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From: Allan Seid, Richard Konda Date: Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 9:00 AM Subject: see attached Source: Asian Law Alliance, A scholarly article on Asian Americans, hate crimes and criminal justice system American Journal of Criminal Justice https://doi.org/10.1007/x12103-020-09541-5 The Anxiety of Being Asian American: Hate Crimes and Negative Biases During the COVID-19 Pandemic Hannah Tessler' • Meera Choi' • Grace Kao' Received: 8 May 2020 /Accepted: 3 June 2020/Published online: 10 June 2020 Southern Criminal Justice Association 2020 (g) Check for updates Abstract In this essay, we review how the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that began in the United States in early 2020 has elevated the risks of Asian Americans to hate crimes and Asian American businesses to vandalism. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidents of negative bias and microaggressions against Asian Americans have also increased. COVID- 19 is directly linked to China, not just in terms of the origins of the disease, but also in the coverage of it. Because Asian Americans have historically been viewed as perpetually foreign no matter how long they have lived in the United States, we posit that it has been relatively easy for people to treat Chinese or Asian Americans as the physical embodiment of foreignness and disease. We examine the historical antecedents that link Asian Americans to infectious diseases. Finally, we contemplate the possibility that these experiences will lead to a reinvigoration of a panethnic Asian American identity and social movement. Keywords COVID-19 • Hate crime • Asian American • Race • Ethnicity • Racial discrimination • Bias incident • Racialization Introduction COVID-19 (or the coronavirus) is a global pandemic that has affected the everyday lives of hundreds of millions of people. At the time we write this, there have been over four million cases across over 200 countries worldwide (Pettersson, Manley, & Hein, 2020. Moreover, pervasive stay-at-home orders and calls for social distancing, as well as the disruptions to E Hannah Tessler hannah.tessler@yale.edu Meera Choi meera.choi@yale.edu Grace Kao g.kao@yale.edu 1 Department of Sociology, Yale University, 493 College Street, New Haven, CT 06511, USA Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice every facet of our lives make it difficult to overstate the importance of COVID-19. As the beginning of the outbreak has been traced to China (and Wuhan in particular), both in the United States and elsewhere, people who are Chinese or seen as East Asian have become associated with this contagious disease. Early reports in the United States were often accompanied by stock photos of Asians in masks (Burton, 2020; Walker, 2020). Many of the first reports labeled the disease as the "Wuhan Virus," or "Chinese Virus," and the Trump administration has also used these terms (Levenson, 2020; Maitra, 2020; Marquardt & Hansler, 2020; Rogers, Jakes, & Swanson, 2020; Schwartz, 2020). News media coverage in the United States focused on the hygiene of the seafood market in Wuhan and wild animal consumption as a possible cause of coronavirus (Gomera, 2020; Mackenzie & Smith, 2020). Memes and jokes about bats and China flooded social media, including posts by our peers online. These reports provide the American public a straightforward narrative that focuses on China as the origin of COVID-19. In this paper, we review current patterns of hate crimes, microaggressions, and other negative responses against Asian individuals and businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. These hate crimes and bias incidents occur in the landscape of American racism in which Asian Americans are seen as the embodiment of China and potential carriers of COVID-19, regardless of their ethnicity or generational status. We believe that Asian Americans not only are not "honorary whites," but their very status as Americans is, at best, precarious, and at worst, in doubt during the COVID-19 crisis. We suggest that what we witness today is an extension of the history of Asians in the United States and that this experience may lead to the reemergence of a vibrant panethnic Asian American identity. Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans During COVID-19 As of early May 2020, there have been over 1.8 million individuals who have tested positive for and over 105,000 deaths from COVID-19 in the United States alone and the numbers are growing rapidly every day ("Cases in the U.S.," 2020). Although researchers have traced cases of the virus in the United States to travelers from Europe (Gonzalez-Reiche et al., 2020) and to travelers within the United States (Fauver et al., 2020), some members of the general public regard Asian Americans with suspicion and as carriers of the disease. On April 28th, 2020, NBC News reported that 30% of Americans have personally witnessed someone blaming Asians for the coronavirus (Ellerbeck, 2020). The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed the negative perceptions of Asian Americans that have long been prevalent in American society. Many individuals in the United States see the virus as foreign and condemn phenotypically Asian bodies as the spreaders of the virus (Ellerbeck, 2020). Consistent with Claire Jean Kim's theory on racial triangulation (Kim, 19992 and the concept of Asians as perpetual foreigners (Ancheta, 2006; Saito, 1997; Tuan, 1998; E. D. Wu, 20152, we posit that during COVID-19, the racial positionality of Asian Americans as foreign and Other persists, and that this pernicious designation may be a threat to the safety and mental health of Asian Americans. They are not only at risk of exposure to COVID-19, but they must contend with the additional risk of victimization, which may increase their anxiety. Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice Historically, from the late 19th through the mid twentieth century, popular culture and news media portrayed Asians in America as the "Yellow Peril," which symbolized the Westem fear of uncivilized, nonwhite Asian invasion and domination (Okihiro, 2014; Saito, 19972. It is possible that the perceived threat of the Yellow Peril has reemerged in the time of COVID-19. The spread of the coronavirus and the increased severity of the pandemic has caused fear and panic for most Americans, as COVID-19 has brought about physical restric- tions and fmancial hardships. So far, forty-two states have issued stay-at-home orders, which has resulted in 95% of the American population facing restrictions that impact their daily lives (Woodward, 2020). Novel efforts to end the pandemic across the states have led businesses to shut down. As a result, more than 30 million people in the United States have filed for unemployment since the onset of the coronavirus crisis (Gura, 2020). Because this virus has been identified as foreign, for some individuals, their feelings have been expressed as xenophobia, prejudice, and violence against Asian Americans. These negative perceptions and actions have gained traction due to the unprecedented impact COVID-19 has on people's lives, and institutions such as UC Berkeley have even normal- ized these reactions (Chiu, 2020). However, racism and xenophobia are not a "natural" reaction to the threat of the virus; rather, we speculate that the historical legacies of whiteness and citizenship have produced these reactions, where many individuals may interpret Asian Americans as foreign and present- ing a higher risk of transmission of the disease. Already, the FBI has issued a warning that due to COVID-19, there may be increased hate crimes against Asian Americans, because "a portion of the US public will associate COVID-19 with China and Asian American populations" (Margolin, 2020). News reports, police departments, and community organizations have been documenting these incidents. Evidence suggests that the FBI's warning was warranted. Based on reporting from Stop AAPI Hate, in the one -month period from March 19th to April 23rd, there were nearly 1500 alleged instances of anti -Asian bias (Jeung & Nham, 2020). The reported incidents have been concentrated in New York and California, with 42% of the reports hailing from California and 17% of reports from New York, but Asian Americans in 45 states across the nation have reported incidents (Jeung & Nham, 2020). Reports of Hate Crimes and Bias Incidents There have been a large number of physical assaults against Asian Americans and ethnically Asian individuals in the United States directly related to COVID-19. While the majority of Americans are sheltering -in -place and staying at home, 80% of the self - reported anti -Asian incidents have taken place outside people's private residences, in grocery stores, local businesses, and public places (Jeung & Nham, 2020). We suggest that these hate crimes and other incidents of bias have historical roots that have placed Asians outside the boundaries of whiteness and American citizenship. In addition, we believe that the current COVID-19 crisis draws attention to ongoing racial issues and provides a lens through which to challenge the notion of America as a post -racial society (Bonilla -Silva, 2006). Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice One of the incidents under investigation as a hate crime includes the attempted murder of a Burmese -American family at a Sam's Club in Midland, Texas (Yam, 2020a). The suspect said that he stabbed the father, a four -year -old child, and a two- year -old child because he "thought the family was Chinese, and infecting people with coronavirus" (Yam, 2020a). Police are investigating numerous other physical incidents including attacks with acid (Moore & Cassady, 2020), an umbrella (Madani, 2020), and a log (Kang, 2020). There have been a number of physical altercations at bus stops (Bensimon, 2020; Madani, 2020), subway stations (Pamell, 2020), convenience stores (Oliveira, 2020), and on the street (Jeung & Nham, 2020; Sheldon, 2020). Asian Americans are also reporting physical threats being made against them (Driscoll, 2020; Parascandola, 2020). Based on Stop AAPI Hate statistics, 127 Asian Americans filed reports of physical assaults in four weeks (Jeung & Nham, 2020), and it is likely that other Asians have not reported their experiences out of fear or concern about the legal process. In addition to the physical attacks and threats against Asian Americans, individuals have also filed reports of vandalism and property damage targeted at Asian businesses. One Korean restaurant in New York City had the graffiti "stop eating dogs" written on its window (Adams, 2020). Perpetrators have also made explicit references to COVID-19 in their vandalism, where phrases such as "take the corona back you ch*nk" (Goodell & Mann, 2020), and "watch out for corona" (Wang, 2020) have been documented on Asian -owned restaurants. Some of these incidents were not reported to the police and therefore will not be investigated as hate crimes, as business owners reasoned that it would be difficult to track the vandals (Adams, 2020; Buscher, 2020). These incidents of vandalism demonstrate the association some people make between Asian Amer- ican businesses and COVID-19. Beyond the narrow definition of the incidents that can be classified as punishable hate crimes, Asian Americans have also documented a large number of alleged bias and hate incidents. Stop AAPI Hate reports indicate that 70% of coronavirus discrimination against Asian Americans has involved verbal harassment, with over 1000 incidents of verbal harassment reported in just four weeks (Jeung & Nham, 2020). In addition, there have been over 90 reports of Asian Americans being coughed or spat on. One prevalent theme in the verbal incidents is the linking of Asian bodies to COVID-19, where the aggressors are purportedly calling Asians "coronavirus," "Chinese virus," or "dis- eased," and telling them that they should "be quarantined," or "go back to China" (ADL 2020). In all of these incidents, the perpetrators consistently use anti -Asian racial slurs (Buscher, 2020; Goodell & Mann, 2020; Sheldon, 2020). This hateful language that targets all Asians (and not just Chinese Americans) demonstrates the racialization of Asian Americans. The threat of a global pandemic to people's everyday lives is something that most Americans have not experienced before. However, the act of interpreting the current national crisis as an external threat and ascribing this danger to Chinese bodies and more broadly Asian bodies should not surprise scholars of Asian Americans. In fact, this deeply -rooted cognitive association of Asian Americans to Asia and to disease has a long history. Hence, we examine the phenomenon of xenophobia against Asian Americans in the context of historical racial dynamics in the United States. Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice The Color Line and the Positionality of Asian Americans Race has been posited as a socio-historical concept, and while many race scholars in the United States have focused on the black/white binary, others have documented how Asian Americans have also been racialized over time (Omi & Winant, 2014). These scholars have examined how the racialization of Asian Americans has developed in relation to African Americans and white Americans (Bonilla -Silva, 2004; Kim, 1999). One of the dominant stereotypes of Asian Americans is that they are perpetual foreigners, where individuals directly link phenotypical Asian ethnic appearance with foreignness, regardless of Asian immigrant or generational status (Ancheta, 2006; Tuan, 1998; F. H. Wu, 2002). This stereotype is longstanding in American history and has forcefully re-emerged during the COVID-19 crisis. The perception of an Asian - looking person as simultaneously Chinese, Asian, and foreign underscores how this racial categorization affects all Asian Americans. Thus, we suggest that the concept of Asian American panethnicity (Okamoto & Mora, 2014) may be particularly applicable during the COVID-19 pandemic. The legacy of white supremacy equates white bodies with purity and innocence, while nonwhite bodies are designated as unclean, uncivilized, and dangerous. White supremacy and its tactic of othering Asian bodies has been a consistent recurrence over earlier pandemics. Dating back to the nineteenth century, the bubonic plague was framed as a "racial disease" which only Asian bodies could be infected by whereas white bodies were seen as immune (Randall, 2019). In 1899, Honolulu officials quarantined and burned Chinatown as a precaution against the bubonic plague (Mohr, 2004). In 1900, San Francisco authorities quarantined Chinatown residents, and regulated food and people in and out of Chinatown, believing that the unclean food and Asian people were the cause of the epidemic (Shah, 2001; Trauner, 1978). The history of the Yellow Peril has continued throughout the 20th and 21st centuries in the embodied perceptions of Asian immigrants as the spreaders of disease (Molina, 2006). More recently, during the 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) epi- demic, the discourse in the United States focused on Chinatown as the epicenter of the disease (Eichelberger, 2007). Studies suggest that 14 % of Americans reported avoiding Asian businesses and Asian Americans experienced increased threat and anxiety during SARS (Blendon, Benson, DesRoches, Raleigh, & Taylor -Clark, 2004). We suspect the negative impact of COVID-19 on Asian Americans has been far greater than the impact of SARS. In New York City's Chinatown, restaurants suffered immediately after the first reports of COVID-19, as some restaurants and businesses experienced up to an 85% drop in profits for the two months prior to March 16th, 2020 — far before any stay- at-home orders were given (Roberts, 2020). When moral panic arises, foreign bodies, typically the undesirable and "un-American" yellow bodies, may be seen as a threat that can harm pure white bodies. The cycle of elevated risk, followed by fearing and blaming what is foreign is not just limited to disease outbreaks, but also occurs during economic downtums. In 1982, Vincent Chin was beaten to death by two men who blamed him for the influx of Japanese cars into the United States auto market. Vincent Chin was attacked with racial slurs and specifically targeted because of his race. Although Chin was Chinese American, in the minds of these two men, he represented the downturn of the auto industry in Detroit and the increased imports of Japanese automobiles (Choy & Tajima-Pena, 1987). Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice Similarly, after the 9/11 attacks in the United States, retaliatory aggressions were not limited to attacks against Arabs or Muslims (Perry, 2003). Violence and hatred against the perceived enemy resulted in incidents targeting Sikhs, second and third generation Indian Americans, and even Lebanese and Greeks (Perry, 2003). More recently, the hate crime murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an Indian immigrant falsely assumed to be an Iranian terrorist and told "get out of my country" before being shot to death, illustrates the association between racialized perceptions of threat and incidents of violence (Fuchs 2018). With the COVID-19 pandemic, violent attacks and racial discrimination against Asian Americans have emerged as non -Asian Americans look for someone or something Asian to blame for their anger and fear about illness, economic insecurity, and stay-at-home orders. Fear and the Mental Health of Asian Americans The current perceptions of China and more broadly East Asia as both economic and public health threats have made Chinese and East Asians in America fearful for their own safety. Some Asian Americans have made efforts to hide their Asian identity or assert their status as American in an attempt to prevent hate crime attacks (Buscher, 2020; Tang, 2020). While this tactic may be effective on the individual level, it does not modify the positionality of Asian bodies during COVID-19. The attempt to distinguish Asian Americans from Asians who are foreign nationals misses the fact that in the United States, being Asians and being foreign are inextricably bound together. After World War II, news media and local organizations encouraged Chinese Americans to distinguish themselves from the Japanese, and similarly encouraged Japanese Americans to show their Americanness and patriotism to gain acceptance by the white majority (E. D. Wu, 2015). Muslim and Sikh Americans displayed American flags after 9/11 to show that they were not a threat to the United States, and more recently there has been a movement to celebrate Sikh Captain America (Ishisaka, 2018). Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang suggested that Asian Americans fight against racism by wearing red white and blue and prominently displaying their Americanness (Yang, 2020). In many of these situations, these strat- egies did not directly address the problems of racism and xenophobia — they simply shifted the blame towards another group. Disease does not differentiate among people based on skin color or national origin, yet many Asian Americans have suffered from discrimination and hatred during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the threat of the virus is real for all Americans, Asian Americans bear the additional burden of feeling unsafe and vulnerable to attack by others. The link between COVID-19 and hate crimes and bias incidents against Asian Americans is indicative of the widespread racial sentiments which continue to be prominent in American society. While some scholars have gone as far as to regard Asian Americans as "honorary whites" (Tuan, 1998), the current COVID-19 crisis has made markedly clear this is an illusion, at best. There are a number of reasons why the racial dynamics of anti -Asian crimes during COVID-19 should be examined more closely. First, the majority of incidents and attacks have occurred in diverse metropolitan areas such as New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles. These are spaces that most Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice Americans have traditionally regarded as more liberal and tolerant of difference than other parts of the United States. In New York City alone, from the start of the COVID- 19 outbreak through April 2020, the NYPD's hate crime task force has investigated fourteen cases where all the victims were Asian and targeted due to coronavirus discrimination (NYPD, 2020). The remarks of a Kansas governor that said his town was safe "because it had only a few Chinese residents" (Lefler & Heying 2020) offers one explanation for the high concentration of racial incidents in large cities with sizable Asian populations, but we think that this is not sufficient in explaining the data so far. Future research should track racial bias and hate crimes more systematically in order to further our understanding of how demography and urbanicity influence these incidents. Second, these hate crimes have increased the anxiety of Asian Americans during already uncertain times, with many fearful for their physical safety when running ring everyday errands (Tavemise & Oppel Jr., 2020). Asian Americans are now self-conscious about "coughing while Asian" (Aratani, 2020), and concemed about being targeted for hate crimes (Liu, 2020; Wong, 2020). There is evidence to suggest that Asian Americans under -report crimes (Allport, 1993), and some recent immigrants may lack an understanding of the legal system and process of reporting crimes, particularly in the case of hate crimes. Therefore, scholars should take additional care to document and analyze these incidents and their effects on Asian American communities across the United States. The possible upward trend of anti -Asian bias incidents and hate crimes is indicative of the growth of white nationalism and xenophobia. The image of a disease carrier with respect to COVID-19 is bound in Asian bodies and includes assumptions about race, ethnicity, and citizenship. As Vincent Chin, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, the Burmese -American family, and many others have shown us, the level of fungibility in terms of how Asian ethnicities are perceived can be deadly. It does not matter if the person is from China, of Chinese origin, or simply looks Asian — the perpetrators of this violence see all of these bodies as foreign and threatening. While there have been numerous instances of anti -Asian bias and crime, there have not been similarly patterned anti -European tourist incidents or an avoidance of Italian restaurants, suggesting that COVID-19 illuminates the particular racialization of disease that extends beyond this virus, and further back in American history. Already there has been substantial news coverage of these anti -Asian crimes, which suggests that people are paying attention to this issue, and police departments are actively investigating many of these incidents. Activists and community organizations have started online campaigns such as #washthehate and #hateisavirus to combat anti -Asian racism during this time. The BBC has documented 120 distinct news articles covering alleged incidents of discrimination since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic (Cheung, Feng, & Deng, 2020). In addition, the Chinese for Affirmative Action and Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council have created a platform where individuals can record incidents of racism and coronavirus discrimination. The reporting of hate crimes during COVID-19 is superior to the reports of these types of incidents during the SARS outbreak (Leung Coleman, 2020; Washer, 2004). Although the federal govemment response has been limited compared to the hate crime prevention initiatives after 9/11 and SARS, in May 2020, the Commission on Civil Rights agreed to take on the demands proposed by a group of Democratic Senators in a letter requesting a stronger response to the anti -Asian hate crimes and discrimination during COVID-19 (Campbell & Ellerbeck, 2020; Yam, 2020b). Similar to the murder of Vincent Chin, which served to ignite an Asian American activist movement, we hypothesize that the racial incidents against Asian Americans Springer American Journal of Criminal Justice during the COVID-19 pandemic may encourage the political mobilization of a panethnic Asian American movement. At the same time, we believe that the incidents that are classified as "hate crimes" and "bias incidents" based on legal definitions do not fully capture the extent or pervasiveness of racist and xenophobic thoughts against Asian Americans. We encourage future scholars to more closely examine the culturally embedded racial logics that lead to these incidents, rather than focusing solely on the incidents themselves as the object of analysis. The hate crimes against Asians in the time of COVID-19 highlight the ways that Asian Americans continue to be viewed as foreign and suspect. 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She is the immediate past Vice President of the American Sociological Association. Her research focuses on race, ethnicity, immigrant adaptation, Asian Americans, adolescence, and sociology of education. Springer From: Robert Chun To: HeUpdate; Council, City; Planning Commission Cc: Lait, Jonathan; Wong, Tim; Campbell, Clare Subject: Letter from Palo Alto Forward regarding Housing Element site inventory Date: Tuesday, February 22, 2022 9:19:46 AM Attachments: Feb 22 Palo Alto Forward Letter.odf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt; Palo Alto City City Council; Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Committee; Palo Alto Housing Element Working Group; and Palo Alto City Staff Hope you are doing well! On behalf of Palo Alto Forward, I've attached a letter that addresses Palo Alto's statutory responsibilities relating to the inclusion of certain nonvacant sites in the City's proposed Housing Element site inventory. Please share this letter with the members of the Housing Element Working Group, as well as the City Council and the PTC. Please let me know if you would like to schedule time to discuss the content of the letter. As always, thank you all for your work on the Housing Element. Warm regards, Robert Chun Board Member, Palo Alto Forward PALO ALTO 461PLFORWARD February 22, 2022 Dear Mayor Burt; Palo Alto City City Council; Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Committee; Palo Alto Housing Element Working Group; and Palo Alto City Staff Palo Alto Forward is a non-profit organization focused on innovating and expanding housing choices and transportation mobility for a vibrant, welcoming, and sustainable Palo Alto. We are a broad coalition with a multi -generational membership, including new and longtime residents. Thank you all for your work on Palo Alto's 6th Cycle Housing Element. We are writing to better understand whether Palo Alto's draft Housing Element site inventory complies with important aspects of California law. As you know, Palo Alto must plan for 1,556 housing units that are affordable to "very -low income" residents (<50% ofAMI) and 896 housing units that are affordable to "low-income" residents (50-80% ofAMI). Together, these two categories represent a combined category of "lower -income" housing. Based on the records released by the Palo Alto Housing Element Working Group, it appears that Palo Alto is relying on nonvacant sites to accommodate 50 percent or more of its housing need for lower -income households. Under California law, this fact triggers a statutory presumption that "the nonvacant site's existing use is presumed to impede additional residential development" HCD Site Inventory Guidebook Pg. 26-28. Accordingly, if Palo Alto chooses to designate a nonvacant site as appropriate for lower -income housing in its site inventory, its housing element must make "findings based on substantial evidence that the use will likely be discontinued during the planning process." Id. (emphasis added). The relevant statutory language is included below for reference: ". . . when a city or county is relying on nonvacant sites described in paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) to accommodate 50 percent or more of its housing need for lower income households, the methodology used to determine additional development potential shall demonstrate that the existing use identified pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) does not constitute an impediment to additional residential development during the period covered by the housing element. An existing use shall be presumed to impede additional residential development, absent findings based on substantial evidence that the use is likely to be discontinued during the planning period." Government Code Section 65583.2(g)(2) What constitutes substantial evidence? As HCD notes in its guidebook, substantial evidence must be based on "facts, reasonable assumptions predicated upon facts, and expert opinion supported by facts." According to HCD, examples of substantial evidence that an existing use will likely be discontinued in the current planning period include: • The lease for the existing use expires early within the planning period. • The building is dilapidated, and the structure is likely to be removed, or a demolition permit has been issued for the existing uses. • There is a development agreement that exists to develop the site within the planning period. • The entity operating the existing use has agreed to move to another location early enough within the planning period to allow residential development within the planning period. • The property owner provides a letter stating its intention to develop the property with residences during the planning period. HCD has withheld approval of Housing Elements that fail to provide this form of substantial evidence. See e.g., January 7 2022 HCD Letter to Camarillo (finding that "neither the adoption findings nor the analysis provides substantial evidence or address whether the existing uses on sites identified to accommodate the low-income housing need are likely to discontinue in the planning period"); July 30 2021 HCD Letter to Beverly Hills (reminding the City that that "relying on nonvacant sites to accommodate 50 percent or more of the housing needs for lower -income households triggers requirements to make findings based on substantial evidence that the existing use is not an impediment and will likely discontinue in the planning period.") As previously noted, nearly all of Palo Alto's "lower -income" sites are located on nonvacant parcels with existing uses. See Appendix A ("Lower -Income Sites in Palo Alto's Proposed 6th Cycle Site Inventory"). To be included in the site inventory, then, each of those nonvacant sites must be justified with "substantial evidence" of the form described by HCD. For that reason, we ask that Palo Alto publish the "substantial evidence" that it intends to offer for each of the nonvacant sites that are currently designated as appropriate for "lower -income" housing. A transparent discussion of this evidence will help ensure that this data is accurate and satisfies the "substantial evidence" requirement of Section 65583.2(g)(2). We look forward to working with you to approve a legally -compliant Housing Element that successfully plans for a more sustainable, affordable, and equitable future. Sincerely, Robert Chun Board Member Appendix A: Lower -Income Sites in Palo Alto's Proposed 6th Cycle Site Inventory Note: This data is from the February 17, 2022 memorandum to the Housing Element Ad Hoc committee. ategory/Strategy MFA Site Address or Street Zip Code APN Acres Current Use Potential Minus Existing Units Income Category MFA 160 FOREST AV 94301 12027047 One story fitness center (FAR: 0.8), surface parking 26 Lower WG Suggestions 3877 EL CAMINO RE 94303 13241091 0.75 Vacant 24 Lower WG Suggestions Leghorn St 94303 14705012 0.85 Auto storage 27 Lower Total Upzone 850 MIDDLEFIELD RD ill 94301 12005011 0.66 One story medical offices (FAR: 0.7), surface parking 77 15 Lower Upzone 652 HOMER AV 94301 12005008 0.64 One story medical offices (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 15 Lower Upzone 4146 El Camino Real 94301 13724034 0.77 Vacant 18 Lower Upzone 1681 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 12425044 0.91 One story medical offices (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 21 Lower Upzone 853 MIDDLEFIELD RD 94301 332094 0.80 One story medical offices (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 19 Lower Upzone 4151 Middlefield Rd 94301 12715023 0.93 Two story office space (FAR: 0.6), surface parking 22 Lower Upzone 3606 El Camino Real 94301 13708080 0.65 Vacant 15 Lower Upzone 4085 El Camino Wy 94306 13243153 0.71 One story retail (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 17 Lower Upzone 4113 EL CAMINO WY 94306 13244022 0.64 One story preshcool (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 15 Lower Upzone 2754 MIDDLEFIELD RD 94306 13255029 0.55 One story Retail (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 13 Lower Upzone 2811 MIDDLEFIELD RD 94306 12734098 1.74 Supermarket (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 41 Lower Upzone 3902 MIDDLEFIELD RD 94303 14708048 4.26 One story strip mall (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 102 Lower Upzone 3901 El Camino Real 94301 13242073 1.10 One story Hotel (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 35 Lower Upzone EL CAMINO REAL 94301 13238072 1.11 Surface parking 35 Lower Upzone 320 SAN ANTONIO RD 94306 14709069 0.76 Vacant 24 Lower Upzone 3375 EL CAMINO REAL 94301 13239088 0.74 One story restaurant (FAR: 0.2), surface parking 23 Lower Upzone 4224 EL CAMINO REAL 94301 16708037 0.63 One story restaurant (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 20 Lower Upzone 4230 El Camino Real 94301 16708030 0.52 One story car rental (FAR: 0.4), Surface parking 16 Lower Upzone 3903 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 13242072 0.53 One story bank (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 16 Lower Upzone 3200 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 14220037 0.61 wo story lodging (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 19 Lower Upzone 4238 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 16708031 0.65 wo story lodging (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 20 Lower Upzone 4256 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 16708042 0.60 •ne story restaurant (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 19 Lower Upzone 4279 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 14801016 0.80 wo story lodging (FAR: 0.7), surface parking 25 Lower Upzone 4345 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 14809011 0.95 wo story lodging (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 30 Lower Upzone 760 San Antonio Ave 94303 14705091 0.65 •ne story retail (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 20 Lower Upzone 87 ENCINA AV 94301 12033001 0.57 wo story office space (FAR: 0.8), surface parking 18 Lower Upzone 4291 El Camino Real 94301 14809014 1.16 wo story bank (FAR: 0.6), surface parking 37 Lower Upzone 720 SAN ANTONIO RD 94303 14705087 1.36 •ne story office space (FAR: 0.5), surface parking 43 Lower Upzone 841 El Camino Real 94301 12034001 0.64 •ne story car wash (FAR: 0.2), surface parking 20 Lower Upzone 788 SAN ANTONIO AV 94303 14703041 0.58 •ne story substandard office space (FAR: r.5), surface parking 18 Lower otal 751 altrain Sites Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation PARK BL 94306 13232043 1.38 urface Parking 44 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation 2400 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 14220012 0.75 •ne story bank (FAR: 0.2), surface parking 24 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation 2673 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 13236077 0.64 •ne story restaurant and retail (FAR: 0.3), . urface parking 20 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation 2310 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 13701129 0.76 •ne story restaurant (FAR: 0.4), surface parking 24 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from Downtown Station 300 HAMILTON AV 94301 12016096 0.75 D -C (P); PF Five story office building (FAR: 1.2), surface parking 24 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from Downtown Station 530 LYTTON AV 94301 12003070 0.67 D -C (P) Four story office building (FAR: •.8) 21 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation Cambridge ave 94306 12432050 0.65 Parking structure 20 Lower Between 1/4 and 1/2 Mile from alifornia Ave. or San Antonio tation 3197 PARK BL 94306 13226076 0.59 •ne story office space (FAR: 0.6), surface parking 18 Lower 1/4 Mile from California Ave. or an Antonio Station 156 N CALIFORNIA AV 94306 12428045 1.14 C (2)(R)(P) One story grocery store (FAR: r.4), surface parking 45 Lower 1/4 Mile from California Ave. or an Antonio Station 150 GRANT AV 94306 12429020 0.60 C (2)(R) One story office space (FAR: r.5), surface parking 23 Lower 1/4 Mile from California Ave. or an Antonio Station NITA AV 94306 14709056 1.25 .urface Parking 50 Lower otal 313 Frequent Bus Routes Existing 1/2 Mile of Frequent Bus Routes MAYBELL AV 94306 13724045 0.56 17 Lower 1/2 Mile of Frequent Bus Routes 561 VISTA AV 94306 13737004 0.65 20 Lower 1/2 Mile of Frequent Bus Routes 4170 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 13724046 1.01 S One story grocery store (FAR: 0.5), .urface parking 32 Lower 1/2 Mile of Frequent Bus Routes 3150 EL CAMINO REAL 94306 14220054 0.75 S One story Restaurant (FAR: 0.3), .urface parking 24 Lower Total 93 Faith -Based Institutions Faith -Based Institutions (surface parking/vacant space) 1985 Louis Rd 94303 350022 1.09 Faith -based institution 26 Lower Faith -Based Institutions (surface parking/vacant space) 1140 Cowper St 94301 12018048 0.61 Faith -based institution 14 Lower Faith -Based Institutions (surface parking/vacant space) 2890 Middlefield Rd 94306 13203193 0.76 Faith -based institution 18 Lower Faith -Based Institutions (surface parking/vacant space) 3149 Waverley St 94306 13220161 0.69 Faith -based institution 16 Lower Faith -Based Institutions (surface parking/vacant space) 3505 Middlefield Rd 94306 12747042 1.50 Faith -based institution 36 Lower Total 4.65 110 GM 950 INDUSTRIAL ST 94303 14701061 0.54 one story office space (FA 17 Lower GM 937 INDUSTRIAL AV 94303 14701086 0.57 wo story office space (FA 18 Lower GM 990 COMMERCIAL ST 94303 14701041 0.79 wo story office space (FA 25 Lower GM 4030 FABIAN WY 94303 12715010 0.55 wo story office space (F 17 Lower GM TRANSPORT ST 94303 14702017 0.66 surface parking 21 Lower GM 3940 Fabian Wy 94303 12737023 1.27 wo story office space (FA 40 Lower GM 3960 Fabian Wy 94303 12737019 0.68 one story vacant office sp 21 Lower GM 3980 Fabian Wy 94303 12737018 0.69 one story vacant office sp 22 Lower GM 811 E Charleston Rd 94303 12737016 0.54 one story auto repair (FA 17 Lower GM 4045 TRANSPORT ST 94303 14701070 0.54 one story office space (FA 17 Lower GM 4007 TRANSPORT ST 94303 14701097 0.54 one story office space (FA 17 Lower GM 4083 TRANSPORT ST 94303 14701116 0.51 wo story office space (FA 16 Lower Total 248 ROLM ROLM 1035 E Me 94303 12710056 1.00 one story office space 32 Lower ROLM 1051 E Me 94303 12710082 1.07 One story office space 34 Lower ROLM 1053E ME 94303 12710081 1.60 One story office space 51 Lower ROLM 1085 E Me 94303 12710110 1.43 One story office space 45 Lower ROLM 3600 W Ba 94303 12710076 2.08 Two story office space 66 Lower ROLM 3500 W Ba 94303 12736031 1.40 Two story office space 44 Lower ROLM 3460 W Ba 94303 12736029 1.49 Two story office space 47 Lower ROLM 3350 W Ba 94303 12736040 3.96 Two story office space 126 Lower ROLM 1020 E Me 94303 12710103 2.50 One story office space 79 Lower ROLM 1036 E Me 94303 12710094 3.06 One story office space 97 Lower ROLM 1050 E Me 94303 12710099 2.62 Two story office space 83 Lower ROLM 1052 E Me 94303 12710084 0.94 One story office space 30 Lower ROLM 1060 E Me 94303 12710049 1.13 One story office space 36 Lower ROLM 1066 E Me 94303 12710050 2.15 One story office space 68 Lower ROLM 1068 E Me 94303 12710051 1.00 One story office space 32 Lower ROLM 1076 E Me 94303 12710072 1.00 One story office space 32 Lower TotaI 902 From: Mahmoud Al Hamoud Subject: LOAN/ PROJECT. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Sgt. Alex Afanasiev, Palo Alto Police Department Palo Alto Police Sergeant Alex Afanasiev "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism." George A'ashingtan Dennis Burns httos://corruDtoaloalt000lice.weeblv.com/afanasiev.html COi ICL. sioir Based on the analysis described in this report, it is sssy opinion to a nca_sonablt dcgrrc of scientific certainty, that both Temores and Burger Tamer Videos have been altered and edited„ removing content. f+XHIB ITi • CD containing AVI file of sample cdit horn Burger TaaGz Cam Video. (i ambit played in c+omputa) Gregg &umbra= Chief Fora:sic Analyst httos://chiefburns.weeblv.com/ Sergeant Alex Afanasiev you know everything about how your fellow officers destroyed, altered and falsified evidence and created falsified videos; deep fake videos that are pieces of fiction created from of non- fiction in order to conceal your fellow officers' crimes while wrongly incriminating their victim by falsely portraying what actually occurred. If fact you helped falsely portray a crime scene. Simple question, would a law enforcement officer or elected official who uses a falsified video, (fiction/deep fake video), to incriminate a citizen of a crime be defending and upholding the Constitution of the United States or would such an act be attacking and destroying the Constitution? Yes? No? Should such an officer or elected official who uses a fake video to incriminate a citizen of a crime be an officer or an elected official? Yes? No? Sgt. Afanasiev does using falsified, "deep fake videos" to incriminate citizens of crimes protect the Constitution and freedoms of America or does it destroy the Constitution and freedoms of America? Does using deep fake videos harm or benefit America? Would an American patriot use falsified videos to incriminate a citizen of a crime? Or would an enemy to America use falsified videos to incriminate a citizen of a crime? Which one are you Sgt. Afanasiev? If you reveal what your fellow officers did what would you be? If you continue to perpetuate their crimes and destruction of the Constitution what would you be? "America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves." Abraham Lincoln The actual quote reads: At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? 1 answer, if it everreoch us, it must spring up amongst us !t cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a notion of freemen, we must five through all time, or die by suicide." https Auod.I ib.umich.edull/Iinminjl incol nl/3:130?rn=divt,ineleepn re, -Al I sprcn¢u rsubv ievr_derail:typesimpletiievr-Fu IhergL-h.t uicide The so called white elephant in the room that no one wants to acknowledge. THE IRREFUTABLE EVIDENCE IS BELOW. thetaser camera Officer Kelly Burger used: Dennis Burns stated - V07-065373 Palo Alto Police Chief retired John Burke stated -3 V06-015542 Supervising Criminalist Santa Clara County Crime Lab Andrew Hinz stated . V06-015020 Director for Technical Programs for Taser International INow Axon) Andrew Hinz stated that taser camera V06-015020 was destroyed by Taser International. Officer Burger only had one taser camera, which one was it? Dennis Burns Palo Alto Police Chief retired July 12, 2010 * ,* Leo ; The taser camera Officer Burger used on 3/15/08 was V07-065373 as this is the taser camera that I took into personal possession on August 29, 2008 and sent to the Santa Clara County Crime Lab on 9/18/08. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/burns partial resp set two.pdf County of Santa Clara came Laboratory OITICO or the Vistrld ArlomsY 1997 BorwOlve, 3 P M m J®1. COM ra n 9611131. 0091 911419 0 ,,01,1291}-1001 FAX Laboratory Number MD61017 John Burke Analyst Supervising Crim inalist September 18, 2008 Completed February 3, 2009 The taser camera Officer Burger used on 3/15/08 was V06-015542. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/burke report.pdf Dennis Burns Palo Alto Police Chief retired July 12, 2010 Taser camera V06-015542 is not in the PAPD inventory, it does not exist. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/burns partial resp set two.pdf Dennis Burns Palo Alto Police Chief retired July 12, 2010 The taser camera Officer Burger used on 3/15/08 was V07-065373 as documented in the 2008taser download report. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/burns_partial resp_set_two.pdf •3w •� *+ , 'I'.t*:rr Dorruluul litvlf r f�' P L$C6 rCICC • Shill IA Officer Name //: / .. 1i / H07.629897 cz 121 /13 no HO -62&797 113/'2008 HONIKER, MICHAEL X00-292313 V06-01 5 5 5 0 none PREHEIM, CORI X00-292310 V07-015o24TH07-628820 H07.n08892 4118/2008 no none SALAZAR, KARA X00.342115 V07-056792 H07.629581 H07-630342 VILLAESCUSA, MAR [ANNA X00-292432 U08-00352 1 H07-628897 H07-529651 12)27/2007 no RMA - cart / blast rictus broken 2A JOLIN, CHRISTINE X00-268083 POWERS, NATASHA X00.292324 we -015576 V06-015582 H07-629784 H07-629783 -107-629020 H07.629062 11312007 .71".'' '7/ ' no none WAGNER, APRIL x00-265356 V06.015303 H07.629038 h[07-829748 4/18/2008 no none PARHAM, LUIS X00.292232 V06-014685 H07.628891 1107-629727 1212712007 no left on for 20 min BURGER,KELLY X00.292483 V07-065373 H07-629707 A08-9071.88 1/9/2008 no H07-628908 used on suspect re -issued X00-292398 V06-015551 original laser given to Burns Pr1IA3aAMAT ❑AN X00-265981 V06-015032 H07.629720 k0-107-629788 U10/2007 yes none Taser Camera V07-065373 was downloaded on January 9, 2008, 10 months prior to Andrew Hinz stating it was first sent to the PAPD. It is impossible for human error, "scriber error," of inserting a wrong serial number for there is no human input. The taser camera software automatically generates the serial number download information. https://ch iefbu rns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/2008_download_report_taser_serial_n u mbers.pdf December 21, 2010 Andrew Hinz Director for Technical Programs for Taser international (Now Axon) 1 Jeclarc urulcr pcnnlsy 4f perjury shut the f: VA1 ED: Rectothcr 21.2100. S.on+.Eilc. .dricuna ing is Inc and contd. V07-065373 was sent to PAPD on November 26, 2008 and therefore could not have been used in the March 15, 2008 incident or sent to the crime lab on 9/18/08. Case5:09-cv-02fi55-LHK Doaxnerdl0&1 Filedt2/21/10 Page3 or 23 https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/122110 hinzsieclaration.pdf Andrew Hinz of Taser International flat out lied, made a false statement in his declaration regarding the date which the PAPD received taser camera V07-065373. Dennis Burns Palo Alto Police Chief retired September 3, 2010 Doops!! The taser camera Officer Burger did use was V06-015542 Not V07-065373 as previously stated that I took into personal possession for twoweeks in violation of department policy. https://chiefbu rns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497Jburns_set_2.pdf October 28, 2010 photo of taser camera V07-065373 Steven Sherman stated that this camera was kept in Palo Alto Police Department evidence (property) between October 28, 2010 and December 17, 2010, thus there is no reason why the Serial Number should have been removed_ December 17, 2010 photo of take[ camera V07-065373 Members of the PAPD scrubbed off the serial number to taser camera V07-065373 in the two -month duration between the court ordered inspections while the camera was secured in property. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-6.html Andrew Hinz Director of Technical Services TASER International "fiAS0A Pro i s c[ L. 1 re January 26, 2011 17800 N. 851h St. Scoltsdcle, AZ 85255-960;3 The taser camera Officer Burger used was V06-015020. Phone: ICI 991-0797. 18001 978-2737 Fore; (:80) 991.0791 www.LASER.com https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/405 hinz expert report_finall.pdf February 22, 2011 Andrew Hinz Director for Technical Programs for Taser International (Now Axon) Taser camera V0G-015020 was destroyed by Taser International. Ideclare under ryenalty q erjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Andrew Hinz Executed on 22od of February 2011 at Scottsdale, Arizona Caae5_09-cv02655-LFIK t ument129-1 Fiec02I23/I 1 Page3 Of 3 https://chiefbu rns.weebly.comJuploads/3/8/5/2/3852497102222011_hinz_taser_decla ration.pdf Andrew Hinz Director of Technical Services TASER International No electricity was discharged through Officer Burger's taser wires. I got shocked with electricityfrom touching my own taser wires. Palo Alto Police Officer Kelly Burger In Andrew Hinz' expert reports he states that no electricity was discharged through Officer Burger's taser wires yet Officer Burger stated at the scene of the incident that he was shocked from his own taser wires. Now the only way Office Burger could have been shocked with electricity from touching the wires is if the insulation in the wires burned off which only occurs after electricity has been discharged through the wires for over 15 seconds, The video footage of Office Burger discharging electricity from his taser gun is missing from from both patrol car videos and his taser camera video. 1 https://chiefburns.weebly.com/shocked.html 2 https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/hinz_taser_wire powers_discovery.pdfl.pdf 3 https://chiefburns.weebly.com/uploads/3/8/5/2/3852497/405 hinz expert report finall.pdf Former Palo Alto Police Chief Dennis Burns Officer Temores'taser cartridge, taser probes, blast doors, AFIDs and taser wires were destroyed. Pale Alto Police Officer Manuel Temores II did not fire taser probes from my taser gun. https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-5.html Officer Temores fired taser probes from his taser gun. Palo Alto Police Officer Kelly Burger 8 months after the incident Officer Temores testified in court that he did not fire taser probes from his taser gun. However at the scene of the incident Officer Burger stated to the medics that Temores did in fact fire taser probes from his taser gun. The video footage of Temores firing taser probes from his taser gun is missing from his patrol car video as well as his taser camera video. Former Chief Dennis Burns stated in a discovery request that Temores' taser cartridge, taser probes, AFIDS and taser wires were destroyed because the cartridge broke. 1) httos://chiefburns.weeblv.com/exhibit-5.html 2) https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/powers.html 3) https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/afanasiev.html 4) https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-7.html What Happened: So what happened is that the PAPD destroyed Officer Burger's tase wires which would show he discharged electricity into Ciampi for over twenty seconds and replaced Burger's taser wires with Temores taser wires for no electricity was discharged through Temores' taser wires which is how Andrew Hinz of Taser International could draw his conclusion. But that does not get Hinz off the hook for he forensically analyzed the taser gun data ports and taser cameras and made the mistake of acknowledging the actual taser cameras that recorded the incident were not the ones that the PAPD claimed were the cameras that recorded the incident. Hinz followed it up by stating that the cameras that recorded the incident were destroyed by Taser International. Analysis: I reviewed the TASER Carn video from V06-015525 and V06-015020, as well as, download reports from the TASER X 26 electronic control devices (ECDs) with serial numbers X00-292463 and X00-292417. Video footage from in -car cameras, Andrew Hinz Director of Technical Services TASER International -r apt January 26, 2011 DECLARATION OF ANDREW HINZ I, Andrew Hinz, do hereby declare: agency to do otherwise, 1 have checked on the status of the two listed returns from the packing slip dated November 26, 2008, which lists V06-015020 and VOb- 015525 and they have been destroyed.. f I declare under penalty o ury that the foregoing is true and correct. Andrew Hinz Case5:t9-cv-02655-LHK Docurnent129-1 FtedO2f23111 Pagel of 3 Exticcutedl on 22°4 of Fetammy_2b I f at Scottsdale, Arizona Sgt. Afanasiev was tasked with photographing all of the evidence at the scene of the incident. This means he would have photographed Officer Temores' broken taser cartridge yet the PAPD did not have a photograph of Temores' broken taser cartridge. Why? Because it was not broken and Afanasiev knows this. Afanasiev should have photographed Officer Temores' taser cartridge, taser probes, blast doors, AFIDS and taser wires. There were no photographs of any of these items because the PAPD destroyed the photographs. Above Officer Burger is holding a taser probe in his hand that was given to him by Officer Temores at the scene of the incident. Either Afanasiev photographed this taser probe and the photograph was destroyed or Afanasiev deliberately did not photograph the taser probe. The PAPD had to destroy the photograph of this taser probe because they destroyed the taser probe. The PAPD destroyed the taser probe because they had to destroy the evidence that showed they edited and falsified the videos. https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/afanasiev.html 1' Ofc. Afanasiev sees the taser probe in Ofc, Burger's hand and acknowledges its existence yet he does not photograph it like he did the othertwotaser probes, the one lying on the sidewalk with a taser wire still attached to it and the one in the fence with a taser wire still attached to it. Manuel Temores Former Palo Alto Police Officer Officer Temores testified that the battery on his microphone ran out of power and therefore there was no audio recording with the video. Santa Clara County Crime Lab Analyst Christopher Corpora forensically verified that there is audio on the recording but that it had been electronically muted so that it could not be heard. https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/three.html There are many problems with Temores' taser camera/videos as well: https://chiefburns.weebly.com/temores.html The MAV videos have been edited and falsified: https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-10.html https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/one.html (Created fiction, (Deep Fake Video) The PAPD falsely presented the crime scene by removing the taser cartridge, taser probes, blast doors and AFIDS, which is a violation of CA PC 141(b); https://corruptpaloaltopolice.weebly.com/afanasiev.html htths://corruotoaloaltopolice.weeblv.com/powers.html Two officers from the PAPD knowingly provided false testimony during a court proceeding; https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/nine.html https://sccrimelab.weebly.com/seven.html The PAPD falsified the taser gun activation data and submitted that data to federal court; https://chiefburns.weebly.com/exhibit-6.html ■ U.S. Senator Peters: Deepfake . SC e ( Ifik hrtps:/A w,w.michiganradio.org/postpus ® »•• J.S. Senator Peters: Deepfake videos dangerous to democracy By TRACY SAM ILTON JUL 10, 20/9 0 Share 0 Tweet 0 Email DeepFvke videos use ortrfi€iai fraterngenre software to create faked video that I'aak almost entirely real, depicting events that did rlat OMR' cREDI7 S.LCEESTCC, Michigan Senator Gary Peters has joined with other members of the Senate Artificial Intelligence Caucus (Al Caucus) to sponsor a bill going after deepfakes. Deepfakes are online videos created using sophisticated machine learning software, They manipulate real content to depict events and statements that did not actually occur. "They are a very dangerous item that can be weaponized to put out false information,' says Peters. "Gut if you watch it, you would think. my gosh that must be accurate because I saw them say it myself. httos://www.michiganradio.org/law/2019-07-10/u-s-senator-peters-deepfake-videos-dangerous-to-democracy .... 0 * 0.,Se P.. Berman Introduces Bill to Prey- X C Q ( CI hubs:J/224asmdcargfpress-release arc Berman REMIT LEGISLATION CA MASTER ALAN F 21020 CENSUS •• DISTRICT NEWS ROOM Berman Introduces Bill to Prevent Spread of Malicious Deepfakes Searcfl Tuesday, February 19, 2019 SACRAMENTO - Assemblymiember Mare Berman (D -Palo Alto) has introduced legislation to criminalize the nefarious creation and distribution of deepfakes - hyper - realistic video or audio recordings of someone appearing to say or do something that the individual did not say or do. CONTACT M, SIGNUP FOR SCHEER/LINO COMMEND/1 "Deepfakes distort the truth. making it harder to distinguish real events and actions from fiction and fantasy," said Assemblymember Berman `While California Is open the leader in advancing new technology. we cannot allow deceptive video and audio recordings to be weaponlzed against individual people. communities, or the public al large. Deepfakes are already being used to harass women. and they have (tae ability to cause further harrn by inciting violence, manipulating elections. and undermining national security. Assembly Bill 602 will prevent the spread of deepfakes that are U pccrnirq created with malicious intent ` Events httos://a24.asmdc.org/Dress-releases/20190219-berms n-introduces-bi II-prevent-spread-malicious-deeofakes You Worit Believe What Olaama Says In This Video,, 6,,it14,727vi€wS nimummai, O pir ec,4 min [;1st - °p.1Arri :-. & C httos://www.voutube.com/watch?v=cG54GDm1eLO&t=11s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 t: OpIrkolY0110aap-Filse deu X E 3 e Q 0 0 nt4psfMM.v+.Ryt�nes-eamr-- p per Elie Neat }lorkEimes 01)1111011 Will Deep -Fake Technology Destroy Democracy? Search linagitle if a doctored video of a politician appeared the day before an election. It's everything Vladimir Putin ever dreamed of. Byhennifar Finney Boylan CO lit neUt,ng OP.114C4 Wfl er Oct. 17- 2018 f ,r • • �l 1sa https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/opinion/deep-fake-technology-democracy.html?register=email&auth=regi ter -email - iR1 iron, Ao , �•e'r rr Case Typo Battory on a Peace Officer PAI.o AL ro POLICE CONTINUATION Case Number 08-1777 2 REPORT On 28 August 08, I spoke with DDA D. Medved who adviwil that the defense 3 attorney in this case alleged that the digital %idea from the TASEfts Itsd been altered.. On 29 4 August 08, I obtained the TASERs and TASFR Cameras from Officer Tontines (serial number 5 XOO-292417) and Officer Burger (serial number X00-292463) Also on 29 August 2008,1 6 contacted the City of Palo Alto's Information Technology Division and requested that the CPU 7 that stores our TASER digital video downloads be copied and that [receive the original CPU. 8 Later that day, David Chu from IT disconnected the CPU (HP. serial number 2UB424055T1 and transferred 1t lo rne. These items rcmamed to my dike under lock and key until 12 September 20t)g when 1 cotmptctcd cviJcncc sheets documenting these items acrd presented them to PAPD Evidence Technician Brad Ilerran over the counter. I requested that the items be delivered to Mr, John Bourke it the Santa Clara County Crime Lib RECOMMENDATIONS: done 1+�lY-w1 Oates tes . t7, Swim ..IOW MPON —4z. r.,• 2 t10Y00mOrt Sgt. Afanasiev, you know that you and your fellow officers destroyed taser probes/wires/cartridge/AFIDS and other evidence and audio/video recordings to falsely portray a crime scene in order to conceal the crimes of Officer Burger and others. You know that your fellow officers created fictional videos to falsely portray what occurred in order to wrongly and maliciously incriminate a citizen of a crime who was the victim of the crime committed by your fellow officers. There isn't much more antithetical to the freedoms of the United States and the Rule of Law and the Constitution than that. You took an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Are you going to honor your word and oath or are you going to betray your country and the Constitution? You have had two months to contact Kristen Clarke, Assistant Attorney General for the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division & Rob Bonta, California Attorney General. Either you have said nothing and or they have done nothing. If you don't want to contact Kristin Clarke Asst. Att. General for the Civil Rights Division or Rob Bunto California AG than maybe you should contact U.S. Attorney John Durham. If the California AG Bonta and the U.S. DOJ don't want to do anything than maybe you should contact a Representative or Senator who could conduct congressional hearings. Obviously, you would have to contact an elected official who would take your statement seriously unlike the locals who have a conflict of interest. I would think that our elected officials who want to defend and uphold the Constitution would want to know if police are using Deep Fake videos which destroy our democracy, our Constitution; our liberties. Tony Ciampi From: Aram James To: Tanaka, Greg; Lumi Gardner; Greer Stone; Council, City; chuck jagoda; Winter Dellenbach; Roberta Ahlquist; Rte; Said Khan; Jeff Moore; Human Relations Commission; Jav Bovarskv; Enberg, Nicholas; robert.parham@cityofpaloalto.orq; Tannock, Julie; Jonsen, Robert; Lewis. james; Reifschneider, James; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Cecilia Taylor; Shikada Ed; Alison Cormack; Binder, Andrew; Perron Zachary; Curtis Smolar Subject: Just say no to anti-Semitic attacks in Palo Alto and all communities Date: Monday, February 21, 2022 10:05:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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THEY WILL ALL BURN IN HELL FOR THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THIS ATTEMPTED WHITE GENOCIDE. A A A Credit: Stew Peters... From: Gunjan-Harshad Junnarkar To: CSD; Parks; Council, City Cc: Harshad-Gunian Junnarkar Subject: Trash Bins in Palo Alto Date: Monday, February 21, 2022 11:24:04 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Staff at City of Palo Alto, I am a resident of the City of Palo Alto with a Labrador Retriever who enjoys taking walks in the city. However, I have noticed that the city has trash bins only near shopping centers, plazas, parks, downtown or schools but not on interior street corners. This becomes an issue while walking our dog as there are no trash bins anywhere and I have to carry the waste bag for quite some distance for it's disposal. My suggestion is that the city should place trash bins at street intersections where they can be placed without affecting the neighborhood. This would make the city of Palo Alto a truly dog friendly city. It will also ensure that dog waste is not littered around and cultivate dog owners to be more civic minded. A good example where trash bins are simply missing is the new pedestrian bridge at East Meadow across US 101. Ideally, there should be a trash bin at each end of this bridge but there is none. One has to walk a mile or more before running into a trash bin. Placing 50 to 100 additional trash bins at strategic locations in the city will greatly impact the dog waste issue. I am hoping to get some response from appropriate staff in the City of Palo Alto. Looking forward to further communication. best regards, Harshad Junnarkar Cell: 650 353 6432 Email: junnarkarhome@gmail.com From: Mr.Roberts Kevin Subject: Warm Greetings, Date: Monday, February 21, 2022 11:06:06 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. 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From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 10:21 AM Subject: Eileen GU: An AMERICAN and Olympia https://enewspaper.latimes.com/desktop/latimes/default.aspx? token=42e23962a5d74614be16bae3d62d13e7&utm id=48953&sfmc id=464613 3&edid=16012730-1767-4545-b32e-c9f50ae51696 Clos e ATransl�aote r f ti e lekSie 3 1 2 2 (Lily Qian/For The Washington Post) 'Ai' 'V►y> IA Kristi Kristi Yamaguchi won gold 30 years ago. American figure skating would never look the same. 0 Listen to article 10 min By Robert Samuels February 14, 2022 at 10:36 a.m. EST GJ u She had all the ingredients of the classic American women's figure skating champion. She was an artist and an athlete, elegant and expressive, with a competitive arsenal of jumps and a program of intricate footwork and transitions ahead of its time. But Kristi Yamaguchi also was an Olympic champion unlike any the country had seen: an Asian American woman in a sport that long had been the domain of White Americans and Europeans. Thirty years ago, Yamaguchi won a gold medal. And while she wasn't feted in traditional ways, her triumph now looks like a seminal moment in the sport's transformation. Her deep edges carved a new path for Asian American superstars: Michelle Kwan, a two-time Olympic medalist; Nathan Chen, who won the gold medal in the Olympic men's individual competition last week; and Alysa Liu and Karen Chen, who will compete in the women's competition beginning Tuesday. Five of the 16 figure skaters on the U.S. team in Beijing are of Asian descent. In PyeongChang four years ago, there were seven, including the Shibutani siblings, who won a bronze medal in ice dance. The sport has become so popular with skaters of East Asian descent that those numbers hardly seem remarkable. Yamaguchi faced a different landscape. Back then, an Olympic figure skating title usually guaranteed certain spoils: gushing media coverage, endorsements deals, the moniker of "America's sweetheart." But when she returned home from the Games in Albertville, France, advertisers questioned whether Yamaguchi — the daughter of second- and third -generation Japanese Americans — could fill that role. "To marketers, Kristi Yamaguchi isn't as good as gold," one headline read. A sports advertising executive put it this way in a 1992 Associated Press story: Yamaguchi "is definitely suffering because of her Japanese face and her Japanese name." "Right now there is a negative connected with anything Japanese," the executive said. "It's wrong, wrong, wrong, but that is the way it is." Yamaguchi had become the first Asian American woman to win gold at the Winter Olympics, and she wasn't deterred, saying in a recent interview that she "just felt like any other California girl representing her country." She starred in a handful of commercials, mesmerized audiences on tour, won on "Dancing With the Stars" and started a foundation focusing on early childhood literacy. She reconciled her own questions of identity and found a place on the world stage, having provided a road map both for Asian American talent and for the modern incarnation of her sport. Asked how she helped find a path, Yamaguchi, now 5o, had a simple answer: "I didn't go away." 'Can someone tell them I'm an American?' She grew up fascinated by Dorothy Hamill, the spunky 1976 Olympic champion with the trendy wedge haircut who later headlined the Ice Capades. There was something elegant and accessible about the sport of figure skating to a tiny child with club feet and dreams of stardom. "I was a small, scrawny, skinny, uncoordinated little kid and tried a lot of different sports, but skating just clicked with me," Yamaguchi recalled. "I didn't have to keep up with anyone else. I could go at my own pace." Her parents, Carole and Jim, weren't sure she had what it took to be an Olympian. Other girls had an easier time picking up the basic skills. But Kristi never stopped trying. And at home, there was another skater the Yamaguchis loved to watch. Nine years after Hamill won her gold medal, a fellow Californian named Tiffany Chin became the nation's first Asian American figure skating champion, capable of long balletic lines and big triple jumps. Olympics Editors' Picks What it's like inside the Beijing The U.S. always g Kristi Yamaguchi won gold 30 years ago. American figure skating Olympics would never... Perspective Injuries prevented Chin — who last month was inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame — from reaching her full potential. But a young Yamaguchi had an affinity for Chin that Yamaguchi's mother said she did not fully expect. When Kristi was young, Carole Yamaguchi joked, "I don't think she knew she was Asian." Sure, they went to a Japanese church and celebrated Children's Day, a Japanese national holiday, but she lived in the diverse Bay Area, where there was not just one way to think about being an American. Nothing about her identity made her feel distinct. Her family history, though, encompassed both patriotism and the indignities that can come with being a person of color in the United States. Carole's father, George Doi, served in World War II, earning a Bronze Star Medal as the only Japanese member of his troop. As Doi fought for his country, his wife, Kathleen, received a special clearance to leave the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, an internment camp in Wyoming. But she could not find work in an environment distrusting of Japanese Americans and eventually went back into internment in Colorado, where Carole Yamaguchi was born. When George Doi came home, the family tried to assimilate, and the past was rarely discussed. "I think much of that first generation that had gone through World War II tried so hard to just put it behind them and move forward and not talk about it," Kristi Yamaguchi said. "They wanted to really establish themselves as American and living the American life." Carole married Jim Yamaguchi and had three children, all of whom loved sports. Brett played basketball. Lori twirled batons. And Kristi's persistence in skating soon paid off. She became one of the United States' best young skaters in two disciplines. In 1988, skating with a Mexican American named Rudy Galindo, Yamaguchi won the world junior championship in pairs. She also won the girls' event. The accomplishment remains singular. It was at the competition that Kristi began to realize that not everyone in the skating world processed her identity. Yamaguchi had finished ahead of two Japanese skaters that year. She was eager to stand atop on the podium and hear the national anthem, but there was an unusual delay backstage. She did not understand why until she heard an organizer say, "We can't find three Japanese flags." "I'm like, 'Can someone tell them I'm American?' " she recalled. `The new face of the American dream' She was 20 years old when she came to the Albertville Games, the reigning national and world champion. Even so, she was not expected to win after recent rule changes placed more of an emphasis on power and jumping. Yamaguchi's technical arsenal was nothing to shirk at, but compatriot Tonya Harding was a better jumper and Japan's Midori Ito was the finest technician in the world. Both of those women were capable of landing the treacherous triple axel. Without the triple axel, Yamaguchi tried to match her arsenal of triple jumps and difficult combination spins with detailed programs in which every beat — from the turn of her head to a flirtatious lifting of her skirt — was choreographed. Harding and Ito both crashed on their triple axel attempts in the first phase of the event, clearing Yamaguchi's path to victory, and a strong (if flawed) program in the final was good enough. Yamaguchi's visage landed on a Special K box and the cover of "Sports Illustrated," and she sat on the couch with talk show host Arsenio Hall. Those appearances were far cries from the cultural ubiquity that came when her role model, Hamill, won gold. "I didn't skate and try to win for endorsements," Yamaguchi told herself. "If I get something, awesome. That's cool." But as skaters and other Japanese Americans posited whether race was limiting her exposure, she wrestled with questions that are familiar to many minorities: Was it me? Was it some broader culture bias? Was it something else? "It was a hard time," Yamaguchi said, noting that her Olympic win came a few weeks after the 5oth anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. "At the time, with the auto industry, there was a lot of tension with Japanese American relations. I think that's what led people to think well ... that may be why she's not getting endorsements. "I thought maybe that could be a little bit of it," Yamaguchi said. "Who knows? I'm 20. I'm shy. I was not well spoken. You're just so young and so naive." But those experiences also drove home a new awareness of what she had achieved — and a new feeling of responsibility to speak about her heritage. She was flattered when she received letters from little girls who said they looked up to her, that they wanted to be like her. Japanese American groups reached out to her family to offer support. Yamaguchi was struck when she saw a family friend interviewed on television, talking about the special pride she felt when she saw that "Sports Illustrated" cover with its headline: "American Dream." "I feel like this is the new face of the American dream: an Asian American," her family friend said. Less than two years into Yamaguchi's pro career, the infamous clubbing of Nancy Kerrigan, her former teammate, set off a media frenzy. Kerrigan had the "look" of an "America's sweetheart" that advertisers had grown used to: She was brown -haired and blue-eyed, with a signature move in which she would glide along the ice with her hand on her heart. The fanfare and endorsement deals that eluded Yamaguchi came easily to Kerrigan, even before she won silver at the 1994 Olympics. The controversy created a surge of interest in figure skating, leading to huge ratings and weekly made -for -television competitions. Yamaguchi didn't go away. And although audiences might have tuned in because of the bizarre incident, they kept watching — and fell for Yamaguchi. She continued to do the intricate steps and many of the jumps that she did while she was competing. She made audiences dance while skating to En Vogue, made them cry while skating to Chopin, brought them to their feet while skating to Simon & Garfunkel. "Stars on Ice, when we founded it, it was a 3o -city tour," said Scott Hamilton, the 1984 Olympic men's champion. "When Kristi joined it, it became a 6o -city tour overnight. And so she had a great, incredible capacity to draw. People adored her." That silenced doubts about whether an Asian American could capture American hearts. Paul Wylie, a silver medalist at the 1992 Games who later toured with Yamaguchi, said she had the ability to mesmerize audiences every night. "Wow, look at Kristi go," Wylie recalled thinking. "She's a star." And her arrival was the vanguard for a wave of Asian American talent in the sport. In the 3o national championships held since her gold medal, only three have not included an Asian American woman on the podium. She provided mentorship and sponsorship to many of the women who followed her, including Liu and Chen, the 2022 Olympians. There is "an intrinsic value with seeing someone who looks like you and in the national spotlight," said Kadari Taylor -Watson, the director of diversity, equity and inclusion at U.S. Figure Skating. "You start believing you can achieve that, too." Four years after Yamaguchi won her gold medal, a 15 -year -old American named Michelle Kwan won the world championship. Kwan would go on to win silver and bronze medals at the Olympics and five world championships in all, becoming one of the most decorated skaters of all time. Her performances at Salt Lake City 2002 inspired a young man from Utah to take up skating. That boy was Nathan Chen. "You don't get a Nathan Chen without a Michelle Kwan, and you don't get a Michelle Kwan without Kristi," said Barbara Reichert, a spokeswoman with U.S. Figure Skating. "[Kristi] helped to open the door." What to know about the Beijing Olympics Beijing Winter Olympics I Schedule and TV guide I Medal count I How to watch The latest: Day 11 at the Beijing Winter Olympics Russian Olympic Committee figure skater Kamila Valieva, 15, is eligible to compete after testing positive for a banned substance in late December. The result of the positive test was reported last week. Jerry Brewer: Erin Jackson's golden moment is a breakthrough for U.S. speedskating and representation As U.S. skip John Shuster attempts to defend a gold medal, his buddies back home are cheering at all hours. Shaun White competed in his final Olympic event. Here's a look back at his career. From: Allan Seid To: Channing House Bulletin Board Subject: Fwd: Eileen GU. 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As soon as I receive your reply , I shall give you more information on what you should do to receive the money to your bank account for the investment. Hoping to receive your reply. Mrs.Josan Nowak From: Jeff Hoel To: UAC Cc: Hoel, Jeff (externall; Palo Alto Fiber; Council, City Subject: TRANSCRIPT -- 02-08-22 UAC meeting -- FTTP Date: Sunday, February 20, 2022 3:32:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Commissioners, Re: 02-08-22 UAC agenda: https://www. cityofpaloalto. org/fi les/assets/public/age nd as -m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti I iti es-advisory-commission/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-mi nutes-2022/02-08-2022/uac-agenda-february-08-2022. pdf 02-08-22 staff report (10 pages, including 8 pages of presentation slides) https://www. cityofpa loalto. org/files/assets/public/age ndas-m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti I iti es-advisory-commission/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-mi nutes-2022/02-08-2022/02-08-2022-id-13939-item-1. pdf 02-08-22 video: httos://midDenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-282022/ Please see a TRANSCRIPT of this meeting, below the "######" line. With my comments (paragraphs in red beginning with "f/I/I/"). First, some high-level comments: 1. I worry that the word isn't getting out. la. I agree with Vice Chair Segal (0:35:47) that the communications team doesn't have a way of measuring what fraction of the public even knows about the FTTP project. 1 b. I agree with Commissioner Johnston (0:41:31) that an article in the Palo Alto Weekly would help. 1c. I agree with Chair Forssell (1:01:10) that there's a lot of overlap between what's asked on the Get Involved Map and what will be asked in market surveys, and hope that it's easy to merge the two datasets. 2. I'd like to hear from Commissioner Scharff. When he was mayor in 2013, he said in his State of the City speech that the time for FTTP was "now." bttos://www.ci yofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/city-council-and-mayor/state-of-the-city-address/scharff2013-state-of-the-city- soeech.odf Thanks. Jeff Jeff Hoel 731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 1/a111111/1a/1«1111/1##################### raft TRANSCRIPT: 0:00:00: ######################### ############ Chair Forssell: Hello, everybody. Welcome to the February 8th special meeting of the Utilities Advisory Commission. We are meeting today to discuss an item that we wanted to make sure was well -noticed to the public, as a hold -over from our regular meeting last week. flIlll On UAC's 02-02-22 agenda, Item VII.2's description didn't say "fiber." https://www. cityofpa loalto. org/files/assets/public/age ndas-m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti I iti es-advisory-com m iss ion/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/02-02-2022/02-02-2022-uac-agenda.pdf And so, why don't we get right to it. We'll start with roll call. I'll call out commissioner names, in the order in which I first saw you come onto Zoom. Commissioner Bowie. 0:00:35: Commissioner Bowie: Present. 0:00:37: Chair Forssell: Vice Chair Segal. 0:00:39: Vice Chair Segal: Present. 0:00:40: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Johnston. 0:00:41: Commissioner Johnston: Present. 0:00:43: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Scharff. 0:00:45: Commissioner Scharff: Present. 0:00:47: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Metz. 0:00:48: Commissioner Metz: Present. 0:00:50: Chair Forssell: All right. And, so far, Commissioner Smith isn't here. If he's able to come later, well make a note of it. And I'm here as well. And, Council Member Cormack. I don't know if you count for roll call, but . . . 0:01:01: Council Member Cormack: I do not count for roll call, but I am here. 0:01:03: Chair Forssell: All right. I'll remember that for next time. OK. So, let's see. [II.] Agenda Review and Revisions. We've only got one item, so I don't think there are any revisions. Which brings us to [III.] Oral Communications. Are there any members of the public who want to address the UAC on some item that is NOT on the agenda? 0:01:35: Dave Yuan: Oh, OK. So, it seems one hand raised. So, Ms. Joye, please unmute your mike. 0:01:45; Lindsay Joye: Oh, hi. This is Lindsay Joye. And I just wanted announce that the link on your agenda does not lead you to the Zoom meeting. You have to hand -enter in the numbers. So -- It just says the Zoom account hasn't been paid, or something like that. So, just an FYI about today's agenda. 0:02:04: Chair Forsell: OK. Thank you for that. So, if anybody's watching via some other mechanism than straight on the Zoom, can you just repeat the instructions one more time? What they need to do? 0:02:16: Lindsay Joye: Look at the top of the agenda. Open Zoom. And copy the actual numbers of the Meeting ID. 0:02:24: Chair Forssell: Got it. 0:02:25: Lindsay Joye: Because the hyperlink didn't work for me. 0:02:29: Chair Forssell: Gotcha. 0:02:30: Tabatha Boatwright: Chair Forssell? 0:02:32: Chair Forssell: Yes. 0:02:33: Tabatha Boarwright: This is Tabatha Boatwright. And I'm administrating the meeting. That error has been corrected. 0:02:40: Chair Forssell: OK. So, if they've got a -- If somebody's got a fresh copy of the agenda, they can use the link. But if they're having trouble, they should just enter the Meeting ID. 0:02:49: Dave Yuan: OK. If anyone else from the public would like to speak on an item not on tonight's agenda, please raise your hand. No other hands are raised. 0:03:00: Chair Forssell: Thank you. Um, let's see, we don't have any [IV.] Minutes to approve, from a prior meeting, nor do we have any [V.] Unfinished Business. Director Batchelor, do you have a ([VI.] Utilities Director Report) report for us? 0:03:11: Director Batchelor: I do not. Illlli But a kind of Director's Report occurred at 1:16:43. 0:03:12: Chair Forssell: OK. Which means we can go straight to our [VII.1] New Business. "Discussion of the Palo Alto Fiber Project and Updates on the Communications and Community Engagement Efforts to Date and Upcoming Opportunities Planned." So, before we dive into it, let me -- or, maybe as the start of diving into it -- are there any members of the public wishing to speak on this topic? 0:03:40: Dave Yuan: If anyone from the public would like to speak on this item, please raise your hand. No hands are raised. 0:03:50: Chair Forssell: All right. Great. Then is there a staff persentation? 0:03:54: Director Batchelor: There is, Chair Forssell. Good evening. commissioners, Council Member Cormack. All great to see you again. Thank you very much for your flexibility, for being available today, as we were not able to -- as Chair Forssell mentioned earlier-- that we were not able to put this on the agenda. Tonight we have with us Amanda de Jesus, our Communications Manager, and Meghan Horrigan-Taylor, who is our Chief Communications Officer. That we'll be running through a presentation, to talk a little bit about some updates on the communication and engagements, as well as some upcoming opportunities. That was the main reason why we needed to hold this meeting earlier than later, and not push it to next month's meeting. There are some workshops that will be coming open here. And we'll talk a little bit more about that. So, with that, I will turn it over to Amanda. 0:04:47: Milt Slide 1 (PDF page 3) -- Palo Alto Fiber -- Communications and Community Engagement Update Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: I'll kick it of, to start. 0:04:50: Director Batchelor: OK. 0:04:50: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: And Amanda and I will tag -team the presentation tonight. And also help with facilitating any input, or also any questions that the commission may have. Good evening, Meghan Horrigan-Taylor. Thank you for having us. We're really excited to provide you with a status report today about the communications and community engagement efforts planned, and also progress made so far, **. 0:05:20: ### Slide 2 -- Goals and Milestones And so, if we can go -- this slide -- perfect -- I wanted to just provide a snapshot of where we are, and also where were headed, around this overall effort, from a communications and community awareness standpoint. So, kind of kicking this off in the fall, in September timeframe, this current kind of -- well talk about these in phases, just to give everyone a snapshot of our goals and milestones here, but from when we started this project, the opportunity in front of us was to a few things. One is, maximize community awareness about this project -- what it is, ways the community could get involved and provide input. And it really builds community excitement about fiber. And so, we kicked off that effort by doing a lot of different things, both communicating with the public about the project, setting up a project web page, also kicking off a new fiber hub, ### To me, it's potentially confusing to be using the word "hub" in two different senses: 1) a website place for communicating about FTTP, and 2) a physical shed for housing FTTP electronics. that we'll talk a little bit about, as a way to build excitement, but also, to really engage the community in different ways on this project. And, really, the overall goal here is to build momentum, leading up to a conversation with the UAC and the Council in the May/June timeframe. And at that point, the hope is that the Council and the UAC will make some decisions about the project. ### Traditionally, UAC decides (by voting) what to recommend to Council, and lets both Council and the public know (via minutes, video). And then, later, Council decides (by voting), after receiving input from the public. ### Traditionally, joint meetings between Council and UAC have been study sessions for the purpose of discussing how Council and UAC can accomplish these functions separately. The last such meeting was 11-27-17. https://www.citvofoaloalto. org/files/assets/ou bl ic/agendas-m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/city-cou ncil-agendas-minutes/00- archive/2017/11-27-17-ccm.pdf ### As I understand it, the proposed joint meeting between Council and UAC will be a study session, so nobody will decide anything (by voting). And then, at that point, we'll continue to build momentum, and continue to build excitement, and continue to inform about the project. And then we'll have additional phases, as part of the effort. And so, this is really our initial snapshot for you tonight. To talk about things that we've accomplished, but also look ahead a little bit in the next 3-4 month period. What's planned. Opportunities for the UAC to assist us with sharing information with your community networks, potentially have focus group conversations, and really try to continue to communicate with the public about these opportunities to be engaged. But also answer questions that the community may have about the project. So, Amanda will be helping us talk about some of the tactical work that we did up until this point, and some items that are planned. But did just want to give you the sort of snapshot in time, with a few of these phases, to talk through that a little bit, as a way to capture the goals of what were attempting. And also just talk through the expectations from a community standpoint, in terms of community conversations that are happening and ongoing. So, with that, our next slide, ... 0:08:14: ### Slide 3 -- Community Education ... I'll turn it over to Amanda, to talk a little bit about our community education, that's started, as well some community engagement. Amanda. 0:08:24: Amanda de Jesus: Thank you, Meghan. And I apologize. I may lose the screen -share. I need to grab my notes from the other screen. So, I'm going to try and switch over. If I do this, you can't see the presentation anymore, right? Or can you? 0:08:43: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: We can still see it. 0:08:44: Amanda de Jesus: You can. OK. Great. 'Cause it says your screen -sharing is paused on my screen. So, if you can see that page, great. So, thank you, Meghan. Obviously, communication education encompasses a variety of different approaches, both digitally and in print. So this slide captures the many different approaches currently underway and planned. The community education engagement phase on Palo Alto Fiber is continuing, as Meghan mentioned, through May. As you'll hear later, there is great excitement for this project. And all of these approaches seek to build awareness. Build excitement. And ensure that the community is aware of the conversations taking place. So, I'm not going to go though each of these in detail. But I wanted to capture all the ways we are reaching community members and businesses. We are also leveraging Utilities existing customer communications channels to increase awareness and engagement opportunities. Staff are also supporting the Utilities customer service team, who will be receiving direct phone calls about the fiber project. This particular aspect of correspondence actually kicked off late last week. So, that one is fairly new. 0:10:00: Slide 4 -- Community Education (cont.) -- including the Fiber Hub (and Get -Involved Map) I'm going to jump to this next slide. So, we are working to build community awareness as we go. So, this slide shares the Fiber Hub. This particular slide is the Get -Involved Map that we developed as part of this Hub, as a means to engage the community, get people talking to each other, pin their support for the project. How does the map get people talking to each other? Contact information is not provided. 1//Itt I don't understand what the heart buttons are all about. A Chrome browser search reveals that there are 174 "0" hearts, 39 "1" hearts, and 5 "2" hearts. But 4 of the 5 "2" instances are at the Arthur Keller entry. What's up with that? It's one of the ways that community members also can engage with staff. Through this hub site, they can also learn about the fiber project, including its benefits, and gain resources, like frequently asked questions, fact sheet, and the ambassador toolkit. To date, the fiber hub has actually had over 4,000 views. I confess that I have viewed the site dozens of times, just to track progress. Does the City have data on how many times each visitor clicked on other buttons at the website? 11111E By the way, when you go to this page, a pop-up says, "fiber-palo-alto.hub.arcgis.com wants to know your location," and gives you the opportunity to click "ALLOW," "BLOCK," or "X." I have always clicked "X," because things like this usually mean you're willing to get ads for pizzas close to your current physical location. Does the City have data on what people have been clicking? Why is the City asking this question? And 210 residents and businesses have pinned their support on this map. lllllt How many of these are businesses? (This data is collected but not made public.) 1//Itt Has staff reviewed the data for plausibility? One person entered the same data twice (accidentally, I assume). This shows excitement and support of the project, because the community are actively going in, saying that they're interested, adding their name and their address to the map, and signing up to receive regular updates. 0:11:08: The project webpage is more of a technical webpage, that provides information like previous staff reports, and presentations, helpful documents, calendar listings of upcoming events, and a ref project timeline. 0:11:23: The blog is a series of educational and engagement information, with the first being about, "Five Ways That the Community Can Learn and Be Engaged With Palo Alto Fiber." Each month -- Each month's blog will focus on a new topic area that gives a little bit more in-depth information, and is shared through a social media websites and newsletters. As of today, February 8th, 880 people have viewed our latest blog. Which is exciting and great. Because, again, it just shows that people are excited about this project. They want to know more. They want to sign up for updates. They're willing to invest their time into learning more and getting involved. 0:12:04: Going to social media, again, this is an ongoing, ever -evolving strategy. Currently, our reach and engagement has steadily been increasing over past few months, with thousands of views and engagement on each of our posts. The FIBERLink newsletter was launched a couple weeks ago. And, to date, over 550 people have subscribed to received that monthly eblast. Within the first two weeks after it -- of its launch. About 400 people signed up to receive the newsletter. And it also had a strong open rate. Once again, reinforcing that the community is excited about this project, and want to learn more. 0:12:46: IIIItt back to Slide 3. So, I want to go back to this slide. Um. So, as I mentioned, the social presence will continue to grow. We're not only focusing on mainstream channels like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, but also Linkedln, to better reach our business community. And NextDoor, to reach our residents. We've been seeing, again, steady growth in the number of people we reach. And people are responding to the City's outreach and education, which can be seen in the number of blog views, the hubsite views and pins, and, of course, the sign-ups for the open rates of the newsletter. Through social media, we're also doing weekly posts, using the hashtag #FiberFriday tag. These, again, provide more information about the project, and can easily be shared with your neighbors and community networks. Through all of these social media platforms, the community can also share the City's posts, to help their networks learn about fiber and engage other Palo Altans, which, again, I have been seeing that consistently. People are sharing our posts more. Which means more people are seeing them, that we aren't necessarily able to reach as easily as your community networks. Creating community driven social media conversations about Palo Alto Fiber is a great start to connecting and joining the conversation on this effort. 0:14:08: I'm going to touch on the Fiber Ambassador Toolkit real quick. So, this ... 0:14:11: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Actually, Amanda, can I jump in really quick? 0:14:12: Amanda de Jesus: Yeah. 0:14:12: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: The one thing I also wanted to mention on this slide is, there is an opportunity for community members to email us directly. llllli The slide itself doesn't have any email addresses. This "Contact Us" page littos://fiber-Dalo-alto.hub.arcgis.com/Dages/contact-us provides fiber@cityofpaloalto.org as an email address. On 12-18-21 I sent a message to meghan.horrigan-taylor@cityofpaloalto.org and jay.sivarajah@cityofpaloalto.org about the "Get Involved" map, and didn't hear back. To ask questions, to get more information. We've seen a steady increase in email communication as well. That actually does help us to build out our frequently asked questions. I know Amanda will get to that in a little bit. But I just wanted to mention that as well. 0:14:39: Amanda de Jesus: Yeah, thank you. 0:14:40: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. 0:14:41: Amanda de Jesus: Um. So, yeah, the Fiber Ambassador Toolkit is another resource that shares tools and resources about ways to host a neighborhood meet -up on fiber. It contains adjusted topics of discussion, sample agendas, Powerpoint slides, etc. Its a way to provide the community with some added resources, to build their own networks, help their people. Really, it's a way for neighbors to meet up together. It provides the resources to connect with staff for more support on hosting these conversations. It furthers the work that the City is doing to support the community, hosting these types of conversations. It's a great launching point for the community. And we've already received some great feedback about the -- about different resources that we can include in the Toolkit. And it is a living document. We will update it as we receive feedback and information that the community sees as helpful to host these types of conversations amongst each other. One of the things that will be added to the Toolkit are to help the social media conversations -- like, the actual drafted social media posts, with graphics, that people can easily copy and paste, and share with their own -- or, on their own social media platforms. Excuse me. 0:16:10: ### Slide 5 -- Common Community Questions Um. So, as Meghan mentioned, we have definitely been receiving -- people asking questions about fiber, through the fiber email address, which myself and another staff monitor. 11#11 OK, so this is the preferred email address? (fiber©cityofpaloalto.org) These are the most common questions. Part of the community interest and input received are questions about the project. Part of the opportunity to have these FAQs online is to evolve them over time in response to specific questions from the community. The FAQs are on the fiber hub page. They're not on the project site yet. They're on the hub page. And as we receive questions from the community, we will be updating them, working with our consultant, to get the technical questions answered as best we can. This list of questions, and their corresponding answers will be provided to you. They are actually on the hub already. So you can go on there to check them out. If you receive questions -- you, as UAC commissioners receive questions, or similar questions -- It's a great resource. And you can also reach our to staff if you have other questions. Um. Let me ... 0:17:30: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: And also, for -- if there's questions missing, we'd love to hear feedback about that. We can definitely build these out further. 0:17:36: Amanda de Jesus: Yes. If there are missing questions. And this -- these are not the only ones that are on the website. This is just a snapshot of the ones that we've been receiving recently from the community. 0:17:46: 11111E Slide 6 -- Community Engagement So, going on to our community engagement opportunities, like I mentioned, the hub was launched in October 2021. That's, again, a great way to connect with other community members, and -- in a way that we can see, visually, that the excitement continues to grow. More people are pinning their support every day. The Fiber Community Information Session is coming up on Thursday, February 24th, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm. There will be time for an informational presentation, as well as a Q&A session with staff and our consultant, Magellan. 0:18:27: At the end for February, beginning of March, we are supporting a Fiber Neighborhood -- Neighbor Meet -Up Week. We are dedicating this week to supporting community members to host their own conversations around fiber, utilizing the Fiber Ambassador Toolkit and other resources provided by the City. Ambassadors and other community members are encouraged to set up some time to invite neighbors for a conversation about fiber, whether that's in person, in a park, or virtually. It's an opportunity for the community to come to staff and ask us to support these types of meetings, ask us to participate as guests. Really, we want the community to take ownership over this project, as well. Which is part of the reason -- and the whole point of doing engagement and education -- is to get people excited and involved, in taking -- starting to take ownership of this project. Hosting neighborhood meet -ups and community conversations really ensures that your neighbors know about the project. It ensures that they're given relevant -- and important and accurate -- information, that comes from a source of -- a good source of information. Excuse me. 0:19:46: Um. And, in addition, of course, encouraging neighborhood competition. It's something that we think will kind of happen organically through this process. But also, the City is -- City staff -- we are brainstorming ways right now ways that we help to encourage some friendly competition between neighborhoods. #ttttt What does staff have in mind as the stakes of such a competition? What would neighborhoods compete for? Getting more people in certain areas to show support, get involved. And this is one of the ways that we can help that along. 0:20:20: The UAC and the City Council will hold a Joint Study Session, tentatively scheduled for May. And then -- going back in time a little bit -- the Market Research Survey will be launched in the coming months. 0:20:42: I think -- I think that's it. Meghan. 0:20:50: ### Slide 7 -- Next Steps & Q&A Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. And so, we did want to provide an opportunity for questions from -- and input from the Utility [sic] Advisory Commission. Just in closing, I did want to reinforce that we are hearing a lot of really good feedback about the fiber project, and the effort underway. The excitement we're hoping to build upon. And continue to build community awareness about the project, through all these different ways, as well as other opportunities. Some opportunities will also kind of continue over time, between now and the Study Session with the UAC and the City Council, and beyond. Some of these include focus groups to talk about the project, answer questions, gain feedback. But the hope is, the market survey, the input received so far, will all be an opportunity to help inform the conversation that the UAC and the Council will have in May. And then, we'll, of course, build on that, moving forward. So, with that, we'll close, and offer any -- an opportunity for questions and additional input. Thank you. 0:22:04: Chair Forssell: Thank you very much. Let's see. I want to make a note that Commissioner Smith was able to join us. So, he's on now as well. And with that, why don't we turn to commissioners. Any questions or comments? It's helpful if you raise your Zoom hand. Commissioner Smith. 0:22:26: Commissioner Smith: Thank you, Chair. I've also had an opportunity to meet with Meghan, previous -- and Amanda previously, and an opportunity to dig deep into the Toolkit. And, again, I want to highlight the progress we've made so far. I do think it's good progress. That said, 1 -- One of the -- One of the preeminent requirements, when we passed, or pushed for, bringing Magellan on board was education and engagement with the public. 111111 I wonder if Commissioner Smith is referring to what UAC voted for at its 04-21-21 meeting? https: //www. cityofpaloalto. org/files/assets/public/age ndas-m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti I ities-advisory-com m iss ion/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2021 /04-21-2021-special/04-21-2021-uac-minutes.pdf At that meeting, Andy Poggio emphasized that the outreach should precede the surveys, so that survey participants would be educated about the issue. (See my transcript, on page 34 here, starting at 0:04:42.) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/public-letters-to-council/2021 /06-01-21-ccm-public-Ietters- set-5. pdf No doubt, there are other reasons to engage the public, but this one was important. 111/11 (Magellan was originally hired on 06-01-20.) httos://www. cityofpaloalto. org/files/assets/public/age ndas-minutes-re ports/reports/city-manager-re ports -cm rs/yea r-archive/2020-2/id- 11580.pdf?t=59010.48 It was one of the five tenets, if you will, of our entire proposal and motion, that was passed. One of the things that I am very concerned about is the education of the public. And I think relying on ambassadors who are not sponsored by the City, or even identified as community members sponsored by the City, where the City owns the organization -- which they do -- I think that reduces the credibility of the Ambassador program. And, more importantly, I think it also reduces the opportunity to deliver a shared message across the entire City of Palo Alto. I'm very concerned about having, you know, 20 to 30 different ambassadors delivering a different message on different neighborhood, with no understanding, specifically, of what Joe, Mary, and Bill are saying on any one particular day, and one particular meeting. 0:24:01: Another concern that I have is that it seems that, as much as we have "engaged" Magellan, from a City Department of Utilities perspective, for the fiber, and literally awarded $2.5 million -- in excess of $2.5 million -- for the engineering associated with this, we are now turning to the City of Palo Alto population to actually own the job. I don't think that's necessarily the case. The City of Palo Alto engages with the City -- and, quite frankly, pays taxes to the City -- to own this process. Together, we own the fiber. Together, we own the UAC. Together, we own the City Council. And we direct the City Council through our own voting. But, to turn around and say, we went ahead and hired Magellan to do the design, now I need you to go through and figure out everything else that's necessary to get the business up and running I think is a little unfair. And, quite frankly, drops the ball. 11111! Great point. I would encourage the City to take more of an ownership role. More importantly, a sponsorship, or a leadership role, in coordinating and organizing these ambassadors, rather than leaving it as a rough outline of an ambassador program. To my mind, an ambassador program, I think, can be very, very effective, provided it is very structured. Monthly meetings would be best, if they can be managed. We have 26,000 residents. Roughly. 1111/! Estimates vary. This 08-20-21 article says Palo Alto's population is 68,572. httos://oaloaltoonline.com/news/2021 /08/20/census-data-highlights-shifting-demographics-in-oalo-alto-neighborhoods This 09-28-13 staff report assumed that a citywide FTTP network would pass 22,709 residential premises (not counting 5,226 residences in MDUs of 20 or more units, which staff at that time assumed wouldn't be served by FTTP) and 3,192 business premises (not counting 734, which staff at that time assumed were too large to be served by FTTP). https: //www. cityofpa loalto. org/files/assets/public/aye nd as -m i n utes-reports/reports/city-ma nager-reports-cm rs/yea r-archive/2015/i d- 6104-ftto.odf These days, which premises are we assuming would be passed? And how many are there? 1/11/1 Maybe it would be a good idea to report, every quarter, what the premises counts are. Say, in Utilities Quarterly Reports. Which, by the way, should be quarterly. We -- Based upon our business plan from Magellan, even rough case, we need 7,800 -- or 30 percent -- of those residents to sign up. And we're a long ways from. And if we launched the website, and If we launched the interest -- statement of interest -- map in October, we're 5 months into a process that should be generating north of 600 -- 650 -- per month, for the next 12 months, if we're going to be successful in rolling out fiber to the home. Many municipalities that have successfully implemented municipal FTTP networks grew their take rates over several years. So, I would encourage just, perhaps, a little more stress on organization and structure to the program. But I do like what I've seen so far. Thanks very much. 0:26:21: #### [pause] 0:26:30: Chair Forssell: Sorry. Does staff want to respond to Commissioner Smith? 0:26:33: ### [pause] 0:26:41: Director Batchelor: Yes. I do. So, Commissioner Smith, I totally understand where -- what you're coming from on this. I guess the thing is is that, I'm thinking that -- um -- maybe, were -- in my mind, were not as far as where you're wanting to be at. From this outreach -- core of outreach -- to customers, and back out to the community. And that we are more in maybe one -- one and a half -- phases behind where you're at, at this point. Because, you know, I think the thing is is that this project has been on the books for 20 - plus years. ### Not exactly. When Council voted to do the dark fiber network in 1996, they hoped that FTTP would somehow emerge later, but, so far, it hasn't. That didn't put FTTP "on the books." We've had, you know, early adopters getting really excited, and then the City doesn't do anything, and we let it go. ### I think it's a mischaracterization to call the municipal FTTP advocates in Palo Alto from the turn of the century "early adopters." They wanted the whole City to be an early adopter. Does the City still have the names and addresses of the 67 customers of Palo Alto's FTTH Trial network in the Community Center neighborhood. It might be interesting to ask them if they were "early adopters" in the sense of having needs beyond that of the masses. They agreed to pay $85 per month for internet-only service. The original electronics supported only about 5/5 Mbps per premises. (As a further experiment, staff replaced the original electronics with BPON, which has 622/155 Mbps to share, and it was shared by 4 premises. I don't know if speed was further limited by the ISP.) It's been kind of a history. And so, now, it's actually -- we're getting excitement from the community itself, from showing that we are really 100 percent behind this, and were moving forward. And I think that, from what we've seen so far, from Amanda's work and Meghan's work, that the community has really been uplifted about this next move. However, the thing is that, I think that, you know, we are -- we don't even know if we are going to go to the ballot, ### On this particular point, Director Batchelor is getting ahead of his skis. In 2004, Council knew that a FTTP-specific ballot measure would have to pass by two-thirds, and that that would be tough to do, so it looked at lots of alternatives. This time around, one of staffs tasks is to consider financing options again, so that Council can pick one. or what were going to do, or how funding is going to come about. Or what were going to do with this. So, I think the thing is is that - - You know, I think we need to really go to the Council. And I think we need to actually talk to the Council about this. And then, we take the active role afterwards, about this whole ambassador piece that you were just explaining. And I think that that's where we need to then kind of find what those ambassadors, and what kind of tools we set them up for, as we move forward at that point. Because I think the thing is is that we don't want to get out in front of what the Council's direction might be. And once we have this joint venture meeting with Council, Olt Is this perhaps a Freudian slip? The next meeting between UAC and Council will NOT be a "joint venture" meeting. It will be a "joint" meeting. Under NO circumstances should anyone in City government be communicating with Joint Venture Silicon Valley, which advocates the interests of the telecom incumbents. I think well get a little bit more understanding from where the Council wants to be, and where they want to go with this. I know that, you know, the Council has adopted, and, basically, is talking to the UAC as the leads on this project. And I think the thing is is that we still need to get some direction from them. And then how were going about moving it. So, I understand exactly what you're saying. But we just might be just a little further -- YOU might be just a little bit further ahead than where staff is. 0:29:29: Commissioner Smith: Thank you very much, Dean. I appreciate the response. And I really do appreciate the consideration. And I'm not discounting that at all. I, in my head, have this grandiose idea that the City of Palo Alto can do anything. And I recognize that that is a beautiful space to be. And I recognize that it takes a lot of people to get there. There's no doubt about it. I think what I'm a little concerned about is that if we -- if we do the dates, or the scheduling, associated with this -- and this is what I do on a regular basis -- is, I look at the end goal. I look at the end goal. And then, I count back the number of days it's going to take me to get to that end goal. And if I do that in my head, even in a cursory level -- If I do that in my head, we are, at some point, going to have to ask SOMEBODY for money. Because we don't -- we acknowledge this. Even when we engaged Magellan, we knew we did not have enough money. So, if we look at it from a best -case scenario perspective, the best -case scenario is that we are in a position to ask for money -- ask for money when Magellan is done with the design. So, if we look at THAT date, we're roughly 12 months from today. And that's the earliest possible that we could actually even have the NOTION of asking for it. So, does that mean 6 months or 9 months beyond that for a ballot measure? And raising the money appropriate? I don't know. But that is definitely a conversation that I think, to your point, that we should be having with Council, and the Mayor, and the City Manager, to understand specifically what -- Do we have a timeline for this? And do we have a date -- To your point, have we already decided to go/no-go? In my head, we've just spent $2.5 million, and we've just -- we've said "go." Now, maybe there's another go/no-go that wasn't communicated -- or, WAS communicated, and I just didn't hear it, because I'm hearing things with -- well, to be frank, hearing things the best possible. But if there is ANOTHER go/no-go decision that needs to be made, then let's go ahead and identify that, and have that conversation NOW. Let's not wait until May. Right? We've already engaged $2.5 million. Let's get that going. 0:31:32: Director Batchelor: Right. No, I totally understand and agree with you, is that -- You know, I think the thing is is that, I guess I was viewing it as -- The first go portion of it was that we were going to hire a consultant. We were going to do this business study. And it was going to cost us something. And then, if you remember, we phased this out for Magellan, and we kind of sped it up, because we really wanted to know what that full design -- and maybe what that full detailed costs might look like. 'Cause I think that that's important, that we need to have that conversation with Council, to give them the best estimates that we might have, as we move forward. You know, as the commission talked the last time we met, was that it was decided by the commission that we should NOT go phase by phase as we build. We should build 100 percent out within the next 5-6 years, or whatever the timeline of that construction might be. llllll On 05-24-21, Council said 5 years (not 5-6 years). At the time, I pointed out that other municipalities have been able to do citywide FTTP in less time. Because, at the end, it may be cheaper for us if we built the entire City out. So, I think that that -- you know, we need to talk about what that cost is. And that's why I think we looked at what Magellan was going to do on the design phase. So that we could get the best cost estimate to Council to make some decisions. 0:32:54: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: And, Dean, just to confirm that -- that your point there is that the next point of time with the Council and the UAC is in May. Correct? 0:33:05: Director Batchelor: That's correct. 0:33:06: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Right. So that in the overall phases, that document -- or that visual that I showed in the beginning of our engagement and communication plan, with the goal of building awareness and ensuring that the community is educated about the project really is this snapshot of time between now -- from October through to May/June, when that conversation takes place. And then, from that time, when there is more fuller conversation around what's next, we will then develop additional conversations with the community. Fuller engagement around what's next. Right? So, I just want to make sure that there's kind of these snapshots in time. The engagement, the communication will ebb and flow with these milestones. You know, this is a very big project, and there are a lot of milestones to get to. And to goal. But that initial standpoint is the May timeframe. So, I just want to reinforce that overall planning. 0:34:07: Vice Chair Segal: Can I ask you one question on that, Meghan? Sort of to Commissioner Smith's point. But with the community - engaging piece, what is our goal? Or, what are our milestones there? And -- Yes, we can start with that. 0:34:21: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Sure. So, one goal is to build excitement, and build awareness, and keep building on that. I think we've done that. To date, there's a lot of excitement around the project. There's a lot of engagement with City staff. Asking questions. There's engagement between neighbors. On social media, people are sharing the information, and responding back to us, and sharing excitement about the project. And then, overall, the pinning of your home and/or your business on the map is pretty key. Because that's literally saying, "I want fiber at my house." Or "I want fiber at my business." And sign me up. ### Not exactly. It says, "I'm interested." For example, "LR" (pinner number 212 by my count) says, "Already use AT&T fiber for internet and home phone." LR might be hoping to be able to switch to municipal FTTP when it becomes available, or he/she might just be hoping AT&T will have to lower its price to be competitive. So that's happening. That's real-time information that we're receiving. All of that, plus the market survey that will be launched in mid - March. Those results, and that information, will be gathered and shared directly with the Council, and with the UAC, all in one snapshot. ### And shared with the public at that time? So, that provides an opportunity for us to say, here's what we've heard so far. And then, now, let's talk about these next milestones, that Dean just outlined. Hope that makes sense. 0:35:36: Vice Chair Segal: Well, I was hoping to get some kind of more quantitative milestones. 0:35:34: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: In terms of actual number? 0:35:47: Vice Chair Segal: Whatever is -- So, I don't know -- You know, to measure the success so far, To me, there has to be some kind of quantitative idea, to be able to measure if we're meeting it, exceeding it, or not. And so, saying that there's engagement, and that there's 200+ pins, or whatever, is great. But, I don't know, is that meeting our expectation? Is it exceeding it? Are we behind? /lllll For example, how many "premises representatives" even know there is a "Get Involved" Map? Or, for that matter, how many know there's a FTTP project? 0:36:13: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Gotcha. So, from a -- The market survey will be one real quantitative outlook. Our hope is to get at least, you know, 1,000 responses. Illllt The January 2022 utilities bill insert on FTTP httos://www.cityofoaloalto.org/files/assets/public/utilities/bill-inserts/oaloaltofiber utility-bill-insertjan22 web-final.Ddf seems to say -- at least I think so -- that EVERY premises will be invited to participate in the survey. (Because EVERY premises will get this bill insert, or equivalent.) Is that the case? If the City gets only 1,000 responses to 30,000-ish invitations, won't that be a problem? Will the 1,000 responses be "representative" of the population? Who on the team understands the math of statistics? We're hopeful for more. The -- From a just -engagement standpoint through our communications efforts, I -- Actually, from a numbers standpoint, the blog is very surprising -- in a good way -- to us. Just within the two weeks, to have over 800 views of people. That they've received it in a lot of different ways. Both people sending it to them, but also receiving it through our channels. That, in itself, is a pretty high number. Because of the short timeframe that it's been out there. And so, there's a lot of different pieces like that, that are pretty powerful. I would say we're building, from zero, a newsletter, to receive input, and updates along the way, through this project. So, at this moment, with a week and a half of us launching that, having over 550 people sign up, that's actually, to me, a really great opportunity, great progress, and shows excitement, as well. Because somebody's saying, "I want to hear updates. I want more information." So, those are kind of key milestones. I'm hoping by the May timeframe, with the meet -ups, I'm hoping we could at least have ten small neighbor -to -neighbor conversations, at a minimum. With some focus groups that could be -- some larger groups. We're in a pandemic, so we're trying to get -- manage through that. 0:37:57: The other opportunity, of course, is this information session. I'm hoping that we have at least 100 people who are interested in hearing more. And that could mean that we host another opportunity like that before the May timeframe. Right now, there's about 75 people signed up to receive information through that information session. So, that's actually fairly good for the community to demonstrate interest, as well. 0:38:28: Vice Chair Segal: I spoke a little out of turn. So I'll stop. But I think having actual numbers that we're striving toward, that we could measure, would be a really helpful. 0:38:38: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Sounds good. Thank you. For the feedback. 0:38:42: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Johnston has been waiting patiently. Go ahead. 0:38:45: Commissioner Johnston: Thank you. So, I -- just to kind of build on the discussion that we were just having with Vice Chair Segal, I mean, I appreciate that it -- We've gotten a good start. But it sounds to me like we've still got a long way to go between now and May. We've got 210 people who've pinned on the map. Just listening to the numbers we've talked about before, we've got some 26,000 households in Palo Alto. So, we have kind of less than 1 percent at this point who've expressed an interest. And, to me, as we've discussed in the past, it's really critical that we get broad community support for this project. Just along that line, I mean, the meeting in -- on February 24th -- Did I understand we have 75 people who are already signed up for that? 0:39:49: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor AND Amanda de Jesus: [nod] 0:39:49: Commissioner Johnston: That's good. That's great. 0:39:51: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yes. Um hum. 0:39:51: Commissioner Johnston: How are we inviting people to that? How are we building that group? 0:40:00: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: That's a great question. So, a lot of different opportunities there. We have a website calendar. People can do a search on "fiber" and that automatically pops up as an opportunity. 1//Itt Is this using a Google search (Google "site:cityofpaloalto.org fiber") or the City website's built-in search facility? Is there a difference? Note that information that's not on the City's website wouldn't be found. We have our social media calendars, that are also -- it shows up as a its own distinct event, through Facebook, through NextDoor. NextDoor is its own unique opportunity, of course. That's a very targeted group of households in Palo Alto only. And so, we've sent information -- through all our channels, but that's just one example. We also have a business newsletter, and that reaches our business community. And so, we have shared information through that opportunity. We've also advertised that opportunity at specific event[s] and opportunities through our Utilities bill inserts. ### There are two inserts so far: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Utilities/Customer-Service/Utilities-Bill-Pay/Bill-Inserts 1/IF# December 2021: the link says, "Connecting the Community Through Local Broadband." httos://www.cityofoaloalto.org/files/assets/public/utilities/bill-inserts/paloaltofiber_utility-bill-insert-nocroomarks final.odf The link doesn't say "fiber," but the insert itself does. I/I/It January 2022: the link says, "Fiber to the Home Survey." httos://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/utilities/bill-inserts/paloaltofiber utility-bill-insertjan22 web-final.pdf It says Magellan will send you an email later this month. As well as through the online portal when you go in to pay your bill. And also, direct emails to Utility customers. So those are just a few different ways, in terms of actual print flyers. We're printing them to be provided to all of our City facilities. Obviously, the pandemic has limited people walking in. But recently, coming up this next week, our libraries are going to back to their normal open dates. So, that'll be additional traffic to, obviously, a different set of our community. 1/I/It On 02-17-22, I asked three different librarians at Mitchell Park about the flyers, and they hadn't heard of them. In fact, they hadn't heard anything about the whole FTTP project. One librarian had no trouble finding the Utilities bill Inserts page httos://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Utilities/Customer-Service/Utilities-Bill-Pay/Bill-Inserts so I could show her what the inserts look like. 0:41:31: Commissioner Johnston: And have we been able to get anybody to, say, write an article for the Weekly, or paloaltoonline[com] to talk about the project, or talk about the workshop? ### Both are great ideas. The Weekly has a calendar for noticing events, which readers might not notice unless they're looking for events. It also provides an opportunity to write op-eds, which are more conspicuous to readers. 0:41:41: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Not about the workshop yet. 1/1/11 Google "site:paloaltoonline.com fiber <past -month>" 6 hits 1) 02-18-22: "Power restored to more than 4,500 customers impacted by outage" -- a snarky comment from "Online Name" -- "Can balloons disable the $23,000,000 fiber -to -the -home system?" https://www. paloaltoonline.com/square/2022/02/18/power-restored-to-more-than-4500-customers-impacted-by-outage 2) Essentially the same as 1) httos://www.paloaltoonli ne.com/news/2022/02/18/more-than-4500-customers-lose-power-in-palo-alto 3) 1-28-22: "Where do your recyclables go? Palo Alto struggles to track their destination as material heads abroad" -- The company OGO Fibers deals with trash. httos://www.oaloaltoonli ne.com/news/2022/01 /28/where-do-your-recyclables-go-Dalo-alto-struggles-to-track-their-destination-as- materia l -heads -abroad 4) 02-11-22: A CityView calendar item about the 02-08-22 UAC meeting, and a correction about when it was previously reported to be. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/morguepdf/2022/2022_02_11. paw.section 1.pdf 5) 02-04-22: A CityView calendar item about the 02-02-22 UAC meeting, plus the "OGO Fibers" item (item 3), plus something about a fabric and fiber artist. https://www.paloaltoonline.com/morguepdf/2022/2022 02 04.paw.section1.pdf 6) 01-21-22: " Billionaire donor for new city gym revealed — and his money comes with strings attached" -- another snarky comment from "Online Name" about spending $23,000,000 on fiber. https://www.paloaltoonli ne.com/news/2022/01 /21 /billionaire-donor-for-new-city-aym-revealed--and-his-money-comes-with-strings- attached 1!1111 In other words, there's nothing in the Weekly in the past month that would let the casual reader know there even is a FTTP project -- except for the "Online Name" cheap shots. But definitely an opportunity. 0:41:45: Commissioner Johnston: I mean, I -- As always, you're going to start with a community of people who are particularly interested in this. The early adopters. And, again, that's fine. That's good. But ultimately, if the project's going to be successful, we have to get a lot broader support in the community than just the people who are already interested. So, to me, the critical thing here is, we've got to demonstrate to people how Palo Alto having its own fiber system will change their lives. Why having Palo Alto have this system, as opposed to relying on AT&T and Verizon, Comcast, whatever. Why it makes a difference that we run our own system. 1!1111 If Palo Alto owns the FTTP network, then it can be run it in the interest of residents and business, rather than to maximize profits, whether it's run by staff or subcontracted. And, secondly, they're going to have to know what it's going to cost them, not only in terms of the initial outlay -- as taxpayers -- Previous citywide municipal FTTP proposals in Palo Alto have said the goal is for the network to pay for itself, just like our other utilities. So "taxpayers" wouldn't have to pay anything. In the 2004 proposal, the City was going to back bonds by the revenues of the electric utility, in case the fiber utility was having trouble paying for itself. That would have affected electric ratepayers (not taxpayers). Ultimately, Council chose not to take that path. but also, what it's going to cost them to be subscribers. And I just -- And maybe I haven't been looking in the right places, but I haven't seen kind of answers to those questions yet, that would -- that make an impact on me, as a fairly non -technical person. In other words, not an early adopter in this area. Just a member of the community, who -- sounds like a good idea to have a fiber network, but I don't really know what advantage I'm going to get from it. So, I would encourage you to a) broaden, as much as you can, the community that will participate in the -- in the meeting in February, but also realize how much we have to do between now and May, if that's going to be the go/no-go. 0:43:42: One last question, which is, is there something that we can do to help the February 24th session be successful? 0:43:53: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yes. Thank you for that question. [laughs] We would love to be able to send the event flyer to everyone, and see if the commissioners have time to send that on to your own networks. That in itself is -- You are ambassadors of this project, by default, because you're commission members. And I know you're all excited about this, in different ways, about the project. So, that would be one way. We're also interested in hosting smaller focus group opportunities. And so, as a commissioner, if you have interest in hosting a focus group, we would love to do that, as part of the next phase of engagement before the May timeframe. Those are just a couple of ideas. But definitely, there are a lot of ways that we could use your help. So, yeah. 0:44:48: Commissioner Johnston: And I assume many of us may choose to participate on February 24th, 4411 In my message to UAC of 01-30-22 (point 6) (see pages 5-6 here) https: //www. cityofpaloalto. org/files/assets/public/age n d as -m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti I iti es-advisory-commission/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/02-02-2022/public-letters-to-uac. pdf I suggested that the 02-24-22 meeting be a special meeting of the UAC. I wish this possibility had been discussed on 02-08-22. I think staff could still choose to do so. The meeting would have to be noticed in the usual place There would have to be an agenda. There would have to be minutes. Ideally, the meeting would be videotaped. It would require that a quorum (4) of commissioners attend. Would a quorum of commissioners be willing to attend? If the meeting is NOT a UAC meeting, then the Brown Act might limit the number of commissioners who are allowed to attend to less than a quorum. https://www. b b klaw. com/b b k/med is/I i b rary/pdf/major-provisions-and-requirements-of-the-brown-act. pdf but what -- kind of what's the format going to be? Is it mainly presentations by Magellan? Or -- 0:45:03: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yes. So, we were hoping to have a presentation by staff and Magellan, talking about the project. Giving some, you know, detailed information about the project, answering some of those frequently asked questions, but leaving time for community questions -- and an ans- -- question -and -answer session, as the bulk of the opportunity. 'Cause that really is the opportunity to engage, ask questions, gain input. And all of that then will be shared with the Council, and with the UAC as well. 1llllt Will it be shared with the public, as required by the Brown Act? If you're not able to join us on "". 0:45:39: Commissioner Johnston: OK. Thank you. 0:45:39: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. 0:45:40: 111!11 [pause -- mute problem?] 0:45:45: Chair Forssell: ... Commissioner Johnston. Commissioner Metz. Go ahead, Commissioner Metz. 0:45:57: Commissioner Metz: OK. Thank you. I didn't see my Zoom hand. Yes. Well, first of all, thank you very much, Amanda and Meghan, for your presentations. It sounds like the outbound marketing is, you know, well underway. And, you know, sounds like it's moving forward pretty well. You mentioned that there will be inbound marketing research, starting in March. And also requesting an hour "". But my thought would be that the most important things -- there probably are others -- to address in their research are the key market risks associated with the project, namely, you know, what is the take rate, what is the pricing that people will pay, and what specific features are they expecting in the service? So, I guess I have two questions. Which are: are those things included in the market research? Because I think those are, at a minimum, essential. And then, what have you learned so far, from the questions and feedback that you've gotten from people, that would, you know, illuminate those questions? 0:47:08: ### [pause] 0:47:13: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Dean, I could probably answer a few of those, but also wondering, do you -- would you want to take this first? Or do you want me to -- 0:47:22: Director Batchelor: No, I can go kind of first. So, Commissioner Metz, I think that -- You know, one of the things that we'll be talking about with the joint meeting is the take rates. We've kind of talked a little bit about the take rates now. I believe it's right around -- from what Magellan was talking about before -- was around 74[00] -- 7500 customers. Would be needed. 111111 Probably Commissioner Metz was asking about how many premises would actually sign up. But, again, that might have changed. And so, there will be some updates on that. We also haven't really talked about the business plan. One of the other items that would be discussed in that would be the whole business plan, which will be part of this take rate, as well as looking at -- we'll have a better idea around the cost. Knowing that we'll have a full-blown design. #f11t Will the "full-blown design" nail down details such as how many hubs there are, where the hubs are, and whether the architecture is AE or PON? And what that cost -- knowing that Magellan has a good track record of working with contractors. Contractors, in the past, have given us some cost breakdowns. There was three or four of them that gave us breakdowns of that. So, I think, as we get closer to the joint meeting, we'll be able to answer some of these questions that you have. In that presentation. Because I think the thing is is that I think those are some of the biggest questions that we're hearing from the public right now is is that, you know, what IS the monthly cost going to be? Is it going to be at or less than our competitors, that we have today? We have two of them in the market. So, how are we going to price ourselves, compared to AT&T and Comcast? #11111 Note that the incumbents often have discounted introductory prices, but what really counts are the prices after that. 0:49:03: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: I also wanted to mentioned -- specific to the question around the survey. We are asking several market questions. I did want to ask that Amanda to specifically address your question about pricing and costs. 0:49:17: Amanda de Jesus: Yeah. So, the market research survey really will help inform the City and Magellan as to where community members are at, as far as how much they're willing to pay, whether they would choose Palo Alto Fiber over any of our -- any of the competitors. So, all -- Those questions actually will be helped answered through the market research survey. So, yes, those -- It's not specific asked. It's designed in a way to really get at the heart of the matter for this research survey -- which is, what should the monthly costs be, and what's the potential take rate? 0:49:57: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: And the current features that they have with their current -- yeah -- service. I think that answers your question, Commissioner. 0:50:06: Commissioner Metz: I'm not sure. I didn't even really understand what you said. You said were not directly asking what price people would pay, but -- Could you just clarify what information we WILL receive, and -- in terms of, you know, pricing? 0:50:23: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Amanda, correct me if I'm wrong, but it does ask specifically what their current service is, what their features are, what they're paying, and those overall market questions. Is what I understand, but just want to reconfirm. 0:50:39: Commissioner Metz: So, it's not asking people what they WOULD pay for a Palo Alto Fiber service. 0:50:47: Amanda de Jesus: The market research survey kind of use -- it uses information that people provide about their current service, about their current costs, and about their general ideas of what they could and would pay for. So, it doesn't explicitly ask, "Would you pay $50 a month for this service?" It asks about tendencies. And Magellan, I think, can provide an even better answer to your question. And so, we can get back to you on that. But, it -- really, it's set up in a way that it'll help inform how much it would cost. 0:51:27: Commissioner Metz: It would be good if you did that. Because, you know, I'd really like to understand, you know -- 'Cause eventually we're going to make a big bet. Right? On pricing. Prices that people will really pay, when they have to, you know, reach into their wallets. So, we need to be pretty comfortable, before we do a bond issue. Or before the UAC recommends to the City Council to go forward with this, that, you know, we have an idea what the revenue will be. 0:51:58: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Bowie. 0:52:01: Commissioner Bowie: Thank you for the presentations. And, again, I really enjoyed the dashboard piece -- the geographic dashboard. 111/1/ A.k.a. the Get Involved map? So, in addition to what Commissioner Metz was just mentioning about the cost comparisons in the market survey, one of the benefits, here, of local control is not just about deciding speeds and costs. It's also about how we -- or, the Internet policy that we are then able to enact. And I'm just curious if that is being articulated? That there are those merits to sort of whether we are treating different types of traffic certain ways. There's the ability to, you know, to zero -rate certain projects. There's the ability to kind of treat things -- You know, we even have like a local net neutrality option here. Right? That there are things within local control. Are they being articulated? Or is it just sort of a service quality metric that people are being surveyed on? 0:53:07: Amanda de Jesus: It does include questions about speeds. Dean, do you want to take the technical part of that? [laughs] It doesn't ask specific technical questions about the type of -- It's really trying to get a sense of the consumer market. 0:53:27: ### [pause] 0:53:29: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Correct. It could be a secondary component of additional survey, that we do at a later point. Um. 0:53:43: Director Batchelor: We could ... 0:53:43: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: And/or, we could -- There could be opportunity to add some additional technical questions as part of the survey. We haven't -- obviously -- launched that yet. So, there could be an opportunity to talk further with Magellan about the opportunities there. 0:54:00: Commissioner Bowie: Thank you. I think that it might be a differentiator. Because while that is in the policy weeds of internet policy, you know, we have a sophisticated population, where that might be a differentiator. How data is being handled by an ISP. 0:54:15: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Gotcha. And I do know, obviously, security is a feature in that. 0:54:20: Commissioner Bowie: Right. 0:54:20: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: I think it's likely to be part of a question. So, there may be opportunities to do more of a deep dive in those areas. 0:54:29: Amanda de Jesus: Yeah. And there are FAQs on the website right now that talk about data caps and net neutrality. So, there is information out there. It's not going to necessarily be on the survey though. 0:54:43: Dean Batchelor: And I think, from a technical standpoint, from the building of the network, you know, we're going to have capacities much greater than our competitors do. Since it is going to be 100 percent on a fiber portion of it. Now, AT&T has put more fiber in, too. But Comcast is still running coax over fiber. Not exactly. It's fiber to nodes and then coax from nodes to premises. So, I think the thing is is that when we talk to Magellan, you know, there was some flexibility -- is that we could go anywhere from 1 to 10 megs on -- speedwise. 1/1/It He's probably trying to say that the electronics could support speeds up to either 1 Gbps (symmetric) or 10 Gbps (symmetric). I think Council should insist on the latter, because it will last longer. And it has the capacity to move even further than that. So, I think that, the technical side of it -- there's definitely a plus for us. 0:55:36: Chair Forssell: Vice Chair Segal. Go ahead. 0:55:39: Vice Chair Segal: Real quickly, I just wanted to compliment. There's a lot of content on these different websites. But I would echo Commissioner Johnston's concern that maybe they're not -- that some information isn't focused on the right audience. So, for example, -- and I can do this offline, too -- ### Doing it at a UAC meeting lets Council and the public in on it. but, for example, when I was first trying to find the fiber hub, I came across, before that, utility pole surveying website. And I just think that that priority is a little bit distorted -- that that may make sense to have it up there, I don't know. But it's -- I don't think it's what residents are first thinking about when they're trying to find information. I//Itt It's very difficult to construct a website so that a Google search will list the found items in what the webmaster thinks is priority order. 0:56:24: And I found the fiber hub also not very private. I know that was a big selling point on the front end. Yes, at UAC's 10-06-21 meeting, staffer Jay Sivarajah said that the big yellow dot would keep the pinner's address somewhat private. (See my transcript, page 20, at about 0:39:30.) https://www. cityofpa loalto. org/fi les/a ssets/pu bl i c/age nd as -m i n utes-reports/agendas-m i n utes/uti l iti es-advisory-com m i ss ion/arch ived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2021 /11-03-2021-regular/november-03-2021-public-letters-to-uac.pdf But when I logged in, and I saw my area, and -- I mean, I just saw first name, and, based on whatever it is -- 200 meters or whatever -- I knew exactly who it was. So, I don't know -- You know, I don't know that I need to see the names of folks, honestly. But if privacy is part of what we're hoping for, I didn't find it to be that private. ### Personally, I wish the map had given the pinner the opportunity to select, field by field, what information was public and what information private. 111/1! When I send emails to UAC and Council, I have the opportunity to provide my full name, where I live, etc., just in case the public wants to know who's advocating what I choose to advocate. !1111! I'm kind of annoyed at paloaltoonline for giving people the opportunity to comment, specifying only a handle, not their real name. I think it invites impolite, rash, and misleading comments. In the past, there have been examples where a single person uses several handles, so he can fake back -and -forth conversations. I think paloaltoonline thinks that it can detect when that happens and remove the posts. But even so. But -- And then some other things, which -- maybe just reach out to me offline. We can go through. 0:56:58: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you for the feedback. Just specific on the search, was that just through Google? Or was that on the City's website? ### Again, what's the difference? 0:57:06: Vice Chair Segal: Um. So, I tried a few different ways. I got an email that I'd link. It was, like, Five Things You Can Do. And I was trying to find the hub through that. And I ended up on this utility pole. And so, it's -- And if you do a Google search, the first thing -- Well, the first thing that comes up is fiber ads from AT&T. And, you know, the -- below the ads. It doesn't get you there directly. And I just think we want to remove all the friction. I think there should be a page that explains to people what we're thinking about, what we hope to do, why they care, and, you know, why they should -- might want to get involved. 1/1/1/ Well said. 11/11! The City could think about putting hashtag-like content on web pages that, if users knew about it, could make information easier to find. For example, if there were one web page about the FTTP project from which you could click to wherever else you wanted to go to find out about the project, you could put "FiberHome" on that page. You could also put "NOTHome" on any page that was not a home page but that wanted to talk about a home page. (So Google "FiberHome -NOTHome" wouldn't find those pages.) 111/1! In 2009, a Website Advisory Committee was appointed by staff, mainly to advise on how to make the City's website more beautiful, after an outraged public complained about how ugly a new incarnation had become. https://www. cityofpa loalto. org/fi les/assets/pu bl i c/age ndas-m i n utes-reports/re ports/city-manager-re ports -cm rs/yea r-archive/2009/cmr- 246 09.pdf But one of the long-term goals was to talk about adding metadata to make it easier to find things. Somehow the Committee didn't get around to that before it was disbanded in 2012. 0:57:44: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. That was really helpful. 0:57:46: 11111! [pause] 0:57:51: Chair Forssell: All right. I'm looking for any additional commissioner hands up. Um. Just a couple of small things from my end. I appreciate the presentation, the questions, and conversation. Obviously, we all wish we had a crystal ball, and could predict like, if we build this, who will [laughs] -- who will adopt it. And just in thinking about -- I mean, obv- -- it looks like everybody is doing their best, to sort of come at this question from lots of different angles, and try to find out -- And as far as the survey goes, I'm really glad - - I was going to -- before you mentioned, in response to a different question, that you were going to gather the information on what service people have, and what they're paying for it. 'Cause I think, for me, a huge part of it is just understanding what's out there. And what people are doing now. And whether they're happy with it. And then, you know, if we find that most residents are -- you know, have something that's like similar download speeds, and probably fiber would get them better upload speeds, and they're paying about the same, you know, that's a very different story than if we find large neighborhoods that are just getting horrible speeds in both directions at a very expensive price point, which we anecdotal evidence of, but I've never been able to understand -- like, AT&T, I'm sure, will not give us a map. Of, like, neighborhoods. Service levels. 1/l/lt This AT&T web page https://www.att.com/availability/ purports to tell you what you can get if you type in an address. It used to tell me that I could get internet with downloads up to 768 kbps. When I tried it today, it just said, "Looks like high-speed internet isn't available at your address." I don't know how accurate the data is. I feel like such an opportunity to create such a map, a little bit, ourselves. So, I guess I was going to say, will the survey have neighborhood or address information such that we could try to get some sense of whether there's, you know, geographic cohesion to different service levels, with different -- the incumbent providers. 0:59:58: And my other question is, with the pins, could we prompt people -- Right now, the question is, like, what would you use this for? And some people are, like, Zoom. And some people are, you know, I would watch Netflix. Could we prompt them to say, "Who is your provider?" And what is your service level? And what do you pay? Since that's already organized by geography. I think that would be very helpful information. 1:00:24: Amanda de Jesus: That is, actually, one of the fields in -- when a person goes onto the hub to pin their support, or type in their -- one of the fields is, "Which internet service provider do you currently have?" So that is captured there. /Hitt At the community map page, httos://fiber-oalo-alto.hub.arcgis.com/oages/get-involvect if you click on "+Submit a Report," the page gives the user the opportunity to fill in 1) First Name, 2) Are you a ... (select resident or business), 3) Current Internet Provider (select Comcast, MegaPath, EarthLink, AT&T, Sonic, or Other), 4) Tell us your thoughts on Palo Alto providing fiber to your home, 5) How would you use Fiber, 6) Email (required), 7) Last Name, and 8) Enter an address to search (and put a pin on the map at that address). Of these, the public can find out how others have filled out fields 1 and 4, and can see a dot on the map at the specified address (field 7). Note that field 3 does NOT let the user specify service level or what the user is paying. 1:00:37: Chair Forsell: OK. But do we find out, like, what speeds they have and what they pay? Like, what package they're on? 1:00:47: Amanda de Jesus: No. That . . . 1:00:48: Chair Forssell: Because otherwise we just know whether they have AT&T or Comcast. Which is not that deep. You know. Which is not helpful to figuring out whether potential Palo Alto Fiber would be a superior provider. 1:01:05: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yeah. That will be a part of the market survey though. So, part of that survey will ... 1:01:10: Chair Forssell: Right. So, I guess, can the market survey get their addresses? Can the thing that gets the "" -- sorry, get their neighborhoods? Can the neighborhood thing the other pieces of the information. So, we've got sort of two datastreams, to try to create this map. 1:01:24: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yes. Chair Forssell: And get a sense of whether the potential offering, you know, is just a little bit better, way better, -- You know, better along the axis of price? Along the axis of speed? Whether that's download or upload? And I just want to echo Commissioner Bowie's insight, that there are other sort of properties of municipal fiber that are potentially really interesting. And I hadn't really thought about, you know, privacy or net neutrality. But if there -- Yeah. I don't know. I'm not quite sure how to pull on that thread. If it's, like, asked in the survey, whether people even think about that. Or in the outbound efforts to educate the public about these things. But -- just -- I think that's an interesting point. 1:02:22: And you mentioned, in response to Commissioner Johnston, UAC commissioners could host a focus group, I'm happy to. [laughs] We can follow up offline. 1:02:34: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. 1:02:35: Chair Forssell: And then, my final question is just -- Commissioner Smith was referring to the $2.5 million that we spent on Magellan. That's also for the whole AMI -- Like, building out fiber, both just to maintain our existing fiber ring, and to have it support AMI. Right? So, it's not $2.5 million just spent on pursuing fiber to the premises. Am I correct? 1:03:00: Dave Yuan: That is -- Yes. This is Dave Yuan. Yes. I think about $700,000 is for the backbone. Another -- Or maybe it's $500,000 for the backbone. And another $2 million -- up to -- for fiber to the home. Is the split. 1:03:14: Chair Forssell: OK. 1:03:14: Dave Yuan: Hopefully. 1:03:15: Chair Forssell: OK. So, it is a big chunk of that that has been on all this design, and other things around fiber to the premises. Not just ... 1:03:28: Dave Yuan: That's correct. 1:03:29: Chair Forssell: And that is for -- includes AMI, or does not include for AMI? 1:03:34: Dave Yuan: The network will be supporting AMI as well. But the backbone is just to support the City facilities mainly. Just a footprint for fiber to the home ** ... 1:03:43: Chair Forssell: Let -- Let -- Yeah. Let -- I mean, let me ask the question I'm really thinking instead of trying to come at it in a cagey way. If we DON'T proceed with fiber to the premises, but we DO, you know, upgrade the backbone and deploy AMI, how much of the $2.5 million was -- was -- went toward something that got built, versus something that did not get built? 1:04:09: Dave Yuan: Probably the half million. The same half million. 1:04:12: Chair Forssell: OK. All right. So, we're $2 million in, on something that we may not do. 1:04:18: Dave Yuan: Correct. lllllt Here's my opinion: * Palo Alto's AMI was designed to work even if neither FTTP nor the enhanced "backbone" were built. It required 7 or fewer wireless aggregation nodes, backhauled by dark fiber. The existing dark fiber network could have provided that backhaul. * I think that citywide FTTP could have been deployed without building the enhanced "backbone." The FTTP design in progress discussed on 10-06-21 would require only 2 or 3 huts. And the existing dark fiber network could have provided backhaul for them. * All, or nearly all, of the functions staff says enhanced "backbone" is for could have been provided by FTTP at lower cost. I/I/ll So, we're $500,000 (or $700,000) into building an enhanced "backbone" that we don't really need, plus $2 million into building a FTTP network that we very much need. 1:04:18: Chair Forssell: And that decision is coming up in May. May/June time frame. For Council. 1:04:24: Dave Yuan: Yes. We should have a better estimate by then of the construction costs. And they should have the network design. Hopefully, by then, 90 percent done by then. There are some delays right now with the pole surveys that you guys mentioned. It is hard for the surveyors to access a lot of the backyard poles. So, we're trying to come out with a better way of getting that data. And that will determine whether poles will be replaced for the project. 1:04:49: Chair Forssell: Got it. All right. That's it for me. Council Member Cormack. 1:04:57: Council Member Cormack: Thank you, Chair Forssell. And let me just test my understanding. What I recall from when Council did this is, what we're really looking for is for a business case to come back. Is that -- 1:05:07: Director Batchelor: [nods] lll/l1 A verbal confirmation would have been better. 1:05:08: Council Member Cormack: OK. Great. So, that's what I'm expecting to see, when it comes. All right. And all of this is in service of that. Great. Appreciate all the detail on "*. That's wonderful. I have one overarching question. As one of the other non -engineers on the call. You know, all of us who took Marketing 101, or worked in Sales, were taught that you never describe the features. You describe the benefits. So, I still feel like when we talk about fiber, some people really understand what we're talking about, and other people don't. And I worry that they're more in the latter group. So, even the whole thing, calling this a fiber hub. And that lovely icon, which looks fantastic, is about, you know, -- the -- you know, the mechanism, as opposed to the benefits. So, you know, Meghan, are you the right person to talk about this a little bit? I just -- We're spending so much time on something. And I have to be honest. When I see it come through, I happen to know what it is. But otherwise, I would just archive it. In the same way I try to encourage the S/CAP people not to call it electrification but to call it getting gas out. So, thoughts on just the overall title. ### One of the advantages of mentioning "fiber" up -front is that we can benefit from all the advertising that Google Fiber did. I assume their marketers chose to mention "fiber" up -front to make it hard for the incumbents to say their alternative technologies were just as good. 11111E Another advantage is reminding staff, UAC, Council, and the public that other technologies are not as good. Over the years, we've wasted a lot of time wondering about wireless. Let's not waste any more. 1!1111 Of course, we should mention the many benefits of fiber, including: It's faster for downloads, and way faster for uploads. It has the potential to remain faster for generations. -- It won't drop your Zoom calls. -- You can access BIG files, which your work might require. -- You get good performance even during times when lots of people are accessing the network at the same time. * It's more reliable. So maintenance costs are lower, and outages are fewer. -- You don't have to worry about interference. 111111 Of course, we should also mention the benefits of municipal, including: The City won't spy on you or sell your use data. The City will price services according to what they cost, rather than what the market will bear (as we do with our other utilities). The City has a great track record for good customer service. 1:06:23: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: We debated -- what to call it. [laughs] But we do have a benefit sheet that we lead with. A lot of FAQs are also tied to the overall benefits. So, the -- While the -- One reason why we have the hub -- It really is a way to connect people around this project. And share information. At a very high level. But then, if they really want the detail, we have the project page, which gives them timeline, technical information, you know, staff reports. Really detailed, meaty info. 1:07:08: [small child noises in the background] 1:07:08: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: The hub is really an opportunity to educate members of the public that really have no concept about what the project is. 1:09:17: Council Member Cormack: Including some of the younger members of our community. 1:07:22: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Like this one. [gestures to small child off -screen] [laughs] 1:07:24: Council Member Cormack: That's fine. We've already seen my dog on this one. Listen, this is what happens when we work at home. OK. So, I'd just encourage us to maybe have a tag line. Like, "Bringing you higher speed internet." Or whatever it is. So people who, you know, are just busy during their day, and not following the ins and outs of our work. OK. 1:07:46: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: I should mention, also, we have infographics. So, a lot of the marketing materials -- like, in the utility insert, and things like that -- are visually showing what fiber is. It's about logging into your computer, streaming, doing yoga from your computer. Because we're all, you know, still stuck at home doing those things. So, there is an aspect of that that we try to tie visually to explain it. But we -- I definitely hear you. And we can take a look at additional opportunities there. 1:08:20: Council Member Cormack: I was struck by the conversations that you're encouraging the community to have. I feel like this is a version of what we did with the race conversations that the HRC did. And I'm thinking a lot about the S/CAP, as I watch the really frankly amazing thing about the time you're spending on something. Which is important and yet not even one of our, you know, Council priorities for this year. As I understand it, there is general agreement that staff will spend time on things that are not one of Council's official priorities. 1//Itt At Council's 2000 retreat, City Manager Benest introduced the idea of Council's picking priorities. He called it a parlor game. "Humor me," he said. Can I think of some of the work you're doing here as a dress rehearsal for what we might do with climate action? 1:08:54: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: [nods] ttftft A verbal confirmation would have been better. 1:08:54: Council Member Cormack: OK. Goody. 1:08:56: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yes. 1:08:56: Council Member Cormack: I'm going to go ahead and send this presentation off to the S/CAP. Because I think it's this level of deep engagement across everything, and having, you know, the experts -- people like you -- in the City, who understand our channels, and understand our objectives, and know how to communicate. That would be helpful. 1:09:14: And then, just two small things on the program. I'm glad you mentioned libraries. Are the libraries hosting some of these workshops? Are you just displaying the flyer there? 1//Itt When I checked, Mitchell Park wasn't displaying flyers. (See just before 0:41:31) It seems like we should use our captive channel to educate people. [laughs] 1:09:29: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: That's a great opportunity. We haven't thought about hosting at the libraries. But we definitely could. And, potentially, a focus group or two could be at the different branches. So, great idea. Thank you. 1:09:42: Council Member Cormack: Always thinking about libraries. And then -- this one's not going to be a surprise to Dean either -- What about the ESVs? What about the Emergency Service Volunteers? Have you reached out to them to communicate this? 1:09:57: Director Batchelor: Not yet. 1:09:58: Council Member Cormack: OK. 1:09:59: Director Batchelor: We have not ... 1:09:59: Council Member Cormack: I didn't think so, 'cause I AM an ESV, and I DO scan those emails. But I think that -- those would be other groups who would be naturally interested in anything that makes our City more resilient. So, I would just add those two potential channels to the list. 1111!1 If ESVs were willing to spread the word about FTTP, fine. But now is not the time to ask, "What about wireless?" Great. Well, thanks so much for the update. And I really appreciate the attention that's being paid to it. 1:10:24: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Thank you. 1:10:28: Chair Forssell: All right. Um. Moving, on, we have an item [VIII.] for Commissioner Comments and Reports from Meetings and Events. It's only been less than a week. Very good. [IX] Future Topics for Upcoming Meetings. We also dealt with that last week. So, I think this -- Oh. Commissioner Smith. 1:11:00: Commissioner Smith: Thank you, Chair. Does it make sense for us to -- First of all, I appreciate this special session. It allowed us to focus on something that a number of us are very passionate about, and we fought hard over the last year to 1) get everyone excited -- 1) -- passed our measure -- 2) -- get it to Council -- 3) -- and then, more importantly, get Magellan involved. Does it make sense for us to program regular updates? With Meghan and Amanda? Between now and May? Does that make sense? Because it's abundantly clear, as you highlighted in your questioning, it's abundantly clear that May's and important day. The meeting in May, that is. 11111E Was Item IX is an action item? (The agenda doesn't say.) If so, a motion would be in order. Right? 1:11:51: Chair Forssell: Commissioner Scharff. You're on mute. If you were addressing Commissioner Smith's question. 1:11:59: Commissioner Scharff: No, I wasn't. I was all good. 1:12:01: Chair Forssell: OK. 1:12:07: Dave Yuan: This is Dave. I can maybe address Commissioner Smith's comment. Yeah, I think the plan is to bring back Magellan back in. In April. With a business plan update. But I think we're also going to invite the subcommittee UAC. Does a FTTP subcommittee of the UAC exist at this point? If so, when was it appointed? And is there information about it on the City's website? Which I think Commissioner Smith is a part of. To kind of talk more about the business model. And then, maybe, at that time, we can give them an update of the communications plan as well. But if we want to present all of that to the full UAC, we're happy to do so. It might just -- won't have all the information vetted out by March, unfortunately. 1:12:40: Chair Forssell: You know what. What I think would be -- You know, we're always trying to balance, like, not creating a bunch of work for staff. I'm searching through the presentation that was sent out. I would just love to know updates on the number of pins, ##1# Could the Map page be enhanced to display the number of pins? the number of views, the number of blogs, -- You know. Like, if that is something that's very easy to look up -- And it could as simple as an email, or a report at the end of the meeting. You know, like a half page at the end of the packet. Or something like that. Just to get -- Just to give us a sense. Of, like, you know, attendance at the workshop, -- 1:13:19: Dave Yuan: Yeah, I think we could ... 1:13:19: Chair Forssell: Just like how some of the numbers are ending up. 1:13:23: Meghan Horrigan-Taylor: Yeah, we could definitely do that. No problem. 1:13:27: Chair Forssell: Thank you. Commissioner Metz. 1:13:30: Commissioner Metz: Yeah. I would welcome updates before April. I think, you know, if we're going to get into anything deep, like the business model and stuff like that, you know, April is kind of a fait accompli. If we really want to, you know -- it's going to be difficult to make any changes or course corrections at that point. So, I really would love to see, you know, a month -- it doesn't have to be a whole meeting, but at least monthly updates, to -- for this program. I would say the S/CAP is kind of in the same category. A really big thing that is on our plate. 1:14:10: Chair Forssell: So, you're asking to see -- 1:14:13: Commissioner Metz: I'm agreeing with the idea there. That updates sooner than April would be a good idea. Particularly things address -- you know, that could be, you know, really big impediments to the overall program. I think we need to be -- the big -- the major risks that this initiative faces -- I think, you know, we need to see as soon as possible. 1:14:40: Director Batchelor: So, if I could, Chair Forssell ... 1:14:40: Dave Yuan: "` 1:14:42: Director Batchelor: Go ahead, Dave ... 1:14:42: Dave Yuan: Go ahead . . . 1:14:44: Dave Yuan: As I say, we'll check in with Magellan, to see what's available by the March meeting. And then we'll present whatever we -- what's available. 1:14:52: Director Batchelor: Yeah. I was going to say, we could probably do an info item in the March -- If there's some significant changes. And we can -- I was going to say, we'll also talk to Magellan at the same time. 1:14:54: Chair Forssell: Thank you. All right. Well, I think that brings -- Oh. Commissioner Smith. 1:15:15: Commissioner Smith: So, Commissioner Metz's comments just made me think of one other thing. Out of our meeting last week, I must -- Perhaps I just didn't ask this question, but I was a little shell-shocked by what was delivered by Assistant -- Deputy Director of Utilities. That our infrastructure may not be appropriate to support our S/CAP goals. That left my head spinning. I'll be frank. And, are we ... 1:15:50: Commissioner Scharff: You know, I think we're violating the Brown Act, frankly. I think we're now having discussions about what our LAST meeting was. 1:15:56: Commissioner Smith: No, I -- I would agree, Greg. Sorry, Commissioner Scharff. But there was a comment about what should we be discussing in the future. And that's what I'm trying to address. And I think that's something that we need to address. So I'll leave it there. I think that's something that we need to address. 1:16:13: Chair Forssell: And continue the conversation about ... 1:16:17: Commissioner Smith: Correct. 1:16:19: Chair Forssell: Yup. I would agree. I think there's plenty left to talk about there, ... 1:16:28: Director Batchelor: I totally agree. Yes. 1:16:32: Chair Forssell: Excellent. Thank you for that. All right. Do we have a motion to adjourn? 1:16:40: Director Batchelor: Could I interrupt for just one second, Chair? 1:16:42: Chair Forssell: Yeah, of course. 1:16:43: Director Batchelor: I should have asked -- I should have given this quick update real quick. If you remember, in the last meeting, I mentioned that there was going to be some large outages that were going to take place over this last Saturday. So, there was 700 customers that were affected. And we had a 4 -hour window, from 8:00 until 12:00 noon. We were able to fix a piece of cable, put it back into service. We got some customers back up -- back in service within about an hour and 15 minutes. It was a pretty easy fix after the crew got out there. And was able to get the customers -- And there was also as secondary. About 22-24 customers on Walnut Street. The plan was to work on this large outage first, and then do the work that needed to be done in the back yards on Walnut Street. We had estimated customers to be out of service until 5:00. We were able to get service back up to about 3:10. All the customers on that day. So, very productive day. Things went really well for us. And we were able to get customers back up and in service much quicker than what we estimated. Thank you. 1:17:53: Chair Forssell: Thanks for letting us know. We'll consider that an extension of the Director's Report. [laughs] 1:17:59: Director Batchelor: No, exactly. I apologize. Just throwing that in there. 1:18:03: Chair Forssell: No. Thanks. I WAS curious, so it was good to know. All right. Do we have a motion to adjourn? 1:18:15: Commissioner Metz: Move to adjourn. 1:18:17: Commissioner Johnston: I'll second. 1:18:18: Chair Forssell: All right. Thank you. Wave you agree. Thanks for everybody. I appreciate you making time for this special meeting. Thank you, staff. Thank you, commissioners. Thank you to Council Member Cormack. Thank you, members of the public who have been listening. And we will see you for our regular meeting in March. Take care. 1:18:39: Director Batchelor: Thank you. From: Allan Seid To: Channing House Bulletin Board Subject: Fwd: What A Small California Delta Town Can Teach Us About Asian American Communities Past And Present - capradio.org Date: Sunday, February 20, 2022 11:18:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Sun, Feb 20, 2022 at 10:57 AM Subject: What A Small California Delta Town Can Teach Us About Asian American Communities Past And Present - capradio.org A GREAT AND INTERESTING HISTORICAL SITE TO VISIT. The only remaining town built entirely by pioneering Chinese in America ! A must for Californians. Allan https://www.capradio.org/articles/2021/05/27/what-a-small-California-delta-town- can-teach-us-about-asian-american-communities-past-and-present/ What A Small California Delta Town Can Teach Us About Asian American Communities Past And Present Sarah Mizes-Tan Thursday, May 27, 2021 Sacramento, CA If it weren't for Darwin Kan's family, the town of Locke might not exist. As he walks through the one -road Delta town about a half-hour south of Sacramento, he points out a few family landmarks: the Moon Cafe, where his father was born; his family's old ranch -style home, with roses planted by his grandmother outside. Kan is a descendent of the unofficial mayor and founder of this former Chinese agricultural town. "Their front door was always open, and there was always food cooking," Kan recalled. "You know how Chinese go. They never say, 'So, how you been?' The Cantonese would say, 'Have you eaten yet?"' Today, there are only remnants of Locke from a century ago, when Kan's grandfather Lee Bing struck a deal for a group of Chinese laborers to lease the land from its white owner. It remains mostly as a tourist destination where visitors can see Cantonese -style buildings. But there are very few actual Chinese Americans living there now. Historically, Locke was somewhat unique. It was an entirely Chinese town, built by and for Chinese Americans and their families, who were farmers or laborers. At the same time, it also shows how modern Asian American ethnic enclaves could end up. Experts say that Locke has gone through all the stages of a fotiiier cultural hub, from its heyday as a place of belonging to a ghost town when the children of its residents move on and assimilate. This movement is something that places like Little Saigon in Sacramento and Chinatown in San Francisco grapple with today, as younger people leave these neighborhoods to pursue better opportunities elsewhere. When these places vanish due to assimilation, experts say it can create a sense of loss for Asian Americans and their identity. "What's the impact of the second-, third -generation becoming professional and starting to live `white' in the burbs? They lose that self identity, they lose a piece of themselves," explained Andrew Leong, an Asian American studies professor at the University of Massachusetts Boston. `Locke Is A Chinese Town' Signs around Locke, Calif., May 17, 2021.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio The town of Locke is still a historic site, because it was built entirely by Chinese Americans for Chinese Americans. "Hey, let's differentiate right there between Chinatown and Chinese town. Chinatowns are hooked onto other towns. And they become part of the town, usually segregated," said Locke historian Stuart Walthall. "Whereas Locke is a Chinese town. It's completely separated. It's a stand-alone town." Locke was established in 1915, after a group of Chinese laborers were displaced by a fire that tore through the nearby town of Walnut Grove. Kan's grandfather was one of the only people who could speak English, and after the fire destroyed his home, he spoke with the owner of Locke, Alex Brown. He asked if they would lease the land to him and a group of other farmworkers. "And when it burned down, he told Alex, `I want to move up there to the Locke ranch and build a town,'" Kan said. Back during its peak, as many as 1,500 people lived in Locke. There was a cafe, a grocery store and a Chinese school. Now, less than 80 people remain, and most of the Chinese residents and their descendents have left the town for better jobs or higher education, never to return. The town of Locke is still a historic site, because it was built entirely by Chinese Americans for Chinese Americans.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio Jonathan Lee, a professor of Asian American studies at San Francisco State University, says there have been many towns like Locke in the past, and there continue to be places like it. He says no one wants to stay segregated, and because these ethnic enclaves often have fewer resources, most residents want their children to achieve the American Dream and leave. "I think the narrative is . . . you become successful and move out, if not you, for sure, your kids, and that is the narrative that I think is universal to all BIPOC communities," Lee said. But Lee says there is a cultural trade off that happens when generations turn -over. "Thai towns, Japantown, Little Korea — you name it," Lee said. "The cultural aspect, I think, is more complicated. Then the question is, do they have to stay in order for it to maintain its cultural significance or historical significance?" Many other towns in California have been less fortunate in terms of historic preservation. Hanford or Cambria in Southern California, which once had vibrant Chinese American communities, have essentially disappeared when their children achieved more and moved on. "If you go there [Hanford] today, you would not know," Lee said of the Central Valley town. "But for the fact that there's an alley that still has the kind of Chinese architectural design that's there, and then a plaque that says historical landmark." He adds that oftentimes, the danger in moving on is that we risk history being erased. "If we just don't know that the Chinese were in Locke and and they raised their family there and and lived lives as Americans there, we just assume that they just came off the airplane or fresh off the boat," he said. "And and and so that allows for the continued kind of racialization, xenophobia, the perpetual foreigner kind of stereotype." This racialization is something that's come to the surface as recently as this past year, when attacks on Asian Americans have been on the rise, in part because Asians are stereotypically seen as being "un- American." The idea of Asian Americans as perpetual foreigners is so pervasive that experts describe the community as inhabiting a space in between the privilege of white people and Black people, but off to the side, as constantly considered un-American. This is why many insist acknowledging the history and contributions of the Chinese to the formation of California as we know it is important. 'A Sense Of Pride In What The Chinese Were All About' Corliss Lee is working to remind people of this history. "We couldn't own the land, but we had the know-how. We came over from China already with the knowledge of how to develop levees and how to farm the land," the former Locke resident said. Corliss Lee in Locke, Calif., May 17, 2021.Andrew Nixon / CapRadio She added that she doesn't think California could have established itself as an agricultural hub without the work of Chinese Americans like those in Locke. But Lee also describes her feelings about the town as complicated. On the one hand, she has fond memories of living in an all -Chinese enclave, and how it nurtured pride in being Chinese American. "The thing is, with my aunts and my uncles, they were all raised with the concept of a sense of self-worth. I think it's because Locke was just a Chinese community," Lee said. "They didn't have to really involve themselves with the white community, and so they never had to have the feeling of being inferior to the whites." But life wasn't easy in Locke, she says. None of the Chinese American residents who lived there owned land; it was illegal back then. She says there was a great sense of frustration among many in the community at the poverty and the lack of control they had over their lives. "I think most of us just wanted to get out. So many of the people, like my sister, they don't want to tell their stories because life was so difficult," Lee said. She ended up leaving, going to college and living in the Bay Area. But she's since returned to live in the nearby town of Walnut Grove to help preserve Locke's history. "I thought I left this place. I don't need to go back. I don't need to remember all the things that happened. And it's still hard on me, but I've made a commitment and I'm staying," Lee said. She believes it's important to help tell the stories of former residents whenever she can. 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From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at 11:34 AM Subject: Christina Yuna Lee murder: Asian woman stabbed in NYC's Chinatow https ://www.usatoday. com/story/news/nation/2022/02/ 14/nyc-woman-stabbed- chinatown-apartment/67 8 3 3 47001 / Woman killed in 'horrific' stabbing is latest in string of violent attacks against Asian Americans Show Caption NEW YORK — The death of a woman who was stabbed in her Manhattan apartment is the latest in a string of unprovoked attacks on people of Asian descent that has raised concerns in New York City. Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was found in her bathroom early Sunday after her attacker followed her into her Chinatown apartment, according to police statements and local media reports. Though police have not said whether Lee's killing was being classified as a hate crime, public officials in New York swiftly condemned the gruesome act. "This is the definition of horrific.... We stand with our Asian community today," Mayor Eric Adams tweeted Sunday. Added Gov. Kathy Hochul: "We have seen far too many acts of violence against AAPI New Yorkers in recent months. We must make sure every community is safe in our state." Chilling surveillance video published by the New York Post showed Lee walking into her apartment just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday. A man follows her in before the door fully closes. Building owner Brian Chin told CBS New York the attacker followed Lee up to her sixth -floor apartment without her knowing he was there. "She did not do anything wrong. She did not deserve this," Chin told the TV station. A neighbor called 911 after hearing screams. The suspect initially tried to flee via the fire escape, but police said he was arrested after barricading himself inside the apartment. NYC hate crime: Suspect charged with murder as a hate crime in 2021 attack of Chinese immigrant in NYC Police said Assamad Nash, 25, was charged with murder and burglary. Nash had been charged in multiple other misdemeanor cases in recent months, including assault and property damage, court records show. In those cases, he was being represented by the Legal Aid Society, which declined to comment. It was unclear if he had an attorney in the murder case. Lee worked at Splice, a digital music platform, the company confirmed to The New York Times. She was a graduate of Rutgers University and had worked in photo and video for companies such as Marriott and Toms, her social media accounts show. Lee's death comes just weeks after another woman of Asian descent, Michelle Alyssa Go, died after being shoved in front of a subway train at the Times Square station. Go's death also sparked outcry from advocates who said the attack and others in recent months during the pandemic have had a chilling effect on people of Asian descent in the United States. Last week, a man was charged with second-degree murder as a hate crime, weeks after Yao Pan Ma, a 61 -year -old Chinese immigrant, died from his injuries stemming from an attack last year. Do people still care? Times Square subway tragedy amplifies racial trauma for Asians. More than 10,000 hate incidents against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have been recorded since March 2020, according to the latest report from Stop AAPI Hate, a group that has been tracking violence and other forms of discrimination and harassment against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders since the start of the COVID- 19 pandemic. The group also surveyed more than 1,000 respondents and found roughly 1 in 5 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders had experienced a hate incident in the past year. Contributing: The Associated Press From: Allan Seid To: Channing House Bulletin Board Subject: Fwd: Christina Yuna Lee murder: What can be done to stop anti -Asian hate? Date: Saturday, February 19, 2022 11:19:03 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Date: Fri, Feb 18, 2022 at 9:12 PM Subject: Christina Yuna Lee murder: What can be done to stop anti -Asian hate? https : //www.usatoday. com/story/news/nation/2022/02/ 17/anti-asian-violence- solutions-christina-yuna-lee-murder/6798086001 /?gnt-cfr=1 Terrifying attacks on Asian women continue. Here's what advocates say needs to change. Show Caption • Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment and stabbed to death last weekend in New York City. • Her death comes amid a surge in violence against Asian Americans, with women reporting incidents at twice the rate as men. • What can be done? Ending these attacks requires an understanding of the racial and gender -based aspects of the crimes, even if the official charges don't reflect those motivations, advocates say. Bew Jirajariyawetch was waiting for a subway train in New York City when a man grabbed her from behind, assaulted her and took her purse. She was hospitalized and has physically recovered. But three months later, Jirajariyawetch, 23, said she continues to be retraumatized by reports of attacks on other women of Asian descent in the city. "It's still terrifying going out," said Jirajariyawetch, who is Thai. Last month, Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, was on a subway platform when she was pushed to her death. And last weekend, Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was followed into her apartment and stabbed to death. "They don't do anything wrong at all, but things tragically still happen over and over again," Jirajariyawetch said. "At least I'm alive right now. The others didn't have a chance." The ongoing violence against women of Asian descent in the U.S. continues to outrage Americans and strike fear among Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. While some public figures have said the suspects shouldn't have been out on the streets in the first place due to prior criminal histories, others say the answer isn't so simple. Elected officials, advocates and New York City residents who spoke to USA TODAY said the attacks stem from a confluence of deeply rooted societal issues in the U.S. — patterns of gender- and race - based violence, poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness. "The reality is, we need to address systemic issues in order to solve this very desperate, dire issue that many of us are feeling in a very real way," said Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. 'Fear and anxiety': New Jersey Asians say they're avoiding New York City after brutal killing Violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities has surged across the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, with women reporting incidents at twice the rate as men, according to Stop AAPI Hate. In December, the New York City Police Department reported incidents targeting Asians rose by 361% over the previous year. New York City Council member Julie Won said a pattern has emerged in the recent attacks: Most of the victims are women or seniors, and many of the suspects are men struggling with homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues. Choimorrow agreed the incidents are "strikingly similar." Advocates say bringing an end to the attacks requires an understanding of the racial and gender -based aspects of the crimes, even if the official charges don't reflect those motivations. Many attacks on members of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are not investigated as hate crimes. "There needs to be an acknowledgement, one, of how Asian American women are uniquely targeted because of the stereotypes there are about us," Choimorrow said. "We're easier targets because we're also assumed to be docile and submissive." What are hate crimes? An informative look at what they are and why they are on the rise Hate crimes are on the rise against communities of color. In 2019, they reached their highest level in more than a decade. Here's why. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY Asian American women have been fetishized and portrayed as hypersexualized and exotic throughout U.S. history, particularly in media, and the deadly consequences of the stereotype haven't been widely recognized in mainstream culture until now, Won and Choimorrow said. It's particularly important to talk about how race and gender bias play into the crimes in light of the corning one-year anniversary of the deadly Atlanta -area shootings, said Grace Lee, a community organizer and a candidate for state assembly. Last March, a man targeted three spas, killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent. "We're not seeing enough action and attention paid to how race and gender are integral to the motivations behind these crimes," said Lee, who has lived in Lower Manhattan for 15 years. "I am raising three daughters, Asian daughters, and I feel scared." Atlanta shooting: Attack spotlights vulnerability of spa workers Some public figures have cast blame on reforms to New York's bail laws, which passed in 2019 and eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges. Shirley Ng, a community organizer in Manhattan's Chinatown with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said there is a feeling among her community that people arrested for crimes are being prematurely released. Newly elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who campaigned on public safety issues, was questioned about the issue Monday in the wake of Lee's murder. Asked by a reporter whether the suspect in Lee's murder was the "poster child" for bail reform failures, Adams said the defendant "should have not been on the streets." "We need to make sure we close the loopholes that allow dangerous people to be on the street," Adams said. The suspect in Lee's case, Assamad Nash, was charged with murder and burglary and faces up to life without parole, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Nash, 25, was previously charged with dozens of misdemeanors — including assault, aggravated harassment and escape — in New York and New Jersey, court records show. But the overwhelming majority of people charged with misdemeanors are not held pre-trial. During a hearing last month, a judge granted Nash supervised release, which allows requires periodic check -ins with a social worker. It was during this time that police say he followed Lee into her apartment and stabbed her over 40 times. The men who attacked Go and Jirajariyawetch also had a history of arrests. In Go's case, the suspect previously served time on robbery charges. The man who assaulted Jirajariyawetch had numerous prior charges and was arrested hours after the assault on different charges, according to Eric Parnes, Jirajariyawetch's lawyer. "It's rather disturbing to know that this person was peiiiiitted to be outside and able to do these things," Parnes said. Do people still care? Times Square subway tragedy amplifies racial trauma for Asians But elected officials, advocates and residents who spoke to USA TODAY urged caution in attributing the attacks to bail reform failures and said they don't see incarceration as a solution to the root causes of the attacks. "You don't break cycles of violence by locking more people up," Choimorrow said. "I for one am not buying that if this guy had been locked up, that somehow all Asian American women would be safe." Lee noted that it's important to study the data before rolling back criminal justice reforms "that were intended to make our system more equitable for communities of color." Multiple states have implemented or are working on bail reform, as U.S. jails are increasingly holding people who have not been convicted of a crime, with the vast majority being people of color who can't afford their cash bail. New York Assemblywoman Latrice Walker said Lee's death is "yet another reminder that we have to redouble our efforts to make sure that people involved in the criminal justice system get the services they need to address their mental health issues, substance use or lack of housing." That's why the Asian American Federation is calling on New York City to invest $30 million in emergency mental health support services, said executive director Jo -Ann Yoo. "It is time to invest in programs that are led by people of color, that are for people of color, because we understand how to deliver programs in our communities, in language with cultural expertise," Yoo said. Despite renewed calls to provide more social services to New Yorkers, the city is facing an even greater, looming homelessness crisis in the coming months due to the end of New York's eviction moratorium, Won said. "We have an avalanche coming our way," Won said. 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Thank you in advance for your attention. Best regards, Mary C. B. Gloner Mary Cheryl B. Gloner, MPH, MBA - Chief Executive Officer 1 Project Safety Net Cubberley Community Center 1 4000 Middlefield Rd. T5 1 Palo Alto, CA 94303 Main: 650.460.8302 1 Direct: 650.460.8304 Email: mary@psnyouth.org Website: www.psnyouth.org Facebook 1 Twitter 1 Instagram For emergencies that need an immediate response, call/text 9-1-1 and ask for a crisis intervention trained officer or go to your nearest emergency room. Additional Crisis Resources: Crisis Text Line: Text "BAY" or "RENEW" to 741741 Santa Clara County Suicide and Crisis Hotline: 1-855-278-4204 San Mateo County 24 -Hour Crisis Hotline: 650-579-0350 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255 Trevor Lifeline: 1-866-488-7386 Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain confidential information intended only for the use of the individual(s) or entitled named. If you received this e-mail in error, please immediately notify the sender by e-mail and delete it. Dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this e-mail without prior consent of the sender is strictly prohibited. Think before you print! Please consider the environment before printing this email. Project Safety Net (PSN) mobilizes community support and resources in Palo Alto for youth suicide prevention and mental wellness. We are a coalition working on community education, outreach, and training; access to quality youth mental health services; and policy advocacy. February 18, 2022 City Council City of Palo Alto 400 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 2021— 22 PSN Board Rev. Dr. Eileen Altman, Chair First Congregational Church of Palo Alto, Associate Pastor Meghna Singh, Vice -Chair PAUSD Alumna, College Student Robert George, Treasurer Parent & Joint Venture Silicon Valley, Project Manager — Bridge to Recovery Peter Stone, Governance Committee Chair Hopkins & Carley Vinita Bhalla Union Bank — Palo Alto, Vice President, Branch Manager Dennis Burns San Mateo County Department of Emergency Management & Retired Palo Alto Chief of Police Dr. Tamra Chavez Family & Children Services, Caminar, Director of Mental Health Services Patricia DeMellopine El Camino Health, Nurse Educator & Psychiatric Consult RN Dr. Shashank Joshi Lucile Packard Children's Hospital & Stanford University, Psychiatrist Kristen O'Kane, ex -officio City of Palo Alto, Director of Community Services Chief Executive Officer: Mary Cheryl B. Gloner Dear Council Members, On behalf of Project Safety Net's (PSN) Means Restriction Advisory Group (MRAG), we thank the City of Palo Alto for its commitment to community engagement, investment, and leadership to advance youth mental health promotion and suicide prevention efforts, including policies that reduce lethal means to self -harm. The initial purpose of MRAG is to develop, advocate, and monitor policy recommendations focused on restriction of lethal means to self -harm along the City of Palo Alto railway corridor. Please see the attached MRAG factsheet for more background, including its members. We send this letter requesting a meeting with the City of Palo Alto Police Department, Fire Department, and other relevant city staff on a quarterly basis to collaborate on railway safety efforts. During these meetings MRAG aims to achieve the following: • Serve as a resource to the City of Palo Alto; • Learn about the progress and outcomes of the City's means restriction efforts, especially focused on railway tracks; and • Convene other interested parties and relevant partners that have jurisdiction over railway to problem solve. For our first meeting, we hope to meet via Zoom on Thursday, March 10th, 10-11 am, which PSN can host. We are hopeful for implications of our partnership not only for our community, but potentially far- reaching effects for the rest of the railway, California, and the country. Please do not hesitate to contact Mary Gloner at mare(a)psnyouth.orq or (650) 460-8304 with your questions and coordination of a March meeting. Respectfully, Dr. Shashank Joshi Mary Cheryl B. Gloner, MPH, MBA Means Restriction Advisory Group Chair Project Safety Net CEO cc: Ed Shikada, City Manager Enclosure Cubberley Community Center • 4000 Middlefield Road, Building T5 • Palo Alto, CA 94303 • www.psnyouth.org • Office: (650) 460 - 8302 Project Safety Net (PSN) mobilizes community support and resources in Palo Alto for youth suicide prevention and mental wellness. We are a coalition working on community education, outreach, and training; access to quality youth mental health services; and policy advocacy. Project Safety Net (PSN) Means Restriction Advisory Group (MRAG), 2021 - 2022 Means Restriction Advisory Group Purpose Develop, advocate, and monitor policy recommendations focused on restriction lethal means to self -harm along the City of Palo Alto railway corridor 2022 MRAG Priorities • Develop railway means restriction policy recommendations. • Establish quarterly meetings with City of Palo Alto staff to collaborate on railway safety efforts. • Periodically update local legislators regarding MRAG efforts focusing on. • Secure funds to support MRAG activities and backbone personnel. -ctiv- M-m.-rs E-m.il Shashank Joshi, MD MRAG Chair Project Safety Net svjoshi@stanford.edu Diana Bautista Project Safety Net Policy Co -Chair Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford dibautista@stanfordchildrens.org Mary Ojakian, RN Community Leader ojakian@comcast.net Onaiza Kazi Project Safety Net Policy Co -Chair Community Advocate onaizakz@gmail.com Patrick Sherry, PhD University of Denver Research Professor & Executive Director at National Center for intermodal Transportation patrick.sherry01@gmail.com Paul Muller, MS Bridge Rail Foundation, Board President pmuller@mullerandsmith.com Todd Collins, MBA Community Leader todd@toddcollins.org Mary Cheryl B. 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From: Richard Corny To: Council, City Subject: Re: Cal Ave in numbers Date: Friday, February 18, 2022 11:25:43 AM Attachments: image0.pnq 1 Some people who received this message don't often get email from guitarrichie@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Just wanted to forward this with my last email just in case. We are lucky to have a great landlord but not everyone will be as lucky as us. Thank you 11:20 { Palo Alto Online & Palo Alto... •.- Palo Alto Online & Palo Alto Weekly 27 Avalon Yoga has shuttered on=PaloAlto's California Avenue, where the cost of an extended lease was too high, according to the owner. PALOALTOON Avalon Yoga International closes after nearly 40 years on Cal. Ave. 4J Like 0 Comment Share 4 Write a comment... 13 0 ft Sent from my iPhone On Feb 16, 2022, at 5:31 PM, rich corny <guitarrichie@yahoo.com> wrote: Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this email. I apologize in advance for it's length. I'd like to share with you some of the numbers i have analyzed in regards to Cal Ave and it's businesses. These numbers are as accurate as I could get them and they focus only on the closed part of Cal Ave, from El Camino to Birch street. And it basically concerns us. There are: 41 opened businesses 9 closed spots (that's 22%) and some are a long way from being rented seeing that construction would be needed. Avalon Yoga seemed to have gone and Bank of the West is about to go as well adding to that 9. I"d like to focus on the restaurants and their schedules and when the street is actually occupied. 21 restaurants including coffee shops 15 which are actually using the street and 6 that are not. (70% of the restaurants are using the street, these restaurants make about 38% of the businesses on closed Cal Ave) Lunch time average is 11 am to 2:30pm (except for coffee shops which open earlier) Monday- 11 opened restaurants 8 that using the street (that's 38% of all the restaurants) Tuesday and Wednesday 15 opened restaurants 10 that are using the street (about 50%) Thursday and Friday 16 opened restaurants 11 that are using the street (about 52%) Saturday and Sunday 14 opened restaurants 10 that are using the street (about 50%) About 50% of the restaurants are benefiting from having tables on the street 6 days a week at lunch time. And if you come down on Cal Ave during the day you will see how dead it is. Dinner time average is 5pm to 9pm (but most will close earlier due to slow traffic during the week). And yes it is busy for a couple of hours Thurs- Friday and some Saturday nights. Friday being the busiest from 6pm to 9pm Monday- 8 opened restaurants 7 that are using the street (about 33% of all the restaurants) Tuesday- 14 opened restaurants 12 that are using the street (about 57%) Wednesday to Saturday 15 opened restaurants 13 that are using the street (about 62%) Sunday- 8 opened businesses all are using the street (about 38%) About 60% of the restaurants are benefiting from having tables on the street 5 days a week at dinner time. And if you come down on Cal Ave on Friday evening it's quite lovely. But it could be lovely with Parklets and traffic flowing through as well. So the other businesses like ours can be seen by customers who don't feel like parking and walking around looking for a business they can barely see because of a wall or tent built by the restaurants nearby. I keep hearing people referring to Cal Ave as a promenade and a European vibe, let me assure you it is nothing like Europe. Streets are way smaller in Europe and Cal Ave used to be a 4 way lane. The street is wide enough for parklets to be installed and traffic to flow back through. About 50% of the restaurants are benefiting from street closure 5 days/week for lunch and 4 days/week for dinner which is about 10-12 restaurants which makes about 25% of opened businesses on Cal Ave. With the economy not doing so great, a lack of employees for restaurants and empty office spaces which may only return to about 50% capacity we are not doing great and no one really is, so the easier it is for people to see a business the better it will be for that business. Mask mandates should be done soon which means restaurants will be able to have diners back inside. I'd like to think that City council cares about all the businesses and not just a few restaurants. You may do whatever you want with these numbers, I just thought you should see them. 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Show Caption • Christina Yuna Lee was followed into her apartment and stabbed to death last weekend in New York City. • Her death comes amid a surge in violence against Asian Americans, with women reporting incidents at twice the rate as men. • What can be done? Ending these attacks requires an understanding of the racial and gender -based aspects of the crimes, even if the official charges don't reflect those motivations, advocates say. Bew Jirajariyawetch was waiting for a subway train in New York City when a man grabbed her from behind, assaulted her and took her purse. She was hospitalized and has physically recovered. But three months later, Jirajariyawetch, 23, said she continues to be retraumatized by reports of attacks on other women of Asian descent in the city. "It's still terrifying going out," said Jirajariyawetch, who is Thai. Last month, Michelle Alyssa Go, 40, was on a subway platform when she was pushed to her death. And last weekend, Christina Yuna Lee, 35, was followed into her apartment and stabbed to death. "They don't do anything wrong at all, but things tragically still happen over and over again," Jirajariyawetch said. "At least I'm alive right now. The others didn't have a chance." The ongoing violence against women of Asian descent in the U.S. continues to outrage Americans and strike fear among Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. While some public figures have said the suspects shouldn't have been out on the streets in the first place due to prior criminal histories, others say the answer isn't so simple. Elected officials, advocates and New York City residents who spoke to USA TODAY said the attacks stem from a confluence of deeply rooted societal issues in the U.S. — patterns of gender- and race - based violence, poverty, homelessness, substance abuse and mental illness. "The reality is, we need to address systemic issues in order to solve this very desperate, dire issue that many of us are feeling in a very real way," said Sung Yeon Choimorrow, executive director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum. 'Fear and anxiety': New Jersey Asians say they're avoiding New York City after brutal killing Violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities has surged across the U.S. amid the coronavirus pandemic, with women reporting incidents at twice the rate as men, according to Stop AAPI Hate. In December, the New York City Police Department reported incidents targeting Asians rose by 361% over the previous year. New York City Council member Julie Won said a pattern has emerged in the recent attacks: Most of the victims are women or seniors, and many of the suspects are men struggling with homelessness, substance abuse and mental health issues. Choimorrow agreed the incidents are "strikingly similar." Advocates say bringing an end to the attacks requires an understanding of the racial and gender -based aspects of the crimes, even if the official charges don't reflect those motivations. Many attacks on members of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities are not investigated as hate crimes. "There needs to be an acknowledgement, one, of how Asian American women are uniquely targeted because of the stereotypes there are about us," Choimorrow said. "We're easier targets because we're also assumed to be docile and submissive." What are hate crimes? An informative look at what they are and why they are on the rise Hate crimes are on the rise against communities of color. In 2019, they reached their highest level in more than a decade. Here's why. Just the FAQs, USA TODAY Asian American women have been fetishized and portrayed as hypersexualized and exotic throughout U.S. history, particularly in media, and the deadly consequences of the stereotype haven't been widely recognized in mainstream culture until now, Won and Choimorrow said. It's particularly important to talk about how race and gender bias play into the crimes in light of the coming one-year anniversary of the deadly Atlanta -area shootings, said Grace Lee, a community organizer and a candidate for state assembly. Last March, a man targeted three spas, killing eight people, including six women of Asian descent. "We're not seeing enough action and attention paid to how race and gender are integral to the motivations behind these crimes," said Lee, who has lived in Lower Manhattan for 15 years. "I am raising three daughters, Asian daughters, and I feel scared." Atlanta shooting: Attack spotlights vulnerability of spa workers Some public figures have cast blame on reforms to New York's bail laws, which passed in 2019 and eliminated cash bail for most misdemeanor and nonviolent felony charges. Shirley Ng, a community organizer in Manhattan's Chinatown with the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, said there is a feeling among her community that people arrested for crimes are being prematurely released. Newly elected New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who campaigned on public safety issues, was questioned about the issue Monday in the wake of Lee's murder. Asked by a reporter whether the suspect in Lee's murder was the "poster child" for bail reform failures, Adams said the defendant "should have not been on the streets." "We need to make sure we close the loopholes that allow dangerous people to be on the street," Adams said. The suspect in Lee's case, Assamad Nash, was charged with murder and burglary and faces up to life without parole, according to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Nash, 25, was previously charged with dozens of misdemeanors — including assault, aggravated harassment and escape — in New York and New Jersey, court records show. But the overwhelming majority of people charged with misdemeanors are not held pre-trial. During a hearing last month, a judge granted Nash supervised release, which allows requires periodic check -ins with a social worker. It was during this time that police say he followed Lee into her apartment and stabbed her over 40 times. The men who attacked Go and Jirajariyawetch also had a history of arrests. In Go's case, the suspect previously served time on robbery charges. The man who assaulted Jirajariyawetch had numerous prior charges and was arrested hours after the assault on different charges, according to Eric Parnes, Jirajariyawetch's lawyer. "It's rather disturbing to know that this person was peiiiiitted to be outside and able to do these things," Parnes said. Do people still care? Times Square subway tragedy amplifies racial trauma for Asians But elected officials, advocates and residents who spoke to USA TODAY urged caution in attributing the attacks to bail reform failures and said they don't see incarceration as a solution to the root causes of the attacks. "You don't break cycles of violence by locking more people up," Choimorrow said. "I for one am not buying that if this guy had been locked up, that somehow all Asian American women would be safe." Lee noted that it's important to study the data before rolling back criminal justice reforms "that were intended to make our system more equitable for communities of color." Multiple states have implemented or are working on bail reform, as U.S. jails are increasingly holding people who have not been convicted of a crime, with the vast majority being people of color who can't afford their cash bail. New York Assemblywoman Latrice Walker said Lee's death is "yet another reminder that we have to redouble our efforts to make sure that people involved in the criminal justice system get the services they need to address their mental health issues, substance use or lack of housing." That's why the Asian American Federation is calling on New York City to invest $30 million in emergency mental health support services, said executive director Jo -Ann Yoo. "It is time to invest in programs that are led by people of color, that are for people of color, because we understand how to deliver programs in our communities, in language with cultural expertise," Yoo said. Despite renewed calls to provide more social services to New Yorkers, the city is facing an even greater, looming homelessness crisis in the coming months due to the end of New York's eviction moratorium, Won said. "We have an avalanche coming our way," Won said. 'Joy is the most radical form of rebellion': Asian Americans mark Lunar New Year with resilience Jirajariyawetch, meanwhile, said she has recovered physically, but is struggling with her mental health. She hasn't felt ready to start therapy but intends to in the future. "I'm focusing on trying to be as normal as I could," Jirajariyawetch said. "I just feel sorry to all our other friends still facing the same problem." Jirajariyawetch lives in Queens and said she still has to take the subway to get around. "It's still a terrifying thing to me to take the subway," she said, "but sometimes I have to." 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Alpha Barry (WAEMU) From: Jennifer Landesmann To: Council, City Subject: City's news about GBAS Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 12:53:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Mayor Burt and Council, The following item popped up in Councilmember Lydia Kou's newsletter today. Airplane Noise Staff and community members are continuing to evaluate San Francisco International Airport's (SFO) proposed Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) for its potential impacts on airplane noise over Palo Alto. Most recently, staff contracted ABCx2, LLC, a consultant with aviation flight pattern expertise, to review available information on the proposed GBAS innovative approaches and identify potential risks and benefits regarding airplane noise. The consultant's report is expected to be finalized soon, and staff will be coordinating with SFO to schedule a third GBAS community meeting. 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Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 4:43:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Comments of Captain Reifschneider, mind boggling these are the sentiments of a member of the KKK.. Simply stated outrageous sicking vomit.... The entire management of the PAPD must and should be dismantled and come under Federal oversight.... Sent from my iPad On Feb 17, 2022, at 1:49 AM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@winwithrebecca.com> wrote: Captain Reifschneider From: Martha Simon Subject: Calvary Greetings in the Name of our lord Jesus Christ Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022 4:04:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. 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Palo Alto Weekly Editors and Publisher Bill Johnson, When I tried to post the sentence (below) at 12 midnight on early Thursday morning, Feb 17, 2022, your website rejected the post and instead delivered the message in red below, instructing me that my comment, unlike all others, must be reviewed by a moderator before it is posted to "prevent spam" and "ensure that comments conform to our terms of use." As usual, no violation of terms (or accusation of spam) was specified, or can be found in this comment, or any comments made previously. Here is the comment I attempted to post: "Was this architect and former chair of the historic resources commission unaware that permits are also often required for renovations on the inside of structures, and not just for renovations of exteriors?" It is a question, not a statement of fact, so cannot be "factually incorrect" (although if it were, that would not violate your terms). It is not spam. Thank you for your Town Square comment. It is in queue to be reviewed by a moderator, which should be completed within two hours. This process is designed to prevent spam on our site and to ensure that comments conform to our terms of use. You will receive an automated email if it is cleared for posting on our site. On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 11:59 PM OnlineEditor@,paloaltoonline.com<OnlineEditor@paloaltoonline.com> wrote: Thank you for your Town Square comment. It is in queue to be reviewed by a moderator, which should be completed within two hours. This process is designed to prevent spam on our site and to ensure that comments conform to our terms of use. You will receive an automated email if it is cleared for posting on our site. I make this response to document your behavior, which you deny. If this documentation embarrases you, you have the freedom to change your embarrassing choices, which I continue to ask and recommend. Do you intend to review this comment within 2 hours? What happens if you violate your own terms? How exactly do these actions further your stated mission of local journalism and creating community? Who else is auto -moderated? Will a lawsuit be required to find that out? Why do you want to be sued? That doesn't seem like a good idea either. Why not choose the easier and more pleasant path of letting go of petty grudges and vendettas, and instead behaving with the professionalism and courtesy you seek in others? Best, Rebecca From: John FairHeart Subject: Your urgent response is needed Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:57:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Barrister John FairHeart & Associates, 5 Rivonia Road Sandton Johannesburg South Africa Fax number +27862247868 Tel Phone +27 735 190 924 Attn. 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Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron Zachary; Enbero, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Mt; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone; Tanaka Greg; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindv.chavez@ bos.sccgov.orq; Reifschneider, James; michael.gennacoCaoirgrouo.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wasserman(albos.sccaov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Campanile article makes clear that PAPD should not be investigating hate crimes or speech. Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:49:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. From this week's Campanile, one of Palo Alto High School's high -quality newspapers: https://thecampanile.org/2022/02/ 14/police-investigating-vandalism-at-el-carmelo-elementary-school-as-a-hate- crime/ Given the facts of this condemnable situation -- a racial epithet directed at black children, and the crossing out only of children of color in a cartoon depiction -- one reasonably wonders how Captain Reifschneider and the PAPD "do[] not know if the vandalization was racially motivated." I cannot (and prefer not to) imagine what additional evidence they would require. Given the PAPD's confusion, one wonders whether this taxpayer -funded organization is qualified for the job of "securing the safety and well-being of citizens and non -citizens, regardless of race and ethnicity." And, given their inability to view such cruelty, heartlessness, ugliness, and inhumanity directed at children of color as the despicable action it was, can we truly expect that they will investigate the crime as they claim they will do? If you can read the article below without feeling horrified and angry on behalf of the public school children who had to endure the indignity they faced at El Carmelo School, then you lack requisite empathy and integrity to serve in leadership in this city, or any place anywhere. Best, Rebecca Police investigating vandalism at El Carmelo Elementary School as a hate crime Ken Ogata News February 14, 2022 On Jan. 24 at 4:18 p.m., an El Carmelo administrator contacted the Palo Alto Police to report that a sign was vandalized sometime over the weekend with a racial epithet directed against Black children. Another sign was vandalized by crossing out cartoon images of students of color. El Carmelo Elementary School has one of the most diverse student bodies among the 12 elementary schools in Palo Alto. Nearly three -fourths of the children who attend El Carmelo are students of color. Acting Police Captain James Reifschneider said PAPD does not know if the vandalization was racially motivated. "We don't have any information as to why the suspect or suspects committed at El Carmelo specifically, versus another location in town." Reifschneider said. The PAPD has no suspects as of Jan. 31. Yolanda Conaway, Assistant Superintendent of Equity and Student Affairs at PAUSD, said the district makes it their mission to curb discriminatory behavior in Palo Alto schools. "Schools must be a safe space for all students," Conaway said. "While there may not be a cure for hate speech, it is important that our entire community collectively develops a counter -speech that fosters higher standards for humanity, compassion, and respect." In March 2021, the Palo Alto City Council adopted a resolution committing itself to addressing racism and discrimination in the community. The resolution came after the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders across the nation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the city has focused on securing the safety and well-being of citizens and non -citizens, regardless of race and ethnicity. "As a person of color and an educator, I am deeply troubled by any act that denigrates, disrespect, or causes harm to any individual or group." Conaway said. On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 9:36 AM chuck jagoda <chuckjagodalna gmail.com> wrote: I commend the efforts and words of Rev. Moore and others who oppose hate crimes and hate speech. Why not institute a bad -action fine for police or others who violate hate crime and hate speech restrictions? If public officials commit such excesses, why not levy a fine on their actions? And why not make it a hiring requirement that all officers must have a self -indemnifying insurance policy before starting employment? That way, officers (and other public officials) will take responsibility for their actions and protect the rest of the community from paying the costs of their actions. Also, offering officers psychological counseling to help them with their feelings and actions towards members of groups whose members are targeted for racial or other abuse would help the officers and help curb hateful practices. Palo Alto has had too many recent racist assaults and mistreatment of minorities and under represented groups. It's a sad tradition of violence against defenseless residents. The unfortunate incident list goes way back and shows no signs of stopping. They must stop. Chuck Jagoda On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:11 AM Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: No one can observe the shocking data on the rise of hate crimes in our state. Who among us has not seen the horrific videos of Asian Americans being brutalized, of rancid assaults on Jews, of increased violence against trans-gendered people, and vicious racism hurled at all people of color. Santa Clara County represent a highly diverse body of people who can be potential targets of hate. "The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." — Thomas Jefferson The City Council of Palo Alto and community leaders must overcome reluctance and their own biases, the fear of negative publicity, a lack of partnerships with affected communities, and a failure to fully understand hate and bias. Your silence creates a vacuum in which rumors spread, victims feel ignored, and perpetrators find tacit acceptance. The local law enforcement regarding their failure to recognize this as a potential hate crime, should turn to the law currently going through the California Legislature Assembly Bill #1947, which will require law enforcement to report their hate crime policy to the Department of Justice. The City of Palo Alto and its Police Department should began this process and include local community leaders to help all understand A hate crime must meet two criteria: » A crime must happen, such as physical assault, intimidation, arson, or vandalism; and » The crime must be motivated, in whole or in part, by bias The community should also be informed that many police officer have not been adequately trained to identify hate crimes: please see the attachments California P.O.S.T. Learning Domain 42, Chapter 5 my past work. Ms. Rebecca Eisenberg, If you believe you are victim or a witness of a hate crime, report it to the FBI by calling 1 -800 -CALL -FBI or submitting a tip at tips.fbi.gov. I have included your local FBI Kyle Biebesheimer (415) 652-1062 on this email if you or the City of Palo Alto would like to learn more about Zoom Bombing. Minister Sisulu has observed about "the rule of law." Most Americans are in denial about white supremacy, racism and their pervasive influence on the legal system, society, economics, notions of government, religion and understanding of culture. Hate violence and terror have to stop. Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP On Monday, February 14, 2022, 10:46:17 PM EST, Curtis Smolar <csmolar@gmail.com> wrote: City Council and Palo Alto Police Department: First and foremost, thank you very much Reverend Moore for your thoughtful and erudite email. I am in total agreement. I would only add my own astonishment that the City and Police Department are taking a position that no investigation is necessary. Under California law, which the officers are sworn to uphold, the use of the N - word is NOT protected free speech. Lee v. Superior Court, 9 Cal.App. 4th 910 (1992). The Court, in Lee found that calling someone the N -word is so offensive as to be considered a "fighting word" not protected by the California nor the United States Constitution. Making the statement "ring N -word," in addition to being unprotected speech, can, by itself, be the basis of hate crime. Garmo v. Paramo, 2015 US Dist. Lexis 134937, *15 (2015). The reasoning is that the speaker views the African American subject of the sentence as subhuman. Id. This, in turn, leads to violence against African Americans based on the view that they are not worthy of basic human dignity (a position I abhor, and so should you). I am embarrassed and ashamed to be associated with a community that encourages this type of behavior either implicitly or explicitly. When the inevitable, though horrific, conclusion of this situation is that someone will be injured based on the active endorsement of this behavior. I reiterate the request of both Ms. Eisenberg and Rev. Moore that 1. An investigation be initiated; 2. An apology by the City Council to both the African American community, Rebecca Eisenberg, and the women of this community; and 3. Future protections as described by Rev. Moore be installed Best regards, Curtis E. Smolar, Esq. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments..... Mr. Moore....) can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer-accused-of-excessive-force-gone-from- department/2668579/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress©gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "I am unable to sleep normally. 1 experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. Chuck ashram i Some people whomEenedAI, menage nanhenvet rmalfrom navabenen@mernm.,vm r. .a on.. Mr, Shikado, I am reaching out to you because I requested the AsilomarrMaddies Fund Report On November 4th and I have not received it. Animal Control acknowledged that they heard 1 requested this shortly after I sent this email. As far longer than IC days have passed, please send me Ma report at your earliest Thanks you, Kristen Andersen On Novo, 2021, at s:42 AM,Kristen Andersen koairmmod ..rq r rm`„>wrok: Mr.. Shikadm TThok you for taking the time to respond to me. Could you please have someone from your once send me a copy ofTh current M,2022ar000500 es Fund Report for the Palo Alto shelter. Thank yoµ Kristen Andersen On Nov4,2021,at>A3 AM, Shiada, Ed<F8 ShkadoNEirvo1PoI almnrg>wrot Bear Ms. Anderson; I am acknowledging receipt of your email, and will discuss with staff appropriate follow-up. Thank you for bringing this 2030 to our attentlo 5incernik —Id <finage003.pngs Ed Shikada City Manager (0002329-1280181 shlkadmarmnfoalaalto nr From Kristen Andersen ckrist0045 220015 000 2008 Sent: Wednesday, November 3, WW1 331 PM nnl,onrvNnolnalm Nag; ray Mgr a'uvfitinorltvnfoalnalro orrs s SON= getnNeed s Meg airm rs,mms lmm.v 22 caomxes.. This email originated from outside of the organisation. Be mutious of opening attachments. Dear Councilmembers and Mr, Shikada. I am writing to you after seeing the very concerning article by Sue Dremann in the Palo Alto Weekly regarding inhumane treatment that resulted in the death of seven pups N. Palo Alto Animal Shelter. Below is a latter I drafted b the Council last January but did not send due to concern that it could negatively impact the relationship between local rescue organizations and PetrinNeed. PetrinNeed Falling I0 Provide Services and Accnunfabilify Ten months have passed since I wrote this letter. While PetrinNeed has started performing some of the services they were conbaced to perform, they are still only open for public spay ant neuter one day per week. So, what have they been doing, The last Asilomar I Middies Fund Report published on its website was for the period 0211912019 to 10/31/2019. Has the City of Palo Alto received a more current version that details what they have been up to over the past two years, I heard Mat PetrinNeed was bringing many animals in from the central valley while refusng to provide services to the residents of Palo Alto who pay for this shelter and 11116 article confirms That As I predicted, the feral cal population has grown In Crescent Park. PetrinNeed Malty agreed to spay and neuter the. adult cats that we could trap in February 2021, howeverwhen we caught the mother of the six kittens I fostered, we could not get an appointment far several days and she escaped. She had another litter of S later in the Spring. Two have died already. In the past several weeks Animal Control has captured fi cats and kittens on Dana Avenue. There are more, but rw'w resdentr will be relu.nt to bap and surrender to PetrinNeed because there is a lass of public bust, Not An lada. Incident If you investigate, I think you will discover this is not an Isolated Incident, I have heard other stories on inhumane treatment, such as iransfedn9 a feral to another organization in San Jose for release - a community the cat wasn't familiar wlM antl would not know where to find food and water. Apparent. irenstamng animals with unfavorable outcomes is a way to make your reporting look better. PetrinNeed Cutters of ...nips Why were Shelter workers leaking out Mese stories of inhumane treatment instead of going to leadership prior to Me puppy Incident 1 After reading Ms. Dremann's article I readied out to multiple sources with contacts at the shelter. One of Mem provided me with a copy of the letter Mat PetrinNeed staff wrote to Its Board in August (Attached, The letter talks about Executive abettor Al Monica being Mombaive and dismissive" and how he is not transparent provides Incomplete Information to staff and elected to keep Me Incident Internal and not take any disciplinary actions. This behavior is consistent with my own personal experience where Mr. Kalman denied that his staff told me they would likely e 008 a kittens. Now that Ms. Dremenn's article has come out, PmslnNeed has published a statement on their webs. that they are going to conduct a "thorough investigation into this Incident" How could we possibly trust ed ust PetrinNe to investigate themselves? Especially when the staff Mat reported the incident are experiencing retaliation. If PetrinNeed leadership was really concerned about Me welfare and safety of the animals they would have Investigated months ago antl taken actions. I erne the Council M re01030 PetsinNend with a minW.. and tr. slwnrthv °Twirler whn will rwrfonn the ...inns thew are mmbaced to omvkle to the realdenle of m,r mmmnnity Best, Kristen Andersen LETTER DRAFTED IN JANUARY 2021 OUT NOT SENT Dear Comic...ere, In February 2019 PetrinNeed took over operation of Me Palo Alto Animal Shelter. On the city's website it states that its responsibilities include animal adoption, dog licensing; lost and found reports, spay 8 neuter clinic; vaccine dinice; animal surrender, humane trap rentals: volunteering; and community programs. It Is my understanding that many of thess services are pot being provided to our community despite the fact that our community has funded PetrinNeed to provide Mesa services. For example, in the two years Mat they have had the contract PdslnNeed has not done a single public Spay 8, Neuter Clinic or Vaccine Clinic. I am writing to you to ask you to audit their practice a... PetrinNeed accountable for fulfilling the terns of their contract I am a resident of Crescent Park. We have a grouting feral cat population that I am trying to address. On December 10. 2020 M 12:49 pm I contacted PetrinNeed to seek assistance wits trapping 6 kittens and several adult cats. Despite their stated mission 30 advance the no -kill reduce pet homelessness, antl find every dog and cet a loving Mme,'the representative on the phone told me during our 11 minute convers.on that their office wasn't currently open to the public due to Covid, that they currently didn't have a veterinarian, and Mat feral kittens older than B weeks would likely be loo old to be societal and therefor not adoptable and would probably be euthanized If Animal Control was able to capture them, Since I was very concerned about the kittens getting euthan2ed, I immediately reached out to Humanimal Connection. a no -kill cat rescue organization who I had adopted cols from in the past. Humanimal put me in contact with the Palo Alb Humane Society who has been helping me capture, spay and neuter, and vaccinate the kittens and will be helping me find them loving homes. These are all services that PetsInNeed should be providing to our community per their contract, but instead we have been forced to go out of the county to receive these services. When Palo Alto Humane Society reported my conversation with the Palo Alto shelter representative to PetrinNeed President Rob Kalman, he denied that any of his employees would say feral kittens older than eight weeks would be eWhamzed and dismiss. me as "not Pres.." even though ha doesn't know me or even know my name. PetrinNeed is using the remodel and Covid as rationale for why they aren't providing services b the public, while shelters in neighboring communities have been safely providing Mese services b Meir constituents. Furthermore, h is my understanding that while not providing services to the Palo Alto public, PetrinNeed is bringing In animals from shelters outside of the area and providing services to these animals. While I would support assisting other communities, we need to meet the neetls c our own community first Our residents are paying for the operation of the Palo Alto shelter. The inability b spay and neuter our feral population now will result In more kittens this spring and exponential growth of feral cats in our Palo Alb neighborhoods. This is inhumane. Please demand that they start fulfilling the terms of their contract now. Thank you for giving this your time and attention. Kristen Andersen © Q 13034_full.jpg 432x343 pixels AO* iT1�RM� i � TV F RS�l i I_OOf ti From: atkinsonkimC3pacbell.net To: Council, City Cc: Police Subject: wonderful police department deserves our support ! Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:38:44 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from atkinsonkim@pacbell.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council, Writing here is a lifelong Palo Alto resident and home owner. On February 16 I encountered some of our police officers downtown, handling a homeless -person case. I took the opportunity to approach an officer who was not busy at that moment, to thank him and all the department for what they do to protect, assist and support the residents of the city of Palo Alto. We are truly grateful to them. Please know how impressed with and appreciative we are of the Palo Alto Police department. In talking with the officer today, I became aware that there is a perceived need in the department for more officers. Can you please look at the city budget and consider funding more officers for Palo Alto ? There is nothing more important than a safe environment for all of us to live in, in these somewhat different times. And we need to support the officers who are currently on board, with enough staffing to handle emergencies and cases. Thank you Kim Atkinson cc Chief Robert A. Jonsen From: rich corny To: Council, City Subject: Cal Ave in numbers Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:32:10 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from guitarrichie@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello and thank you for taking the time to read this email. I apologize in advance for it's length. I'd like to share with you some of the numbers i have analyzed in regards to Cal Ave and it's businesses. These numbers are as accurate as I could get them and they focus only on the closed part of Cal Ave, from El Camino to Birch street. And it basically concerns us. There are: 41 opened businesses 9 closed spots (that's 22%) and some are a long way from being rented seeing that construction would be needed. Avalon Yoga seemed to have gone and Bank of the West is about to go as well adding to that 9. I"d like to focus on the restaurants and their schedules and when the street is actually occupied. 21 restaurants including coffee shops 15 which are actually using the street and 6 that are not. (70% of the restaurants are using the street, these restaurants make about 38% of the businesses on closed Cal Ave) Lunch time average is 11 am to 2:30pm (except for coffee shops which open earlier) Monday- 11 opened restaurants 8 that using the street (that's 38% of all the restaurants) Tuesday and Wednesday 15 opened restaurants 10 that are using the street (about 50%) Thursday and Friday 16 opened restaurants 11 that are using the street (about 52%) Saturday and Sunday 14 opened restaurants 10 that are using the street (about 50%) About 50% of the restaurants are benefiting from having tables on the street 6 days a week at lunch time. And if you come down on Cal Ave during the day you will see how dead it is. Dinner time average is 5pm to 9pm (but most will close earlier due to slow traffic during the week). And yes it is busy for a couple of hours Thurs-Friday and some Saturday nights. Friday being the busiest from 6pm to 9pm Monday- 8 opened restaurants 7 that are using the street (about 33% of all the restaurants) Tuesday- 14 opened restaurants 12 that are using the street (about 57%) Wednesday to Saturday 15 opened restaurants 13 that are using the street (about 62%) Sunday- 8 opened businesses all are using the street (about 38%) About 60% of the restaurants are benefiting from having tables on the street 5 days a week at dinner time. And if you come down on Cal Ave on Friday evening it's quite lovely. But it could be lovely with Parklets and traffic flowing through as well. So the other businesses like ours can be seen by customers who don't feel like parking and walking around looking for a business they can barely see because of a wall or tent built by the restaurants nearby. I keep hearing people referring to Cal Ave as a promenade and a European vibe, let me assure you it is nothing like Europe. Streets are way smaller in Europe and Cal Ave used to be a 4 way lane. The street is wide enough for parklets to be installed and traffic to flow back through. About 50% of the restaurants are benefiting from street closure 5 days/week for lunch and 4 days/week for dinner which is about 10-12 restaurants which makes about 25% of opened businesses on Cal Ave. With the economy not doing so great, a lack of employees for restaurants and empty office spaces which may only return to about 50% capacity we are not doing great and no one really is, so the easier it is for people to see a business the better it will be for that business. Mask mandates should be done soon which means restaurants will be able to have diners back inside. I'd like to think that City council cares about all the businesses and not just a few restaurants. You may do whatever you want with these numbers, I just thought you should see them. I am not expecting anything to change from this but I do thank you for your time again as I know that everyone is very busy. Richard Corny From: GOLD PARK Subject: GOLD BARS FOR SALE Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:30:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Attention Friend, I'm the administrative Manager of Gold Park Mines Ltd. Ghana, and other diversified areas of Business. We have smelted Gold Dore/Bars ready for Sale. Quality 22+karat plus, purity 99.67%. If you're interested, do let us know immediately so that we can negotiate price. The product available below: QUANTITY: As many as you may want ORIGIN: Ghana QUALITY: 22+ carats PURITY: 99.67% PRICE: negotiable Packaging: In metal boxes. Thank You as I look forward to hearing from you soon. Regards, Mr.Hayford Email: goldparkminesltd69@gmail.com From: GOLD PARK Subject: GOLD BARS FOR SALE Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:29:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Attention Friend, I'm the administrative Manager of Gold Park Mines Ltd. Ghana, and other diversified areas of Business. We have smelted Gold Dore/Bars ready for Sale. Quality 22+karat plus, purity 99.67%. If you're interested, do let us know immediately so that we can negotiate price. The product available below: QUANTITY: As many as you may want ORIGIN: Ghana QUALITY: 22+ carats PURITY: 99.67% PRICE: negotiable Packaging: In metal boxes. Thank You as I look forward to hearing from you soon. Regards, Mr.Hayford Email: goldparkminesltd69@gmail.com From: Normajean Jiminez To: Council, City Subject: Urgent matter Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 4:24:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello All The Board of Education certainly missed the mark here on the 2022-2023 growth Thank you for your attention Ken Horowitz 525 Homer Ave Palo Alto, CA Sent from my iPad Palo Alto Unified School District June 16, 2010 Palo Alto Unified School District Long Term Enrollment Pattern 18,000 1€,010 14,000 12,000 10,010 PAUSD Enrollment History and Projections (Propections'ncludeAlta Vista, Children's Hospital, and Middle College:. 15.575167-687 ■Actual Enrollment ® Low Projection ■ Medium Projection ❑High Projection 2 Palo Alto Unified School District Growth Over the Last 20 Years Actual Enrollment 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 Palo Alto Unified School District Growth Rate Compound Growth Rate 2.3% 14000 12000 10000 8000 6000 4000 2000 0 1 1 N . Cr) CO O - N ▪ A Cr) CO 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1990-91 1991-92 1992-93 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-00 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 lanai 89-L961 ayl la >peg aq pin0M £Z c N cra O CCD a) GI Oc r+ z- po cu fDrF - 13 CD el r -F CD 0— M 3 1 O 3 CD 3 3 N 0 NJ 0 D Q) Lipnoao aanlnj 0 D 0 C m 't1 o1 V^) l J m- 0 0 0 r1 - n Palo Alto Unified School District Potential Future Growth • PAUSD has grown by an average of over 2% over the last 20 years. • The growth is fueled by the District's reputation as one of the outstanding school districts in the Country. • The growth has continued even through the current profound recession. Palo Alto Unified School District Potential Future Growth • We have no reason to believe this growth will stop or slow down (ABAG, anticipated continued Palo Alto building, and the quality of the school district) • If we rely on the trend of the last 20 years, we will be right back to the enrollment level of 1967-68 • Space is needed to accommodate the anticipated additional students. • The Cubberley site, with contiguous 34 acres, is a needed solution District Interests • Retaining options to address expected enrollment growth in the future • Continuing symbiotic relationship with City regarding facilities for community use and other areas • Maintaining and enhancing educational options with Foothill-DeAnza for present students and PAUSD graduates Note: For the Class of 2010, 47 Gunn students and 19 Paly students plan to attend Foothill-DeAnza From: John Way Subject: Good evening Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 1:14:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Good Evening, I am sorry to intrude in your personal life. I have a client who has funds for investment either on equity or loan basis. If you are interested revert back to me for further details. Waiting for your mail. Regards, John Way From: Dilma Coleman To: kleincouncil@sunnyvale.ca.gov; ncip@scu.edu Cc: Itorres@sanleandro.orq; R. James Slaughter Subject: Fwd: Why Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen,former SJPD Police chief Eddie Garcia, Millbrae Police chief Christina Corpus,Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith,Solano County DA Krishna Abrams,Santa Clara county mental health judge Stephen Manley,former U.S Presiden... Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:57:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Forwarded message From: Dilma Coleman <dhappinessforever@gmail.com> Date: Wed, Feb 16, 2022, 12:19 PM Subject: Why Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen,former SJPD Police chief Eddie Garcia, Millbrae Police chief Christina Corpus,Santa Clara Sheriffs Laurie Smith,Solano County DA Krishna Abrams,Santa Clara county mental health judge Stephen Manley,former U.S President Donald Trump,CEO Apple Tim Cook,AG Rob Bonta, California Governor Gavin Newsom,Santa Cruz Sheriff Jim Hart, should be arrested ASAP plus others..(corrupt boogaloo movement affiliated with drugs+slavery+Kidnapping with GHB blackout drugs). Arrest Mark Zuckerberg's mom Karen Kempter and Maxine Waters on it that GHB blackout drugs. To: <BolanosforSheriff@gmail.com> Cc: <ed@smllp.law>, <uff affarilegislativi@cert.vigilfuoco.it> Attachment#1 Diva Lee MD JD aka Dilma Coleman age 46. Catholic faith whereas Portuguese decent Dennis Rocha was my Godfather and Laci Rocha Peterson was my godsister. Diva Lee is Former Syrian opthalmologist Surgeon assistant with President Bashar Al Assad of Syria. Diva Lee born in Italy..the granddaughter of Afghanistan King MOHAMMED Zahir Shah.. followed closely with Italian President Sergio Mattarela and his deceased wife Marissa. Attachment#2 Katherine Scott & Michelle Scott. (Michelle Scott victimtimized Diva Lee MD JD aka Dilma Coleman sexually assault and assault with drugs especially the"blackout" drugs..Diva Lee MD JD given ultimatums to pay Michelle Scott's double lung transplant)Michelle Scott victimtimized 14 year old girl Rhyiana with drugs,"blackout" drugs possibly Rhyiana victimtimized onto death for her heroric efforts to rescue her (auntie Minha) Diva Lee MD+JD aka Dilma Coleman. The daughter of Fabiana Vega and Virgil Vega is possibly deceased by an attack of overdose drugs..whereas Fabiana Vega and Monica forced medication on her and it was an unseen attack whereas other administered drugs onto Rhyiana..it was on repeat along with alcohol. Rhyiana Charector analysis (nice girl with excellent grades,former Trace elementary school student, Herbert Hoover middle School student, she had nice voice, cute dance, love for arabic islamic egyptian cosmetic artistry, powerful artistry in painting art, former resident on Mcdaniel way near the Westgate Mall. Rhyiana and her sisters were key witnesses to that Canadian billionaire Barry Sherman and Honey Sherman's murder, and that Corocan inmate Luis Romero's murder whereas Jaime Osuna wasn't the murderer and others. It's over there on the way Fabiana Vega and Virgil Vega were terrorists Affiliated with WeHope's Dignity on wheels Paul Bains and other unseen terrorists such as M.O.B Mobster Italian German Santa Clara DA Jeff Rosen+Filipinos caucasians/with negros Affiliated with Millbrae Police chief Christina Corpus and Oakland,CA Mayor Elizabeth Libby Schaaf who are Habitual gamblers, sexual aggravated rapists, alcoholics and they administered drugs onto their victims and they congregate others to their cult on a daily devotional basis using court docs transferred communications thru the jails smart Communication and other resources. Attachment #3 Miami Gardens FL FBI agent Laura Swartzenberger and Daniel Alfin were in contact with abused children cases..and it led them to the fairgrounds in San Jose CA..whereas it's over there what led to their deaths. Why did Millbrae Police chief Christina Corpus and her husband with Broadmoor police chief Mark Meville administered drugs onto Dilma Coleman aka Diva Lee MD JD to attend the Miami Gardens FL FBI funerals? Attachment #3-#5 Rhyiana victimtimized by rapist Xavier West..(the baby girl with Diastrophic Dysplasia was sent out of state.) There are terrorist groups in the bay area that trapped people in the worst system connected to mental health judge Stephen Manley for years and separate people from their family,wealth and victimtimized by labor trafficking,sex trafficking humantraffing whereas it's over there on multiple Homicide cases which isn't self inflicted gunshots as Benjamin Keough was accused. It isn't accidental drug overdoses such as Josie Harris (los Angeles CA case Floyd Mayweather's ex girlfriend) it's not Accidentals drug overdoses such as that with singer Cady Groves. It's not Accidentals porsche car fire when Actor Paul Walker was killed. It's not Accidentals serial shooters in Las Vegas whereas Stephen Paddock was the shooter who died self inflicted gunshots. It's an terrorist Santanic family doing sadistic masochistly cult behaviors..these individuals are terrorists doing it with guns,GHB blackout drugs and herorin. It's obvious that their cohorts in corrupt boogaloo law enforcement, corrupt government officials and fire administration needs to be revealed. Attachment #6-7boogaloo "Doll House". Attachment #8 favorite law enforcement agents who died in the line of duty..it was American terrorists who killed them and those individuals who are forced to admit to their deaths are innocent and incarcerated. Best regards Diva Lee MD JD aka Dilma Coleman From: Kenneth Horowitz To: Council, City Subject: Cubberley Proposal 2010 Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:05:34 PM Attachments: City of Palo Alto.ppt [Some people who received this message don't often get email from klhorowitz@earthlink.net. 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Hello All FYI Ken Horowitz Palo Alto resident Sent from my iPhone EITY PAL ALT CUBBERLEY SITE DISCUSSION June 16, 2010 CITY/PAUSD School Site Chronology o Cubberley School Site Built 1955 o Cubberley site closed due to declining enrollment PAUSD leases site to various tenants, including Foothill College 1979 o City acquires Terman School site through 20 yr lease to purchase agreement 1981 o City enters into interim lease for Jordan School 1988 o City enters into Covenant not to Develop and Lease of Cubberley School 1989 o PAUSD requests to purchase back remaining Terman School Site from City 1999 o Four -Party MOU approved by Council for Terman — (including swap of Cubberley/Terman 7.93 acres) 2001 FOOTHILL OFFER TO PURCHASE: o Foothill/DeAnza: 1St Request 2007 2nd Request letter of intent 11/3/09 2 CITY/PAUSD Lease History Terman Middle School Jordan Middle School Cubberley High School 1981- Leased by City with Option to Purchase 1988- Interim Lease by City 1989- City Leased all 35 Acres from PAUSD Owned 8 Acres Cubberley High School 27 Acres Leased 2001- City Swaps Terman for Ownership of 8 Acres at Cubberley 4 Cubberley Statistics o 35 Total Acres - 27 Acres School District - 8 Acres City o 175, 540 sq.ft. Building - 94,402 School District - 76,138 City o 750 Parking Spaces - 620 School District - 130 City Community Groups and Tenants Not including hourly renters Foothill Artist Studios (23) L. Anderson, L. Bouchard, U. Delarios, K. Edwards, M. Fletcher, P. Foley, L. Gass, M. Gavish, B. Gunther, P. Hannawy, A. Hibbs, I. Infante, S. Ingle, M. Lettieri, S. Kiser, M. Lobo, A. McMillan, J. Nelson -Gal, M. Paulker, N. Raggio, C. Sullivan, N. White, C. Velazquez Dance Studios (3) Dance Action, Dance Connection, Zohar Schools (2) Acme Education, Palo Alto Preparatory Childcare (2) Childrens Preschool Center, Good Neighbor Montessori Nonprofit Community Organizations (4) Hua Kuang Reading Room, Adolescent Counseling Services, Wildlife Rescue, Friends of the Palo Alto Library 6 Lease Terms and Options o 15 Years (1989-2004) o 10 Years (2004-2014)* o 5 Years (2014-2019) o 5 Years (2019-2024) -Initial Term -15t Option _ 2nd Option - 3rd Option *Notice to Extend due to District by 12/31/2013 City Financial Constraints Multi -year budget gaps Restricted revenue growth Challenge on city raising new revenues (Business License tax ballot measure defeated in 2009) o Rising expenditures o Significant infrastructure funding deficit Cubberley Capital Improvement and Investment Requirements c FY 1996-2009 $6,750,000 Minimum Maintenance: o FY 2010 - 2015 $8,000,000 (Since 1989, City has paid $113 million in Lease & Covenant payments) 9 From: Silicon Valley Community Foundation To: Council, City Subject: Successful first year for SVCF"s Community Action Grants Program Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 11:42:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. 650.450.5400 @ info@siliconvalleycf.org LJ Blog 1 COVID-19 1 Racial Justice Expanding access: SVCF's inaugural Community Action Grants SVCF launched its Community Action Grants Program in January 2021. A year later, 108 grants totaling $2.7 million were awarded to organizations supporting arts and culture, faith, neighborhoods, local journalism, civic participation, environment and health. Read the article Destination: Home provides emergency assistance During the pandemic, Destination: Home coordinated efforts with Cisco and SVCF to distribute funds to organizations like Latinas Contra Cancer to support families who face dire financial circumstances. Watch the video Current funding opportunities SVCF welcomes proposals from local organizations focused on racial and social justice that are supporting neighborhood- and faith -based work and employing community -driven strategies. SVCF welcomes new VP of Strategy and Board Affairs and SVP of Information Technology With a wealth of expertise and valuable perspective, Gihani Fernando and To Tsang will be instrumental in SVCF's work to build a more equitable region. SVCF grantee Nuestra Casa develops environmental leaders East Palo Alto -based Nuestra Casa helps communities of color and undocumented communities build leadership skills to advocate for environmental solutions. Staff Spotlight: Hannah Wasserman, philanthropic services officer Hannah Wasserman dreams big of abolishing the wealth disparity in our region. Address 2440 West El Camino Real Suite 300 Mountain View, CA 94040 About Silicon Valley Community Foundation is a community catalyst for change. Copyright © 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation View in browser 1 Unsubscribe From: LUCY BALDWIN To: City Mgr; Council, City; Parks Subject: Ongoing water leak at Robles Park Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:53:30 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from bilpayer@aol.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Download Attachment Available until Mar 18, 2022 Good morning, Attached is a short video of a leak at the water fountain at Robles Park. Originally filmed 11/15/21 and again 2/16/22. I'm not sure which department to direct this concern. Calling 311 was not helpful. An attempt months ago to discuss with the landscape contractors was not helpful as I don't believe they understood me. The leak has been ongoing for several months. Perhaps this is intentional as there is the dog water bowl in place. While a few drips is trivial, over many months, 24/7, it adds up. Would you please forward this information to the appropriate department for evaluation? Thank you, Lucy Baldwin Click to Download I M G_4057. M OV 0 bytes Lucy Baldwin Sent from my iPhone From: chuck jagoda To: Jethroe Moore Cc: Palo Alto Free Press; Curtis Smolar; Kyle Biebesheimer; Rebecca Eisenberg; Zalac John; Council, City; pattasafekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennadv Shevner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary; Enbera, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jay Boyarsky; Sajid Khan; Jeff Rosen; FM; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone; Tanaka Greg; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindv.chavez@ bos.sccoov.orq; Reifschneider, James; michael.gennaco(@oirgroup.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wasserman@bos.sccaov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:36:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I commend the efforts and words of Rev. Moore and others who oppose hate crimes and hate speech. Why not institute a bad -action fine for police or others who violate hate crime and hate speech restrictions? If public officials commit such excesses, why not levy a fine on their actions? And why not make it a hiring requirement that all officers must have a self - indemnifying insurance policy before starting employment? That way, officers (and other public officials) will take responsibility for their actions and protect the rest of the community from paying the costs of their actions. Also, offering officers psychological counseling to help them with their feelings and actions towards members of groups whose members are targeted for racial or other abuse would help the officers and help curb hateful practices. Palo Alto has had too many recent racist assaults and mistreatment of minorities and under represented groups. It's a sad tradition of violence against defenseless residents. The unfortunate incident list goes way back and shows no signs of stopping. They must stop. Chuck Jagoda On Wed, Feb 16, 2022 at 8:11 AM Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: No one can observe the shocking data on the rise of hate crimes in our state. Who among us has not seen the horrific videos of Asian Americans being brutalized, of rancid assaults on Jews, of increased violence against trans-gendered people, and vicious racism hurled at all people of color. Santa Clara County represent a highly diverse body of people who can be potential targets of hate. "The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." Thomas Jefferson The City Council of Palo Alto and community leaders must overcome reluctance and their own biases, the fear of negative publicity, a lack of partnerships with affected communities, and a failure to fully understand hate and bias. Your silence creates a vacuum in which rumors spread, victims feel ignored, and perpetrators find tacit acceptance. The local law enforcement regarding their failure to recognize this as a potential hate crime, should turn to the law currently going through the California Legislature Assembly Bill #1947, which will require law enforcement to report their hate crime policy to the Department of Justice. The City of Palo Alto and its Police Department should began this process and include local community leaders to help all understand A hate crime must meet two criteria: » A crime must happen, such as physical assault, intimidation, arson, or vandalism; and » The crime must be motivated, in whole or in part, by bias The community should also be informed that many police officer have not been adequately trained to identify hate crimes: please see the attachments California P.O.S.T. Learning Domain 42, Chapter 5 my past work. Ms. Rebecca Eisenberg, If you believe you are victim or a witness of a hate crime, report it to the FBI by calling 1 -800 -CALL -FBI or submitting a tip at tips.fbi.gov. I have included your local FBI Kyle Biebesheimer (415) 652-1062 on this email if you or the City of Palo Alto would like to learn more about Zoom Bombing. Minister Sisulu has observed about "the rule of law." Most Americans are in denial about white supremacy, racism and their pervasive influence on the legal system, society, economics, notions of government, religion and understanding of culture. Hate violence and terror have to stop. Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP On Monday, February 14, 2022, 10:46:17 PM EST, Curtis Smolar <csmolarna gmail.com> wrote: City Council and Palo Alto Police Department: First and foremost, thank you very much Reverend Moore for your thoughtful and erudite email. I am in total agreement. I would only add my own astonishment that the City and Police Department are taking a position that no investigation is necessary. Under California law, which the officers are sworn to uphold, the use of the N -word is NOT protected free speech. Lee v. Superior Court, 9 Ca1.App. 4th 910 (1992). The Court, in Lee found that calling someone the N -word is so offensive as to be considered a "fighting word" not protected by the California nor the United States Constitution. Making the statement "fing N -word," in addition to being unprotected speech, can, by itself, be the basis of hate crime. Garmo v. Paramo, 2015 US Dist. Lexis 134937, *15 (2015). The reasoning is that the speaker views the African American subject of the sentence as subhuman. Id. This, in turn, leads to violence against African Americans based on the view that they are not worthy of basic human dignity (a position I abhor, and so should you). I am embarrassed and ashamed to be associated with a community that encourages this type of behavior either implicitly or explicitly. When the inevitable, though horrific, conclusion of this situation is that someone will be injured based on the active endorsement of this behavior. I reiterate the request of both Ms. Eisenberg and Rev. Moore that 1. An investigation be initiated; 2. An apology by the City Council to both the African American community, Rebecca Eisenberg, and the women of this community; and 3. Future protections as described by Rev. Moore be installed Best regards, Curtis E. Smolar, Esq. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@aymail.com> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments..... Mr. Moore....) can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www. nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer-accused-of-excessive- force-gone-from-department/2668579/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca a@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. Chuck From: Madam Abda Hassan Mohammad Subject: Re: Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:31:51 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Go through the documents carefully. Attached is all the related legal documents from my late husband with the company where our family inheritance has been deposited. Regards, Madam Abda Hassan Mohammad. From: Madam Abda Hassan Mohammad Subject: Re: Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 9:23:54 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Go through the documents carefully. Attached is all the related legal documents from my late husband with the company where our family inheritance has been deposited. Regards, Madam Abda Hassan Mohammad. From: Mr.Roberts Kevin Subject: Hello Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:25:26 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Warm Greetings, Hope you are doing Great? I sent this letter to you a month ago and you didn't respond.i wanted to call you but i don't have your contact please try and check out your email and reply to me as soon as possible.I want to discuss with you,Please Best Regards, Mr. Roberts Kevin. From: Larry Alton To: Council, City Subject: Rent Controlled Markets Feel Reduction in Multifamily Investments Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:20:55 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Rent Controlled Markets Feel Reduction in Multifamily Investments Rent Controlled Markets Feel Reduction in Multifamily Investments A new survey shows that almost 60 percent of multifamily firms indicate they are reducing or avoiding investment... Larry Alton From: Jethroe Moore To: Palo Alto Free Press; Curtis Smolar; Kyle Biebesheimer Cc: Rebecca Eisenberg; Zalac, John; Council, City; patti@safekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary; Enberg, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jav Bovarskv; Saiid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Raj; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greg; chuck jagoda; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Reifschneider, James; michael.gennaco@oirgrouo.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 8:12:02 AM Attachments: LD 42 V-6.5.pdf Learning Domain 42, Chapter 5.docx CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. No one can observe the shocking data on the rise of hate crimes in our state. Who among us has not seen the horrific videos of Asian Americans being brutalized, of rancid assaults on Jews, of increased violence against trans-gendered people, and vicious racism hurled at all people of color. Santa Clara County represent a highly diverse body of people who can be potential targets of hate. "The most sacred of the duties of a government [is] to do equal and impartial justice to all its citizens." Thomas Jefferson The City Council of Palo Alto and community leaders must overcome reluctance and their own biases, the fear of negative publicity, a lack of partnerships with affected communities, and a failure to fully understand hate and bias. Your silence creates a vacuum in which rumors spread, victims feel ignored, and perpetrators find tacit acceptance. The local law enforcement regarding their failure to recognize this as a potential hate crime, should turn to the law currently going through the California Legislature Assembly Bill #1947, which will require law enforcement to report their hate crime policy to the Department of Justice. The City of Palo Alto and its Police Department should began this process and include local community leaders to help all understand A hate crime must meet two criteria: » A crime must happen, such as physical assault, intimidation, arson, or vandalism; and » The crime must be motivated, in whole or in part, by bias The community should also be informed that many police officer have not been adequately trained to identify hate crimes: please see the attachments California P.O.S.T. Learning Domain 42, Chapter 5 my past work. Ms. Rebecca Eisenberg, If you believe you are victim or a witness of a hate crime, report it to the FBI by calling 1 -800 -CALL -FBI or submitting a tip at tips.fbi.gov. I have included your local FBI Kyle Biebesheimer (415) 652-1062 on this email if you or the City of Palo Alto would like to learn more about Zoom Bombing. Minister Sisulu has observed about "the rule of law." Most Americans are in denial about white supremacy, racism and their pervasive influence on the legal system, society, economics, notions of government, religion and understanding of culture. Hate violence and terror have to stop. Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President San Jose/Silicon Valley NAACP On Monday, February 14, 2022, 10:46:17 PM EST, Curtis Smolar <csmolar@gmail.com> wrote: City Council and Palo Alto Police Department: First and foremost, thank you very much Reverend Moore for your thoughtful and erudite email. I am in total agreement. I would only add my own astonishment that the City and Police Department are taking a position that no investigation is necessary. Under California law, which the officers are sworn to uphold, the use of the N -word is NOT protected free speech. Lee v. Superior Court, 9 Ca1.App. 4th 910 (1992). The Court, in Lee found that calling someone the N -word is so offensive as to be considered a "fighting word" not protected by the California nor the United States Constitution. Making the statement "fing N -word," in addition to being unprotected speech, can, by itself, be the basis of hate crime. Garmo v. Paramo, 2015 US Dist. Lexis 134937, *15 (2015). The reasoning is that the speaker views the African American subject of the sentence as subhuman. Id. This, in turn, leads to violence against African Americans based on the view that they are not worthy of basic human dignity (a position I abhor, and so should you). I am embarrassed and ashamed to be associated with a community that encourages this type of behavior either implicitly or explicitly. When the inevitable, though horrific, conclusion of this situation is that someone will be injured based on the active endorsement of this behavior. I reiterate the request of both Ms. Eisenberg and Rev. Moore that 1. An investigation be initiated; 2. An apology by the City Council to both the African American community, Rebecca Eisenberg, and the women of this community; and 3. Future protections as described by Rev. Moore be installed Best regards, Curtis E. Smolar, Esq. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments Mr. Moore....) can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer-accused-of-excessive- force-gone-from-department/2668579/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j©att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress angmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. 1 experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca a@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. From: Date: Proserfina David Lawson Wednesday, February 16, 2022 6:26:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. nrpnn 11x1, nrnorn']K I]'narn :en) From: redress.of.grievance(agmail.com To: Jonsen, Robert; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew; James Aram; Shikada Ed; Council, City Subject: Your double dipping On the taxpayers dime that's a no no Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 5:31:34 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. https://twitter.com/pafreepress/status/1493933559370899458?s=21 Sent from my iPad From: kbinfopvtagmail.com Subject: Hey!!! Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 2:33:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. You can only achieve financial freedom when you create multiple streams of income. I have an investment portfolio that will benefit both of us and I hope it will be appealing to you. If interested contact me for more information via my E-mail: kbinfopvt@gmail.com I look forward to your quick reply. From: mark weiss To: Council, City Cc: Shikada Ed; Alison Cormack; Holman, Karen (external) Subject: Pluck out every brick and Stone Date: Wednesday, February 16, 2022 12:44:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Pluck out every brick and Stone Thsted on February 16. 2022 by markweiss86 Council member Stone, to my knowledge either staff or teacher at either Pay or Gunn or both, is quoted in the local rag as saying, apropos of Cubberley "fool me once...". If he is currently employed by PAUSD, shouldn't he recuse? I'm of the age that I remember Cubberley as a rival high school to my Gunn, but some of my best friends these last 4o years are also Cubberley alumni. I also produced a 150 -part concert series there, 1994-2001— plus an outlier event in fall 2019. I voted there last fall. Although I am being a stickler here, Greer is the least of our problems. I actually think that by and large PAUSD and We The People are more or less the same people, with overlapping interests. (I'm also graduate of Terman, the last graduating class of the old Terman — I have a speech buried in the time capsule...). I say develop all 35 acres or what not. Going hard on 8 versus 27 or what not is divisive (and by the way, AC, the school is not "dilapidated" — it is merely old. Or middle aged. Live begins at 75, 75 is the new 25 et cetera). I recommend 35 acres of park land. Pluck out every brick and stone. Or build 200,000 sq feet of new infrastructure. With housing above usage. But just as we student leaders in 1977 put our ideas and plans into a re - purposed tank gun mortar or casing, maybe just jot down your ideas and leave it for a future generation of better leaders — more responsive, more representative, less cliche -ridden — to act upon. Mark Weiss Fremont Hills '76, Terman '78, Gunn 1982 Downtown North Share this: Twitter Facebook Related Ring of bone versus hall Presley Pavillion in Palo Alto of fame proposed, yo January 26, 2022 November 30, 2021 In "Plato's Republic" Let's add 101 acres of parks to our inventory at Fry's, Cubberley and Castilleja, now to be known as 'FCC' December 19, 2021 In "filthy lucre" About markweiss86 Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Productions, with background as journalist, advertising copywriter, book store returns desk, college radio producer, city council and commissions candidate, high school basketball player, and blogger; he also sang in local choir, fronts an Allen Ginsberg tribute Beat Hotel Rm 32 Reads 'Howl' and owns a couple musical instruments he cannot play View all posts by markweiss86 -* markweiss86 Mark Weiss, founder of Plastic Alto blog, is a concert promoter and artist manager in Palo Alto, as Earthwise Pr... 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The rest is about this car, Testa Model 2. Probably one motor. Might see it for sale in 2025. $25,000. Elon Musk's CHEAPEST Testa Car SHOCKS The Competition! - YouTube The Model 3 came out about 2 yrs ago. $41,000 really. I sat in one at the Testa store in Stanford Shopping Center. They wanted me to drive one and take a tour of the Fremont plant. You see the quality. Now the Model Y is out. "It is a slightly bigger car than the Model 3", said Jay Leno in his good video about the Model Y, below. Model 3 has one motor, model Y has two. See Leno's vid of Model Y. He says $61,000 fully loaded. He says that is half what he paid for his Model S in —2013. But he says he has never had to do anything to his Model S. Zero repairs or maintenance. Maybe put air in tires and change wiper blades, I'd think. How can the model Y be "slightly bigger"? It's the same body as model 3. Maybe make the front and rear fascias a little bigger, put bigger wheels on it to make it taller. But, maybe it is bigger. Here it is. Model Y. 30 minutes, so a good look at it. He demos the self driving feature: Tesla is going to crank these out big time. This is really good: But recall, this model Y is $61,000 and the new model 2, coming in a couple of years, will be $25,000. jay leno's garage tesla model y - Google Search EVs from GM, Tesla, VW, Toyota. The race is on now: Elon Musk's "Tesla Destroyer" General Motors Is Down! - YouTube 19 minutes of why GM is doomed. They certainly have their hands full: The DECLINE of General Motors - YouTube L. Wiliam Harding Fresno, Ca. From: Loran Harding To: Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco©hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; David Balakian; beachrides; fred beyerlein; bballpod; bearwithme1016 att.net; boardmembers; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Council, City; dennisbalakian; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; Daniel Zack; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; eappel@stanford.edu; arinellelake@vahoo.com; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Iry Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; kwalsh@kmaxtv.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@amail.com; !eager; Leodies Buchanan; Mark Standriff; mthibodeaux@electriclaboratories.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; Mayor; margaret-sasaki@live.com; newsdesk; nick vovino; news@fresnobee.com; david oomaville; russ@t000eriewelers.com; Sally Thiessen; Steve Wavte; tsheehan; VT3126782@gmail.com; vallesR1969@att.net Subject: Fwd: England- Powerful battery installed under old diesel train. Cleaner, quieter Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 4:09:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Forwarded message From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 3:32 PM Subject: Fwd: England- Powerful battery installed under old diesel train. Cleaner, quieter To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Forwarded message From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 2:54 PM Subject: England- Powerful battery installed under old diesel train. Cleaner, quieter To: Loran Harding <l rg> Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Mr. Dan Richard- Dan- Article from England of today re converting a diesel passenger train there to a hybrid diesel -battery -powered electric. 100 mph max. Rolls-Royce was involved. They don't say how the diesel v. electric will be employed. It is cleaner, quieter and faster, they say. Naturally, electric pollutes way less than diesel (!). If they are going to run it faster, you'd think they might have to modify the roadway. I'm sure they thought of that. The arguments made here could be made on the peninsula for electric HSR over the current diesel Caltrain ops. A LOT less pollution and some less noise could be used to gain support for HSR. Same in the Central Valley for that matter. Same in LA if they use diesel now. RAPID RAIL: New climate -friendly high-speed train comes to Bucks and Herts - My Local News (mynewsmag.co.uk) If the huge transition to electric vehicles is now under way with Tesla, et. al., I'd think that would bolster the argument for electric HSR over diesel trains. Maybe CHSRA should pick up on that idea. All of those diesel passenger trains are putting CO2, as well as CO, NOX, SO2 and particulate matter, PM 2.5, e.g., into the air. The desperate fight against climate change should include HS electric trains all over the world. The trick then will be to produce e- cleanly. Liquid metal thorium reactors might work. Some nuclear engineers say forget it. Our former Sect. of Energy, Steven Chu, now back at Stanford as a Physics professor, is against it. He only won the Nobel Prize in Physics before he came to Stanford, I think. Then he ran Lawrence -Berkeley National Lab for five years. Then he became Sect. of Energy and, as such, he was over all —26 National Labs, places like Sandia Labs, Oak Ridge and Lawrence -Livermore. Yet, the great guru of thorium reactors, Ken Sorensen, soldiers on, advocating the idea. See his numerous yids on YouTube doing that. I read recently that the Dept. of Energy is doing research (again) on something like that. They spent vast amounts on thorium research at Oak Ridge in the 50's and 60's, depending on the make-up of Congress. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From: Allan Seid To: Channing House Bulletin Board Subject: Fwd: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT INSIDE! Afghan Resettlement Virtual Town Hall 2/22 @ 4pm Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 3:41:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Forwarded message From: Sarita Kohli <development@aaci.org> Date: Tue, Feb 15, 2022 at 12:10 PM Subject: SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT INSIDE! Afghan Resettlement Virtual Town Hall 2/22 @ 4pm To: Allan Seid <allanseid734@gmail.com> Join AACI's Afghan Resettlement Virtual Town Hall! Click Here to RSVP Today! Join AACI, in partnership with the County of Santa Clara Office of Immigrant Relations and other refugee service organizations on February 22, 2022 from 4:OOPM to 5:30PM for a virtual town hall meeting to commemorate the six-month anniversary of Afghan refugees arriving in Santa Clara County. Hear from local elected officials and refugee services organizations as they provide updates on how resettled Afghan individuals and families are settling in, what successes they've had, and what challenges they continue to face. Learn about the great work local community -based organizations are doing and support their efforts! SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: As part of the Biden administration's efforts to showcase communities celebrating Afghan resettlement, Curtis Reid, Special Assistant to the President & National Security Council Senior Director for Multilateral Affairs will be joining our virtual town hall to provide a federal perspective on the resettlement efforts! Click Here to RSVP Today! We look forward to seeing you there! Hosted by: AACI President and CEO Sarita Kohli U Featured Guests: Representative Supervisor Supervisor Kathy Yang Anna Eshoo Susan Ellenberg Otto Lee State Refugee Member, United Vice President, Member, County of Coordinator, States House of County of Santa Santa Clara California Representatives Clara Board of Board of Department of Supervisors Supervisors Social Services Panelists: Sead Eminovic, International Rescue Committee Zoya Lazer, Jewish Family Services of Silicon Valley Paris Scott, PARS Equality Center Daisy Gennette and Armina Husic, AACI Dr. Harleen Sahni, Lenzen Refugee Clinic This event is hosted by AACI and co -sponsored by the County of Santa Clara Office of Immigrant Relations and the Refugee and Immigrant Forum of Santa Clara County. Our Contact Information AACI 2400 Moorpark Ave. Suite 300 San Jose, CA 95128 (408) 975-2730 ubscribe Manage email preferences From: Ethan Solomon To: Council, City Subject: Keep Cal Ave for People! Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 2:21:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. If there was ever a street to keep permanently closed (to cars), it's Cal Ave. As a resident of the street, I unequivocally support opening Cal Ave to people and keeping the closure to cars permanent. With communities across the Bay Area making street closures permanent even as the pandemic wanes, Palo Alto does not want to be the only one left behind. Everyone else is not wrong -- they're onto something real. In an age of existential climate threat, does Palo Alto want to be known as the only Bay Area community to maintain the supremacy of the gas - powered automobile, or does it want to be seen as a forward -thinking city that prioritizes green transportation and envisions a sustainable way of managing our streets? Ethan Cal Ave Resident From: Jeff Brown To: Howzell, Terence Cc: Council, City; City Mgr; City Attorney; Milton, Lesley Subject: Re: Renewed Request for Help on Claim (No. C21-0053) Rejection by City Attorney"s Office Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:39:12 PM Attachments: image001.pnq image003.pnq image004.pnq image007.onq C21-0053 Supplemental Notice Final USPS Version.pdf Importance: High Some people who received this message don't often get email fromjeffrey.d.brown- 1@comcast.net. Learn why this is important Dear Terence, Please understand that without a full explanation, in lay terms, for the rejection of my claim, I cannot possibly decide whether a civil suit is warranted. It seems it should have been the City's responsibility to provide such an explanation upon initially rejecting my claim — not weeks later, not in legal jargon, and not only following multiple requests for it to do so. Therefore, for the moment, I prefer to keep the matter before the City Council and City Manager. To help us both, I ask that you simply answer "yes" or "no" to the following questions: 1. Do you contend that the legal meaning of the word "maintenance" in Utilities Rule and Regulation 21, Section H, Parts 1 and 2 (as printed in the attached November 24 letter) includes "all repairs to, and work required by, damage caused by another party"? 2. Is the planting strip between the street and sidewalk at 660 Lincoln Avenue (our home) a Public Utilities Easement (PUE)? 3. Do you contend that the City placing a water meter so close to a City tree that the meter lies within the large root structure of the tree (see attached photo) and is oriented so that our (the Customer's) water main passes directly beneath the tree constitutes an example of "the City's reasonable use of" the planting strip to provide Service to our home? Your yes -or -no answers to these questions might give me all the information I need. Thank you, Jeff From: "Howzell, Terence" <Terence.Howzell@CityofPaloAlto.org> Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 at 3:33 PM To: Jeff Brown <jeffrey.d.brown-1@comcast.net> Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>, "Milton, Lesley" <Lesley.Milton@CityofPaloAlto.org>, City Attorney <city.attorney@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: FW: Renewed Request for Help on Claim (No. C21-0053) Rejection by City Attorney's Office Dear Mr. Brown, This email responds to your recent emails to the City Council, City Clerk, City Manager and City Attorney. Please be advised that a claimant's recourse after a government claim rejection is a civil suit in Superior Court, and that there is no further appeal to the City Council nor to any other City official. Respectfully yours, Terence Howzell Terence Howzell (he/his) Chief Assistant City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney City of Palo Alto Phone: 650.329.2171 E-mail: Terence.Howzell@cityofoaloalto.org El In From: Jeff Brown <jeffrey.d.brown-1@comcast.net> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2022 3:52 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; Milton, Lesley <Lesley.Milton(WCityofPaloAlto.org>; Kang, Danielle <Danielle.KangPCitvofPaloAlto.org>; Nguyen, Vinhloc <Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Ah Yun, Mahealani <Mahealani.AhYunPCitvofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Rice, Danille <Danille.Rice@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Attorney <city.attorneyPCityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Renewed Request for Help on Claim (No. C21-0053) Rejection by City Attorney's Office Importance: High You don't often get email fromjeffrey.d.brown-1@comcast.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council and City Clerk's staff; On this past December 10th I sent an email requesting Council's help in resolving a dispute between me and the City Attorney's Office over a rejected claim for damages. On December 16th that email, with attachments, was resent to the City Clerk's Office by Danille Rice of the City Manager's Office asking on my behalf when I might expect a response on the matter. It is now over two months since I sent the original email, and I have yet to hear anything back from anyone at City Hall. I realize that my original email with all of its attachments — included again here for completeness, appended to Ms. Rice's December 16th query — might not have been the best way to broach the matter and possibly discouraged or delayed Council's taking it up. So, I will state the essence of it here. I believe that: • The City (via the roots of its street tree) bears responsibility for damage to my property (main water distribution line) and, therefore, its repair • Regardless of the above point, the City (by its inexplicable placement of the street tree immediately adjacent to the water meter for our home, or vice versa) bears responsibility for the cost of the abovementioned repair being much (thousands of dollars) greater than it otherwise should or would have been and, therefore, for that incremental cost Furthermore, I believe that the City Attorney's Office acted in bad faith regarding investigation of my claim, issuance of the rejection of said claim, and responding to my request for explanation of that rejection. I believe this because: • The explanation is incomplete, wholly insufficient, and it addresses neither of the above points included in the claim • The initial rejection of the August 27, 2021 claim, dated October 26th, contained no explanation whatsoever. It did, however, issue me a "WARNING" (all -cap bold type and underline included, centered on the page) that I had "only six (6) months from the date [of] this notice . . . to file a court action" and that ". . . the City [would] seek to recover all costs of defense [if] an action is filed . . ." • The explanation was only issued, on November 24th, after I requested it on November 1st and contacted the City Attorney's Office several times after that to follow up • I was never contacted by the City Attorney's Office during the course of the "investigation" to seek clarification of my claim Finally, I believe this is a matter for the City (specifically the City Council, which represents me and presides over the City Attorney) and not our beleaguered court system to resolve. I do not dispute that the regulatory language cited by the City Attorney's Office in its November 24th explanation establishes the water line in question as my property as well as my responsibility to maintain it. I do dispute that the cited language in any way absolves the City, its agencies or property (including trees) from responsibility for damage it causes to my property. If the City can cite additional statutory or case law saying it does, I ask that it please do so. Otherwise, it should be willing to accept that responsibility. In either case, I do not ask for special treatment. I simply ask not to be mistreated or ignored, which I'm sad to say I feel has been the case thus far. I hope and trust that I will hear from you soon. Respectfully, Jeff Brown 660 Lincoln Ave Palo Alto, CA 94301 (650) 328-7191 From: Ken Horowitz To: Council, City; Shikada. Ed Subject: New Foothill campus at Cubberley resurfaces 1 News 1 Palo Alto Online 1 Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 1:19:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Council FYI. 2008 Foothill College plan for Cubberley Sample what can be created for 8 acres Ken Horowitz 525 Homer Ave Palo Alto (650)464-8959 https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2010/03/18/new-foothill-campus-at-cubberley-resurfaces Sent from my iPad From: Edward Patterson To: Council, City Subject: Website Audit Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 10:12:14 AM Importance: High CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, We are an IT agency having office India. We are expert in the following: 1. Custom App Development (iPhone, Android, ... etc) 2. Website Design & Development. 3. CRM/ERP systems 4. E -Commerce Solutions & Graphic Design 5. GPS Based Apps. (Taxi, Food delivery Apps) 6. Digital marketing services Please revert us if you are interested. (Share your project requirements.) Regards, Edward Patterson Business Manager Executive Location -India For stop receiving our emails, reply back "Unsubscribe" From: fedexdiliveringcompany(agmail.com on behalf of Jackie James Subject: GREETINGS MY DEAR, Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 9:25:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings dear, I sent this mail praying it will get to you in a good condition of health, since I myself are in a very critical health condition in which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. I bring peace and love to you. It is by the grace of God, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal life and in the sight of man, for witness of God's mercy and glory upon my life. I am Mrs.James Jackie,a widow,I am suffering from a long time brain tumor, It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have about a few months to leave, according to medical experts. The situation has gotten complicated recently with my inability to hear proper, am communicating with you with the help of the chief nurse herein the hospital, from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live too long, Because this illness has gotten to a very bad stage. I plead that you will not expose or betray this trust and confidence that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of the orphans and the less privilege. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of ($ 12,500,000.00 Dollars).Having known my condition, I decided to donate this fund to you believing that you will utilize it the way i am going to instruct herein. I need you to assist me and reclaim this money and use it for Charity works, for orphanages and gives justice and help to the poor, needy and widows says The Lord." Jeremiah 22:15-16." and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my late husband if possible and to promote the word of God and the effort that the house of God is maintained. I do not want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner. That's why I'm taking this decision. I'm not afraid of death, so I know where I'm going. I accept this decision because I do not have any child who will inherit this money after I die. Please I want your sincerely and urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this project for the glory of God, and I will give you more information on how the fund will be transferred to your bank account. May the grace, peace, love and the truth in the Word of God be with you and all those that you love and care for. I'm waiting for your immediate reply. Regard. Mrs.James Jackie. Writting From the hospital. May God Bless you. From: Makiko Barrett To: Council, City Subject: Feral cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 9:56:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Los Altos, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Regards, Makiko From: Glenn Graham To: Council, City Subject: Please establish TNR policy in Palo Alto Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 9:30:57 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from g.graham@f5.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Redwood City, I am writing in support of TNR policies for feral cats. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. We know that TNR is the only effective way to reduce the number of community cats. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. And please continue to have Pets In Need (PIN) continue to operate the s/n clinic and animal shelter for the City of Palo Alto. Thanks! Glenn Graham Snr Product Marketing Manager, Service Provider F5 From: Angie Burch To: Council, City Subject: TNR program needed Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:49:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Los Altos Hills, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. From Angie Burch www.myfamilyharmony.com From: Liz Gardner To: Council, City Subject: Rental Ordinance #7 Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 8:03:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Honorable City Council, I live at Relate California Mayfield place. I am a single mother w two teens. We have over utilized the floor plan rented here. It's about 750 sqft and supposed to be 100 % wheelchair access. Yet it's totally ill designed for the maturity and growth of family life. Ie no storage no room for an relectric piano or book case for readings and browsing books. As well there is no (xlzero) space to Lyon or faith based family gatherings. The design sacrifice a eat in ding area for tight sofa area. I have housing chive voucher. I have attempted numerous times to relocate to larger floor plan at Mayfield and have been debugged. I have tried to relocate within Palo Aalto. Alto has closed waiting lists. And mom and pop do not get back to me. PA is prohibited by law to deny my federally back rent pay enemy yet it's denied all of the time. I am a responsible working parent who is very involved in civic discourse. How is the City Council going to guarantee a family the ability to transition to a larger space for a maturing family without recourse of eviction ad or systematic denials even when I can pay the asking rent? I cannot prove three times asking in bank nor three months pay stubs not the extraordinary depisiry asks. Even when the asking rent is what I can pay. Mayfield Place is a very poor example of low income housing: water temp never above 90 degrees, kids are not allowed to throw a netf bowl, or scooter in court yard., 7 washers for 170 residents. The community computer access is non existent, the management is part time between two related properties. And. The rent is raised every year and nothing is improved on. Appliances breaking, carpets cheap and roll, door made of cardboard. How is the city going to oversight rent ordinances on such "new 2017" near do well places like this. Near to zero services for residents here. No public parks for kids to run and play. The soccer field only allows sanctions soccer there. We don't have a community here. Only walls and a door. Thank You. Since ty, Liz Gardner. Liz Gardner From: Curtis Smolar To: Palo Alto Free Press Cc: Jethroe Moore; Rebecca Eisenberg; Zalac, John; Council, City; patti@safekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary; Enberq, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jay Bovarskv; Saiid Khan; Jeff Rosen; FM; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greg; chuck jagoda; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindy.chavez@bos.sccgov.org; Reifschneider, James; michael.oennaco@oirorouo.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.org; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 7:46:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council and Palo Alto Police Department: First and foremost, thank you very much Reverend Moore for your thoughtful and erudite email. I am in total agreement. I would only add my own astonishment that the City and Police Department are taking a position that no investigation is necessary. Under California law, which the officers are sworn to uphold, the use of the N -word is NOT protected free speech. Lee v. Superior Court, 9 Ca1.App. 4th 910 (1992). The Court, in Lee found that calling someone the N -word is so offensive as to be considered a "fighting word" not protected by the California nor the United States Constitution. Making the statement "ring N -word," in addition to being unprotected speech, can, by itself, be the basis of hate crime. Garmo v. Paramo, 2015 US Dist. Lexis 134937, *15 (2015). The reasoning is that the speaker views the African American subject of the sentence as subhuman. Id. This, in turn, leads to violence against African Americans based on the view that they are not worthy of basic human dignity (a position I abhor, and so should you). I am embarrassed and ashamed to be associated with a community that encourages this type of behavior either implicitly or explicitly. When the inevitable, though horrific, conclusion of this situation is that someone will be injured based on the active endorsement of this behavior. I reiterate the request of both Ms. Eisenberg and Rev. Moore that 1. An investigation be initiated; 2. An apology by the City Council to both the African American community, Rebecca Eisenberg, and the women of this community; and 3. Future protections as described by Rev. Moore be installed Best regards, Curtis E. Smolar, Esq. On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress( gmail.com> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments..... Mr. Moore....I can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer- accused-of-excessive-force-gone-from-department/2668579/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign..... Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@a gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebeccat7a privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. From: Laura Sneddon To: Council, City Subject: Allowing PIN to support TNR Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 6:14:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear city council, I heard that you meet today to discuss whether Pets in Need will continue to be the public spay/neuter clinic for Palo Alto, Los Altos & LA Hills. As a TNR volunteer in Santa Clara county, I'm writing to express my support for them to continuing offering this clinic along with starting to support fixing feral cats through TNR. TNR is the most humane method for controlling the feral cat population. It is endorsed by the Humane Society of the US and the ASPCA. Critics of TNR who cite that cats are responsible for the killing birds often make exaggerated claims and fail to draw upon more known scientific claims that birds are more threatened by man made problems of climate change and habitat loss. Not treating feral cats humanely by giving them a chance to live and be TNRd (versus being euthanized) under the guise of bird protection is misguided at best and favors one species over another. Thank you for considering the implementation of a TNR policy for your contracted cities. Best, Laura Sneddon Los Gatos, CA Sent from my iPhone From: Rachel Forrest To: Council, City Subject: animals in need Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 6:08:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a member of the local community, please allow me a minute of your time: All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR (Trap, Neuter, Return) policies for area feral cats. This is so important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless cats in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of the population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, San Jose, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from HSSV and SJACC. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every stray cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. The result is an exponential number of cats. Unfortunately, there are not enough homes for hundreds of thousands of cats in the area, rescues are overloaded with waiting lists, and cat sanctuaries are non-existent. Furthermore, euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Please, for both the people and the cats in our community please support the need for an animal shelter with a TNR program. Thank you. Best, Rachel From: Roberta Ahlquist To: Palo Alto Free Press Cc: Jethroe Moore; Rebecca Eisenberg; Zalac, John; Council, City; pattiPsafekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary; Enberq, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jay Bovarskv; Saiid Khan; Jeff Rosen; M; Joe Simitian; Curtis Smolar; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greq; chuck jagoda; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindv.chavez(abos.sccoov.orq; Reifschneider, James; michael.gennaco(aloiraroua.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wassermanc@bos.sccgov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 6:08:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I heartily agree with these suggestions. Please ACT NOW so that this doesn't happen again. We need a more empathetic community! Roberta Ahlquist WILPF On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 5:16 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@a gmail.com> wrote: I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments..... Mr. Moore....I can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer- accused-of-excessive-force-gone-from-department/26685 79/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign..... Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@a privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. From: Kristen Andersen To: Council, City Subject: Request to establish TNR policy at Palo Alto Animal Shelter Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 6:03:38 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from kristenandersen@me.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to support the establishment of a trap -neuter -return (TNR) policy at the City of Palo Alto's animal shelter. As I mentioned in a letter last November to the council, I live in Crescent Park where the population of feral cats has been increasing, partial due to reduced services provided by the Palo Alto shelter over the past couple of years. Some of these cats may not be adoptable but they have sources of food in our community. Only TNR can stop this population explosion, because compassionate people absolutely will not trap and turn cats and kittens over to shelters unless they have an assurance the cats will not be euthanized or transferred to another organization in San Jose for release - a community the cat isn't familiar with and will not know where to find food and water. Recently a family in Crescent Park that has been feeding feral cats captured 3 cats and I took them to the Spay and Neuter program at Nine Lives in Redwood City at my own expense. While I am trying to find homes for two of the cats, I released one back into the neighborhood as she is not adoptable. However, she is doing well back in her original environment. This feral cat had two litters in the past year, so getting her spayed was the most humane option and the best solution for the residents of Crescent Park. As tax payers we are paying for service that are not being provided by our shelter. The city needs to take efforts to rebuild the community's trust in the Palo Alto shelter, and establishing a TNR policy is a good first step. Thank you for giving this your consideration. Kristen Andersen Crescent Park From: binaryii To: Council, City Subject: TNR program Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 5:42:18 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from binaryii@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Palo Alto, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with local animal shelters that have trap -neuter -release (TNR) policies for area feral cats. This is vital to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in the area, while at the same time, humanely taking care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low-cost and free spay -neuter for this same class of cats. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments, and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low-income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free -roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population, you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Niisa Carter From: Palo Alto Free Press To: Jethroe Moore Cc: Rebecca Eisenberg; Zalac, John; Council, City; patt@ safekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron, Zachary; Enbero, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jav Bovarskv; Saiid Khan; Jeff Rosen; M; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Curtis Smolar; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greg; chuck jagoda; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindv.chavez a@ bos.sccoov.orq; Reifschneider, James; michael.ciennacoCaloiraroup.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wassermana bos.sccgov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada. Ed; Tonv Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 5:16:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I wholeheartedly agree with all of your comments..... Mr. Moore....I can speak a little bit about Zoom my son was one of the original employees. Of course I can proudly say, he is a bazillionaire, retired and as as parent, father and of course my wife did more by far the parental legwork when I. But together, we provided him with the encouragement and the leadership to succeed and he did. Zoom authentication lies in the the hands of the individual who is hosting the meeting. That would be the The City of Palo Alto as the accountable entity. The person or persons admitting individuals into the meeting would be the responsible persons. These individuals should be terminated period! They are the ones that are culpable.. They disrupted the meeting and according to Palo Alto city policy they should be charged with a misdemeanor. My question, is! Is there a conspiracy. Were there other city employees involved. Given the racist nature, and historical accounts, of the racist Palo Alto Police departments behavior and attitude past and present. A good example or an excellent example would be former Palo Alto Police Officer Sgt. Wayne Benitez. https://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/palo-alto-police-officer-accused- of-excessive-force-gone-from-department/2668579/ The entire city council is complicit and should resign..... Mark Petersen -Perez Editor and Chief, Palo Alto Free Press Reporting for Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 14, 2022, at 5:07 PM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate - filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. From: Tania Escobar To: Council, City Subject: Support implementing a TNR program in Palo Alto Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 5:10:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Seeking your urgent support of a TNR program in the Palo Alto animal shelter. TNR has proven to be an effective strategy in reducing the overall number of community/feral cats. Many municipalities have successfully leveraged this method in lieu of euthanization, which also increases the chance of them qualifying for adoption and thus further being removed from the streets . Cat's are not a threat to human health, but actively do help keep in check rodent populations as well. As people we have a responsibility to all of the environment, both birds AND cats. The ability for a species to breed is the root cause of population growth, so to treat this with a humane policy such as TNR, gives the animals the respect they deserve, while mitigating impact on other community species. Appreciate your serious consideration to support this policy change so that resources and money from routine euthanization can better serve the lives of the cats that belong to our communities. This policy change will not only positively impact the community of Palo Alto, but also surrounding communities that see cats arrive at the PA shelter. Regards, Tania Escobar From: Renee Scott Drumm To: Council, City Subject: Please TNR Cats! Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 4:49:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, am grateful that Los Altos is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Renee Drumm From: Kitty Gattina To: Council, City Subject: TNR Policy for the City"s Animal Shelters Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 4:40:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and City Councilmembers, We are writing to support Pets in Need's current request that the City of Palo Alto develop a policy that allows the return of Trapped and Neutered feral cats. As Community Cat Rescue, an all -volunteer network of rescuers, trappers, foster homes and adoption counselors, we have seen firsthand both the reduction in homeless cat population that comes from well -managed Trap -Neuter -Return (TNR) programs. And we have witnessed the ill effects, in increased population, -that result from policies that prohibit return, and euthanize feral and "unadoptable" cats. If you visited the California Avenue Farmers Market (in pre-Covid times) you might have seen our adoption and outreach tent, where we have talked with thousands of residents of Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Some of their most frequent inquiries are about homeless and feral cats in their neighborhoods, and what can be done to humanely reduce these populations. We have heard that fear of euthanasia by animal shelters is the main reason that people allow unfixed cats to procreate. And procreation happens fast: W�IILCAT 1 t4) 1Pfil HA$ 4 KITTEAS t,711 tA II JOITNs 6ITEP _ [ _ t'$.111EtiTisi ' VeN t]liftPio Only TNR can stop this population explosion, because compassionate people absolutely will not trap and turn cats and kittens over to shelters unless they have an assurance the cats will not be euthanized. Prohibiting feeding doesn't work. On one large property on the Peninsula, employees were told they would be terminated if caught trapping or feeding feral cats; consequently the cat population exploded. It was only brought under control when the property owner changed policies and agreed to a TNR program. Now the population there has been reduced by 75% and is continuing to fall because no kittens were produced in the last three years. On the other hand, we have seen too many situations where homeowners and property owners let homeless cat populations get completely out of hand because they feared the euthanasia policies of the animal shelter/animal control and that fear even carried over to independent rescue groups like Community Cat Rescue. No one wants 20 cats procreating in a neighbor's backyard, but that is exactly what happened in one recent case we worked on, because the family feared that the cats and kittens they had helped out of compassion would be euthanized. How much better to nip this problem in the bud by TNRing 1 or 2 cats, instead of having to deal with more than 20! If Palo Alto adopted a humane TNR policy it would reduce, not increase the homeless cat population. The sooner this change happens, the sooner this population problem can be solved! Finally, it is important to note that "feral" and "tame/adoptable" are not black or white categories. There are many shades of gray, and it is impossible to determine where a cat is on that continuum in a stressful shelter situation. Tame, "owned" cats can become lost or abandoned, and end up looking and acting "feral" out of fear. In our experience, it is the tame, frightened cats who act the wildest in these situations, as an experienced vet can tell you! Thus a policy that euthanizes any cat that acts unsocial when tested at a shelter will likely euthanize someone's beloved pet. As you know, Palo Alto's shelter is the only shelter in Santa Clara County that does not have a TNR policy for healthy but unadoptable cats. It is clear that the present policy is not working. It's time for a change. Rosemary Schmele and Antonia DeMatto for Community Cat Rescue PO Box 1067 Palo Alto, CA 94302 www.CommunityCatRescue.org From: vivian oconnell To: Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg Subject: ITEM p. 247 Provide Direction to Staff on Negotiations with Pets in Need for Operations Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 4:22:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I am writing to ask for your support for the humane treatment of cats in the City of Palo Alto's shelter, and a change to the city's current policy which is inhumane and outdated. This policy is a death sentence for so many -- too many-- cats. I am asking that you support the establishment of a much needed TNR program for the City of Palo Alto shelter Research and data have shown us that TNR is the only humane and effective way to reduce the number of community cats. TNR is endorsed by national humane organizations, such as the Humane Society of the United States, the ASPCA, Best Friends Animal Society, and Alley Cat Allies in addition to many local and regional animal welfare organizations. A policy that permits or promotes euthanizing healthy cats (even those deemed unadoptable) is inhumane and barbaric. For Palo Alto to operate the only shelter in Santa Clara County that does not have a TNR policy for cats is unacceptable. I encourage members of the Council to educate themselves on the current (humane + effective) trends in animal sheltering and TNR practices and to seek out the advice and guidance of those who have the most experience in this area — animal shelter professionals and the many volunteers who work tirelessly to protect the lives of some of the most vulnerable animals in our shelters and communities. Those who dedicate their own time, energy and financial resources caring for community cat colonies and ensuring that they are healthy and safe. TNR is the only HUMANE and effective way to control community cat populations. I encourage the Council to establish a TNR program for all feral/community cats in Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills. Please amend the city's current policy so that Pets in Need or any entity that contracts with the city to provide Animal Control services in future will be required to maintain a humane TNR program. This is a tremendous opportunity for the Council to provide the community and these animals with a robust, effective and humane TNR program. Thank you for your consideration. Warmest regards, Vivian OConnell San Jose, Santa Clara County in the great state of California From: To: Subject: Date: Laura Poncia Council, Citv TNR program support Monday, February 14, 2022 4:17:18 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from laura_poncia@yahoo.com. I earn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of of opening attachments and clicking on links. the organization. Be cautious Dear City Council, I am writing to ask for your support. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so incredibly important to help decrease the population numbers of abandoned and straycats in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. The surrounding cities of Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 4 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population, you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not enough homes for thousands of cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, and sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a valuable partnership and the right direction to help with the population of feral/stray/community cats. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you for considering this important need for the community cat population. Laura Poncia From: Ralph Kaspar To: Council, City Subject: Please start TNR program in Los Altos! Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:58:23 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from ralphka@outlook.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I am grateful that Los Altos is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely taking care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell, and Monte Sereno get low-cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low-cost and free spay -neuter for this same class of cats. San Jose, Saratoga, and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments, and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low- income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free -roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population, you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are no homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, supporting TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Regards, Ralph Kaspar From: Rohit Patil To: Council, City Subject: Please keep the TNR program ... Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:56:33 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from rvp@fastmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I am grateful that the city of Palo Alto is partnering with other cities with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non- existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you, -Rohit. From: Diane Reklis To: Council, City Subject: Cubberley Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:51:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councilmembers: Cubberley continues to be a community treasure. For 40years it has served as a community center. The possibilities are endless, but not infinite. It remains the only large area for future development to serve our community's needs. Many of the current buildings are worse than rundown and it is high time we made some investment in the future. If the population of Palo Alto grows, we will need space for both a potential school and for community center services including recreation, art, dance, meeting spaces, etc. We have consumed incredible amounts of community time, money, and goodwill on several committees and consultants, but the city and school district were never on the same page nor the same time line. I understand that the current thinking is for the school district to preserve about 20 acres for a future school site, but consider selling 10 acres to the city to go along with the 8 acres they currently own to develop according to their needs. This makes some sense, but please revisit the results of the two major Cubberley committees to see what ideas can be salvaged. Here are some key points: 1. Site plan. Naturally we cannot design a school before we know more. We can and we must think through parking and access. Given the ever increasing cost of real estate, significant amounts of parking should probably be underground. 2. Shared space. When a school is needed, there will be facilities that could be shared rather than duplicated. These could well include gyms, dance spaces, a pool, and large workspaces. If the City wants to include such spaces in their long-term community center, they should work closely with the School District to identify the potential size and scope and a plan for sharing the space. It would make sense to place such structures on the border between the Community Center and future School sites with no traffic dividing it. This could well include allowing the city to have more access to facilities on other school campuses when the District takes over partial use of new spaces. School building requirements differ from community requirements and it might make sense to adhere to these requirements on some future shared spaces rather than having to rebuild or retrofit. Make sure staffs communicate! 3. New buildings rather than renovation. The current buildings and layout are not efficient and the future plan should not be held up by the current layout. 4. Phasing construction. Here the fact that the District is not in a hurry is helpful. Temporary buildings can be erected on the current parking lot to house community center needs while the new ccnter is built. Some of these temporary buildings would likely be useful later too. Good luck. Diane Reklis From: Corrine Fabie To: Council, City Subject: TNR Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:34:16 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from corrinefabie@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a community resident I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Corrine Fabie San Jose resident From: maria king To: Council, City Subject: ITEM #9 /TNR/Feral Cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:30:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, When I heard today that it's possible that Pets In Need may not continue .... I was heart broken...because I love that shelter..! We also very strongly need a shelter near us ( Mountain View, Los Altos , Los Altos Hills )as a resource . I've often called to get support on rescuing an animal and have always received loving , kind help and also referred people to go there for pet adoption . I'm also understanding that this weighs on a TNR program — which is vital! We seriously need a resource here in our area to help with TNR , and tending to the ferals , to continue decreasing the population.. Its costly to feed them all , timely , and as we all have compassion for animals , it's a tough life for them and it's not their fault . I will personally help with any networking you need to help to support this extremely needed program , as well as a low cost spay / neuter program which is also needed in this area ( believe it or not.!), in order to get financing from the community ( if that is what's needed), because I know this community cares as I have witnessed on our Nextdoor network. All of the communities around us get help, for low cost spay /neuter, vaccines, and TNR , as well as medical help , if you would please extend this forum , so we can discuss what is needed and how as a community we can help to keep this wonderful shelter going and to create the TNR program that is desperately needed in this area . I'm asking you for our Community and the animals in need who depend on us! Together, we can make this happen! Sincerely, Maria King from there also. Sent from my iPhone From: Jeanne Fleming To: Stump, Molly; Lait, Jonathan Cc: Council, City; Clerk, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board Subject: Invitation to meet with the leadership of United Neighbors Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:27:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Molly and Jon, The leadership of United Neighbors is eager to meet with you, the two members of the City's executive team most involved with setting wireless policy. We realize that Sheldon AhSing, Planning Department Principal Planner, is hosting a "community meeting" at which, as we understand the flyer, he will brief attendees on the City's plans and attendees may comment on them. What we have in mind is something different: a private working meeting, comparable to those you hold with the carriers' attorneys, in which we —like Verizon's and AT&T's attorneys —can engage in a dialog with you regarding the revisions being contemplated to Palo Alto's wireless ordinance. Hence I am writing to invite you to meet with us at 4:00, February 23rd , at my home. But, of course, if you are unable to accommodate that time and place, please suggest alternatives. We look forward to having a productive discussion with you and, in particular, to having the opportunity to ask you questions about your thinking on this important matter. Sincerely, Jeanne Jeanne Fleming, PhD JFlemingJMetricus.net 650-325-5151 From: Nancy Cohen To: Council, City Subject: Cubberley Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:21:42 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from ncohen@family.stanford.edu. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. I am on the Board of Friends of the Palo Alto Library, a tenant at Cubblerley. We occupy three different spaces, not at all contiguous, requiring constant movement of thousands of books across Cubberley. All of this, including paying rent to the City, results in our making grants to the Library which, in the year pre-Covid, were $200,000. We all know the crumbling condition of Cubberley buildings with inadequate restroom facilities, wires hanging from the ceiling, heat that can go to the mid -80's in October and so on. The Concordia project was a welcome hope for the future that is now in jeopardy, but need not be. First Cubberley should be added to the Capital Infrastructure Plan. The Council could prioritize the elements of the Concordia plan, looking for elements of the plan that could fit on a 7+7 acre site. That would necessitate negotiating purchase of the School District's 7 acres on offer. Then a SEQA could be done on the revised plan. Instituting a Business tax could be a source of funding for this project. Do not let Cubberley fall into the ground or cause harm to its occupants. It is too valuable as a Community Center. Nancy Mahoney Cohen From: Ann Nussbaum To: Council, City Subject: PETS IN NEED - FERAL CAT PLAN Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:20:37 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from annmcats@earthlink.net. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Councillors As a community cat rescuer for the past 33 years, I stopped counting at two thousand the number of cats I had "fixed" (spayed and neutered) via the old City of Palo Alto spay and neuter clinic. Impossible to calculate how many generationsof unwanted cats were prevented. The current lack of a TNR (trap neuter return) program in Palo Alto, Los Altos, and Los Altos Hills results in thousands of kittens being born, maturing, reproducing, endlessly. Nobody wants this. Not wildlife lovers, not residents, not business owners, not cat lovers. Please work with PETS IN NEED to establish, finally, after all these years, a TNR program and an affordablespay/neuter clinic open to rescuers as well as to citizens needing low cost surgeries. Thank you. Ann Nussbaum From: thu tran To: Council, City Subject: Pets In Needs and TNR policy Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:14:29 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from onlylthu@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council members, The San Jose Animal Care Center implemented their TNR program since 2006 and I'm grateful for this kind policy. I'm a caretaker for a stray cat in my own backyard in San Jose for 7 years now. She lives a quiet life, and I don't find any dead wildlife other than mice. There are plenty of squirrels, birds, and lizards on the ground in my backyard and she doesn't bother them. It is inhumane to euthanize the feral cats for a fault of not their own while there are kind-hearted homes who are willing to care for them. I firmly believe that the TNR program controls the feral cat population which would lead to fewer threats to the wildlife. The outdoor environment is not an easy way of life for the feral cats; however, it is more humane to let them live out their natural short life in nature than to euthanize live animals. They deserve a chance to live. Pets In Needs has been providing great services to the City of Palo Alto and not to renew their contract will retrograde the progresses up to date. The affluent and innovative high tech Palo Alto city deserves a well-known and efficiently run organization like Pets In Needs and most of all the advanced and proven TRN program. I implore the council members to consider the renewal of Pets In Needs contract and the implementation of TNR program. Kind regards, -Thu Tran only'thu©yahoo.com From: Jethroe Moore To: Rebecca Eisenberg; Palo Alto Free Press Cc: Zalac John; Council, City; patti@safekids.com; Anna Griffin; Vara Ramakrishnan; Rebecca Eisenberg; alisa mallari tu; Cormack, Alison; Gennady Sheyner; Bill Johnson; Jari Brenner; Steven D. Lee; Tannock, Julie; Perron Zachary; Enbera, Nicholas; Jonsen, Robert; Jav Bovarskv; Saiid Khan; Jeff Rosen; Rat; Joe Simitian; Roberta Ahlquist; Curtis Smolar; Greer Stone; Tanaka, Greg; chuck jagoda; Jeff Moore; Winter Dellenbach; cindv.chavez@bos.sccaov.orq; Reifschneider, James; michael.aennaco@oirarouo.com; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; mike.wasserman@bos.sccgov.orq; MGR -Melissa Stevenson Diaz; Shikada, Ed; Tony Dixon; Dave Price Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:07:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. By now, you are starkly aware of the "Zoom -bombing" incidents that have occurred in our Palo Alto community meetings. Like many of you, I am disturbed not only by the targeting of black people and other underrepresented or marginalized groups, but also by what appears to be the collective, coordinated nature of this form of harassment and violence. Based on speaking with some members of our community, I am writing to you because, despite a generally successful meeting, they experienced was very upsetting Zoom bombing incidents that occurred. In this meeting the intruders were admitted into the meeting I am told with false names. In this situations, racist comments were made. • Person using a false name shouted the n -word and sexist comments were made All citizens were admitted from the waiting room. I am really at a loss for words that people would do this, knowing that we are all trying hard to make this situation work, and we are emotionally stretched thin. Furthermore, knowing that community members felt attacked, these incidents are also an attack on the people of color in our community, hate -filled language, and behavior in all their manifestations have no place Palo Alto Community meetings, or anywhere else for that matter. While I do not place blame on anyone except for the intruders, you as a city officials need to be more vigilant to prevent these kinds of incidents. Your security measures should be set up to prevent them, but it requires all of us to take responsibility as well. City employees should only allow community members in a meeting that have an authenticated email address, with our authentication capabilities, you would be able to identify community members who attempt to enter a meeting they are not signed up for. We deserve a community environment in which we can thrive, develop into our best selves, and most importantly, feel safe and supported. The city should assure the community that you remain committed to employing all the mechanisms available to foster an equitable and inclusive environment in which all members of our community are free from any threats and intimidation based on racial/ethnic/national, gender, sexual, religious, or other social identities. To those of who were attending this meeting during which these assaults took place, should receive an apology from the Mayor and City Council. If anyone is in need of support, whom should they contact at the city offices for assistance. I also want to know what the city of Palo Alto ongoing actions is to identify the perpetrators of this attacks and hold them accountable, whether they be students or not. The mayor office must do whatever is possible to support those efforts. IT Security, as well as Palo Alto Police, should be actively engaged in determining who may be involved in these virtual assaults and should be working collaboratively to thwart future instances like these from occurring. Like you, I want the assailants identified and brought to justice as quickly as possible, and I can assure you that these sentiments are shared throughout the community. That said, I have personally weighed in on conversations about how the City of Palo Alto can further communicate the seriousness with which everyone has been taking these crimes, and the planful nature of the institution's responses and deliberation. Here are a few tips, as well, if you are hosting an event and an attack occurs: 1. Stop the offending participant(s)' video and remove them from the meeting; 2. Mute all participants until the offending participant(s) is removed from the meeting; 3. End the event if you are not able to silence/remove the offending participant(s); 4. Report the incident to Police immediately; One way to solve this is 2FA (multi -factor authentication) on Zoom. Managing two -factor authentication (2FA) Pastor Jethroe Moore II, Past President SJ/SV NAACP On Saturday, February 12, 2022, 06:23:52 PM EST, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Rebecca, So sorry to hear about your unpleasant experience, I recall city council member Larry Klein calling me a "despicable person" publicly from the darius at Monday night's city Council meeting. As unpleasant as it was, it was within his First Amendment right. There is a difference when the person's speech warrants the microphone being silenced. Apparently this was not the case with you and the vulgar speech directed at you continued. Suggesting that some city council members enjoy such despicable language and pubic bereavement. Perhaps it's their way of getting back at you for not taking immediate action in turning off the microphone. There is a published policy somewhere on city council chamber decorum which states that any person who disrupts the meeting can be charged with a misdemeanor, although I believe such event has never occurred. Aram James, although not charged with a misdemeanor Palo Alto Police officers were in fact called into city council chambers by city council member Jack Morton. The police were armed with there weapons and ready to arrest him. What could be more frightening and intimidating? This may be an example of where city council should investigate further who this person is and charge this person if it warrants, a misdemeanor for being in violation of city council chambers decorum. Although such a charge will in fact not stand up in any court of law with the exception of slander... My personal opinion in examining hundreds of First Amendment cases. Please keep in mind, the first amendment was designed not to protect favorable speech, favorable speech needs no protection. "1 am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street". I understand your fear and its real! I think your should seriously think about litigating this once the person has been identified. I wish you and your family the best! Mark Petersen -Perez Editor in chief Palo Alto Free Press Reporting from Nicaragua Sent from my iPad On Feb 12, 2022, at 4:05 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. From: Dinah Hayse To: Council, City Subject: TNR Considerations for Palo Alto Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 3:06:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto City Council Members: I understand that there is not currently a policy in place regarding Trap-NeuterVaccinate- Return for Palo Alto and cities served unter the city of Palo Alto contract for animal services. San Jose and the additional cities it services, HSSV, and SVACA all have implemented TNR programs for community cats. This is an extremely important step to decrease the number of kittens being born every year. Please consider joining all of the other cities in the area in their humane efforts, rather than standing alone in outdated thinking. Thank you, -Dinah Hayse From: Lawmelo To: Council, City Subject: Palo Alto Animal Services Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:58:55 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from lawmelo@pacbell.net. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council: As a resident of Los Altos, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and in the south bay have TNR policies for feral cats. This is incredibly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for ferals. San Jose, Saratoga, Los Gatos, Cupertino, and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services for free. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are feral —many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat —these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Laurie Melo From: Marie Vodicka To: Council, City Subject: Trap -Neuter -Return policies on agenda 14 Feb 2022 Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:57:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto Council Members: I am resident of San Jose, California and have been involved in trap -neuter -return (TNR) of feral cats since a child (informally, in San Diego, since the 1970s) and as an adult (formally in Seattle, WA; Washington, DC; and San Jose, CA, since the 1990s). Below I will provide you with some links and references to support the following bullet points about the advantages of TNR, which I have also observed from my personal experience: • TNR is the BEST and only PROVEN method for reducing community cat (where community cat means: A member of the domestic species Felis Catus and shall mean a free -roaming cat who may be cared for by one or more residents of the immediate area who is/are known or unknown; a community cat may or may not be feral) populations. • TNR promotes community involvement in the management of community cat populations. • Stable and well -managed community cats create less nuisance for neighbors and the community as a whole because they do not roam looking for breeding partners or food, and do not produce unwanted litters of kittens. • Trapping and killing only perpetuates the cycle of unwanted kittens, cats prowling for mates and looking for food. As some cats are removed, others will take their places. • TNR can be successful in any community, including Palo Alto and nearby cities. • PIN has a will to implement this program and should be supported in its efforts to do so. • TNR in the community should reduce the number of cats in the municipal shelter. • Cat lovers are more likely to support community messaging for all owned cats to be indoor -only pets and to assist with management of community cats when they know that TNR, rather than certain death, is part of the solution for community cats. The references are pulled from Alley Cat Allies and comprise mostly government reports or peer -reviewed literature. Alley Cat Allies also provides simple model policy language for instituting TNR programs. Bay Area Colony of 175 Reduced to One Through Trap -Neuter -Return Daniel D. Spehar and Peter J. Wolf. "The Impact of Targeted Trap -Neuter -Return Efforts in the San Francisco Bay Area" Animals 2020 10(11), 2089 (2020). In 2004, approximately 175 community cats were living along a trail in Foster City, California. The city, the Homeless Cat Network, and the community joined forces to humanely stabilize this colony of cats, and Project Bay Cat was formed. The Homeless Cat Network's volunteers undertook an intensive TNR effort, with two private veterinary hospitals providing spaying or neutering and vaccinations for the cats. As of 2020, "an initial population of 175 cats declined by 99.4% over the 16 -year program period. Of the 258 total cats enrolled between 2004 and 2020, only one remained at the end of the program period." Findings: When communities come together to support TNR, cats are protected and colonies are effectively stabilized and reduced. Florida County Achieves 51 % Decrease in Shelter Intake of Cats With Nonlethal Solutions Francis Hamilton. "Implementing Nonlethal Solutions for Free -Roaming Cat Management in a County in the Southeastern United States" Frontiers in Veterinary Science 6 (2019): 259. Three nonlethal approaches to community cats, "low-income spay/neuter vouchers; small- and large-scale trap, neuter, vaccinate, and return (TNVR); and return to field (RTF)," were successfully implemented in the public shelter of Hillsborough County, Florida. This paper states that the nonlethal solutions "assisted in achieving a 51 % decrease in intake since 2007 and increased the live -release rate to 81.8% of cats taken in at the Pet Resources Center in 2017." Findings: Nonlethal approaches to community cat population management, including TNVR and a focus on spay and neuter, are effective in reducing both shelter intake and in -shelter killing of cats. 55% Reduction in Outdoor Colony Cats Since 2007 in Chicago Neighborhood "Trap -Neuter -Return Case Study: 55% Reduction in Outdoor Colony Cats Since 2007." Cats in My Yard. 8 Jan. 2014. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. In 2007, Chicago group, Cats In My Yard, began carefully tracking its TNR efforts, and the number of cats living in 19 colonies. Between 2007 and 2013, 153 cats in all the colonies went through TNR. By 2013, 70 cats remained. In these seven years, the community cat population in this neighborhood decreased by 55%. Findings: From small groups of volunteers to citywide TNR programs, TNR is the only effective method for stabilizing and reducing community cat colonies. Association between a Shelter -Neuter -Return Program and Cat Health at a Large Municipal Animal Shelter (San Jose, CA) Edinboro Charlotte H. Watson. Heather N and Anne Fairbrother. "Association between a shelter -neuter -return program and cat health at a large municipal animal shelter" Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association. 238, no. 3 (2016): 298-308. Initiation of a Shelter -Neuter -Return (SNR) program decreased the number of cats admitted to the shelter, as well as the number that were killed. Resources to care for cats with Upper Respiratory Infection (URI) increased, and due to positive changes in the URI treatment protocol, fewer cats were euthanized for URI, and more cats were treated at lower cost with a shorter shelter stay. OBJECTIVE To determine effects of a shelter -neuter -return (SNR) program on cat admissions and health at a large municipal animal shelter in Northern California. ANIMALS 117,383 cats for which data were recorded in the San Jose Animal Care Center database between January 1, 2006, and December 31, 2013. Findings: SNR programs help shelters save more cats. Trap -Neuter -Return Humanely Stabilized and Reduced in Size the Merrimack River Colony "Advocates report success with trap, neuter, return approach to stray cats." LA Times N.p. 29 Sept. 2009. Web. 9 Jan. 2014. More than 300 community cats lived along the Merrimack River in Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1990. Thirty cats were killed by a private trapping company commissioned by the city, but within two years, 30 new cats joined the colony. This is a natural phenomenon known as the "vacuum effect." When cats are removed from an area, other cats move in to take advantage of the newly available resources. In 1992, the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society started a TNR program that stabilized the colony and resulted in a population decline. Zorro, the last remaining cat from the colony, passed away in 2009 at age 16. Natural attrition is the normal evolution of TNR. Findings: TNR is the only effective method for stabilizing and reducing community cat colonies, even for large, long-standing colonies. Chicago's Large-scale Trap -Neuter -Return Program Significantly Reduces Colony Size in 23 Zip Codes Schlueter, J. E-mail message to writer. 16 Jan. 2014. Funiak, D. and R. Michalek. "Cook County Managed Care of Feral Cats Ordinance Sponsors Update." Presentation. Tree House Humane Society and PAWS Chicago. 2013. A countywide TNR program in Cook County, Illinois reduced the size of community cat colonies in 23 zip codes by 41% in just five years. In 2007, Cook County passed legislation that created a formal structure for a countywide TNR program, with a coalition of private nonprofit organizations assuming the responsibility for managing community cat colonies. From 2008 to 2012, more than 17,538 community cats in Cook County were spayed or neutered, vaccinated, eartipped, and returned to their outdoor homes through this program. The coalition compared the number of cats in those zip codes before they started TNR, and the number five years after. In November 2007, there were 1,329 cats. At the end of 2012, there were only 788. The nonprofit coalition estimates that the program has prevented the births of tens of thousands of kittens. Findings: Even in large-scale TNR programs that span multiple zip codes, neighborhoods, and colonies, TNR reduces colony size across the board. Behavioral Differences between Urban Feeding Groups of Neutered and Sexually Intact Free -Roaming Cats Following a Trap -Neuter - Return Procedure Finkler, Hilit, Idit Gunther, and Joseph Terkel. "Behavioral differences between urban feeding groups of neutered and sexually intact free - roaming cats following a trap -neuter -return procedure." Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association 238, no. 9 (2011):1141- 1149. Researchers compared data from four community cat colonies: two that were cared for through Trap -Neuter -Return (TNR), and two that were not. They found a reduction in yowling and fighting, behaviors that are associated particularly with mating, in the colonies that had been spayed or neutered. Outdoor cats and communities are better able to coexist when these behaviors aren't present. Findings: TNR virtually eliminates undesirable mating behaviors. Implementation of a Feral Cat Management Program on a University Campus Hughes. Kathy L. and Margaret R. Slater. "Implementation of a Feral Cat Management Program on a University Campus." Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science 5, no. 1 (2002): 15-28. In the first year of a TNR program on the campus of Texas A&M University, 123 cats were trapped. In the second year, that number decreased to 35. In addition to that, only three kittens were found in the second year, and researchers determined that these were either lost or abandoned, as no litters or nursing mothers were seen that year. In just two years, 32 cats and kittens were adopted. Furthermore, there was a decrease in the number of calls about cats on college property. Findings: TNR has proven to stabilize large colonies of community cats quickly. Thank you for your consideration. Best regards Marie Vodicka, PhD San Jose, CA From: Joy Travis To: Council, City Subject: Pets in Need (PIN) TNR program Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:48:59 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from travisjoy77@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a caring citizen with compassion for homeless humans and homeless pets, I am writing to ask your support. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Sincerely, Theresa Joy Travis travisjoy77@yahoo.com 415-279-7483 From: Michele Hollar To: Pamela Decharo Cc: Council, City Subject: Re: TNR Program Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:37:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Great letter, Pam! On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 14:08 Pamela Decharo <snowpony25@yahoo.com> wrote: Mayor Burt and City Council members: As both a Palo Alto resident and business owner for more than 30 years, I am hoping that my opinion counts for something today. Seven years ago, I became involved in cat rescue. That title includes abandoned, stray, lost and feral cats who have become "community cats." Responsible citizen's have come together to feed, protect, try to home when we can, and of course trap and neuter all of these. I was dismayed to learn that Palo Alto in fact has no program at all, formal or otherwise, to manage this issue. Other surrounding communities have decent programs [which we should likely emulate,] but how our community cats are administered to is a mystery. I implore the council to do the right and ethical thing here, and finally insist on authorising the creation of a decent TNR program, a spay/neuter program and an educational support system which will help citizens manage homeless cats needing care. Please bear in mind, everyone benefits. When un-adoptable ferals are neutered and returned to a safe area, they live out their lives peacefully, do not reproduce, grow old and die. Many, many ferals, after being neutered and fostered become loving pets, living mostly indoors. The steady stream of feral kittens is prevented, and cats that were lost or abandoned find new homes as well. It is time. The citizens of Palo Alto need and WANT to step up and support the creation and administration of a feral cat program - which is actually nothing more than our surrounding neighboring cities and towns are doing. Respectfully, Pam Decharo Palo Alto, Ca 6503031858 From: Pamela Decharo To: Council, City Subject: TNR Program Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:08:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Mayor Burt and City Council members: As both a Palo Alto resident and business owner for more than 30 years, I am hoping that my opinion counts for something today. Seven years ago, I became involved in cat rescue. That title includes abandoned, stray, lost and feral cats who have become "community cats." Responsible citizen's have come together to feed, protect, try to home when we can, and of course trap and neuter all of these. I was dismayed to learn that Palo Alto in fact has no program at all, formal or otherwise, to manage this issue. Other surrounding communities have decent programs [which we should likely emulate,] but how our community cats are administered to is a mystery. I implore the council to do the right and ethical thing here, and finally insist on authorising the creation of a decent TNR program, a spay/neuter program and an educational support system which will help citizens manage homeless cats needing care. Please bear in mind, everyone benefits. When un-adoptable ferals are neutered and returned to a safe area, they live out their lives peacefully, do not reproduce, grow old and die. Many, many ferals, after being neutered and fostered become loving pets, living mostly indoors. The steady stream of feral kittens is prevented, and cats that were lost or abandoned find new homes as well. It is time. The citizens of Palo Alto need and WANT to step up and support the creation and administration of a feral cat program - which is actually nothing more than our surrounding neighboring cities and towns are doing. Respectfully, Pam Decharo Palo Alto, Ca 6503031858 From: Monica Yeung Arima To: Monica Yeung Arima Subject: 2022 Dumpling Making ZoomFair 2/19 Saturday 2-3:30pm Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 2:07:23 PM Attachments: image.onq CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi All, Happy Lunar New Year! We are back again! Hope you can join us for our Dumpling Making ZoomFair on Saturday, February 19 at 2-3:30pm. The event is for FREE and have many raffling prizes including Stanford CARE mugs and Dumpling City gift certificates ($10 each). As we say goodbye to 2021 and embrace a new beginning, come join our 2022 Chinese New Year ZoomFair and celebrate "the Year of the Tiger" with many festive Chinese New Year activities. All Palo Alto residents and friends are invited! See http://www.WizChinese.org/cny-fair/ for cooking instructions, donation and sign-up details. Please share the event with friends. Dumpling Making & Competition Learn how to make and cook yummy dumplings or show off your dumpling making skills, and receive prizes whether you are a newbie or an expert. Watch the video of How to Make Dumplings from Scratch (https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=Znf73dsFdC8&feature=youtu.be). You may choose to make your own dumpling dough and filling (Check out 5 Dumpling filling recipes: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=4u7bBM5IhQ0&feature=share) or group -order a ready-made dumpling kit ($10/kit) from Dumpling City (DumplingCityCA.com) in the Sign-up below by 2/16/2022. Stanford CARE Fundraising Happy Year of the Tiger! The Omicron surge unfortunately prevents us from bringing back the popular Palo Alto Chinese New Year Fair this year. Therefore, WizChinese (wizchinese.org) is reinventing this year's Chinese New Year celebration by fundraising for Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education (https://med.stanford.edu/care.html). The Asian community in Santa Clara makes up more than one third of the total population, yet very little attention has been paid to Asian health research. As a thank you gift to participants of the fundraising, WizChinese will be giving away some very tasty Chinese New Year treats: Donors of >$100 will each receive a box of exquisite Yunnan style dim sum valued at $29; Donors of $50 to $99 will each receive a bottle of delicious sauce valued at $12; Donors of >$20 will be entered into a raffle. Each winner will get a Stanford CARE Mug or a gift certificate ($10) from Dumpling City. 100% of your donation will go to the Stanford Center for Asian Health Research and Education. To make your donation, please click here ( http://www.WizChinese.org/donate-2/ ). If you would like a tax- deductible letter, please include your address in the note section during your PayPal transaction. We will contact you via email on how to receive your gift. This campaign ends on Feb. 20, 2022 Sign up: Click here ( https://forms.gle/ksWhoVc9JiqeRLW28 ) to RSVP for the dumpling making event. You need a dumpling starter kit to participate at the event, so registration to reserve your dumpling starter kit by 2/16/2022 is a MUST. Otherwise, you need to prepare your own wrapping and fillings ahead of time before the ZoomFair event. Instructions can be seen at the links above. Starter kit ($10) can be picked up fresh in the morning of the event on 2/19/2022 at Dumpling City (650 272-6715) in 3487 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Here is the Zoom link: (https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82971954860? pwd=ZENaVmFoeHVHeUQ0WW83N2IRdm82Zz09) to our ZoomFair on 2/19/2022 at 2-3:30pm. Meeting ID: 829 7195 4860 Passcode: 814891 Thank you and have A Prosperous 2022! Please share the event with your friends. Sent from Monica Yeung Arima iPhone www.myarima.com 650 888-4116 From: Christina Peck To: Council, City Subject: TNR policy at City of Palo Alto shelter Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 1:39:08 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from aladygeek@hotmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and Councilmembers: I am writing to urge you to support the establishment of a trap -neuter -return (TNR) policy at the City of Palo Alto's animal shelter, currently operated by Pets In Need. The City's shelter is the only shelter in all of Santa Clara County that does not have a TNR policy for healthy, unadoptable cats. It's time for a change. We aren't just talking about feral cats. The term "community cats" includes abandoned pets, owned pets, ferals (those born outdoors and not had any contact with humans), and beloved strays. Essentially any outdoor cat. When brought to a shelter and put in a cage (often near barking dogs) many cats fail the adoptability criteria, are branded as "unadoptable" and euthanized. The City's current policy to kill any unadoptable cat has also killed people's pets and beloved neighborhood strays. This is barbaric. TNR is the only effective proven way to stabilize and reduce the number of feral cats because it is humane and rewards compassionate behavior. TNR is endorsed by national humane organizations, such as the ASPCA, the Humane Society of the United States, and Best Friends Animal Society, as well as the National Animal Care and Control Association, the organization for animal control officers. Why is TNR better than trap -and -kill? Regular trap -and -kill programs -- where trapped cats are taken to a shelter and euthanized -- do not work, because they punish compassionate behavior. People who care for a community cat become attached to the cat, and if they know the cat will be euthanized, they will not trap it, and the cat will continue to reproduce. We want to encourage people who are feeding strays to come forward and get those cats fixed, so that there are fewer cats and kittens, and thus fewer threats to wildlife. If people know the stray they are caring for will be safely returned, they will be agreeable to having it trapped and fixed. Local cat rescue groups already require that adopted cats be kept indoors, thus limiting their effect on wildlife. Many times the so-called "feral" cats I have trapped and TNR'd have become sweet, loving cats, and were adopted by their caregivers. I am aware of the powerful lobbying and well -connectedness of the Audubon Society to City staff. It's time to take a close look at that relationship, and do what is right for the residents of Palo Alto, Los Altos and Los Altos Hills, and not merely answer to groups whose goal is to eradicate outdoor cats at any cost. Thank you. Sincerely, Christina Peck Mountain View, CA P.S. I have been doing TNR for over 35 years and have extensive knowledge of TNR and effectively managing feral cat colonies. I have helped hundreds of individuals, businesses, housing complexes, and educational institutions establish TNR programs. I first learned about TNR in 1988, when I was working at Stanford. There were a large number of cats on campus, brought to campus every fall by the students, and abandoned in the summer, when the students returned home. The University had planned to euthanize the estimated 500 cats, but a group of us organized and negotiated with the University to implement a TNR program. From: Amanda Jo Fisk To: Council, City Subject: TNR by Pets In Need Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 1:35:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, All major shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless cats in the area, humanely help feral cats live healthier lives and spread less diseases, and decrease the number of kittens and cats born on the streets that come in to shelters looking for adoption. SVACA, HSSV, SJACC, and CSCASC all offer free spay and neuter services for feral cats. PHS, Four Paws, and Nine Lives offer low cost spay and neuter for this same class of cat. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Amanda Jo Fisk From: Nora Delaney To: Council, City Subject: Please start TNR program in Los Altos! Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 1:20:02 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from norakathryn@live.com. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, am grateful that Los Altos is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Nora Delaney From: Scritch NorCal To: Council, City Subject: Fwd: TNR services for Community Cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 1:14:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, My name is Jennifer Flick and I'm a resident of Santa Clara. I manage a local rescue that specializes in under socialized animals. I am writing to you in regard to a local animal shelter, especially since I do adopt kittens and cats to people who live in your jurisdiction. Any cat or kitten that I adopt out has been fixed using local low-cost resources and private clinics. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Participating in animal rescue for anywhere from 10 to 18 hours every single day of the last 2 years, I have managed to save, socialize, sterilize and rehome about 350 cats and kittens. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral. Many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat, these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having the City of Palo Alto support TNR in our larger community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Jennifer Flick SCRITCH Kittens 408.666.5320 From: Deb Codiroli To: Council, City Subject: TNR Policies for Feral Cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:47:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from deb.codiroli@thedancingcat.org. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Los Altos Hills, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Deb Codiroli, Foster Coordinator The Dancing Cat 702 E Julian, San Jose, CA 95112 www.thedancingcat.org Find us on Facebook , Instagram Twitter From: Rebecca Eisenberg To: Reifschneider, James; Jonsen, Robert; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Shikada Ed; Stump, Molly Cc: Curtis Smolar; Aram James; paloaltofreeoress@gmail.com; Dave Price; Bill Johnson Subject: Re: Hate speech at city council meeting Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:37:19 PM You are not going to look into the identity of the color? That is disappointing. The caller violated numerous rules about bombing council meetings and disrupting public meetings. Plus he made me feel threatened and afraid. I am concerned that your fixation on "hate speech" (which his reference to n-ers certainly was, if not his instruction, "f U rebecca eisenberg, you are a f-ing b-tch") is taking you away from the big picture that what the caller did was frightening, offensive, and in violation of local rules about disrupting a public meeting. Regardless, having grown up without money, I rarely felt protected by the police, and your response not even to ATTEMPT to identify the caller is further evidence that the police are there to protect only a portion of the community, not all of us. In this case, you are protecting the caller. I would like you to reconsider this. Failing to do anything sends a message that the caller's behavior was appropriate. This is the same message that the City Council gave with its complicit silence, and that City Staff gave with its unexplained direction to Commissioners and Council Members not to acknowledge the details of the call or that some of the vitriol was directed at me. It is gaslighting. I object to the interpretation of your job. I strongly believe that your job is to protect the peace, and failure to take action to investigate the identity of a person who indisputably harmed the peace conflicts with your oath to protect all of us. I ask you to do the job you are paid to do - protect us all, not just wrongdoers. Because of your inaction, I continue to fear walking or speaking publicly. I do not answer the phone to an unknown caller, and will not answer the doorbell. This is not a peaceful way to live. Your inaction and the inaction of Palo Alto City Council and Staff has done this to me. It almost feels like this was the very point. Rebecca Eisenberg 415-235-8078 On Mon, Feb 14, 2022 at 8:46 AM Reifschneider, James <James.Reifschneider@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Dear Ms. Eisenberg, I was very sorry to hear what happened during this past week's Council session. What was said was offensive and shouldn't be a part of any respectful public discourse. I can also imagine that being a target of some of the anonymous caller's vitriol must have been quite unnerving. I am glad that Ofc. Zalac was able to connect with you last week to discuss the incident so that we could incorporate your perspective into our report documenting the incident. The caller's speech was undeniably offensive in several respects, and understandably unsettling for you; however, because it does not meet the elements of a criminal offense, no further criminal investigation is on -going at this time. Our community is capable of having robust debate without this type of behavior. I'm hopeful it will not repeat itself, although I concede one time is already one time too many. Best, James JAMES REIFSCHNEIDER Acting -Captain Field Services Division Palo Alto Police Department 275 Forest Ave. Palo Alto, CA 94301 650.838.2778 (ph) 650.617.3120 (fx) From: Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2022 2:05 PM To: Zalac, John <John.Zalac@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; patti@safekids.com; Anna Griffin <griffinam@sbcglobal.net>; Vara Ramakrishnan <vara@acm.org>; Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@winwithrebecca.com>; alisa mallari to <alisa@justlikefamily.com>; Cormack, Alison <Alison.Cormack@CityofPaloAlto.org>; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Gennady Sheyner <gsheyner@paweekly.com>; Bill Johnson <Bjohnson@embarcaderopublishing.com>; Jari Brenner <jari@distantshore.com>; Steven D. 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Learn why this is important Dear Officer Zalac, Rebecca Eisenberg City Council Meeting.movil As you know, on Monday night, I was directly verbally assaulted by an anonymous caller to whom Palo Alto City Council gave the mic (in breach of protocol), and I still have heard nothing from anyone at the City in their public (and in all cases but one - Commissioner Kou) private capacity. (I do not think that the Mayor's incredibly lovely wife's wonderful call makes up for the fact that the Mayor himself has said nothing.) As a reminder, the caller, who called himself only "Council Member" was empowered to speak long enough to complain that there are "too many F-ing N - word -s in Palo Alto," followed by "F- You Rebecca Eisenberg. Rebecca Eisenberg is a F-ing B-tch" before finally being disconnected. As I mentioned, I have a history of receiving rape threats, first when I worked as a syndicated newspaper columnist 20 years ago, and then starting again when I ran for office 2 years ago. For anyone who has a history of attempted sexual assault, has been a victim of stalking, and has received rape threats, even recently, the act of being publicly told "F You" and that you (using your name) are a "F'-ing Bitch" can be a frightening matter. Words of comfort, or at least, disagreement are generally expected in that situation. (The video is attached, and is still available, last I looked, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK6IESpXH2s , starting at approx 6:15.) More troubling, I heard directly from a Commissioner that this Commissioner was instructed by City Staff not to reach out to me or say anything at a public meeting. Who are the "City Staff" that are instructing city leaders not to mention the horrible remarks directed at me? Doesn't such an instruction conflict with common courtesy and human decency? Shouldn't the City leadership take a vocal stand that they disagree with the words of the caller, that the caller's statements were intolerable, and that the caller's words do not reflect the opinions of the city? Were any actions taken in response to this call? Has the City or PAPD looked into the identity of the caller? As we discussed, I rarely file police reports, but was encouraged to do so this time, given the lack of response by the City. I hoped that filing a report would lead to action, and was very disappointed to hear that the City Staff actually is instructing inaction instead. This lack of response is particularly alienating, isolating, humiliating, and silencing due to the fact that the Palo Alto Weekly / Palo Alto Online website has silenced me, singling me (and now my husband Curtis Smolar) out for direct censorship, making it impossible for us to post on any of their online forums in real time. Despite the fact that Bill Johnson has stated in writing that neither Curtis nor I violated any of their posting rules, our posts are put into automatic "moderation" that results in delays between 4 and 14 hours prior to posting -- and when posted, there are no changes, proving the imposed "moderation" unnecessary. Bill Johnson's intentional treatment, coupled with the silence following the direct attack on me Monday night, has made me feel unwelcome and unsafe. I literally have no means to be heard if something larger occurs. All normal channels of speaking to the public have been closed to me. Should I speak again, I risk the same response. The City's silence has compounded the harm. I am unable to sleep normally. I experience fear while walking down the street. I have been unable to have courage to speak publicly since this happened, first at the City Council Policy meeting the following night, and then at the Human Relations meeting this morning. To the extent that this caller intended to silence me, his words coupled with the City Council and City Staff's implicit agreement with them (and Johnson's censorship), have succeeded in scaring me out of and banning my public participation. I thank Council Member Lydia Kou for being the only member of Palo Alto leadership who attempted to contact me. As most know, Lydia and I disagree on many policy issues. But what Lydia and 1 share is a commitment to treating each other with civility and kindness, and these shared values of human decency and common courtesy always trump political disagreements and petty differences. She and I both also recognize the harm that these types of implicit threats cause women in particular. Please know that if I were in their situation, not only would I have said something publicly, immediately, but also that I would have checked in with the victim of these words by phone. That is the way I was brought up to treat others - even those with whom I disagree. It is in those situations, in fact, that human decency is most important. I strongly believe that no human being deserves to be treated the way I was treated by the caller, and via their silence, by our elected officers and appointed commissioners. Thank you in advance for updates on this matter. Best, Rebecca Eisenberg 415-235-8078 On Thu, Feb 10, 2022 at 1:12 PM Zalac, John <John.Zalac@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hi Rebecca, Thank you for sending this over. I'll keep in touch with you should I need any additional information. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2022, at 11:39 PM, Rebecca Eisenberg <rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> wrote: You don't often get email from rebecca privateclientlegal.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Rebecca Eisenberg City Council Meeting.mov Dear Officer Zalac, Thank you very much for the call this evening. I greatly appreciated your reaching out, especially because I still have not heard back from anyone at the City. Last night I had reached out to the City of Palo Alto by email (below) and by Twitter and neither method resulted in an email, tweet, direct message, or phone call. Re -watching the video, I again heard what I heard the first time, after references to "too many f'ing n-ers," the caller then says "F you Rebecca Eisenberg, F you, you are a f-ing b-tch, ..." before he is cut off. It is incomprehensible to me that no one at the city condemned the caller's words after they finally cut him off. It also surprised me that they still have not apologized, much less responded to my email. Clearly they could not have known that I have received rape threats (often) in the past, so they would not know that I would be sensitive to this kind of language. That said, it is common decency to respond after allowing such a foul person to speak publicly for long enough to say so many terrible and inappropriate things. Although I believe that this is hate speech (or, to be clear, experienced it as such), I'm not concerned with having anyone arrested for a crime. Rather, I simply sought a promise that the City will take efforts to ensure that this does not happen again. (An apology would have been nice too.) A friend of mine did receive a response from a city council member, who "explained" that the Council could not respond to the call because it would be "out of turn." That is untrue. First, Mayor Burt *did* speak out of turn by directly responding to a remark I made, which is theoretically against those same rules. Second, it would not be out of turn to remind the public that this kind of language is unacceptable and not tolerated at meetings. Calling attention to a breach of a rule is NOT speaking out of turn -- it is explicitly required in this kind of situation. And, again, saying something to me would have been common human decency. I can promise that had I been in their situation, I would have said something. The email I sent last night is below. The video including the anonymous caller is still on the Internet for all to see and hear, and can be located here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?y=hK61ESpXH2s The caller is at approximately 6:15 (on the video when looking at how much time has passed) and he speaks for approx 15-20 seconds. I don't know why they didn't vet the caller before letting him speak. Mayor Burt called attention to the fact that using the name "Council Member" looked suspicious right before I spoke, at 6:12:40. I attached a file of just the caller, and hopefully you can see the entire context at the link above. To me the worst part was hearing Mayor Burt go out of his way to "correct" me on something I said that he disagreed with, but didn't correct the caller who called me a f-ing b-ch. I will assume he didn't hear the caller .... but didn't see my email? Or hear from anyone else? Thank you again, sincerely, for taking the time to listen, and demonstrating true concern. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for that. Best regards, Rebecca Eisenberg 415-235-8078 Forwarded message From: Rebecca Eisenberg<rebecca@privateclientlegal.com> Date: Mon, Feb 7, 2022 at 11:44 PM Subject: Hate speech at city council meeting To: City Council<city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>, <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>, <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>, Stump, Molly <molly. stump @cityofpaloalto .org> Dear City Council: Is the City of Palo Alto going to respond to the hate speech levied by the final public speaker at tonight's meeting? This belligerent, hostile, aggressive speaker demonstrated clear bias against black people, using the N- word more than once (including putting F-ing in front of it), and also said F -You to me directly, stating my name in full. You allowed this man to speak long enough to make these statements heard before finally cutting him off. What is your system for responding to this kind of intolerable behavior? Is pretending it did not happen - which is what you did - your official policy? As you know, hate speech and profanity -- especially profanity used in a hostile personal attack (I am not a public figure) -- is not protected by the First Amendment and is in violation of local and state law. Will PAPD Police Chief Jonsen be investigating the caller? Additionally, given my criticism of his job performance (which is my legal right, and I used 100% acceptable language) can Mr. Jonsen guarantee that the caller was not one of the 59 (white) members of his own police force (or himself personally)? And can he or John Schenk guarantee that the caller was associated with John Schenk and/or Thoits, whom I also criticized? (To clarify my comment about John Schenk that he does not enjoy/suffer "community member" standing pursuant to the Brown Act, I stand by that remark on the grounds that (1) The City of Palo Alto enabled Schenk to actively conceal his role as a landlord (rather than as a small business owner); and (2) The COPA gave Schenk more power to speak than actual "community members." It is your behavior -- treating him differently than the community -- that changed his status, including your giving him panelist/speaker status and enabling him to misrepresent his role. While Molly Stump can and will disagree, that does not mean that she or you will win a lawsuit on this matter. (As a reminder, Stump loses most lawsuits, which likely is why she fears them so much.) In conclusion, what will be the City's response to tonight's outbreak of racist and misogyny? Or will it not respond at all? Sincerely, Rebecca Eisenberg Rebecca Eisenberg, Esq. Principal Ft Founder Private Client Legal Services www.linkedin.com/in/eisenberg rebeccaPprivateclientlegal. com 415-235-8078 PLEASE NOTE: The information in this e-mail message is confidential. It may also be attorney -client privileged and/or protected from disclosure as attorney work product. If you have received this e-mail message in error or are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to use, copy, or disclose to anyone this message or any information contained in it. Please notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete the message. Thank you. From: pennyellson12Cagmail.com To: Council, City Subject: Cubberley TONIGHT Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:25:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council, Cubberley is on our minds, and I hope that you will hear what south Palo Alto residents have said about what we want and need here. Cubberley, the city's last, large, publicly owned parcel, is walkable and bikable for Palo Alto neighborhoods. Outside of pandemic, we use it regularly —when it is fully open. My children, grown now, made friends, played and learned at a Cubberley preschool. They practiced ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop and freeform dance on the sprung floors of Cubberley dance studios. They took their first music lessons at Cubberley. They learned to play basketball on the gym floor. They performed in the Cubberley Theatre and multi -purpose room. Friends recovered from heart surgery in the cardio therapy program there. Pre-Covid, the playing fields and courts swarmed with people playing soccer, softball, tennis, rugby, picnicking, walking, dogs, jogging, ultimate frisbee. My daughter learned swing dancing at Friday and Saturday night dances at Cubberley. Oh, yeah! That is a fun and cheap date night. My neighbors of all ages sing in choirs, drum in groups, practice yoga, and play in orchestras and jazz bands there. We organized LCI training for future bike safety instructors in city space at Cubberley. We walked and biked to all of these activities. Cubberley is where we commune, find friends with common interests. It is a place where we meet to make things, build relationships, unleash our creativity. It is a place we need to be functional again. Today, Cubberley seems to be an afterthought for City Hall and PAUSD—a place where the city and PAUSD store things, a closet. It is not to us. Cubberley is a central part of our living experience in Palo Alto. It has become increasingly important as low-cost recreational activities have been priced out of rental spaces. The city, and now the school district, have been using large parts of Cubberley as temporary housing for programs during construction project periods. Recently, I had an interaction with a city staffer who was working with the school district on plans for the district's upcoming use of Cubberley. He was working under the assumption that the playing fields were fenced off. (They are not.) He had not even been to the site...EVER, and he was planning its circulation. He didn't understand at all how the space was used. I invited him out. To his credit, he graciously accepted the invitation to walk the site with me. Please come to south Palo Alto. Please treat us like we are a valued part of the community —worthy of your attention and a visit. It has been a long time. Our last visit with staff or the city at Cubberley was for the Cubberley Co -Design Process. The process, which delivered surprises in the eleventh hour, left many people feeling dismissed and manipulated. That was not a good outcome. So forgive us for being a little quiet. We wonder whether anyone at City Hall will listen if we speak. Here's what we notice. Upzoning has been implemented across the city. The state has changed housing laws to promote higher density. Small, high density housing units have less space for recreation and, so, are much more dependent on community services than single family homes. And that density is going to begin appearing in south Palo Alto right near Cubberley, starting with Eden Housing very soon, one block away. Small units have less space for recreation. They NEED community spaces. If we want the community to support higher density, we need to make sure we have resources to support these new rresdients. Questions I hope you will consider in your decision -making tonight: 1). As the school district works on plans to move Palo Verde ES and Hoover ES (and possibly other schools in the future) to Cubberley and Greendell during their bond measure construction periods, how will nearby city street systems support that intensified use? • What changes may be necessary to insure that safe routes are in place for children who will walk and bike to school at this new location? Or to improve ped/bike access to existing and future Cubberley community services for people of all ages and abilities? • What should the city and school district's respective roles be in this transportation planning process, given each agency's long-term plans for this site? Considering how we have historically done this for Safe Routes to School planning would be useful. In the past, the city has planned and implemented public street improvements and PAUSD has planned school site circulation, parking, and connectivity to the public street system for all modes. This requires collaboration. The city and PAUSD represent overlapping constituencies. Please work together. We know from experience that this can be done successfully. 2). PAUSD is contemplating selling 7 of their 27 acres at Cubberley. City Council will consider whether or not to buy. Question: If the city doesn't buy it, who might? Can PAUSD consider another buyer? (Rule #1 of development planning —before you reject a proposal, always consider what you might get instead.) The city recently has upzoned large parcels around the city for housing. We will need new community services and public school capacity to support and serve all of that new development. Cubberley is the city's last, large publicly owned parcel. How do you want Cubberley used? What kind of control does the community want control over that use? 3). Council is being asked whether or not to fund completion of the environmental impact report for the Cubberley Concept Plan that came out of the Cubberley Co -Design Process. If Council opts not to fund completion of the report, the Concept could not be formally adopted --meaning, it will not move forward. The school district has essentially only committed to a temporary use for their portion of Cubberley (explained above). BUT, long- term need for community services and school capacity at Cubberley as we add new housing is clear. Plan forward. In thirty years, city population and demand for this space will be greater than ever. We need Cubberley. Please get it working again. It is dirty, unkempt, unpainted. It feels abandoned, like an unloved, neglected thing. City Council, We entered the Cubberley Co - Design process with hope and left it feeling unheard. Please make that right. Let's get Cubberley working again as a place for people to meet to exercise their minds and bodies, to express themselves creatively, sharing projects, ideas, play, and friendships. The Mitchell Park Library space is nice for quiet meetings, but Cubberley is a place that has offered freedom to recreate creatively, often noisily. It is a place we all need in high-pressure Silicon Valley, for structured and unstructured self-expression. Please bring Cubberley back to life. Thank you for considering my comments. Penny Ellson 0 Virus -free. www.avg.com From: Diane Foxen To: Council, City Subject: TNR management program for community cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:24:43 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from dfoxenrn@sbcglobal.net. I earn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, As a resident of Los Altos Hills, I am grateful that our city is in partnership with the city of Palo Alto with regard to a local animal shelter. All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have TNR policies for area feral cats. This is so wildly important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Our neighbors in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for this same class of cat. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save, to participate in ensuring that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, there are not enough rescues, sanctuaries are non-existent. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral... many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. These "feral" cats are the same breed as your everyday house cat... these animals deserve a chance too. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need, support TNR in our community is a very good thing. For the people and the cats. Please support this effort. Thank you. Diane Foxen Sent from AT&T Yahoo Mail for iPhone From: Michelle Waters Art To: Council, City Subject: Please support Trap -Neuter -Return (TNR) for area feral cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:14:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, All shelters along the peninsula and south bay have Trap -Neuter -Return (TNR) policies for area feral cats. This is crucially important to help decrease the number of abandoned and homeless cats in our area, while at the same time, humanely take care of this population. Sunnyvale, Santa Clara and Milpitas get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from the HSSV. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for feral and unhomed cats. San Jose residents receive this service from SJACC. They offer vaccinations, deworming, flea treatments and microchipping services. They loan out traps to residents. All of this helps low income residents and local rescues that are overloaded with expenses and animals to save to ensure that we can spay/neuter every free roaming cat in our area. This is the only way to reduce the population. One female cat can have several litters of kittens (3-6 at a time) starting at only 6 months old. Without a concerted effort to spay and neuter this population you can see the multiples and understand how quickly this cat population can grow without this effort. If you do not support TNR, leaving them to breed means there will be even more cats than there already are. There are not homes for hundreds of thousands of these cats in the area, and there are not enough rescues to take care of this problem. Euthanasia is not a solution and it is not humane. Not all of these homeless cats are wildly feral, and many are friendly enough after being fed by humans, to rescue and find homes for. Many cats in feral colonies were someone's pet at one time, and were dumped or abandoned. These "feral" cats are the same as your everyday house cat. It's a very hard life living outside 24/7. Having Pets In Need support TNR in our community is a very good thing. I ask the Palo Alto City Council to please support this effort. Thank you. Sincerely, Michelle Waters From: Mary McMurtry To: Council, City Subject: Palo Alto -funded TNR Program Needed! Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 12:11:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, All animal shelters along the Peninsula and South Bay corridor have effective TNR services for feral cats which decrease the number of abandoned and homeless kitties. Residents of Sunnyvale get free spay and neuter services for feral cats from HSSV. Santa Clara, Campbell and Monte Sereno get low cost and free services from SVACA. PHS offers low cost and free spay neuter for feral kitties. San Jose, Saratoga and Milpitas residents receive this service from SJACC. In the absence of a viable partnership with Pets in Need, Palo Alto needs to step up and provide a TNRs-based spay/neuter program of its own. From: Jean Hsia To: Council, City Subject: Action Item #9 - Negotiations with Pets In Need Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 11:20:13 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from j4tang@sbcglobal.net. Learn why this is important at http://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification.] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. City Council: I would like to express my support of continuing negotiations with Pets In Need and keeping the Palo Alto shelter open, with services for local animal rescue groups. I am a Palo Alto resident since 1967, and currently volunteer at the shelter. I have watched and appreciated the ongoing structural improvements being done at the outdated facility. The PIN staff I have interacted with have worked consistently to provide services to the community in a professional manner. I hope that the City Council will continue to negotiate to allow PIN to run the shelter and proceed with more capital improvements. I also have volunteered for local cat rescue groups over the past 20 years and appreciate how Animal Services has supported the rescue groups by providing low-cost veterinary services (e.g. spay/neuter and vaccinations). I understand that this was discontinued when PIN took over the shelter. I hope the City Council can negotiate with Pets In Need to resume the vet services, and to support a TNR-feral cat program in partnership with cat rescues. These humane activities @et rescue) are happening in our city, funded by Palo Alto resident volunteers, and it would be good to have the City Of Palo Alto recognize these ongoing efforts through a shelter that provides supportive services and programs for Palo Alto residents and neighboring communities. Respectfully Submitted, Jean Hsia 3126 Flowers Lane From: Carolyn Dodd To: Council, City Subject: Please help our community members and community cats Date: Monday, February 14, 2022 11:16:13 AM Importance: High Some people who received this message don't often get email from cdoddl@stanford.edu. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, I work at Stanford, live in Mountain View, and spend lots of time in Lost Altos and the surrounding communities helping local cats. TNR (trap, neuter, and return) is an incredible tool to help with what can become a huge problem with feral cats. Unmanaged feral cats cause damage to our ecosystems, spread disease, and suffer and die without TNR policies and work. I have countless hours of first-hand experience on how beneficial TNR work is for cats and community members, especially those who are low income. This work goes beyond just helping cats - TNR work brings community members together. I have met, helped, learned from, and come to love so many people through this work. Trappers connect together; we go out into the field and support homeowners who are dealing with feral cats. We spread knowledge, resources, and information. Please consider helping our community members thrive in controlled cohabitation with cats by implementing TNR policies. Thank you, Carolyn Carolyn Dodd Education Program Manager Educational Programs and Services 1 Center for Immersive and Simulation -based Learning Stanford School of Medicine 291 Campus Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, Room LK019 Phone: 570-246-9588 Mail Code: 5134 Pronouns: she, her, hers