Comments (In ~llltons) ---- Mizuho Bank $589.50 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (Union Primaiy lenders of lhe key DAPL loan. MUFG Union $548.00 Bank Is an American fuff.-service bank with 398 Bank) branches in CA, WA and OR which is wholly owned by i The Bank of Tokvo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Citibank (Citigroup) $521.80 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. Wells Fargo $467.00 BNP Paribas $444.50 SunTrust $435.00 Barclays $370.50 TD Securities $365.00 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. Bank of America $350.50 I Credit Agricole $344.50 Compass Bank $340.50 Credit Suisse $340.50 DNB Capital/ASA $340.50 Royal Bank of Canada $340.50 Intesa SanPaolo $339.00 UBS $336.40 J.P. Morgan Chase $312.50 Deutsche Bank $275.50 US Bank $275.00 PNC Bank $270.00 Sumitomo Mitsui Bank $265.50 Royal Bank of Scotland $250.50 ING Bank $248.30 Goldman Sachs $243.90 Morgan Stanley $225.10 HSBC BANK $189.00 Natixis $180.00 BayernLB $120.00 BBVA Securities $120.00 DNB First Bank $120.00 ICBC London $120.00 SMBC Nikko Securities $120.00 Societe Generale $120.00 Bank of Nova Scotia $100.00 Citizens Bank $72.50 DAPL Financiers -$$ Order ------ Banks Financing DAPL funding Comments (In Miiiions) ---·-·---. - Comerica Bank $72.50 ABN Amro Capital $45.00 Origin Bank (formerly Community Trust) $30.00 -.. Total F.unding (In llllllons) $10,249.00 -·--- Source: tittp://docs. lakotalaw .org/DAPL.:DIVESTMENT. pelf - DAPL Financiers -Alpha Order - ----·--·--II F-unding 1B@nks Financing DAP.l Comments (In Miiiions) -·---.~. - ABN Amro Capital $45.00 Bank of America $350.50 Bank of Nova Scotia $100.00 Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ (Union Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. MUFG Union $548.00 Bank is an American full-service bank with 398 Bank) branches In CA, WA and OR which is wholly owned by The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Barclays $370.50 BayemLB $120.00 BBVA Securities $120.00 BNP Paribas $444.50 Citibank (Citigrou p) $521.80 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. Citizens Bank $72.50 Comerica Bank $72.50 Compass Bank $340.50 Credit Agricole $344.50 Credit Suisse $340.50 Deutsche Bank $275.50 DNB Capital/ASA $340.50 DNB First Bank $120.00 Goldman Sachs $243.90 HSBC BANK $189.00 ICBC London $120.00 ING Bank $248.30 Intesa SanPaolo $339.00 J.P. Morgan Chase $312.50 Mizuho Bank $589.50 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. Morgan Stanley $225.10 Natixis $180.00 Origin Bank (formerly Community Trust) $30.00 PNC Bank $270.00 Royal Bank of Canada $340.50 Royal Bank of Scotland $250.50 SMBC Nikko Securities $120.00 Societe Generale $120.00 Sumitomo Mitsui Bank $265.50 SunTrust $435.00 TD Securities $365.00 Primary lenders of the key DAPL loan. DAPL Financiers -Alpha Order ---·------ll Funalng Banks ·Financing DAPL Comments (In MDlions) -~ ----~----- UBS $336.40 ; ' ' US Bank $275.00 Wells Fargo . $467.00 ~ ~---·--------- Trotal F~nding (In Biiiions) $10,249.00 ' -- Source: http://docs.lakotalaw.org/DAPL-DIVESTMENT. pdf --·- Investor Statement to Banks Financing the Dakota Access Pipeline Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (Mitsubishi UFJ), BayernLB (Bayerlsche Landesbank), BOVA (BancoBilbao Vizcaya Argentarla), BNP Paribas, Citibank (Citigroup), Credit Agricole, DNB, ICBC (Industrial and Commercial Bank of China), ING, Intesa Sanpaolo, Mizuho Bank (Mizuho Financial Group), Natixis, Soclete Generate, SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group), SmiTrust Bank, TD Securities (Toronto-Dominion Bank), Wells Fargo The undersigned investors, representing $653 billion in assets under management. encourage the banks listed above to address or support the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's request for a reroute of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) that avoids their treaty territoryt. We believe this is warranted to protect the banks' reputation and consumer base and to avoid legal liabilities. As investors we are very concerned by the reputational and potential financial risks due to these banks being associated with DAPL. Since 2014, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has opposed DAPL's projected route, which crosses their drinking water, sacred sites, and treaty territory. The Tribe has further noted that development of the projected route did not meet the international standard for consultation for Free, Prior, and Informed Consent and there have been serious and credible allegations of irregularities regarding the environmental review for DAPL. We understand a number of the banks listed above have commissioned a report by Foley Hoag on the adequacy of the consultation process followed by Energy Transfer Partners, the lead project developer. In December 2016, the US Army Corps ofEngineers denied Energy Transfer Partners the easement needed to complete construction, and announced plans to prepare an environmental impact statement and explore alternative routes. Following President Trump's issuance of a memorandum directing approval, the Army Corps abruptly shifted course and on February 8th granted the final easement required for DAPL's current project route. The Tribe has vowed to fight any alteration of the environmental review process in court We are concerned th"at If DAPL's projected route moves forward, the result will almost certainly be an escalation of conflict and unrest as well as possible contamination of the water supply. North Dakota state and local governments have spent over $22 million on law enforcement costs since August 2016, and demonstrators have already been arrested and cleared from the area with considerable use of force. Banks with financial ties to the Dakota Access Pipeline may be implicated in these controversies and may face long-term brand and reputational damage resulting from consumer boycotts and possible legal liability. As major shareowners of these banks, we are very concerned about the financial risks this poses to the investments we oversee and to those whom we serve as fiduciaries. To date, we understand that consumers have closed 1 The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's treaty terrltnry extends well beyond the borders of Its reservation. In Its 1980 decision United States v. Sioux Nation oflndlans, 448 U.S. 371, 388, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the Standing Rock Sioux territories (Including Lake Oahe) were wrongly removed from the Tribe's control by the U.S. government and recognized Its claim. The U.S. government offered compensation, but the Tribe did not accept the offer as a replacement for control of the territory. bank accounts worth over $53 million-and are threatening to pull another $2.3 billion- from the banks financing DAPL. We note that ABN AMRO announced recently it would discontinue its lending relationship to Energy Transfer Equity if "an acceptable non-violent solution [is not] found among all parties impacted by the construction of the DAPL, including the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe." We understand that the banks providing the project finance have contractual obligations to DAPL, but the extreme controversy tied to the project warrants their urgent action. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe has repeatedly stated that they do not oppose energy independence, and would be amenable to a reroute of the Dakota Access Pipeline that avoids their treaty territory. We call on the banks to address or support the Tribe's request for a reroute and utilize their influence as a project lender to reach a peaceful solution that is acceptable to all parties, including the Tribe. Date -February 16, 2017 Time -7:30 PM EST See attaclted list of signatories. Geeta Aiyer, CFA President and Founder Boston Common Asset Management, UC Matthew Smith Head of Sustainable Investments Storebrand Asset Management John Streur President and CEO Calvert Research and Management Anne Simpson Investment Director, Sustainability California Public Employees' Retirement System New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer,, on behalf of the New York City Teachers' Retirement System, the New York City Employees' Retirement System, the New York City Fire Department Pension Fund, and the Board of Education Retirement System of the City of New York Kathleen Woods Chair, Corporate Responsibility Committee Adrian Dominican Sisters, Portfolio Advisory Board Dr. Jeffrey Haggray Executive Director American Baptist Home Mission Societies Danielle Fugere President As You Sow Colette Murphy Executive Director Atkinson Foundation Daniel Simard Chief Executive Officer Batirente Karen Shoffner President Castellum Capital Group Stephen Viederman Adviser Christopher Reynolds Foundation Shelley Alpern Director of Social Research & Shareholder Advocacy Clean Yield Asset Management Laura Livoti CEO Common Counsel Foundation Ellen Friedman Executive Director -Compton Foundation Sister Sally Ann Brickner, OSF Coordinator of Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes Margaret Weber Corporate Responsibility Director Congregation of St. Basil Karen Watson, CFA Chief Investment Officer Congregation of St. Joseph Suzanne Benally Executive Director Cultural Survival Sister Louise Gallahue, D.C. Provincial Daughters of Charity, Province of St Louise Tory Dietel Hopps Managing Partner Dietel Partners Susan Vickers Dignity Health Adam Kanzer Managing Director Domini Impact Investments LLC Sister Mary Brigid Clingman OP Promoter of Justice Dominican Sisters -Grand Rapids Valerie Heinonen Director, Shareholder Advocacy Dominican Sisters of Hope Eileen Gannon Executive Team Member Dominican Sisters of Sparkill Steve Zielinski Consultant Dominican Sisters of Springfield, IL Adam Wolfensohn Co-Managing Partner Encourage Capital Jeff Pym Executive Director Evangelical Lutheran Foundation of Eastern Canada Chris Meyer Manager, Advocacy and Research Everence and the Praxis Mutual Funds Leadership Team of Our lady of Hope Province Felician Sisters of North America, Inc. Taylor Reed Associate Figure 8 Investment Strategies Steven J. Schueth President First Affirmative Financial Network Mecky Kessler-Howell AIF, Financial Advisor FOR Investment Partners Jeffery W. Perkins Executive Director Friends Fiduciary Corporation Thomas G. Kemper General Secretary General Board of Global Ministries, The United Methodist Church Katherine Smail Executive Director Glasswaters Foundation Neva Goodwin Co-Director Global Development and Environment Institute Fran Teplitz Executive Co-director Green America Brianna Harrington Research Analyst/Shareholder Advocacy Coordinator Harrington Investments, Inc. Tim Goodman Director Hermes EOS Hermes Investment Management Jo-Annie Pinto Vice President, Client Services & Business Development Hexavest Johann Klaassen Chief lnvesment Officer Horizons Sustainable Financial Services Patricia Grant, IBVM Provincial Leader, Canada IBVM Foundation of Canada Inc. (Loretto Sisters) Josh Zinner CEO Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility Christine Jantz President Jantz Management LLC Peter Bisson, SJ Provincial Supervisor Jesuits in English Canada Jeffrey Scales Managing Principal JSA Financial Group Zoe Fuller-Rowell Executive Director Kalllopeia Foundation Jennifer Lazarus ,, Lazarus Financial Planning Jennifer Hall Treasurer Leadership Team of Sisters of Providence, Mother Joseph Province Deirdre Mary McElroy Financial Planner Public Speaker LPL Financial Cathy Rowan Corporate Responsibility Coordinator Maryknoll Sisters Lisa Heinz CFO Mennonite Education Agency Molly Murphy Chief Investment Officer Mercy Health Valerie Heinonen, OSU Director of Shareholder Advocacy Mercy Investment Services, Inc. Barbara L Meyer Principal Meyer Family Enterprises Barbara Jennings Director Midwest Coalition for Responsible Investment Fr Seamus Finn OMI Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Michael Kramer Managing Partner Natural Investments Cliff Fregin Chief Executive Officer New Relationship Trust Bruce T. Herbert, AIF Chief Executive Newground Social Investment Julie Goodridge CEO Northstar Asset Management, Inc. Judy Byron, OP Northwest Coalition for Responsible Investment Fr. Ken Forster OMI Provincial OMI Lacombe Oblates of Mary Immaculate Lacombe Province Canada Susan White Trust Director Oneida Trust Enrollment Committee, Oneida Nation Sr. Frances Brady Congregational Leader Our Ladies Missionaries Jerome L Dodson CEO & Chairman Parnassus Investments Marcus Robertson Pension Board Chair Pension Plan of The United Church of Canada Rob Fohr Director of Faith-Based Investing and Corporate Engagement Presbyterian Church U.S.A. Secant Cutoff Wall Car.capt 5. Pour Final Slab& Wall 4. Pour Temp Slab & Waterproof 3. Excavate to Basement & Scrape Secant Wall Flat 2. Excavate to Water, Remove Water From Interior Only 1. Drill & Mix Concrete into Soil to Create Secant Wall in Place Ss1'8 Palo Mos Ground Water Februa<y 17, 2011 ,, Photos of Secant Cutoff Wall Construction Sawi Palo Mos Ground Water Februa-y 17 2017,. The Treatment P·lant of Our Future Evaluating Available Waste Conversion Technology for the Retrofit and Reconstruction of the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant A report to the Board of Directors of the East Palo Alto Sanitary District Prepared by Dennis c. Scherzer, Member, Board of Direct1C~bf JJJNG January9, 2014. [~P -n r. M u· I R . . . F b 20 2017 e1ore ee ng E eventh ev1s1on. e ruary , [ Received at Meeting Abstract. The East Palo Alto Sanitary District (EPASD) exists In an environment where both waste water and Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) are plentiful. They are collected under municipal contract and transported to recycling, waste treatment, or waste dlsposal facilities. These materials constitute a readily avallable source and supply of energy, Industrial chemicals, agricultural products, and usable water In significant quantity. Recovered MSW provides a revenue stream that can offset or ellmlnate operatlonal costs. Our current challenge Is to craft a resource recovery faclllty appropriate for our local situation. The successful future technology will convert a wide range of waste materlals Into energy and saleable Industrial products. The successful technology must also be "scalable" -engineered to accommodate various process streams, and Integrate Into the processes of an existing facillty. Ground transport of any material will continue to be more expensive. Transporting materials from a collection facility to remote treatment or disposal locations Is counterproductive, financially and environmentally, when the materials can be processed in-house. The successful technology will not rely on off site disposal of waste material. The PARWQCP partners must have utmost confidence in the technology that we choose to fund, as will bear the costs and the results of our choice for decades. Introduction The East Palo Alto Sanitary District (EPASD) serves approximately 30,000 people in portions of East Palo Alto and Menlo Park, California. EPASD maintains and operates a sewage collection system transporting effluent to the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant (PARWQCP) in Palo Alto. EPASD, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Mountain View, Palo Alto, and Stanford University are partners in the PARWQCP. Fifty years ago, this same set of partners was served by several smaller treatment plants. Federal and State regulations required by Clean Water Act compliance required the various collection systems to combine service at the PARWQCP. EPASD and PARWQCP are industrial facilities. EPASD operates and maintains approximately 36 miles of pipelines organized in a gravity-flow system serving approximately 3,800 connections. The collected effluent transported by our trunk line is processed at the PARWQCP. The PARWQCP is an industrial chemical facility currently processing approximately 22 million gallons of wastewater per day (MGD) from the partner agencies. The effluent is treated at the facility by retrieving solids from the waste stream, and then processing, filtering, and clarifying the remaining water until it is Page 1of23 suitable for discharge into San Francisco Bay. The solids are then incinerated and the ash is transported to an off site landfill. Additionally, just as the Clean Water Act provisions required upgrades and modifications to the PARWQCP, current Galifomia regulations {AB 32) designed to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions are driving the need for a rethinking of the entire PARWQCP wastewater treatment process. The PARWQCP operates totally at taxpayers' expense. It creates no product to offset the cQst of operations. Any usable materials are destroyed and/or disposed of to the environment via the standard operating procedures of the plant. A small portion of the treated wastewater is recycled by the cities of Palo Alto and Mountain View. Currently, there is a historical coincidence of the recognized need for wastewater quality infrastructure upgrade, and the desire to reduce the "carbon footprint" of the PARWQCP. Additionally, providing cost-effective future services are achievable if the new facility's design is capable of capturing and commercializing the usable materials present in the MSW of Palo Alto and the PARWQCP partners. This effort can accurately be characterized as an evolution from the historic paradigms of "Waste Treatment" and "Integrated Waste Management" into the industrial process of "Resource Recovery". There is a constant stream of materials generated by human use -materials which are then discarded as they are thought to be no longer usable. These materials are valuable and should be used to their fullest potential to preserve resources and generate clean energy for our community. Materials processed from the Municipal Waste Stream offset an average of one ton of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for every ton of waste processed when the waste is used to generate steam or electricity. This occurs by avoiding energy generated from fossil fuels, methane produced by decomposing landfill materials (methane is an extremely potent GHG -about 25 times more than carbon dioxide) and recovering metals for recycling. Each ton of waste processed via energy-from-waste eliminates the need to consume approximately one barrel of oil or one-quarter ton of coal. in order to generate an equivalent amount of electricity. The successful future technologies will convert a wide range of waste materials into energy and a variety of industrial products. The hundreds of tons of MSW produced by the PARWQCP partners is transported to remote landfills every day -80% of which is convertible to energy. DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM The current wastewater treatment facilities at the PARWQCP import electrical power from the grid, and use natural gas (NG) from a commercial utility supply source. Biosolids are separated from wastewater and incinerated. The incinerators are to be replaced with different a biosolids processing technology. Page 2 of 23 INCINERATION (thermal oxidation-reduction) PARWQCP uses incineration to reduce sewage solids (sludge cake) to ash. Incineration (burning something), is a thermal oxidation-reduction reaction (TORR). It requires fuel, oxygen, and thermal energy (heat/ignition)-three elements constituting the "fire triangle". Remove any of the three from a fire (TORR), and the fire (thermo-chemical reaction) will cease. Incinerators create GHG emissions, ash and slag, a glassy residue composed of silicates, metals, dust, and debris. Both ash and slag can leach toxics into the environment. The incinerators at PARWQCP will be permanently peactivated. PARWQCP Biosolids Facility Plan report The existing PARWQCP Biosolids Facility Plan report recommends installing a biological gasifier system employing anaerobic digesters (AO) to produce biogas. The biogas would then fuel an internal combustion engine that generates electricity. The electricity would then be used at the PARWQCP. AD units typically experience a material throughput of approximately 95%. [For every 100 tons of biosolids (feedstock) fed into the AD unit, it yields 95 tons of sludge (digestate).J The PARWQCP plan is to export the sludge offsite for "land application". Biosolids Facility Plan report recommends a technological configuration labeled "Alternative 2C" as the recommended industrial processes that would best achieve the goals of Palo Alto and the PARWQCP partners. PARWQCP Biosolids Facility Plan Section 9.2.4.1 "Alternative Description and Process Flow Diagram": "This alternative includes a thermal hydrolysis process {THP) followed by MAD. Primary sludge, WAS, and FOG are pre-dewatered together, and then undergo THP followed by mesophilic anaerobic digesters. The digested solids are dewatered, and the resulting solids are Class A Equivalent products (Exceptional Quality) which are assumed to be land applied. The biogas is routed from AD to a CHP system for production of power and heat." Alternative 2C. is based on a biological gasification system. It anticipates digesting Waste Activated Sludge (WAS) and Fats, Oils and Grease (FOG) in addition to biosolids. The chemical reaction vessel within such a system is an anaerobic digester (AD). Within the reaction chamber, various strains of bacteria reduce the mass of biosolids by breaking organic molecules. This action, anaerobic digestion, reduces the physical mass by rendering potions of it into a gaseous state and releasing that gas to the atmosphere. The gas generated by AD units is known as digester gas or biogas, and is a mixture of gases composed primarily of carbon dioxide (C02) and methane (CH4). BIO-GASIFICATION PROCESS Page 3of23 Thermal Hydrolysis STAGE TWO: ACIDOGENESIS This is Fermentation which converts sugars into acids, gases and/or alcohol. Acidogenes occurs in yeast and bacteria, and is similar to the way milk sours. Compounds ferment into volatile fatty acids like acetate, and neutral compounds (ethanol, methanol), ammonia, hydrogen, and carbon dioxide. STAGE THREE: ACETOGENESIS Molecules created by acidogenesis are further digested by acetic acid forming bacteria. Acetogens convert organic acids into acetic acid, ammonia, hydrogen, and C02. Acetic acid, is an organic compound with the chemical formula CH3COOH. Vinegar is roughly 4%-8% acetic acid by volume, diluted with water. It has a sour taste and pungent smell. It is classified as a weak acid, and is used in the food industry as an acidity regulator and as a condiment. STAGE FOUR: METHANOGENESIS The final stage of anaerobic digestion is methanogenesis. Methane-forming (methanogenic) bacteria convert acetate into methane, carbon dioxide, and water. Methanogenic bacteria require stable pH and temperature to optimize their performance. Chemical energy within the feedstock is released by methanogenic bacteria as methane Methanogenesis occurs in the guts of humans and animals, especially ruminants (cows). Methanogens digest cellulose, and without these microorganisms, cattle would not be able to digest grass. Methane is released from cows, mainly by belching (eructation). The average cow emits around 250 liters of methane per day. Methanogens exist in underground anaerobic environments, degrading organic matter. This organic matter may be in landfill, sediments on the bottom of lakes or oceans, or sediments that have formed into sedimentary rocks. Natural gas (NG) accumulations are the result of methanogenesis. Page 5 of 23 Single-stage and Two-stage Biogasification Systems Single-stage biogasification systems confine biological reactions within a single, sealed AD unit. Using a single stage system reduces construction costs, but results in less control of the reactions occurring within the system. AD units can be optimized to bring maximum control by separating bacterial communities living within the digesters in a two-stage or multi-stage digestion system. Acidogenic bacteria produce organic acids and more quickly grow and reproduce than methanogenic bacteria. Methanogenic bacteria require stable pH and temperature to optimize their performance. Hydrolysis, acidogenesis, and acetogenesis occur within the first AD vessel under typical circumstances. The organic material is heated to the required temperature (either meso- philic or thermophilic) and pumped into a Methanogenic Anaerobic Digester (MAO) where the reaction can be managed for maximum biogas production. Page 7of23 Basic configuration of a generic AD Unit commonly used at a POTW The four stages of anaerobic digestion occur simultaneously. The gases generated by this process collect at the top of the AD vessel. Page 9of23 Residence time The residence time in a digester varies with the amount and type of feedstock material, the confaguration of the digestion system, and whether it is a single-stage or two-stage system. The two-stage mesophilic digestion (MAD) residence time suggested by Alternative 2c is 15 days. Feedstock The most important initial issue when considering the application of anaerobic digestion systems is the feedstock. Almost any organic material can be processed with anaerobic digestion; however, if methane production is the intended result, the level of digestibility is the key factor. The more digestible the material, the higher the gas yields possible from the system. Anaerobic digesters were originally designed for operation using sewage and manures. Sewage and manure have limited potential for anaerobic digestion, as the energy content the biodegradable material has been reduced by the animals that produced it. Therefore, many digesters operate with codigestion of two or more types of feedstock, including food waste. Gas Collection and Treatment for Use as Fuel Digester gas (biogas) is mostly Methane and Carbon Dioxide. Biagas production increases as the bacterial population grows, and is reduced as the digestible material is used up. Biagas must be processed to remove C02. water vapor, and other contaminants before it can fuel an engine. Further processing is necessary to prepare the gas for utility pipeline use. Biagas must be stored for use at PARWQCP. The processed methane gas, produced under the Alternative 2C scenario would be stored under pressure in a 450,000 cubic foot tank at the facility, adjacent to the AD units. (Massive storage tanks would be req uired to hold the same amount of unpressurized gas.) Typical composition of Anaerobic Digester gas mixture Gas % Methane, CH, 50-75 Carbon dioxide, C02 25-50 Nitrogen, N2 0-10 Hydrogen, H2 0-1 Hydrogen sulfide, H2S 0-3 Oxygen, 02 0-2 Page 10 of 23 The Treatment Plant of Our Future . A Report from the Board of Directors East Palo Alto Sanitary District Prepared for the Partner Agencies at the Palo Alto Regional Water Quality Control Plant Palo Alto, California February 27, 2017 ~ ~Q -~ ;:::t ~-( CXJ p8 N ri-OJ -~;J .. . ;::i..r-:r::-• D :x U> o:t:· c:p "'Tl!:: '"Tl----. c.n _o \.0 gc, > · Alternatives Evaluation Methodology for Replacement Technology at PARWQCP . • Technical viability and reliability . • Potential impacts on and benefits for the community and the environment . • Capital and operation and maintenance costs. • Minimizing greenhouse gas emissions . • Finding a beneficial use for the biosolids generated. Alternatives Evaluation Methodology for · Replacement Technology at PARWQCP . • Producing renewable energy. • Managing organics and residuals at the local level. • Potential to integrate recovered organics from the Zero Waste Program with the biosolids. • Meeting current and future regulations. • Minimizing odors and other environmental impacts. Biosolids Facility Plan Recommendation • City of Palo Alto commissioned an engineering study [ Biosolids Facility Plan] : October 2014 • BFP recommended biological gasifier technology using anaerobic digesters (AD) [Alternative 2C]: "This alternative includes a thermal hydrolysis process (THP} followed by MAD, Primary sludge, WAS, and FOG are pre- dewatered together, and then undergo THP followed by mesophiliic anaerobic digesters. The digested solids are dewatered, and the resulting solids are Class A Equivalent products (Exceptional Quality) which are assumed to be land applied. The biogas is routed from AD to a CHP system for production of power and heat." Karl Imhoff 1876 -1965 Karl Imhoff Karl Imhoff was the driving force in the development and invention of the technical apparatuses and methods of wasterwater treatment (the trickling and activated sludge process). Imhoff provided not only significant technical innovations, but also design rules derived from experience in the operation of sewage treatment plants. The Handbook of Urban Drainage 1906 Imhoff Tank patented in 1907 The book has been translated 40 times, and has appeared in a total of 20 languages over the past 108 years. Anaerobic Digester History 1859 -the first anaerobic digester built at a leper colony in Bombay, India. 1895 -septic tank was used in Exeter, England to generate gas for the gas destructor lamp, a type of gas lighting. 1904 -the first dual-purpose tank for both sedimentation and sludge treatment was installed in Hampton, London, England. 1907 -German patent issued for the Imhoff tank, an early form of anaerobic digester. Research on anaerobic digestion began in earnest in the 1930s. -· .. , CD Sl () )> o :g ~ =- = Dl o en Dl ~~ o~ :: : : J - • a; i ~ 0 ,, ~c 5 CD -- 0 cc '< Four Stages of Anaerob:ic Digestion • Hydrolysis '.Large molecules are reduced by water, simi'lar to soaking dishes to sOften food . • Fermentation (acidification) Bacteria break down molecules. formi·ng alcohols . • Vinegarizati.o.n.· (acetificatiofl) B,~.cteria break molecules furth~r .. forming acetic.acid. Acetic acid molecule is Cv02 plus m_ethane (CH4). • Methanogenesi·s metha:r~Ogenic bacteria split acetic acid molecule releasing C02 and CH4. Thermal Hydrolysis Water, heat & pressure reduce larger molecules into smaller molecules to enhance bacterial action.