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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022-10-17 City Council Emails701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 10/17/2022 Document dates: 10/11/2022 – 10/17/2022 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Jeff Hoel To:UAC; Council, City Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external) Subject:TRANSCRIPT & COMMENTS -- 10-12-22 UAC meeting -- Oral Communications -- Hamilton Hitchings -- FTTP Date:Monday, October 17, 2022 12:35:40 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. UAC commissioners and Council members, At the 10-12-22 UAC meeting, Hamilton Hitchings spoke at Oral Communications about why the City shouldn't deploy a citywide municipal FTTP network. 10-12-22 video (0:27:33 - 0:31:13): https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-10122022/ I have made a TRANSCRIPT of Hitchings' remarks (below the "######" line), and added my COMMENTS (paragraphs in red, beginning with "###"). Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel 731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- ############################################################################################### 0:14:25: Chair Segal: We do not have any agenda review and revisions, so we will go with Oral Communications from the public. Is there anyone who would like to speak about an item that is not on the agenda? 0:14:39: Tabatha Boatwright: If there is anyone from the public who wishes to speak, and you are on Zoom, please raise your hand. If you are on a cell phone, please press *9. [pause] I see no hands, Chair. ========================================================================================== 0:27:16: Tabatha Boatwright: Chair Segal, unfortunately, in the Zoom screen, we could not see that we DID have a hand raised during Oral Communications. 0:27:24: Chair Segal: OK. So, should we take that now? 0:27:33: ### Hitchings is now present in Community Meeting Room at City Hall. Hamilton Hitchings: Can you hear me? OK, can I have about 3 minutes and 15 seconds? My comments are a follow-up to the recent residential municipal fiber presentation at City Council. ### 09-19-22: Council Agenda -- with the staff report for Item 6, "Joint Study Session With City Council and Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC) Regarding Fiber-to-the-Premises Efforts" https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas- minutes/2022/20220919/20220919pccsm-amended-linked.pdf Video: https://midpenmedia.org/city-council-152-9192022/ ### Please see my TRANSCRIPT & COMMENTS of the meeting's Item 6 (pages 35-95 here): https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/public-letters-to-council/2022/20221011- october-11/20221011plccs-general.pdf ### The 09-19-22 discussion was about building a citywide municipal FTTP network for both residents and businesses. And input to the Utilities Commission's colleagues memo, ### 09-14-22: Colleagues Memo -- Implementation of a City-Owned FTTP network and City-Owned Internet Service Provider https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory- commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/09-14-2022/09-14-2022-id-14742-item-6.pdf which I hope can be improved. ### I don't know if the authors have signed up to "improve" it. 0:27:49: When asked for competitive examples, Magellan cited a few municipalities who had successful fiber offerings. ### Magellan's John Honker was answering Mayor Burt's question about take rates (3:31:35). ### I don't fault Honker for not knowing off the top of his head what Hitchings thinks he should have said. They cited Cedar Falls, Iowa, which has a 90 percent take rate. However, they failed to mention that Cedar Falls completed their fiber build-out in 1996, with no competitors. ### Starting in 1996, Cedar Falls Utilities (CFU) built a HFC network. CFU's competitors were AT&T and MCI. https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/kelley-cfu.pdf ### In 2009-2010, CFU upgraded its network to FTTP. ### CFU's current competitors include Mediacom and Lumen (formerly CenturyLink). https://www.allconnect.com/local/ia/cedar-falls ### Incidentally, this 03-09-17 document from CFU corrects misinformation published by the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA). https://www.cfu.net/about-cfu/truth ### TPA has ties to the Koch network https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Taxpayers_Protection_Alliance They also mentioned Longmont as being very similar to Palo Alto. But failed to mention they had started offering service in 2014. ### Colorado has a law, SB 152, that requires a vote of the people before a municipality can even think about offering municipal telecom services. According to this historical timeline, https://www.longmontcolorado.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/7691/636186896901030000 "2009: Local ballot issue to repeal SB152 is defeated. Industry-backed opponents spend about $240,000." And "2011: Local ballot issue to repeal SB152 passes with 60% of the vote, despite $419,629 spent by opponents." ### Longmont's (NextLight's) competitors include Comcast and Lumen (formerly CenturyLink). https://www.allconnect.com/local/co/longmont ### In 2014, in Longmont, Comcast was providing 150 Mbps (down) service for $90 a month. https://ipcarrier.blogspot.com/2014/11/nextlight-municipal-gigabit-network.html (Comcast's "Extreme 150" has advertised speeds of up to 150 Mbps down and up to 20 Mbps up.) http://www.dslreports.com/faq/15643 ### Longmont's take rate is 58 percent (as of May 2021). https://ilsr.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/05-2021-Snapshots-Fact-Sheet.pdf Unfortunately, those are not valid comparisons, because they launched service much earlier than Palo Alto will, ### How young does Hitchings think a municipal FTTP network should be in order to qualify as a valid comparison? It normally takes a municipal FTTP network a few years to get to a steady-state take rate. So it normally takes a few years to see whether a municipal FTTP network will likely be successful financially. and without competition. ### On the contrary, there was some competition. ### In my 04-06-22 message to UAC and Council, at 1:30:14, I provided some take rate information about Longmont, CO; Chattanooga, TN; Fort Collins, CO; Loveland, CO; and Wilson, NC. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory- commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/05-04-2022/public-letters-to-uac.pdf This 01-24-22 article reports that Loveland's take rate is at 26 percent, as it begins its third year of construction, with 60 percent of the infrastructure done. https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/2022/01/24/loveland-pulse-passes-halfway-point-municipal-broadband- buildout/6570033001/ 0:28:26: Not all municipal networks manage to succeed, even when backed by government subsidies. A report by Penn law professor Christopher Yoo and Timothy Pfenninger finds that of the 20 municipalities studied, that report financial results of their broadband operations separately, 11 generated negative cash flow. 7 others would take 100 years to return their cost on investment. At best, municipal broadband projects have a very mixed track record, and are not reliably successful. ### This is the paper Hitchings is citing: "Municipal Fiber in the United States: An Empirical Assessment of Financial Performance," by Christopher Yoo and Timothy Pfenninger (05-24-17). https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/6611-report-municipal-fiber-in-the-united-states-an ### This is Christopher Mitchell's rebuttal, "Correcting Community Fiber Fallacies" (June 2017) https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/fiber-fallacy-upenn-yoo.pdf ### Yoo projects that it will take Chattanooga 412 years to "turn positive" (page 19). Mitchell says Chattanooga (EPB) has already "paid off all the debt on the communications equipment." ### All 20 of the networks Yoo cites were started before 2014. That is, they're all older than Longmont. So, are they valid examples? 0:29:07: When Magellan was asked to cite examples of failure, they did not provide a single example. ### At 4:25:31, Council Member Cormack asked, "...what have you learned from the failures elsewhere." And Honker mentioned some things learned, but didn't cite examples. 0:29:12: One well-known failure is Provo, Utah, which lost $8 million, before selling its fiber network to Google for one dollar. ### Provo started deploying a 300-home trial FTTP network in 2003, and started building the citywide FTTP network in 2004. So, does Hitchings think that makes it too old to be a valid example? ### This source says that iProvo's take rate on 12-20-06 was 22.6 percent ( = 8400/(33000+4100) ). https://web.archive.org/web/20070928060738/http://www.provo.org/downloads/util/building_a_digital_community.pdf ### This source says that iProvo achieved a 35 percent take rate (but doesn't say when). https://www.freeutopia.org/2014/06/10/econowest-associates-report-for-utah-taxpayers-association-makes-huge- mistakes-omissions/ ### Utah state law forbids municipal networks to offer retail services, so iProvo offered "open access" to retail providers. Some of those providers didn't pay their bills on time. Also, iProvo required that each provider be able to offer internet, TV, and phone services, and that excluded some providers that didn't want to do that. ### The premises electronics iProvo used had a problem with its telephone port, which phone customers didn't like. https://www.lightwaveonline.com/fttx/article/16663688/broadweave-to-replace-iprovo-ftth-portals ### The set-top boxes iProvo used couldn't quite handle HD reliably, which TV customers didn't like. ### This account from 01-05-12 points out that Provo's city departments were not charged anything to use iProvo. https://muninetworks.org/content/provo-write-some-debt-struggling-iprovo-network They still owe $39 million that they must pay off. ### According to Provo's FY2022 Budget, it's down to $18,283,726 (page 116). https://www.provo.org/home/showpublisheddocument/19575/637557462731829670 0:29:25: Another well-known failure is Burlington, Vermont. ### See this August 2011 analysis, "Learning From Burlington Telecom," by MuniNetworks' Christopher Mitchell (29 pages). I won't try to summarize it. https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/bt-lessons-learned.pdf 0:29:28: Another failure is KentuckyWired, which estimated it would cost $350 million. And, currently has -- cost has already reached $1.5 billion. ### KentuckyWired is a statewide middle mile network. So it is in no way comparable to municipal FTTP networks, which are last mile networks. https://kentuckywired.ky.gov/Pages/index.aspx ### FAQ https://kentuckywired.ky.gov/about/Pages/faq.aspx ### This 12-07-15 article, "Presenting Both Sides: KentuckyWired project to bring government-owned broadband to state," has videos by an advocate and an opponent. https://kychamberbottomline.com/2015/12/07/presenting-both-sides-kentuckywired-project-to-bring-government- owned-broadband-to-state/ The opponent, David Williams, of the Taxpayers Protection Alliance (TPA) -- remember them? -- says (at 5:21 on the video), "We may not be using fiber optics in 5 or 10 years." That's completely non-credible, especially for middle mile networks. 0:29:41: Focusing on Palo Alto's plan, I believe the take rates do not fully account for AT&T Fiber. The survey results are likely biased toward folks who have a poor internet service. ### The survey asked folks to do a speed test, so we don't have to guess about this. Thus, the estimate that AT&T has 25-30 percent service-offering coverage right now is likely low. Furthermore, projections do not take into account AT&T Fiber growth over the next 3-5 years. I got AT&T Fiber a year and a half ago. And it delivers everything Palo Alto Fiber promises. With 90 percent of residents served by overhead lines, ### I wish I knew where to look up this statistic. This 09-07-11 staff report says, https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory- commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2011/09-07-11-meeting/item-1_uac-rpt- undergrounding-sept-2011_3-3-6.pdf "Approximately 2,400 residences have been converted from overhead to underground service and all new housing developments are constructed with underground utility facilities. The overhead lines for approximately 14,050 homes remain to be undergrounded ...." But it doesn't say how many residences there are in new housing developments. Anyhow, at least 14.6 percent of residences had underground electric (2400/(2400+14050)) in 2011. Since that time, more residences have been undergrounded. the barriers for expansion by AT&T are low. ### For AT&T to deploy fiber to more residences, those residences have to be close to AT&T's existing fiber infrastructure. I also spoke to a neighbor in Midtown who has underground service and also has AT&T Fiber already. The real problem statement should be how to ensure most Palo Altans have access to fiber, without a risky, large, up-front investment that may never be paid off if projected take rates are not met, or there are cost overruns. 0:30:42: Outsourcing is a good step in the right direction, in terms of lowering costs. But an even better one would be to partner with an outside vendor to offer competing service to AT&T, and have them build out and own the residential infrastructure themselves. Such as Atherton Fiber. ### Atherton Fiber wants some customers to pay a hefty installation fee. This document says it wants at least 20 percent of customers to pay $7500 (for aerial) or $9500 (for undergrounded) up-front. https://www.ci.atherton.ca.us/DocumentCenter/View/2266/ITEM-20-2-Atherton-Fiber-to-the-Home---Council- 20150715-v2?bidId= This 05-18-22 article says Atherton Fiber wants a $10,000-$15,000 installation fee if you want 10 Gbps service. https://www.globenewswire.com/en/news-release/2022/05/18/2446234/0/en/Atherton-Fiber-Debuts-A-Different-Kind- of-Internet-Service-Provider.html 0:29:59: Palo Alto has $30 million in its Fiber Fund. ### $34 million. They could offer subsidies to entice another service provider. And then they would not risk borrowing money they would not be able to pay back. ### Subsidies are a sure way of losing money. 0:31:10: Thank you for giving me this time to speak. 0:31:13: From:matt@evolutionaryteams.com To:Council, City Subject:Reach Codes Date:Monday, October 17, 2022 12:21:16 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from matt@evolutionaryteams.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I support Palo Alto’s proposed new Reach Code requirements and appreciate the city’s continued efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Thank you, Matt Schlegel Matt Schlegel Schlegel Consulting 650-924-8923 Author: Teamwork 9.0 Website: evolutionaryteams.com Blog: evolutionaryteams.com/blog/ Linked In: linkedin.com/in/mattschlegel/ Twitter: twitter.com/EvoTeamMatt Instagram: instagram.com/MattSchlegel6 Facebook: facebook.com/mattschlegel.77 YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCLkUMHuG4HVa831s9yeoZ5Q Enneagram Quiz: www.EnneaSurvey.com From:Jeffrey Hook To:Council, City Subject:SAY NO NO NO to the Creekside property at 3400 El Camino Real Date:Monday, October 17, 2022 11:31:48 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from tribaljeff51@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable councilmembers, We have got to learn how to frame policy from an ecological perspective. In the long run, no other framework has integrity, and any policy we make in the business-as-usual framework will cause great suffering and pain in the future, both to ourselves and to those who follow. Natural areas need expansion and protection. Residents need open space. These are fundamental tenets of healthy society. It's time to stand up for these principles rather than caving to narrow interests and a system of profit accounting that is fundamentally flawed because it does not value nature nor externalized costs. There needs to be a strong call by all the council for a moratorium on all further building, and a budget allocated to teach city staff, especially those in the building and legal departments, ecological, biophysical accounting. Bolnas did it decades ago when they stopped a big highway expansion. Others prevented Edgewood park from becoming a golf course with housing. Others stopped Highway 84 becoming an expressway to the ocean. We are all grateful for these people who stood on principle and stopped environmental destruction that profited only a few. I want the preamble to every decision regarding building or zoning to explicitly state the imbalance humans have at present. We are far too numerous and consume far too many resources per capita. We have an overall vision for the next 100 years of a significantly reduced Earth population and a plan for achieving a reduction of people and artifact in Palo Alto, as well as increasing biodiversity, restoring natural creek beds, and increasing open space per capita. Whatever happened to the Valley of the Heart's Delight - a time before Silicon Valley when Middlefield was lined with apricots on the south and pears on the north? We have to stop denying reality, the sooner the better. The city's staff already knows that the proposal doesn't meet the stipulations of the Planned Housing Zone the applicant is applying under so that, to us, should be a non- starter right there. Over 350 housing units are proposed without any parkland or open space, providing no outside recreation area for these families to play and to relax. The proposal exceeds the height allowed in any zone. The project will be built close to the property lines abutting the single-family neighborhoods at the back of the property and along Matadero Avenue, without the usual 50 or 150 foot setbacks required for the height proposed. This unprecedented code-flouting height ignores privacy, set-back and daylight plane rules. The Matadero Creek runs through this property, yet no environmental report or provision is proposed There is a known toxic plume below the site which makes constructing underground parking problematic. What the plume is breached and that in turn affects our creek. Please consider that the development at 3225 ECR, the old Foot Locker property, breached the plume. All construction has stopped until this public health issue is resolved. Jeffrey Hook 381 Oxford Ave. Palo Alto From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office; North, Karin; Boyd, Holly Subject:Updated: Council Consent Questions Item 4 and 5: 10/17/22 Date:Monday, October 17, 2022 9:54:06 AM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image006.png image007.png image008.png image002.png image011.png Good morning Mayor and Councilmembers, Please see updated links below for amended agenda and staff responses for tonight’s meeting. This updated version includes a question from Councilmember Cormack on Item 5. October 17 Amended Agenda Staff response to Items 4 and 5 Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Tran, Joanna Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 5:25 PM To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: Executive Leadership Team <ExecutiveLeadershipTeam@cityofpaloalto.org>; ORG - Clerk's Office <ClerksOffice@cityofpaloalto.org>; Boatwright, Tabatha <Tabatha.Boatwright@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Diamond, Robert <Robert.Diamond@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Council Consent Questions Item 4: 10/17/22 Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links below for the amended agenda and staff responses to questions from Councilmember Tanaka for Monday night’s Council Meeting: October 17 Amended Agenda Staff response to Items 4 Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:FEC United To:Council, City Subject:FEC United Faith Newsletter Date:Monday, October 17, 2022 8:05:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Image   FEC United Faith Pillar Devotional October 17, 2022   Wall of Jericho…What Seems Impossible, Is Possible With God! The Conquest of Jericho is a great event in history (yes, archeologists have confirmed it) that seems very similar to the current stronghold we are facing today…It seems impossible to ferret out all the bad players, deceitful people, evil plans, and behind the scene schemes of destruction of our country…BUT GOD CAN AND WANTS TO TURN THIS COUNTRY BACK TO HIM! So what can we do? Lets take a further look into the story of how the walls of Jericho came crashing down. If you spend a minute looking at the photo above, you can see that this fortress wall was massive. Remember in ancient warfare your main physical weapons included swords, arrows, and human strength. Maybe a few arrows could reach the top of the wall of Jericho, but it is more likely that your army would be decimated by the warriors shooting arrows from above (a much easier target). In Joshua 6:1 it states that Jericho was tightly shut because of the sons of Israel; no one went out and no one came in. Yet the Lord encourages Joshua in 6:2 by stating "See I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors. But wait, the Lord instructed them to march around the city once each day, yet remain quiet until told otherwise (no voices or shouting) and go back to camp. Do this for six days. Now from Israel's mighty battle-ready soldiers point of view this probably seemed ridiculous. However, these trained warriors followed orders. Can you imagine the how much restraint and faith it took for Joshua, the Israeli army and its people to do that? But God fulfilled His promise to His people, because they trusted Him to do what He said He would do! On the seventh day they marched around the city seven times. It was on the seventh trip around the city, when the priests were blowing the Shofars, that Joshua gave the order for the people to shout. The scripture of Joshua 6:16 reads like this: At the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people "Shout! For the Lord has given you the city. Verse 20 you read that the people gave a great shout and wall fell down flat! So, to answer the question what can we do? Shout down the walls of our stolen election, shout down the walls of fraud, shout down the walls of our fake government, shout down the walls built though lies. Spend time in your Bibles, pray with faith that God can and will help us in our time of great need. Remain faithful and encourage others that our warfare does not require us to start a physical war—oh no—it requires us to get on our knees and put on God armor to win this war! I will include the entire chapter 6 below, because I think you will see the need for us today to turn our trust to God, spend time with Him, and He will tear down these strongholds of evil schemes that seem impossible to remove from our country—BUT GOD CAN AND GOD WILL! Joshua 6 (ESV) The Fall of Jericho 1Now Jericho was shut up inside and outside because of the people of Israel. None went out, and none came in. 2And the LORD said to Joshua, "See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and mighty men of valor. 3You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days. 4Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets. 5And when they make a long blast with the ram's horn, when you hear the sound of the trumpet, then all the people shall shout with a great shout, and the wall of the city will fall down flat, and the people shall go up, everyone straight before him." 6So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, "Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD." 7And he said to the people, "Go forward. March around the city and let the armed men pass on before the ark of the LORD." 8And just as Joshua had commanded the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the LORD went forward, blowing the trumpets, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD following them. 9The armed men were walking before the priests who were blowing the trumpets, and the rear guard was walking after the ark, while the trumpets blew continually. 10But Joshua commanded the people, "You shall not shout or make your voice heard, neither shall any word go out of your mouth, until the day I tell you to shout. Then you shall shout." 11So he caused the ark of the LORD to circle the city, going about it once. And they came into the camp and spent the night in the camp. 12Then Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of the LORD. 13And the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD walked on, and they blew the trumpets continually. And the armed men were walking before them, and the rear guard was walking after the ark of the LORD, while the trumpets blew continually. 14And the second day they marched around the city once, and returned into the camp. So they did for six days. 15On the seventh day they rose early, at the dawn of day, and marched around the city in the same manner seven times. It was only on that day that they marched around the city seven times. 16And at the seventh time, when the priests had blown the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, "Shout, for the LORD has given you the city. 17And the city and all that is within it shall be devoted to the LORD for destruction. Only Rahab the prostitute and all who are with her in her house shall live, because she hid the messengers whom we sent. 18But you, keep yourselves from the things devoted to destruction, lest when you have devoted them you take any of the devoted things and make the camp of Israel a thing for destruction and bring trouble upon it. 19But all silver and gold, and every vessel of bronze and iron, are holy to the LORD; they shall go into the treasury of the LORD." 20So the people shouted, and the trumpets were blown. As soon as the people heard the sound of the trumpet, the people shouted a great shout, and the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they captured the city. 21Then they devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword. 22But to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua said, "Go into the prostitute's house and bring out from there the woman and all who belong to her, as you swore to her." 23So the young men who had been spies went in and brought out Rahab and her father and mother and brothers and all who belonged to her. And they brought all her relatives and put them outside the camp of Israel. 24And they burned the city with fire, and everything in it. Only the silver and gold, and the vessels of bronze and of iron, they put into the treasury of the house of the LORD. 25But Rahab the prostitute and her father's household and all who belonged to her, Joshua saved alive. And she has lived in Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho. 26Joshua laid an oath on them at that time, saying, "Cursed before the LORD be the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho. "At the cost of his firstborn shall he lay its foundation, and at the cost of his youngest son shall he set up its gates." 27So the LORD was with Joshua, and his fame was in all the land. If you would like to be a part of the FEC UNITED Pikes Peak Faith Pillar, CONTACT: National FEC Chaplin and Pikes Peak Faith Pillar Pastor Garrett Graupner: ggraupner@fecunited.com Pikes Peak Faith Pillar Admin. Jeri S: jeri@fecunited.com   Copyright © 2022 FEC United, All rights reserved. Mailing Address: PO Box 891, Parker, CO 80134 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can unsubscribe from this list. Unsubscribe at https://papp.pidoxa.com/unsub Sent by FEC United PO Box 891 , Parker CO 80134. Copyright 2022 by FEC United or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. From:Tina Chow To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City Subject:transitioning to heat pump HVAC systems Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 10:29:11 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from chow_tina@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Thank you for your recent decisions to support heat-pump water heaters and for your focused attention on new energy reach codes. I’m writing to support Carbon Free Palo Alto’s request to add an additional requirement for two-way heat pump (HP-HVAC) systems in two cases for residential buildings: 1. addition/alterations of existing buildings when a gas, ducted heating system is replaced 2. when a new central AC system is installed (replacements or new installations) Ducted HP-HVAC systems are capable of both cooling and heating and cost roughly the same as a traditional AC system. This is the way of the future and the vast majority of people doing remodels in Palo Alto can afford to go all electric even if in some cases it’s not entirely cost effective up front because of retrofitting costs. What matters most here is transitioning to a new green energy future and helping Palo Alto get there faster. Reach codes, plus incentives, rebates, and payment plans can also be used to help people who need them to make this transition to all-electric. -Tina Chow Barron Park resident, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at UC Berkeley From:Aram James To:Roberta Ahlquist; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Jeff Rosen; Molly; Miguel Rodriguez; Jay Boyarsky; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; bryan.gobin@uncbusiness.net; Sue Dremann; Gennady Sheyner; Jason Green; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Greer Stone; Lydia Kou; Greg Tanaka; Anna Griffin; Don Austin; Joe Simitian; JIM MINKLER1; Dennis Upton; Council, City Subject:The Shocking Truth about Police Canines ( 3 min video) Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 9:53:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ >>>> https://youtu.be/cSbEj6RIoDE >>>> >>>> >>>> Kevin Jensen For Sheriff >> From:Aram James To:Roberta Ahlquist Cc:Binder, Andrew; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Rebecca Eisenberg; ladoris cordell; Planning Commission; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; friendsofcubberley94303@gmail.com; wilpf.peninsula.paloalto@gmail.com; Winter Dellenbach; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore Subject:Re: Police Training in progress ( see sign below) Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 9:17:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Roberta, Will do! Of Course! aram Sent from my iPhone On Oct 16, 2022, at 8:04 PM, Roberta Ahlquist <roberta.ahlquist@sjsu.edu> wrote: Please keep us posted. Thank you. Roberta Ahlquist On Thu, Oct 13, 2022 at 7:57 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > > H Andrew, > I was over at the Mitchel Park library yesterday ( Tuesday Oct 11, 2022) and saw this sign ( see below). I went to this location -El Palo Alto Room- to check it out for the Thursday evening Daily Post city council candidates’ debate. When I opened the door I was told that the training in process was private not apparently related to PAPD training. I think a younger white officer in street clothes may have been being less then honest with me about the training not being PAPD related. Or maybe a major miscommunication occurred. This person seemed on the verge of being confrontational with me. I don’t understand why? Maybe the three of us can sit down and speak. I felt this officer was attempting to intimate me without reason. > > As I was leaving to return to my car -walking in the other direction - of the El Palo Alto Room-came along in full PAPD uniform was PAPD SGT Craig Lee apparently returning to the El Palo Alto room. > > I had on my Covid mask but I think SGT Lee recognized me from the Hopkins case some 17 years ago. He greeted me in a polite manner and I responded in kind. > > What is going on with police training at the El Palo Alto Room? Who was the slightly pumped up younger white officer who confronted me? The sign does not suggest the training is NOT open to public review. Why is the PAPD using the Mitchel Park Library for police training? > > Best aram, > > 415-370-5056 > > P.S. > > 1. what’s up with doing away with the canine unit? > > 2. Do you intend to have a citizen advisory committee subject to the Brown act so folks like me from the public can attend? > > 3. Can you discuss the wisdom of the PAPD doing away with Tasers with me? given the great cost to maintain tasers when they are rarely used and have a very high failure rate when they are used. > > 4. Have u hired an African American officer to join your command staff - recruiting them as a lateral -the same way u came to the PAPD in 2015? > > 5. How about asking Sean Allen to join the PAPD command staff? > > 6. When can you and I -and a member of the press - sit down and review the body worn camera footage re the canine attack on Alexander Furrier that took place on Oct 10, 2021. > > 7. Have you established a hiring protocol to vet potential PAPD hires to ensure no members of the proud boys, oath keepers or other white nationalist groups became members of the PAPD? > > 8. Have you encouraged Zack Perron to resign from the PAPD? > > 9. Considered demoting Zack Perron due to his alleged 2014 racial attack on former PAPD officer Marcus Barbour? > > 10. What is the current status of the lawsuit against the city by 5 of your current officers and one former officer—re the BLM mural? > > 11. Have you determined If any of the officers involved in the lawsuit have any connection to white nationalist organizations? > > Best regards, > > Aram > > 415-370-5066 > >> On Oct 12, 2022, at 5:45 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>  >> >> >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone From:Bruce Arthur To:Council, City Cc:Bruce Arthur; Swent, Richard; Ellson, Penny; Wachtel, Alan Subject:Comments for CITY COUNCIL RAIL COMMITTEE Wednesday, October 19, 2022. Re: Study Session to review comments received from various stakeholders to refine conceptual plans for Partial Underpass Alternative at Churchill Avenue and Underpass Alternatives a... Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 8:59:36 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from barthur@mac.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Members of the City Council Rail Subcommittee, This letter is from the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC) Rail Grade Separation Subcommittee. It is intended to provide some high-level perspectives on the current design approaches and to supplement the detailed comments provided by members of PABAC. 1. Multi-Use Paths (MUPs) may to some extent increase safety because they separate pedestrians and bicyclists from motor vehicle traffic, but they can also cause problems because they don’t separate pedestrians and bicyclists from each other. In fact, they often mix them in locations where they were previously separated. There is no known mechanism for effectively segregating pedestrians and bicyclists on MUPs. Higher- speed bicyclists, including the increasing number of e-bicyclists, are a hazardous mix with slower-moving bicyclists and pedestrians. Faster bicyclists should be discouraged from using MUPs by providing more attractive alternatives. The design of the roads should be done with the expectation that some bicyclists will use them despite the presence of the MUP, and the designs should accommodate them safely. The current designs for Meadow and Charleston do not do that. At Churchill there is no option for bicyclists except for the MUP, so it needs to be designed with extreme care by someone who understands all the issues involved. An excellent example of a well-designed MUP in Palo Alto is the one that connects Gunn HS entrance to the Hetch Hetchy ROW bike/ped trail. It safely and conveniently connects bicyclists to the correct side of the street. This MUP is coupled with parallel bike lanes on Arastradero for faster moving bicyclists. The trench, viaduct and hybrid options can be built without the use of MUPs because the gradients can be kept to a maximum of 5%, in compliance with ADA requirements. Sidewalks and buffered or protected bike lanes can be used to keep pedestrians and bicyclists separated from motor vehicle traffic and from each other, and with sufficient care and expertise could be designed to accommodate all speeds of bicyclists. 2. Current Partial Underpass designs for Meadow and Charleston have a 2-way MUP on one side of the road, forcing travelers in one direction to cross twice in uncontrolled crosswalks to enter and exit the MUP. Crossing a busy multi-lane road in an uncontrolled crosswalk is one of the most dangerous things a person can do in traffic, and bicyclists are likely to ride against traffic to enter or leave the paths, another very dangerous practice. The danger of these crossings cancels out any safety benefit gained from the MUP. Even for the direction of travel that does not have to cross twice, the re- integration is designed poorly in the current plans. On westbound Meadow, where the MUP ends at Park, bicyclists are expected to use the sidewalk going wrong way on Park for a half block to get to a crosswalk. Requiring bicyclists to use sidewalks and crosswalks, which are pedestrian facilities, is highly undesirable. The Churchill plans have pedestrians and bicyclists emerging in the middle of the road, with no clear path to and from the edges, a design that is likely to have problems. A good reintegration design would make off-road traffic visible, provide good sight lines for all parties, provide for clear and predictable movements, avoid any turning conflicts, and not add needless distance or inconvenience. The Partial underpass concepts are far less developed, with significant design flaws and errors. It is hard to evaluate the partial underpass as a concept with so many gaps that are probably due to the limited time that was spent on them. The Churchill underpass and Park Boulevard routes also appear to involve a number of sharp turns that may not conform to Caltrans Highway Design Manual standards for bike paths and likely will cause problems for long bikes. (PABAC was told that the turns will not be as sharp as they look in the concepts, but we don’t know what the turn radius is.) 3. Palo Alto has a number of overpasses and underpasses already and has plenty of experience with the problems they present (e.g. California Ave). The designs presented so far, especially for Churchill, show many deficiencies as pointed out in the comments from PABAC members: inadequate width to handle large groups of school-bound students, poor sight lines, turns that may be too sharp for some bikes, dark and scary tunnels, etc. Issues of bicycle speed are exacerbated by long, straight descent ramps. Beyond the above well-known issues of underpasses is the physical burden they place on the users. Being forced to drop down and then climb back up requires effort that can be significant. Bicyclists with gears and the knowledge to use them are the least affected, especially on the downhill. Pedestrians, especially the elderly, feel both the descents and ascents. Small children, whether on foot or on single-speed bikes, may struggle on the ascents and may have insufficient skills to maintain control on descents. Wheelchair users are affected the most, as they must work to control their speed on the descents and then work to climb up again. We should not require gratuitous expenditures of energy by the most vulnerable members of our community for the convenience of the least vulnerable. Elevation changes should be minimized. 4. We have a strong desire to have at least one bike and pedestrian crossing in the vicinity of the project remain open at all times during the construction process for Charleston and Meadow. Closing both simultaneously would save time and money during construction but would leave residents of south Palo Alto no options besides San Antonio and Oregon Expressway (or California Ave for non-motorized travel) for crossing the tracks. These detours would be essentially impossible for many people. The inevitable result will be more automobile traffic and loss of bicycle mode share. Palo Alto has worked hard and done very well to increase bicycle mode share, especially for school commutes, but a multi-year setback like this would alter commuting habits of many people. If the resulting bike facilities are anything less than ideal this loss of bike mode share could be permanent. Constructing one or more additional pedestrian and bicycle crossings before construction should be pursued in addition to closing only one of the two roads at a time. Thank you for your consideration, PABAC Rail Grade Subcommittee Bruce Arthur (subcommittee chair) Penny Ellson Richard Swent Alan Wachtel From:Amie Ashton To:Council, City; Planning Commission; Wong, Tim Cc:Palo Alto Forward Board Subject:HE Low-Income Sites Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 6:08:48 PM Attachments:Grndtruthing Low Income Sites (10.16.22).pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, and Palo Alto City Staff, Please see the attached letter related to my recent groundtruthing research for several of the sites contemplated for low-income housing in the forthcoming Housing Element update. In summary, four of the sites clearly fail the state's substantial- evidence requirement for being included in the low-income category. Thank you, Amie Ashton October 16, 2022 Dear Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Committee, and City Staff: SUBJECT:Ground-truthing Letter - Designated Low-Income Sites I am writing today to share Housing Element ground-truthing results for several of the designated low-income sites throughout the city. As described in a previous ground-truthing letter dated March 30, 2022 that addressed sites on Fabian Way and Charleston Road, with the low-income designation in the housing Element comes a heightened degree of scrutiny with respect to site suitability. The city must prove a substantial likelihood of development or redevelopment from the current use to a moderate-density residential use. The sites listed below fail the substantial evidence test. There are no records on file with the city (or otherwise publicly available) indicating that the listed sites will in the near future convert to residential use. Further, 3903 El Camino Real is currently listed for lease and 760 San Antonio was recently leased. These sites also likely cannot meet the substantial evidence threshold because the site owner is demonstrating an intent for a contrary use that is likely to persist throughout the planning period. 841 El Camino Real, Realistic Unit Capacity = 20 units ●The 0.6-acre site is currently occupied by Auto Pride Car Wash. Permits for new signage and a trellis were approved for the existing use in 2022, which shows intent that the use will continue at the site. 3903 El Camino Real, Realistic Unit Capacity = 35 units ●This 0.53-acre site is vacant and currently for lease. The commercial building was constructed in 1997 and roof upgrades took place in 2015, which would not indicate a potential change to the land use. Does the city have evidence that the site will transition to a use that includes housing? 760 San Antonio Road, Realistic Unit Capacity = 20 units ●This 0.65-acre site is occupied by a truck rental and sales business. It appears the site lease was signed/renewed in 2021, which would not indicate that the land use will change in the near term. (https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/760-San-Antonio-Rd-Palo-Alto-CA/22247372/). 4045 Transport Street, Realistic Unit Capacity = 35 units (though should be 17) ●The lot size appears to be incorrect in the City’s spreadsheet, the lot is 0.24 acre (not 0.54 acre) site; thus, the unit count should be adjusted down to 17. The site is occupied by a commercial/industrial use. 1 As described in previous letters submitted regarding the potential housing sites, there are many other sites on the inventory that are equally unlikely, for similar reasons. Please contact me should you have any questions or comments. Thank you for your attention and for the work you are doing to ensure the adequacy and implementability of the Housing Element. Amie Ashton 2 From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Wong, Tim Subject:3400 ECR prescreen Date:Sunday, October 16, 2022 10:31:03 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt and Council members, The 3400 ECR prescreen study session represents an important opportunity to continue moving forward to meet our housing needs and goals. I understand that, unlike the last 3 prescreen hearings, there is organized opposition to this proposal. Nevertheless, I believe there are compelling reasons to continue council's positive responses (thanks you) provided at the 3 recent proposal prescreens. As the Merc and others have reported, HCD for evidence that sites are feasible. From the 10/9 Merc article "The agency told San Francisco, Oakland, Sunnyvale, Mountain View, Redwood City, Antioch and others to rewrite their drafts to provide proof the sites identified for future homes have a realistic chance of development, and to offer the possibility of rezoning certain neighborhoods for denser housing, among various other instructions." Council's innovative PHZ initiative is now bringing forth proposals (actual proof) and the PHZ initiative gives council wide latitude to negotiate and adjust development standards to approve applications. So in my mind now the goal is to get actual applications so further analysis can begin. The whole point of the PHZ is to encourage applications for new housing. The 3400 ECR proposal brings a large number of new units including 76 BMR units. It has good access to jobs, shopping, services, amenities and transit. It is in a central location on a street designated for more housing. Please encourage the proposal team to bring forth an application so concerns can be addressed. These 4 proposals could bring 500 new units including more than 100 BMR units and offer proof that the City has a working tool to encourage new housing. Stephen Levy From:Scott O"Neil To:Council, City; Planning Commission Cc:Palo Alto Forward Board Subject:Crosstown Shuttle Date:Saturday, October 15, 2022 3:27:43 PM Attachments:PAF - Crosstown Shuttle Letter.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from scottoneil@hotmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, and Palo Alto City Staff, Please find attached a letter providing a suggestion for the future of the city's Crosstown shuttle program. Sincerely, Scott O'Neil on behalf of the Board of Palo Alto Forward October 15, 2022 Dear Palo Alto City Council; Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Committee; and City Staff: We are interested in the City’s plans to increase housing density in the GM/ROLM zoned areas near San Antonio and Highway 101. Given the lack of public transportation in that part of town, the City should consider expanding the PA City shuttle bus to serve that neighborhood. We recently spoke with an affordable housing developer that develops permanent supportive housing and targets serving those who earn below 50% AMI. They are interested in bringing deeply affordable projects to the city. The developer suggested that affordable housing in GM/ROLM areas being considered for upzoning as part of the Housing Element might be difficult to fund because of the lack of transit. This brought to mind the Palo Alto city shuttle, which was shut down during the Covid budget crunch, and which the city is considering restarting. Given changes in city policy direction since the shuttle was shut down, might it make sense to prioritize serving the San Antonio corridor, if the city has to choose? Besides the affordable housing finance consideration, we note the city is moving ahead with the Homekey project Northeast of 101 off San Antonio. That is currently a transit desert, and it will benefit from having a reliable link to the El Camino Real VTA route and San Antonio Caltrain stop. That is an urgent concern, because the Homeky project could be finished within the next year. Furthermore, if a shuttle diverts down Charleston for trips around school start and end times, it would go a long way toward improving safety for children getting to Fairmeadow and JLS. Mayor Burt noted in the August 22 meeting that he pushed hard for a VTA route along San Antonio this year, to no avail. The need will only increase in coming years given the housing development anticipated there. In response to this confluence of changes in policy direction that have developed since the Embarcadero shuttle was shut down, we urge the city to consider moving the shuttle to enhance transit access around San Antonio and 101. Signed, Scott O’Neil on behalf of the Board of Palo Alto Forward From:John Mark O"Leary Cox To:Council, City Cc:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; kou.pacc@gmail.com; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; tomforcouncil@gmail.com; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org Subject:Explanation Date:Saturday, October 15, 2022 2:20:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The Geyser of Beverly Hills at Santa Monica Blvd and Rexford Drive failed to Return on Saturday, October 15th, 2022 at 6:59 AM. This means the Geyser of West Hollywood at Santa Monica Blvd and Crescent Heights Blvd will NOT RETURN at 6:19 PM and the Cahuenga River the Super Kawaii will NOT RETURN at 8:00 PM from Cahuenga Pass to Flood the Watershed of the Basin of the Los Angeles Region. To Understand the Situation of the Water's Redirection you will have to Watch the Movie "Chinatown" (1974) where the Character of Hollis Mulwray is Standing to Reflect in Thought throughout the Night along the Shore of the Pacific Ocean when Suddenly there is a Stream of Ejected Fresh Water flowing onto the Shore from a Piped Corridor at the Land Side Edge of the Beach. Later in the Film, Hollis Mulwray is in a Scene with a Heated Argument with John Huston's Character Noah Cross the Business Partner of Mulwray while the Argument is Witnessed at a Distance by Jack Nicholson's Character the Private Detective J. J. "Jake" Gittes. Thereafter, Hollis Mulwray who was Shielding his Wife's Daughter from her Father Noah Cross, is Found Dead. The Private Detective Jake Gittes witnesses this Water and Prematurely Concludes that the Water from the Pipe Corridor is to Create a False Drought to Drive Farmers from their Farmland in the Valley when What's More Likely is that Noah Cross who Marriage with a a Chinese Woman from an Esteemed Chinese Organized Crime Family is to Seal the Deal with the Chinese Mafia, Noah Cross is Building an Underground Corridor to Give Noah Cross the Power to Throttle the Water's Return to the Surface of Los Angeles by Redirecting the Water of the Super Kawaii to Flow into the Ocean in Whatever Manner was Eventually Built whether by a Single Deep Underground Corridor or Multiples of Smaller Corridors to the Pacific Ocean at a Deep Enough Level to Avoid Detection by the Public. This in Turn would Result in a Lack of Faith within the Chinese Mafia in the Criminal Family whose Esteemed Family Member had been Led to the Underground with a Black Bag Over his Head to Witness the Underground Subterranean Water Transfer Station to Validate the Presence of Sufficient Water to Qualify the Region of Los Angeles as the Only Known Hyper Oasis whose "Official" Herald are the Washingtonia Robustus Skyduster Palm Trees that Grow in Los Angeles along Streets such as Sunset Blvd. Furthermore the Throttle Power where the Emergence of the Water in the Manifestation by Two Geysers and One Super River can be Delayed by the Redirection of the Water through a Pipe Corridor else Pipe Corridor Network to the Pacific Ocean means that the the Criminal Entity who Owns the LAPD per the Character of Evelyn Cross before Evelyn Cross is Shot to Death by LAPD, means the Aspirations of a Pan European Empire stretching to the Indus Valley would likewise be Throttled as Incorporate India in a Novel Super European Empire would Meet Resistance from the China whose Placation to Appease the Chinese in Advance to Subjugating India is dependent on the Criminal Deal to Hand Over the City of Los Angeles to China with Sufficient Water to Provide for Agriculture to Help to Provide Sustenance to China. Without Water on the Surface of the Watershed Region of Los Angeles in the Los Angeles Basin then the Chinese Mafia could be Divided in it's Historic Unity while Neither the English Mafia nor the Irish Mafia can pursue a European Empire that Encompasses the Indus Valley to Serve as a Buffer for the Conquered Opium Lands of the Golden Crescent that includes Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran in the Persian Gulf. Whether Noah Cross as Depicted by the True Roman Polanski is Affiliated with the English Mafia or the Irish Mafia isn't Understood. Noah Cross tells Jake Gittes that Hollis Mulwray the Chief Water Engineer at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power believed the Water should be Belong to the People. The Words of the US Declaration of Independence make Repeated References to "People" whose Number of Occurrences is "Ten" which Oddly Connects the Document to "La Tène" the European Heartland of the People of Na Gael from 800 BC to 50 BC when Julius Caesar conquered Gaul that is the Present Day Nation of France whose Former President was Charles de Gaulle from January 8th, 1959 until April 28th, 1969 with Oddly Enough, a Total of Ten Years. For the Trojans to Claim that Latin was their Language may have been to Signify the Intent to Conquer the Region of "La Tène" while the Naming of the City "Rome" was to Signify the Trojans were Going to be the Next Pharaonic Power since Ramesses. The Greeks did Likewise by Calling the Dialect of Alexander the Great as "Romeyka." As to Noah Cross and Whether Noah Cross would be Affiliated with the English Mafia or the Irish Mafia, it may be that Noah Cross is a Reference to an Entity who was Playing Both Sides and the Each Side thought "Noah Cross" to be "Their Man" except Noah Cross stole his Granddaughter from his Daughter Evelyn Cross and gave Evelyn Cross a Different Baby as Evelyn Cross was the Daughter of the Marriage to Seal the Deal. Hence Noah Cross is Likely "Noah Double Cross." The Water is Flowing into the Pacific Ocean and the Aspirations of Empire by the English Mafia and Irish Mafia for European Empire to India are being Thwarted as of October 15th, 2022 because Giving Me Traction would be Dangerous to my Criminal Enemies because I'm the Inheritor of the Book of the Locations of the Salt Mines in Bohemia where Nazi Silver and Gold Bullion are Stored since The Second World War while the Twenty Salt Mines of Bohemia are the Correlated Locations of Oil and Gas Reservoirs that Necessary for a Protracted European War with Russia. From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Council, City; Human Relations Commission Subject:Wikipedia on aram james Date:Saturday, October 15, 2022 1:53:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aram_Byer_James Shared via the Google app Sent from my iPhone From:Elizabeth Schwerer To:Council, City Subject:item #2 on the 10/17 agenda: proposed development at 3400 El Camino Real Date:Saturday, October 15, 2022 9:11:12 AM Some people who received this message don't often get email from liz.schwerer@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members: Please reject the proposed development of the Creekside Inn property. I am concerned about the issues raised by the Palo Alto Neighborhoods group and agree with them that any upzoning should be reserved for below-market-rate housing. The impacts of this proposed project on its neighbors and on the local ecology seem severe and unnecessary. Thank you. Sincerely, Elizabeth Schwerer 343 Oxford Avenue From:Aram James To:citycouncil@mountainview.gov; city.council@menlopark.org; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; GRP-City Council; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; Jay Boyarsky; chuck jagoda; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Enberg, Nicholas; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider, James; Greer Stone Subject:D.A. George Gascón says: Yes, I"m "with the Blacks" - Los Angeles Times Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 8:15:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2022-10-14/george-gascon-with-the-blacks-nury-martinez-city-council- recording Sent from my iPhone Dear Aram, On Wednesday, I had the great honour of launching a groundbreaking report that I co-authored with Rowan Gaudet, Unveiling the Chilly Climate: The Suppression of Speech on Palestine in Canada. With nearly 300 people in attendance, we discussed the report, heard reactions from top Palestinian scholars and human rights activists, and strategized on how to stop the From:Aram James To:Planning Commission; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Human Relations Commission; Salem Ajluni; Jeff Rosen; Ann Ravel; Josh Becker; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; bob nunez; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sameena Usman; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Jay Boyarsky; Jethroe Moore; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Cindy Chavez Subject:The pro-Israel lobby is trying to silence our movement. But our new report punches back Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 6:19:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.  smear campaigns and censorship against our movement in the future. If you missed the event, you can watch the recording here. The report has already gotten some great media coverage. I invite you to read Jeremy Appel's piece in The Breach, or listen to interviews we did on the Mondoweiss and Electronic Intifada podcasts. I would love to sit back and take a deep breath now that this report that we've worked so hard on is out in the world, but unfortunately there are big battles ahead. Just last week, Canadian Minister of Diversity and Inclusion, Ahmed Hussen, suggested that civil society grantees of the Department of Canadian Heritage may soon be required to sign an attestation that will commit them to Canada’s ‘anti-racism framework’, which includes the controversial IHRA definition. Click here to read the report Donate now & push back against the suppression of Palestine solidarity If this measure is to be put into place, it would signal the most significant application of the IHRA definition in Canada to date and constitute an egregious assault on Palestinian, Arab and Muslim community groups, not to mention others who seek funding for genuine antiracism work. Make no mistake - IJV plans to resist this full tilt. But we need your help, Aram. Here's what you can do to lend a hand in this fight: 1. Share the report. We need to make sure this lands in the hands of every politician, school board trustee and university administrator in Canada. 2. Donate to IJV. Supporting us allows us to keep up the fight against this chilly climate. We have had many successes in fighting back against IHRA and the silencing of Palestine solidarity, but we need your help. Thanks again for taking interest in this report, and joining us in this crucial battle. I believe that we will win. Shabbat shalom, Donate to IJV or become a member! Sheryl Nestel, IJV-Toronto communications@ijvcanada.org PO Box 75372, Leslie Street PO Toronto, ON M4M 1B0 Canada Unsubscribe from this list View in your browser From:dedra hauser To:Council, City Subject:study session for 3400 El Camino Real Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 4:44:00 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from dedra@pacbell.net. Learn whythis is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council members, I am not familiar in great detail with the housing and retail proposal for 3400 El Camino Real. But I know enough to urge that you only devote your time and energies to projects that will include at least 20 percent of affordable housing for the teachers, police officers, fire fighters and service workers we rely on every day. The true crisis in housing in Palo Alto is for these essential workers, most of whom do not earn 80 percent to 120 percent of the average local income. Compromises on height, set backs, density and parking are only worth the sacrifice if a development meets this need. Make clear these expectations and find ways to make it happen. Yes I want this in my back yard, but not just more high cost housing for the wealthy. Thank you! Dedra Hauser From:John Mark O"Leary Cox To:Council, City Cc:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; kou.pacc@gmail.com; Cormack, Alison; DuBois, Tom; tomforcouncil@gmail.com; Filseth, Eric (Internal); Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org Subject:The Native"s True Historic Water Returns to Los Angeles on Saturday October 15, 2022 Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 3:50:42 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email frombohemiansaltmines@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Tomorrow Saturday. Day of Flooding. Two Geysers. Santa Monica Boulevard. Cahuenga River thereafter Floods Hollywood. Mark O'Leary Cox (MahdiCain) P.S. Further Details are Available on my Facebook Account. Not that Facebook is What Facebook Could Be and Should Be. Organized Crimes Mucks Everything. P.S.S. Respective Times are 6:59 AM, 6:19 PM, 8:00 PM in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, and Cahuenga Pass into Hollywood. Sunrise, Sunset by their Enclosing Jurisdictions. The End of the 20th Hour to Mark the End of the 20th Century as Dominance Shifts from European Genocidal Mafia Cultures to China's "Reign." From:Joanne Koltnow To:Council, City Cc:rebsanders@gmail.com; Magic Subject:3400 El Camino Real Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 3:19:28 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from joanne.koltnow@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council members-- As a resident of Evergreen Park, I'm writing to support the concerns Palo Alto Neighborhoods raised about the proposed development at the Creekside Inn site. As PAN, and the Barron Park Neighborhood Association point out, the proposed project is inappropriate for the site for many reasons, including its size, height, lack of open space, and environmental risk. Please reserve upzoning considerations for developers who propose 100 percent affordable housing. --Joanne Koltnow 317 Leland Avenue From:Amie Ashton To:Council, City Subject:SUPPORT for 3400 El Camino Real Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 2:29:49 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable City Council, Our neighborhood schools are suffering from continued declining enrollment and painful closures are forthcoming. We have traffic, air and noise pollution, and GHG emissions from the thousands who commute to Palo Alto given our abysmal 3:1 jobs-housing ratio. Hundreds of local workers live in their cars/RVs, not to mention those who simply live on the street. Palo Alto seniors cannot move out of their expensive-to-maintain single-family homes to smaller units in walkable communities locally -- because there are so few of them. The solution to all these problems is high-density HOUSING. The proposal at 3400 El Camino Real should move forward. It is 0.5-mile to the restaurants and businesses on California Avenue and the jobs in the Stanford Research park. It is one mile to Caltrain and Stanford. This project represents the future: compact, walkable communities near services, jobs, and transit built in areas without risk of wildfire harm or sea level rise. There are no easy answers to our housing problems. Every project will have the same issues and complaints. Hiding our heads in the sand will only result in state-mandates and loss of local control. For these reasons, I strongly urge you to vote to allow 3400 El Camino Real to proceed. Sincerely, Amie Ashton From:Eric Nordman To:Council, City Subject:NVCAP Transportation issues Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 2:04:00 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from eric.nordman12@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Palo Alto City Council Members: I am writing in regard to transportation issues with the NVCAP Refined Preferred Plan Update. I am a member of the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC). We have not been able to review the NVCAP transportation plan before it goes to council so I am writing to you. One issue I have is with the long block between El Camino Real and Park. One of the stated goals of the NVCAP is to create a connected street grid for the area (Goal #3), yet there is no bicycle or pedestrian connection across this very long block. Please provide for some plan to dissect this long block so bicyclists would not have to ride on El Camino Real. The other issue I have is the plan to create a woonerf for the private portion of Portage Avenue. While a woonerf may work in the Netherlands, I am dubious about it working in the US. During the Ross Road and Louis Road projects a number of raised intersections were installed. The idea was that this would signify to drivers that it was a different environment and drivers would slow down and there would be no need for stop signs on the bike boulevard. It worked in the Netherlands. This is not what happened and instead 4-way stops were installed. The large expense of raising the street and installing a special surface basically did not work with US drivers. The idea that a woonerf would provide open space seems to be a bit of a scam. If cars are present, it’s a road, not open space. Sincerely, Eric Nordman From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Meet Nuro - Our Latest Spotlight Member Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 2:00:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Nuro's custom electric autonomous vehicles are designed to bring the things you need—from produce to prescriptions—right to your home. The company's autonomous, goods-focused solution can give you valuable time back and more freedom to do what you love. This convenient, eco-friendly alternative to driving has the potential to make streets safer and cities more livable. Nuro has piloted autonomous local delivery for communities in Texas, Arizona, and California. Check out the video below and visit www.nuro.ai to learn more. 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From:Liz Gardner To:Summa, Doria; arthur@kellers.org; Palo Alto Renters" Association; PAHousingElement; Council, City; Wong, Tim; Gail Price; Sheryl Klein; Jocelyn Dong Subject:Down zoning is not the wayFwd: City Council Hearing of Refined Preferred Plan Update of North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP) Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 12:03:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> Date: Friday, October 14, 2022 Subject: City Council Hearing of Refined Preferred Plan Update of North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP) To: North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan <NVCAP@cityofpaloalto.org> Dear Everyone, We the people cannot allow 14 of precious residential RM30zoned land that was given this designation 30 years ago be cut up and down-zoned for empty commercial. The city then was planning ahead to now. This RM30 is a 100year once in a Century opportunity to do the obvious. Housing for all incomes. The city cannot give away 11 acres precious residential land in trade for a paltry, 1 acre 74 micro units of low income housing proposal. This so called “deal” does not even have a auto-can plan or design stage. They will also be removing 110 trees to be replace w new 120 trees... Pull mature shade trees to plant micro mini trees??? Like train tracks pulled up never to return, this is foolish. Where else does our city have an already designated piece this size ready for housing redevelopment? Dow zoning is not confronting or working with our housing humanitarian emergency — where to provide homes for all income ages family size and abilities. This is already zone for housing!! Down zoning such is the wrong direction. This is like taking sacred Native American lands for no other purpose but for profits of a few. Thank you, I will be there. On Friday, October 14, 2022, North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan <NVCAP@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:Good Morning Everyone, Please save the date for City Council hearing of NVCAP Refined Plan Alternativeon October 24, 2022. The City Council Meeting will start at 5PM, and the NVCAP(Action item #9) is tentatively scheduled to begin at 7PM. Staff will present an update ofthe plan, receive City Council comments, and possible endorsement of the refined North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan (NVCAP). The meeting agenda and staff report is available here: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/2022/20221024/20221024pccsm-linked.pdf Thank you for your continued support.NVCAP Team -- Liz Gardner -- Liz Gardner From:Aram James To:gmah@sccoe.org; Donald Mendoza; chuck jagoda; Winter Dellenbach; Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Planning Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Binder, Andrew; Human Relations Commission; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker for City Council; Enberg, Nicholas; Tannock, Julie; ladoris cordell; Palo Alto Free Press; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; Greer Stone Subject:The Shocking Truth about Police Canines Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 10:16:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/cSbEj6RIoDE Sent from my iPhone From:Rebecca Sanders To:Council, City Cc:Furman, Sheri Subject:Re: Agenda Item #2, City Council Meeting, October 17 – 3400 El Camino Real Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 9:55:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members: Palo Alto Neighborhoods voted at its September meeting to support the Barron Park Neighborhood Association's position about the proposed redevelopment of the Creekside property at 3400 El Camino Real as outlined in the Association's letter to Council of September 7. We'd like to highlight a few of PAN's concerns: The city's staff already knows that the proposal doesn't meet the stipulations of the Planned Housing Zone the applicant is applying under so that, to us, should be a non- starter right there. Over 350 housing units are proposed without any parkland or open space, providing no outside recreation area for these families to play and to relax. The proposal exceeds the height allowed in any zone. The project will be built close to the property lines abutting the single-family neighborhoods at the back of the property and along Matadero Avenue, without the usual 50 or 150 foot setbacks required for the height proposed. This unprecedented code-flouting height ignores privacy, set-back and daylight plane rules. The Matadero Creek runs through this property, yet no environmental report or provision is proposed There is a known toxic plume below the site which makes constructing underground parking problematic. What the plume is breached and that in turn affects our creek. Please consider that the development at 3225 ECR, the old Foot Locker property, breached the plume. All construction has stopped until this public health issue is resolved. The proposal essentially asks residents and the City to underwrite a private developer's massive project of mostly market-rate housing. Instead, we should be reserving upzoning for applicants who propose 100% below-market-rate housing to ensure they win the bidding wars for redevelopable land. When an applicant thumbs its nose at our zoning laws, we only encourage even more outlandish proposals such as this, creating much unnecessary work for staff, Council, Boards and Commissions. Please send a clear message to the applicant by asking them to go back to the drawing board and return with a PHZ that actually meets the PHZ stipulations. Thank you. Sheri Furman Becky Sanders Co-Chairs Palo Alto Neighborhoods From:slevy@ccsce.com To:Council, City Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Wong, Tim Subject:Palo Alto Forward letter on 3400 ECR prescreen Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 9:26:38 AM Attachments:3400 ECR prescreen letter.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. October 13, 2022 Dear Mayor Burt and Council members, Palo Alto Forward applauds council’s decision to develop the Planned Housing Zone (PHZ) initiative. And we appreciate the positive feedback from council at the three recent prescreens. We encourage the council to continue this positive approach with the October 17th prescreen for the 3400 El Camino proposal. The 3400 El Camino proposal meets several Housing Element (HE) goals: –It will add nearly 400 housing units AND will provide 76 BMR units, more than the wonderful Wilton Court project now finally ready to open. –it is located on El Camino, already included in the HE as a major site for housing –It is located with good access to jobs, shopping, amenities, and transit –The proposal exceeds the required retail space allotment to provide space for the Driftwood market to remain if they wish If the council gives positive feedback and an application is submitted, there will be plenty of time throughout the EIR process to examine the potential presence and mitigations needed to address toxic contamination in the vicinity of the project. This is an exciting opportunity for Palo Alto. Please encourage the proposer to submit an application for review. Stephen Levy Treasurer On behalf of the Palo Alto Forward board From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Donate at Stanford Blood Center in October for chance to win Stanford Football tickets vs. BYU Date:Friday, October 14, 2022 9:00:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Stanford Athletics - Stanford Blood Center SBC has once again teamed up with Stanford Athletics to support our community, and this month, donors can Be a Champion for Local Patients! As a special thanks for keeping patients a priority, anyone who donates at any center or mobile drive October 1-31 will receive FOUR free tickets to the Stanford football game vs. BYU (Brigham Young) on Saturday, November 26. SBC currently has a critical need for Type O negative (O-) and Platelets. You can help make a difference for local patients in our community. 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Palo Alto University Graduation - the next generation of behavioral and mental health professionals World Mental Health DaySupporting Mental Health Services The global mental health crisis is overwhelming, and solutions can often feel inaccessible. However, there are an abundance of organizations in our community working every day to deliver mental health solutions locally. In recognition of World Mental Health Day today, October 10, the Palo Alto Community Fund (PACF) would like to thank our grantees that strive to improve the lives of all those affected by mental health challenges and that deliver many of our “last-mile” services here in Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, and Menlo Park. Thank you to Palo Alto University, Acknowledge Alliance, Adolescent Counseling Services, CASSY, Children’s Health Council (CHC), Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA), EPACENTER, KARA, and PARTI (Positive Alternative Recreation Teambuilding Impact Program). Palo Alto University: 2022 Dave Mitchell Impact Grant Recipient Earlier this year, we awarded a Dave Mitchell Impact Grant of $75,000 to Palo Alto University (PAU), a local institution entirely dedicated to educating mental and behavioral health professionals. PAU addresses the pressing need for more psychologists and counselors to equitably meet the growing needs of our diverse local community. PAU trains the next generation of practitioners and provides barrier free services through sliding scale fees, telehealth (e-clinic), and specialty clinics serving the Latinx and LGBTQ communities. Approximately 75 percent of Palo Alto University undergraduate students require financial support. “We are so grateful for this grant from the Palo Alto Community Fund,” Maureen O’Connor, President of Palo Alto University said. “We are using this funding in multiple ways, primarily to support our e-clinic, which is working with Peninsula area college readiness programs. 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Copyright © 2022 Silicon Valley Community Foundation View in browser | Unsubscribe From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office; Boatwright, Tabatha; Diamond, Robert Subject:Council Consent Questions Item 4: 10/17/22 Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 5:24:51 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image006.png image007.png image008.png image002.png Dear Mayor and Councilmembers, On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links below for the amended agenda and staff responses to questions from Councilmember Tanaka for Monday night’s Council Meeting: October 17 Amended Agenda Staff response to Items 4 Thank you, Joanna Joanna Tran Executive Assistant to the City Manager Office of the City Manager (650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From:Aram James To:paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Binder, Andrew; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Winter Dellenbach; chuck jagoda; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Greer Stone; Wagner, April Subject:Police Training in progress Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 3:00:49 PM 10/13/2022 Hi Andrew Ok, I’m sure your angry with me for going after you on policy issues and I’m sorry you feel that way. I consider you a friend and a good one at that…. but I will NOT let my friendship with you interfere with or silence me on the long list of issues I have with PAPD policy. I’m sure you understand. I have no interest in being manipulated by someone from your IA unit. Please submit my concerns— call it a complaint if you want to the IPA. I will copy Mike Gennaco in on my concerns and let his office review the matter. Best regards. Aram P.S. I would greatly appreciate if you would take a few minutes to answer the 11 questions I have posed to you below. Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2022, at 2:38 PM, Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:  Aram – I’m extremely busy between my work in the building and with the community and don’t have time to meet. As I continue to grow into my new role as Chief, and because of my busy schedule and additional duties, I am delegating things that I once had the time for as Asst. Chief to other members of my team. I’ll ensure you get follow up on the Mitchel Park interaction, but it won’t come from me. While this may be frustrating to hear, I appreciate you understanding – andrew From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2022 1:33 PM To: Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Police Training in progress Hi Andrew, I’d really prefer to talk with you directly plus go over with you briefly the questions I posed for you. I can come to your office at the police department if that is easier for you. Best regards, Aram Sent from my iPhone On Oct 13, 2022, at 12:53 PM, Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:  Aram – I will have someone from the PD follow up with you about your interaction at Mitchel Park next week. Hope you have a good weekend. From: Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 8:53 PM To: Binder, Andrew <Andrew.Binder@CityofPaloAlto.org> Subject: Re: Police Training in progress CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ H Andrew, I was over at the Mitchel Park library yesterday and saw this sign ( see below) . I went to this location -El Palo Alto Room- to check it out for the Thursday evening Daily Post city council candidate debate. When I opened the door I was told that the training in process was private not apparently related to PAPD training. I think a younger white officer in street clothes may have been being less then honest with me about the training not being PAPD related. Or maybe a major miscommunication occurred. This person seemed on the verge of being confrontational with me. I don’t understand why? Maybe the three of us can sit down and speak. I felt this officer was attempting to intimate me without reason. As I was leaving to return to my car -walking in the other direction - of the El Palo Alto Room-came along in full PAPD uniform was PAPD SGT Craig Lee apparently returning to the El Palo Alto room. I had on my Covid mask but I think SGT Lee recognized me from the Hopkins case some 17 years ago. He greeted me in a polite manner and I responded in kind. What is going on with police training at the El Palo Alto Room? Who was the slightly pumped up younger white officer who confronted me? The sign does not suggest the training is NOT open to public review. Why is the PAPD using the Mitchel Park Library for police training? Best aram, 415-370-5056 P.S. 1. what’s up with doing away with the canine unit? 2. Do you intend to have a citizen advisory committee subject to the Brown act so folks like me from the public can attend? 3. Can you discuss the wisdom of the PAPD doing away with Tasers with me? given the great cost to maintain tasers when they are rarely used and have a very high failure rate when they are used. 4. Have u hired an African American officer to join your command staff -recruiting them as a lateral -the same way u came to the PAPD in 2015? 5. How about asking Sean Allen to join the PAPD command staff? 6. When can you and I -and a member of the press - sit down and review the body worn camera footage re the canine attack on Alexander Furrier that took place on Oct 10, 2021. 7. Have you established a hiring protocol to vet potential PAPD hires to ensure no members of the proud boys, oath keepers or other white nationalist groups became members of the PAPD? 8. Have you encouraged Zack Perron to resign from the PAPD? 9. Considered demoting Zack Perron due to his alleged 2014 racial attack on former PAPD officer Marcus Barbour? 10. What is the current status of the lawsuit against the city by 5 of your current officers and one former officer—re the BLM mural? 11. Have you determined If any of the officers involved in the lawsuit have any connection to white nationalist organizations? Best regards, Aram 415-370-5066 > On Oct 12, 2022, at 5:45 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: > >  > > > > Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Council, City; Planning Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Jethroe Moore; Jeff Rosen; Binder, Andrew; Shikada, Ed; Sean Allen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; Holman, Karen (external); Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; chuck jagoda; Josh Becker; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Wagner, April; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider, James; ParkRec Commission; Enberg, Nicholas; Jethroe Moore Subject:My message to candidates running for city council Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 2:44:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. If elected please keep a close eye on the PAPD-a department with a long long history of police brutality and racially discriminatory police practices. Many council members historically turn a blind eye to bad policing. Please don’t be the next member of our city council to follow the same pattern. I will be at council meetings regularly to do what I can to push for the city council to oversee this department with a terrible history of civil rights violations. Time Zack Perron goes!! https://padailypost.com/2019/05/22/cops-use-of-n-word-led-to-investigation-that-never- became-public/ Time we ban weaponized police canines. https://www.themarshallproject.org/2020/10/15/mauled-when-police-dogs-are-weapons Time Palo Alto Shelve Tasers https://youtu.be/pN8DdpS3yPc Sincerely, Aram James From:Ian Faucher To:Burt, Patrick; HeUpdate; Council, City; Planning Commission Cc:Lait, Jonathan; Wong, Tim; Campbell, Clare; Yang, Albert; HousingElements@hcd.ca.gov Subject:Feedback on Palo Alto Housing Element Programs - Palo Alto Forward Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:36:14 PM Attachments:10_13_22_ Palo Alto Forward Housing Element Programs Letter.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from ifaucher@stanford.edu. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto City Council Candidates, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, Palo Alto Housing Element Working Group, and Palo Alto City Staff, Please find attached a letter providing feedback on the programs proposed in Palo Alto's 6th Cycle Housing Element. Palo Alto Forward would welcome the chance to discuss this analysis with City staff and officials. Sincerely, Ian Faucher, on behalf of the Board of Palo Alto Forward October 13, 2022 Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council, Palo Alto City Council Candidates, Palo Alto Planning and Transportation Commission, Palo Alto Housing Element Working Group, and Palo Alto City Staff, Palo Alto Forward is a non-profit organization focused on 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 longtime and new residents. We thank you for all your work on Palo Alto’s 6th Cycle Housing Element. In previous letters to the City, we raised concerns that the City’s reliance on nonvacant sites to accommodate its housing need for lower-income households does not comply with California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) guidance, and that planned affordable or mixed-income developments may be infeasible under the development standards proposed by the City’s 6th Cycle Housing Element. In this letter, we provide feedback on the programs proposed in the Housing Element. As you are aware, the City is required to set forth programs (also known as “actions”) it is undertaking or intends to undertake to implement the stated policies, goals, and objectives of the Housing Element.1 Under California Government Code Section 65583(c), each program must have “a timeline for implementation,” identify “the agencies and officials responsible for the implementation,” and identify “the means by which consistency will be achieved with other general plan elements.” As the City is aware, HCD has increased its enforcement efforts with respect to cities’ proposed programs.2 In addition to meeting statutory requirements, HCD’s guidance indicates that effective programs should include: ●description of the specific action steps to implement programs ●description of the local government’s specific role in program implementation ●measurable outcomes (e.g., number of units created) ●demonstration of a firm commitment to implementation, and ●identification of specific funding sources.3 3 HCD Building Blocks, “Program Overview and Quantified Objectives” 2 August 22, 2022 City Council Meeting Packet, p. 217 1 August 22, 2022 City Council Meeting Packet, p. 217 1 of 6 To support the City in meeting these important requirements, we reviewed Palo Alto’s proposed programs, as well as more than twenty recent HCD accountability and enforcement letters to other local governments.We found that many of the City’s proposed programs do not provide the level of specificity and accountability required by HCD in its recent enforcement letters.Below, we have identified a handful of programs which may require revision to meet statutory and/or HCD standards. For additional support for these and other program recommendations, please refer to our June 22, 2022 letter from former Community Engagement Manager Katie Causey. Please also note that several of our program comments are aligned with the Santa Clara Civil Grand Jury Report Affordable Housing: A Tale of Two Cities (2021). Program Comments Recommendation 1.4: City-Owned Land Implementing Objective A does not provide specific, measurable outcomes beyond selecting a development partner, and only provides one completion deadline. The City should commit to a number of units it anticipates developing on City-owned parking lots, and provide a more detailed program timeline. The City should also remove the phrase “subject to available funding,” as it has indicated that the program will be financed through the General Fund. Because the City has authority over its own finances, keeping a financing caveat would risk HCD concluding that the City is not committed to the program. 2.1: Affordable Housing Development Implementing Objective C focuses on establishing relationships with housing developers rather than providing specific, measurable outcomes for residential development (i.e., impact on housing stock). The City should identify a number of units to be approved and built under this partnership strategy. 2 of 6 Program Comments Recommendation 3.2: Constraints to Housing Implementing Objectives A, B, and C do not provide sufficient detail on the City’s efforts to streamline the development processes. As written, the City’s commitment to “monitor” ideas is not a commitment at all. HCD has made clear that commitments to consider action do not meet its program requirements. For example, HCD’s July 8, 2022 letter to the City of Redwood City indicated that “programs must have specific commitment (beyond considering) to housing outcomes, discrete timing (e.g., at least annually) and where appropriate numerical targets.” Thus, we believe that HCD is likely to reject this program without significant changes. While the City has not yet published a constraints analysis, one must be included with the Housing Element. This forthcoming identification of constraints should motivate extensive modifications to this proposed program, including commitments to specific policy changes which will mitigate identified constraints. Detailed timelines should also be provided. 4.2: Housing and Neighborhood Preservation Implementing Objective C’s target of reaching five new houses annually through fair housing workshops is not consistent in magnitude with the City’s ambitious fair housing goals.4 The City should substantially increase its target. We also ask the City to clarify what it means to “reach” a household. 4 August 22, 2022 City Council Meeting Packet, p. 237 3 of 6 Program Comments Recommendation 5.2: Funding Partnerships Implementing Objective A provides an option for the City to consider participating in the California Community Housing Agency (CalCHA) program, but does not commit the City to seeking funding from CalCHA. As discussed above, HCD requires that programs make commitments, along with specific timelines and numerical targets. To comply with HCD’s requirements, the City should commit to applying for or participating in particular funding partnerships, on specified timelines. 6.1: Housing For Persons With Special Needs Implementing Objective A does not indicate what preferences the City will provide in its affordable housing guidelines for persons with special needs. The City should identify more specific updates to its affordable housing guidelines, to comply with HCD’s requirement to provide particular policy commitments. 6.2: Multi-Family Housing and Large Household Units Implementing Objectives A, B, and C neither identify specific actions which the City will take nor identify measurable targets. HCD requires policy-review programs to include specific commitments, which this program does not. For example, HCD required such revisions in its July 22, 2022 letter to the City of Cudahy, in which HCD emphasized that a program limited to reviewing and considering policy changes should “include specific commitment” to change the relevant policy “by a specified date.” The City should commit to establishing particular incentives for larger units, rather than indicating that it will “explore” such incentives, and provide measurable objectives by which to measure success (e.g., a number of new large-household units constructed). 4 of 6 Program Comments Recommendation 6.3: Mixed-Use Development Implementing Objectives A and B do not specify the changes the City expects to make to commercial floor area allowances. Implementing Objectives C and D, likewise, require only that the City “examine” or “consider” amendments after review by the City Council. The City should commit to particular code amendments and policy changes. These changes to Objectives A through D are necessary to comply with HCD’s requirement that “programs must have specific commitment (beyond considering) to housing outcomes, discrete timing (e.g., at least annually) and where appropriate numerical targets.”5 We also ask that, in order to achieve its stated goal of shifting “the economic benefit of redevelopment toward home building,” the City consider increasing residential floor area allowances in addition to any change it may make to commercial allowances. 6.4: Homelessness Program Implementing Objective A allows the City to only “consider” using City park lots for the Safe Parking Program. Because HCD requires cities to make specific policy commitments, we ask that the City commit to using City park lots for the program. 6.7: Alternative Housing Implementing Objectives A and B neither specify any changes the City expects to make to local zoning regulations, nor connect its alternative housing policies to measurable outcomes (e.g., number of units built). The City should commit to particular policy changes to encourage house sharing, micro-unit housing, intergenerational housing, and other innovative housing models, and should connect each of these policies to measurable housing objectives. The City’s current commitment to initiate conversations in 2024 and 2027 is unlikely to meet HCD standards. 5 See above; July 8, 2022 HCD letter to the City of Redwood City 5 of 6 Program Comments Recommendation 6.8: Fair Housing Implementing Objective A does not provide quantifiable metrics. The City should indicate the number of households it intends to reach through its fair housing outreach. The issues cited above have significant legal consequences for Palo Alto. HCD has frequently required Housing Element revisions related to program specificity and accountability, including, in July of this year alone, by the cities of Redwood City, Calipatria, Cudahy, Perris, Rolling Hills, Santa Clarita, South Pasadena, Temple City, Torrance, and Walnut. To avoid a similar outcome in Palo Alto, we encourage the City to consider the revisions proposed above, as well as to consider whether other programs could benefit from additional specificity, commitments to action, and/or measurable targets. We would welcome the chance to discuss this analysis with City staff and officials. We appreciate the opportunity to work with the City to approve a legally-compliant Housing Element that effectively charts the path towards a more affordable, equitable, and sustainable Palo Alto. Sincerely, Ian Faucher, on behalf of the Board of Palo Alto Forward 6 of 6 From:Abendschein, Jonathan To:Don Jackson; Batchelor, Dean; UAC Cc:Council, City; City Mgr; Shikada, Ed; Gaines, Chantal Subject:RE: How much do CPAU"s current "higher" gas rates encourage/motivate electrification? Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 12:27:07 PM Attachments:image001.png image003.png image004.png image006.png image007.png image008.png Mr Jackson, Thank you for your question. City staff has done several analyses that incorporate the change in utility bill costs for different types of appliances. The AECOM Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) impact analysis included the cost of using electricity instead of gas in its projections, as did the preliminary staff analysis presented April 19, 2021 (see Item 6 on the agenda). More recently, staff estimated the savings from heating water with a heat pump water heater as opposed to a gas water heater in designing the Advanced Heat Pump Water Heater Pilot Program presented to Council September 27, 2022 (see staff report 14606, particularly discussion starting packet page 93 and Attachment B starting packet page 123). The change in a homeowner’s or business’s utility bill can differ from homeowner to homeowner or business to business. In some cases it will increase, in some cases it will decrease. It depends on a variety of factors, including the type of equipment being analyzed, how much the equipment is used (for example, how much water a household uses or how much a business’s heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) unit has to run to keep temperature and humidity in the building controlled) and whether most of the household’s electricity and gas usage is in the higher or lower tier of the electric or gas rate structure. However, in general, higher gas prices will make electrification more favorable, either by reducing the utility bill increase or by increasing the utility bill savings. Best regards, Jonathan Abendschein JONATHAN ABENDSCHEIN Assistant Director, Resource Management Utilities Department (650) 329-2309 | jon.abendschein@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Don Jackson <dcj@clark-communications.com> Sent: Monday, October 10, 2022 1:49 PM To: Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; UAC <UAC@cityofpaloalto.org> Cc: Abendschein, Jonathan <Jon.Abendschein@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: How much do CPAU's current "higher" gas rates encourage/motivate electrification? CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Director Batchelor and Honorable Commissioners, Recently and repeatedly, I have encountered the assertion that CPAU’s existing “higher” gas rates help/assist the motivation of customers to electrify. In this context “higher” (apparently) means “generates a non-negligible surplus”. This makes intuitive sense, but intuition is not always correct. I seek to understand to what extent this is quantitatively valid. If the cost-of-gas used by a household's gas-appliances is greater than the cost-of-electricity for a household’s electrified-replacement-for-gas-appliances, then that would clearly contribute to a customer’s motivation/incentive to electrify (ignoring the purchase price and installation cost of the replacement units). Are there any published analyses or reports demonstrating/validating that at the current CPAU “higher” gas rates, that the cost of running gas appliances is indeed greater than the cost of electricity would be for electrified replacements? If so, I would appreciate receiving links/references to this work. If not, having such a study would be extremely useful and valuable, and I would ask that CPAU consider undertaking that analysis. Alternately, if the current CPAU “higher” gas rates do not result in the cost-of-running-gas- appliances exceeding the cost-of-running-electrified-replacements, then that would appear to call into question the validity of the assertion/argument that the current/higher gas rates have any positive effect on electrification (other than to lower the increased cost of running electrified replacements…) Regards, Don Jackson Former UAC Commissioner, 6/2019 - 5/2021 From:Aram James To:Rebecca Eisenberg; mark weiss; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Planning Commission Subject:Stanford admits the truth -Shane on them —my Jewish dad attended Stanford in the 1950’s obtaining a masters in education after obtaining an earlier masters degree in English at the U of Illinois - Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 11:19:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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The Paralyzed Veterans of America, Bay Area & Western Chapter (BAWPVA), a non-profit veterans service organization in your community, is planning its 11th Annual Golf Tournament at Cinnabar Hills Golf Club on Monday, November 7, 2022. The funds we have raised through this event for our Sports & Recreation and Spinal Cord Injury Research Programs have enabled us to continue our support of wheelchair athletes and helping to find a cure for paralysis. Register Here On behalf of the paralyzed veterans in Northern California, Northern Nevada, and the Pacific Islands, BAWPVA thanks you for your support. Your generosity will help us continue to provide assistance to wheelchair athletes and continue our fight for a cure for paralysis. Our tax ID number is 9-46132553 11th Annual Golf Tournament 2022 Sponsorship Opportunities Event Info This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe click here. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email at info@paloaltochamber.com. From:FEC United To:Council, City Subject:FEC United Commerce Newsletter Date:Thursday, October 13, 2022 9:04:45 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links.   FEC United Commerce Pillar Newsletter October 13, 2022   "Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, 'Let a gallows fifty cubits high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.' This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made." - Esther 5:14 When Good Ideas Trap You More From the Capitalist Manifesto Returning to Guy Kawasaki's 1999 book, Rules for Revolutionaries: The Capitalist Manifesto; Kawasaki has a chapter on good-seeming bad ideas he calls "death magnets". These are the business equivalent of a smooth, clear area that wartime tank commanders have to learn to avoid, because the enemy expects you to travel the path of least resistance and the enemy sets up defenses there. Like a clear, open road, these are not actually bad ideas; they are great for the right time and place. The danger is in thinking these ideas are universal truths. (Don't) Pick the Low-Hanging Fruit It's a vivid analogy, but there are equally vivid analogies as to why you shouldn't do it. For instance, the top fruit is in the sun and ripens better. (Business opportunities that anyone can get are probably well picked-over.) Also, if you fill up your fruit bag at the bottom, it hampers you climbing higher. (If you start with the products anyone can do, maintaining them limits your time to experiment with something new.) (Don't) Keep Saying Yes When your product slices, dices, babysits the children and shovels the sidewalk too, you've lost focus. 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Copyright 2022 by FEC United or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. From:Aram James To:Alison Cormack; eric.filseth@cityofpaloalto.com; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Gennady Sheyner; jdong@paweekly.com; JIM MINKLER1; Joe Simitian; Lait, Jonathan; Curtis Smolar; Winter Dellenbach; darylsavage@gmail.com; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; mark weiss Subject:Rebecca Eisenberg is running for Valley Water Board! Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 9:39:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Folks, This is great. Rebecca is moving towards victory! Please read the Los Altos Town Crier endorsement of Rebecca—it really captures all the key points of this race and clearly gets Rebecca’s many special gifts for leadership in the public arena. Sincerely, Aram James    Dear Aram - As you may have heard, I am excited to announce that I am running for Santa Clara Valley Water District! The Water District manages a multi-billion dollar budget to provide clean water to Santa Clara County's 2 million residents, and also to protect us from floods and climate events. District 7 includes the Western portion of Santa Clara County that runs from Palo Alto, through Palo Alto Hills, Los Altos, Mountain View, Monte Serreno, and all the way south through Los Gatos. Our campaign is on fire! We earned all of the most important endorsements in the race, including both newspapers that made an endorsement – the Mercury News and Los Altos Town Crier – as well as the only environmental group making an endorsement in the race: the League of Conservation Voters. We have some stellar individual endorsers as well! (Not to mention, obviously, a 100% rating from Planned Parenthood.) Donate I Will Bring Sustainability to a Government Board Stuck in the 19th Century While my opponent (his name is Gary Kremen - you can Google him), plans to build dams that will submerge 8 miles of sensitive, protected ecosystems and destroy Amah Mutsun sacred land and 3000-year-old artifacts, I will take advantage of the billions of dollars being made available through the Inflation Reduction Act to transition to green plumbing infrastructure. Instead of burning fossil fuels to import water from other communities who need it more, I will double-down on already-proven methods of water recycling, recapture, and reuse! It will be easy for me to hit the ground running because I already am endorsed over the incumbent by two sitting Board Directors. Donate Visit our Website I Need Your Support! I know we will win, but we need your support. Please consider making a financial contribution. The maximum individual contribution is $4950 – and of course we welcome that! – but we would be grateful for a contribution of any amount that you feel comfortable with. Together, we will build our sustainable water future! Best, Rebecca Eisenberg Candidate, District 7 Santa Clara Valley Water District rebecca@rebecca4water.com www.rebecca4water.com Donate Visit our Donate Website Share This Email Share This Email Share This Email Paid for by Rebecca Eisenberg for Santa Clara Valley Water District 2022 FPPC #1427865 Rebecca Eisenberg for Santa Clara Valley Water District 2022 | 2345 Waverley St., Palo Alto , CA 94301 Unsubscribe abjpd1@gmail.com Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@rebecca4water.com in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today! From:Jethroe Moore To:Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Winter Dellenbach; Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Council, City; Greer Stone; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Human Relations Commission; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Wagner, April; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider, James; JIM MINKLER1; Aram James Subject:Zack here is your opportunity to do the right thing Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 4:39:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for sending me this, but this is not enough in my honest opinion, it is possible to have implicit and unconscious racial biases when you say you support Diversity Equity and Inclusion. We often hear conversations about allyship as essential to build a supportive and inclusive community I have not seen any letters of condemnations from County Board of Supervisors, City Councils, Mayors or local CBOs. This behavior happens here, and perhaps that is why so many are silent now. Not shocked, the Black Communities in California are the canary in the coal mine, MARTIN NIEMÖLLER: "FIRST THEY CAME FOR No out cry REV. JETHROE MOORE II On Wednesday, October 12, 2022, 03:01:05 PM PDT, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.kron4.com/news/california/nury-martinez-announces-resignation-from-los-angeles-city- council?utm_source=kron_app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Binder, Andrew; Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Winter Dellenbach; Jay Boyarsky; Enberg, Nicholas; Planning Commission; chuck jagoda; Council, City; Greer Stone; Josh Becker; Rebecca Eisenberg; Human Relations Commission; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Wagner, April; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider, James; JIM MINKLER1 Subject:Zack here is your opportunity to do the right thing Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 3:01:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.kron4.com/news/california/nury-martinez-announces-resignation-from-los-angeles-city-council? utm_source=kron_app&utm_medium=social&utm_content=share-link Sent from my iPhone From:Progressivism Madness To:Council, City Subject:The Growing Threat of Repressive Social Justice Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 1:32:18 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Can't see this message? View in a browser The Growing Threat of Repressive Social Justice Most professors and students in the social sciences, humanities, education, social work, and law, and most university officials at Canadian and American universities today have adopted a political ideology labelled “social justice,” which requires redress for categories of people deemed “oppressed” for reasons of race, gender, sexual preference, ethnicity, and/or religion. For the many who hold this view, it is the highest morality, undeniable, unchallengeable. Liberal or conservative views regarded as disagreement or opposition to “social justice” are felt by its many advocates to be racist, sexist, homophobic, Islamophobic, and bigoted, and they feel that these views should be strongly discouraged. Those expressing reservations to the prevailing ideology are not infrequently called racist, sexist, alt-right, white- or male-supremacists, and/or fascists. “Social justice” ideology is upheld in a variety of ways detrimental to free speech and open discussion, among which are refusing to publish other views in student newspapers, blocking invitations to speakers with different views, disrupting speakers alleged to be violating the accepted ideology, blocking recognition and funding of student groups with other views, and restricting speech in “safe spaces.” This enforced monopoly of ideas goes counter to the traditional view of universities as a “marketplace of ideas” where students had the opportunity to open their minds to a wide range of ideas, and different theories and arguments were tested against one another. The liberal argument that sound views can develop only through arguments being defended against contrary arguments is not respected in our contemporary universities. In response to the current restriction of ideas on campuses, the Provincial Government of Ontario on 30 August 2018 mandated Ontario universities to protect free speech. Premier Doug Ford stated, “Colleges and universities should be places where students exchange different ideas and opinions in open and respectful debate. Our government made a commitment to the people of Ontario to protect free speech on campuses.” The University of Chicago “Statement on Principles of Free Expression The Government of Ontario, according to the Government guidelines, requires universities to provide a definition of free speech based on the University of Chicago “Statement on Principles of Free Expression.” Universities may not shield students from opinions with which they might disagree or find offensive. Students and student groups must be free to challenge and criticize views with which they disagree, but they must not, under pain of disciplinary punishment, interfere with the freedom of others to express their views. These principles apply to faculty, students, staff, administration, and guests, and universities are responsible for compliance. This policy appears to be more than public relations; it is armed: “Colleges and universities that do not comply with the free speech requirements may be subject to a reduction in operating grant funding. Students whose actions are contrary to the free speech policy are subject to existing campus student discipline measures. Any complaint against the institution that remains unresolved may be referred to the Ontario Ombudsman.” Why does the Government of Ontario think that freedom of speech on Ontario campuses needs its protection? After all, freedom of speech is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. However, notwithstanding the Canadian Charter, the reality of college and university campuses is that freedom of speech is out of favor, often expressly forbidden, sometimes suppressed with non- violent or violent means. Student opinion does not support freedom of speech. My own anthropology students at McGill University, asked whether they favored human rights, as set out by the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, endorsed by almost all countries in the world, or cultural relativism, which takes the view that all cultures are equally good and valuable, and that no judgments should be made across cultural boundaries, overwhelmingly favored cultural relativism. This is Also True Among American Students When asked to say which was most important, 46% said free speech, while 53% said inclusion and diversity. But among female students, only 35% said free speech. Given that females now dominate universities numerically, approaching 60% of graduates, and among administrators, the disfavor of free speech among females becomes determinant. Reporting this survey, Michael Barone concludes in the National Review, “College and university campuses have been transformed over the past half-century from the zone of our society most tolerant of free speech to the zone least tolerant.” A few of my senior seminar students complained that “you couldn’t say anything” at McGill without being rebuked and called nasty names. Part of this is the entrenched idea that no one should ever feel offended. This is a major thrust of “diversity” initiatives. Even innocently intended comments or questions can be called “micro-aggressions” by hyper-sensitive females and hyper-sensitive racial and ethnic minorities. If a male student says something, anything, to a female, it can be dismissed with prejudice as “mansplaining.” Asking a student of Asian background if he or she is in sciences or engineering, is a “micro-aggression” because it reflects an ethnic stereotype. Wearing an Israel t-shirt is regarded by some Arab students as an assault. Should a professor say anything that a student complains offends him or her, such as using the word “niggardly” or reading a quote from an author that could be construed as demeaning females, blacks, Hispanics, Muslims, etc., the “inclusion and diversity” commissars come down on him or her like a sledgehammer. The professor may be required to apologize, sent to a “re-education” course, not be allowed to teach certain courses, be suspended, or terminated. Some universities require or are considering required mandatory “social justice” training for students and staff. One diversity initiative enthusiastically adopted by many universities is instituting racial and ethnic apartheid on campus by providing separate eating facilities, dorms, and social facilities for different racial and ethnic groups, such as blacks, Hispanics, East Asians, Muslims, etc., although there are no facilities designated for whites. Universities’ Beloved “Diversity” Does Not Include Diversity of Opinion What is crystal clear is that universities’ beloved “diversity” does not include a diversity of opinion. Quite the contrary. Any opinion that does not conform with “politically correct views”—and what is politically correct at universities is opinion that ranges from “progressive” to leftist to far-leftist–is blocked or disrupted. Classical liberal, moderate, and conservative groups are often neither recognized nor funded by student unions, while all leftist and ethnic groups are recognized and funded. Radical feminist, Palestinian, black, Hispanic, Muslim, and Asian groups are recognized and funded, but men’s issues groups, right to life groups, pro-Israel groups are not. But it goes beyond favoritism to leftist groups. Events sponsored by student groups and even by university administrations of speakers who are disfavored by leftist student unions and groups are disrupted and closed down. There is a long list of such events in Canadian universities, such as McMaster, Concordia, Alberta, York and a longer list in American universities. The political bias in our universities is structural. As has been documented repeatedly, the political leaning of North American professors and administrators is firmly left, far left, and extreme left. The numbers are remarkable: “Published in Econ Journal Watch last month, the study looks at faculty voter registration at 40 leading universities and finds that, out of 7,243 professors, Democrats outnumber Republicans 3,623 to 314, or by a ratio of 11 1/2 to 1.” Other studies show similar results: “Focusing specifically on social psychology academics, a 2014 study found that “[b]y 2006 … the ratio of Democrats to Republicans had climbed to more than 11:1.” The six authors, all from different universities and members of the Heterodox Academy, also said, by 2012, “that for every politically conservative social psychologist in academia there are about 14 liberal psychologists” according to Arthur C. Brooks. Academy member Steven Pinker described the study as “one of the most important papers in the recent history of the social sciences.” This Structural Bias is Not an Accident As I have seen first hand, candidates applying for jobs are vetted subtly or overtly for their political views, and anyone not holding strong leftist views, radical feminist views, and anti- capitalist, anti-West views, is not hired. Not only must candidates hold these views, but must engage in activism on their behalf, a requirement that has now become formalized as a necessity for being hired. At UCLA, applicants for faculty posts “must document their contributions to “equity, diversity and inclusion.” For decades American universities have advantaged minority candidates for faculty posts on the basis of a motivated misreading of “affirmative action,” and Canadian universities now favor minority candidates on the basis of “diversity.” Students know that they must express leftist views in their essays, or risk getting poor grades and letters of reference. Everyone knows what is acceptable and what is not. While there is a long Classical and Judeo-Christian philosophical tradition discussing social justice, it is the neo-Marxist version of “social justice” that has more or less become the official creed of North American universities. While orthodox Marxism emphasized the class struggle between the proletarian workers and their capitalist exploiters, it has had little political success in North America because Americans and Canadians did not think of themselves as proletarians, and preferred to consider themselves middle class. Neo-Marxist “social justice” has succeeded by extending class struggle to race, gender, sexuality, and religion. “Social justice” theory divides the world into white, male, heterosexual, Christian and Jewish oppressors, versus people of color and indigenous natives, females, gays, etc., and Muslim victims. This vision of “social justice” requires that whites, males, heterosexuals, and Christians and Jews should pay the price for their oppression. They should be marginalized and replaced by people of color, indigenous natives, women, gays, and Muslims. Note that people are no longer to be considered as individuals with particular abilities, qualities, values, and opinions, but rather to be reduced to being members of census categories, and treated as such. As well, being a member of the majority is considered proof of guilt, and only minorities are regarded as virtuous and worthy. “Social Justice” Urges That Only Minorities Should Have Power That this judgment appears to contradict the basic principles of democracy does not seem to bother advocates of “social justice.” One manifestation of “social justice” theory is an enthusiasm for so-called “decolonialization,” drawing on orthodox Marxist-Leninist anti- imperialism dogma. In Canada, this means Euro- Asian- Latin- and African- Canadians surrendering to ever-increasing demands by indigenous native groups for special rights, land, and funds, as well as preferred access to the benefits of Canada’s advanced Western society, including university places and jobs. Any verbal challenge to “social justice” ideology is severely discouraged in universities. The facts are believed to be “settled,” so no discussion of alleged “facts” is allowed. For example, one may not question the alleged “fact” that we Canadians live in a “rape culture.” And one may not question the alleged “fact” that all cultures are equally good and valuable.” Or that the West is the cause of all of the problems in the world. Philosophical consideration of values and justice are tolerated as long as consistent with “social justice” ideology. Any criticism, on grounds freedom, diversity of opinion, or democratic process is rejected as far-right “hate speech,” and the critics designated as fascists. However much the United States may be a “sea of freedom,” Canada has tended to favor order over freedom. After all, in Canada, one can be jailed for even threatening the people who are violently attacking his person or stealing his property. Acting with force to defend oneself leads directly to arrest and trial. This is particularly the case when the intruders or attackers are members of a minority. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms itself has a “social justice” provision that waives the rights of the majority in favor of disadvantaged minorities. While provision 15-1 states that “Every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination and, in particular, without discrimination based on race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability,” provision 15-2 states that 15-1 does not preclude laws or activities for the “amelioration of conditions of disadvantaged individuals or groups … because of race, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, sex, age or mental or physical disability.” This 15-2 provision, like every “social justice” measure, ignores the fact that giving special benefits to one category of people inevitably blocks others from those benefits, and thus undermines treating individuals fairly and justly according to their individual human rights and their merits. If a Hispanic person is hired because Hispanics are allegedly disadvantaged, then Asian or indigenous native or Haitian candidates with better qualifications are unfairly treated on racial grounds. University 'Islands' of Repression Are Surrounded By a Sea of Freedom Our Canadian islands of repression are surrounded by a sea of freedom, but a sea tamed by the Government of Canada, which has adopted and is mandating “social justice” policies. The Minister of Science has required federal funding, for example of the Canada Research Chairs Program, to be justified by “diverse” hiring. If the candidates put forward by the universities are not sufficiently “diverse,” the Government intends to withdraw funding from the offending universities. As the Minister herself says, “We must make every effort to give more people—women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities and persons with disabilities—the chance to make their greatest contribution to research.” Note that there is no requirement at all for qualifications, and certainly none for equal qualifications, nor any concern whatsoever for those individuals left out because they do not fall into a favored racial, gender, or ethnic category. Of course, by “diverse,” the Government means only racial, gender, and ethnic diversity, certainly not diversity of opinion. We have seen with summer grants that the Government intends systematically to suppress diversity of opinion. Canada’s so-called Human Rights Commissions suppress free speech if it offends someone: “unwelcome remarks or jokes about your race, religion, sex, age, disability, etc.” are defined as “harassment,” and can be punished by the Human Rights Tribunal with orders to remain silent, and or fines. Although the Canadian Human Rights Law provision to censor opinion was amended with Section 13 deleted, provincial Human Rights Commissions maintain similar provisions. For example, the Alberta Human Rights Act forbids public expression as follows: “3(1) No person shall publish, issue or display or cause to be published, issued or displayed before the public any statement, publication, notice, sign, symbol, emblem or other representation that … (b) is likely to expose a person or a class of persons to hatred or contempt because of the race, religious beliefs, color, gender, gender identity, gender expression, physical disability, mental disability, age, ancestry, place of origin, marital status, source of income, family status or sexual orientation of that person or class of persons.” If You Cannot Say Something Nice—You May Not Say Anything at All So, in Canada, what the law is saying is, if you cannot say something nice, you may not say anything at all. The opposition to free speech is not limited to universities and the Government of Canada. We must remember that universities are the fonts of all of our professions: lawyers, doctors, engineers, social workers, and teachers. So those who shape our young and those who police our families are carriers of the “social justice” ideology that they learned in university. Our next legislators are mostly going to be lawyers who studied in “social justice” law schools. What is taught in universities does not stay in classrooms. As John Maynard Keynes said, “Practical men who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence are usually the slaves of some defunct economist. Madmen in authority, who hear voices in the air, are distilling their frenzy from some academic scribbler of a few years back.” Today neo-Marxist “social justice” ideologues have shaped and are shaping future MPs, MLAs, Ministers, Public Service bureaucrats, teachers, business leaders, and other influential Canadians. So, who in Canada, if anyone, is willing to speak up for free speech? Very few, apparently. But the Government of Ontario has stepped up. Some worry that it is a government that is doing the right thing, although they do not seem to be very worried that most everyone else has been doing the wrong thing. It is ironic that human rights, civil rights, and constitutional rights having been promulgated to protect citizens from government overreach, today it is only governments, such as the Government of Ontario, and many U.S. state governments, that appear to wish to protect those rights. This Minding the Campus article “The Growing Threat of Repressive Social Justice" by Philip Carl Salzman on September 19, 2018,.is from their Free Speech in Peril collection. Become a SAPIENT Being member Sapient Conservative Textbook (SCT) Program 4533 Temescal Cyn. # 308 Corona CA, 92883 (951) 638-5562 Share on social SAPIENT BEING You've received this email because you are a subscriber of this site. If you feel you received it by mistake or wish to unsubscribe, please click here. From:Risa Jensen To:Council, City Subject:Residence at Matadero Creek is aesthetically & environmentally scrupulous Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 12:59:59 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from risa.jensen@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Palo Alto City Council, I'm emailing in support of the Residence at Matadero Creek project. What a beautiful way to build desperately-needed housing in Palo Alto. Here are a few things that make this project a stellar choice for our community: - The project is walking distance from transit options and schools. - It would bring new customers on foot to Driftwood Market and other future retailers on the property. - It would include below-market-rate units, not only increasing our community's housing stock but also desegregating it. - I've heard that the project even proposes not only to leave much of the property's lush landscaping intact but also to restore native plants to the creek that runs through the property, enhancing the land not only for humans but for beloved native fauna! - The developer goes above and beyond to meet Palo Alto's aesthetic goals while alleviating the housing crisis. The tiered architecture, lush landscaping of the property, and additional trees will visually soften building. I hope you will allow these homes to be built. From its location to its visual and environmental conscientiousness, this project raises the bar for future housing in Palo Alto. Sincerely, Risa Jensen From:Kenji Kawaguchi To:Council, City Subject:Self-Sustainable Water Solutions – Creating Pure Drinking Water from the Air Date:Wednesday, October 12, 2022 11:51:39 AM Attachments:image001.png Some people who received this message don't often get email from kenji@inseat.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear the City of Palo Alto Mayor and Council Members, My name is Kenji Kawaguchi. I work for a company called InSeat Solutions, a strategic manufacturing partner of Skywell. We reached out to you because the City of Palo Alto has always been forefront of preserving and protecting city’s most valued natural and cultural resources. We also understand that its Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (S/CAP) have key goals, among them are Water and Zero Waste. We believe that our innovative self-sustainable drinking water solutions will help the City of Palo Alto further solidify its achievements to sustainability and contribute to a healthier and richer quality of life for Palo Alto residents by providing clean drinking water everywhere in the city in an environmentally and socially sustainable manner. Skywell system creates fresh, clean drinking water from the air, our planet’s most plentiful resource—the air around us. It collects moisture in the ambient air, and then filters, sanitizes, and stores the water for consumption. Skywell’s innovative technology is self-contained and does not require plumbing. It features efficient filtering, minimal maintenance costs and high levels of cleanness and purity. It creates no water waste, relieving strain on municipal water supplies and treatment facilities. Also, it eliminates the need for plastic bottles, water delivery, and additional filtration systems, resulting in substantial cost savings and environmental benefits. We started with a simple goal: to change how the world thinks about drinking water. Our planet needs a better way to create and dispense drinking water that is both convenient to consumers and respectful of our environment. We envision a healthier and more sustainable future without plastic bottles, water delivery trucks, added chemicals, and unnecessary water waste—offered at a fraction of the cost of traditional methods like bottled water delivery and single-use bottles. InSeat/Skywell’s current production models are: 5Xi, 5T and P101. Models 5Xi and 5T use standard AC outlets and can produce 5 to 8 gallons of water per day; thus, these are good for home/office use. Model P101 uses commercial 240VAC power and can produce 100 gallons of water per day. Model P101 is thus recommended for communities, parks, schools, and commercial properties (indoor and outdoor use). More detail information can be provided upon your request. I first write to you to consider implementing our innovative drinking water solutions in Palo Alto parks, schools, retails, commercial/office properties, and neighborhood communities. By utilizing our solutions, the city will be creating and controlling your own drinking water supplies, not relying heavily on local municipal water supplies or treatment facilities. Moreover, the Palo Alto communities can eliminate the use of single-use plastic bottles and water delivery trucks which are associated with waste and carbon hazards for the environment, thus not sustainable choices for current and future generations. With a current severe drought condition in California with uncertain future, water sustainability now is more important than ever for current and future generations. InSeat/Skywell is committed to making a positive impact on our world’s water crisis. We are empowering people, communities, and organizations to control their own water supply—and in the process, to act in a socially responsible manner regarding the Earth’s waning supply of clean drinking water. And for us, it’s not just a product; it’s a mission. We believe that the City of Palo Alto shares these briefs and visions, and by working together, the City of Palo Alto will make a tremendous impact on its residents and communities when it comes to environmental conservation and sustainability. Furthermore, the City of Palo Alto can become a role model as the first city in the world to implement this water innovation at this scale to inspire other cities nationwide and worldwide to follow. We would like to collaborate with you on these efforts. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Our office and facility are in La Verne, CA. Sincerely, Kenji Kawaguchi Our Milestone: First deliveries started in late 2020 to a few selected schools in Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) as a pilot program. Today, LAUSD has committed to add the same water generators to all the rest of its schools. Also, we are in discussion with other school districts to provide the same water generators that have proven to be a tremendous success with LAUSD. For the past year, we have been working with the LA City Council and LA Community Action Network (LACAN) to provide water generators to the homeless shelters in the Downtown Los Angeles area. Through these programs, InSeat/Skywell have also been providing water for their urban farming projects which allows them to grow vegetables to feed the homeless. TV Media Coverages ABC 7 Los Angeles https://abc7.com/12050188/ Univision (in Spanish) https://www.univision.com/shows/primer-impacto/una-maquina-convierte-el-aire-en-agua-podria- ser-la-salvacion-para-comunidades-con-sequias-video Other Activity Skid Row Carnival of Love 2020 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gbw-H7t5tzyeyHNUln-nSn4yVWqH36fW/view?usp=sharing Kenji Kawaguchi Director of Sales InSeat Solutions, LLC, a Partnership with Skywell - 1871 Wright Avenue La Verne, California 91750 * kenji@inseat.com | ( 562-447-1780 ext: 216 | Cell 714-454-5747 www.Relaxor.com From:David Creemer To:Council, City Subject:Supporting the development of "The Residence at Matadero Creek" Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 10:35:02 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from dcreemer@gmail.com. Learnwhy this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members, I’m writing to strongly support the proposed development of "The Residence at Matadero Creek” as submitted. Like many of my fellow letter-writers, I am a long-time homeowner in the Barron Park neighborhood, have raised kids who attended our local schools, love the character of the area, am concerned about traffic, etc etc. But most importantly I have a bit of empathy for others. I am not afraid of change, increased housing density, or more diversity in our community - in fact I embrace it. Build this project, and many more like it. Invite new residents into our town and schools, and create affordable places for them to live. Yes, this might cause some uncertainty and (heavens!) perhaps even some minor dips in our property values. I think we are strong enough to persevere. Regards, — David Creemer Barron Park From:Aram James To:Rosemary McCarthy; Cindy Chavez; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Otto Lee; chuck jagoda; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash; bob nunez; Figueroa, Eric; eric.filseth@cityofpaloalto.com; Alison Cormack; Human Relations Commission; Winter Dellenbach; Vara Ramakrishnan Cc:Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; EPA Today; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Burt, Patrick; Greer Stone; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; Shikada, Ed; Winter Dellenbach; vramirez@redwoodcity.org Subject:Re: From The Mercury News e-edition - Racist remarks rock L.A. council Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 10:25:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi Rosemary, I couldn’t agree more. These city council members need to step down immediately. Sad these folks are democrats and we should have expected much more of them on hot button race and ethics issues …..particularly in this time where racial politics are at their most divisive since the civil rights movement of the 1960’s if not the time frame of the civil war. We have certainly not evolved sufficiently as a culture, as a society, as a community, that such behavior is totally unexpected. Thank you for your profound words on this latest outrage. aram On Oct 11, 2022, at 10:35 AM, Rosemary McCarthy <rmccarthy01@gmail.com> wrote:  Thanks for sending, Aram. This would be heartbreaking at any time, anywhere; but to see this occurring in Los Angeles in 2022 is especially painful. My bet/hope is that the community convinces all three members to resign. We are so fortunate to live in a “melting pot.” We need to embrace our differences and appreciate them. We have to continue to educate people that this is not acceptable and hurts all of us. We still have so much work to do. On Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 7:44 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e- edition app and thought you’d be interested. Racist remarks rock L.A. council https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx? guid=0ea5cb9a-abde-4d77-929f- 62d95629a105&appcode=SAN252&eguid=5f014dc3-c596-40b9-a4be- be5c437f77b9&pnum=2# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone -- Rosemary McCarthy (408) 569-5891 This e-mail and its attachments contain confidential and privileged material for the sole use of the intended recipient. Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient please contact the sender and delete all copies. Thank you. From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; boardmembers; bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net; beachrides; fred beyerlein; David Balakian; Leodies Buchanan; Council, City; Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; dallen1212@gmail.com; Daniel Zack; eappel@stanford.edu; fmerlo@wildelectric.net; Scott Wilkinson; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mayor; Mark Standriff; margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; sanchezphilip21@gmail.com; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: GM creates new energy busines, residential & commercial Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 10:22:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 4:23 PM Subject: Fwd: GM creates new energy busines, residential & commercial To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 4:10 PM Subject: Fwd: GM creates new energy busines, residential & commercial To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2022 at 4:06 AM Subject: GM creates new energy busines, residential & commercial To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, October 11, 2022 To all- This looks good. GM will apparently put solar on your roof and a big batt. in your garage, a batt. like Tesla sells now. That is a neat trick. Have the solar charge up the big battery during the day, and then, at night, transfer that e- into your EV. Mighty sweet. GM will give warranties on all of this, and I wouldn't buy solar panels without solid warranties. A fellow was at my door recently to sell me solar panels. So much per month. I asked him how much if I paid cash. He guessed $30,000. So let's say you did that and borrowed the $30,000. Two years later the panels fail. He said that any panels he would sell would be guaranteed. YES, I told him, your guarantee would be good until the day you go BK. Do solar panel Cos ever go BK? BK gets them out of any warranties they have issued. If that happened with his panels and his Co., the bank from which I borrowed the $30,000 would not be very understanding and would likely insist on getting their $30,000 back. They wouldn't be understanding at all. I have read this once. Worth reading. Residential and commercial. So GM will sell you the panels and the big battery in your garage, all to run the EV they sell you. And warranties on everything. All good unless and until GM goes BK again: No big sign that they are about to, just sayin. Plus charging stations. Even hydrogen fuel stations. GM was huge on H fuel cells around 2005. They had a Chevy SUV running on fuel cells. They demoed and tested it in LA and, oddly enough, in DC. It takes e- to hydrolyze the water to produce the H. We really need fusion to work. Let's not spend several trillion dollars to put three couples on Mars for 500 days and nights, and spend that money to perfect H fusion. General Motors creates new energy business with residential and commercial services | Seeking Alpha Notice the e- can flow into your car or big home battery, or it can be pulled out by the system operator in case of a crunch in e- availability. E.g. you could tell them to let your car charge at work from 8 AM to 3 PM. Then, if they have to, they can extract e- out of your car's battry till 4:30. Then start charging your car again. With those hours, you'd have enough e- to get home with a few errands tossed in. You'd control the hours they could do this. They could do the same with your big home battery and you'd also control what they can do there. To the extent they pulled e- out, your e- bill would go down. With millions of EVs and millions of big home batts, this would make the grid a lot more robust. Fewer Flex-Alerts to conserve e- till 9PM. You might get to letting them pull e- out of your car's battery and your big garage battery on a regular basis. To the extent they can get e- there, they don't have to buy natural gas to run their power plants. The meter in your car will tell you how many miles you have. You don't need 150 miles of range to get to a job 30 miles away. So, in effect, the EVs and the big garage batts are turned into water reservoirs with their potential for e- generation. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Cherrill Spencer To:Council, City Subject:OralComm For Policy&Services Committee Mtg 11Oct2022 Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:27:33 PM Attachments:SpencerRemarksToPolicy&ServicesComm11Oct2022.doc Some people who received this message don't often get email from cherrill.m.spencer@gmail.com. Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Councillors in the Policy and Services Committee I attended your monthly meeting this evening, 11th October 2022 and made some remarks during the "Oral Communications" section about the need to make progress in preparing an ordinance based on the Convention On the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Againt Women (CEDAW). I am attaching a copy of those remarks. Also I am including them in the body of this email. Yours sincerely Cherrill Spencer, coordinator of the Palo Alto branch of the Cities for CEDAW Coalition. and resident of Palo Alto since 1974. &&&& Remarks to the October 11th 2022 meeting of the Policy and Services Committee during oral communications by Cherrill Spencer Good evening Councilors. I am Cherrill Spencer, a longtime resident of Palo Alto and the coordinator of the Palo Alto branch of the Cities for CEDAW Coalition. [you can learn about this national non-profit here: http://citiesforcedaw.org ] CEDAW stands for the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women and our coalition has been advocating for a city ordinance based on the principles of this longstanding United Nations convention since February 2018. In November 2020 the City Council gave City staff 17 assignments pertaining to the City’s Race and Equity efforts. The work assignment that directed Staff, in coordination with the City’s overall diversity and inclusion efforts, to conduct a workforce demographic assessment as baseline information and to pursue an employee assessment to measure City workforce culture is one of the three assignments not yet completed, but Staff continues to work on this assignment (so says tonight’s agenda); the agenda also says that Staff continues to work on a citywide climate survey which is anticipated to be distributed this year. Carrying out such assessments are the first steps in the process of writing an ordinance based on CEDAW and we are pleased to learn that they are being worked on. We have coalition members who could help with the development of these assessments if that would get them done sooner. We are pleased to read the motion passed at your last meeting that you recommend the City Council consider adopting a Values statement and that the 3rd value listed says “3. We will integrate equity into our decisions, considering how decisions affect people differently based on their identity or circumstances. “ An ordinance based on CEDAW will help the City integrate equity as it relates to girls and women into their decisions. We look forward to hearing about progress on a CEDAW ordinance in the near future. Yours sincerely Cherrill Spencer, coordinator of the Palo Alto branch of the Cities for CEDAW Coalition and Palo Alto resident since 1974. From:Ziem Neubert (Project Cornerstone) To:Ziem Neubert (Project Cornerstone) Subject:Project Cornerstone - Asset Champions Celebration Award Nominations Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:03:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Elected Officials, I hope this message finds you well. Thank you for your dedication and service in supporting our communities. I am writing to include you, in case you did not receive or see Project Cornerstone’s Constant Contact Fall Newsletter. Here is the link, which has updates to our programs and services – https://conta.cc/3xozTJQ Included in the newsletter is information about our annual Asset Champions Celebration. I have also included it here so you can go directly to our nomination link. Call for Nominations Now Open for the 2023 Asset Champions Event! Nominate an Asset Champion – a person, school, or organization whose commitment to building positive relationships with youth helps make Silicon Valley a better place for young people to live and grow. Nominations deadline is October 31st. Please let me know if you have any questions. Warm regards, Ziem Ziem Nguyen Neubert, M.Ed. Executive Director YMCA Project Cornerstone 80 Saratoga Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95051 (P) 408-351-6419 (E) ziem@projectcornerstone.org (W)www.projectcornerstone.org (O) www.facebook.com/projectcornerstone | www.twitter.com/projcornerstone | www.youtube.com/projectcornerstone | http://pinterest.com/projcornerstone/ The Y: We’re for youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. Project Cornerstone is an initiative of the YMCA of Silicon Valley. Nominate an Asset Champion today for our 2023 Asset Champions event. Details and nomination forms found here. Nominations deadline is October 31. From:Safe Routes To:Council, City Cc:Planning Commission; Transportation; board@pausd.org Subject:Walking & rolling to school at Churchill Avenue (grade separation) Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 9:02:10 PM Attachments:Paly PTSA Letter RE_Churchill.pdf This sender might be impersonating a domain that's associated with your organization. Learn whythis could be a risk CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Rail Committee Members, Please find attached a letter from the Paly PTSA. Kind regards, Arnout Boelens PTAC SRTS Chairperson October 1, 2022 Office of the City Mayor and City Council 250 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 Honorable Mayor Burt and City Council Members, We, the Palo Alto High School Parent, Teacher, and Student Association (Paly PTSA), are writing to ask you to engage our school community in the grade separation process and provide us with a seat at the table. In a recent superintendents' update, Dr. Austin wrote that PAUSD has been meeting with the City of Palo Alto to ensure that the proposed changes at the Churchill Avenue train crossing don't adversely affect the cars, trucks, and buses that travel to Paly. There was no mention of the nearly 800 Paly students who walk and bike to school every day and cross the intersection. There is no easy and safe way to walk or bike to school: ●The Railway-Highway Crossings Program (https://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/hsip/xings/) identified Churchill Avenue as a hazardous railway-highway crossing. ●The City failed to build the bicycle infrastructure at Embarcadero and El Camino that was approved by Council in 2016. ●Embarcadero is designed like a four-lane highway. Drivers do not obey the speed limit of 25 mph. Crossing any side street and walking and riding on the sidewalk to reach the Embarcadero underpass is hazardous. We ask that the City and District provide coherent,direct, and safe routes to walk and roll to school and actively engage our parents and students in the grade-separation decision-making process. Thank you for considering our comments. Sincerely, Sarah Cornwall Paly PTSA President for the Palo Alto High School PTSA CC PAUSD Board of Education Transportation and Planning Commission Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Tony Dixon; melissa caswell; gmah@sccoe.org; Julie Lythcott-Haims; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; paloaltofreepress@gmail.com; Planning Commission; Lydia Kou; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Michael Gennaco Subject:From the archives of Aram James to PAPD Chief Andrew Binder Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 8:59:46 PM Attachments:image.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Sent from my iPhone From:Angela Dellaporta To:Council, City; Planning Commission Subject:Please postpone PTC discussion of Portage DEIR Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 6:14:06 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from asdellaporta@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council and Commission members, I support the request by PAN for an extension of the public comment period of the DRAFT EIR for 320-340 Portage Avenue / 200 Portage until November 15. I also support the request for a postponement of the DEIR review by the Planning and Transportation Commission to mid-November to give the PTC more time to review the document as well. I have only just learned that the DEIR was recently released and I need time to study it. The lack of transparency regarding the recent proposals about the Portage sites makes it all the more important that the public have a chance to study the DEIR properly. Thank you, Angela Dellaporta From:Jennifer Landesmann To:Council, City Subject:Policy & Services Committee: Public comment today re: City Protocol to address airplane noise and community impacts Date:Tuesday, October 11, 2022 5:23:02 PM Attachments:Attachment A - Fast Track.pdf Some people who received this message don't often get email from jlandesmann@gmail.com.Learn why this is important CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Members of the Policy & Services Committee, For a very brief background, Palo Alto residents have provided consistent input to Council, to challenge FAA actions which can cause harm to the city. In at least two large PACC meetings pre-Covid, residents asked the City to engage the FAA when the MENLO waypoint (which used to be at the Menlo Park/Palo Alto border) was replaced with a new waypoint deep in Palo Alto neighborhoods - named SIDBY. This pertains to traffic from SFO Southern Arrivals. There was a PACC closed session to address SIDBY (SERFR amendment). The Mayor at the time said that Council did not see a case to challenge the SERFR/SIDBY but it was decided that the City needed to have a process to evaluate legal recourse opportunities and specifically to not miss 60 day statutes of limitations. I worked with the City's staff on airplane noise at the time and with other residents to develop the attached "Fast Track" protocol. Former Assistant City Manager Michelle Flaherty led the coordination and also worked with City Attorney Molly Stump. PACC voted to approve the attached "Fast Track" protocol which was in place ahead of the PIRAT changes. The following is the staff packet on the subject. City of Palo Alto PACC Meeting Date: 5/20/2019 Summary Title: Discussion of Airplane Noise and Community Impacts; Direction to Staff Regarding the Star Pirat two Procedure Announced by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on April 25, 2019 The protocol was followed for PIRAT. In closed session, PACC voted against pursuing legal action for PIRAT, and there is documentation to trace what happened. I'm here to address that the City protocol was not followed for the GBAS overlays published earlier this year. Please note that I am not referring to the pros and cons of why the City should or shouldn't have legally challenged the GBAS overlays, but to point out that the attached City protocol that PACC voted on is not being followed which has many implications for future and impending FAA changes. At Council's recent study session on airplane noise, the protocol was raised only at the end when the City Manager said they are following the protocol which does not square with the protocol that PACC voted. It would be very helpful for your committee to please review the protocol that PACC voted on and give residents an update as a follow up to the study session. The review should please consider the following: 1) The City protocol that Council voted on relates to National Environmental Policy laws which are applicable to all federal airspace highways (which is what the GBAS overlays are). In the City Manager 's comment at the study session, it sounded like the protocol is being followed as regards SFO but the engagement with SFO carries no NEPA or other rules of engagement. In fact, when the FAA decided to give SFO a fast track on the GBAS overlays, the only way to address that problem was with a challenge to the FAA on their publications, not with SFO. 2) The City has written to SFO about lack of community input on the first round of GBAS "Innovatives" but again SFO's outreach is merely a courtesy - SFO is operating outside the NEPA realm and without any rules of engagement. If anything, the City's language in the letter to SFO about the Innovatives is misleading because the City previously did not express any problems with the "loose" SFO build-a-new-highway process that offers zero protections to citizens. The City knows that the SFO Roundtable voted for both the overlays and the first Innovatives ignoring NEPA and the FAA's faulty practices. 3) City staff has been inviting SFO to meetings in Palo Alto as part of a "community" effort when SFO's activities are 100% unilateral and made up. For example, SFO is using noise values which are inconsistent with the law of measuring cumulative impacts. And involving ground noise measurements which the FAA does not consider. Of course noise measurements are useful information but It's like auditing a class for no credit. You can learn all the material about noise but the FAA does not work with ground noise measurements data and certainly not when it's after a publication. When the FAA makes future changes on top of the GBAS overlays and causes more harm, the FAA can say -what nice noise reports? we (FAA) don't work with ground noise measurements and we already did an environmental review of GBAS and it showed that we have nothing to bother with. As for the story that SFO will turn off GBAS based on their unilaterally set noise values for the definition of harm, this is inexplicable. It's standards for "no harm" which are arbitrary by the polluter and do not actually help reduce noise - the so called purpose of the project. Before inviting SFO to more rounds of "community input" it is only fair for the City or SFO to explain what the SFO process is and isn't. As far as the Group 2 proposals, and the first round of Innovatives, please use the attached protocol to object to anything that has not received actual community input. While not perfect, the Select Committee process was more comprehensive and serious than what is currently passing for community input. The SC's unanimous recommendations include among many other recommendations - addressing NIGHT time noise, BDEGA rebalancing to 50-50, and building a route to use the full length of the Bay and which ensures to not "simply shift noise" - anything outside these parameters would be egregious to propose without actual community input. And anything that interferes with making progress on the SC recommendations should also be challenged. Thank you, Jennifer Attachment A: FAST-TRACK PROCESS AIRPLANE NOISE * Time frames may be extended if legal counsel advises more time is available. The “Fast Track Process” documents the steps City staff will take to identify information of potential concern to the city (such as new flight procedures or proposed changes to airspace) and prepare an appropriate response in a timely and transparent manner. Responses might range from preparation of a letter to the FAA from the Mayor, to preparation of a recommendation to City Council regarding possible legal action. Timely action is important, particularly when public comment periods have tight deadlines or some legal actions may be limited by a 60-day window of opportunity. Transparency is equally important given the level of community interest in these issues in Palo Alto. Sharing of information with the community will be done through postings on the City’s Airplane Noise webpage, to which community members may subscribe in order to receive timely email notifications This Fast Track Process supports a balanced commitment to transparency and timeliness by setting targets for the amount of time allotted to various potential steps that may apply to any given circumstance. This document is intended to guide and inform staff work and engagement with the community on airplane noise issues. Staff will follow the steps below to the extent applicable and feasible, and may make adjustments if appropriate depending on particular facts and circumstances. It is not intended to create rights or obligations enforceable in a legal proceeding against the City. 0. Information becomes publicly available through a posting, announcement, etc. 1. Information is detected through ongoing monitoring of FAA postings, public information from key airports, etc. a. Monthly reports prepared and interim flagging as needed 2. Item of concern is flagged (e.g., by consultants or community) a. If consultants flag item, inform community of item of possible concern under review 3. Assessment of significance of #2 is prepared by consultants for city staff a. Depending on nature of #2, #3 may range from oral discussion to recommended bullet points to map/diagram illustration, etc. b. Staff may conduct iterative process with consultants to revise/strengthen #3 c. Staff may provide information to City Council at this time as appropriate 4. Engage with community a. Share information generated through #3 process b. Welcome input from community stakeholders about strategy/messaging regarding next steps 5. Staff consults with legal counsel on next steps 6. Staff consults with other jurisdictions/roundtable(s) as appropriate 7. Staff prepares City response to #2 a. Council is consulted/informed as appropriate (including scheduling of closed session if necessary) b. #7 (non-confidential) is shared with community St e p s 0 4: 30 da y s or l e s s * St e p s 5 7: 20 d a y s or l e s s *