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Interview with Dr Bryan Ardis and Riccardo Bosi From:Jeff Hoel To:UAC; Council, City Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external) Subject:TRANSCRIPT & COMMENTS -- 11-02-22 UAC meeting -- FTTP item Date:Saturday, November 12, 2022 6:44:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. Commissioners and Council Members, Below the "######" line, please find a TRANSCRIPT of Item VII.6 of UAC's 11-02-22 meeting (about FTTP), with my COMMENTS(paragraphs in red beginning with "###"). Agenda and staff report: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory-commission/archived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2022/11-02-2022/11-02-2022-uac-agenda-and-packet.pdf Video:https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-31-1122022/ High level comments: 1. Of the three options proposed by staff, I like Option 1 best -- to build out citywide FTTP within 5 years. So, I was disappointed thatUAC chose to recommend Option 2. Option 2 kicks an oft-kicked can further down the road. 2. I would like Council to look at the possibility of not building out the dark fiber backbone extension. I think it's not required for FTTP,or AMI. 3. I think Option 1 might require as little as between $80 million and $85 million, provided the Electric Utility pays its fair share from theElectric Special Projects Reserve Fund. (See comments at 2:21:00.) Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel731 Colorado Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94303 ------------------- ##################################################################################################### TRANSCRIPT ### Attended by Chair Segal, Vice Chair Johnston, and Commissioners Forssell and Metz in chambers, and Commissioners Smith and Scharff via Zoom. Also attended by Council Member Cormack in chambers. 1:55:04: Chair Segal: And now we'll move on to Item 6, which is staff's recommendation that the UAC approve a recommendation that Council recommend building the fiber backbone and options for fiber to the premises. I think we have some public comment. 1:55:25: Jenelle Kamian: If anyone from the public would like to speak on Item number 6, please raise your hand or dial *9 on your phone. We have one speaker virtually and three that are here. The speaker that is on Zoom is Daniel Dulitz. Mr. Dulitz, you can speak now. 1:56:16: Daniel Dulitz: Thank you. Reading the staff's recommendations, I have three observations. First is that all the technical questions, I believe, have been answered at this point. In my view, the proposal from Magellan is technically suitable. And I believe that there is nosignificant technical risk in this proposal. Second, the primary risk in this proposal concerns marketing, take rates, and determining thetrue cost of providing service. And my third observation is that many residents are dissatisfied with their internet options today. Even areas that are served by AT&T Fiber today would likely receive better service -- even from AT&T -- if it had a true fiber competitor. Forthese reasons, I support the FTTP recommendation. And, specifically, a phased build-out, described as Option 2 in the staff presentation. A phased build-out mitigates the primary risks of this proposal regarding take rates and marketing, by enabling testdeployments, effectively, which, with a relatively low expenditure of capital, can determine the community's desire for these services atscale. And while the staff presentation suggests that Option 2 provides limited support for the City's needs, for its communications infrastructure, I believe that wise application of phasing -- choosing the right areas to phase -- could support the vast majority of theCity's needs in a relatively short timeframe. Thank you. 1:58:07: Chair Segal: Thank you, Mr. Dulitz. Are there any other speakers online? 1:58:17: Jenelle Kamian: I see no other hands raised. Our first speaker is Hamilton Hitchings, followed by Jeff Hoel. 1:58:33: Hamilton Hitchings: Thank you ** [mike dropout] on how to move forward with fiber. And thank you to the commissioners, for exploring how to provide better internet access at high speeds. Option 1 is to build fiber backbone and fiber to the premise in 5 years, for a $98 bond. As our City Council member Eric Filseth said, it all comes down to take rate. Staff has claimed a 25 percent take rate isnecessary to break even. Magellan has provided an expected 40 percent take rate, based on Longmont, Colorado, ### Not true. Magellan's estimate is based on a conjoint analysis of data from its residential survey of Palo Alto. (See PDF page 43 ofthe 09-19-22 staff report.) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/2022/20220919/20220919pccsm-amended-linked.pdf The "preliminary" market share estimate was 62.2 percent, but this was discounted to 40.26 percent. ### Longmont's take rate is now 60 percent. https://www.timescall.com/2022/08/30/longmonts-nextlight-internet-service-surpasses-25000-customer-milestone/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CGenerally%20speaking%2C%20we%20have%20a,are%20choosing%20to%20take%20it.%E2%80%9DIt was 53 percent in 2018 (four years after launch). https://www.utilityexchange.org/assets/12th-rmue/21.Lutz-Finleon-Love-Longmont-Broadband.pdf which rolled out their fiber in 2014, long before any other fiber competitors were present. Whereas, in Palo Alto, AT&T has a 3-yearhead start over our fiber. For customers wanting excellent customer service through fiber, they can also buy directly from Sonic. Thus,we should assume Palo Alto Fiber will get almost no market share in neighborhoods where AT&T is first to market. ### Did the survey ask this question specifically, as part of the conjoint analysis? If so, what was the result? If we assume AT&T is able to get to 60 percent of the market first, that would only leave 40 percent of the market as an opportunity forconversion to Palo Alto Fiber. If we assume only half of the remaining customers convert to Palo Alto Fiber, that's a 20 percent take rate. There are many reasons why a 20 percent take rate is not only realistic but probably too high. First, it's easy for AT&T toaccelerate their installations. And they could possibly reach 70 percent of the market first. 2:00:13: Secondly, many Comcast customers enjoy a $30 a month monthly fee. ### This source say you can get 50/5 Mbps internet for the special price of $19.99 a month for the first 12 months, but after that it's $50.00 a month. 100/5 Mbps internet's special price is $39.99 a month for the first 12 months, but after that it's $60.00 a month.https://www.connectcalifornia.com/internet-service/xfinity-pricing Not included is the modem/router. ### This source says that getting faster upload speeds can be expensive. https://potsandpansbyccg.com/2022/10/31/the-price-for-faster-upload-speeds/ ### Some municipal networks don't offer special prices, just easy-to-understand, everyday prices. And some customers prefer it. And switching to fiber would be double that. ### Palo Alto Fiber's prices are not yet finalized. 2:00:24: Fiber's big advantage is fast upstream speeds. Which is of marginal use to most customers. For example, Zoom in HD is only 4 megabits a second. To put that in perspective, that's one quarter of one percent of fiber's one-gigabit upstream speed. So, a quarter ofa percent is all you need, of what fiber gives you, to do the Zoom in HD. 50 percent of the users also enjoy bundled services through their existing provider. So are less likely to switch. Lastly, 72 percent of users are ambivalent to happy with their existing high-speedinternet service today. I ask the commission and the staff to please provide a much lower and realistic estimate of take rate to CityCouncil. Such as 20 percent. 2:01:22: Then, there's there's the issue of cost overruns. The cost estimate for the City for fiber to the home have already increased 20 percentfrom 2021 to 2022. Much faster than inflation. If we conservatively estimate 25 percent further increase on the infrastructure build-out, ### This is an unsupported guess. and 25 percent increase on break even, ### I assume Hitchings means that the take rate required to break even would increase from 25 percent to 31.25 percent. But it wouldbe better to make assumptions about costs and then CALCULATE the new minimum take rate required. that will push the take rate we need to break even much higher. I don't know whether that's 30, 35 percent. But it will be a significantlyhigher take rate. According to the U. Penn Law School study, ### The study was done by Christopher Yoo and Timothy Pfenninger (not by the University of Pennsylvania Law School). https://www.law.upenn.edu/live/files/6611-report-municipal-fiber-in-the-united-states-an It has been thoroughly debunked here.https://muninetworks.org/sites/www.muninetworks.org/files/fiber-fallacy-upenn-yoo.pdf which analyzed 20 municipalities which were willing to break out their fiber financials from the rest of the utility, 11 were cash flownegative, five would require over 100 years to pay back, and only two would be able to pay back on time. One of those was a sub-LA city which was basically a commercial business offering, so not representative. This study covers a period from 2010 to 2014. Sincethen, private providers have launched service, and the landscape today is much more competitive. It should also be mentioned that when utilities have had to sell their money-losing fiber assets, it's typically been at a dramatic loss. Such cities -- This has included suchcities as Provo, Utah; Marietta, Georgia; and Quincy, Florida. And they are left to pay the bond obligations. Which, in our case, wouldbe $180 million. ### See the staff report, Packet Page 111. No other city in California has concluded that a citywide, city-owned [FTTP] offering makes sense, and successfully deployed it. ### Yes. In this respect, California has not been the leader we wish it were. 2:03:04: Because of the severe financial shortcomings of Option 1, I support Option 3, which is to build a fiber backbone, pause City-owned ISP plans, and collaborate with private ISPs. Continuing to invest in our dark fiber, to support our profitable offering to business, and addnecessary support for smart city initiatives, seems to make sense. For the same reasons I listed above, it may NOT be commerciallyviable for a third high-speed internet provider to start in Palo Alto. However, Atherton Fiber does have a successful track record of running a fiber service in Atherton, and is looking to expand. ### Historically, Atherton Fiber has required that at least some customers pay huge connect fees up-front. We should offer subsidies to try to entice a company such as Atherton Fiber, in a way that is performance-based, so they cannot just take the money and run. ### In general, subsidies are a way to lose money. It makes no sense to insist that municipal FTTP not risk losing money, and then guarantee losing money in support of private-sector providers. For example, offer free use of the dark fiber backbone for the first 3-5 years for residential customers, free of use, before charging ausage fee. Offer a subsidy of $1,000 per new fiber customer activated who does not currently have access to AT&T Fiber. Thus, toactivate the first thousand customers would only cost a million dollars. Offer help to subsidize integration with the dark fiber network. For example, $5 million. But make the payment based on some successful service offering milestone. Such as, the first 1,000 usersserved for a year. Lastly, for Option 3, I request staff add a subsidy for high-speed internet for low-income households. For example, $500 per year for the lowest 1,000 households would only cost half a million. Alternatively, you could offer a subsidy to every household in the low- or below-market income housing. Creating a money-losing municipal fiber will not be a good way to subsidize the low-income folks. 2:05:03: Please recommend Option 3 to the Council, to improve the City's fiber offering without the downside risk of borrowing money. Pleasedo not recommend Option 1, which could result in us owing a large portion of the $180 million we must pay back from the General Fund, should the service only achieve a 15 [percent] or 20 percent take rate and have cost overruns. This would force us to cut library hours,community services, fire and police staffing, affordable housing, and climate change initiatives. Thank you for listening. 2:05:39: Chair Segal: Thank you, Mr. Hitchings. 2:05:43: Jenelle Kamian: Next, we have Jeff Hoel, followed by Herb Borock. 2:05:52: Jeff Hoel: OK. I won't try to rebut Mr. Hitchings comments in real time. But I'll get back to you guys. My recommendation, of the three options proposed, is Option 1. It's the option that Council selected a year and a half ago. They said let's not do the incremental. If youlook at what the Option 2 incremental does, it costs more, and takes a lot longer to implement, giving competitors more time to be competitive first. I was looking through the historical records of how Chattanooga came up with its network idea. ### 12-02-16 interview of Harold DePriest, former CEO of EPB.https://muninetworks.org/content/transcript-community-broadband-bits-episode-230 The Electrical Power Board ### Actually, Electric Power Board. (EPB) started out saying we need a way to do smart grid. And they thought hard about what they'd need to do that, and the networkthey came up with, just to do smart grid, looked very much like it could also serve as a general purpose, to the public, fiber to the premises network. So then, they bided their time until the electronics got to be inexpensive enough to implement it. They thought the two applications -- the smart grid and the fiber to the premises -- together would make enough money to pay for it. And what they foundwas that the fiber to the premises, by itself, made enough money to pay for it. That's an inspiration that we in Palo Alto could take advantage of if we thought about it hard enough. Anyway, I'm for -- Of the three options that you can choose from tonight, I favor Option 1. 2:07:53: Chair Segal: Thank you, Mr. Hoel. 2:07:57: Jenelle Kamian: Our last speaker is Herb Borock. 2:08:04: Herb Borock: Good evening, Chair Segal and commissioners. I sent you a letter shortly before 6 o'clock. And I'll go through that briefly, since you might not have had time to review it. And add a few things. First, in going to the previous joint session with the Council, it seemed to be people were more concerned about advocacy -- some commissioners and Council members -- rather than critical review of what staff is proposing. You know, I agree with Jeff Hoel. But Ithink you have to first see if it works, based on the model you've been presented with. For a five-year project, though, it's a -- well, if that's such a good idea, what if the Council members' neighborhoods were last? And the Commission's neighborhoods were just beforethe Council? And everybody else's neighborhoods came first? Is that the kind of thing that you would approve? And expect -- that infive years, you would get fiber? Or maybe you'd choose something else? Or maybe, if the project fails, you wouldn't get fiber at all. 2:09:23: Another concern I have is the cost estimates. What I did is, I took a look at the spreadsheets that are in the previous joint report. And ifyou add up the amount of money from the Fiber Fund and from the bonds, it's almost as much as the total fiber cost -- FTTP cost. You know, within a million dollars. Which means all of the savings from combining the two projects would be going to the backbone. Thatdidn't make much sense to me . Was, you're just saving construction costs. The materials cost is going to be the same. And, it would seem to me, the savings costs would be identical for the two. 2:10:14 The next item I have is, the depreciation rates don't match the -- what the City's rates are. Which are in my letter. And there's revenuecoming from commercial business customers. But I would think that would be cannibalizing the customers of dark fiber that the resellers -- that are the resellers customers. Because this would be more attractive. And there is also money shown that is growingfrom the existing dark fiber being used in the project. But previous reports have said that those numbers were going down, because of competition and consolidation. And now, suddenly, in the last Quarterly Report, it says, oh, no, they're going to be going up. And I don'tsee whether that's accurate or not. 2:11:04: There's not a clear statement of what the optronics are. You know, are they going to be point-to-point or point-to-multipoint? The fiberhut that you had seen in a previous report was to be at the fire station at Arastradero Road. At the Council report, it's in a park, JuanaBriones Park. 2:11:20: And, I think, the cost allocation divided amongst the uses. I thought at some point, they were saying the FTTP -- 432 fibers -- includedfibers for the backbone as well. For expansion. And it seems that price should be allocated to them. Thank you. 2:11:38: Chair Segal: Thank you, Mr. Borock. Are there any other public comment? 2:11:51: Jenelle Kamian: There are no other public comments. 2:11:53: Chair Segal: Thank you. And welcome, Mr. Honker. I see you here. Do you intend any kind of presentation? Or are you here to answer questions only? 2:12:01: John Honker: Um. Commissioner, we do have a few slides to go through with UAC this evening, if that works for the Commission. 2:12:14: Chair Segal: Sure. Thanks. 2:12:14: John Honker: You're welcome. 2:12:17: Dave Yuan: All right. Good evening, Commissioners and Council member. So, I will be making the presentation tonight. And then,John will help supplement some of the technical parts at the end. So, bear with me. [laughs] 2:12:26: ### Slide 1 -- Building the Fiber Backbone and Options for Fiber-to-the-Premises All right. So, tonight, we are seeking UAC's recommendation on how the City should move forward with the fiber to the premises. And enhanced broadband in our community. 2:12:38: ### Slide 2 -- AGENDA Staff will be presenting three options that the UAC can recommend. Or modify. So -- for Council's approval. Or for an action item. I think we're scheduled to go back to Council on December 19th of this year. 2:12:52: ### Slide 3 -- Comparison to Other California Municipalities For tonight's agenda, we will -- Oops, sorry. One slide back. Thank you. ### Slide 2 -- AGENDA -- again ** for the agenda tonight, we are coming back with some follow-up information from the joint session. On September 19th. One was about comparison to other municipalities, benefits and risks of microtrenching, and also, use of the fiber reserves, or surplus. And then,we've also listed the three fiber -- or, the three fiber options of deployment. Going all the way from full deployment; to an incremental, or phased, build-out; and then, also, pausing, and letting the -- collaborating with the private ISPs instead. So, it ranges from high to low. Next slide, please. 2:13:29: ### Slide 3 -- Comparison to Other California Municipalities According to the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, there 83 citywide municipal fiber to the home -- premises -- throughout the nation. ### Community Network Maphttps://muninetworks.org/communitymap And there's another 260 communities that offer some fiber services, generally in the commercial areas, for economic development. For comparison cities, tonight, what we did, we focused primarily on California, because we're regulated by the same state laws. Wealso have similar competitive landscape, of multiple incumbents -- telecom providers. We researched about 30 municipal cities that provide utility services, and grouped them into basically four categories. One is, the cities have either developed a fiber optic network master plan, because they consider internet and broadband as an essential service. The master plan is a guide for them to build or expand their fiber optic networks, as a future investment to theircommunity. The second is similar to Palo Alto. A lot of cities are also offering dark fiber licensing. Whereas others are even providing a lit fiber forcommercial business, for also commercial development -- economic development. And then, thirdly, there are some cities that have limited fiber to the premise in certain selected areas. For instance, Loma Linda areoffering homes that are built after 2004 with fiber to the premises. Rancho Cucamonga is only building fiber to the premises in areas -- greenfield areas. And then also Santa Monica. They're targeting new MDUs. And finally, there are some cities that have public-private partnerships with private ISPs, just to offer another option of broadband totheir community. For example, Brentwood is licensing fiber to Sonic, to provide ISP service. ### Brentwood allowed Sonic to deploy fiber in Brentwood's conduits.https://www.mercurynews.com/2015/05/20/sonic-partners-with-brentwood-to-bring-high-speed-internet-to-town/ And Santa Cruz did have a partnership with Cruzio. But I think that has dissolved, since I think Cruzio now is doing the fiberdeployment on their own, without the city support anymore. So, as of today, there is no city in California that is providing citywide municipal fiber to the premise. Is what we found. ### California is not a representative sample of what's possible for municipal FTTP. Next slide, please. 2:15:53: ### Slide 4 -- Micro-trenching for Fiber The second question was whether microtrenching could help reduce construction costs and also speed up the deployment. So,microtrenching is a construction method used mainly for fiber installation. It does use a much shallower depth. Instead of a 24-36 inch, that we recommend to go beneath the surface, for microtrenching, you only have to go down 8-16 inches. And there's an illustration onthe right of that. So, that is a microtrench. It's about 1-2 inches in diameter. ### Width. On the bottom is where the conduit will lie. ### How large should the conduit be? (The "actual photo" shows a trench about 15 times as deep as it is wide. So, let's say 15 inches deep and 1 inch wide. Is a 1-inch conduit large enough for our purposes? Or, would our microtrenches be wider than the "actualphoto"?) So, in there, there's two conduits stacked on top of each other. And then, between there is the filler. Between the -- to fill up thegravel. So, there's a -- to preserve the streets. And on top is the asphalt. So, the problem here is that usually the backfill is not always reliable. So, then there will be -- the streets will have cracks. And then the fiber will get damaged. And another problem is also theshallowness of the depths. Like for our streets, our average is, I think, -- depth, for street repaving, is generally between 6 to 18 inches. And we do repave our streets about every 15 years, on a cycle. So, if we were to microtrench, there would -- could be potential for a lot of dig-ups. The construction timeline 3-4 times, 'cause they only need 1-2 persons per crew, instead of 4, let's say. And then, they'realso excavating thousands of feet per day, instead of hundreds, if you use traditional boring. Or trenching. So it is less labor-intensive. But there are disadvantages. There are costs to it. So, given what we've learned and the fact that it's not really been proventechnology, and with the City's tree canopy, and also all our other infrastructures underneath, and our conditions of the streets, so wedo not recommend microtrenching for this project. So, we will continue to monitor it. to see if construction methods improve. 2:18:00: And there was a state law that was passed recently where cities are supposed to start allowing microtrenching. ### SB 378 says a microtrench is at most 4 inches wide and between 12 and 26 inches deep.https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB378 So, we are working with Public Works, Legal, to put together a standard. But for now, we haven't been receiving requests from otherISPs or providers asking to use that technique. So, I think the costs outweigh the benefits on that one. Next slide, please. 2:18:27: ### Slide 5 -- Use of Fiber Fund Surplus ### I object to calling what's in the Fiber Fund a "surplus." In regards to the fiber reserves, the City has a very successful dark fiber business. We have accumulated about $34 million, since the inception, which was about -- in the late 1990s. So, according to our City's legal opinion, the dark fiber reserves that we've generatedso far can be used for any fiber-related projects, including the fiber to the premise build-out. But for future revenues from the fiber to the premise business, there is uncertainty of what those funds could be used for. And that's mainly due to this recent litigation about staterevenues -- what it can be used for, under Prop 26 and 218. Or -- Yeah, Prop 26 and 218. So, we are still monitoring those litigations. So, for now, we don't know if FTTP revenues can used for other things besides supporting the ISP service. 2:19:31: ### Slide 6 -- FIBER BACKBONE EXPANSION So, for all three options, the staff is recommending that we build out the fiber backbone. And reinvest back in the fiber network. Theestimated cost of the build -- it's about $26 million. Depending on which option we choose -- the City Council chooses -- the cost could be split between the Fiber Fund and the Electric Fund. If it's a dedicated -- just to the Electric Utility, then the Electric will pay for mostof it, but not all of it. 2:19:59: The existing fiber network is about 27 years old. ### The oldest pieces are about 26 years old (2022 - 1996 = 26). Other pieces are younger. The average life expectancy of a fiber network is probably 30-40 years old. So we are reaching that earlier life expectancy. ### I'd like to see what research supports this estimate. The new fiber backbone will also enhance reliability, provide redundancy, and add new capacity for our fiber-leasing program. Ourlicensing. And also allow departments to use more fiber for other initiatives as well. So -- Which is why we're recommending the fiberbuild-out of the backbone in all three options. As you recall, we did start up a fiber rebuild CIP in 2016. But I think we did put it on pause, because we're undergoing this effort to see if we can maximize -- or, minimize disruption to the streets, and also maximize costsavings. So, we know there are areas of congestions. And we also need more capacity in other areas. Next slide, please. 2:21:00: ### Slide 7 -- OPTION 1 -- FULL DEPLOYMENT (ADVANTAGES) So, under Option 1, the City would build out the whole fiber to the premise network, citywide. Hopefully, within 5 years or less. But we would need about a $98 million bond financing to cover the difference ### Why? The staff report (PDF page 121, Packet Page 110) says "Total Costs" to build the citywide FTTP network and the fiberbackbone separately would be $142.9 million. It says $10.9 million could be saved by building both networks together. It says the FiberFund could pay $34 million, leaving $98.0 million of "total new funding required." It says between $80 million and $85 million would be allocated to "Fiber" and between $13 million and $18 million would be allocated to "Electric." It doesn't say all $98.0 million wouldrequire bond financing. The Electric Utility has an Electric Special Projects Reserve Fund has $46,664,855 for FY 2022 (according to this 07-01-22 document).https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/attachments/03-02-2022-id-13961-attachment-e-clean.pdf If Electric used this fund to pay its share, the amount of bond financing required could be between $80 million and $85 million. The bond will be shared between the Fiber and the Electric Utilities. Like I said earlier, the Electric Utility will be responsible for the backbone. And the Fiber will be responsible for the fiber to the premise network. The advantages of this option is that all residents andbusinesses will have equal access to fiber, and provides another ISP choice for our community. We will also be able to offer higher internet speed, more reliability. And then, we also have control over pricing, net neutrality, data caps, privacy, and other broadband-related topics. 2:21:56: So, we think that the fiber network is a multi-purpose infrastructure, that supports also economic development, education, public safety, healthcare, transportation, utilities, and civic engagement. So this is a long-term investment. And then, at the end, we all will bereducing spending, hopefully. Spending for all the residents, as either competitors will lower their prices or we offer more competitive prices as well. So, it will be less internet spend for the community as a whole. Sorry, Commissioner Segal. 2:22:30: Chair Segal: Well, I just had a question, because I thought you said that the Electric Fund will be putting up the same amountregardless of which option. And so, I don't know if I'm reading this correctly, but on page 6 of this item, or page 114 of the packet, where it has the resource impact, under Option 1, for the funding, under jointly -- there's zero for the Electric Fund. 2:23:00: Dave Yuan: Right. So, on that one, if we're going to be bond financing, we're going to bond finance the Electric portion as well, just because then the City would get a better rating, and a better rate. Because Electric has a better -- healthier -- financial record than theFiber Utility. So, I think if we were to bond finance the entire project, we would want to include the Electric in there as well. So, a portion of the $98 million will be allocated to the Electric Fund. Just to get a better rate. ### Have financial experts vetted this concept? 2:23:27: Chair Segal: Thank you. 2:23:30: Commissioner Forssell: Can I ask question as well before you proceed? 2:23:33: Dave Yuan: Sure. 2:23:34: Commissioner Forssell: It's just a -- Can you help me understand some specifics around "infrastructure to support for smart cityapplications..." I'm just noticing that, you know, the fiber backbone recommended under all three options "enables more connectivity forCity departments." ### Quoting Slide 6. But only Option 1 provides "infrastructure ... for smart city applications to manage traffic, climate, public safety, emergency" ops "andother civic functions." Can you help me understand like what's -- what are the better connectivity for City departments that happen regardless, and some examples of what are advantages to the City operations that are only available with Option 1. Does that questionmake sense? 2:24:18: Dave Yuan: I think so. So, for the Option 1, we will have fiber also -- Besides the backbone. we'll also be in the neighborhoods. Like,for OES, ### Office of Emergency Services they need better Wi-Fi in certain neighborhoods. And, especially, during -- the Stanford area during games. So, then, if we have morefiber out there, that will help them with their Wi-Fi and their connectivity. And there's also, I think, transportation -- would like Wi-Fi -- Or, fiber, not Wi-Fi. Fiber. In our parking garages. So, with the fiber to the premise network, you will be distributed throughout the City, and not just along the corridors. So that's why you'd be able to enable more smart city initiatives with the full network. Versus thebackbone. That we currently have. So, right now, we aren't able to connect to some of those initiatives, just because we don't have any fiber nearby to those requests. 2:25:11: Commissioner Forssell: So, I heard, connectivity at Stanford, and in parking garages. As the two examples. 2:25:16: Dave Yuan: Yes. And then, parks also had some requests for, also, some fiber, to do Wi-Fi in certain areas. 2:25:23: Commissioner Forssell: Did you say parks? 2:25:24: Dave Yuan: Yeah. Parks. CSD. Community Services. And then there were -- I'm trying to think what else -- transportation -- wants toadd some like electronic signs, throughout some areas as well. Some of the thorough-ways. Like, I think Embarcadero has the manual sign every year for the football games. So if we had fiber there, they could have a digital sign. ### All of these examples would be better served by FTTP than by dark fiber. 2:25:46: Commissioner Forssell: OK. Thanks. 2:25:48: Commissioner Scharff: So, I also had a quick follow-up question to what you just said. Going back to the previous response. You said that if we include the Electric Fund in the bond issue, we'd get better rates, because the Electric Fund has better credit. Um. Than thef- -- Are we going to sep- -- Will the General Fund be on the hook for this. if -- um -- we -- basically, if fiber couldn't pay the bond -- um - - the interest on the bonds? 2:26:15: Dave Yuan: Yes. Based on our understanding, yes. The General Fund would be on the hook, if the Fiber Fund was not able to pay off the debt service at the end. 2:26:23: Commissioner Scharff: So, including the Electric Fund, would BOTH the General Fund and the Electric Utility be on the hook? Or, -- I'm -- Or, is there not really a difference? I mean, ... 2:26:31: Dave Yuan: We would allocate a certain portion to the Electric when we do the bond financing, based on the costs -- the actual costs of constructions. 2:26:39: Commissioner Scharff: Yeah, but if I'm a bondholder, and you're not paying me, do I go -- do I go after both of you? I mean, is that howthat goes? Both the Electric Fund and the General Fund? And then, the General Fund makes good of its part and the Electric Fund raises its rates, I guess? Is how that works? 2:26:56: Dave Yuan: I guess that -- From my understanding -- Yeah, the bondholders could go after the Electric Fund as well, if we're bond financing them together. I think is what I understand. 2:27:05: Commissioner Scharff: OK. Ah -- 2:27:06: Dave Yuan: There is that risk. 2:27:07: Commissioner Scharff: OK. Yeah. So, I just wanted to clarify that. So I understood it. 2:27:12: Dave Yuan: Um hum. OK? So, we can move on. Let's see. 2:27:21: ### Slide 8 -- OPTION 1-FULL DEPLOYMENT (DISADVANTAGES) The disadvantages of Option 1, I guess. So, again, we've talked about this before. The risk of competition with our incumbents. We don't know how they will respond if we start building fiber to the premise. Then, also, the other one is the financial risk of the take rate. So, we're estimating we'll need about 25 percent to break even. And if there is a shortage, I guess -- if it's lower than 25 percent, we willrequire subsidies from the City, probably, to cover the debt payments. And the debt payments, right now, based on the current rates from two months ago, I think, is like 4.5 percent. And then, the annual payment is about $6 million. And the total payment -- interestover 30 years plus principal -- it's about $180 million in total. So, that is the whole all-in cost. 2:28:09: Commissioner Scharff: So, I did want to jump in on that one. Aren't we -- Isn't the Treasury rate like at 4 [percent] at the moment? Imean -- So, if the Treasury's at 4, aren't we going to get a -- have to provide a higher rate? Is 4 percent -- 4.5 percent -- is that -- I mean, didn't they just raise interest rates again today? 2:28:32: Dave Yuan: They did. You know, we ran these numbers probably a couple months ago, so I'll have to check with the TreasuryDepartment to find out how often .... 2:28:39: Commissioner Scharff: Right. But the -- But, I mean, it's not like these are small changes. I mean, I think we're getting -- If we ran ittwo months ago, are we -- You know, I can't remember how many times they've raised it now. Are we up 200 basis points, or are we up, you know, 100 basis points, since you last ran it? And does that -- And how much money is that? I mean, these numbers could becompletely worthless. 2:29:03: Dave Yuan: So, we can follow up with our Treasury and see if their bond consultant run up new numbers before the next meeting. ** ... 2:29:12: Commissioner Scharff: But I mean, I think it's more than that. I think it's running where interest rates go when we do this. I mean, you know -- I mean, this made a lot more sense when interest rates were cheap. It made a lot more sense. And so, you know, I mean, it -- I don't know where inflation's going, and I don't -- I'd be rich if I knew where interest rates were going. I mean, I think -- I think we'reunderplaying the interest rate risk, without running a sensitivity analysis of where interest rates are, and how much would this cost, how much would that increase our cost on the fiber. And, you know, if we're more than Comcast, I think our take rate is a problem. 2:29:52: Dave Yuan: Um hum. We do know -- Oh, sorry. Go ahead. 2:29:54: Commissioner Scharff: No, I was going to say -- And one of the other random thoughts I had in this, actually, is that, given that the takerate is the all-important thing here, that matters, I actually think you should offer somewhere between 3 and 6 months free to the entire community. I mean, if you offered 6 months free, you'd probably get 100 percent take rate. And then, people then have to decide to optback out to -- to Comcast or to AT&T. And if you included that in the bonds, then I think you may actually -- could use a much highertake rate. Because then people would have to decide to change again. And I think most people would take free internet for 6 months. But I could be wrong. I'm just saying I think the consultants should look at things like that. ### Longmont (NextLight) offered 1 Gbps symmetrical internet service to "Charter Members" who signed up within 3 months of thenetwork's availability in their neighborhoods for the special price of $49.95 per month, for as long as they continue to subscribe. Theprice for others was initially $99.95 per month, but later this was reduced to $69.95 per month. Also, later, they offered a "loyalty" price of $59.95 per month after the premises had subscribed for one year. Most customers chose to be Charter Members, and that meantthat connections were less expensive to install, and take rate was high, and churn was low. (Longmont stopped offering the Charter Member deal to new customers after 2017, when the infrastructure was built-out.) https://mynextlight.com/terms-conditions/ 2:30:36: Dave Yuan: Um hum. In regards to the financing, though, we do have about $34 million in the bank right now. So, what we can do, actually, is spend that money first. And then, hopefully -- well, I don't have a crystal ball either -- if rates do go down, rates could bedown -- hopefully more favorable -- in a year or two, when we do need to build phase 2 of the project, let's say. So -- 2:30:58: Commissioner Scharff: OK. That's a fair answer. 2:31:03: Dave Yuan: OK. So, then we can talk about -- Any more questions on Option 1? OK. We can move to Option 2, please. 2:31:11: ### Slide 9 -- OPTION 2 -- PHASED DEPLOYMENT So, Option 2 is a phased deployment. Kind of like an incremental build. So, based on running our numbers, we could probably allocate about $20 million to the first phase of the project, for fiber to the premise. And the remaining of the funds will be used for the backbone. So, this will be interest rate risk-free, I guess, in a way. We won't be financing -- asking for any new financing. And we also have put together some deployment options. So, we will be looking at areas with the lowest construction cost, areas with the highest demand,based on the deposit program that we had ran. And also areas with the least competition, where AT&T Fiber may not be. We don'thave all those exact locations, but we tried to extrapolate, based on the survey responses we had. So, later on, we'll go into more details of these three scenarios. And John, from Magellan, will provide a map -- an overlay map of all these different scenarios. So,that will be at the end of this presentation. 2:32:10: Director Batchelor: Could I add .... 2:32:10: Dave Yuan: Sure. 2:32:11: Director Batchelor: So, one of the things that I know that you -- some of you might be surprised about is that we put this back on there. One of the things that we had talked about in the past was, this commission really didn't like the idea about building out in phases. And the thought process was -- is that this could take 10-12-14 years to be built out at that point. So, one of the reasons why I asked staff toput this back on there is exactly what you'll -- Dave just talked about -- And you'll hear a little bit more from John about this. But the biggest piece is is that it answers to Greg's point. One of the things that we talked about heavily about is, where's the interest rates going to go. Those interest rates continue to climb. We're going to have to borrow all this money. And the payback is going to be evenhigher. The advantage of doing this right now is to look at spending the monies that we have, look at the take rate portions of it. It gives us some time to look at and analyze does this really make sense for us? Are we really moving forward? But if you also think about it is,this gives us also time for when we were going to do electrification. There will be some opportunities that we can build jointly, as froman electrical perspective as well as on this fiber. So, if we were going to do this, and move this forward, and if the Council and yourselves recommend moving forward on this project, and we did this, it wouldn't be 10-12 years. It'll be a short period of time. Because there's going to be some scale of economies, that we can also work with the electric side. Because poles are going to have to grow. There's no doubt about it. From the electrification standpoint. Right now, our poles are not tall enough for two circuits. We needto build more circuits out there. 'Cause right now, as most of you know -- and I've talked about this -- is that when we have outages, wehave 3,000-4,000 customers on one circuit. So, the way that we have to do this is, when we rebuild these sections, we actually have to cut the circuits in half, or even in thirds. Well, that means that what you'll see now is that maybe you have a pole that sets -- and you'llsee the lines come across the top. So, poles are going to have to grow. There'll be a circuit that will run this way, and there'll be a circuit that will run this way, now. And the reason for that is is that we have to break these circuits down smaller. So we don't have the impacts on the electric. Well, while doing that, we can grow those poles, and we can put space in for the fiber side. So, there's going tobe some cost savings. 2:34:41: Also, too, is that, if you remember way back when, we talked about with maybe Google possibly doing this one-touch ready make-readypole set, ready to go. ### I suspect that staff never published a document for the public to look at. Much of the negotiations with Google were not open tothe public. Well, we can do that. We can do that ourselves. We'll have a contractor, of course, that will build the electric side. But when they're there, they can make those attachments to the fiber side as well. In the aerial. As well as, we know that -- we think -- and we're prettysure about this -- is, we're going to have to get into the underground sections too. We know that there's some 4kV out there. Butthere's no way the electrification, as we want to add load in those areas where these -- where customers have 4kV, we're going to have to put 12[kV] back in, and it's in underground. So, we're going to have to rip the streets open. Well, the fiber follows the electric sidetoday. It doesn't follow the water-gas-wastewater side. So, there's going to be some synergies, that I believe -- and I strongly believe this -- that we'll be able to save some dollars. And moving forward. So, that was the reason why to put this option back up to you. Have an opportunity to explain this to you. And then, of course, all of you can make your own decisions from that standpoint. But I justwanted to be clear that that's the reason why. It wasn't that we think this is a better -- and we were not listening to what all of you were asking for. It's just that we thought this might be an option for you. And why this option's back up on the table. Thank you. Sorry. Goahead. 2:36:08: Dave Yuan: Oh, thank you. Next slide, please. 2:36:11: ### Slide 10 -- OPTION 2-PHASED DEPLOYMENT - ADVANTAGES Dave Yuan: So, the advantages, again, are -- Option number 2 -- we've talked about already. There will be no new bond financerequired. So, there'll be no debt service. So, it's a less -- it's a limited financial risk to the City. It will provide 20 to 30 percent of the community access to Palo Alto Fiber, depending on which scenario we use. And then, also, give us time to build expertise, anddetermine what kind of take rate we'll be get -- to decide whether or not we want to continue, or change the model, or whatever it maybe. So we will have an extra year or two, to still pursue Option number 1, then, per se, depending on how successful this phased approach goes. And then, allows the City to pivot if take rate is below the minimum that we're expecting. Next slide, please. 2:36:58: Chair Segal: Can I ask two questions on this phase 2? ### It's Option 2. One is, you say that you would -- sorry -- you would choose those areas with the highest take rate possibility. But I would assume thatwould be the same for any project we'd undergo. So I don't -- 2:37:21: Dave Yuan: Yeah. Well, it's hard to decide what the highest take rate is, since we have a limited dataset, I guess. We do have somedifferent scenarios. ** from the demand that we did with the surveys. I think we only got 740 deposits. So, I don't know if that's a good sampling of where the highest take rate could be. But it helps to identify some areas. 2:37:44: Chair Segal: OK. I thought that's what it said was one of the -- that was part of the approach to the second one. I just think it would be the -- it should be the same, regardless. Right? I mean, take rate is everything. So we would want to pursue that first. And the second question is, so, construction costs are going up. The cost of money -- you know, bonds are going up. So, have we thought about -- If those things go up, you know, what -- I guess what I'm saying is, if it's more expensive than we initially planned for,and we start doing this, and we get to 10 percent of homes, or whatever the percentage is that's less than what we're planning, and we've run out of money, is there a backup plan? Then do you take a bond? Do you just -- Oh, well, we've spent what we've spent? And -- I mean, 10 percent isn't a viable business, .... 2:38:39: Dave Yuan: So, we did build some contingency in the financial model. There is a 20 percent contingency for construction costs. So,that is built in there, for now. So -- I don't know if it's going to be sufficient. Hopefully, it will be. Regarding if we don't get the right takerate, there are some levers we can pull. We can do more marketing campaigns. We can slow down construction costs. We can slow down construction project. We can renegotiate with our vendors, and whatnot. So, we'll just have to figure out which is the best way tomove forward, I guess. 2:39:10: Chair Segal: I guess that was a very inarticulate way of saying, we don't really know how long phase 2 could take, if we're dependingon initial take rate to fund future projects. And now we're talking about combining it with electrification. Right? 2:39:26: Dave Yuan: Right. We do not know how long. 2:39:29: Director Batchelor: I don't know if that's truly a true statement, because, again, like I said, is that if we were going to use the synergies around the electrification portion of it, we know that the system needs to be touched and rebuilt. In a period of time. Is it 10 years? Idon't think it's within 10 years. Is it 7 years. It's quite possible that it could be out to 7 years. At that point, for the underground. And forthe aerial portion, will be done quicker, of course. But, you know, like I said, the underground sections will have to be repaired, as well, too. So, -- Um. Yeah. I don't think that, you know, this project, if we were able to tie the two together, is going to go 10 years out. 2:40:18: Vice Chair Johnston: Just kind of a follow-up to this discussion. I mean, I take it, with Option 2, you're saying we would have a build- out of some 20-30 percent, and kind of see how that was going. And if we -- And if the take rate wasn't sufficient, what are we going todo? I mean, we've got a utility -- a Fiber Utility -- that supposedly has -- well, has some customers -- 2:40:50: Dave Yuan: Um hum. 2:40:50: Vice Chair Johnston: But it sounds like not enough customers to make us feel comfortable going forward, .... 2:40:58: Dave Yuan: Right. I guess It'll depend on what the gap is, and whether or not we want to bond finance the rest of the project, or just doa slower build-out. So, instead of 7-10 years, it might take a little longer. But based on, if we were to get $2 million, or $5 million ofrevenues every year, the longest it would take would be 20 years. Because we'd need like $100 million to complete the project, let's say, including inflation. So, the longest would be, roughly, 20 years. 2:41:25: Vice Chair Johnston: 20 years is not very attractive. 2:41:26: Chair Segal: Yeah. It IS a long time. But I also don't understand the math. Because we have these costs to run the entire fiber utility. And if we only have a small customer base, the cost side doesn't -- isn't .... 2:41:40: Dave Yuan: The cost does associate to the number of customers we're serving. So -- Our working capital would be respective to howmany customers we have. So, instead of spending $15 million on working capital, we might be spending only $3 million. 2:41:54: Chair Segal: But you have all the staff, and the support, and the -- I guess, is it the customer? Or is the utility planning on buying theboxes, or the arms that go inside the homes? 2:42:09: Dave Yuan: The City will be providing that -- the equipment. And regarding staffing, that's why we'd probably start first with theoutsourcing model. So, we'll pay them based on phase, or customer take rate, or -- So, that's how it's structured. 2:42:26: Director Batchelor: I also think, Chair Segal, another option might be is that we start looking at -- maybe looking for a third party tocome in with us. To partner with us, at that period of time. Because, again, it seems to be that the most costly piece of the fiber systemis really that last mile. And the operation portion of it is to kind of do a blend with internal help of resources as well as going to the outside and contracting that work out. Those contracts, then, could be dissolved at that point. And then, as we try to look for anotherpartner, maybe, to come with us -- And then maybe to also then continue the build-out of the fiber system. I don't think that we would just shut it down, because it's a valuable asset that would be out there for us. So -- And I think that it might be good -- It would begood thing for us to continue building to the community at that point. So, it's just an option that we could look at -- That's just one more. 2:43:36: Dave Yuan: OK. Next slide, please. 2:43:38: ### Slide 11 -- OPTION 2-PHASED DEPLOYMENT - DISADVANTAGES So, the disadvantages of Option 2 is, basically, construction costs will probably go up, since we don't have any economies of scale. We'll get a better bid price if we do it all at one time. There is uncertainty of when all residents and businesses will have access to Palo Alto Fiber. So, it will depend on the take rate how much we reinvest back into the network. And then, we might lose our first-moveradvantage. So, competition will definitely probably respond. And we might lose our first-mover advantage. And the speed to market,which could result also in a lower take rate. And then, finally, is that running the communication infrastructure to the City needs, it won't be as fast as we had originally planned. So, there are certain things that we COULD connect to, but there are other areas we'll have towait and see. And that's it, it looks like. 2:44:30: ### Slide 12 -- OPTION 2 – PHASED DEPLOYMENT SCENARIOS And then, here is a kind of a scenario of the three. So, under Scenario 1, with the lowest cost and the highest density, based on the current model, we can provide access to about 10,444 homes and a thousand businesses. Under the highest-demand model, based onthe deposit program, there's about 8,200 customers we can pass homes, and another 900 businesses. And then, what there is with the least competition, where AT&T may not be providing service, there's about 7,800 homes and 900 businesses. But just to note, justbecause we passed the most number of homes and businesses does not necessarily translate to the highest take rate. So, we do haveto factor in all three scenarios, I think, to achieve that high take rate. The highest take rate. So, John will be providing a map, after this presentation, to show kind of the areas, and how they overlap. Next slide, please. ### Slide 13 -- OPTION 3-PAUSE FTTP - ADVANTAGES And then, the third option, basically is to let the private market -- or collaborate with the private market, and have them help us enhance broadband, either by increasing capacity, increasing speed offerings, and also -- um -- just providing access to everyone. So, tell themto build out their network faster. And we can do this by streamlining some of our permitting processes, sharing some of our poleinformation, just so they can plan better. And then, also, this option. The fiber surplus can be reinvested to other needs of the City. Like Dean said, maybe electrification, or grid modernization. I think there's less restrictions on the dark fiber reserves than fiber to thepremise reserves. ### Up to now, there has been just one Fiber Fund. (And all the funds have come from dark fiber revenues.) Can we agree to stopcalling these funds "surplus"? And, last slide. Or, next slide. 2:46:24: ### Slide 13 -- OPTION 3-PAUSE FTTP - DISADVANTAGES Disadvantages is that we won't have any control over the internet service. The private ISPs will still dictate the prices, the speeds, the quality, and whatnot. So, we can try to help them expand through the community. But we won't have much of say on how they offer theservice. And then, also, we won't be supporting our other smart initiative needs for the City. Next slide. 2:46:51: ### Slide 14 -- COST COMPARISONS (In Millions) And this is a cost comparison chart of the three options. 2:46:54: Vice Chair Johnston: Could I just ask a question about Option 3, ... 2:46:56: ### Slide 13 again Dave Yuan: Sure. 2:46:46: Vice Chair Johnston: ... which is, how does it differ -- how does what you're proposing actually differ from what we tried to do back in2016, with Google Fiber and AT&T? 2:47:10: Dave Yuan: That was an option back in 2016. Again, I think Council and UAC looked at another option. I don't think it changed. Let'ssay a similar option, for ... 2:47:20: Vice Chair Johnston: I mean, what happened back in 2016, to my recollection, is that we were talking to both AT&T and Google Fiber. And they just weren't interested. 2:47:32: Dave Yuan: Right. 2:47:32: Vice Chair Johnston: So, it went nowhere. ### Please see my comments at 3:36:40. 2:47:35: Dave Yuan: There is more activity nowadays with the 5G and the wireless small cell communications. So, we are working with themcurrently on lots of new wireless communication facilities. That -- These are small radios they're attaching, to improve their coverage. In their areas. It's usually more for cellular, though. Not so much ... ### I wouldn't say the City is "working with" wireless providers to achieve common goals. The City is permitting wireless providers to use the City's infrastructure, in the ways that the City is required to do. 2:47:54: Vice Chair Johnston: And I guess the -- I'm not expecting you have to answer this. But I don't know why we would expect the ISPs toact more positively now than they did six years ago, when it was -- when the market was new ... 2:48:12: Dave Yuan: Um hum. 2:48:12: Vice Chair Johnston: ... and they had more opportunity. ### Good point. 2:48:16: Chair Segal: Yes. 2:48:16: Commissioner Metz: I had one question about this. When we say ISP, in Option 3, what do we mean? Are we talking about, you know, someone to provide a service, or are we talking about someone who builds out, you know, the -- everything that's not backbone? Physical infrastructure? 2:48:34: Dave Yuan: I guess both. I guess. 2:28:35: Commissioner Metz: It IS both. That's what I was trying -- 'Cause usually ISP -- at least to me -- means the service provider, not the -- you know, the last-foot builder. Whatever you want to call it. 2:48:46: Dave Yuan: Yeah. There is an overbuilder -- Like, when Google was here, we were trying to collaborate with them, and help them speed up their project as well. So -- And then, lastly, again, back to the last slide ... 2:49:00: ### Slide 14 again ... is a comparison chart. So under all three models, ### That is, under all three Options. the fiber backbone is about $26 million. And then, in Option 1, the full deployment of fiber to the premises is about $100 million. And under Option 2, it's $20 million. And in Option 3, we wouldn't be spending any. And then, the working capital, again, is respective to thenumber of customers that we're serving. $15 million for Option 1, $3 million for Option 2, and zero for Option 3. And in regard to costsavings, on the funding side of the model -- So, the total cost for across the three Options is about $143 million for the full build-out, $49 million for the incremental approach, and only $26 [million] for the fiber backbone only. And in regards to funding and savings, wewould achieve about a $45 million in total for Option 1, which is a combination of shared joint savings for creating both networks, and also a contribution from the Fiber Fund. ### It seems perverse to say that the Fiber Fund's $34 million contribution is a "savings." Rather, it's money that doesn't have to be bond funded. And, as I mentioned, the contribution from the Electric Fund, we didn't put in their contribution, just because we wanted to bond finance it together, to see if we can get a better rate. Then, when we do a bond presentment, we can go with both scenarios, to see what wecan -- decide on which rates we're getting. ### I'd be surprised if this strategy works. ### What interest rate is money in the Electric Special Projects Reserve earning? So, we don't have to decide now. But we're trying to, I guess, compare -- put them all lined up together. And in Option 2, cost savings will be significantly less, 'cause we'll be working mostly with the aerial -- assuming -- which is the fastest and least costly to construct. Most of the cost savings are in the underground areas, where we share joint trenching. So, we won't realize that in the Option 2 phased approach. And then, Option 3, we just split, basically, the network in half, 'cause it will be shared between the fiber and still electric. So,that's how we came up with these costs. 2:51:01: Um hum. 2:51:02: Commissioner Forssell: Question. For Option 2, did I hear you say that there's an assumption in there that they would be aerial? 'Cause aren't there three options? 2:51:13: Dave Yuan: Yeah. I think when we built this model, it was mostly assumed aerial. I think we would have to rerun the numbers if wewere to look at some underground areas, to see if there's more savings. 2:51:23: Commissioner Forrsell: So, is aerial the areas of lowest cost and highest density? 2:51:26: Dave Yuan: Yes. 2:51:28: Commissioner Forssell: Not areas of highest demand, or areas without AT&T Fiber. Got it. 2:51:32: Dave Yuan: But then, if we were to build in areas of -- underground areas of higher demand, the construction costs might go up as well, so it might get offset with the cost savings. So, if we were to build in more underground areas, versus aerial areas, the cost ofconstruction will go up. But there will also be higher joint savings. If that makes sense. 2:51:59: Commissioner Forssell: So, do I understand, then, that Packet Page 112, the fact that the total cost is $20 million across the board -- You're saying, yes, it's always going to be $20 million. It will just be split differently between the Fiber Fund and the Electric Fund,depending on which of the three options ... ### I agree that there's something goofy about Slide 14 (Packet Page 131). For all three options, the Electric Fund ought to contribute between $13 million and $18 million, the value it derives from deploying the dark fiber backbone extension (per the table on PacketPage 110). (When will be know whether it's $13 million or $18 million or something in between?) IF the Electric Fund contributed $18million, then Option 2 could spend $26.1 million on FTTP. 2:52:20: Dave Yuan: Right. I think for Option 2, we are saying that we're going to allocate just $20 million. But the number of customers thatwe're passing may be less if we're going to underground versus aerial. So we would be passing less customers. But with the same $20 million investment. 2:52:38: Commissioner Forssell: Right. But the cost savings will change ... 2:52:42: Dave Yuan: Right. It will change ... 2:52:42: Commissioner Forssell: ... So the allocation of Fiber versus Electric will also change. Of that $20 million. Do I understand that correctly? 2:52:48: Dave Yuan: Well, I don't know as the allocation between Fiber and Electric will change. I think if the Electric was to get its own dedicated backbone, I think the costs -- we've modeled is about $13 million. ### Again (Packet Page 110), it's between $13 million and $18 million for Electric's share of a dark fiber backbone extension that is allegedly for multiple purposes. At one time, it was proposed that Electric's dedicated piece of the dark fiber backbone extension was a144-strand cable, and the other piece was a separate 432-strand cable. If the point of having two cables was just so that Electric could have a dedicated piece it was willing to pay for, I think that's crazy. 2:53:05: Chair Segal: I'm sorry. Could you say piece again? 2:53:07: Dave Yuan: Yeah. For -- If we were to build a dedicated backbone for the Electric Fund, ### That is, for the Electric Utility. the cost would be $13 million. I think that's their share. It's what we're estimating right now. So, that $13 million doesn't change for the Electric backbone. Unless the fiber is sharing that backbone as well, which is in Option 3. Actually, that's not true, though. Let's justsay .... [laughs] 2:53:39: Chair Segal: So, I understand the backbone piece. But if there are these synergies, I don't understand why some of the cost isn't allocated to the Electric. So, I thought you were saying if you're trenching to upgrade the Electrical system, then, at the same time, youwould lay fiber. Um. Wouldn't that be a cost -- Wouldn't that cost then be allocated somehow between the two funds? 2:54:11: Dave Yuan: Yes. In that scenario -- Yes, it would be. If we're doing electrification with the fiber project, we would -- the fiber wouldrealize some savings from that. We just haven't modeled those areas yet, so we don't know what the true amount may be yet. But there is savings. If we were to combine the two projects. There are synergies. 2:54:32: Chair Segal: I think there's two separate issues I'm talking about. One is, there's a synergy and an overall savings. You're digging once, and you're getting the benefit of both upgrades. There's a second question, which is, if that's the case, and both funds areworking at the same time, isn't there some kind of allocation of those costs? Are you -- Whatever. If it's -- I don't know --- a thousand dollars -- call it a million dollars for 1,000 feet. Or whatever. ### $1,000 per foot is outrageously high. But it's just an example. 2:55:04: Dave Yuan: Um hum. 2:55:04: Chair Segal: And if it's a million dollars for the Fiber Fund and a million dollars for the Electric Fund, that's going to be $1.2 million instead of $2 million, doing them together, wouldn't it be like $600,000 each, rather than the Fiber's paying it's full million? 2:55:20: Director Batchelor: Yeah. That is true, Chair Segal. So -- I mean, most likely, you know, the Electric side is going to pick up the majority of that cost, because it -- usually when we look at putting conduits in the ground, it's done by the number of conduits that areactually taking the space up. So, it's actually a better deal for -- actually, for fiber. 'Cause it's probably going to be only one -- maybetwo -- 2-inch pieces of conduit in that trench line. So, the allocation could be 75-25. ### This sounds like Director Batchelor is assuming there would be three conduits for the electric. What size would those conduits be? At 2:32:11, Batchelor discusses reducing the number of customers on a circuit, in the aerial case. Would that principle apply alsoto the underground case. And could that mean the number of electric conduits could be six? On nine? ### What are the conduits made of? And does that affect how easy they are to install? And how costs should be shared? Same thing on the -- Same thing on the aerial portion. If the pole needs to be replaced, because it's been sitting out there, that costcould be anywhere from that 70-30 percent, where the fiber is only going to put in 30 percent to that pole. Plus there's also going to besome monies that are going to be given back from AT&T, because we're all joint poled with them. So, there's some cost savings in that. That's why I said, we don't know how to run that -- I haven't run that number yet about what those potential savings are. But Ithink they're pretty greatly, when you look at the construction costs, from we've seen the construction costs could be here. 2:56:26: Vice Chair Johnston: I just want to confirm that I understand what you just said. You haven't tried to quantify what savings there wouldbe from doing the fiber, presumably Option 2, in parallel with the grid modernization. Is that correct? 2:56:46: Director Batchelor: That is correct, Vice Chair Johnston. So, I don't know yet. You know, we are working on trying to get thesenumbers for the electrification aspect of it. But, you know, the materials cost -- as we were just talking -- as Commissioner Scharff weretalking about interest raising. Materials costs are raising just as much, and contract costs are just raising just as much as, too. And so, it's hard to quantify right now what those numbers -- and what those savings could be. Is it 50 percent of what this build cost is? I don'tknow. I don't know if it's that much. But is it, you know, 75 percent of that cost? Whether it's a savings of 25 percent of this cost, off the top? Maybe. It's probably a pretty good -- maybe probably a pretty good guess, I would guess. But we haven't done -- I don't want to say that. Is -- we just haven't quantified it yet. 2:57:41: Dave Yuan: I think -- John, I think it's ready for your slides. 2:57:46: John Honker: OK. Thanks, Dave. Commissioners, let me just switch over. You know. And this is really an expansion on discussionon Option 2, as we stop to think about -- And, actually, let me pull up the prior slide. Because this kind of supports the maps. 2:58:03: ### Slide 12 again As you're thinking about Option 2 as another way to start sort of in more of a crawl-walk-run approach with fiber to the home than a --you know, an all-at-once -- Right? Option 1. You know. With $98 million in new funding. So, again, this chart shows a couple ofdifferent options. Think about the $20 million as a fixed number. And why is that $20 million there? Think of that as just what is left over in the Fiber Fund that would be available for fiber to the home after the backbone was built, with the remaining funds and thecontributions from Electric. So, basically, if we take the backbone out, we have about -- the cost of the backbone out -- we have about $20 million for a first phase of fiber to the home. Or fiber to the premise. And then, we can choose how that would work. So, of course,the important point is to understand what are those options. Right? And we have developed these three, based on [1] lowest cost,highest density, [2] areas of highest demand, and [3] areas of least competition. 2:59:14: So, the first one is really just a common sense approach, saying where is -- where can we get the most bang for our buck? Where canwe connect the most residents to the network as quickly as possible? Which means building in high-density areas, building in areas that are -- that are aerial, predominantly, and keeping our costs down as much as possible. And you can see, with that $20 million, wecan hit a lot of customers. We can reach, you know, nearly a third of the City's residences. Because, again, the cost per passing -- the cost per home is very low. Because, predominantly, we're going into those high-density areas, and we're going aerial. Where construction costs are lower. 3:00:01: The second option is the areas of highest demand. And look at that, again, to get a sense of the demand, the deposit program that Palo Alto Fiber ran gives us an idea of where that demand is, in each neighborhood within Palo Alto. So, we looked at how many customers-- or, I'm sorry, how many residents responded to, and put deposits down, in each neighborhood, to determine where that demand level was. It's somewhat qualitative right now. But -- We need to do some work to really hone in on those. But it gives you a first glance, asyou think about this model, as an alternative to the full-blown fiber to the home approach, in Option 1. 3:00:47: And then, areas of least competition. Right? From the survey, we know which residents have reported having AT&T Fiber service. We mapped those. And with that, we can say, OK, well, we feel that there are neighborhoods that have a high density of AT&T customers,and are well served by AT&T there, versus others that have none, or very few. And we can look at building there. And we can also combine these three, and determine where the best areas are among all three options, as a starting point for fiber to the home. So thisis the kind of analysis -- you know, as a broadband provider, we -- you know, we would typically run, right in the commercial market, tobe able to decide, hey, if we're going to -- if Palo Alto Fiber is going to deploy, these are the parameters, and this is what we should be looking at. 3:01:36: ### A map of Palo Alto is displayed. It's not a slide. So, to visualize that, here's a map of Palo Alto that really shows, you know, the entire City. I'm going to leave the foothill area off a little bit, because it's hard to see the entire map. But I'll scale out in just a minute. But, really, what we're showing here is a layer of -- several different things. If you look at the green areas, these show you where the highest demand -- or, the lowest cost and the highestdensity is. So, in this map, you could potentially build those areas for $20 million. Right? The construction costs are just a little bit under $20 million. And that would give you access to about 10,000 -- a little over 10,000 customers, in areas where AT&T is notreporting service today, based on what the residents have said they're subscribing to. And these are also areas where constructioncould happen quickly, and also happen with, you know, lesser community impact, given that they are aerial areas. So, again, those green areas represent the -- those high-density, low-cost areas. 3:02:55: ### A color key for the map. It's not a slide. And I'm actually going to sh- -- leave this key up on my screen, so you can remember what those colors correspond to. Let me just move that over. See if I can get this all on one page. Yup. So, as we look at the other areas, areas shaded in blue are where residents have reported having AT&T service today. ### I suppose he means AT&T Fiber service today. Now, again, these are based on neighborhood boundaries. Or what we call "fiber zone" boundaries. So, not every street will be covered by AT&T. There may be some areas that only half of an area is AT&T and half of it's open. There's always going to be somekind of question about where services are -- their services are. That happens in every market. But, yeah, you have to use -- to have a starting point, just to understand where you THINK those services are. And if the goal is to try to avoid areas -- avoid competing withAT&T, in areas where fiber to the home service already exists, you would want to avoid those areas in blue. And that also includes theareas in pink here. So, you know, you can see a good chunk of the center -- the central-eastern portion of the City is pretty much covered, and the northern quadrant of the City is pretty much covered by AT&T. You know, we would typically want to not be building inthose areas, if their service exists, if your goal is to, you know, reduce the amount of competition you have with AT&T. 3:04:28: The areas in pink are overlap between the green areas -- lowest-cost, highest-density -- and the areas where AT&T is providingservice. Or, where it appears that AT&T service is being provided today. What's interesting about this map is also that, you know, weanticipated that most of the AT&T deployment would be in aerial areas. But we find that, actually, there's quite a bit of underground that they've deployed in already. From -- Again, this is based on the survey results, and what residents have reported. So, this gives you afirst glance of, you know, looking at costs. You know, build-out in this first phase, based on costs. Versus build-out trying to minimize competition. And then, there's another dynamic. Looking at deposits, and take rates. So, the layer that I've just turned on now showswhat those -- the areas where the most deposits were received in the survey. So, the aqua -- turquoise -- colored areas are wherethose deposits were received. Or, the most amount of deposits. And you can see, they're kind of sporadically strewn around the City. And it's interesting also because, in some cases, they overlap with the areas where AT&T is currently providing service. So, that tellsus that even though there is AT&T service in certain areas, there's also some demand for customers to subscribe to Palo Alto Fiber. Or subscribe to AT&T. Right? ### I don't understand this last point. Why would someone in an area already served by AT&T Fiber put down a deposit asking to be served by Palo Alto Fiber unless he/she really wanted to be served by Palo Alto Fiber? (To force AT&T to lower its prices? Maybe.) ### How many people who put down a deposit also already subscribe to AT&T Fiber? Or there's at least demand for fiber services in some of the areas where they're providing service already. 3:06:09: The areas in yellow also show where levels of the -- the high deposits, and lowest-cost, highest-density. So, you know, your bestdeployment options are really in these yellow areas. As -- If you look at phase 1 and say, where would be the first neighborhoods I would go to get the highest number of -- the highest take rates and also build at the lowest cost. This is a lot to digest. So, I'm going tobreak it down and make it a little simpler. So, we're going to just turn off some layers, and we're going to look at just the best-buildcases, based on deposits. And, basically, this is what that map would look like. We would have -- We would avoid -- We would avoid the pink areas -- oops, let me turn this off -- as a first potential deployment. And this would be about a $16 million build. You'd belooking at mostly this sort of the center -- the center of the City. Right? These areas in yellow, showing where the highest levels of deposits and the highest demand are. I'm sorry. And the lowest-cost, highest-density. The areas in green are also lowest-cost, highest-density. So, you know, as we look at this information, think about, again, the different dimensions: 1) lowest-cost, highest-density, 2) considering where competition lives today, and whether direct competition is -- um -- something that is, you know -- the City can stomach, versus maybe avoiding, and then, also [3] where, potentially, that demand was greatest. Again, the goal here is to helpyou understand kind of the dynamics of the market in Palo Alto, thinking back, again, to Option 2. 3:08:05: I'm going to flash back to that other slide, with the numbers. 3:08:12: ### Slide 14 again. You know, each of these options gives us -- you know, it gives us decent numbers of homes with access. Right? If we build purely inthe lowest-cost, highest-density areas, you know, we get the best bang for the buck, but the most customers served. However, the take rates may not be as high. Right? As we saw in the map, some of those areas, you know, did not correspond to areas where wereceived, you know, high levels of deposits. If we look at areas of highest demand, those are -- it's a smaller number of customers butthe same capital. So, we're going into some areas of underground. We're getting less bang for our buck, but our take rates may be slightly higher. If we go into areas of lower competition -- Right? -- we may have less pushback from the competition. We may havehigher take rates, because we don't have a complementary service out there. But also, you know, we're going to have a smaller, lower build overall -- lower number of customers served. So, these are just some of the dynamics of things to think about as you'reconsidering Option 2, because, you know, as we look at these, you have viability in each one. Right? And I think what's important is,as David mentioned, you know, the risk to the City is lower here, because the debt service -- there is no debt service attached to the Fiber Fund that's out there today. So, that does create a more economical build, that could potentially withstand lower take rates, iflower take rates, you know, were realized. But also gives you some opportunity to get into the market in a big way. Right? I mean, even this lowest scenario, where we're only building 7,800 homes and 900 businesses, that's still, you know, 27 percent of the City'shousing stock. And about a third of the businesses. So, it's significant. And you're doing that, in each one of these cases, for aboutone fifth of the capital that's needed in the entire project. 3:10:23: Now, that other $80 million, for the remainder of the fiber to the home, will, of course, be -- happen, you know -- Take rates will have tobe substantiated. The City will have to be successful at this first phase, moving into that second phase. But this is an alternative path, to potentially get started. For your consideration. 3:10:47: Commissioner Forssell: Can I ask a -- Can I ask a quick question? 3:10:49: Chair Segal: Actually, I think -- actually, Commissioner Smith has been trying to ask a question. 3:10:57: Commissioner Smith: Thank you, Chair. Yes, I have. I want to make a couple of comments. But also, I think there's been some great commentary made. First of all, there was a comment about municipal services -- municipal residential services in California. And,John, perhaps you can help us. According to my research, there's at least 28 cities in the state of California with municipal fiber to thepremises service. ### I'd like to see this research. Do you know what the statistic is? 3:11:34: John Honker: Well -- So, Commissioner Smith, there are a lot, as you and David mentioned. The qualifier was, have they built out to100 percent of the city. ### Muninetworks, in this article, chose to define "citywide" as more than 80 percent of the city.https://muninetworks.org/content/municipal-ftth-networks And I think what we've seen is, no, they haven't. They're in process. They're starting. They're at different phases. But they are allmoving in that direction. A number of cities have already sort of started that process. I don't know the exact number. We can find that out relatively quickly. But, you know, there's at least, you know, 10-15 that have already started with the fiber to the premisedeployment, you know. On a limited basis. Maybe a neighborhood basis or greater. 3:12:23: Commissioner Smith: It's safe to say that we will not be the only one. 3:12:26: John Honker: Correct. 3:12:27: Commissioner Smith: OK. Um. The other point that I want to make -- And there seems to be some fear about the City's ability toactually do this business. Which is shocking, given the fact that the City has done dark fiber for better than 20 years. And has accumulated $34 million. In the Fiber Fund. So, I would encourage everyone to reflect on the fact that the City can do this. That theydo understand how to do this business. They may not know how to do fiber to the premise ISP, dealing with residential. But theycertainly know the residential side from the electrical. The fiber is just one aspect. And partnering seems logical. 3:13:13: The take rate. There's been an enormous concentration of discussion on this 25 percent take rate. Correct me if I'm wrong, John, butisn't your analysis -- or, doesn't your analysis show our possible take rate -- our minimum possible take rate, based on our analysis of the survey, is significantly higher? 3:13:34: John Honker: The findings of the survey, Commissioner Smith, yeah, absolutely show that the take rate -- after discounting for execution risks -- inflation, contingences, you know -- our analysis came out to around 40 percent. 3:13:54: Commissioner Smith: Thank you. I think that's an important statistic. What the 25 percent represents -- based upon what I'm seeing -- correct me if I'm wrong -- the 25 percent represents the bare minimum. If you were able to break even. 3:14:10: John Honker: Correct. 3:14:11: Commissioner Smith: Thank you. And I think that's an important point. I think, to the point of the mapping that you just showed, wehave a citizen population that is keenly interested in getting this done. I think Commissioner Scharff raised some great points withrespect to interest rate environment. When we first started talking about this -- literally, in my case, 6 years ago -- interest rates were pretty much a non-issue, because they were literally near or at zero. Today, they're not. And that is a very important point. So, theentire cost of build, even if you look at Option 1 OR Option 2, the entire cost of the build will be more. If you look at inflation, it will be more. If you look at interest rate, it will be more. What I like about Option 1 is that it forces us to build to a rate, because the cost ofcapital is so expensive. so we MUST build, and MUST take customers on at a take rate that can support the payments. That's what Ilike about Option 1. What I like about Option 2 is that is does spend the money that we do have available today first, and gets us to the playing field -- to your point, John. It starts us early. I don't like -- I don't like calling it "crawl-walk-run." But I do like the fact that we getinvited to the ballpark. 3:15:40: Which makes me think that perhaps there is an Option 4 that we and staff can consider. And if that is indeed the case, and if we agreethat both inflation and interest rate costs are too great a burden to accept at this time, more importantly, the future of what those two willbe in the future is too great a risk to absorb, then perhaps there is a fourth option. And that fourth option is to go ahead and, for this evening's purposes, accept Option 2, as a "let's start" position. And then, in a year's time, or in two year's time, when we've spentthrough the first $25 million, or whatever, and we have better statistics, and better feeling, and opinion, and understanding as to how to run a fiber to the premise business, we reintroduce the notion of Option 1, which is an option for some type of revenue bond for thebalance. I think that's worthy of consideration. Thank you. 3:16:58: Chair Segal: Commissioner Forssell, and then Commissioner Scharff. 3:17:04: Commissioner Forssell: Um. I just -- I had one quick question. I'll hold my larger commentary for later. The -- Using survey responses as a proxy for -- Or, sorry, we're using deposits as a proxy for areas of highest demand. Is that right? 3:17:20: John Honker: Correct. 3:17:21: Commissioner Forssell: And how many deposits did we get, again? Seven hundred some odd? 3:17:26: John Honker: 740. 3:17:27: Commissioner Forssell: So, how many of those, in the map, would the color of the sort of recommended fiber zones to do in the Option2, under the areas of highest demand scenario -- how many of those seven hundred and -- I've already forgotten -- seven hundred and some odd ... 3:17:48: John Honker: 740. 3:17:48: Commissioner Forssell: ... are they hitting? 3:17:52: ### The map again. John Honker: So, as far as the 740 deposits -- which I'll just turn that layer on for you here. So, effectively, the 740 deposits aredistributed throughout these areas. 3:18:09 Commissioner Forssell: Yeah. 3:18:09 John Honker: We didn't consider any areas that had less than 5 deposits in the analysis. Right? So, we said, you know, if the neighborhood has one deposit, it's not going to count. Right? It doesn't give us enough credence. And, again, it's qualitative. Right? Because -- But we have to have a place to start. Right? By looking at places where people have put down earnest money. So, .... 3:18:32: Commissioner Forssell: So, a proxy for demand is having received 5 deposits. 3:18:37: John Honker: In -- yeah -- per each .... 3:18:39: Commissioner Forssell: Um hum. 3:18:39: John Honker: ... neighborhood zone. 3:18:43: Commissioner Forssell: And then, in this proposal with -- um -- again, I believe the recommendation was yellow and green, how manydeposits total are encompassed in the areas of highest demand scenario? 3:19:01: John Honker: Um. So, you have about 350 in these areas. 3:19:04: Commissioner Forssell: So, half of the deposits -- ish ... 3:19:08: John Honker: Correct. 3:19:08: Commissioner Forssell: ... would be served in this first phase. Thank you very much. ### I'm not sure where Commissioner Forssell is going with this. I think all deposits "count" to show interest citywide, although not all "count" to show sufficient interest in particular neighborhoods. ### Maybe the map should have an extra dial to specify how many deposits it takes to display a neighborhood as sufficiently interested (turquois). 3:19:19: Chair Segal: Commissioner Scharff. 3:19:20: Commissioner Scharff: Thanks. I wanted to follow up on what Commissioner Smith said. I was actually having a similar thought -- isthat if we start with Option 2, and it's going really well, can't we just continue to roll on, if City Council, at that point, decides to do that? 3:19:35: John Honker: You absolutely could, Commissioner Scharff. So, the way, you know, you would look at this is, the first phase getsdeployed -- let's say it's two years between the first -- between Option 2 being deployed and then moving on to a further fiber to the home deployment. In that second phase, then, assuming things are going well with the first phase, you would have, you know,additional -- you know, the additional financing that would happen in that year. But it may create some opportunity, because you wouldhave a going-concern business at that point. Right? With going-concern revenues. Maybe the financing looks different from a typical revenue bond. Maybe -- Or, maybe it's a mixed revenue bond, where the fiber facility can stand on its own, at that point. Because ithas assets. It has revenues. And it has a track record. So, you know, it would potentially open up more financing opportunities, to mitigate some of the interest rate risks that's out there today. 3:20:43: Commissioner Scharff: So, I had the same thoughts, frankly. Is that, you have an ongoing business. We've proved some things. We've disproved other things. We know where interest rates are, probably, a little bit better, a couple years down the road. Hopefully, inflation's moderated. Hopefully, all of those risks we've talked about are moderating, or at least clearer -- than at this time and changestudy's at. 3:21:09: I was also wondering, what is the big fear of AT&T for? I mean, why -- I mean, Comcast serves everywhere. Is that it? And thenAT&T only serves a few places, and we'll worry about being the third player? It that it? 3:21:27: John Honker: I'm sorry. I missed the first part of that question. 3:21:30: Commissioner Scharff: The first part of the question is, what's the big fear of AT&T? Right? I mean, -- I said, Comcast is everywhere, and we just don't want to be where there are three players: us, and AT&T, and Comcast? 3:21:40: John Honker: I think the -- You know, and it remains to be seen, because, you know, typically in a fiber to the home build, you will have the fiber competitor going head to head against the cable operator. That's the typical build. We don't see a lot of scenarios where youhave another fiber competitor -- Two fiber competitors in the same market, let's say. So, there may not be -- That fear may beunsubstantiated. Right? Only time will tell, when you went out. But it would be substitute product in the market, that could lower take rates. Right? If there's another -- You know, if AT&T is already competing with Comcast out there, and has some market share insome neighborhoods, the City enters the market, you'll be going head to head with AT&T in those areas. And they will be two fiber products. So, at the product level, there'll be, you know, a similar product. Now, at the customer service, at the, you know, local ownership level, -- Right? -- the other factors -- the other features -- of Palo Alto Fiber may still influence people to come over and say,hey, we're going to -- we'd rather buy from Palo Alto Fiber than from AT&T. But there is a core product there that's very similar, that in most markets there isn't. So, that's kind of how we would look at it. 3:23:08: Commissioner Scharff: OK. Those blue areas. They seem to split -- They seem to split right up to the -- um -- OK, there was another color there. Put all the colors up there for a second. I guess the dark blue areas. What are the dark blue areas again? 3:23:36: John Honker: The dark blue areas are where AT&T -- where residents who responded to the survey saying they have AT&T Fiber. 3:23:46: Commissioner Scharff: Well, we don't know if they do or not. 3:23:48: John Honker: We don't. Again, qualitative. They've reported that they have it. We looked at their speeds. And in most cases, the speeds were, you know, up above 500 megabits, which, if AT&T is their provider, that has to be a fiber connection. Typically, it can't bea DSL or a copper connection. So, we did a little bit of analysis to say, well, OK, do they really know what they have? And if they do,you know, are the speeds where they should be? They could still be substituting one provider for the other. They could still be saying, well, I -- say I have AT&T but I actually have Comcast. ### Did you look at upload speed? (Comcast DOCSIS 3.1 HFC can do 500 Mbps down, but not 500 Mbps up, so it can't "spoof" AT&TFiber.) I'm sure there's a few false positives in there. But overall, as we looked at data, we saw quite a few. We saw, you know, in each fiberzone, it had 5-20 people reporting AT&T in those areas. So, think of it as a general guideline. What's also important is, if we zoom in. You know, these are large neighborhoods. Right? So, for example, here, in the northeast, you know, it may be that AT&T has adeployment over in the very eastern side of the neighborhood, but hasn't moved into the central part of the neighborhood. So, youknow, they are guidelines to think about. A starting point. For potentially moving into a certain area. And there's other things that the City can do to kind of vet that out, actually by riding out -- actually going out into these neighborhoods, and actually looking at theinfrastructure that's been built, to determine who's in each area. 3:25:27: Commissioner Scharff: I mean, it just seemed to me that if we did the blue areas, AND the green areas, and the yellow areas, thatseems like a much more viable business. I'm also guessing that -- Like, I'm looking at some of these -- The blue areas are right up --border the green areas. Like, sometimes the completely surround them. I would assume -- I don't know how -- If we said "go" today, how long would it be until we actually had fiber to people's homes? Or, if the City Council said "go," you know, next week, or whatever? 3:26:00: John Honker: You know, a conservative timeline would be 18-24 months. 3:26:05: Commissioner Scharff: And, you know, I guess what I'm figuring is that -- I don't know what AT&T's plans are. Maybe you do. But itwould seem, if they're completely surrounding those green areas, that they are going to -- In 18-24 months, they will have started moving into more of the green area. At least, that's what it LOOKS like, on the map. I don't know why that's true. 3:26:27: John Honker: Yeah. Which is a good argument for potentially picking an area that has more green, and, you know, more contiguous green, and starting there. Right? Versus maybe starting in this green area, that's completely surrounded by blue. 3:26:46: Commissioner Scharff: Yup. And I guess I would also argue for picking one of those neighborhoods where there's blue. You know, maybe where your cursor is now, ### The cursor is roughly at Midtown. where there's a lot of green there. And seeing if your take rates in the blue areas are really worse. So you actually know that, as youdo some of it. So it's not just the green areas. You know what I mean? 3:27:10: John Honker: Well, and -- it's part -- it's a very -- And it's a common practice. Right? So, let's say that if the construction is going on,you know, right here in Old Palo Alto. Right? And the construction is happening on these streets, there's no reason why marketing can't be going into here, to find out exactly what these customers have, and what they want. Because, as that build is happening here,it's very easy to start extending it in. And that -- Until you actually are in construction, and are really in full marketing and sales mode, you won't be able to predict that. That happens with the actual running of the business. Right? ** people on the street. Rolling out themarketing campaign. Having construction contractors hang door- -- put door-hangers on people's homes. Right? So they know that the service is there. And then finding out who wants it. And if, you know -- Maybe you create a -- you create a rule that says, well, if, you know, we get 30 people to sign up in here, we'll go ahead and build it. Right? As we're growing and building the green area. So,those are just the on-the-ground tactics that typically you're going to be doing as a broadband provider. 3:28:04: Commissioner Scharff: So, if we vote for [Option] 2 tonight, that doesn't mean that we're just saying the green areas. Those issues willbe put together in a marketing plan, and come back to the City Council, or to us AND the City Council. 3:28:37: John Honker: Absolutely, they would be. They would really have to be fully fleshed out, and go to this sort of -- be built into the go-to-market strategy for, you know, actual implementation. 3:28:47: Commissioner Scharff: Yeah. All right. I'll stop there for now. Thanks. 3:28:52: Chair Segal: Council Member Cormack. 3:28:54: Council Member Cormack: I want to take a moment to thank Chair Segal for repeatedly asking for this map. I don't know how manytimes you've asked for it. And I want to thank you, Mr. Honker, for providing it. Because this is the kind of conversation that I'm listening to, that will be very important to making -- you know, when the Council makes a decision. And I want to encourage staff, whenyou bring this forward, to sort of think about the advantages and disadvantages you talked about. So, for example, from an equityperspective, you can see that there's quite a large portion of the City that is completely uncovered. Right now. And, you know, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to look at the dark blue of the AT&T Fiber and think about -- um -- house prices, for example. Um. So,this map is extremely valuable. And I think it's going to be hard to convey in a staff report. We get them printed -- those of us who get them printed. I'm sorry for all this detail, but, like, this is really important. We get it printed in black and white and gray. So, you know, maybe the multiple layers need to come in color print. for people who get the printed packets. 'Cause this really is going to move thediscussion from people's personal experiences to an understanding of how this will affect the entire City. And, you know, you could imagine people making a different decision about 1 and 2 -- Options 1 and 2 -- based on seeing where we would NOT be providingservice for some time, and where it does not appear that AT&T is currently providing fiber. So, again, my sincere thanks to Chair Segal,for your perseverance. And to Magellan for providing this. I think it will be very helpful as we go forward and make decisions. 3:30:54: Chair Segal: Commissioner Forssell. 3:30:57: Commissioner Forssell: I appreciate that point as well. And I want to add to it. 'Cause I'm -- I think we -- I would like to be talking about broadband and not just fiber. ### In that case, I think UAC and Council should be VERY careful to agree on what definition of the "broadband" they're interested intalking about. FCC's current definition of broadband is inadequate: only at least 25 Mbps down and only at least 3 Mbps up. (Andthese are "up to" speeds -- not guaranteed.) FCC Chair Rosenworcel wants the FCC to update the definition to at least 100 Mbps down and at least 20 Mbps up. But that may not happen until a 5th FCC commissioner is appointed.https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2022/07/fcc-chair-proposes-new-us-broadband-standard-of-100mbps-down-20mbps-up/Rosenworcel is also proposing a separate "national goal" of 1 Gbps down and 500 Mbps up. ### If Council said the "broadband" we're interested in is at least 1 Gbps symmetrical (regardless of what the FCC's definition of broadband is), that would be great -- for now. In the future, I think we'll want to increase that definition from time to time. And I thinkonly fiber can support that. To the point that was raised by one of our public commenters -- ### Hamilton Hitchings (2:00:24). and looking back at the study -- one of the documents from our study session, that showed that in the survey, very few people are interested in faster upload speeds. ### I think Commissioner Forssell is citing the 09-19-22 staff report, Figure 7 (PDF page 42, Packet Page 78). https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/2022/20220919/20220919pccsm-amended-linked.pdf ### I think Figure 7 doesn't say people aren't interested in faster upload speeds. I think it says people would be more likely to switch to a product that had 1) lower price, 2) faster speed, or 3) higher reliability than to a product that had 4) faster upload speed. ### I don't know exactly how the questions were worded. Were respondents told -- or did they infer -- that "faster speed" meant faster download speed only? Or were respondents told -- or did they infer -- that "faster speed" included faster upload speed? ### One of the uses of the upload network is to send acknowledgements (ACKs) for downstream packets. If the upload networkbecomes congested and ACKs are delayed or lost, that affects download speed. But the average survey respondent may not havethought about that. And so, some kind of an indication of just whether people have good broadband available to them, instead of being solely focused on fiber, I think is important to include in the discussion. 3:31:44: I'm thinking back to when I started on the UAC in 2016. And it was right as the conversations with Google Fiber were deteriorating. And there was much handwringing around the fact that AT&T was not providing fiber, as they had promised to do. And the tone of the conversation that I remember at the time was not -- we just wanted someone to provide fiber. ### I'm not sure how to parse this. And I feel like we're a little bit -- I worry -- losing sight of the goal, which is just that our community be served with broadband. Not that it be the City versus AT&T, and we win. And I really want to just draw attention to that. That I'm not convinced that the goal is to duke itout with other providers. My goal is for that -- everybody in Palo Alto to have access to good quality broadband. ### At reasonable prices, reasonable reliability, reasonable privacy, reasonable net neutrality, etc.? ("Broadband" usually just refers tospeeds.) 3:32:47: And I think that, you know, the unique ability of City-owned fiber is not necessarily that it will be cheaper. In fact, it seems unlikely that itwill be cheaper. Which is the number one concern in the survey. I do -- You know, I'm personally excited about better privacy and no data caps. But, again, it doesn't appear from the survey that much of the community is interested in that. 3:33:14: So, I'm definitely not interested in a revenue bond. Or Option 1. For all the reasons that have been raised. It seems really risky. I don't think that the City should be in the business of, you know, taking business risks to duke it out with a -- other companies providingsomething similar. I do think that we should be laser focused on providing broadband access to those of us who don't have it. And so,Option 2 is intriguing, but I still -- I would love to see the options be expanded to -- we have lowest-cost, we have demand, we have not served by fiber. I would really love to see something that's just, like, areas of need. Which I still feel like we haven't quite captured. Demand kind of captures it. Not having AT&T kind of captures it. But my motivation for being interested in fiber is to serve those who have no options to get decent broadband. And I still -- I would like to see a map that captures that. You know. And a cost estimate tomatch. As the place to start, for an Option 2 scenario. 3:34:40: Dave Yuan: John -- Sorry, I was going to ask John. John, would you provide that map as well? Regarding broadband speed? From the survey? 3:34:49: John Honker: I think we -- Well, absolutely, we would be able to do that. So, we could look at, you know, what -- from the residents that responded, we have, you know, the speeds that they're reporting that they receive. And also what they actually are testing at. So,I'm sure we can build a map to do that. 3:35:11: Commissioner Forssell: I mean, in -- That would be a great start. In theory, some of them, perhaps, could pay more and get betterservice. But the map that you're indicating -- that's the speeds that they have -- would be very helpful. Especially if patterns emerge that are geographic patterns. 3:35:31: Oh, and the only other thing to throw in, I guess, is an understanding of how internet works in multi-family buildings. The -- It is higherdensity. But my understanding is that is, you know, individual apartment residents can't make the decision to switch. And it's a multi- year contract with the building owner or operator. So, I would like to have a better understanding of that dynamic, as -- you know, as we-- projection of take rates, or whatnot, in the different neighborhood scenarios would play out. 'Cause certainly our multi-family housing is concentrated in certain areas of the City. So, it feels like that would affect this conversation. And it's probably out of the scope of thisconversation to think about future new housing being built, and what the City might be able to offer there. So, I think that 's the mainbulk of my comments. Thank you. 3:36:37: Chair Segal: OK. Go ahead. 3:36:40: Vice Chair Johnston: So, I too remember the conversation that we had. It was actually six years ago tonight that UAC discussed fiber. ### The 11-02-16 UAC agenda had an Item IX.4, "Fiber and Wireless Update." But there was no staff report. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory-commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2016/final-uac-revised-agenda-november-2-2016.pdfMinutes here: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory-commission/archived-agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2016/final-uac-minutes-of-november-2-2016-meeting.pdf Video here (0:15:02 to 1:23:08): https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-11022016/TRANSCRIPT here (pages 42-71): https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/00-archive/2016/doc-letters-11-28-2016-set-1.pdf And we were told, basically, that Google was no longer willing to talk about working with the City. ### My recollection is that Google had decided not to deploy Google Fiber after all -- in Palo Alto and a lot of other cities.https://www.cnet.com/tech/services-and-software/google-fiber-pause-rollout-october-2016/Google hadn't been "working with" the City in a partnership. It had been figuring out how to deploy its own FTTP service -- with cooperation from the City, of course. AT&T had shown NO interest whatsoever in working with the City. ### My recollection is that AT&T was figuring out how do deploy FTTP on its own. And, you know, six years later, we don't have any progress, in the sense that we don't have any more people connected. ### AT&T Fiber has deployed to some places in Palo Alto. But, yeah, the City hasn't connected anyone to the City's FTTP service. But we've made a lot of progress in terms of thinking about how to achieve what I think we agree is the goal. Which is to get high-speedbroadband service to everyone in Palo Alto. ### Again, at reasonable prices, reasonable reliability, reasonable privacy, reasonable net neutrality, etc. I think that's been the goal. And we ought to continue to move toward that goal. I don't think that Option 3 moves us toward that goal, because I think we're -- we'll be stuck in the same place that we have been, which we don't have any ISPs or third parties are comingforward and saying, you know, we want to participate. ### Good point. Part of the 11-02-16 meeting was an update on the RFI (Request For Information) the City had issued to find potentialpartners. A slide said, "None of the responses completely align with the City objectives contained in the RFI." 3:37:56: I came into the meeting this evening thinking that Option 1 was the best, because that would actually move us toward the goal. But Ihave listened to the discussion about the interest rates and the -- and listened to Director Batchelor talking about what we're definitely going to have to do. And so, we shouldn't try to maximize that opportunity. ### I didn't understand this point. So, I, at this point, come down in favor of Option 2. And I agree that it's going to require some additional thinking about where we would start that build-out. But that seems to me to be the safest option. And to build up a track record, which would allow us, if it's verysuccessful -- As others have said, if the first phase goes well, and it looks like we would get a high take rate throughout the City, wecould maybe accelerate the rest of the build-out. Those are my comments. 3:39:14: Commissioner Metz: Well, first of all, I'd just like to applaud the research effort that went into this. I thought it was very valuable. Nottotally a happy story. But still very illuminating. As I understood it -- and I'm not sure I did after I heard the answer to Commissioner Smith's question, so, maybe you can clarify it -- but as I heard it -- read it -- it sounded like all the cities in California deliveringresidential broad- -- you know, high-speed internet -- And there were not -- First of all, there were not many found in our study, but all of them were partnering with an ISP. There wasn't a counterexample to that. Is that still cor- -- Is that correct? Or, is it -- ### San Bruno is the ISP providing broadband citywide, using that city's infrastructure -- FTTP to some areas and HFC to other areas. https://sanbruno.ca.gov/825/Fiber-to-the-Home ### Santa Monica is the ISP providing broadband, using its FTTP infrastructure, to some businesses and some affordable housing buildings.https://www.smcitynet.com/ ### Loma Linda is the ISP providing broadband, using its FTTP infrastructure, to some neighborhoods. (It's not a poster child because its speeds are low.) https://www.lomalinda-ca.gov/services/l_l_c_c_p ### I don't claim that this is a complete list. 3:40:00: Dave Yuan: Yeah. Those partnerships, usually, they are targeted areas. They're not doing the full citywide deployment. ### This doesn't answer Commissioner Metz's question. 3:40:06: Commissioner Metz: OK. So, that was the model. So, that obviously suggests a risk. I mean, it suggests both a model for going forward, and also a risk to doing something else. That said, you know, our previous research had said that there is strong communitysupport, in terms of take rate. I think. Also, the majority of residents are unbundled. More than 50 percent unbundled internet from cable -- from entertainment. ### That is, more than 50 percent did take internet and didn't take a traditional TV service. (Some may receive entertainment content over the internet.) So I thought that was good news. So, my thought was, doing Option -- similar to what has just been discussed -- do Option 2. And bydoing that, make ubiquitous high-speed broadband a fait accompli in Palo Alto. ### I'm not sure what "high-speed broadband" means. "High-speed" suggests some kind of speed, but I don't know what it is. Similarly, "broadband" suggests some kind of speed, but I don't know what it is. ### Option 2 won't make anything "ubiquitous" for quite a while. And use that kind of stake in the ground to possibly, in parallel, explore partnering with an ISP. And I mean "ISP" in more the ordinarysense of the word, namely, a service provider. Not somebody who does insta- -- necessarily who does the -- you know, the ca- -- thefiber installation. 3:41:15: Also, I think -- and I think other people have mentioned this -- you know, if this -- that seems to be going swell, you know, we canaccelerate it. There's nothing that stops us, two years from now, from saying, wow, people are banging on the door for more, let's accelerate this. And then, as has been pointed out, we have revenue coming in the door. So, it's much easier to do it, too. So,anyway, that's my thought. I think the idea of working -- given the other kinds of models we've talked about for spinning this up, including city employees, with all the problems we've had scaling in other parts of the utility, I think partnering with an ISP could be a good way to get this going fast. Especially somebody who's done it in three or four other cities, you know, seems to, you know, be agood way to ensure that it kind of would work. 3:42:06: Dave Yuan: Yeah. I think that is the thought. We start outsourcing the ISP service, then you're getting -- So, that is part ... 3:42:11: Commissioner Metz: I think the reason that one chart that showed the other cities that were doing something like this, ### Packet Page 116 there were, like, four different companies that seemed to be cutting across all the cities. 3:42:27: Chair Segal: I had a couple questions. Starting with one. I'm really intrigued by the synergies, if this is with electrification. Do we have any sense when electrification projects might start? And then -- on a totally separate one, but I'm going to throw it out there now -- is -- Thank you for finally sending this sheet about where California cities are at. And as I read that sheet, I thought, there's no city in California that currently does what we're proposing to do. And I'm wondering if, Mr. Honker, you have any thoughts about why that is. 3:43:07: John Honker: You know, it's -- Chair Segal, it's interesting. 'Cause we've seen, you know, in almost every other state where there aren't restrictions, we see cities providing service. Right? ### Not only that, we see cities providing FTTP service in states, like Tennessee, Utah, Louisiana, and North Carolina, where there ARE significant restrictions at the state level. So, you know, there's a number of states where it's restricted. And then, there's a number of states where it's not restricted by statute. And, the states that it's not restricted by statute, we see, you know, municipal broadband service providers out there every day. Youknow, I -- We don't know the dynamics in California. And it's interesting, 'cause we work with so many California cities. And we hear, you know, costs being higher as one of those reasons. You know, generally, in terms of labor. CalPERS. That has been kind of a recurring theme that we've heard in the past from other cities that have either considered or have started to deploy fiber to the premise. 3:44:13: Chair Segal: Is there any guesstimate -- Thank you -- any guesstimate about when electrification upgrades would begin? 3:44:23: Director Batchelor: Not at this point. 3:44:26: [laughter] 3:44:27: Chair Segal: I thought you might say that. 3:44:27: Director Batchelor: I don't want to put that out there tonight. 3:44:28: Chair Segal: No, no, that's fair. That's fair. 3:44:30: A couple other thoughts, I think. A few of us have said it, but I go back to what is the purpose of this project. And if the purpose is toprovide -- is to -- well, yeah, to provide what we've already said -- better internet -- broadband -- to those who don't have it, I don't find -- I shouldn't say I. I've spoken to many, people outside of the survey. I worry that surveys are a little bit distorted, because the people who respond to it are the most engaged -- on both sides. And so, I did a lot of independent research, to try to reach out to people. AndI found two -- let's say under 10 percent of the people I spoke to who thought that the fact that Palo Alto offered -- would be offering the service would have been -- would be reason alone to switch over. ### Was it a representative sample of people? There's a lot of -- We haven't talked about it, but switching over is not simple for everyone. ### That sounds like a potential future topic. And there's a lot of inertia. So, when I look at that map, I come out very differently than Commissioner Scharff. I think -- I see anywherethat says AT&T Fiber reported and AT- -- Well, I guess it's purple and blue -- the darker blue -- To me, those would be the last ones to look at, because my goal would be to equalize access for the City. And to help those who don't have it. And if we're learning how to do this business, I don't -- it's hard for me to understand why we would want to jump in and compete. As the first step, I think we'd want tostart where we had a little more freedom. Um. I, too, came in thinking -- I'm not sure it's the right idea to do it at all. But I came in thinking, if we were going to do it, that we should just do it. But after tonight, I'm probably switched more toward Option 2, as well. Andthen, I really -- I thought, listening to something Commissioner Scharff said early on, this idea about incentives -- It's way down the line,but this idea of sort of free internet for some period of time to incentivize is super-intriguing, especially, again, because there is a lot of start-up effort and cost. And I think you need to hook people. It needs to be worth their while. And hook them. Because just like wesee, you know, great deals -- I can't say "we," 'cause I don't -- but people in the City -- you know, to play off Comcast and AT&T, if you have both those. They've figured out the same thing. 3:47:16: OK. i see Commissioner Scharff. 3:47:19: Commissioner Scharff: Yeah. I just wanted to clarify. What I'm interested in is, I don't think we need to make the decision tonight aboutwhere to go. We need to make the decision on which Option. But my concern is not necessarily to go head to head with AT&T, or gointo the blue-colored areas, of whatever. It's to have a viable business, frankly. 3:47:40: Chair Segal: You're kind of breaking up. 3:47:43: Commissioner Scharff: I don't know why. I guess I don't have good internet. I'll have to switch. ### Commissioner Scharff was apparently trying to make a joke. But what kind of internet service DOES he have? (And ditto for the other commissioners.) Does the ISP throttle the bandwidth after he's been on a Zoom call "too long"? ### On the other hand, maybe just speaking into the microphone would help. Maybe I should go with Option 1. The real concern for me is that we demonstrate, if we do Option 2, that we have a viable business. And we do whatever it is that makes the right business decisions to demonstrate that. Because I don't think we could have a business,for instance, that subsidizes, you know, people that can't pay for the internet. Or if that's all we focus on. I think we need to put up a viable business. And once you have a viable business, then you can provide for, you know, internet for those who don't have it, forthose who -- But at first, what you have to do is, you have to create the business, so you can support subsidizing it, if that's what theCity chooses to do, to other people in the community. And if we don't create a viable business to start with, the whole thing will fall apart, and we'll never go to the whole City. So, I DO think that's what the purpose needs to be, whatever that business decision is, ofwhat -- And I don't know what that is. I don't know where we should go first. It made sense for the green, in that -- But I think, first, you make the decision, if you're going to do Option 1, to ** And then, from there, they come back to us with studies on particular items, and develop the business plan. And I'm not even sure the business plan issues should be decided by us or the Council. I'm not sure we'requalified. ### The way City government works, UAC recommends, and Council decides. But anyway, I think those are -- those are my thoughts on that. I didn't want to be -- let people think I'm arguing for going into the blueareas. Other than, I said, as a test to see IF we have a similar uptake or not. That really was my point there. It was about testing the different theories, so that as we move forward, to develop what's the best viable business plan, we have metrics that we understand. 3:49:39: Chair Segal: OK. Thanks. Thanks for clarity. And I guess I would ask you, Council Member Cormack, what's the most useful -- There's this action item to choose 1, 2, or 3. I don't know if that's what Council wants us -- to declare 1, 2, or 3. I mean, I can say, forme -- and, again, I spoke to so many people, and it's not clear to me that residents want fiber. ### Slide 15 -- UAC RECOMMENDATION ### I don't know why this slide appeared at this time. It's clear to me that residents want good internet access. It's VERY unclear to me that they want Palo Alto Fiber. But it's also -- If I'm choosing one, I certainly have an option that's more clear. So, I don't know what's most useful. 3:50:23: Council Member Cormack: I'm going to defer to staff on this. ### I would like to have heard something like this: The reason there is a UAC is so that the Commission can look into issues in moredetail than Council has time to do, and then provide its best advice to Council. It should not just guess what Council wants to hear, and then say that. If Council doesn't agree with UAC's advice, so be it. They won't be constrained by it. 3:50:28: Director Batchelor: Well, I think that, from staff's perspective, we were hoping that the Commission was going to be able to make SOME type of recommendation to the Council. Um. I mean, we put these options in here. We're definitely open to a Commission tosee if there was another option, other other options, that were more favorable than the ones that we came up with. But I think, though,that, you know, we'll definitely capture this whole conversation that we had tonight -- to the Council. But, while we wanted to make it an action item. And I thought, from what I heard -- My plan was, at first, was -- I wasn't bringing it back here. After we had theconversation with Council ### And the UAC, on 09-19-22. I was thinking that we were just going to go to Council, and to have Council make the final decision. So, the thought was, come backhere, think out these options for you tonight, and hope to get some type of direction on what we would like to -- at least -- If you want to leave all three options for Council -- But make a recommendation that the Commission made a decision that this might make the most sense. Then, at least we have something to take to Council. And at least they'll know, from a Commission standpoint, what yourfeelings are. 3:51:46: Chair Segal: Commissioner Scharff. 3:51:47: Commissioner Scharff: You know, I'd like to move Option 2. ### A MOTION. 3:51:53: Vice Chair Johnston: I'll second. 3:51:57: Chair Segal: OK. 3:51:59: Commissioner Forssell: Can we -- Can we discuss the motion before voting. 3:52:02: Chair Segal: Sure. 3:52:04: Commissioner Forssell: 'Cause I certainly share the sense that we all are warming towards things that feel like Option 2. I just want tomake sure that it doesn't -- that we're not being too specific in the recommendation. You know, that it -- That the idea around Option 2 that I'm interested in supporting is just something that's limited, that doesn't raise a revenue bond. You know, I don't know if $20 millionis the right number. As I mentioned earlier, I'm interested in, you know, a fourth way of defining like what's the right area to start. So,something that captures that there's some sort of additional decisions to be made, but that -- the idea of a -- a more limited initial build- out that doesn't require bond financing. If we can define Option 2 that way, perhaps. I'm curious, your thoughts, Greg -- CommissionerScharff -- since it's your motion. 3:53:10: Commissioner Scharff: Yeah. I mean, I guess, that's sort of what I heard. I mean, I heard that if we go with Option 2, that they willcome back to discuss the details of what that looks like. And, actually, I would assume they would come back several times. Right? I mean, this really isn't a business plan, and fleshed out. This is the big decision that we're not going for bond financing. We're going to use the money we have, basically, and try and move forward. And do that. And how many homes can we serve. And, you know, whatis the best thing it looks like. I mean, that's -- that was my sense. But maybe staff .... 3:53:49: Commissioner Forssell: So long as that's clear. 3:53:51: Commissioner Scharff: Yeah. Maybe. And, I mean, if staff had a different view of it, I think it would be great if they spoke up. But that was sort of my sense of it. So, if I'm reading that wrong, you know, let me know. 3:54:01: Dave Yuan: Yeah. I think Option 2 is just to have a phased approach without any bond financing. We aren't fixed on that $20 million, like you mentioned. We will have to do more analysis, to see what the construction -- where areas are, and what the rates will be. What the costs will be. But the whole thought -- concept of it is just to not go debt service with the option, but still build the backbone,and also at least begin to build fiber to the premise in some areas. And provide that service. 3:54:31: Commissioner Metz: I would favor that -- you know, the motion, Option 2, but I would like to highlight the ISP ingredients captured inOption 3. Because I don't think that's been discussed previously. At least I don't recall that. So -- And I think that could be a very positive ingredient, particularly since it seems to be how other cities in California are doing this. ### Shafter (population 20,768) outsources. ("Business and residential services are provisioned and supported directly by established, qualified service providers.")http://www.shafterconnect.com/ ### Rancho Cucamonga (population175,142) partners. ("The City is proud to partner with Onward as its retail internet serviceprovider....") https://www.cityofrc.us/rcmu/rcmu-fiber-optics ### Who else? So, I would like somehow to convey that that's something that Council should be considering. 3:55:01: Dave Yuan: I think that would come of the outsourcing model for Option 2. ### Or, for that matter, for Option 1. So, we could contract that out -- the ISP service part of it. And find a partner to do that. ### I'm not comfortable with calling the entity doing the outsourced stuff a "partner." So, I think that is -- does not preclude it, I guess. From what's currently listed. 3:55:14: Vice Chair Johnston: Yeah. My only concern about going too far down the road on the ISP is, I don't -- I wouldn't want to see that be acondition of moving the project forward. I think if, along the way, we're able to work with an ISP, that's great. But, .... 3:55:32: Commissioner Metz: Actually, I agree with that. You know, I don't mean to make it a, you know, a ** -- a gate for going forward. I agree with you. 3:55:44: Chair Segal: Commissioner Smith. 3:55:48: Commissioner Smith: Thank you, Chair. I appreciate that. I think, from my perspective, if we vote Option 2, we push -- to use our ViceChair's phrase -- we push the project forward. And I think that's good. With respect to how we fund it, we have fund[ed] it. So, we're agreeing that we're going to spend what money we have first. As a team. And we're recommending to Council that we spend themoney that we have first. What money is available, we spend that first. But I don't want to restrict our City Council, let alone the individuals who end up actually running this business -- their own abilities, their own capabilities -- for HOW to build the business, HOWto run the business, and, preferably, how to do it efficiently. Economically. So, my preference is, if we're going to adjust the motion,and we simply don't agree with moving forward with Option 2, which I -- I think I prefer, my preference is is that we vote on Option 2, but then, to Dean's point, is there any reason for this to come back to the UAC? Option 2 is the recommended way forward. It seems that'sreasonable. Perhaps City Council feels different, in their deliberation. And they may kick it back. I can see that happening. But,similarly, we're approaching this from a very conservative perspective. We're using that money that we have available. We have a path forward. At least it has been presented. Now, granted, there's more work that's necessary. Council Member Cormack raises a veryimportant point. And this is something that is going to have to be fleshed out, post-discussion, with Council, is, how do we ensure equitability. And equality of services across the City of Palo Alto. Right? But that's something for the business to address. I'm not socertain it's something for us to address this evening. Thank you. 3:58:34: Chair Segal: Ah, I've been reading Option 2. The other pieces that -- I don't know what you're looking for. What you're looking for. But it doesn't even decide between which phased approach is recommended, between lowest-construction-cost, highest-demand, orleast-competition. So, ... 3:58:57: Dave Yuan: I don't think we have to decide on that tonight. 3:58:58: Chair Segal: Yeah. 3:58:59: Dave Yuan: We have to do more analysis and come back with different actions -- or just scenarios. 3:59:02: Chair Segal: Yeah. I'm just struggling, just based on my conversation with so many people, whether to recommend fiber at all. It's a -- If they're going forward, Option 2 would be the recommendation. I don't know. 3:59:19: Commissioner Forssell: Thanks for putting up this on the -- on the -- Oh, sorry. I didn't wait to be recognized. May I? 3:59:26: Chair Segal: Yeah. [laughs] 3:59:27: Commissioner Forssell: The -- I like the way it's phrased. On the screen. ### (Slide 15) 'Cause it's very top-level and directional. So, if that's the motion, that makes a lot of sense to me. 3:59:40: Chair Segal: OK. So, we have a pending motion for Option 2, that's seconded. And this is Option 2 as we read it here, not what was inour packet, then. ### There are two one-sentence descriptions of Option 2 in the staff report. One is on Packet Page 106. The other is on Packet Page132 (Slide 15) 3:59:49: Dave Yuan: That's correct. 3:59:49: Chair Segal: OK. Got it. 3:59:51: Commissioner Smith: If I may -- sorry -- I don't agree with that. Again, to the point of what happens in two years' time, when interestrates collapse, and we're at zero again, and suddenly people are out of work, and they actually want to go to work for the City of Palo Alto, because they have five years of fiber work to do, we buy it on the cheap, and suddenly, our $140 million investment is now $80million investment. Simply from an economics perspective. I would prefer to leave it wide open, and address that later. The original measure -- The original Option 2, the way it was drafted in the packet seems appropriate. ### I suppose this is the version on Packet Page 106. Why would we direct Council -- I don't think that's in our purview. To direct Council how to fund a recommendation. ### Right. UAC doesn't direct Council, but it can recommend to Council. Correct me if I'm wrong, staff. I -- That doesn't seem to be our remit. 4:00:57: Director Batchelor: You are correct, ... 4:01:00: Commissioner Smith: Thank you. 4:01:02: Director Batchelor: ... Commissioner. It -- Yeah, it -- They're not going to direct But I think that -- You know, I was just talking to Dave just now. And the thing is is that I'm not sure -- and this maybe -- I know this is getting late, but I'm not sure if that ### Batchelor points to the screen, i.e., to the version on Slide 15. is really the recommendation. 'Cause if you go back into the report, on page 106, ### That is, Packet Page 106. this one talks about "under a phased approach without new bond financing." And I guess when you were having these conversationsabout it -- that, you know, it wasn't just kind of spelled out, I guess, I was thinking -- I'm reading this right here. I don't really understand. So -- And it talks about where the $34 million of fund. $13 million from the Electric Fund. To build the fiber backbone in phase 1. So, I don't know if there is some language there that you would prefer to have. 4:01:55: Commissioner Scharff: Well, let me clarify what the motion should be, then. I'll just make it clear. 4:02:00: Director Batchelor: OK. ### It's Chair Segal's prerogative to let Commissioner Scharff do this (or not), not Director Batchelor's. 4:02:00: Commissioner Scharff: You guys can either amend, or whatever. But this is my motion. Use $34 million from the Fiber Fund and $13 million from the Electric Fund ### Why $13 million and not $18 million? to build the fiber backbone and build phase 1 of the FTTP distribution network, ### Why say "distribution"? Why not just say "FTTP network"? in a phased approach. I'm not going to say based on whatever. I'm just going to say based on a phased approach, because I figuredpeople should come back to us and tell us how to do it. And I was just going to leave it at that. 4:02:32: Commissioner Smith: I love it. 4:02:32: Commissioner Metz: We have a second, correct? ### Not exactly. Commissioner Scharff's original motion was seconded, but not this version. Chair Segal: OK. So, the amended motion ... 4:02:37: Vice Chair Johnston: I would second. ### Good. 4:02:37: Commissioner Scharff: Well, I would call it the clarified motion. 4:02:42: Chair Segal: OK, But because what we have in the packet is different -- OK. 4:02:47: Commissioner Scharff: Yes. Yes. 4:02:52: Chair Segal: OK So it's Option 2 in the packet, without the last clause. 4:02:58: Commissioner Scharff: Correct. 4:03:01: Chair Segal: OK. Commissioner Smith. 4:03:06: Commissioner Smith: I would vote for yes, for the amended motion that was just addressed. [laughs] 4:03:13: Chair Segal: OK. We're tired. Commissioner Scharff. 4:03:17: Commissioner Scharff: Yes. 4:03:19: Chair Segal: Commissioner Forssell. 4:03:27: Commissioner Forssell: [pause] Yes. 4:03:29: Chair Segal: And I will vote yes. OK. Well, we're done with that item. ### I don't know why Chair Segal didn't ask Commissioner Metz to vote, or why he didn't insist on it. 4:03:44: Commissioner Smith: Go, team. From:Aram James To:ladoris cordell; Sean Allen; KEVIN JENSEN; Jethroe Moore; Binder, Andrew; Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; Perron,Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Gennady Sheyner; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Enberg,Nicholas; Greer Stone; chuck jagoda; Human Relations Commission Subject:EXCLUSIVE: Video Shows Inmate Brutally Beaten By Jail Officials Date:Saturday, November 12, 2022 5:42:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links.________________________________ Please distribute to council members.Thanks -Winter Dellenbach To: Palo Alto City Council Members From: Winter Dellenbach Date: 11-12-2022 RE: 11-14-2022, Item #3, City Council Meeting Study Session with IPA In addition to the update of the hiring and recruitment performance review by the IPA and trends in law enforcement, please add the following: PAPD Response to IPA Recommendations Need Council Discussion At your March 2022 Council meeting, you unanimously required the Police Department to provide a written response to each recommendation made by the IPA in their Reports. Two written Response memos are available: 1) To the most recent IPA Report and shared as an Informational Item on the June 20, 2022 Council agenda, and, 2) Response to the IPA’s previous February Report. Jan.1 – June 30, 2022 IPA Report here: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/police-department/accountability/ipa-reports/june-2022- independent-police-auditors-report-and-papd-use-of-force-report.pdf Police Response to IPA Recommendations, submitted with IPA Report above for same time period, pg. 42 (as indicated in top bar), attachment “C” June 20, 2022 City Council Informational Item #33 – Police Response to IPA Recommendations https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/agendasminutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council- agendas-minutes/2022/20220620/20220620pccsm-amended-finalfinal.pdf The PAPD will now submit written responses to IPA Recommendations with each IPA report. These PAPD Responses are extremely valuable for improving police practices and accountability. My Recommendation: I encourage you establish a regular time for Council to review and discuss the Responses, keeping Council and the public informed as to how PAPD is evolving. Perhaps this could take place at the time Council meets with the IPA, along with the appropriate PAPD staff. PAPD Twice-yearly Use of Force Reports Need Discussion by Council When will these now twice-yearly Reports be reviewed by City Council, now that the IPA’s oversight over Use of Force has been expanded? A Use of Force Report was issued on 2-14-22 and hasn’t been reviewed or discussed by Council. My Recommendation: I encourage Council to establish when City Council and Chief Binder will discuss Use of Force Reports. Use of Force Reports Need to Add Demographic Data: There is no information as to race or ethnicity for each person subjected to the Use of Force reported here. While the incident number is relatively small in these two Reports, race and ethnicity should still be included for understanding, if over time, any demographic pattern is seen for those subjected to reportable force and what led to it – call for service, Officer led contact, etc. My Recommendation: Race and ethnicity should be included in Use of Force Reports for each person subjected to reportable use of force. Current PAPD Use of Force Report Jan.1-June 30, 2022, pg. 44-45 (as indicated in top box) https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/police-department/accountability/ipa-reports/june-2022- independent-police-auditors-report-and-papd-use-of-force-report.pdf IPA Reports Need to Add Demographic Data: There is no information as to the race or ethnicity of those who were subjected to the force of a baton, chemical agent, TASER, less-lethal projectile, canine, or a firearm is used or pointed, and all cases where the subject’s injuries necessitate any treatment beyond minor medical treatment in the field. While the incident number is not large in this most recent IPA Report, race and ethnicity should be included for better understanding of the demographics of those who are subject to the above categories, or file Complaints with the PAPD. My Recommendation: Race and ethnicity should be included for subject or Complainant of each case for which IPA provides oversight in their Reports. IPA Report Jan 1 – June 30 2022 https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/police-department/accountability/ipa-reports/june-2022- independent-police-auditors-report-and-papd-use-of-force-report.pdf Additional Information for You Battling Bias in Policing, by Gennady Sheyner Lastly, if you missed it, here is the link below to the extraordinary 9-page article, with many graphs, titled Battling Bias in Policing by Gennady Sheyner in paonline/Palo Alto Weekly (week of 11-4-2022). It’s based on Gennady’s research and analysis of early Palo Alto Police Dept. RIPA data (2015 Racial Identity and Profiling Act that applies to all cities in CA). RIPA was designed to uncover profiling by law enforcement in big and small cities everywhere. Palo Alto Crime Data I Shared Recently at a City Council Meeting . 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To Palo Alto Art Commissioners and the Palo Alto City Council The Midtown poetry wall was created by children. Midtown is a child-centered neighborhood and we deserve to have the poetry wall preserved. Please respect the traditions of Midtown and work to keep the neighborhood a safe and vibrant community. Rather than remove the poetry wall, can the CPA take steps to keep the sidewalks cleared of wet (dangerous) leaves, provide more curbside trash receptacles and plant more street trees? These cost effective measures would go far to enhance the safety and beauty of the commercial area of Midtown. Respectfully,Mimi Wolf745 San Carlos Ct, Palo Alto, CA 94306650.245.6434 From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; Afanasiev, Alex; Jethroe Moore; Council, City; Winter Dellenbach; Foley, Michael;Michael Gennaco; Tannock, Julie; Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Human Relations Commission;vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Rebecca Eisenberg; Bains, Paul Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Former police officer charged with 4 felonies Date:Saturday, November 12, 2022 9:59:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. 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According to industry reports there is about $3 billion with a B venturecapital money comingand going from firms and start ups in the downtown area each year. We should text some of that to garner another $3 million.Mark Weiss Downtown north Downtown also is bouncing back. After tax revenues fell from $3 million in 2020 to $2 million in 2021, University Avenue and surrounding blocks brought in $3.14 million in 2022, a 5.4% increase over the two-year period. (PAW, 11/11/22) Ribbit Capital, a venture firm best known for its fintech investments, has raised $1.15 billion in new capital in what appears to be a close of its seventh fund, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) (TechCrunch, 1/3/22) Sent from my iPhone From:george1001 To:Council, City Subject:No rent control Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 2:16:43 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from george1001@gmail.com. Learn why this isimportant CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi. The property maintenance cost is keep going up, the inflation is up dramatically this year. We should no place rent control, otherwise, the landlord will not have ability to maintain property in good condition. Please say NO to rent control George Sent via the Samsung Galaxy Note9, an AT&T 5G Evolution capable smartphone View this email in your browser FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 11, 2022 Media Contact: Mary Tablante, Asian American Scholar Forum, media@aasforum.org U.S. Government to Pay Over $1.5 Million in Damages to Wrongly Prosecuted Chinese American Scientist Sherry Chen in Historic Settlement From:Allan Seid To:DENNIS LEE Subject:Fwd: U.S. Government to Pay Over $1.5 Million in Damages to Wrongly Prosecuted Chinese American Scientist Sherry Chen in Historic Settlement Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 10:20:00 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From: Allan Seid, Ian AitchisonDate: Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 10:04 AM Subject: Fwd: U.S. Government to Pay Over $1.5 Million in Damages to Wrongly ProsecutedChinese American Scientist Sherry Chen in Historic Settlement Source: Asian American Scholar Forum Washington, D.C.—Attorneys for Chinese American hydrologist Sherry Chen reached a historic settlement Thursday with the U.S. government in two lawsuits that sought accountability for Ms. Chen’s wrongful prosecution and termination from her job in 2014. The settlement is one of the largest paid to an individual plaintiff in Department of Commerce history. Ms. Chen will receive $550,000 from the Commerce Department and an annuity from the government valued at $1.25 million over 10 years. “This settlement is a tremendous victory not just for Sherry Chen, but for Asian American scientists, researchers, and scholars across the country who have been accused or had to live with suspicion for simply doing their jobs,” said Executive Director Gisela Perez Kusakawa. “We commend Ms. Chen for her spirit and perseverance during an unimaginably painful decade. We also thank and congratulate her attorneys with the ACLU and all the civil rights and community organizations who have supported her over the years. This victory is a reminder of the crucial role of legal professionals on the ground fighting for justice. No one should have to endure what Ms. Chen endured. That’s why we will continue to fight racial profiling, call for accountability, and emphasize that anyone who is facing discrimination is not alone.” For more information, see the ACLU’s press statement and coverage from MIT Technology Review here. ### Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) promotes academic belonging, openness, freedom, and equality for all and represents more than 7,000 scientists, researchers, and scholars in the U.S.. In response to heightened anti-Asian sentiments in the U.S. and increasing profiling of Chinese Americans and immigrants in science, AASF has been a leading national voice fighting for the rights of Asian American and immigrant scientists, researchers, and scholars. Share the news on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn! Were you forwarded this newsletter or want to encourage others to sign up?Sign up for our newsletter and email updates here. Asian American Scholar Forum (AASF) promotes academic belonging, openness, freedom, and equality for all and represents more than 7,000 scientists, researchers, and scholars in the U.S.. In response to heightened anti-Asian sentiments in the U.S. and increasing profiling of Chinese Americans and immigrants in science, AASF has been a leading national voice fighting for the rights of Asian American and immigrant scientists, researchers, and scholars. Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Public Records Request Tracking System To:Stump, Molly; Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan; Shikada, Ed Cc:Milton, Lesley Subject:Fwd: Policy and procedure/guidelines in distributing Public emails received directed to city council members.. Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 9:01:32 AM Attachments:image001.pngimage002.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. This CPRA was not responded to. We sent a followup as well discussion with Ms. Milton on this subject she indicated you Molly were completely aware of community emails sent to citycouncil with links. i.e padailypost.com and others Sadly, the only way to address this issue is to litigate and file a federal complaint because of your non responsivenesses. Palo Alto Free Press Sent from my iPad Begin forwarded message: From: Public Records Request Tracking System<public.records.request.tracking@gmail.com>Date: July 21, 2022 at 9:50:23 AM PDTTo: "Milton, Lesley" <Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org>, Ed Shikada <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org>, city.council@cityofpaloalto.org, Molly Stump<molly.stump@cityofpaloalto.org>, pat.burt@cityofpaloalto.org, Pat Burt <pat@patburt.org>Subject: Re: Policy and procedure/guidelines in distributing Public emailsreceived directed to city council members..Well….there was no link attached would you resend a URL please that would begreat. Just to recap community members that are sending emails to City Councildo so with attachments of the daily post those attachments are copyrightedmaterial. Unless you have a specific document from the daily post that gives youpermission to post those articles those articles are being posted in violation of theDigital Millennium Copyright Act which means Palo Alto servers may bedisrupted and taken down if a complaint with the FCC and the appropriate federalgovernment agency were to take place.. Thanks, Mark ps. Dave Price of the daily Post has decided upon himself to block our email addresses therefore I am unable to inform him that you are posting his articles andare being shared to the general public as free advertisement.. Sent from my iPad On Jul 20, 2022, at 2:01 PM, Milton, Lesley <Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:Good afternoon Mr. Perez, My staff just let me know my email contained an incorrect link, for that I am sorry. Please see below link (I double checked it this time) that outlines our procedure for distributing public emails. Thank you for your follow up. Let me know if you have any questions. Cheers, Lesley From: Milton, Lesley Sent: Monday, May 23, 2022 2:52 PM To: public.records.request.tracking@gmail.com Subject: RE: Policy and procedure/guidelines in distributing Public emails received directed to city council members.. Good afternoon Mr. Perez. In response to your request for the policy for distributing public emails received directed to the City Council members, please view this City webpage: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/City- Council/Public-Letters-to-City-Council. For our internal procedure for posting emails from the public directed to the City Council, that PDF is attached to this email. Finally, I would like to point out that I was in a Budget and Finance Committee meeting when you called, and I was not the individual that you spoke with on May 16th. Please feel free to contact me directly if you have any further concerns at 650-329-2379 or via email. As I am in several meetings per day, therefore email is the best way to get a hold of me. Enjoy your day, Lesley Lesley Milton City Clerk (650) 329-2379 | Lesley.Milton@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org On May 10, 2022, at 10:48 AM, Public Records Request Tracking System <public.records.request.tracking@gmail.com> wrote: Trying this again…. This California public records request is the result of the city clerk in hercapacity as city clerk hung up on me. Must be received by: May 20th2022, 6255 of the Government code As referenced above in the subject line: See generally: California Public RecordsAct (Govt C && 6250-6268). TheCalifornia Public Records Act wasenacted in 1968 to protect public accessto information about the conduct ofstate business by government officials. See: Government Code & 6253 re timelimits for said disclosure pursuant to theCalifornia Public Records Act. See: Writings as defined in CaliforniaPublic Records Section 6252(f) and Evidence Code & 250. If you believe I am not entitled to therequested records I am requesting thatyou justify your refusal within (ten) daysin writing under & 6255 of theGovernment code. You may only refuse to give me theserecords if there is an express lawprohibiting you from giving them to me. In the case of California StateUniversity of Fresno Assn, Inc. VSuperior Court McClatchy Co. (2001) 90Cal App.4th 810, the court held that"The burden of proof is on theproponent of nondisclosure, who mustdemonstrate "clear overbalance" on theside of confidentiality." Please provide any additional legalauthority you would like me to be awareof re this request . Please feel free tocontact me to discuss this request if youhave any questions or concerns. Thank you,Mark Petersen-PerezEditor and ChiefPalo Alto PoliceReporting from Nicaragua ps. Our established algorithms will send out a notification if The request is beyond the 10 day mandated requirement. Sent from my iPad Palo Alto Free Press ⁦‪@PAFreePress‪⁩ ⁦‪@CopyrightOffice‪⁩ ⁦‪@cityofpaloalto‪⁩ is actively engaged in allowing links to the padailypost.com "Links to websites are not permitted". padailypost.com/2017/01/01/ter… pic.twitter.com/1dl5wdY4oM 11/11/22, 8:06 AM From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Stump, Molly; Sean Webby; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Milton, Lesley Cc:Milton, Lesley; Council, City; Burt, Patrick; Shikada, Ed; Horrigan-Taylor, Meghan Subject:Tweet by Palo Alto Free Press on Twitter Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 8:11:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Please forward to Mr. Price. Mr. Price has blocked our emails and IP address. We believe with your approval Palo Alto Free Press Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Rebecca Eisenberg; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Winter Dellenbach Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Please don’t call any quick-build transitional housing ‘tiny homes’ Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 7:49:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be interested. Please don’t call any quick-build transitional housing ‘tiny homes’ https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=0a339b61-6972-40b3-bbcc- a95197730a6d&appcode=SAN252&eguid=a1332073-5f7b-41e9-9b82-a8bd4fb56510&pnum=27# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: Sent from my iPhone From:Palo Alto Free PressTo:Michael GennacoCc:Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Burt, Patrick; Reifschneider, JamesSubject:Re: Complaint of Unnecessary Search and Discourtesy #C 2009-001Date:Friday, November 11, 2022 7:43:10 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Mr. Gennaco, We look forward to your detailed community response on November 14th all of your recommended policy changes that were implemented by the PA PD past ten yearsthat have benefited community. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 4, 2022, at 7:04 AM, Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com> wrote: Mr. Gennaco, It was only after a years passing the PAPD changed it’s “Pat Down”policy only after I point this out and I have retained the emails to prove it sir….. You’re up and coming November 14 review with city council please point out what other policy changes you have suggested and were implemented by the PAPD since that time. This should determine your net worth or ROI… Sir! https://www.cityofpaloalto.org//files/assets/public/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/2022/20221114/20221114pccsm-linked.pdf Palo Alto Free Press From:Aram James To:Perron, Zachary; Sean Allen; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; ladoris cordell; Jeff Rosen; Council, City; JayBoyarsky; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Reifschneider, James; Afanasiev, Alex; Foley, Michael; Michael Gennaco; WinterDellenbach; Tony Dixon; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Tannock, Julie; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; ladoriscordell; Joe Simitian; chuck jagoda; Josh Becker; Shikada, Ed; Enberg, Nicholas Subject:Officers and paramedics charged after Elijah McClain"s death to appear in court Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 10:59:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMCTe9iPpfA Officers and paramedics charged after Elijah McClain's death to appear in court Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:ladoris cordell; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Binder, Andrew; Perron, Zachary; Vicki Veenker;Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Winter Dellenbach; Council, City; Bains, Paul; KEVIN JENSEN; dennis burns;Jeff Rosen; Shikada, Ed; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker;Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; Council, City; city.council@menlopark.org;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Tannock, Julie Subject:Criminal and a Cop: Current Log Lane Police Officer Facing 5 Felony Charges Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 9:33:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Wow! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dmJ4hBd74A Criminal and a Cop: Current Log Lane Police Officer Facing 5 Felony Charges Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jethroe Moore; Binder, Andrew; Sean Allen; WinterDellenbach; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; JoshBecker; Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; chuck jagoda; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Council, City; city.council@menlopark.org; vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Wagner,April; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Greg Tanaka; Afanasiev, Alex Subject:Florida police arrest legally blind man whose cane they mistook for a gun Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 8:36:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links.NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP Florida police arrest legally blind man whose cane they mistook for a gun The Guardian I found this on NewsBreak: Florida police arrest legally blind man whose cane they mistook for a gun Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone From:Aram James To:ladoris cordell; Rebecca Eisenberg; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jeff Rosen; Vicki Veenker; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen;Binder, Andrew; Winter Dellenbach; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Shikada, Ed; Council, City;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; city.council@menlopark.org; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; CindyChavez; KEVIN JENSEN; Josh Becker Subject:Ohio jury orders police officer to pay $4.4m to family of Black man he killed Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 8:33:31 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NewsBreakUsed by over 45 million people Open APP Ohio jury orders police officer to pay $4.4m to family of Black man he killed The Guardian I found this on NewsBreak: Ohio jury orders police officer to pay $4.4m to family of Black man he killed Click to read the full story Sent from my iPhone View this email in your browser From:LWV Palo Alto Winter Luncheon CommitteeTo:Council, CitySubject:Come to the Winter Luncheon featuring Judge LaDoris Cordell on December 7thDate:Thursday, November 10, 2022 6:44:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Featuring our Guest Speaker Judge La Doris Cordell Wednesday, December 7, 2022 12:00 - 2:00 pm 520 Cowper St, Palo Alto 94301 Ticket Price: $40.00 per person / additional donation optional Feel free to invite a friend or family member. This is a great chance to meet new people and introduce them to the League of Women Voters Palo Alto. “Her Honor: My Life on the Bench. . . What Works, What’s Broken, How to Change It.” Judge Cordell will discuss her recently released book: "Her Honor", where she provides a rare and thought-provoking insider account of our legal system, sharing vivid stories of the cases that came through her courtroom and revealing the strengths, flaws, and much-needed changes within our courts. Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell is a legal commentator and police reform advocate, who is a frequent commentator on news outlets including NPR, CNN, and MSNBC. A graduate of Stanford Law School, she became the first African American woman jurist in Northern California, a position she held from 1982 to 2001. She has received numerous awards, including Silicon Valley NAACP’s William Register Now E.B. Dubois Award, the Iola Williams Public Service Award, the National Council of Negro Women’s Public Service Award, the Social Justice Award from Legal Advocates for Children & Youth, and the Rose Bird Memorial Award from the California Women Lawyers. Judge Cordell founded the African American Donor Task Force to increase black participation in the national bone marrow registry. She is the co-founder of the African American Composer Initiative and CA Parks for All. An artist and pianist, she resides in California with her partner and is the proud mother of two daughters. If you have your own copy of “Her Honor” please bring it with you and Judge Cordell with sign it for you. Register early to help us plan for the catering. LWVPaloAlto.org Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Email Email Copyright © 2022 League of Women Voters Palo Alto, All rights reserved. From Voter Recipient List Our mailing address is: League of Women Voters Palo Alto 3921 E Bayshore Rd Ste 209 Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Planning To:Planning Subject:RE: County of Santa Clara Safety Element Update: INVITATION FOR THE 1ST STAKEHODLER MEETING, November 10 Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 5:22:16 PM Attachments:image001.png image002.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. County of Santa Clara Safety Element Update Dear Stakeholder This is a reminder that you are invited to attend the first Stakeholder Workshop in support of theCounty of Santa Clara’s 2023 Safety Element Update. Your input on safety priorities is important tous. The purpose is to solicit your feedback on safety-related opportunities and challenges in theCounty. Date: November 10, 2022 Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pmLocation: Online Zoom Here During the meeting, staff will provide a brief presentation to introduce the Safety Element Update tothe County’s General Plan, its timeline and the targets to be achieved, and solicit your inputs onsafety-related opportunities, challenges and priorities in the unincorporated parts of the County. +++ What is a Safety Element? The Safety Element is a mandatory element of the General Plan thatprimarily addresses the various natural and human-caused hazards affecting the unincorporatedareas in Santa Clara County. This includes, but is not limited to, seismic and geologic hazards(earthquakes, landslides, liquefaction), flooding (including dam failure), wildland and urban fires(including evacuation assessments), hazardous materials, emergency management, and climateadaptation. As the primary policy document addressing these concerns, the Safety Element is intended to ensureexisting and future development is better protected from these hazards and County communitiesare safer from future hazard events. The County is in the process of updating its Housing elementand with each revision of the Element, a review and update of the Safety Element to identify newinformation not available during previous revisions is required. In addition, the County has a newSustainability Master Plan, and is in the process of updating its Community Wildfire Protection Planand Local Hazard Mitigation Plan. All these plans also need to be acknowledged in the County’sSafety Element. The County is embarking on a Safety Element Update that is intended to becompleted by the Fall of 2023. Visit our project website for more information. Sign up for project updates here. We are looking forward to collaborating with you in formulating the County’s safety policies. 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From:Tran, Joanna To:Council, City Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office; North, Karin; Allen, James Subject:Council Consent Questions Item 5 (11/14/22) Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 4:58:05 PM Attachments:image001.pngimage003.pngimage004.pngimage006.pngimage007.pngimage008.pngimage009.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: November 14 Amended Agenda Staff response to Items 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:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Thanksgiving Dinner - Sheraton Palo Alto - November 24th - Noon - 4:00pm Date:Thursday, November 10, 2022 3:05:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Visit our web site CUBBERLEY USED BOOK SALES FACE COVERS RECOMMENDED Saturday November 12 Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pm Children's Room 10am - 4pm Main Room Sale 11am - 4pm Sunday November 13 All Rooms 11am - 4pm FEATURED INNOVEMBER History HolidaysArt/Architecture TV & Entertainment Medicine/Pathology 4000 Middlefield Road Palo AltoNE corner of the Cubberley Community Center(650) 213-8755 www.fopal.org Maps and Directions More information on the sales Donate your used books, DVDs, &c ALL NET PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES Marty's (Main) Room In our Main Room, prices are way below what used book stores charge. Hardcover books start at $3.00 and softcover books start at only $2.00. No numbered tickets this month! (Another reminder that yes, we are still in a pandemic!) Please note that due to crowding during thefirst two hours of the Book Sale, no strollers,rolling carts, etc. can be brought into theMain Room. This is for the safety of shoppersand volunteers alike. By 12:30 or so, thecrowd thins out and shoppers are welcome tobring these items into the sale. Children's Book Sale The Children's Room is located in the portable next to the soccer field near Greendell School. It is entirely filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture books, school age fiction and non-fiction, award winners, non-English titles, CDs and DVDs, and books for parents and teachers, most for 50 cents or $1. Strollers are welcome in the Children's Room at any time. Bargain Books in H-2 The Bargain Room is located in Rooms H-2 and H-3 of the Cubberley main campus, between Marty's Room and Middlefield Road. On Saturday, paperbacks are 50 cents, hardcovers are $1, and children's books are 50 cents each. The room also contains many records, CDs, and DVDs at $1 each. On Sunday, the room opens at 11 am and all prices are half off. Or, save even more on Sunday by buying green FOPAL reusable bags from us for $3/ea (or bring your own grocery-size reusable bag) and stuffing them with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fill four bags at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE! (We no longer receive sufficient used paper grocery bags along with donations for this purpose.) News from the Library, by E-mail and RSS If you have ever given the Library your e-mail address, like this newsletter editor did when he signed up for a Palo Alto Library card, you have probably noticed that they are sendingyou one to a few e-mails per month since the start of the pandemic. The Library would like you to know that they can help you prepare to honor Native American Heritage Month, and that they've got Book Club Kits for folks who would like to form a book club, and some new titles for those Book Club Kits. You can read about these on their blog to which you can subscribe if you have got an RSS reader. They would also like you to know that they'll be closed on Friday November 11 for Veterans Day and Thursday November 24 and Friday November 25 for the Thanksgiving holiday. These and many other library events can be seen at the Library's events page. The City may also be sending you "Uplift Local" e-mails once a week or so. There is an archive of those e-mails here. And if like yr hmbl newsletter editor you have not been paying attention and are wonderingwhat is open and how much the Library has a Current Library Services page. November 12th: FOPAL Sale & CASP Open Studios One great location: the Cubberley Community Center! Two great events! November 12th, FOPAL and Cubberley Artist Studio Program (CASP) come together to offer bibliophiles and art connoisseurs an opportunity to shop/buy FOPAL's art books...and attend CASP's OpenStudios! Look for more details on FOPAL's Facebook page. Please "like" and "follow" us when you visit. General info: CASP Open Studios - Wings E, F, and U, 11am-4pm. join theartists in their studios for art and art activities! FOPAL Closings for November In observance of Thanksgiving FOPAL will be closed for donations on November 24th and 25th. FOPAL Members Get the First Pick at Members' Early Sale A super big FUN FESTIVE FOPAL Members' Early Sale is scheduled for Saturday, December 10th. Twice a year, FOPAL holds a Members' Early Sale, at which members of the Friendsof the Palo Alto Library are admitted early to the Main Room sale. Members enjoy a lesscrowded Main Room and get the first look at FOPAL's wonderful collection of materials! Saturday, December 10th - At our Members' Early Sale, Life and Sponsor Members (and one spouse or guest) may enter at 9AM and can purchase up to 100 books per membership from 9 AM to 10 AM. Other Members enter at 10AM and are able to purchase 25 books at a time. General admission for all including non-Members begins at 11AM. The usual limit on purchasing 12 books at a time lasts until there is no longer a line waiting to enter. Remember, you may renew your membership, or join FOPAL, on the sale day. Renew, or join now at... www.fopal.org/join. What's special for November '22? Cashiers are moving inside- For the winter months this move will help if it's too cold or wet for the FOPAL volunteers to work comfortably outdoors and hopefully will facilitate better connectivity for the credit card devices. The tables will be in the back of the room as before, with the cashier spread out at each. The room capacity will still be 80 people including the cashiers, floor-persons and door-monitors. A sizable number of books from a retired history professor's donation can be found in our History and History Special sections (on your right as you enter the Main Room) this November. FOPAL's History section continued to provide tons of great books at amazing prices! New volunteer Michele K. worked diligently to bring out all the seasonal Winter Holidays books and CDs FOPAL has been collecting these many months. If you are looking for seasonal fun inspiration on how to liven up your holidays, look no further. You are sure to find something you'll be excited to read, listen to or share with loved ones during this upcoming holiday season. Look for the festive display as you enter the Main Room on the right. You'll find a large selection of the Fall and Winter Holidays books and CDs in the Bargain Room/H2 as well. The Movies/Entertainment section is in the north/west corner of the book room. It is always easy to find because a model of the African Queen is hanging overhead. This past month this popular section received a larger than normal number of books on a variety of subjects including TV, Movies & Entertainment, especially in the film production subsection. Look for full shelves in the Art & Architecture section as a result of a nice donation from several local donors that came through our sorting room late last month. In the Medicine section this past month a collection of pathology texts from the California Pathology Medical Group in Pleasanton were received. They include texts on Cytopathology, Anatomic Pathology and Clinical Pathology. They are located in the Medicine red cart area, located across from the Medicine section just to your left as you enter the Main Room. FOPAL seeks volunteer Assistant Treasurer FOPAL is seeking a volunteer Assistant Treasurer to manage cash at monthly book sales, including filling cash boxes and counting cash on Saturday and Sunday of the sale. No financial experience required. If you are interested please contact Janette Herceg via e-mail volunteer@fopal.org. Art Art section will have a special Artist's biography book sale this month. This will include biography books for Van Gogh, Picasso, Man Ray, Matisse etc. -Fiona Wang Medicine In the Medicine section, we have an impressive collection of anatomy books, including Gray's Anatomy -- which is not just a TV show! There are medical dictionaries and Merck Manuals galore, and textbooks in Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and every medical specialty to enhance your library. -Pam Parke History We recently received a large donation of books about British Colonial American and the early United States, most in very good condition. Check out the display case near the front door (next to the holiday books) for a wide range of them. We also have a large collection of books on the development of the US constitution on the red carts. If you're interested in the other colonial powers in the Western Hemisphere, we have Francis Parkman's classic histories of New France in a Modern Library 2-volume edition as well as a number of volumes from a late 19th century edition, in good condition. We have a recent volume on the colonial Spanish silver city of Potosi in the South American section, as well as a few general books on the Spanish in the Americas. Don't forget to check out our red carts: we have some of our more unusual and hard to classify books there, as well as large volumes, maps, atlases, and various compendiums. -Linda McAllister Antiques & Collections Antiques & Collections features: watches, furniture, rugs, ceramics, coins, baseball cards, and a Time-Life Collectibles series, among other books. -Virginia Perry Home & Crafts Home & Crafts showcases: Chanel fashion and costume design; home, interior design, maintenance, and repair; origami, coloring books, pottery, sewing, quilting, needlepoint, and more. -Virginia Perry Children's Vintage Non-fiction books are being highlighted this month in Children's Vintage. For the older crowd, there is an 18-volume set containing everything you want to know about WWII. Not as daunting as it sounds, the volumes are very readable at only 50-80 pages each, but they cover topics ranging from the War in the Pacific to European Resistance and everything in between. A real find for the WWII fan! Little kids, too, have a full shelf of fact-filled books just for their age group and a plumped-up section of religious books. Also special are two very nice fable and story books compiled by Richard Adams, both in dust jackets protected by mylar. They would look very nice on your library shelves at home! All of this, of course, is in addition to the usual fare of fine fiction, classics, and series books. Enjoy! -Lisa Children's Room Ready or not, the holidays are just around the corner. The Children's Room can help, with a display of books for Thanksgiving just inside the front door, and books for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa on several tables throughout the room. Many are like new and gift quality and you can't beat our prices (50 cents up to a few dollars). We have a large selection of holiday DVDs, too. Our Asian Languages section received another huge donation of Korean language picture books, chapter books, reference works, and study materials, all in good to very good condition and priced very reasonably. In the Parenting Corner you'll find--among other topics--books on baby names, healthy menus for kids, and some brand new books for parents and grandparents to record their own and their children's and grandchildren's experiences. (Hint: very giftable!) There are loads of Readers at all levels, from beginners to proficient readers, aboutanimals, space, science, and biography, along with engaging stories. The Activities section has many jigsaw puzzles including Ravensburger and floor puzzles; a Guitar Hero guitar for $1 and many Guitar Hero electronic games at "rock" bottom prices; and a boxed set of like-new Amulet graphic novels, numbers 1 through 8. We also offer many small, inexpensive items that would make terrific stocking stuffers-- including games, sticker books, coloring books, and maker project kits. In School-age Fiction you'll find several beautifully illustrated, gift-quality classics; early chapter books galore; all the Wimpy Kid books; and a Popular Authors cart full of great reading choices. Browse in the Children's Room and you'll be able to cross off many of the names on your list! -Carolyn Davidson Puzzles & Games Get ready for winter and the holiday season in puzzles. For this month only, the shelves were stripped bare and restocked solely with dozens of festive holiday puzzles to get you inthe mood. One in particular is a special work of creative art--a beautiful Liberty brandwood puzzle with many cute cut out winter shapes among the almost 500 pieces. In games, come and see how many ways old time favorites like Monopoly and Risk are made new with limited editions. For each of these games we have at least four editions, from Deluxe Editions to the NFL, Star Wars and beyond. In both puzzles and games there are gift possibilities. Check it out! -Vicky Evans Poetry In the Poetry section, the top shelf features two local treasures: Janet Lewis and Eavan Boland. You will find many volumes of poetry inscribed to Eavan Boland by her fellow poets. On the second shelf, find a selection of audio tapes of poets reading their own work along with a companion book of poetry. On the second to the bottom shelf, discover a row of biographies of poets. The rest of the shelves are fully stocked. -Mandy MacCalla Science Fiction and Fantasy In Science Fiction and Fantasy this month I have a small collection of m/m romances with sf/f backgrounds. Not something I get often, if it's the kind of stuff you're looking for this isyour chance. -Rich McAllister Politics I hope you're hyped for election day!! Which happens to be right before the sale!! Which means you're probably sick of all those texts and emails spamming you with who and what to vote for! So why not wind down from election season with EVEN MORE politics? You know you want to :) -Margaret Fiction Boutique This is the perfect time to be thinking of holiday gifts for your friends and family! Be sure to look for an excellent selection of recently published HARDCOVER and PAPERBACK novels in the Section labeled FICTION BOUTIQUE! P.S. Don't forget a book (or books) for yourself! -Marian Knox HV Sale in December 2022 To celebrate the holidays and add a special event to our Members' Early Sale on December 10th, 2022, FOPAL will be making available a selection of its high value books (usually sold online) for the bargain price of $10. Several hundred books covering every topic, from art to zebras, new and vintage, small and large will be available. There will be an area dedicated to children's books. Also we will have a table of material entirely from our ephemera archive, all of which will be individually priced. Location: Outside the Children's Room in the south west corner of the CubberleyCommunity Center (CCC) Time: Saturday, December 10th, 2022, 10am to 4pm Weather Permitting: If bad weather is forecast the sale will be postponed until Saturday,January 14, 2023 and will be indoors at a reserved room at CCC. -Nigel Jones Health With over 700 books available to our patrons, Medicine and Health, have plenty of reading choices. Hidden Valley Road is the fascinating account of a family's twelve children, six of whom were diagnosed as schizophrenic. Another fascinating read is Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty....a mind- blowing account of the Oxycontin furor of the past two decades. Autograph hounds may want a copy of Linus Pauling's How to Live Longer and Feel Better. There are many diet book choices, plus plenty of Yoga volumes, and The Autism Encyclopedia by Neismith and Wolfe are just a few of the surprises awaiting you. -Suzanne Cholko Classic and Modern Fiction In additional to our usual selection of about 1400 classic and modern novels, we are having a special this month with a group of classic novels published in hardback by Konemann. They are in perfect condition with nice dust jackets ($3 each). We also have a shelf of classic novels published by Modern Library at $2 each. And we have added a shelf of literary criticism, which includes several books on the novels of Russian authors. -The Classic and Modern Fiction Team Computers Donations to the Computers section have been light but there are useful and interesting books still. Remember each shelf has a unique interest focus, and that the newer arrivals are usually on the right. -David Cortesi Judaica Browse the Judaica section for books on the Jewish religion and culture including editions of the Torah and other basic texts, Kabbalah, Jewish history, the Holocaust, memoirs,Israel, Jewish Women, the Jewish American Experience and other related subjects. New this month - A Bintel Brief; Minding the Temple of the Soul; Art of Torah Cantillation, Vol. 1; The Peddler's Grandson: Growing Up Jewish in Mississippi; Across the Sabbath River: In Search of a Lost Tribe of Israel; Israel: Past and Present (Monuments Past & Present); Small Miracles of the Holocaust Most fiction with Jewish themes will be found in Classic and Modern Fiction or Current Fiction. Books entirely in Hebrew are shelved in the European Languages section. -Charlotte Epstein, section manager for Judaica Curious Books It's "Choose Your Own Catastrophe" month at Curious Books. Works of history, science, cookery, fiction, and humor provide accounts of danger and disaster and the survival thereof. Or not. Read, in the comfort of your home, which venomous animals are best avoided. Consider the lessons of the Titanic and 1906 San Francisco. Plan a "Hunger Games" based meal. As always, there is plenty of variety at Curious Books! -Donya White (Yr hmbl newsletter editor with a late addition: there is a Curious Books section photo at https://fopalbooks.com.) Science & Technology Our donation volume has increased somewhat this month. Shelf pictures are at https://fopalbooks.com. -Edwin El-Kareh Sheet Music New donations keep pouring in. Main instruments this month are Banjo and Ukulele. There is now a very large selection of sheet music in the bargain room. Every sheet music item in the main room is individually pictured by instrument at https://fopalbooks.com. -Edwin El-Kareh Philosophy The major news for November is that for a first time we have received a significant collection of books on the topic of Phenomenology, starting with Hussell and Jasper as well as Merleau-Ponty and others. Besides the overall collection we have not seen most of the individual titles either. Some are in excellent condition, some mixed, and a few have been sent to the Bargain Room. -Nigel Jones Mysteries and Thrillers Mystery has multiple books by Agatha Christie, Rex Stout, Joanne Fluke, Sue Grafton and Simenon to mention a few. New authors and ones that have been telling stories for 50years. Come and have a look-- -Cathy Donations We have made it past Drop-off Donations 3.0 and have returned to accepting donations without the need to make an appointment. HOWEVER.... We are closed for donations from Sunday November 5 through Sunday November 13 to prepare the Main Room for this weekend's sale. Please hold your donations until Monday November 14. Also we are closed for Thanksgiving on the Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25. Wewill be open for donations on Saturday November 26. Please read our donation guidelines before you bring materials to us. All that said, our normal hours for drop-off donations are Monday through Saturday, 3pm- 5pm. (But not the week before the sale.) Suggestions? We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our book sale. Please email us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org. This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees werefelled in the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcomingbooks sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will not share your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than tosend you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply withthe words "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Jack Sweeney To:Council, City; City Mgr Subject:Help with neighborhood problem Date:Wednesday, November 9, 2022 10:37:00 AM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from jackddranch@yahoo.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ For the last few months, the Charleston Meadow neighborhood in south Palo Alto has been invaded by a huge camper/RV parked in residential areas. It is unclear if the RV is occupied by unhoused person(s). The oversized vehicle is unregistered (no license plate) and has significant body damage. Several neighbors have reported the vehicle using the “abandoned Vehicle” online tool. Unfortunately, this tool seems useless due to a ‘zero feedback’ design. This means that a report using this tool is NEVER acknowledged. There is no way to know if anyone has even read the report. There is certainly no response from the PAPD. The vehicle has been parked on Wilkie Way, Ruthelma, Carolina and other streets in a residential zone for many weeks. I have tried to report this situation at the PAPD information desk with no assistance from the person at the desk. It is very disappointing. Please let me know who is responsible for managing this situation. The vehicle is currently parked on the sidewalk on Wilkie Way at Duluth. Based on experience with previous reporting, the PAPD will likely deny having any record of previous reports of this vehicle. There are no license plates to identify the vehicle. The brand is Coachmen, model is Freelander. It is the only huge RV parked on the street/sidewalk. It seems that this vehicle is in violation of multiple ordinances. Thanks for your help. Sent from my iPad From:Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo To:Council, City Subject:Highlighting Friends" Work from the Past Year Date:Wednesday, November 9, 2022 9:30:37 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Logo_Full_Color_CMYK.jpg Highlighting Friends' Work over the Past YearNovember 9, 2022 Hello Friends, I’m delighted to share with you this year’s annual report, which reflects the work of theFriends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo and the impact of your generous support.You can download the report from our website. This month, we highlight a few of theinitiatives featured in the report. Tuesday, November 29, is Giving Tuesday, a global day dedicated to giving back that kicks off the charitable giving season. The Friends will have a booth outside of the JMZ onNovember 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. We encourage you to stop by if you are visiting. Agenerous donor has offered to match every dollar donated to the Friends that day, up to$10,000. Please consider making a donation to The Friends of the JMZ’s Annual Fund atfriendsjmz.org/donate on November 29. The Annual Fund provides general operatingsupport that allows us to allocate dollars where they are most needed at the JMZ, and tofund important programs, such as those that expand access to science education in ourcommunity. Thank you for your continued support! Lauren Angelo President, Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo An Exciting Year for Programs With your generous support, over the past year the Friends: Successfully raised $300,000 for the California Dinosaur Garden, a fully immersive and accessible exhibit that will open in 2023. Funds raised supplement a grant awarded to the JMZ by the Institute of Museum and Library Services to make this exhibit a reality. The California Dinosaur Garden will open next year in the JMZ's Dawn Redwood Garden. Unveiled a new JMZ exhibit, the Voyage Solar System Model. This outdoor exhibit, which is free to the public, is a 1 to 10-billion scale model of the Solar System. Funded the JMZ Science Outreach Program in the Ravenswood City SchoolDistrict and East Palo Alto Charter School, serving 1,590 students in East Palo Altoand Eastern Menlo Park through 414 in-person lessons in the 2021-2022 schoolyear. The JMZ's Science Outreach Program in the Ravenswood City School District and EastPalo Alto Charter School brings interactive science lessons to classrooms. Brought Science with a Twist, a popular JMZ afterschool program, to youngstudents of the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula’s East Palo Alto clubhouse. One of the most requested visitors for classroom lessons, the four-toed hedgehog. Photocourtesy of Scott Buschman. Hosted nearly 900 guests for Super Family Sunday events. These free eventsprovide exclusive access to the JMZ for children with disabilities and their families. A photo of a young visitor interacting with one of the tactile elements in the zoo. Photocourtesy of Artem Nazarov. Funded DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) training for staff at the JMZ, as well as Friends’ staff and board members. Funded a front-end evaluation of the JMZ, for 2023, to identify ways to broadencommunity access and better serve underrepresented visitors. Funded a two-year community outreach coordinator position for 2023 to grow partnerships with surrounding communities, learn more about their interactions with the JMZ, and look for opportunities to better serve their needs. Thank you for your continued support of the Friends and the JMZ’s mission to engage a child’s curiosity in science and nature. Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zooinfo@friendsjmz.org | www.friendsjmz.org DONATE NOW Connect with us Friends of the JMZ | 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Unsubscribe city.council@cityofpaloalto.org Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by info@friendsjmz.org in collaboration with Try email marketing for free today! From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; Sally Thiessen; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian;boardmembers; bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net; beachrides; fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; Council, City;Cathy Lewis; Chris Field; Doug Vagim; Dan Richard; dallen1212@gmail.com; Daniel Zack; david pomaville;eappel@stanford.edu; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; Scott Wilkinson; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; jerry ruopoli; Joel Stiner; kfsndesk;krystalromero13@gmail.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; lalws4@gmail.com; leager; Mark Standriff; Mayor;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;VT3126782@gmail.com Subject:Fwd: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party! Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 4:27:45 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, Nov 8, 2022 at 3:49 PM Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Tuesday, November 8, 2022 Ms. Thiessen- Thank you. Glad you liked it. I suspect that Dahle will get more votes thanmany expect. I cannot understand the Republicans not running someone well-known as well as electable for Governor of California. They say now that the Bay Area, e.g., is a blue area of avery blue State. I still believe that Newsom was eminently defeatable this election. Thank you for forwarding this on. SB9 is going to ruin our lives if we own a home in a decent neighborhood. The former Mayor of Costa Mesa, Ca. gave an interview about SB9 ayear ago and you see there what it will do. A dangerous, radical liberal like Newsom wants all Californians to live like most San Franciscans live, just packed in like unfortunate rabbits in ahutch. Here is the interview: The Impact of SB 9 & 10 on California's Single-Family Home | Jim Righeimer - YouTube I urge all recipients of this to watch the interview and then scroll down and watch "An Honest Ad from the Democratic Party in 2022". L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. On Tue, Nov 8, 2022 at 5:56 AM Sally Thiessen <sally.thiessen.jb7t@statefarm.com> wrote: Excellent. Just watched the video. I’m forwarding this. Sally From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Fwd: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party! ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 11:57 PMSubject: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 To all- Watch this and you'll vote Democrat for sure from now on: Don't miss this!! This isdelicious. An Honest Ad from the Democratic Party in 2022 - YouTube Re the Propositions that would legalize more gambling in California, the opponents ranan ad showing some New Yorkers saying what a bunch of suckers Californians would be topass them since all of the money would go to big outfits in New York. One showed awoman standing in Times Square. She said, in the broadest New York accent: "Imagine, a whole STATE full of SUCKAS! The Republicans in California should have run an ad with the same woman saying that toCalifornians about to re-elect the asshole Newsom as Governor. After he signed SB9 todestroy your neighborhoods, that is what you'd have to be to vote for this bastard. He HASto be the worst Governor in California history. See California's SB9 on Youtube. Loads of vids there, mainly by real estate people sincethey will get rich destroying your single family home neighborhood. SB9 takes control of zoning away from local government and gives it all to the State!! That is probably the worstthing that has happened to nice neighborhoods in the US since the Civil War. And thebastard Newsom signed it! In November, 2024 there will be a ballot measure to repeal SB9 and return control ofzoning to local government. Tell people about that now. And vote to recall Newsom on thesecond try, coming up. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Shali Sirkay Subject:Still Time to RSVP for Councilmember/City Manager Training with Kevin Duggan Nov 10th Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 11:34:47 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good morning! I wanted to let you all know that we still have spots available for Kevin Duggan's workshop, Working Effectively With Your Elected Colleagues, the City Manager, and Staff. This workshop is open to all councilmembers, city managers, and city staff as appropriate. If you have not yet RSVP'd that you are attending, can you please RSVP via this form ? Please disregard the RSVP deadline of Nov 3. You can also email me directly with your RSVP. The workshop will be held in person at the Los Altos Community Center Sequoia Room (97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos) from 7:00 to 9:00 PM. The workshop will be led by Kevin Duggan, ICMA/CalCities Senior Advisor and former Mountain View City Manager. A brief description of the workshop: Local government public policy-making is inherently challenging. It is even more so today with the challenges associated with the pandemic, a variety of social and financial issues, as well as the nature of political discourse at various levels of government. The effectiveness of your city organization will determine the success of your community. Local elected officials being able to work effectively with each other and with their city manager and staff will go a long way in determining the success of their city organization/community. This interactive workshop will help you identify strategies to maximize the effectiveness of these key relationships and ultimately the success of your community. Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, Shali View this email in your browser From:LWV Palo AltoTo:Council, CitySubject:Policing: What Should We Do to Ensure Fair Treatment and Keep Neighborhoods Safe for Everyone?Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:07:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Policing: What Should We Do to Ensure Fair Treatment and Keep Neighborhoods Safe for Everyone? LWV Santa Clara County Civil Discourse Committee Saturday, November 12, 2022 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm Join the discussion and share your ideas about meeting the goal of treating all people fairly while still enforcing the law. How would you prioritize these objectives? Increase police accountability Address racial bias among officers Rethink how police and communities respond to nonviolent, “victimless” disturbances What would you add? Using National Issues Forum Institute (NIFI) materials, which participants are encouraged to read ahead of time, we will evaluate these options – and others – to share ideas and new perspectives, and to develop directions for our communities. View our first program in this four-part series—How to Maintain the Public's Rights and Its Safety—HERE. Please share with others who may be interested. LWVPaloAlto.org Facebook Twitter YouTube LinkedIn Email Email Copyright © 2022 League of Women Voters Palo Alto, All rights reserved. From Voter Recipient List Our mailing address is: League of Women Voters Palo Alto 3921 E Bayshore Rd Ste 209 Palo Alto, CA 94303-4303 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. Register Now From:Charlie WeidanzTo:Council, City Subject:Meet Emily RD - Our Latest Spotlight Member Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 9:00:33 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Emily Zorn is a registered dietitian and health coach in Palo Alto. She is the owner and founder of Emily RD Nutrition Coaching where she provides virtual nutritioncoaching to clients across the country. Her goal is to empower people to learn how to eat healthy in a way that is personalized and sustainable over time. Emily offers free initial 30 minute nutrition sessions to new clients. Emily is also the co-host of the RDs vs BS podcast where she researches diets, supplements, and othernutrition topics and decides whether they are legit or BS. Emily RD - Emily Zorn, Dietitian & Health Coach Let's Connect Instagram: @emily_rd_ Podcast: RDs vs BS (www.rdsvsbs.com) www.emilyzorn.com emilyrd@emilyzorn.com 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 orservices in general, please contact us by email at info@paloaltochamber.com. From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; WinterDellenbach; Jeff Rosen; Council, City; Jay Boyarsky; Rebecca Eisenberg; Julie Lythcott-Haims;vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Doria Summa; Shikada, Ed; chuck jagoda; Josh Becker; Greer Stone Subject:Full Disclosure investigation: Part 5 Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:35:19 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ https://youtu.be/rpm8LH3bIzA Sent from my iPhone From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; David Balakian; boardmembers;bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net; beachrides; fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; Council, City; Cathy Lewis;Chris Field; Doug Vagim; dallen1212@gmail.com; Daniel Zack; Dan Richard; david pomaville;eappel@stanford.edu; esmeralda.soria@fresno.gov; Scott Wilkinson; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Sally Thiessen; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli; kfsndesk;krystalromero13@gmail.com; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; leager; lalws4@gmail.com; Mark Standriff; Mayor;margaret-sasaki@live.com; merazroofinginc@att.net; newsdesk; news@fresnobee.com; nick yovino;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; tsheehan; terry; vallesR1969@att.net; VT3126782@gmail.com; IrvWeissman Subject:Fwd: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party! Date:Tuesday, November 8, 2022 12:12:56 AM 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: Mon, Nov 7, 2022 at 11:57 PM Subject: Tremendous ad for the Democratic Party!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, Nov. 7, 2022 To all- Watch this and you'll vote Democrat for sure from now on: Don't miss this!! This isdelicious. An Honest Ad from the Democratic Party in 2022 - YouTube Re the Propositions that would legalize more gambling in California, the opponents ran an ad showing some New Yorkers saying what a bunch of suckers Californians would be to passthem since all of the money would go to big outfits in New York. One showed a woman standing in Times Square. She said, in the broadest New York accent: "Imagine, a whole STATE full of SUCKAS! The Republicans in California should have run an ad with the same woman saying that toCalifornians about to re-elect the asshole Newsom as Governor. After he signed SB9 to destroy your neighborhoods, that is what you'd have to be to vote for this bastard. He HAS tobe the worst Governor in California history. See California's SB9 on Youtube. Loads of vids there, mainly by real estate people since they will get rich destroying your single family home neighborhood. SB9 takes control ofzoning away from local government and gives it all to the State!! That is probably the worst thing that has happened to nice neighborhoods in the US since the Civil War. And the bastardNewsom signed it! In November, 2024 there will be a ballot measure to repeal SB9 and return control of zoning to local government. Tell people about that now. And vote to recall Newsom on the second try, coming up. L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Friends of Rebecca Eisenberg for Santa Clara Valley Water District To:Council, City Subject:Finishing Strong for All the Right Reasons Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 5:47:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. Dear City, These last few months have been among the most exciting and inspiring in my life, and I owe that entirely to YOU. In particular, I am grateful to the environmentalists, engineers and water experts who took so much time to write me thoughtful emails answering my questions, to come to my house with manilla files containing 10-year old newspapers, to meet with me for coffee and/or discuss on the phone -- I learned so much from you! I can't wait to involve the community in all matters that impact us, just as I have loved learning from you in this campaign. Thank you also to the donors --the more than 100 of you, whose financial contributions made all the difference in the world, no matter their size. You honored me so much. (And if you have the ability to help more, please consider doing so.) Donate Today and tomorrow: it's in your hands. Please make sure that you VOTE. Email, call, and text your friends and family to vote. Let's all help each other take part in our most sacred democratic right. For information in Santa Clara County on voting times and places, this URL may be helpful: https://sccvote.sccgov.org/vote-person/official-vote-center-list-and-schedule Together, we WILL move our water policies away from environmental harm to environmental protection and repair. We WILL ensure that clean water is available to all people regardless of economic circumstances today, and importantly - in future generations. 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From:Annette Ross To:Council, City Subject:Agenda Item 10 (11/7) Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 3:11:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ A neighbor alerted me to the impacts on retail if the Temporary Ordinance Amending Title 18 (Zoning) is made permanent. I appreciate the alert b/c the agenda item is written such that only someone following this closely would recognize this as an issue pertinent to California Ave. Please do what you can to both protect what’s left of retail in that area and make it more inviting for new retail. Thank you. Sent from my iPhone From:John Shenk To:Council, City Subject:Re: Your e-mail to City Council was received Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 1:35:14 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you - will they get this email in time for reading for tonight’s hearing? John On Nov 7, 2022, at 1:31 PM, Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Thank you for your comments to the City Council. Your e‐mail will be forwarded to all seven Council Members and a printout of your correspondence will also be included in the next available Council packet. If your comments are about an item that is already scheduled for a City Council agenda, you can call (650) 329‐2571 to confirm that the item is still on the agenda for the next meeting. If your letter mentions a specific complaint or a request for service, we'll either reply with an explanation or else send it on to the appropriate department for clarification. We appreciate hearing from you. From:John Shenk To:Council, City Cc:Shikada, Ed; Guagliardo, Steven; Lait, Jonathan; Eggleston, Brad Subject:Study Session Item 2 Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 1:31:59 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council and Professional Staff, I write specifically focused on the Downtown area to implore you to prioritize economicdevelopment as Palo Alto has enjoyed a strong business tailwind for decades and has not needed to compete to have been competitive. The economy has evolved and we wereunderperforming even prior to COVID. We are excited to participate in this valuable process and want to reiterate a few points we hope you will hear: 1) Please pause the Permanent Parklet Program analysis until after this process is complete. Staff time is slim and to allocate any time on a program that may well not be the best permanent solution is far too costly. 2) Thank you for extending the Temporary Parklet Program. This is the best way to go fornow but with a couple modifications to address safety and code violations are important and allocate resources to code enforcement to be sure the City’s rules are followed. Recommendations have been raised by Staff previously. 3) Leverage the many dedicated property owners and businesses as they have a lot of experience and resources to draw upon. 2 years ago we shared a rendering and a vision for a reinvented downtown wherereconstructed sidewalks and drive isles resulted in: • Grading and new improvements that allow storm drainage to actually function• Enhanced and expanded spaces evenly divided between storefronts • Parallel parking provided on each block for store deliveries, customer parking, ADA, etc• Parking that is removed to make way for enhanced spaces is restored in new public garage(s) • New “sidewalk” areas are curated with landscaping, seating, and retail (think parklet uses)zones This “new” downtown is long overdue and may or may not ultimately look like the rendering you have seen but what is critical is to collaborate around the design as we hope therecognition that such reinvestment must happen. Our residents and retailers deserve the best environments to conduct business, shop, and enjoy a safe clean downtown. The increase inretail sales will provide revenues to be sure the area is maintained in a first class manner once complete. Many decades ago the owners of the downtown retail area got together to design and fund theconstruction of the public garages we all enjoy today. It is time for us to work collaboratively again in an efficient and professional group. This is literally an urgent matter. Best, John John R. Shenk C.E.O. Thoits Bros., Inc. 629 Emerson Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 From:Ann Balin To:Council, City Subject:Item #10 re: retail zoning for CA and University Avenues Date:Monday, November 7, 2022 12:39:35 PM [Some people who received this message don't often get email from alafargue@mac.com. Learn why this is important at https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification ] CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. ________________________________ Mayor Pat Burt & Council Members, I am writing to ask that you do not change the retail code to accommodate the proposed change to retail as asked by the city manager and staff. Putting medical services on the ground floor was rejected by you when this concept was proposed to alter Town & Country Village shopping center. When you go to this vibrant shopping center today you will see that it is a lively and popular destination. I thanked you then for not cheapening the character of Town & Country Village. I thank you now for listening to the community for keeping our retail intact. Once retail is gone then it will never revert back. There are cycles and every time the CC adds to retail uses then the rents will always go up and up which contributes to vacancies. Look council decisions from earlier councils who did in fact erode code under the pretext of protecting retail. This was short term thinking. Do look at Los Altos which has kept strong retail zoning for their city. Los Altos attracts many Palo Altans because shopping there is so upbeat and there are a variety of places to choose from. You all know that there is an abundance of vacant office space that is augmenting by the day. Therefore those seeking medical offices have a plethora to choose from and do not need to be on the avenues. We already have gyms including the pilates gym and the large gym on California Avenue which creates a dead space. Now a boxing gym is proposed. A boxing gym will not generate sales tax save for a very small amount. If this use is approved then this council would be weakening retail on California Avenue. Why would the city want to harm our retail corridors specifically California Avenue and University Avenue? In fact adding gyms and medical services is anti-retail. The avenues would become a mish mash of anything goes. Earlier councils denied the big box concept for our town because it was not a good fit. Please support Palo Altans in keeping our town’s avenues key shopping and dining destinations. Respectfully, Ann Lafargue Balin