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Prepared for: 12/12/2022
Document dates: 12/5/2022 – 12/12/2022
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From:Lee Christel
To:Council, City
Subject:Short Term Rentals in Palo Alto add to our housing shortage, and ADU"s are not helping
Date:Monday, December 12, 2022 11:47:32 AM
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Dear Council Members,
The short term rental of Palo Alto homes and ADU's has become a lucrative businessthat negatively impacts our community. The City has accepted tax revenues from short-term
rental companies but has not considered the impacts of this business on housing andhotels. The City has done nothing to prevent real estate investors from converting housing
stock to vacation rentals. Council must act to preserve existing housing units for long termresidents of this town, because newly constructed units will never be more affordable than
existing housing. If you do nothing, more property owners will decide this is too lucrative anoption to bypass, more housing will become non-resident occupied, and housing prices will be
driven up further.
What can the City do? Start with real data. The City should have a rental database,including the subset of all units on short term rental sites. Then, require those units not be
used for short-term leases more than 60 days of a year. With a hefty fine for violators, andconsistent enforcement, hundreds of units will return to the market as long term rentals. This
should help drive down rents.
The new City short-term rental database should be shared with the State, as evidence of unitsthat are not currently housing residents. As new City rules are implemented, track how many
units/homes are returned to owner occupied, or long-term rental status. The State should count"newly available units" as satisfying part of our "additional housing" requirement.
Currently, the City is counting ADU's toward the State requirement for new housing units, but
more oversight is needed. These units are not being registered and tracked foroccupancy. Allowing short-term leasing of ADU's defies the Council's stated purpose in
approving these new units; they were intended to provide housing stock, not vacation homesand home offices. Of all the ADU's permitted after loosening the restrictions, do we know how
many are actually adding housing stock? Unless the building permit requires a commitmentto renting that unit for at least a decade, and the City enforces this commitment, the ADU
contribution to housing stock becomes a farce.
Lastly, home owners who do not "live" in Palo Alto at least 6 mo/year ruin the fabric of ourneighborhoods. These properties can easily be identified by neighbors. All the City has to do
is ask for them to be reported to a City owned database for investigation. Then, levy fines forproperties not inhabited at least 6 mo/year. No exceptions. Increase the fines sharply with each
additional month of vacancy and see how fast the owners sell or rent.
If adding more housing purportedly lowers housing costs, these efforts should help. At leastthey won't raise the cost of living here.
Sincerely,
Amy Christel
From:Bob Wenzlau
To:Board of Neighbors Abroad
Cc:Gaines, Chantal; Milton, Lesley; Council, City
Subject:Good News at Neighbors Abroad - Transitions in Leadership
Date:Monday, December 12, 2022 8:18:00 AM
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Board and City Council,
Last night we celebrated our support for children at our holiday party. Our focus is onprograms in Palo, Leyte Philippines and Oaxaca, Mexico.
We also announced an important transition. Sarah Burgess will assume the role ofPresident of Neighbors Abroad. This is a transition at a high point for our organization - ourengagement both internationally and now domestically is strong and caring. I will transition to
President Emeritus supporting where my impact is judged most useful.
Additionally we welcomed Nodelyn Smith our newest board member and as a Vice Presidentfor Palo, Leyte joining Ellena Valentine in that role. Flor Sanchez will assume the leadership
of our Oaxaca programs as the Vice President for Oaxaca. Betty Duran will step down asVice President of Palo, but stay on our board.
We have had an impactful role around the world. We thank the engagement by our City
Council with special attention to our Mayor Burt and Council Member Tom Bubois. Additionally, we thank the engagement by city staff especially Chantal Cotton Gaines and
Lesley Milton.
A tradition at Neighbors Abroad is sharing a painting by Raphael Morales of Oaxaca held bythe incoming President. I am handing the artwork in my barong from the Philippines to
Sarah.
Yours,
Bob
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Bob Wenzlau
PresidentNeighbors Abroad of Palo Alto
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From:Aram James
To:Greg Tanaka; Bains, Paul; Pat Burt; Jeff Rosen; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Shikada, Ed;Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Joe Simitian; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Jay Boyarsky; Human RelationsCommission; Planning Commission; ParkRec Commission; Tannock, Julie; Reifschneider, James; Council, City;Sean Allen; Josh Becker; chuck jagoda; ladoris cordell; Enberg, Nicholas; Wagner, April; Cecilia Taylor; TonyDixon; Perron, Zachary
Subject:From The Mercury News e-edition - Police accused in degree scam ( more on cops acting badly)
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 5:33:47 PM
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I saw this The Mercury News e-edition article on the The Mercury News e-edition app and thought you’d be
interested.
Police accused in degree scam
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From:Ann Balin
To:Council, City
Subject:Airbnb
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 4:35:36 PM
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Dear Mayor Burt & Council Members,
Thank you for taking a cold fish eye look at policy concerning Airbnb and the impacts currently imposed on our
town.
Statistics demonstrate the burden upon neighborhoods and the egregious elimination of housing stock caused by
Airbnb in Palo Alto.
Vacant homes are systemic in our town for the above mentioned reason but also because we have many absentee
landlords. The largest developer in Santa Clara County, Stanford Land Management - Real Estate has also
purchased homes that sometimes for several years remain ghost houses.
We cannot afford to allow a policy that allows a company to deprive the community of desperately needed housing
as is the case with Airbnb.
I know of an Airbnb on Princeton Street that was used as a party pad. Trash was left in the gutters in front of the
house including beer cans and bottles and paraphernalia. The parties would go on often all night long. I know for a
fact that this landlord lives abroad.
A long-term neighbor on Princeton Street informed me that both houses on either side of her house have absentee
landlords. This mother said that it is strange to live next to two houses that are unoccupied. I would add that these
houses could be a magnet for break-ins as well.
I do not think that the council is indifferent to the serious impacts upon neighborhoods. Please strengthen policy to
stop the further fraying of our community.
Lastly, the city cannot afford to ignore the taxes that are missing with Airbnb as hotels will continue to be
underutilized if action is not taken.
Respectively,
Ann Lafargue Balin
From:Aram James
To:Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; city.council@menlopark.org; GRP-City Council; Shikada, Ed;Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Binder, Andrew; Winter Dellenbach; Julie Lythcott-Haims;vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Jay Boyarsky; ParkRec Commission; Rebecca Eisenberg; Joe Simitian; Greer Stone;ladoris cordell; Human Relations Commission; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Enberg, Nicholas; Perron,Zachary; Tony Dixon; Cecilia Taylor; Betsy Nash
Subject:SGT Sean Allen describes police canine bites as looking like shark bites
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 3:47:23 PM
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FYI:
Sgt. Sean Allen describes police canine bites, occurring in our county, as looking like shark bites. He describes other
horrendous indignities visited on police canine victims as well. (See his comments in YouTube video below).
https://youtu.be/Txf-ncYm7cU
From:Pete
To:Council, City
Subject:PA City Council consideration of the fiber to the premises (Palo Alto Fiber) project next steps
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 1:42:11 PM
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Please consider the following for this project:
1. Environmental impact - There are already networks of communication and
entertainment cables strung from poles in our neighborhoods. They are ugly. More cableswill be worse.
2. Compatibility with existing networks - Will AT&T and COMCAST continue to
serve the Palo Alto Community. How will the Palo Alto Fiber Project compare in cost andservice? Will the PA Fiber capital investment affect my utility bill or property tax?
3. Other Considerations - All the Pros and Cons for this proposed project should be
made available to the Palo Alto Community.
Respectfully,
Peter Knopf927 Paradise WayPalo Alto 94306
From:Aram James
To:Binder, Andrew; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; james pitkin; Sean Allen; Jethroe Moore; Council, City;Shikada, Ed; Rebecca Eisenberg; Afanasiev, Alex; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas;chris.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Winter Dellenbach; Jay Boyarsky; Supervisor SusanEllenberg; Lee, Craig; Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; chuck jagoda; Greer Stone; Josh Becker;Human Relations Commission; Perron, Zachary; Cecilia Taylor; Tony Dixon
Subject:Police Dogs as Weapons Webinar - 2022 SJSU Transforming Communities Conf...
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 12:54:01 PM
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https://youtu.be/Txf-ncYm7cU
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From:Nathan Jokel
To:Council, City
Subject:Email comment for 12/19/22 City Council Meeting - Palo Alto Fiber Next Steps
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 12:35:37 PM
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Dear Palo Alto City Council and staff,
My name is Nathan Jokel, and I am a Palo Alto resident in the Palo Verde neighborhood. I amwriting to voice my strong support for the Palo Alto Fiber project to move forward when the
council considers this matter during its December 19 meeting.
Over the past three years through the COVID-19 pandemic, broadband internet has become alifeline for people around the world, as they work remotely and gain access to all manner of
essential services like food delivery and healthcare via the internet. Broadband internet hasbecome as important a utility as water or electricity service. The residents of Palo Alto share
this need. Even as the pandemic abates and companies return to hybrid work models, the waywe work is forever changed and many workers will work remotely at least part of the time,
depending on fast, reliable broadband internet to do so.
In our area, the only viable option for broadband internet is a single private ISP providingcable internet, and we are not well served in terms of speed or reliability and have no
alternatives to switch to. My wife and I both work remotely most of the time, and we havehad three internet outages in the past few months lasting several hours in each instance,
negatively impacting our productivity and ability to do our work. The fiber to the home projectwould provide fast, reliable internet that our household and so many others like ours in Palo
Alto greatly need.
I would strongly recommend that the city proceed with the most expedient and fastest plan forthe fiber buildout, given the urgent need for this service in the community (i.e., Option 1:
Build fiber backbone and fiber to the premises within 5 years with a $98M revenue bond.) Ibelieve the need for fiber is a priority and merits whatever funding means are necessary to
move the project ahead quickly. Support for this initiative will ensure Palo Alto maintains itsstatus as a modern, leading community that leverages technology for the betterment of its
residents. Furthermore, supporting Palo Alto residents working from home with fiber internetwill reduce the need for them to commute, reducing traffic and having a positive impact on the
environment.
Finally, I would request that the council consider prioritizing the Palo Verde neighborhoodduring the fiber buildout. In the map published on page 67 of the September 19th city council
meeting packet, our neighborhood (the Echelon community development off of E MeadowDr) is marked as blue or "Commercial Only Area." This is not accurate, as there is a large
neighborhood of 50+ townhomes in this area, with many families who would benefit from thefiber project. I would request that the council consider including this area in its fiber buildout
plan in one of the earlier phases, and/or extending the existing dark fiber from the businessesto the residential homes here.
Thank you for your consideration.
Best,
Nathan Jokel
From:Bob Wenzlau
To:Council, City
Subject:Supporting Consent Item Dec 12 - GreenWaste Contract Amendment
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 9:07:41 AM
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Council Members,
I support the contract amendment with GreenWaste that directs plastic and mixed paper to
US domestic markets away from Asia. The City Staff's efforts along with the cooperation ofGreenWaste has been complex and pioneering.
However, we have not crossed the finish line on this core challenge for managing oursolid wastes.
First, we can only now hypothesize that the fate of our corrugated cardboard isacceptable. This is 42% of our waste materials, and will continue to be shipped to Asia. We
theorize that corrugated cardboard is less contaminated, and would presumably be handledconsistent with US standards, but we have no idea. In general 25% of the incoming material
for recycling are disposed of either as solids or liquids - each a waste, and the fate of thosematerials is unknown. Do these residuals go to an open dump, and is the industrial wastewater
receiving treatment prior to discharge to waterways?
Second, our actions to direct our mixed paper and plastics are a proxy arrangement. GreenWaste is pulling the same tons of mixed paper and plastic that Palo Alto generates, and
shipping those to domestic markets. Our waste is 10% of the incoming waste, and is mixedthrough the processing facility with the other 90% that comes from San Jose and other
adjoining cities. As such, actually only 10% of Palo Alto's waste is directed away from Asia,while the other 90% still goes to Asia. For the resident that wants to feel that the materials
they put in their blue bin are actually not going to Asia, this arrangement still falls short, as infact 90% of those materials still will find their way there.
Even with the deficiencies noted in the current arrangement, the amendment to thecontract is still correct and shows our City's leadership on this failure in California's wastemanagement. The deficiencies build our agenda.
Corrugated cardboard might properly be managed in Asia if we had knowledge of thepaper processing facilities in Asia. It is a given that the brokerage system will always hidethe destined Asian paper processing facility. However, if we can determine that large scale
cardboard processing, regardless of the Asian country, is done in an acceptable manner, thenwe could have comfort that we are doing no social or environmental harm through these
shipments. (I hold doubts about the efficacy of tracing wastes which has been anotherapproach offered.)
As I represented Palo Alto in the Philippines via Neighbors Abroad, I had the opportunity to
interview government officials, and became reasonably comfortable with the environmentalenforcement regime for industrial facilities. But corrugated paper does not go to the
Philippines. Yet the conversation revealed that one could interview environmental officials,directly or via a consultant, and gain insights across the countries that the corrugated
would be destined for. Another potential ally in this discussion could be Amazon, as theirsupply chain would likely hold insights as to the environmental standards as they build up
their paper products from pulp sourced where our cardboard is destined.
Additionally, it is critical that we bring the other communities using the GreenWastefacility on board with Palo Alto's determination. When San Jose directs GreenWaste to
stop the shipment of their plastics and mixed paper to Asia, then and only then, could a PaloAltan placing their plastics and paper in the blue bin know that the materials they see in their
bin are headed toward environmentally sound domestic markets.
Personally, I am humbled to have been part of this process. Since 2018, we have lifted this
topic internationally, through original coverage by the Weekly, that was later picked up by theGuardian and other media, and more recently by NBC. Like our work on climate, this is anhonorable moment where the light of Palo Alto shines across the world. We should beproud when we can use modest municipal resources to lead on critical topics.
Sincerely,
Bob Wenzlau
Note:
1) The percentages shared in my correspondence are based upon my best estimates, and likelyneed some adjustment. However they provide an adequate basis for the arguments made.
2) This topic has a significant impact on Palo Alto's climate footprint. However the ICLEI
methodology the City applies to calculate carbon footprint does not assimilate climate impactonce our waste is loaded for shipment - the wastes and potential impact should show in our
baseline. As such the climate ramifications of this improvement for mixed paper areundervalued.
--
Bob Wenzlau
bob@wenzlau.net650-248-4467
From:Aram James
To:Binder, Andrew; Wagner, April; Tannock, Julie; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Jeff Rosen; Sean Allen; JethroeMoore; Council, City; Rebecca Eisenberg; Winter Dellenbach; Joe Simitian; Jay Boyarsky; Josh Becker; GreerStone
Subject:Major U.S. police departments plagued by officer-on-officer sexual abuse and retaliation
Date:Sunday, December 11, 2022 12:10:49 AM
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What a culture!
https://news.yahoo.com/major-u-police-departments-plagued-130032658.html
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From:Aram James
To:Binder, Andrew; chris.barberini@cityofpaloalto.org; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Council, City; Shikada, Ed;Stump, Molly; Jeff Rosen; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jay Boyarsky; Joe Simitian; Winter Dellenbach; chuck jagoda; JoshBecker; Greer Stone; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Javier Ortega; Michelle Osorio; Braden Cartwright; CeciliaTaylor; Assemblymember.Berman@assembly.ca.gov; Vicki Veenker; Human Relations Commission
Subject:SJSU Transforming Communities Conference: Police Dogs as weapons-who is injured and who dies?
Date:Saturday, December 10, 2022 4:00:46 PM
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Hi Chief Andrew Binder, Here is a 17 min version, edited down from our over one hour original webinar,
on weaponized canines. SGT. Sean Allen is the star of the webinar. Let me knowwhat you think.
Best, aram
Police Dogs as Weapons Webinar - 2022 SJSU
Transforming Communities Conference
youtu.be
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From:Stephen Rock
To:Council, City
Subject:housing shortage
Date:Saturday, December 10, 2022 12:27:01 PM
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One way to help with the housing shortage is to prevent dwellings from being unoccupied.An example. The house at 3886 Ross Rd. has been vacant since it's owner died a long time
ago. It was finally sold in June 2022 (6 months ago) and has had a construction fence around itfor several months. Nobody lives there. There is no construction going on. None of the
neighbors knows what's going to happen. This owner of this property, and other unoccupied dwellings (including unused investment
homes) should be strongly encouraged to make them available for living in. Perhaps a veryhigh unoccupied tax (like some cities have). Or perhaps take them over through eminent
domain. Some people I've talked to blame the city. They imagine that the permit process to modify
buildings takes a year. If this is the case, then Palo Alto City is directly responsible for part ofthe housing crisis. Again IF this is the case, it should be fixed immediately.
--
Stephen Rock3872 Nathan Way, Palo Alto, CA 94303
From:Karen McNay
To:Council, City
Subject:Upcoming City Council elections
Date:Saturday, December 10, 2022 11:24:59 AM
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Dear City of Palo Alto Councilmembers,
Having just read about the problems electing a mayor for the City of San Mateo I’m hoping Palo Alto can avoid
those issues.
I would like to put forward my strong endorsement for Lydia Kou for Mayor of Palo Alto for 2023. Lydia is
eminently qualified both intellectually and temperamentally. Her dedication and attention to all the minute details
over the past 6 years speaks for itself. Lydia has remained passionate in her dedication to and concern for the City
and the residents of Palo Alto.
Should you have any questions or doubts please feel free to contact me.
Sincerely,
Karen McNay
From:Stonestroms
To:Council, City
Cc:Felice Stonestrom
Subject:CPA Short-Term Rentals
Date:Friday, December 9, 2022 8:56:29 AM
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Honorable Council Members:
My wife and I purchased our two-bedroom house in College Terrace 31 years ago. It is
our only property. After we retired, we began renting it out on AirBnB while traveling.
We always charge below-market rates because we benefited from two landlords who
rented to us at below market when we were a young family struggling to establish
ourselves in Palo Alto. We are now paying that forward.
Today, instead of sitting empty when we travel, our home provides folks having short-
term housing needs on campus or nearby an affordable place to stay.
This increases housing availability for others and puts downward pressure on rental
rates, alleviating rather than exasperating our painfully tight real-estate market. We have
rented our house for periods of time ranging from a few days to a few months mostly to
families of visiting professors, research fellows, and individuals having specialized
medical procedures at our excellent adult and children’s hospitals. AirBnB collects
occupancy tax and pays it to the City for rentals of less than 30 days. We pay a neighbor
to serve as property manager while we are gone, so there is always a local contact should
problems arise. Our neighbors appreciate having our house occupied rather than sitting
empty while we are gone.
Some of the more draconian proposals would take our property off the market, with no
benefit to anyone.
Some of the analysis being presented to Council on this issue seems deeply flawed. For
instance, the statement “Presumably, every short-term rental unit on the market is
potentially a housing unit that someone can be in long-term or permanently”
(https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2022/12/08/citing-housing-shortage-palo-alto-
eyes-new-rules-to-limit-airbnb-rentals) is patently false in our case. If one navigates to
our listing, one will see that there are no available dates. But this is because most of the
time we are living in our house, not because it is rented out. Any analysis that assumes
otherwise is wrong.
We acknowledge and appreciate the need to reign-in abusive short-term rental practices,
such as converting residential properties into de-facto, unregulated hotels and the
destruction of community that can happen when neighborhoods become inundated with
remote-investor-controlled short-term rental properties. But Palo Alto is neither a tourist
nor a party destination, which greatly reduces various categories of problems associated
with sort-term rentals elsewhere.
Thanks for considering our situation in legislating a path forward.
David and Felice Stonestrom
College Terrace
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---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Ronald Jean Smith <baywoodronald@gmail.com>Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 13:09Subject: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: 4096227217 or 6597227758 urgent matter To: <ken.lemon@wsco-tv.com>
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Ronald Jean Smith <baywoodronald@gmail.com>Date: Tue, Dec 6, 2022, 13:05Subject: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: 4096227217 or 6597227758 urgent matter To: Elizabeth L. Marvin <ElizabethMarvin@nycacc.org>
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: <postmaster@nysenate.gov>Date: Sun, Dec 4, 2022, 12:20Subject: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: Undeliverable: Fwd: 4096227217 or 6597227758 urgent matter To: <baywoodronald@gmail.com>
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More Info for Email AdminsStatus code 554 5.4.14
Typically this error occurs because the recipient email address is incorrect or doesn't exist atthe destination domain. This can usually be fixed by the sender. However, sometimes theissue needs to be fixed by the recipient or the recipient's email admin. If the steps in the Howto Fix It section above don't fix the problem, and you're the email admin for the recipient, tryone or more of the following:
The email address exists and is correct - Confirm that the recipient address exists, iscorrect, and is accepting messages.
Synchronize your directories - If you have a hybrid environment and are using directorysynchronization make sure the recipient's email address is synced correctly in both Office 365and in your on-premises directory.
Errant forwarding rule - Check for forwarding rules that aren't behaving as expected. Aforwarding rule can be configured by an admin via mail flow rules or mailbox forwardingaddress settings, or by the recipient via the Inbox Rules feature.
Mail flow settings and MX records are not correct - Misconfigured mail flow settings orMX records can cause this error. Check your Office 365 mail flow settings to make sure yourdomain and any mail flow connectors are set up correctly. Also, work with your domain
registrar to make sure the MX records for your domain are configured correctly.
Mail loop detected - This error also indicates that the receiving organization's email settingsare misconfigured, creating a mail loop when a message is sent to an address that isn't foundin their directory. This usually won't disrupt mail flow for recipients that actually exist, but therecipient's email admin should fix the misconfiguration to reduce the chance of any othermail flow issues. A common cause for this loop is that the recipient's domain is configured as"Internal Relay" when it should be "Authoritative." Another common cause for the loop is thatboth the sender and recipient are part of the same organization, but the sender's mailbox ishosted by Office 365, while the recipient's mailbox is hosted on-premises, and an outboundconnector from Office 365 to the on-premises email servers is missing or misconfigured. Tofix this, the recipient's email admin should create a correctly configured outbound connectorin Office 365 to route the message to the on-premises mailbox.
For more information and tips to fix this problem, see Fix email delivery issues for error code5.4.14 in Office 365.
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From:Shelly Kosak
To:Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov
Subject:Human Rights Day 2022
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2022 8:19:36 PM
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The Midpeninsula Chapter of the United Nations Association would like to cordially invite all
city councilmembers of Palo Alto and Mountain View to join us in recognizing andcommemorating International Human Rights Day this Saturday, December 10th.
Our Speaker Event will begin at 1 pm at the East Palo Alto YMCA's City Room with an
opening address from the Director of the Human Rights Institute from San Jose StateUniversity. Visiting SJSU scholars from Afghanistan, representatives from the Iranian
community, and youth voices will speak to the question "What Do Human Rights Mean toYou?"
There will be time for discussions and light refreshments will be provided.
The event will conclude at 3 pm.
We would be so honored if you could attend!
Kind regards,
Shelly KosakUNA Midpeninsula Chapter Leader
From:Tran, Joanna
To:Council, City
Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office; Paras, Christine; Tong, Sunny; Audrey Ke
Subject:FW: Council Consent Questions Item 6 (12/12/22), Item 8 Posted
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2022 6:12:51 PM
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Hi all,
Resending with correct link for Staff Response to Item 6.
Thank you!
Joanna
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Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2022 5:50 PM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
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Subject: Council Consent Questions Item 6 (12/12/22), Item 8 Posted
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links below for the amended
agenda and staff response to a question from Councilmember Cormack for Monday night’s Council
Meeting:
December 12 Amended Agenda
Staff response to Item 6
Please note, Item 8 has been added to the late packet. If you have any questions on this item, please
provide those as they come in and we will respond as time permits. Thank you!
Best,
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:McDonough, Melissa
To:Monty Frost; Council, City; Joe Simitian
Cc:Dan Garber; Judy Frost; City Mgr
Subject:RE: Encina Ave - Violent vagrant overnighting on sidewalk
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2022 4:43:33 PM
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Thank you for reaching out to us with your experience and concerns. As your tenant related, there
are very few things we can do. There is not a law against that behavior. Also, we cannot force
someone to accept services. The tools in our toolbox are:
Our Police Department can respond when you feel threatened, they will come to the scene
and try to talk to the persons involved.
The County Mobile Crisis Response Team can respond if it feels like a mental health
emergency and they will come and attempt to de-escalate the situation.
The County TRUST program can respond to non-emergency mental health concerns and offer
counseling, outreach, and services.
The City/County partnership, PERT, can deploy an officer and a counselor to respond and
offer some de-escalation, outreach and services.
These are difficult things to contend with and they can sometimes take a long time to resolve. It’s my
understanding that even if someone experiencing a mental health crisis agrees to accept treatment
or medication, that the process can take quite some time. It might be multiple meetings between an
outreach or health care worker and an individual before enough trust is built whereby the individual
agrees to treatment. Then, identifying the appropriate treatment can also take some time. If the
treatment involves a medication, some psychiatric medications can take 30 days to begin to show
effects. Which is a long way of saying, even if TRUST comes out to talk to an individual, even if
everything goes the best possible way, it would be several weeks or months before a change in
behavior.
Thank you again for taking the time to contact us on this matter.
Best regards,
Melissa
Melissa McDonough, MPP
Assistant to the City Manager
pronouns: she/her
650.329.2533 (desk) | 650.586.1557 (mobile)
Melissa.McDonough@cityofpaloalto.org
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Dear Members of the Palo Alto City Council and Honorable Joe Simitian,
We are residents of Palo Alto and own commercial properties on Encina Avenue in Palo Alto, where
out tenants are being verbally threatened by a man named Mr. Taylor who has camped on the
sidewalk during both the day and night across from our building at 81 Encina Avenue (at the back of
Town & Country Shopping Center). This man has been yelling indiscriminately during the day and
making specific threats against female employees attempting to get in their cars or walk to the train
station in the dark after work. He has been denied access to the Opportunity Center because of
threats of violence he has made to persons there. The Palo Alto police and other government
agencies that have been contacted by one of our valued tenants, Mr. Dan Garber, have said they can
do nothing. It is simply not acceptable that someone can frighten and threaten our tenants. What
can the City do to make Encina Avenue a place not feared by our tenants, their clients, and
patrons of Town & Country Shopping Center, so they can enjoy doing their business in Palo Alto
again?
Sincerely,
Monty and Judy Frost
1991 Bryant St
Palo Alto 94301
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Subject:Super Sensational Seasonal Book Sale! - Friends of the Palo Alto Library
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2022 1:36:04 PM
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Saturday December 10
Main Room Members' Early Sale 9am -
11am
Main Room General Sale 11am - 4pm
Bargain Room 9:30am - 4pm
Children's Room 10am - 4pm
Sunday December 11
All Rooms 11am - 4pm
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Marty's (Main) Room
In our Main Room, prices are way below
what used book stores charge. Hardcoverbooks start at $3.00 and softcover booksstart at only $2.00.
NO NUMBERS WILL BE ISSUED FOR NON-
MEMBERS FOR THIS SALE. IF YOU ARE NOT
A FOPAL MEMBER SIMPLY SHOW UP AT
11AM.
Please note that due to crowding during the
first two hours of the Book Sale, no strollers,
rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the
Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers
and volunteers alike. By 12:30 or so, the
crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to
bring 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,
fiction for teens, 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 are50 cents each. The room also contains manyrecords, CDs, and DVDs at $1 each. OnSunday, the room opens at 11 am and allprices are half off. Or, save even more onSunday by buying green FOPAL reusable
bags from us for $2/ea (or bring your own
grocery-size reusable bag) and stuffing them
with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fillfour bags at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE!(We no longer receive sufficient used papergrocery bags along with donations for thispurpose.)
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 sending
you 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 find books for your child'sreading level, and that there will be plenty of kids around next week or so reviewing fortheir finals. You can read about these on their blog to which you can subscribe if you have
got an RSS reader.
And if like yr hmbl newsletter editor you have not been paying attention and are wondering
what is open and how much the Library has a Current Library Services page.
What's Special for December 2022
For December FOPAL members are benefiting from another Members' Early Sale. All FOPAL
paid members can get in earlier than the normal 11am start time. Because of this, the
normal Main Room entry procedure is changed. See the section below pertaining to the
Members' Early Sale.
Winter is upon us and generous donations keep coming in. This is the perfect time to pick
up books to give or collect for cold weather reads. From Philosophy, check out a collection
of books pulled from a recent large donation to be offered to our loyal sale customers. All
are in great condition and at low prices. The Law section this month offers shelves filled
with nearly all new books from a donation we received earlier this year. Shout out to new
volunteer Otillia M. for her help co-managing the Law section this month. Nice job Otillia!
The Military History section has been restocked with a wide variety of books on all
aspects of this popular genre. Look for several limited signed copies offered, shelved in the
special bays just to your right as you enter the Main Room. Also in the specials bays, the
Holiday sale is fully stocked with seasonal items/books, well as caroling sheet music for
harmonica! Check out the DVDs in the DVD & Blu-Ray section and on the red cart this
December. This section is newly stocked with DVDs that will suit your winter viewing
pleasures. Grab your popcorn and enjoy!
FOPAL Members Get the First Pick at Members' Early
Sale
A fun and fabulous FOPAL Members' Early Sale is scheduled for Saturday, December 10th.
Twice a year, FOPAL holds a Members' Early Sale, at which members of the Friends of the
Palo Alto Library are admitted early to the Main Room sale. Look for FOPAL President Jenny
Munro at the entrance to officially welcome all FOPAL Members' to shop early this
Saturday!
Life & Sponsor Members Enter at 9am: At our Members' Early Sale, Life and Sponsor
Members (each with up to one spouse or guest) may enter at 9am and can purchase up to
100 books per membership from 9am to 10am. Each Life Member and Sponsor Member
must give the one Purchase Slip per membership to the cashier before 10am in order to
purchase up to 100 books. If a Life Member or Sponsor Member exits without purchasing
all 100 books, he/she may take the Purchase Slip and reenter to fill out the 100 books as
long as they are purchased by 10am.
Other Members Enter at 10am: Members at all other levels can enter the sale at 10am,
and purchase up to 25 items per membership, except Family Members may purchase up to
25 items for each of two adult members at a time. All members may enter with their
families, including one accompanying adult and children.
At 11am, non-members are admitted: The limit on purchasing 12 books at a time lasts
until there is no longer a line waiting to enter. New memberships can be purchased and
expired memberships can be renewed beginning at 8am.
Ticket Handout Procedure: At the Members' Early Sale, tickets are given only tomembers of FOPAL and are for two lines: one for entry at 9am, one for entry at 10am.Each member will get just one ticket, although Life & Sponsor Members may bring oneguest between 9am and 10am and other Members may bring in their families, consisting ofone other adult and minor children, beginning at 10am.
We do encourage members to bring Membership Cards even if expired; they do help the
ticketing move more quickly. People who come early are members of FOPAL and so there's
a greatly reduced line for the 11am general entry. No tickets are given out for the 11am
general entry line.
You may renew your membership, or join FOPAL, that day. Renew, or join now at
www.fopal.org/join!
What's Special in January 2023
Most of you will have received an e-mail last week that included information about the High
Value Special Sales of Books and Ephemera to be held in the parking lot outside the
Children's Room. The weather forecast has progressed since then to where there is as of
Wednesday night a 90% chance of rain on Saturday, so we have chosen to postpone this
sale until Saturday, January 14, 2023, when we expect to hold it in Room H1 next to our
Bargain Room.
Philosophy
The Philosophy section for December has the richest collection of books, especially in
terms of Phenomenology, for all of 2022 with the books being specially priced for the
Members' Sale. The major group is eighteen books by or about one of the leaders of the
Phenomenology school, Martin Heiddeger, shelved next to these are three books by his
student and friend Hannah Arendt. Also connected to Heidegger we have four books by
Emmanual Levinas. Following this are six books by Theodore Adorno, a child prodigy on the
piano and leading thinker on Existentialism and yet another accomplished pianist and
thinker, five books by Edward Said. These books are in very good condition and most have
an insert showing the book's current online value. And that is only two out of ten shelves!
-Nigel Jones
Poetry
This month, the top shelf of Poetry is devoted almost entirely to Eavan Boland: her own
work and the works of over thirty other poets who have inscribed their volumes to Eavan.
The top shelf is rounded out by a few other Bay Area writers. On the bottom shelf, find
some works about limericks, both dirty and otherwise. Finally, in the women poets section,
find several volumes by and about Adrienne Rich.
Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com.
-Mandy MacCalla
Home & Crafts
This month the Crafts shelves showcase a Christmas Craft Source Book and Christmas
with Martha Stewart Living, as well as titles for paper craft, jewelry-making, fabric gift
ideas, and floral crafts. Find a guide in the nick of time for holiday home creations and gift-
giving.
For December, the Home titles include: Diana Vreeland and Isaac Mizhahi fashion, plusbridal beauty, wedding guides, and lingerie styles. The Home shelves provide window andcurtain ideas, in addition to bath and kitchen remodeling. You'll also find an array of homedecorating, interior designing, and decorative painting books, plus home organizationconcepts. Do you have your New Year's home resolutions ready?
Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com.
-Virginia Perry
Antiques & Collections
Among the many offerings this December you'll find: stamps, jukebox, rock 'n' roll, coins,
silver, pottery, and other collectibles, plus antique buying guides and furniture. Peruse and
purchase these items at greater savings than online or at used bookstore prices.
Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com.
OF NOTE: NEW MIXED RED CART - Antiques and more!
Seeing more 'red' this December? We have a new FOPAL mixed RED CART, which includes
an overflow of Antiques & Collections, plus several Home & Crafts titles including home
improvement, as well as Feng Shui home, office, and health. Take a look!
-Virginia Perry
Medicine
History of medicine books are featured, and since the greatest recent discoveries were
made by accident or "chance"...they make for some interesting reading. Highlights include
the richly illustrated coffee table book The Cambridge History of Medicine, the early
surgical triumphs of The Doctors Mayo, and Accidental Medical Discoveries, where Pasteur
reminds us that "chance only favors the prepared mind."
Explore the collection of vintage texts written between 1847-1930s, although
unenlightened, will make you glad that you were born after the discovery of penicillin. Note
also the mint condition leather bound Classics in Medicine volumes, with marbled end
pages, gilded edges, and satin ribbon markers...ideal for unique holiday gifts.
-Pam Parke
Science & Technology
Donations have been light this month, but quality has been good. Almost all books are
price checked on the internet and I price them much lower than the lowest price I can find.
The bargain room is not the only place to find bargains on STEM books. Shelf pictures at
www.fopalbooks.com. Plenty STEM books are also available in the bargain room.
-Edwin El-Kareh
Sheet Music
We are bulging with banjo and ukulele books this month. We also have a decent selection
of clean books, many with CDs, for most instruments. Shelf pictures and images of each
individual book organized by instrument at www.fopalbooks.com. Heaps of lesser quality
sheetmusic books are available in the bargain room.
-Edwin El-Kareh
Health
The Health Section is burgeoning with books. A great gift idea is Lisa Genova’s 2021 book,
Remember, on how to protect our memories. For excitement, try Radium Girls, set during
World War I. It is the story of young women working in a radium dial factory, who began to
fall ill, and the quest to discover the cause. There are a number of diabetic cookbooks, full
of colorful photos and recipes. And, a bargain to prepare for the holidays, or for after the
New Year: all of the exercise DVDs have been marked down in price. We have three
beautiful books on the human body...for just $3 apiece...a good gift for an aspiring health
worker? For chills, try Weekends at Bellevue; Nine Years on the Night Shift at the Psych
ER...a memoir by Julie Holland, MD.
-Suzanne Cholko
Children's Room
Come to the Children's Room to find gift-quality picture books, both holiday-themed and
otherwise, on our Giftables shelves. There's a wonderful selection, most priced for just adollar or so. In the Activities section you'll find a colorful assortment of toys for toddlers,and to add to your holiday merriment, an overstuffed bin of joke books (good stockingstuffers). The World Languages shelves are overflowing with books in French, German, andPolish this month. Check out the School-age Fiction section for beautifully illustrated gift-quality classic story books: stories from Shakespeare, Dickens, and the Arabian nights.There is a complete set of 21 paperback books by Enid Blyton; like-new hardback editionsof the Artemis Fowl series by Eoin Colfer; many books in the popular fantasy series Wingsof Fire; and lots of the Dork Diaries and Diary of a Wimpy Kid books. Parents, if you wantyour elementary-age children to keep reading over the holidays, we suggest our earlychapter book series. Teens, if you want a break from "have to" reading, we have lots ofbest sellers and critically acclaimed books to take you far away from the here and now.
-Carolyn Davidson
Children's Vintage
It's finally Christmas in children's vintage! Plenty of holiday books for both big and little
readers. Shelf pictures of some of the treasures are available at www.fopalbooks.com.
We continue to have a robust section of non-fiction books, again for both big and little kids.
On special this month is a 12-volume Audubon Natural History encyclopedia that will
amaze you with pictures of and facts about our natural world. And as always, 'tis the
season for series books - this time with a hefty dose of Enid Blyton Famous Five classics in
addition to the usual Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys.
Stop on by and see what you can find for gifts for yourself or friends. Who doesn't love a
good book for the holidays?!
-Lisa Heitman
European Language
We received some very nice fiction in Spanish, including several books by Isabel Allende
and several by Garcia Marquez, and a few books of poetry inscribed to Eavan Boland.
-Susan Strain
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 - People Love Dead Jews by Dara Horn; The Betrayal of Anne Frank; Old
Wine New Flasks: Reflections on Science and Jewish Tradition; Not in the Heavens: The
Tradition of Jewish Secular Thought; Brotherhood | The Israel Defense Forces; Recovered
Roots; Hybrid Judaism.
Most fiction with Jewish themes will be found in Modern Literature/Classics or CurrentFiction. Books entirely in Hebrew are shelved in the European Languages section.
-Charlotte Epstein, Section manager for Judaica
Science Fiction & Fantasy
For Tolkien collectors, I have a set of the first printing of the Ballantine paperback Lord of
the Rings, in good shape for paperbacks from 1965. There's quite a bit of Terry Pratchett,Discworld and otherwise, mostly paperback but some hardcover, including some titles Irarely see. In the Graphic Novel section, look for a selection of graphic memoirs, familysagas, and immigrant tales.
Photos can be found at www.fopalbooks.com.
-Rich McAllister
Travel Narratives
Available for the first time this month are many dozens of virtually new books in our COLD
REGIONS and RUSSIA sections.
-Jim Sutherland
History
Looking for a gift for a history buff? We recently received a large donation of books on 20th
century history - mostly about Germany and Russia, but there are also a fair number on
France, Spain, China, India, and Mexico. All of these are in very good condition, and priced
at $3 to $5 a volume. We continue to receive new donations of books on African-American
history, and have a small section on immigrants and immigration as well. If you're looking
for a biography of an American who wasn't a president, we have a shelf of books on
famous and not-so-famous Americans from Colonial times to the mid-20th century. If
you're looking for something different, check out the "Offbeat History" section for lighter
books that don't really fit into other categories.
We also have some nice-looking older books, some from the late 19th and early 20thcentury. The complete 11-volume set of the Durants' history has been reduced to $50.Over the last two months we've acquired a number of books on the Kennedy assassination,which are on one of the red carts at the end of the aisle - the other has a wide range ofbooks on exploration. And don't forget to visit the bargain room: we've had so many newbooks this month that a lot of excellent volumes went there early!
-Linda McAllister
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 December 4 through Sunday December 11 to
prepare the Main Room for this weekend's sale. Please hold your donations until Monday
December 12.
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.
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From:Peter Naughton
To:Council, City
Subject:Palo Alto Fiber
Date:Thursday, December 8, 2022 11:30:26 AM
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I am NOT in favor of funding option 3 for the Palo Alto Fiber initiative as described in the“Palo Alto Fiber Next Steps” article:
“ Option 3: Build fiber backbone, pause City-owned internet service
provider plans, and collaborate with private Internet Service Providers.”
Peter Naughton
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From:Aram James
To:Perron, Zachary; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Jethroe Moore; Sean Allen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City;Planning Commission; Human Relations Commission; Gennady Sheyner; Jeff Rosen; Rebecca Eisenberg;vicki@vickiforcouncil.com; Joe Simitian; Cindy Chavez; Kevin Jensen; Cecilia Taylor; Tony Dixon; Betsy Nash;citycouncil@mountainview.gov
Subject:Boise hires former DOJ IG to probe retired captain for white supremacy
Date:Wednesday, December 7, 2022 11:27:13 PM
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From:Scott O"Neil
To:HeUpdate; Council, City; Planning Commission
Cc:HousingElements@hcd.ca.gov; Julie Lythcott-Haims; info@vickiforcouncil.com; ed@edlauing.com
Subject:Individual Comments on Housing Element Draft
Date:Wednesday, December 7, 2022 1:12:53 PM
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Please find attached my personal comments on the Housing Element.
Thank you,
-Scott O'Neil
Dear Palo Alto City Council, Planning and Transportation Commission, and City Staff,
I share the concerns about the Housing Element expressed in Palo Alto Forward’s recent letter,
to which I was a contributor. I have some additional comments as an individual.
Comments
C1:
Time associated with preapplications, prescreens, and study sessions should be included in
Annual Progress Reports to HCD. The Housing Element is clear enough that these are part of
the process, and not an informal courtesy meeting. Ie: (bold mine)
"[Rezoning] begins with a required prescreen with the City Council. The applicant
submits a prescreen application for a rezone proposal and the City Council generally
hears the prescreen request within two months.If the Council response is favorable,
then the formal application for a rezone process can begin." (p. 262)
I've heard from someone who's done projects in Palo Alto that this first round of review is often
the most laborious and impactful on timelines. It should be reflected in public data.
C2:
An attorney and housing activist in Walnut Creek has inspired many of us with his passion for
compliance with the Permit Streamlining Act and ensuring Housing Elements spell out how they
will comply with PRC 21080.1/.2. I would encourage the city to add detail to the Housing
Element about when, how and who processes CEQA applications in Palo Alto until it is clear
that this law is being followed.
To aid the City in making necessary changes, please find attached Exhibit A - HCD Letter to
Berkeley.
C3:
Program 1.1 should clarify that all previously-described planned rezoning is covered under this
program, ie: rezoning of RM and mixed-use zones outside of GM/ROLM.
Conclusion
I want to acknowledge that most of my role in this process has been as a critic, and say some
things I know I don’t say enough. First, I think staff has done very good work. I do not envy
being trapped between rapidly changing state laws and Palo Alto politics, and am constantly
impressed by how well they handle this unenviable position. Second, I want to say that the
Housing Element Working Group and its members have no responsibility for the circumstances
surrounding its creation, and do not believe any of them did anything wrong as individuals.
Finally, I do want to see Palo Alto achieve certification of a compliant Housing Element as soon
as possible, and want to helpful.
To that end: I think the most promising path forward for Palo Alto is to take the strategy it’s
adopting the GM and ROLM zones, and fix the issues with development standards that are
creating constraints. That strategy should be extended by applying it to the University and
California Avenue downtowns, including, in the case of Cal. Ave, the area across Alma
northeast of the Caltrain station. This would dovetail with rationalizing zoning instead of spot
zoning –a good unto itself. Having more sites will make it easier to satisfy the nonvacant sites
analysis. Showing that zoning is adequate for feasibility and eligible for ministerial review at
market-feasible IZ levels (ie: 15%) would fortify such a housing element against several of the
governmental and nongovernmental constraints identified in the PAF letter while simultaneously
addressing AFFH concerns.
Thank you, and all the best.
-Scott O’Neil
Exhibit A - HCD Letter to Berkeley
From:Eric Nordman
To:Council, City
Subject:Concern about safety issue associated with proposed double roundabout for Charleston Under-crossing
Date:Wednesday, December 7, 2022 12:33:43 PM
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Palo Alto City Council:Attached is a letter regarding a safety issue associated with the doubleroundabout proposed for the Charleston Under-crossing Option. I pointedout this issue in August. I have not seen any indication that thishazard is acknowledged or that the design is being modified.
Sincerely:
Eric Nordman
1
Draft Letter to City Council, Rail Crossing
December 1, 2022
Eric Nordman
Dear Palo Alto City Council members:
I am writing about a significant hazard with the multi-lane roundabout associated with
the Underpass Option for the Charleston rail crossing that appears to have been
ignored.
The standard operation of a multi-lane roundabout is illustrated in the diagram below,
which is from the 2020 California Drivers
Handbook.
The reason for having a roundabout on
Charleston is to allow vehicles from Alma
wanting to go west to first go east and then
make a U-turn.
I was unfamiliar with how multi-lane
roundabouts operated so I looked online. I
found a 6-minute video created by the
Minnesota Local Road Research Board:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEhNboz5GPk
In standard roundabout operation, in order to
make a U-turn the driver should be in the left
lane when entering the roundabout.
However, on eastbound Charleston, this lane
is the right lane. The right lane vehicle path
and left lane vehicle path now intersect (see
image at right).
In the video, you will see that cars typically
enter a multi-lane roundabout from both lanes
simultaneously into their appropriate lane in
the roundabout. Crashes seem inevitable
with the current Underpass Option design,
and given that the design doesn’t follow
standard practices, the city might be held
liable.
2
On Aug 3, 2022 as a member of PABAC, I sent in comments that included the above
problem.
I suggested a solution: Have both lanes merge first and then have a one-lane
roundabout. They responded that the traffic volumes required a two-lane roundabout.
This may be true, but the response didn’t address the hazard, and I have seen no
change in design.
They also replied: “A traffic analysis and geometric refinement of the roundabout might
be required in the next phase.” This issue seems to be more than a geometric
refinement.
From the video:
"Once you have entered the roundabout stay in your lane. Do not switch lanes or
pass other vehicles. Passing vehicles or switching lanes is unsafe."
In theory, one could move the two-lane roundabout a few blocks east to allow time for
people to get in the correct lane. While this could work, it would make an awkward
design even more awkward.
I do not think it is acceptable to continue with a design approach that is unsafe.
Why is the Underpass Option being pursued?
I do not understand why the Underpass Option is being considered over the Hybrid
Option for East Meadow and Charleston. The estimated cost is almost twice as much
($380M vs $210M), yet the design seems inferior based on the council criteria. The
matrix summary chart showed only 4/20 items where the Underpass Option was better,
versus 5/20 where the Hybrid Option was better.
While the Hybrid Option has no property acquisition, the Underpass Option requires full
acquisition of 4 houses, one 14-unit apartment complex and partial acquisition from ~30
houses. The cost and logistical challenges of this seem significant.
While pedestrians and cyclists are separated from traffic in the Underpass Option,
bicyclists would have to cross busy streets twice in one direction. Most commuters and
high school students will find this less safe and inconvenient, and would choose to ride
with vehicle traffic under the underpass.
In the Underpass Option, “an optional 6-foot high noise barrier near the tracks and on
the overpass structure could significantly reduce wheel/rail and propulsion noise.” In
the Hybrid Option this noise barrier is included, not merely optional.
The one issue where the Hybrid Option is rated significantly worse than the Underpass
Option is in minimizing visual changes. I gather people adjacent to the tracks object to
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people on trains looking into their home and yards. I can understand this. The 2-story
house behind us can look over the 7-foot tall fence directly into our master bedroom.
We have curtains to address our problem. Adding landscaping along the railroad track
could also address this objection from home owners and renters.
Please do what is necessary to prevent an unsafe design from being continued.
Sincerely,
Eric Nordman
From:LWV of Palo Alto
To:Council, City
Cc:HousingElement@hcd.ca.gov; HeUpdate
Subject:Public Comment on Housing Element
Date:Wednesday, December 7, 2022 6:51:12 AM
Attachments:LWV Palo Alto comment on HEv.2 (1).docx
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Dear Mayor Burt and Councilmembers,
Please find attached the League of Women Voters of Palo Alto's comment within the 30 daypublic comment period on Palo Alto's Housing Element Update.
Liz KnissPresident
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League of Women Voters of Palo Alto3921 E. Bayshore Road Palo Alto, CA 94303
Phone: (650) 903-0600Web: www.lwvpaloalto.orgFacebook: www.facebook.com/PaloAltoLeague/Twitter: www.twitter.com/lwvpaloalto
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December 7, 2022
Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council and City Staff
Cc: Cal. Dept of Housing and Community Development
Julie Lythcott-Haines, Vicki Veenker, Ed Lauing
The League of Women Voters of Palo Alto submits this public comment on Palo Alto’s Housing
Element update. The League is a non-partisan organization whose mission is the informed
participation of citizens in public policy. The National League’s position on meeting basic human
needs for housing supports policies which provide a decent home and suitable living
environment for every American family. When families or individuals cannot afford decent
housing, government at all levels should provide assistance in the form of income and/or
subsidized housing. Government programs providing subsidies to the building, financing and
insurance industries of housing for lower-income families should be evaluated in terms of units
produced rather than in terms of benefits accruing to these industries.1
Overview
Continued loss of affordable unsubsidized housing stock through involuntary displacement
(55% rise in rental prices in the last decade) is not addressed in the HE. As required by the
Government Code section 65583 (10) A) (v), it should be addressed and analyzed. The city
should address it by including Policies and Programs in the HE to turn the unsubsidized units
into permanently affordable homes in public/private partnerships. This will require increased
funding.
The first half of our comment describes the evidence for loss of unsubsidized units. The second
half of the letter requests the city adopt specific Programs and Policies including Tenant
Protections, a real estate transfer tax, vacancy tax, community land trust, limited equity
cooperative, and other Programs within the Housing Element.
Introduction
The majority of Palo Alto’s low- or moderate-income households do not live in subsidized
housing run by nonprofit developers or in below market rate (BMR) housing created under Palo
Alto’s inclusionary housing ordinance. They live in unsubsidized units, at the mercy of rising
rents and housing prices, mitigated only by California’s just cause eviction statute and state-
1 (LWVUS, Impact on Issues,2018-2020, pgs 93, 94)
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wide rent cap of 10% or 5% plus cost-of-living. (People living in single-family houses not owned
by corporations or real estate trusts and whose units are newer than 15 years are not covered
by the state-wide rent cap.)
Thirty-one percent of the city’s 26,150 households—or 8,106 households--are cost burdened
(paying over 30% of their income for housing, and of that number, 14% are severely cost-
burdened, paying 50% or more for housing. (HE, Executive Summary, ES- 5.) Surprisingly, we
don’t learn from the HE how many of these cost-burdened households are low or moderate
income: that data is omitted from the analysis of housing need. We do know that black and
Hispanic households are disproportionately cost-burdened. (ES-4).
The League’s comments are directed at 1) the Housing Element’s (HE) failure to explicitly
recognize the displacement pressures on the 31% of the city’s households who are cost
burdened or severely so and who live predominantly in unsubsidized affordable housing and 2)
the HE’s failure to adopt an anti-displacement program analysis and strategy.
Failure to Recognize Displacement and Loss of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing or to Adopt
Programs to address it
The Urban Displacement Project (relied on by the Housing Element for analysis of the city’s
housing need) found that 40% of Palo Alto neighborhoods suffer from exclusionary
displacement. In addition, three census tracts are at risk of direct displacement.
“In Palo Alto, three census tracts qualify as sensitive communities who are at risk of
displacement. Neighborhoods near Stanford University, as well as in the Ventura
neighborhood are considered at risk of displacement. Figure C-44 shows the distribution
of sensitive and vulnerable communities throughout Palo Alto.” (Palo Alto Housing
Element, Appendix C, p C -71)
The analysis continues: higher cost-burdened households are found “in the central areas of Palo
Alto where more multifamily housing is located, correlating roughly with the neighborhoods
with higher concentrations of LMI households” (Figure C-37 and Figure C-38). (Palo Alto
Housing Element, Appendix C, p.70.,quoting the Urban Displacement Project).
The Bay Area Equity Atlas (a project of the San Francisco Foundation, Policy Link, and USC
Equity Research Institute) has identified more than three census tracts in Palo Alto where the
majority of low income (LI) renters are cost-burdened or severely so and subject to the pressure
of rising rents and house prices. 2 Home prices in the city have risen 44% between 2020-2021
and rents have risen 55% since 2010. (ES-2)
2 Those tracts include: 5107 (367 LI renters); 5109 (277 LI renters); 5111 (67 LI renters); 5112
(103 LI renters); 5113.01 (467 LI renters); 5113.02 (581 LI renters); and 5114 (300 LI renters).
(See “Where are Renters with Low Incomes Living in the Bay Area? Feb. 23, 2022,
bayareaequityatlas.org/lowincomerentermap).
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Yet, the HE’s “Assessment of Need” denies that any Palo Alto neighborhoods are at risk of
displacement and as a result, the Housing Element contains no specific Programs to address this
issue.
Chapter 2, “Displacement/Gentrification”
“According to research from University of California, Berkeley [the Urban Displacement
Project} no neighborhoods in Palo Alto are at risk of, or undergoing, gentrification.
However, 40.8 percent of households in Palo Alto live in neighborhoods where low-
income households are likely excluded due to prohibitive housing costs.” (Housing
Element (HE), Chapter 2, page 3.)
The phrase “40.8% of households in Palo Alto live in neighborhoods where low-income
households are likely excluded due to prohibitive housing costs” means, according to the Urban
Displacement Project, that 40 % of Palo Alto suffers from “exclusionary displacement”, that is
“displacement which limits who can move into a neighborhood, highlighting reduced housing
choice, particularly for lower SES people.” https://www.urbandisplacement.org/wp-
content/uploads/2022/03/IGS_0_Summary-Brief_03.01.22.pdf
The League asks the city to a) recognize that displacement is a big problem in Palo Alto and to
analyze the effect of displacement on low- and moderate-income households, including
communities of color, as required by Government Code section 65583 (10) A) (v); and b) adopt
Policy and Programs in the Housing Element prioritizing the prevention and reversal of
displacement.
The discussion of displacement should include an analysis of the percentage of households at
moderate income or below which are cost-burdened, the rents each income group can afford
at 30 % of household income, calculate the rents, the number of units at each income level
which would need to be produced, and identify what programs are likely to produce those
units. To address the problem of exclusionary displacement in 40% of Palo Alto, the League asks
the HE to also include an analysis of whether rezoning to allow less expensive missing-middle
housing types (duplexes, triplexes, cottages) in existing residential neighborhoods would
produce housing affordable to low, moderate or work-force households.
Programs Addressing the Displacement and the Loss of Unsubsidized Affordable Housing
should include Tenant Protection and Expansion of Permanently Affordable Housing Using
Public/Private Partnerships and New Sources of Local Funding, such as a Real-Estate Transfer
Tax
The League asks the city to prioritize a Tenant Protection Program within the Housing Element.
Such program should include just cause eviction, rent stabilization, an anti-harassment
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ordinance protecting tenants from retaliation by landlords for complaining about maintenance
issues, legal representation for tenants facing eviction, and a rental registry. Included in a
Tenant Protection Program should be increased local funding for emergency rental assistance,
to supplement state and federal funding. Emergency rental assistance is considered one of the
most effective programs in stemming evictions.
Some these protections are included in the recent package of Tenant Protections considered by
the city council. But these tenant protections will not be enough, the Urban Displacement
researchers have warned, and the League agrees.
“To address the housing affordability crisis and mitigate displacement and exclusion policy
makers must pursue not only the preservation of unsubsidized affordable housing but also
bolder initiatives that substantially expand social housing.” Study of tenant protections and
market rate housing, March 2022.3
https://www.frbsf.org/community-development/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/housing-market-
interventions-and-residential-mobility-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area.pdf
The Urban Displacement researchers from Stanford and U.C. Berkeley conclude that tenant
protection policies may help to keep existing low-income tenants housed, but these policies do
not expand housing opportunities and have exclusionary effects. The researchers recommend
that cities trying to equitably address the affordability crisis adopt two policies:
1) the preservation of existing unsubsidized affordable housing;
2) social housing programs which substantially expand the provision of rental or
homeownership units affordable at a moderate income or below and are run by a
public or non-profit entity. Such programs would need to be widely implemented,
“requiring government investment at levels that match the urgency of the housing
crisis.”
The League agrees. We ask that the city’s highest priority should be for the expansion of
reliable public funding for the acquisition of existing at-risk housing stock and programs which
create permanently affordable housing units run by a public or nonprofit entity.
The League asks that the Housing Element include the Programs recommended by the Urban
Displacement Project’s March 2022 report, particularly the establishment of a community land
trust and limited equity cooperatives. We also ask the highest priority be given to evaluation
and adoption of the following programs, many of which have been used by other cities:
3 Chapple, Karen, Jackelyn Hwang, Jae Sik Jeon, Iris Zhang, Julia Greenberg, and Bina P. Shrimali. 2022. “Housing
Market Interventions and Residential Mobility in the San Francisco Bay Area.” Federal Reserve Bank of San
Francisco Community Development Working Paper 2022-1. doi: 10.24148/cdwp2022-01
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• Acquiring existing multi-unit rental properties at risk of becoming unaffordable, via a
program like San Francisco’s Small Sites Acquisition Program;
• Develop an unsubsidized affordable housing preservation program that will facilitate the
acquisition of privately owned units and convert them to deed restricted units. Sources
of expertise could include Stanford University’s Sustainable Urban Systems Department.
The study should create understanding of the city’s unsubsidized affordable housing stock
and estimate the cost of acquiring units
• Adopt a tiered real estate transfer tax on sale or transfer of properties over $2million,
$5million, and $10million, modeled on the measures adopted by Los Angeles and San
Jose and adopting a vacancy tax to incentivize the use of vacant housing stock modeled
on Vancouver, B.C.
• Establish a tenant or nonprofit opportunity to purchase program;
• Adopt condominium conversion restrictions;
• Partner with and support capacity building of local Community Land Trust. Community
land trusts (CLT’s) are nonprofit, community-based organizations designed to ensure
community stewardship of land. CLT’s are primarily used to ensure permanent housing
affordability. The City would help build the capacity of a local CLT which would in turn
acquire and/or build affordable housing that remains so in perpetuity.
• Establish a mixed-income Limited Equity Cooperative using the Santa Clara County
Measure A funds Office of Supportive Housing Pilot Program. Tenant/owners will
contribute 10% of the equity. Other funding can come from long-term low-interest local,
state or federal loans, revenue bonds, or tax-exempt bonds, as described in the county’s
proposal.
• Prioritize the use of all city -owned parking lots for the development of affordable housing
following up on the November 2021 ARB presentation which demonstrated feasibility of
creating up to 1,000 units near existing infrastructure.
• Adopt the financing model used by school districts in Daly City and Santa Clara which
created affordable housing for school employees. These financing model used public
land, certificates of participation based on rental income and the proceeds of a local
general bond issue;
• Prioritize the use of Joint powers authorities such as CalCHA which can issue revenue
bonds to create below market housing projects from existing market rate developments.
Respectfully,
Liz Kniss
President
League of Women Voters of Palo Alto
3921 E. Bayshore Road, Palo Alto CA 94303 (650) 903-0600 www.lwvpaloalto.org
From:Palo Alto Forward
To:Council, City; HeUpdate; Planning Commission; Lait, Jonathan
Cc:ed@edlauing.com; info@vickiforcouncil.com; julieforpaloalto@gmail.com; HousingElements@hcd.ca.gov
Subject:Palo Alto Forward - Comments on Draft Housing Element
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 11:02:09 PM
Attachments:Palo Alto Forward - Comments on Draft Housing Element (12_6_2022).pdf
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Dear Mayor Burt, Palo Alto City Council, and Palo Alto City Staff:
Thank you all for your hard work on the City's draft Housing Element. We have
particularly appreciated City staff's responsiveness to our questions throughout the
public comment period.
Please find attached Palo Alto Forward's comments and findings regarding the draft
Housing Element. As we write in our letter, we understand that the Housing Element
remains a work-in-progress, and we look forward to working constructively with the
City moving forward.
For any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at this email address.
Warm regards,
Robert Chun
Secretary, Palo Alto Forward
From:Roberta Ahlquist
To:Dave Price
Subject:2 more Homeless women "disappeared" in downtown PA
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 4:52:28 PM
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Over the past month we have 'lost ' track of two homeless women, both of whom have been on
the streets in downtown Palo Alto. Have they been taken in by good neighbors? Have theybeen arrested? One was on University Avenue, near the old ATT store, and the other was in a
cubby area on Kipling off University Avenue. Now there is a fence and a " no trespassing"sign in the area. Kim has been missing for a long time from the underpass on Homer. Is there a
homeless Shelter that we can direct these women to? Or do they just vanish, like Bunny, whodied on the streets some five years ago. When will we develop a humane way to help these
women?
Roberta Ahlquist
From:Roberta Ahlquist
To:Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Planning Commission; Shikada,Ed
Subject:Palo Alto for Whom?
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 4:42:20 PM
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Palo Alto's population is nearly 1/2 renters..So, how do we support these 30,000-38,000
residents? Older seniors are a significant part of our city. The Palo Alto city budget now has a$40 million surplus. Halt office building! Support low-moderate income housing development.
Bring back La Comida lunches to downtown, to five or six of the currently empty rooms atAvenidas. Then up to 500 seniors a week would not be in line to get a tray in the rain, then
scurry home or eat alone on the streets.Develop a rent stabilization and just cause eviction ordinance.NOW.
Start the free cross town shuttle NOW, not in the spring. It's going to rain again soon.Make the Junior Museum Zoo FREE.
Those are a few ideas for starters.
Roberta AhlquistAvenidas Senior Housing Committee
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From:Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
To:Council, City
Subject:Exchanging Ideas with the Bing Nursery School
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 1:02:08 PM
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Exchanging Ideas with the Bing Nursery SchoolDecember 6, 2022
Hello Friends,
I’m happy to share that the American Flamingo, African Spoonbill, Hamerkop, and Redand Green Macaw have been moved back to the zoo! Visitors can, once again, feed aflamingo alongside animal care staff in the Wildlife Circle. For the safety of the birdsduring the ongoing avian flu outbreak, the JMZ has provided booties and foot washingstations for visitors to use in the zoo. If we all do our part to keep the birds safe whenvisiting the zoo, the JMZ may be able to bring back the rest of the bird collection and the
“Loose in the Zoo” experience!
This month, we feature a recent tour of the JMZ by 30 plus educators from Bing Nursery
School. The Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo and Bing have long histories of facilitating
childhood learning. The goals for the tour were for staff from both the JMZ and Bing to
learn from each other, and to be inspired by how both institutions encourage children to
learn through their own curiosity. We spoke with former educator and current Friends
board member Kelly Bavor about the unique opportunity this tour presented both Bing and
the JMZ.
I hope to see you at the JMZ soon. Best wishes for the holidays and a very happy and
healthy New Year!
Lauren AngeloPresident, Friends of the Palo Alto Junior Museum & Zoo
Flamingos are back! Photo courtesy of Artem Nazarov.
Questions for Kelly Bavor, Friends Board Member
What were the goals of the tour?
The Junior Museum & Zoo and Bing have long histories of facilitating childhood learning.
Knowing that both institutions have a wealth of knowledge to offer about early childhood
education, this tour was meant to be collaborative and dialogue-focused. The goals for thetour were for staff from both the JMZ and Bing to learn from each other, and to be inspiredby how both institutions encourage children to learn through play and to be guided by theirown curiosity.
John Aikin and Kelly Bavor spoke to the Bing group before the tour.
How was the tour of the Junior Museum & Zoo tailored to Bing’s learningobjectives?
Bing educators were invited to walk around the JMZ with questions to ponder, such aswhat accessibility features they observed throughout the museum and zoo and what kindof exhibit they would design if given the opportunity. JMZ staff also provided in-depthlooks at the various components of the museum and zoo. For example, Tina Keegan, JMZExhibits Director, spoke to Bing educators about her process in designing an accessibleexhibits hall and highlighted some of the most popular exhibits. JMZ Education DirectorAlex Hamilton let educators explore the Education Hub, where JMZ teachers storematerials for lessons. Looking through the shelves and cabinets, visitors were asked tothink about what lessons they could create with supplies in the hub.
Alex Hamilton shows one of the groups the Education Hub and invites them to explore itscontents.
How are the JMZ and Bing similar in their approaches to childhood education?
Central to both Bing and the JMZ’s philosophy, is the concept of learning through play.Not only are the JMZ and Bing sites for learning, but for research as well. The JMZ, forexample, collaborates with the Stanford Department of Psychology’s Social LearningLab to support research into how children think, learn, and interact with others.
Were there features about the JMZ that Bing educators found particularly engaging
for children?
Bing teachers were quick to note the dynamism of the exhibits at the JMZ and the myriad
ways children of different ages, interests, and abilities could engage with them. JMZ
Exhibits Director Tina Keegan discussed her approach to exhibit design and invited Bing
teachers to imagine what they might adjust or add to further enrich the experience of
children and their caregivers.
Animals and the design of the zoo were also a discussion point. In his tour of the zoo, JMZ
Executive Director John Aikin, highlighted the many vantage points children had to view
the animals up close—from above in a canopy, or a tunnel amidst the roots of a tree.
Allowing children to observe wildlife up close in this way, he said, sparks curiosity and
engenders respect for the natural world.
"We were all excited to see how the new JMZ would look, and it exceeded
our expectations. Everything was so thoughtfully and intentionally
designed for children to experience, learn, and enjoy! Truly such an
exceptional place for children and families!"
--Rinna Sanchez-Baluyut, Bing Head Teacher
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From:Carla Befera
To:Lait, Jonathan
Cc:French, Amy; Andie Reed; Hank Sousa; Alan Cooper; Bruce McLeod; Council, City; Tom Shannon
Subject:Castilleja TDM - follow up
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 12:57:51 PM
Attachments:image003.pngimage004.pngCastilleja TDM specifics.xlsx
Hi Jonathan –
As Thanksgiving is now behind us, we are circling back on your email below. Castilleja held a
community meeting last week with neighbors, and when asked about the status of the TDM
reported it was “likely to go before the City Council as a Consent item this month.” This is
disconcerting, as we have yet to see the proposed TDM, nor heard back about any of the issues we
raised in our meeting with you and your team on October 13th. You indicated in October that the
school’s TDM would not be put before the Council this year, and that it would be made public in a
timely manner prior to being presented as a Consent item. Has this timeline changed?
Of major concern:
1. Under which TDM is/should the school be operating under this school year? We have learned
they will be off-campus starting next summer, when they intend to begin construction. All
bets seem to be off at the moment. Can we get clarity on which rules they should be currently
observing?
2. Counting methodology: Neighbors ask the City to a) make the counting requirement
consistent with the methodology used to determine the maximum car trips and b) clarify
greater and more impartial oversight (via an independent traffic consultant) to alleviate future
concerns of misrepresentation. At the moment it looks like the school is asked to self-monitor
and self-report, which was clearly not the City Council’s intent.
3. TDM during construction: as there will be no driveway or counters during this phase, it is
entirely unclear how construction traffic will be monitored, if at all. Neighbors understand it
will be years of disruption and are very concerned that there will be no oversite or rules
relating to traffic, parking for the 100+ construction and crew vehicles, staging areas, truck
waiting areas, use of smaller residential streets, lane closures, etc. At the recent meeting, the
school advised neighbors that construction vehicles would not be regulated under the TDM.
We ask that this be specifically addressed in the TDM.
4. The Neighborhood oversite committee: as we discussed, the current CUP indicates it will be
City Council appointed, which evidently triggers Brown Act Compliance. This was added after
the council meeting, we all assume by the City Attorney, you were going to look into this.
(Concern: Brown Act restrictions will mean two of the three members cannot discuss any
relevant issues without full meeting, reported agenda, etc.) We propose the Neighborhood
Committee be self-nominated by neighbors who are not affiliated with the school and
permanently reside within 600 feet of the school. PNQL is prepared to create a nominating
body, manage this process, present City Staff or Council with its recommended members,
track tenure of the members, recruit new members as needed, etc.
5. Local enrollment: The new CUP requires a % of local students - who/how will it be determined
who “resides within a 5-mile radius” and where will this be reported? (The school also
admitted at the recent meeting that it “monitors arrivals” by noting how many girls walk in,
rather than get dropped off by car. They agreed they have no way of knowing which of these
students park a block away and walk in.)
Attached is a spreadsheet with specific page numbers, sections, item numbers with our notes on
inconsistencies or missing information in the Record of Land Use Action. Can there be a “clean-up”
document alongside the signed CUP?
We know you all are busy and this is yet more detail on a project that has taken so much of
everyone’s time. But as we are all aware, the prior CUP contained vague language that left much
room for interpretation, and we have learned the school’s fallback position is consistently to follow
the letter (and then only when sharply monitored) of its agreement, and not the spirit. This time we
are taking pains to make sure the specifics are in place, so that everyone can live in peace going
forward.
As discussed, we hope to avoid any confusion or ambiguity in this document, which will be used as
reference for some time to come and which we all hope will help us establish an amicable co-
existence with the school.
Many thanks for all your assistance. We look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Carla Befera
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On Wed, Nov 9, 2022 at 11:38 PM Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Carla,
I just wanted to follow up and let you know that this is still on our radar even if it is not moving as
quickly as we’d all like. I hope to respond to all your questions on your previously attached agenda
before Thanksgiving. Thank you all for your continued patience.
Jonathan
JONATHAN LAIT
Director
Planning and Development Services
(650) 329-2679 | jonathan.lait@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
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To: Lait, Jonathan <Jonathan.Lait@CityofPaloAlto.org>; French, Amy
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Jonathan and Amy –
Thank you again for meeting with us today to discuss the status of Castilleja’s CUP and TDM.
Attached is the agenda, amended to reflect some of the points made during the meeting. We
understood you to say the TDM was no longer on track to be placed before Council as a Consent
item by the stated deadline of December 6, 2022 - and further that you will ensure neighbors see
an early draft in a timely manner, so that they may give input on how the regulations are going to
be spelled out. As discussed, we hope to avoid any confusion or ambiguity in this document,
which will be used as reference for some time to come and which we all hope will help us
establish an amicable co-existence with the school.
We will follow up in a couple of week to see if at least some of these questions can be answered,
and learn what might be the timeline for next steps.
With best regards,
Carla Befera
From:Bing Wei
To:Bob Wenzlau
Cc:Board of Neighbors Abroad; Council, City; info@greenfoothills.org
Subject:Re: Betty Gerard Passing
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 10:24:29 AM
Attachments:Betty Gerard -- obiit.docx
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Thanks, Bob, for sharing!What an accomplished lift.My deep condolences.Pass on my/our warm regards to the families.Best,Bing
Bing WeiMobile: 1-650-842-0209
On Dec 5, 2022, at 21:38, Bob Wenzlau <bwenzlau@neighborsabroad.org> wrote:
All,This is an obituary and photo of Betty that Jennifer passed on.Albeit resending, this reminds us more of her contributions to our community.Bob
On Mon, Dec 5, 2022 at 7:37 PM Bob Wenzlau <bwenzlau@neighborsabroad.org>wrote:Board members,
We lost in mid November Betty Gerard. Betty was a longtime board member ofNeighbors Abroad. Her craft was writing and editing. She was also deeply engagedin telling many stories of Palo Alto, Not only was Neighbors Abroad a beneficiary,but also the historical society. In the 60s she and her husband helped with thefounding of the Committee for Green Foothills. So dedicated to Palo Alto she was.
The sad thing like many is we did not get to cheer her off. She was a lovely caringperson. We actually knew her as she raised a granddaughter in Palo Alto, ayoungster that knew my daughter.
Jennifer Buenrostro informed me today, and she said that she was surrounded byfamily.
Rest in peace, and thank you for your service.
Bob
P.S. Given her impact I have copied a few that would want to know.
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From:Neilson Buchanan
To:Council, City; Nose, Kiely; finance.committe@cityofpaloalto.org
Cc:Shikada, Ed
Subject:Long Range Forecasting FY24-33
Date:Tuesday, December 6, 2022 8:28:33 AM
Attachments:Palo Alto Finance Commitee Packet Dec 6 2022 page 28 to 34.pdf
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I want to acknowledge the summation of fiscal issues on the December 6 agenda of
the Council's Finance Committee. The Finance Committee continues its stewardship
role for the benefit of the City Council and citizens of Palo Alto
I do have a three suggestions to strengthen the ten-year forecasting. Please refer to
page 28-34 in your agenda packet. It itemizes 21 real risks. See attachment.
First, choice of words makes a difference. Long range planning is prioritized risk
assessment. The paragraph header on page 28 is Assumptions NOT Included in
Forecast. The concept of risk is more important than assumptions. Would you
consider rephrasing the header as Risks NOT Included in Forecast?
Second, during the next year Finance Committee could rank order its 21+ priorties.
This would establish a sense of urgency.
Third, please consider three additional risks.
#1 Sea rise change and the risks of unaddressed levees. A levee planning
benchmark against other jurisdictions would be helpful.
#2 There is risk that Palo Alto will not revert to its tradition of heavy inbound
commuters by car, bus and train. It is conceivable that work-from-home will
undermine most assumptions for office space demand. This means greater risk to the
number and types of housing units to be developed. The San Francisco CountyBoard of Supervisors may blaze the trail for cities such as Palo Alto as they confront
risks of their downtown office vacancies. San Francisco may address their dilemma
as early as Fall 2023.
#3 There is longer term, but serious risk driven by the absence of specific plans for
Palo Alto's two downtowns. Within 5-7 years a perfect storm may be driven by
CalTrain ridership, low occupancy offices*, work from home, housing demand,
Stanford's long-range plans (both University and Reseach Park) and simplecirculation through the two downtowns. Parklets, privitized pubic parking and parking-
lite developments are worthy risks to be listed now but they pale in comparison to lack
of specfic area plans for the very old downtown properties. It is difficult for me to
imagine rational modernization of these commercial cores without addressing lot
consolidation.
*One risk is technology growth drifting from computer sciences to bio-tech lab spaces
and healthcare services which may require traditional workspaces for teams,
collaboration and equipment. Once again San Francisco office space vacancies are
instructive.
Thank you for the opportunity to comment.
Neilson Buchanan
155 Bryant Street
Palo Alto, CA 94301
650 329-0484
650 537-9611 cell
cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com
From:Robert Neff
To:Council, City
Subject:1700 Embarcadero
Date:Monday, December 5, 2022 11:51:42 AM
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Dear City Council,
I see a lot to like in the proposal for 1700 Embarcadero. I hope you will support this.
I think the proposed bike/ped connection around the perimeter of the property will enhance
bicycle connectivity to the between the 101 crossing at Oregon Ave/E. Bayshore, to
destinations accessed via Geng Road, including an improved connection to Baylands Athletic
Fields, and the paved Bay Trail connection from there to the baylands, E. Palo Alto, and the
Dumbarton Bridge.
I am excited to see that many non-native Chinese Elms will be removed, and will be
replaced with Native trees, including Coast Live Oaks. This is part of our Urban Forest
master plan, and will lead to better habitat for bird species. A Chinese Elm is a food desert
for birds, but a Coast Live Oak is a bonanza!
So this will be a significant improvement to the environment for bikers, walkers, and native
insects and birds.
Thank you for your service to our city,
-- -- Robert NeffEmerson near Loma Verderobert@neffs.net
From:Tran, Joanna
To:Council, City
Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office; Boatwright, Tabatha
Subject:Updated Council Consent Questions Item 5 (12/5/22)
Date:Monday, December 5, 2022 11:18:19 AM
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Good morning Mayor and Councilmembers,
Please view updated links below with staff responses for questions from Councilmember Tanaka.
Thank you!
December 5, 2022 Amended Agenda Packet
Staff response for Items 3 and 5
Best,
Joanna
Joanna Tran
Executive Assistant to the City Manager
Office of the City Manager
(650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Tran, Joanna
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2022 1:07 PM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: Executive Leadership Team <ExecutiveLeadershipTeam@cityofpaloalto.org>; ORG - Clerk's Office
<ClerksOffice@cityofpaloalto.org>; Wagner, April <april.wagner@cityofpaloalto.org>; Jensen, Eric
<Eric.Jensen@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Bates, Amanda <Amanda.Bates@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Subject: Council Consent Questions Item 5 (12/5/22)
Dear Mayor and Councilmembers,
On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links below for the amended
agenda and staff response to a question from Councilmember Cormack for Monday night’s Council
Meeting:
December 5 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 WeidanzTo:Council, City
Subject:Meet Emily RD - Our Latest Spotlight Member
Date:Monday, December 5, 2022 11:00:23 AM
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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
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From:Jennifer Landesmann
To:Council, City
Subject:Soundscape
Date:Monday, December 5, 2022 10:17:04 AM
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Dear Council,
The Palo Alto Historical Association held an interesting event yesterday looking at the history
of local and regional environmental organizations which are doing extraordinary work withconservation, education, and environmental stewardship. One take-away I had is how
their work began as a way to conserve or preserve spaces and is evolving to consider thehealth effects from nature on the human condition; ideas about how to bring nature into urban
settings, and how science has evolved to explain why.
I offer a presentation by Prof. Martin Röösli on soundscape/noise, which the EU
considers is the 2nd most relevant environmental health burden after air pollution. At
the end, is a noise threshold policy proposal with Lden 54 during day and Lden 43 for night,showing the serious health impacts of noise at night. Lden is calculated like DNL and it's acumulative noise metric which is essential for understanding health effects.
Transportation noise, Health threat or just annoying? and slide deck
The distinction between annoyance and health matters because they are different impacts.Annoyance is self-reported ("I am annoyed") whereas health effects from excessive noisehappen more like how blood pressure occurs - there are no symptoms but there is aphysiological response. So, say you are not awakened by a plane, your ears and brain areprocessing the sound even while you are asleep.
The FAA's current noise threshold criteria does not consider health (at all) and has only oneassumption which is a threshold at which enough people will get annoyed enough to sue ororganize (bother the agency) and also the threshold for which insulation is federally funded .Granted, the FAA's threshold criteria was set half a century ago, with a very different mindsetthat aviation needed to be promoted and protected, and before concentrated flight pathsbecame an issue.
As we prepare for potential FAA noise policy changes (following their own NES study thatshows their data does not support even their first assumption thus they are compelled tochange), it will be crucial how the FAA addresses their framework for their noise threshold.Will they still only care about noise if it's at a level where someone can bother them?
Jennifer