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701-32 DOCUMENTS IN THIS PACKET INCLUDE: LETTERS FROM CITIZENS TO THE MAYOR OR CITY COUNCIL RESPONSES FROM STAFF TO LETTERS FROM CITIZENS ITEMS FROM MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS ITEMS FROM OTHER COMMITTEES AND AGENCIES ITEMS FROM CITY, COUNTY, STATE, AND REGIONAL AGENCIES Prepared for: 6/24/2024 Document dates: 7/1/2024 – 6/17/2024 Note: Documents for every category may not have been received for packet reproduction in a given week. From:Boatwright, Tabatha To:Ellson, Penny Cc:Council, City Subject:RE: Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Packet Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 11:31:03 AM Attachments:image001.pngimage002.png image003.pngimage006.pngimage008.pngimage009.png Morning Penny, Thank you for reaching out. I understand your concern for transparency. This is not a transition the UAC is doing alone. This is a transition the City has taken on as a whole when we transitioned to the new Agenda Management system. The UAC maintained the prior version of posting the agendas and packets on the web for an easier transition. We have been informed it is time to move away from the prior manner in which we uploaded. Utilities staff have been double uploading the information since January. As you can see from the screen shots below the first one is where the community would have gone to view UAC agendas and packets in prior years. The second one is the current manner in which the City Council and other boards and commissions present their agendas and packets. The UAC items have been uploaded and posting the new way on the web, they are simply transitioning away from uploading on both. There has been verbiage on the UAC page of the pending transition from the prior manner. I hope this helps with the understanding of the transition. TABATHA BOATWRIGHT Utilities Management Analyst City of Palo Alto Utilities Department 250 Hamilton Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94301 O: 650.496.6965 M: 408.966.0838 E-mail: Tabatha.Boatwright@cityofpaloalto.org Join me at the 2024 MSC Open House www.cityofpaloalto.org From: pennyellson12@gmail.com <pennyellson12@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 9:25 AM To: Boatwright, Tabatha <Tabatha.Boatwright@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: RE: Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Packet CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for the notice, Tabatha. Why is this change needed? In the interest of transparency and easy access, especially for citizens who are new to working with city government, I have found it helpful to have it in a place where people can easily find and access it. Utilities is a huge part of the city budget both on the expense and revenues sides and citizens’ personal budgets. I would prefer the city continued posting UAC agendas on the agendas page. There are some problems with the city web site and I appreciate your efforts to fix them, but I haven’t viewed this as a problem. I have appreciated having the agendas for commissions and committees together with Council agendas. I hope that can continue. Thank you for considering my questions and comments and for the work you do for our community. Best, Peny Ellson From: City of Palo Alto Utilities <tabatha.boatwright@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 8:35 AM To: pennyellson12@gmail.com Subject: Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Packet Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Minutes You are subscribed to Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC) Agenda and Minutes for City of Palo Alto. The packet was updated June 28, 2024 with the Utilities FY24-Q3 Informational Report and is now available. ATTENTION: Starting June 28, 2024, the UAC Agendas, Packets, Minutes, and Videos will be updated on the UAC Home Page. These UAC items can be found in the Meetings tab under the PrimeGov heading. The UAC Agenda, Packet, Minutes, and Videos will no longer be updated on the Agendas and Minutes page. Utilities | 250 Hamilton Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94301 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Virus-free.www.avg.com From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council,City; Dave Price; EPA Today; Edie Keating; Emily Mibach; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Jay Boyarsky;Jeff Moore; Jose Valle; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; O"Neal,Molly; Palo Alto Free Press; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Richard Konda; Robert. Jonsen; Roberta Ahlquist;Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Sheriff Transparency; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; Supervisor Otto Lee;Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Susan Hayase; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; district1@bos.sccgov.org; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;swright@embarcaderopublishing.com Subject:As the Santa Clara County Sheriff pushes to arm deputies with Tasers, one local civil rights group argues the sheriff’s oversight office acts more as a rubber s… Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 11:14:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. As the Santa Clara County Sheriff pushes to arm deputies with Tasers, one local civil rightsgroup argues the sheriff’s oversight office acts more as a rubber s… Source: San José SpotlightSanta Clara County oversight office under fire over Tasers - San José Spotlight https://search.app/4tfxmEVVFwqbSNwR6 From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; JackAjluni; Jeff Moore; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lewis james; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Robert. Jonsen;Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Barberini, Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:The Israel occupation forces released a dog on an old woman in Jabalia refugee camp Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 10:22:01 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From:Greg Hood To:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; %20kou.pacc@gmail.com; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka,Greg; greg@gregtanaka.org; Veenker, Vicki; Council, City Subject:"No" on rail crossings, "Yes" on HSR (Correction/Update) Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 9:59:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council, As you know I sent a lengthy email last week regarding grade crossings and the current plans potential impact on future California's High Speed Rail (HSR). It was pointed out to me that there is an error in the "Funding" math. Changes are italicized.- Iapologize. I hope this does not diminish the value of the content as this is a critical issue. The section should read: Funding - There’s the lack of political will to demand that the State and Federal Government provide funding. While intrinsically unpopular, but absolutely necessary, a carbon tax or taxes in the form of tolls, registration premiumsand taxes at gas pumps, would both shift commuter/traveler behavior and pay for the system. In 2021 Californian’s consumed 13.82 billion gallons of finished gas. A tax of 72.30 cent / gallon would pay for the entire HSR budget to complete (currently estimated to be $100B) in 10 years. Council and the city must lobby thestate and federal government. And, if one thinks 72.30 cent tax is unpalatable consider the following: The International Energy Agency (IEA)estimates the cost of capturing CO2 in 2030, when scaled up, to be no less than $230/ metric ton and as much as$630/ metric ton. (https://e360.yale.edu/features/direct-air-capture) At the low end of this scale it will cost $2.04 to capture the carbon produced by one gallon of gas, not inflation adjusted. 72.30 cents per gallon is a cheap solution. In addition to my prior email, I would like to add, and as you know, this week is going to be the first extreme weather week in the Bay Area. Here the projections for some other areas (source: weather.com):Phoenix - starting today over 110 until 7/14, Las Vegas, - starting today over 110 until 7/14Medford OR - over 100 starting this Thursday till 7/10 - 7 days (High Fire Zone). Sacramento - starting today over 100 till 7/14 with a high of 112 tomorrow.Palm Springs - temperatures exceeding 110 degrees for the foreseeable future starting today with a high of 120 degrees on Friday. Death Valley - 12 consecutive days of high temperatures of 120 or more starting Wednesday. Also, I found the following regarding California's GHG contribution, "As the source of 1.4% of the world's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and 6.2% U.S. emissions, California is asignificant actor on the global climate stage." The priority should be a HSR that takes vehicles off our roads and planes out of our skies. This "world class" HSR must go to San Francisco to meet and hopefully exceed the originalmandate - 2 hours and 40 minutes to Los Angeles, stops included. Carbon taxes are an absolute must. They are the only way that we will be able to build the necessary infrastructureand shift personal behavior. The rail crossings as proposed will only create another obstacle to a successful HSR system. Thank you again, Greg Hood Hood General Contracting, Inc. | IKON Electrice: greg@hoodgc.com c: 650-383-8819CLSB 1058003 B & C-10 From:pennyellson12@gmail.com To:Boatwright, Tabatha Cc:Council, City Subject:RE: Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Packet Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 9:25:36 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for the notice, Tabatha. Why is this change needed? In the interest of transparency and easy access, especially for citizens who are new to working with city government, I have found it helpful to have it in a place where people can easily find and access it. Utilities is a huge part of the city budget both on the expense and revenues sides and citizens’ personal budgets. I would prefer the city continued posting UAC agendas on the agendas page. There are some problems with the city web site and I appreciate your efforts to fix them, but I haven’t viewed this as a problem. I have appreciated having the agendas for commissions and committees together with Council agendas. I hope that can continue. Thank you for considering my questions and comments and for the work you do for our community. Best, Peny Ellson From: City of Palo Alto Utilities <tabatha.boatwright@cityofpaloalto.org> Sent: Monday, July 1, 2024 8:35 AM To: pennyellson12@gmail.com Subject: Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Packet Utilities Advisory Commission Agendas and Minutes You are subscribed to Utilities Advisory Commission (UAC) Agenda and Minutes for City of Palo Alto. The packet was updated June 28, 2024 with the Utilities FY24-Q3 Informational Report and is now available. ATTENTION: Starting June 28, 2024, the UAC Agendas, Packets, Minutes,and Videos will be updated on the UAC Home Page. These UAC items can be found in the Meetings tab under the PrimeGov heading. The UAC Agenda, Packet, Minutes, and Videos will no longer be updated on the Agendas and Minutes page. Utilities | 250 Hamilton Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94301 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Virus-free.www.avg.com From:Linda Jolley To:Jethroe Moore; Aram James; Gardener, Liz Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; district1@bos.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; walter wilson Subject:Re: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules Date:Monday, July 1, 2024 8:39:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Two different times I have been physically attacked by cops for the crime of sleeping in mycar. I want you all to tell them all that the next time I might well put a bullet through their guts Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 11:25 AM, Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> wrote: Dear Liz, Homelessness is a pressing issue that demands our immediate attention. With the increasing vulnerability of our communities, we must act swiftly to prevent homelessness from becoming a criminal offense once again. In the past, vague laws such as "no visible means of support" were used to unjustly target individuals (POC) for aspects like loitering, prostitution, or simply being associated with criminal activities. This unjust practice was rightfully invalidated by the US Supreme Court in 1972. Unfortunately, it seems that we are regressing (MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN) back to a time where such discriminatory practices have resurface. The current political climate and shifts in ideologies are threatening to push us back to an era where the most vulnerable in our society are criminalized for their circumstances. It is crucial that we do not look towards the Democratic Party platform for solutions to advocate for change. The protection and support of those experiencing homelessness should be a bipartisan concern, as it reflects our shared humanity and values as a society. Let us work together look to form a new party to ensure that homelessness is not treated as a crime, but as a social issue that requires compassionate and effective solutions. The time to act is now, before we repeat the mistakes of our past. Sincerely, REV. JETHROE MOORE II On Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 12:38:40 PM EDT, Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> wrote: Paraphrase: London Breed said it in her statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: We are not criminalizing homelessness. But if they don’t do what we say or go where we tell them, we will fine and jail “them”. So it’s okay. Rounding up our humans who have fallen away from technology forces and have nothing but themselves to rely on. San Francisco has become a policed city. I don’t care how many pride flags fly over its city hall or sexual and gender freedoms ensue. Any human suffering in this cruel and punishing economy is a tragedy. I call it the over 50 under 50. Life for California over the age of 50 earning under 50k a year are done for. In other words, designed obsolescence. Jail has become the 21 century answer to human depravation & lack housing or shelter for our most vulnerable, “court not care” system of abuse. Reality check: unless a human has material or monetary equity like home ownership, the are not legitimately human have carry no value. So except when bringing to a city taxed dollars from a state budget. Instead of wrap around services for our extremely vulnerable we’ll have rap sheets of misdemeanors. Yet how long before being homeless becomes a felony . On Friday, June 28, 2024, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules https://patch.com/california/ los-angeles/ca-can-ban- homeless-encampments-supreme- court-rules -- Liz Gardner From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; CaitJames; Council, City; Dave Price; DuJuan Green; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council;Human Relations Commission; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; KarenHolman; Lait, Jonathan; Gardener, Liz; Marina Lopez; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen;Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tim; Tim James; TomDuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Figueroa, Eric;jeff_conrad@msn.com; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; walterwilson Subject:WronCalifornia Cops Refused to Tell Black Man Why They Wanted to Search His Car. Instead, They Shatter His Car Window and Arrest Him, Shocking Video Shows Date:Sunday, June 30, 2024 10:18:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. I’m Not Doing Anything Wrong!’: California Cops Refused to Tell Black Man Why TheyWanted to Search His Car. Instead, They Shatter His Car Window and Arrest Him, Shocking Video Shows https://share.newsbreak.com/7jgr91fw?s=i0 From:Liz Gardner To:Aram James Cc:Cait James; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Emily Mibach; GRP-City Council; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez; Michelle; Zelkha, Mila; Raymond Goins; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tim; Tim James; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto Subject:Re: A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ Date:Sunday, June 30, 2024 4:44:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. No pride in genocide. SF Chronicle. This is good coverage of a counter rally for humane suffering, indecency and a plea to stop the guns of red reining down on Palestinians in Gazaand West Bank. Driving 101 yesterday and seeing a giant pink triangle on San Francisco mega million real estate hillside only reminded of the vast suffering of so many : our California unhoused, thevery poor workers and farm laborers. Those in Gaza being bombed every minute. To think that this ultra corporate “pride” day in SF is no longer about grass roots equity inclusion but about which corporations. puts up the most money to get their logo the largest onthe screen and multi colored posters. My teenaged son went a couple of years back to the so called Pride parade. He was disgusted with mass co-opting of sexual and gender freedom by the largest billion air tech cooperations:Apple, Google, Facebook and others. The meaning of freedom of self expression. became awash and lost in sea of multi billion dollar capitalistic tech visibility. Where our most vulnerable and suffering under the cruel punishing private equity and billiondollar winners — get nothing but the threat of jail for not paying fines — and losing the very last or near nothing we do own. The lies San Francisco civic leadership spin is gross example of where California elitepositions itself and where our nation of uncertainty is headed. Unless an individual can prove value in stocks, property (housing real estate) a campaign contribution or any other type of pricey material goods we are subject to removal from the USeconomy all together . The indignity being served up by our Supreme Court and our once beloved, progressive San Francisco is unbelievable. I can almost hear SF City Hall sneering atus poor & struggling. I knew the city had its issues w corruption but, disruption corruption. Truly San Francisco is having a MAGA moment disguised in Pride flags. The soul of the thisonce vibrant, diverse, interracial mixed city has been stolen and repackaged in mostly predominately, white washed power. Freedom is not a sacrifice but a price , a commodity, a transaction in dollars. So. Again I don’t give a hoot how many pride flags fly over city centers where there is somuch suffering — equality is far from our grasp when women, children, people of color, housing, wages are under oppressive leaders pandering to dollars and not hearts.So this era of a cancel culture is alive and spreading deep fear the Cold War & McArthyism. Yet it’s not communism it’s capitalism. If we do not cow tow to capitalistic regime we aredoomed. Look at what is already happening Berkeley Unified School District going before “Congress” over accusations of Antisemitism. Webster and European Journalism and journalists beingsubject to washing white and clean of any criticism of Israel and horrors inflicted on Gaza. Artist including my son silenced for fear of being accused of untruths. We are not in AmericaUSA anymore . We are a Nation of cowards and crooks. Right now I am a double hater on California’s neo liberal propaganda machine. Using gender, sexuality, woman’s reproductive right to chose as a bench mark to “doing” something. Yetthose of color those in economic despair ignored again. the cruel real estate industrial complex machinery is crushing our citizenry the mere ability to live , to work, to raise a family or not. The “market” is baring waste to greed and falsehood. The pride flag has lost all meaning forme as just another symbol that money wins and the rest of all people lose. What a magnificent failure in hypocrisies . https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/pro-palestinian-pride-march-19544236.php On Saturday, June 29, 2024, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/opinion/israel-gaza-west-bank.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare -- Liz Gardner From:geetha srikantan To:Council, City Cc:geetha srikantan Subject:PARKING TECHNOLOGY IS COMING TO UNIVERSITY AVENUE CORE!! Date:Sunday, June 30, 2024 1:58:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council, Noted this news: "In mid-July, construction will begin in four downtown parking garages to prepare for and install automated guidance systems. The same camera-based system that is in the new 350 Sherman Ave. garage near Cal Ave. will be installed including a digital sign displaying parking space availability by level. Garage construction start at Garage R (High/Alma South), and move to Garage S/L (Bryant/Lytton), Garage CW (Cowper/Webster), then Garage CC (Civic Center). While installation progresses, expect parking impacts in the downtown area as garage levels are closed. Traffic flow will be maintained at all times in the garages during construction....." Thank you for moving forward with bringing additional parking in University Ave Core. This helps residences in Downtown north area. Thanks geetha From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Dave Price; EPAToday; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley;Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Raymond Goins; Robert. Jonsen; Rose Lynn; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Perron, Zachary; dennis burns; jeff_conrad@msn.com;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:Watch "WATCH: Cop Pulls Gun On Black Man Recording Friend"s Arrest" on YouTube Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:42:29 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/x9v1MNCakBE?si=Esjhb-yA4dhvvFns From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Cait James; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; EPAToday; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Emily Mibach; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian;Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez;Michelle; Zelkha, Mila; Palo Alto Free Press; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Raymond Goins; Sally Lieber; SeanAllen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tim; Tim James; Tim James; Tom DuBois; VaraRamakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov Subject:Re: A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 5:21:00 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Sat, Jun 29, 2024 at 5:08 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/opinion/israel-gaza-west-bank.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare From:Aram James To:Cait James; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; EmilyMibach; GRP-City Council; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Gardener,Liz; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez; Michelle; Zelkha, Mila; Raymond Goins; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor OttoLee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tim; Tim James; Tom DuBois; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto Subject:A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 5:09:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. A Message From the West Bank: ‘We Are Coming to Horrible Days’ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/29/opinion/israel-gaza-west-bank.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Baker, Rob; Bill Newell; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Edie Keating; Enberg,Nicholas; Jensen, Eric; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; JulieLythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Palo Alto Free Press;Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee;Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary;Barberini, Christopher; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; jeff_conrad@msn.com; Tannock, Julie;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:Pressured by cops, a mom made a false murder confession. Now, her sons can prove she’s innocent Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 4:57:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Pressured by cops, a mom made a false murder confession. Now, her sons can prove she’sinnocent https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-28/pressured-by-cops-a-mom-made-a-false-murder-confession-now-her-sons-can-prove-shes-innocent From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Bill Newell; Binder, Andrew;Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Dave Price; Edie Keating; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Jay Boyarsky; JeffMoore; Joe Simitian; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Michelle; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James;Robert. Jonsen; Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Barberini, Christopher; dennisburns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:Voters will decide whether to ban all forms of forced labo Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 4:30:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Voters will decide whether to ban all forms of forced labo Voters will decide whether to ban all forms of forced labor https://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=810913f9-a3c4-4c46-8150-3be4769e0cb1&appcode=SAN252&eguid=3d8b1f70-6379-40c3-836e- 1c0336013027&pnum=39# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: From:Marion Odell To:Council, City Subject:Parking Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 4:13:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you for planning and installing guidance systems in the downtown Parking garagesA DTN resident From:Linda Anderson To:Council, City Subject:Downtown Business Parking Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 3:35:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Council Members, I am delighted to hear the plans for improved downtown parting are going forward. Thank you for helping reducecommercial parking on our downtown residential streets. Linda AndersonDowntown North resident since 1984 From:Neilson Buchanan To:Kamhi, Philip Cc:Shikada, Ed; Eggleston, Brad; Council, City; Nose, Kiely; Planning Commission; Michael Hodos; Ken Alsman; KJ Chang; Irv Brenner Subject:Guidance to Downtown Garages. Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 2:59:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Thank you, Philip! And thanks to Ed Shikada and Brad. Please convey my appreciation to your department staff. I am sure many different hands have worked on this project. Each of the daily vacant parking spaces in city controlled garages has been a barrier to the economic rebound for our city. This concept for modernizing public parking has been on the drawning boards for at least 10 years. See more details below: "In mid-July, construction will begin in four downtown parking garages to prepare for and install automated guidance systems. The same camera-based system that is in the new 350 Sherman Ave. garage near Cal Ave. will be installed including a digital sign displaying parking space availability by level. Garage construction start at Garage R (High/Alma South), and move to Garage S/L (Bryant/Lytton), Garage CW (Cowper/Webster), then Garage CC (Civic Center). While installation progresses, expect parking impacts in the downtown area as garage levels are closed. Traffic flow will be maintained at all times in the garages during construction......" Neilson Buchanan 155 Bryant Street Palo Alto, CA 94301 650 329-0484 650 537-9611 cell cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com ----- Forwarded Message ----- From: Office of Transportation <transportation@cityofpaloalto.org>To: "cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com" <cnsbuchanan@yahoo.com>Sent: Saturday, June 29, 2024 at 11:35:10 AM PDTSubject: Transportation Connect June 29, 2024 View this newsletter as a web page A digital newsletter connecting the community to transportation news, updates, ways to share input, and more. What's New: Council Approved Caltrans El Camino Real Project Downtown Parking Garages to Gain Automated Guidance Systems Proposed Quarry Road Transit Connection Update Rail Grade Separation Project Alternatives Advance Share Input on Parking Downtown Council Approved Caltrans El Camino Real Repaving Project The City Council supported the Caltrans El Camino Real repaving project, which will pave the Palo Alto portion of El Camino Real and add bike lanes. Council also gave authorization to make adjustments to the residential parking permit program and to provide temporary safe parking for those along the project corridor. Find materials including the staff report, project designs, and morehere. Downtown Parking Garages to Gain Automated Guidance Systems In mid-July, construction will begin in four downtown parking garages to prepare for and install automated guidance systems. The same camera-based system that is in the new 350 Sherman Ave. garage near Cal Ave. will be installed including a digital sign displaying parking space availability by level. Garage construction start at Garage R (High/Alma South), and move to Garage S/L (Bryant/Lytton), Garage CW (Cowper/Webster), then Garage CC (Civic Center). While installation progresses, expect parking impacts in the downtown area as garage levels are closed. Traffic flow will be maintained at all times in the garages during construction. Anticipated completion is early 2025. Track this project. Proposed Quarry Road Transit Connection Update In June, the City Council approved several actions related to the proposed Quarry Road Transit Connection including a ballot measure for the November 2024 Municipal Election to repurpose a 0.33-acre specified area of El Camino Park needed for the transit connection. The roadway would be used for transit vehicles from the intersection of Quarry Road & El Camino Real to the Palo Alto Transit Center and facilitates direct transit movement onto and from El Camino Real, potentially reducing bus transit times. This improvement will also alleviate congestion at the University Avenue/El Camino Real interchange and University Circle by streamlining bus movements and mitigating the need for buses to navigate through densely trafficked areas. Concurrently, the proposal includes enhancements to pedestrian and bicycle paths within El Camino Park and at the intersection of Quarry Road and El Camino Real. The project is supported by various goals and policies outlined in the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan, emphasizing the improvement of transportation infrastructure and multimodal connectivity. Learn more atwww.cityofpaloalto.org/transitconnection. Rail Grade Separation Alternatives Advance At their June 10 and 18 meetings, the City Council selected Seale Avenue as the bicycle and pedestrian crossing location for the Partial Underpass Alternative at the Churchill Avenue crossing. The closure alternative remains as a backup option. Council also voted to advance the hybrid (including a mixed wall/column approach) and underpass alternatives for Meadow Drive and Charleston Road. Council’s actions advance these alternatives into the Preliminary Engineering and Environmental Documentation Phase. During this phase, design plans will be developed to refine the alternatives at the three crossing locations to minimize property impacts, plus enhance bicycle and pedestrian connectivity, optimize infrastructure improvements that minimizes traffic circle impacts for the Charleston Road Underpass Alternative, and complete environmental documentation compliance requirements. During the Preliminary Engineering phase, refined design plans will be presented to the City Council. This will occur in the earlier stages of development. The Council will review the Churchill Avenue Underpass Alternative and select the preferred alternatives for Meadow and Charleston. These selections will allow the project to advance to the development of 35% Preliminary Engineering Plans and Environmental Documentation. In addition, Council approved a funding agreement with the Federal Railroad Administration to receive $6 million for this next phase. Follow along at www.cityofpaloalto.org/RailNews. Share Input on Parking Downtown The City owns and manages 18 parking garages and lots in downtown that provides thousands of parking spaces for visitors, employees, and residents alike to visit, shop, dine, and do business. Reflect on your experiences and share input about parking in Downtown Palo Alto through a new online survey. Input received will be used to evaluate additional parking permit types, explore customer enhancements such as validation, mobile payment, and potential parking time limit extensions. The survey closes on August 4. Take the survey here. Transportation Quick Links Main Page Palo Alto Link Parking Projects Biking & Walking Office of Transportation | 250 Hamilton Ave | Palo Alto, CA 94301 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Constant Contact From:Liz Gardner To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; district1@bos.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; walter wilson Subject:Re: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:38:54 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Paraphrase: London Breed said it in her statement on the Supreme Court’s decision: We are not criminalizing homelessness. But if they don’t do what we say or go where we tellthem, we will fine and jail “them”. So it’s okay. Rounding up our humans who have fallen away from technology forces and havenothing but themselves to rely on. San Francisco has become a policed city. I don’t care how many pride flags fly over its city hall or sexual and gender freedoms ensue. Any human suffering in this cruel and punishingeconomy is a tragedy. I call it the over 50 under 50. Life for California over the age of 50 earning under 50k a year are done for. In other words, designed obsolescence. Jail has become the 21 century answer to humandepravation & lack housing or shelter for our most vulnerable, “court not care” system of abuse. Reality check: unless a human has material or monetary equity like home ownership, the arenot legitimately human have carry no value. So except when bringing to a city taxed dollars from a state budget. Instead of wrap around services for our extremely vulnerable we’ll have rap sheets ofmisdemeanors. Yet how long before being homeless becomes a felony . On Friday, June 28, 2024, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/ca-can-ban-homeless-encampments-supreme-court- rules -- Liz Gardner From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Cait James; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; EPAToday; Edie Keating; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Lewis james; Linda Jolley;Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez; Michelle; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; RichardKonda; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Tim; Tim James; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:A Death Row Prisoner’s Parting Interview Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 9:38:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. LIFE INSIDE Life Inside Weekly essays by those who live or work in the criminal justice system from Ramiro Gonzales, on death row in Texas, in June 2022. RAFAEL ROY A Death Row Prisoner’s Parting Interview Days before his scheduled execution in Texas, Ramiro Gonzales speaks on faith, legacy — and apologizing to the family of his victim, Bridget Townsend. By Maurice Chammah Ramiro Gonzales was executed by Texas prison officials on Wednesday, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear his case. He was pronounced dead at 6:50 p.m. following a lethal injection of pentobarbital. Subscribe to our newsletters for more criminal justice news. Read this story online. “I can’t put into words the pain I have caused y’all, the hurt, what I took away that I cannot give back,” he told the family of victim Bridget Townsend in his final statement. "I owe all of you my life and I hope one day you will forgive me.” The family of victim Bridget Townsend did not make any public statements following the execution, but over the weekend her mother, Patricia Townsend, told USA Today that it would be a "joyful occasion." On Wednesday evening, Texas prison officials plan to execute Ramiro Gonzales, the 41-year-old who kidnapped, raped and murdered Bridget Townsend when they were both 18. The Marshall Project covered a dramatic turn in Gonzales’ murder case two years ago. A psychiatrist named Edward Gripon — who in 2006 had testified that he had antisocial personality disorder and would always be violent — had changed his mind. Citing Gonzales’ willingness to take responsibility for his crimes, Gripon told us, “If this man’s sentence was changed to life without parole, I don’t think he’d be a problem.” Gripon’s about-face cast doubt on Texas death penalty laws, which uniquely focus on predicting whether people will be dangerous in the future. Shortly after our story was published, the state’s appeals court halted Gonzales’ execution because the psychiatrist had also given the jurors debunked statistics. But the court later dismissed these concerns, paving the way for a new execution date. Gonzales’ story echoes famous spiritual transformations on death row, like that of Karla Faye Tucker, who was executed in 1998. It comes as many leading evangelical Christians are questioning the death penalty as out of step with their pro-life views. Over the years, Gonzales and his supporters have described his path from childhood sexual abuse and neglect, to drug addiction and violence, to spiritual rebirth. While on death row, he earned a certificate in Bible studies, counseled other prisoners in a faith-based program they call the “God Pod,” and (unsuccessfully) attempted to donate a kidney to a stranger. “How can I give back life? This is probably one of the closest things to doing that,” Gonzales, then 39, told us. Given how opaque executions can be, I asked Gonzales about his preparations and what he’s learned on death row at the Polunsky Unit in Livingston, Texas. We edited the June 20, 2024 interview for length and clarity. What was it like to receive an execution date? There was no shock, no surprise. I was in the Skype session with the court when they ruled against me, so I knew a death warrant would come and I’d be sent to “death watch.” That’s what they call a separate area of death row for those with dates. As I packed up my cell, I pulled out my composition book and tried to write something, but couldn’t think of anything. Eventually, I found myself writing down the words “holy ground.” I didn’t know why. About a week later, I was moved to death watch and mopped the floors with my hand and a rag. The lights from the hallway reflected off the floor, so it looked like it was waxed. I laid out on the cot and again had this sense of God telling me, “This is holy ground because this is where you’re supposed to be.” Two days later, a volunteer pastor came in to do a worship service on death row, and said, “We’ve got a new song for you, it’s called ‘Holy Ground.’” So all of this felt like a theme that kept coming up, a sense that I was on holy ground because I had a purpose. What did you feel was your purpose? When I was first locked up in a county jail, in 2001, I thought, Wow. I’m finally free of the drugs and alcohol and can find a way out mentally. When I got to death row, being stigmatized as a menace to society made me want to change, to help others and myself. Death row breeds anxiety. Each of us faces himself and has a choice of whether to thrive or deteriorate. Some guys, even those with lots of education, lose their minds — maybe due to paranoia, drugs, complacency — and so you make it a priority to be there for them. The greatest word you can learn in a place like this is ‘available.’ To help others maintain their mental capacity and build relationships with their own loved ones. Freedom isn’t a place; you find freedom internally through faith. I realized you can be just as incarcerated, on a spiritual level, outside the prison. On death watch, how did your life change? I’ve been on death row 18 years, and I knew if I let anything change my routine, I’d be letting myself be affected by things outside my control. I get up around 4 a.m., drink very strong coffee, listen to a set of my favorite worship songs, pray, read my Bible, do pushups or squats, and talk to the guys in nearby cells. Sometimes socializing is therapeutic: I remember one conversation where I forgot about being on death watch. When I get phone calls or visits, I talk to my family members and friends. RELATED STORIES DEATH PENALTY Story photo This Doctor Helped Send Ramiro Gonzales to Death Row. Now He’s Changed His Mind. 06.27.2024 Story photo I Recorded a Whole Hip-Hop Album on a Death Row Telephone 05.31.2024 TAP FOR MORE It sounds a little like being a monk. I’m not shaving my head, though! How did your family and friends react to your execution date? I have a small group of friends outside prison who I trust will help my family members deal with the loss. I’ve tried to prepare them, but I know it’s going to hurt. I also have friends among the officers. I have seen a shift in the mindset of the administration, away from the old punitive attitude. One woman comes every Sunday to my cell and says, “I’m here to check on my little shrimp.” Then the other day I had two outside visits in a day. An officer in the visitation area joked that I should bring a mattress and just stay there due to all the visits, and I said, as a joke, “Well, in two weeks you won’t need to worry about that, since I’ll be gone!” She got stern and said, “Never say that again. Don’t talk that way around us.” I was surprised, because I thought everyone knew my sense of humor, but it was also validating: It showed that my relationships with these people are real. Extreme circumstances breed a morbid sense of humor. I’ve seen it among lawyers and journalists. I’ll say to one guy, “Hey when you die, can I get your headphones?” And someone else will chime in: “Wait, you’re going to die before him!” It gets much worse than that. But I think it’s normal for us. You have some choices ahead of the execution: Who to invite as witnesses, and what to say in a final statement. How are you thinking about those choices? I’ve tried to write a speech. It doesn’t work. Obviously, it will be an apology to the family of the victim, Bridget Townsend, but I want it to sound sincere, not scripted. So I pray God will give me the words, and I hope it’s sincere enough for them to at least accept the apology. I don’t know that there will be any closure for them in watching me die, but I hope it’s enough to help them begin a journey. I’ll have my spiritual advisor Bri-anne Swan in the chamber with me, and there’s nobody else I can imagine there. We’ve been corresponding since 2014. For the witness room, I’ve picked people with an eye towards legacy — what I’ll leave behind. So for example, one of my defense lawyers coming is pretty young, and I think this will be fuel to the fire for her, strengthening her spirit rather than breaking it, so she can fight harder for other guys, to stop their executions. The prison system has made it possible for you to seek rehabilitation in a faith-based program. How do you square that with them executing you? I think there is a conservative, evangelical set of people who have misconstrued how the Bible talks about capital punishment. In Romans 13 there’s a passage that can be translated as, “The government does not wield the sword in vain to him who practices evil.” But in the original Greek text, it’s in the present participle, and I see it as really talking about someone who is a constant, continual threat to society. You can interpret it as saying God wants the state to seek every alternative, to try to rehabilitate this individual, and only then can you wield that authority. But God doesn’t say, “Do it.” Because obviously, love and mercy and grace are greater. Some conservative Christians have taken it upon themselves to misconstrue these passages for political gains. Your experience is shaped by tensions in our society: We haven’t settled on whether to punish people or rehabilitate, whether we choose cruelty or mercy. I think ultimately the state is afraid to acknowledge the fact that we can be rehabilitated and be a contribution to society from prison — because it goes against how they prosecuted us, how they labeled us in court as menaces to society. Admitting that mistake would open up a Pandora’s box in the judicial system. I wish they’d be honest and say: “We screwed up. People can be rehabilitated.” But it’s hard to admit your mistakes, especially when politics are involved. Will the death penalty ever disappear? I’ve come to think that all the people working to abolish the death penalty outside the prison may not have as much influence or impact as we have inside. If you could get everyone on death row to be a graduate of something like the faith-based program, to prove they can contribute to society, then maybe we can become the vessels for the death penalty going away. Life Inside READ MORE LIKE THIS themarshallproject.org The Marshall Project is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization focused on the U.S. criminal justice system. Support our work by becoming a member. Want fewer emails, or to change which newsletters you're subscribed to? Adjust the email you receive from us by updating your preferences. If you want to stop getting any email from The Marshall Project at all, unsubscribe at any time. From:Aram James To:Council, City; GRP-City Council; Jeff Moore; Palo Alto Free Press; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; WILPFPeninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary Subject:And city employee perks galore! PA City Manager Ed Shikada’s salary is higher than Joe Biden’s Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 8:56:24 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. And city employee perks galore! PA City Manager Ed Shikada’s salary is higher than Joe Biden’s https://www.paloaltoonline.com/express-newsletter-content/2024/06/27/and-city-employee-perks-galore/ From:Linda Jolley To:Gardener, Liz; Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; district1@bos.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; walter wilson Subject:Re: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules Date:Saturday, June 29, 2024 5:51:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. They are asking us, the oppressed, to bring out our guns Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 12:21 PM, Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> wrote: Our United States Supreme Court is running our country. They are in control on every level. This is another hideous example of where we are as a Nation. California in particular is ruled by real estate (Blackstone), real estate associations, tech and cyberware giants, insurance companies and mega corporations Liz GardnerPalo Alto On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 10:10 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/ca-can-ban-homeless-encampments-supreme- court-rules From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; boardmembers; bballpod;bearwithme1016@att.net; fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; David Balakian; beachrides; Cathy Lewis; Council,City; cramirez.electriclab133@gmail.com; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; dallen1212@gmail.com;eappel@stanford.edu; Scott Wilkinson; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov;huidentalsanmateo; hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli;karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; kfsndesk; Kevin.Nower@bestbuy.com; MY77FJ@gmail.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net; merazroofinginc@att.net; Mark Standriff; Mayor; nick yovino;news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry; yicui@stanford.edu; tsheehan;vallesR1969@att.net Subject:Fwd: NYT Ed. Bd. calls on Biden to withdraw. Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 4:24:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 4:05 PMSubject: Fwd: NYT Ed. Bd. calls on Biden to withdraw. To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Friday, June 28, 2024- To all- Getting around the NYT paywall, I got this: History in the making here. Important to read: Opinion | To Serve His Country, President Biden Should Leave the Race - The New York Times (archive.is) L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Gardener, Liz Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Blackshire, Geoffrey; Braden Cartwright; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jasso, Tamara; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Holman, Karen (external); Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Palo Alto Free Press; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; jeff_conrad@msn.com; Tannock, Julie; Foley, Michael Subject:Re: Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of the United States. EdShikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 2:47:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Liz, Thanks for this vital information. I hope the city acts quickly on the issues you raise, purchases a fire truck for Fire Station # 4, and staffs the station appropriately as soon aspossible. These are accidents waiting to happen. We deserve better from city services. Aram On Fri, Jun 28, 2024, at 2:25 PM, Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com> wrote: Hello, And the 4 corners on ECR, Cal Ave and four at Cambridge (where orange sign redirects surface traffic) are unsafe rock and ruble with cones and caution tape covering all crossingsincluding the water barriers closed off to bikes , open holes . Water main on corner of West Cal Ave & ECR being worked &City of Palo Alto is failing. There has been zero work on these public crossing for over a month now. Families, with carts, bikes, strollers, pets, employees cannot pass safely. VTA busses rushand stack into crossings. On Friday, June 28, 2024, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: And city employee perks galore! PA City Manager Ed Shikada’s salary is higher than Joe Biden’s Dianna, Excellent piece! And we can't afford a fire truck for Fire Station # 4. Where are our priorities? Aram Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of theUnited States. Ed Shikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Source: Palo Alto Online https://search.app/ufsvxyPx8seSJrP76 -- Liz Gardner From:Liz Gardner To:Aram James Cc:Blackshire, Geoffrey; Braden Cartwright; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jasso, Tamara; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Lotus Fong; Palo Alto Free Press; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; Roberta Ahlquist; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Veenker, Vicki; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org; jeff_conrad@msn.com Subject:Re: Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of the United States. EdShikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 2:25:31 PM Attachments:IMG_0763.mov CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, And the 4 corners on ECR, Cal Ave and four at Cambridge (where orange sign redirects surface traffic) are unsafe rock and ruble with cones and caution tape covering all crossingsincluding the water barriers closed off to bikes , open holes . Water main on corner of West Cal Ave & ECR being worked &City of Palo Alto is failing. There has been zero work on these public crossing for over a month now. Families, with carts, bikes, strollers, pets, employees cannot pass safely. VTA busses rush andstack into crossings. On Friday, June 28, 2024, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: And city employee perks galore! PA City Manager Ed Shikada’s salary is higher than Joe Biden’s Dianna, Excellent piece! And we can't afford a fire truck for Fire Station # 4. Where are our priorities? Aram Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of the United States. Ed Shikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Source: Palo Alto Online https://search.app/ufsvxyPx8seSJrP76 -- Liz Gardner From:Aram James To:Blackshire, Geoffrey; Braden Cartwright; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; Diana Diamond;DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; Jasso,Tamara; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lait, Jonathan; Lewisjames; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Palo Alto Free Press; ParkRec Commission; Planning Commission; RobertaAhlquist; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Veenker, Vicki;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org; jeff_conrad@msn.com Subject:Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of the United States. Ed Shikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 1:40:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. And city employee perks galore! PA City Manager Ed Shikada’s salary is higher than Joe Biden’s Dianna, Excellent piece! And we can't afford a fire truck for Fire Station # 4. Where are our priorities? Aram Palo Alto’s city manager’s salary this past year surpassed that of the president of the United States. Ed Shikada received $413,830 plus benefits (e.g., medical… Source: Palo Alto Online https://search.app/ufsvxyPx8seSJrP76 From:Danielle To:Council, City Subject:Bike lanes and RVs Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 1:01:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello council members, It seems there’s lots of enthusiasm for bike lanes on El Camino. It does sound like a great idea on many levels. I keep reading about the plans, but so far not about what will happen to our fellow Palo Altans who are living in RVs along the same road. Please tell me what has been planned for them. Is there enough safe parking somewhere else? Will they be helped into more permanent housing? I’m really hoping this is being addressed. Thanks and I greatly appreciate your service on the council. Sincerely, Danielle Mewes 650 269-3652 539 Seale Ave Sent from my iPhone From:Liz Gardner To:Aram James Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; district1@bos.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; walter wilson Subject:Re: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 12:21:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Our United States Supreme Court is running our country. They are in control on every level. This is another hideous example of where we are as a Nation. California in particular is ruled by real estate (Blackstone), real estate associations, tech and cyberware giants, insurance companies and mega corporations Liz GardnerPalo Alto On Fri, Jun 28, 2024 at 10:10 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/ca-can-ban-homeless-encampments-supreme-court-rules From:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce To:Council, City Subject:Last Few Days to Win a VIP SF Giants Experience by Donating Blood Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 12:09:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Donate Blood - Win a VIP SF Giants Experience | Stanford Blood Center Donate blood with Stanford Blood Center during June for a chance to win a VIP SF Giants Fantasy Batting Practice Day at Oracle Park! Learn more at stanfordbloodcenter.org/Giants This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe clickhere. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email at info@paloaltochamber.com. From:Office of Supervisor Susan EllenbergTo:Council, CitySubject:D4 June NewsletterDate:Friday, June 28, 2024 11:20:53 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Greetings D4 residents & friends - Welcome, summer. Warm sun, longer days and for our little ones – no school! Summer is here and with it comes a bevy of events and celebrations across our community. First, I want to wish everyone a happy Pride Month! Although Santa Clara County puts on our pride parade during August, I want to wish everyone in our LGBTQ+ community and their allies a very happy Pride during this official month of national recognition. With June gliding into July, my team is busy preparing to participate in the Rose, White and Blue Parade on the Fourth of July. Look for us in the parade and stop by our resource & swag table afterwards – we can’t wait to say hello. RSVP to walk with us in the parade. Budget Hearings The long and critical budget process came to an end this month as my colleagues, and I wrapped up our series of three workshops and three hearings to finally approve a balanced budget in mid-June. For more info, as well as a guided visualization activity, check out this month’s blog post and let me know what you think! Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 5 The Board of Supervisors unanimously approved my resolution supporting California Assembly Constitutional Amendment No. 5 (ACA 5) regarding marriage equality. The California Constitution currently provides that only a marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in the State. Seriously. ACA 5 would repeal this provision and confirm that the right to marry is a fundamental right. Though the courts have currently deemed this provision unenforceable, the threat of future decisions of the Supreme Court, hinted at by Justice Thomas in his concurrent opinion in the 2023 Dobbs case that overturned Roe v Wade, when he explicitly stated that he intended to use “the invalidity of the substantive due process principle” (on which the majority of the court relied to overturn Roe) to overturn marriage equality cases and, believe it or not, interracial ones (Justice Thomas has a white spouse), is real. We cannot let Justice Thomas’s flawed thinking prevail in California, so we need to clean up the language in our Constitution now. Early Learning Apprenticeship Program Celebration Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of speaking to the inaugural cohort of associate teachers as they graduated from an Early Learning Apprenticeship program for which I had secured federal funding. The program, through which students participated at either De Anza or Mission College, aims to grow the early care and education workforce in Santa Clara County by developing skilled and passionate childcare employees. It was an honor to participate in the celebration and feel the joy vibrate throughout the room as childcare advocates, community partners, and families gathered to applaud the accomplishments of the 40-plus newly recognized associate teachers. Once again, thank you to the cohort for their hard work and for supporting our community in expanding access to affordable, high-quality childcare. CSAC Regional Conference The California State Association of Counties regional conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) included a program hosted by Salesforce in San Francisco. The group of presenters who shared several compelling examples of how AI can be utilized by governments to achieve more targeted, effective, and customer- friendly delivery mechanisms all worked in local government before moving to Salesforce. I learned a lot from those presentations and was sorry to have missed the following morning’s hackathon with electeds and County employees working together to brainstorm and “design” applications for this technology in their own jurisdictions. Monthly Podcast and Blog In the newest episode of And Just One More Thing, I sit down with 23-year-old Peaches Robledo to discuss her life growing up as a Trans Woman in San Jose. This is the most personal conversation we have had on the podcast, and I am truly grateful to Peaches for sharing her story with me. As a reminder, this month’s blog post is a wrap up and reflection on the budget process. In it, I share my goals for the county and how they are reflected through the budget process. I hope this grounded view of what we must do to traverse these difficult budgetary times resonates with you – I'd love to hear your thoughts. As always, I and my team are here to help you in any way we can. For regular updates on County efforts toend and prevent homelessness, visit the county’s Measure A page and theCommunity Plan to End Homelessness. Warmly, Susan Ellenberg Board President Santa Clara County Supervisor, District 4 Video Video Sourcewise Second Harvest of Silicon Valley Child Advocates of Silicon Valley Silicon Valley Strong County Boards and Commissions Mental Health Services Health Services Older Adult Services Housing Assistance LGBTQ+ Resources Food and Financial Support A timer counting down. 70 West Hedding East Wing, 10th Floor San Jose, CA 95110 (408) 299-5040 Email Supervisor Ellenberg District 4 Website Unsubscribe from future messages. From:nassimusman@gmail.com To:Council, City Cc:Guagliardo, Steven Subject:California Avenue Condition and Car Free Plan Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 10:43:30 AM Attachments:RE- California Avenue Condition.eml.msg CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Council Members: I am forwarding you correspondence that I recently had with Steve Guagliardo tr. California Avenue. Of note, Steve has been very responsive on providing background information, thank you Steve. To summarize, I believe that the condition of the street, the unpaid for use of public property and the long-term plan for a car-free zone are all unacceptable. The council should revisit the decision on the long-term plan and immediately collect revenue from the use of the street by vendors in arrears to the end of the pandemic. Sincerely, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Nassim Usman, Ph.D.965 Elsinore DrivePalo Alto, CA 94303 E. nassimusman@gmail.comC. +1.650.452.4613F. +1.650.745.0655 The information contained in this email message may be privileged, confidential and protected from disclosure. If you are not theintended recipient, any dissemination, distribution or copying is strictly prohibited. If you think that you have received this emailmessage in error, please notify the sender by reply email and delete the message and any attachments. From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; EdLauing; Edie Keating; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; Jay Boyarsky; JeffMoore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz;Lotus Fong; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Raj Jayadev; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber;Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; WILPF PeninsulaPalo Alto; district1@bos.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; walter wilson Subject:CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules Date:Friday, June 28, 2024 10:10:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. CA Can Ban Homeless Encampments, Supreme Court Rules https://patch.com/california/los-angeles/ca-can-ban-homeless-encampments-supreme-court-rules Hey fam, Check out this week’s State of Criminal Justice, a weekly series where we talk about the most important events happening in the criminal legal system at the moment. From:Aram James To:Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; DuJuan Green; EPAToday; Ed Lauing; Jensen, Eric; Friends of Cubberley; Greer Stone; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Jethroe Moore II;Josh Becker; Holman, Karen (external); Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Palo Alto Free Press; RaymondGoins; Reifschneider, James; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Simitian;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Perron, Zachary; Lee, Craig; Figueroa, Eric;Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:Re: Behind Atlanta’s Plans For More Lights At Night Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 11:42:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Jun 27, 2024 at 7:11 PM State of Criminal Justice by PushBlack<stateofcriminaljustice@pushblack.us> wrote: Please forward this email to a friend. Sign up to receive this email here. Manage your subscription here. Unsubscribe here. In this week’s State of Criminal Justice we’ll cover how Atlanta’s plans to light the city better have surveillance in mind, Detroit’s historically awful STRESS Unit, and how police took advantage of a youth program to abuse kids. In our New Ground section we’ll tell you about a massive pardon delivered by the governor of Maryland. Behind Atlanta’s Plans For More Lights At Night It’s not just about more visibility –– The premise of Atlanta's Light Up The Night initiative aims to prevent traffic accidents, protect pedestrians, decrease crime by as much as 20%, and save energy by replacing and installing thousands of LED lights. However, the reality is that Atlanta gives a lot of energy to policing that it doesn’t deserve. Atlanta has the most cameras per resident in the country, enabled by a network of cops and corporations called Operation Shield. We also have to question where all this light is coming from. Half of the partnership bringing it to life is Georgia Power — an electricity provider with its own anti-Black history of worker pay gaps, nooses on company property and Black customers being overcharged. This record cannot be separated from the context of anti-Black surveillance. It’s not as simple as more lights; there’s also an ever-expanding police state to take into account. Since Atlanta’s been pushing to build a “Cop City” and having problems with its water infrastructure, there’s no better time to question where the city’s priorities lie. Detroit's Sinister STRESS Unit History A dangerous cop’s terrible legacy –– In 1971, Detroit’s Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets (STRESS) unit began its reign of terror. Cop Raymond Peterson became admired and feared as “Mr. STRESS." Because, within just a couple of years, he shot and killed nine people. His legacy is a part of why we have to be critical of policing today. He murdered a man named Robert Hoyt, planted a knife at the scene – and got off. Unfortunately, it’s a story that sounds all too familiar. Not to mention that then he got $45,728 in back disability payments, and retired on a full pension. When we think about what’s happening with police violence now, we have to remember it’s not new. That’s why it can’t continue. It’s already existed for far too long. A Police Program To Sexually Abuse Youth Protecting kids wasn’t the goal for many officers, abuse was –– When many people think of police officers, they imagine protectors of children, but recent reporting undermines that depiction. The Law Enforcement Exploring program, affiliated with the Boy Scouts of America, has been troubled by sex abuse. Since 1974, the program has garnered 194 allegations of police officers grooming, abusing, and engaging in other kinds of sexual misconduct with children as young as 13. Simply because they were officers, children and parents trusted them. But that trust hadn’t been rightfully earned. The disgusting details revealed officers making child pornography, secretly photographing children in their underwear, and raping children. The problem isn’t unique and these are not isolated incidents. Even though stories like this are regularly uncovered, we have to wonder why they don’t shatter the myth that cops are all protecting and serving the public. They’re certainly just as capable of inflicting harm as the people they claim to be fighting against. New Ground The New Ground segment features hopeful stories of changes within the realm of the criminal legal system. There is a better future on the horizon through the efforts to dismantle the oppressive system targeting Black America. It happens when all of our thumbs are on the pulse. Maryland Mass Pardon More pardons like this are needed –– The governor of Maryland just took a big step that we should all be celebrating. The Washington Post reports, “Maryland Gov. Wes Moore issued a mass pardon of more than 175,000 marijuana convictions” and “the pardons forgive low-level marijuana possession charges for an estimated 100,000 people in what the Democratic governor said is a step to heal decades of social and economic injustice that disproportionately harms Black and Brown people.” The governor said, “Policymaking is powerful. And if you look at the past, you see how policies have been intentionally deployed to hold back entire communities.” While this is something to be glad about, too many people are still languishing in prisons and jails for these types of offenses. We need to make sure that we’re not repeating the same mistakes made in the past by people supporting “tough-on-crime” policies. Here’s to hoping more states go even further to repair the damages of the past. We have a quick favor to ask: Today, we are asking all of our subscribers to pitch in to support PushBlack's criminal justice campaigns. Did you know PushBlack fights for CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM? Like when PushBlack rallied over 200,000 of our subscribers to get the Balch Springs Police Department to fire the officer who shot and killed Jordan Edwards. And beyond holding police and prosecutors accountable, we are working to drive broader criminal legal system reform. And as a nonprofit, we rely on small donations from subscribers like you. Your monthly donation will support PushBlack in hiring a criminal justice organizer. With as little as $5 a month, you can help PushBlack raise up Black voices. It only takes a minute, so will you please donate now? Peace, - Jay and the PushBlack team Follow PushBlack On Social Media! Copyright © 2024 PushBlack, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website or on Facebook Our mailing address is: PushBlack712 H St NE PMB 90791Washington, DC 20002 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. From:Aram James To:Afanasiev, Alex; Bill Newell; Cecilia Taylor; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; EPA Today; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-City Council; Greg Tanaka; Joe Simitian; Michelle; O"Neal, Molly; Roberta Ahlquist; Stump, Molly; SupervisorCindy Chavez; Supervisor Otto Lee; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Lee, Craig; Foley,Michael Subject:He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 3:15:15 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 https://apnews.com/article/middle-finger-police-stop-vermont-379e539a054d04ab0c29511f58ee94c2 From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright; Bryan Gobin; CaitJames; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Edie Keating; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky;Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Lewis james; LindaJolley; Lotus Fong; Palo Alto Free Press; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rose Lynn;Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Tim; Tim James; Tom DuBois; Vicki Veenker; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock,Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 3:11:33 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. He flipped off a trooper and got charged. Now Vermont is on the hook for $175,000 https://apnews.com/article/middle-finger-police-stop-vermont-379e539a054d04ab0c29511f58ee94c2 From:Amie Ashton To:Council, City; Planning Commission; Architectural Review Board; Human Relations Commission; PABAC Subject:Foundations of Affordable Housing Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 12:28:38 PM Attachments:Palo Alto Foundations of Affordable Housing (1).png Social Media Square Image.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council, Commission, and Board Members, You are invited to join members of the community on Thursday, July 18 at 6:00 p.m. atAvenidas (or online via Zoom) for an evening dedicated to discussing facts, myths, andconcerns related to affordable housing in our community. Foundations of Affordable Housing (presented by SV@Home) will help eliminate confusion about what affordable housing really is, how it meets community needs, and how it is financedand constructed. Attendees will be better equipped to speak about and advocate for affordable housing (and all housing). RSVP for the in-person event at Avenidashere: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/928289548027?aff=oddtdtcreator RSVP for the Zoom event here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/928296117677? aff=oddtdtcreator Amie Ashton From:Charlie Weidanz To:Council, City Subject:Back to School Backpack Drive with Family Giving Tree at Town & Country Village Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 11:57:12 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 2024 Back-to-School Drive at Town & Country Village Back to School Backpack Drive with Family Giving Tree Discover Giving this summer with Family Giving Tree at Town & Country Village. Although you wouldn’t know it, given Silicon Valley’s economic strength and the visible signs of incredible wealth all around, hundreds of thousands of students live on the edge of survival. Many low-income families struggle to make ends meet, living paycheck to paycheck. There isn’t enough money to afford basic school supplies and a backpack. Help a child succeed in school by visiting any of these 9 participating stores in the Village. Step 1: Pick up a school supply tag with a list of supplies that kids will need for the upcoming school year. There are 3 grade ranges, K-2, 3-5, and 6-12. Step 2: Have fun shopping! Step 3: Drop off the school supplies and backpack back to any one of the bins at participating stores at Town & Country Village and make sure to attach the tag. Town & Country Village Discover Giving This email was sent on behalf of Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce 355 Alma St Palo Alto, CA 94301.To unsubscribe clickhere. If you have questions or comments concerning this email or services in general, please contact us by email atinfo@paloaltochamber.com. From:Aram James To:Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; DuJuan Green; Edie Keating; GRP-City Council; Human Relations Commission; JeffMoore; Joe Simitian; Lait, Jonathan; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Raymond Goins; Sally Lieber; SeanAllen; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto Subject:Bay Area voters will have say on big issue of affordable homes Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 10:20:41 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Bay Area voters will have say on big issue of affordable homes Bay Area voters will have say on big issue of affordable homeshttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=0b6c557d-436a-4157-ae9a-f41568c3156f&appcode=SAN252&eguid=05a542a8-bf88-433d-be18-0f4078d1e3c8&pnum=4# F From:Patricia Judge Tamrazi To:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; Fire Cc:City Mgr; Batchelor, Dean; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker, Vicki; Clerk, City; City Attorney Subject:Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 9:14:17 AM Attachments:image003.pngimage010.pngimage001.png image004.pngimage005.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. Hello Mr. Shikada, Following up on my emails below from last week and prior to that, since I have not received aresponse from you. Could you please provide an update, particularly regarding the emergency / fire risk thatneeds to be addressed: LOOSE NEUTRAL (known about since at least March, and justleft)? Will you let the State auditors in, to protect the health and safety of the City's residents? I requested via Public Records Request, "Maintenance schedule for overhead electrical wires, andprogress on that schedule. Related Electrical Preventive Maintenance Program materials andchecklists." I was sent budget schedules. When I followed up, asking, does this mean therequested materials do not exist? I was re-sent the budget schedules. This is highly concerning. Trish Tamrazi On Wed, Jun 19, 2024 at 8:05 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Mr. Shikada, Following up again, since none of my HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES related to Utilitieshave been addressed and also since I have not heard back from you after my emails to you belowon June 3, June 4, June 6, or June 10. Today is June 19. At the prompting of another Palo Alto resident, this week, I reached out to the Electric Safetyand Reliability Branch (ESRB) of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) with myHEALTH AND SAFETY concerns. I had previously called the CPUC in February, right beforeI reached out to you for help, as I was put in the very odd position of having CPAU employeestell me to "advocate" for myself for a better than "Band-aid fix. The CPUC told me to appeal toCity Hall - which I have done. Now that the City has agreed that there is a LOOSE NEUTRALwhich has not been fixed and as far as I know is not being fixed, I thought it couldn't hurt toreach out again. The ESRB agreed this is worrying, but told me that they cannot do an auditunless the City allows them to. Given these HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS, will youallow the audit? The ESRB suggested that I reach out to the Fire Department regarding the LOOSENEUTRAL that you have known about since at least March (I believe February) and thatis still not fixed. As you know, I already did reach out to the Fire Department about this back in February and you, Mr. Shikada, told them to let Head of Utilities Batchelor deal with me. I didlater speak to Fire Marshal Tami Jasso, and she said the Fire Department is always here for mein case of an emergency. I'm sending this email to fire@cityofpaloalto.org as well - maybe, asthe ESRB suggested, the Fire Department will prompt Utilities to fix the LOOSE NEUTRAL. Not responding properly to emergency calls (e.g., flickering lights) I imagine is also of concernto the Fire Department. Once again, here are the overarching HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES /SOLUTIONS which need to be addressed: 1. Emergency line and customer service not properly staffed / trained (lack knowledge todo their jobs; Dean Batchelor, in February, and Tomm Marshall, in April, both agreedwith me on the phone that this is a real issue) - training and oversight needed.2. Employees not empowered to diagnose and fix problems when identified - boots onthe ground should be empowered, not supervisors who do not understand problems (thisis per CPAU's own employees). 3. CPAU maintenance standards fall below PG&E's / industry standards (this is perCPAU's own employees and contractors - includes negligence regarding tree trimmingand infrastructure mapping). 4. Contractors must abide by the City's own stated steps of performance - training andoversight needed. (This is the dirty water / water meter swap case.) Could you please let me know what actions are being taken to address these issues? Especially urgent are KNOWN FIRE RISKS not being fixed. Thank you, Trish Tamrazi650-208-4802 On Mon, Jun 10, 2024 at 12:50 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Mr. Shikada, Following up again because I have not heard back from you yet regarding any of the manyHEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES caused by Utilities (a growing list, as I speak to moreCPAU employees and contractors). 1. Will you commit to PAYING FOR DAMAGE done to my house by Utilities' welldocumented gross negligence? 2. When will the KNOWN LOOSE NEUTRAL be fixed? Aside from being inappropriate and puzzling in intent, the distinction you were trying todraw regarding the article I sent to you previously in your email last Monday is incorrect. You commented, "The article you attached refers to neutral issues in buildings, which isdistinct from the utility’s side." Did you read the article? The article specifically discussesloose neutrals on the UTILITY SIDE and states that (1) they need to be fixed, (2) theyare a safety risk (fire hazard, shock risk), and (3) they will damage electronics connectedto them. Here is a YouTube video of a lineman IN THE DARK locating and fixing a loose neutral, in response to a customer calling in flickering lights in their home. This illustrates that looseneutrals are fixed on an emergency basis by utilities - that is industry standard. ByCPAU's own admission, the loose neutral was discovered at least in March (I believeFebruary) and still not fixed (it's now June). It's been at least 3 months and not fixed. The video also has technical information regarding how to find the source of the bad neutral,which seems like it would be helpful to your Utilities Department. It is not acceptable to just leave the loose neutral. It needs to be fixed. (I cannot believe Ieven have to say that.) Trish Tamrazi650-208-4802 On Thu, Jun 6, 2024 at 10:13 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Mr. Shikada, I am relieved to see that there are contractors inspecting the power poles in myneighborhood today. The tree trimmers told me that the trees were very overgrown as compared to when they trimtrees for PG&E - this is in line with what CPAU employees have told me: that CPAUmaintenance standards fall below PG&E maintenance standards. Would it be a goodidea to call Davey Tree Service and get on the same schedule as PG&E? Now that the trees are trimmed, will CPAU be able to find and fix the loose neutral in myneighborhood, that was first discovered at least in March (and, in talking with CPAUlinemen, I believe February)? I have been told that this is a very dangerous condition thatshould be a priority to fix. What is being done to improve maintenance, so that it is in line with industry safetystandards? Thank you, Trish Tamrazi650-208-4802 On Tue, Jun 4, 2024 at 1:56 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Mr. Shikada, I was relieved to see crews trimming the trees around the overhead electrical wires today,as that has been a concern first flagged to me by a lineman in February (almost 4 monthsago). I look forward to your answers to the other outstanding concerns. Trish Tamrazi On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 2:38 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com>wrote:Dear Mr. Shikada, My answers and questions in response to you are below in RED, ALL CAPS. I am copying the City Council, so that they can be kept in the loop. I know that youhave told multiple of them, many times, that my issues have been taken care of - I havealso seen you write that in an email. That is totally untrue, as now supported by the"Loose Neutral" graph showing a significant safety issue identified at least in March (Ibelieve February) and JUST LEFT (highly negligent). And the loose wire still remainsto this day! I am simply asking for SAFE AND RELIABLE POWER (and clean water) to my houseand the houses in my neighborhood. This is the bare minimum that a utility shouldprovide - and CPAU is not doing it. No resident should ever have to push this hard. Please also could you provide an update on your progress on the overarching HEALTHAND SAFETY ISSUES / SOLUTIONS, listed in my previous email, which have beenflagged repeatedly for many months now? I look forward to answers to my questions below in response to your email, as well. Thank you, Trish Tamrazi650-208-4802 On Mon, Jun 3, 2024 at 1:48 PM Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Hello Ms. Tamrazi, Following up on your most recent message below, I’d like to confirm a few items: 1. Staff has offered to coordinate an independent electrician review conditionsinside your home. I understand that they are awaiting your confirmation toproceed. I CONSULTED MULTIPLE ELECTRICIANS TO CONFIRM THATTHERE WERE NO ELECTRICAL ISSUES INSIDE OF MY NEWLY-REWIRED HOUSE, WHEN CPAU DENIED FOR WEEKS THAT MYSEVERE FLICKERING LIGHTS HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH POORPOWER SUPPLY TO MY HOUSE, EVEN AFTER MY NEIGHBORSCALLED INTO THE EMERGENCY LINE FOR THE SAME ELECTRICALISSUES AND WERE BLOWN OFF. THEN IT WAS REVEALED THATCPAU HAS NOT PROVIDED SAFE OR RELIABLE POWER TO MYHOUSE, AS DATA HAS REVEALED (1) SEVERE BROWNOUTS AND (2)VOLTAGE SWINGS FROM A LOOSE NEUTRAL - BOTH OF WHICH AREKNOWN TO DAMAGE FIXTURES AND ELECTRONICS. PLEASE,COULD YOU CONFIRM THAT FIXES / REPLACEMENT COSTS FORANY DAMAGE FOUND INSIDE MY HOUSE WILL BE PAID FOR BYTHE CITY OF PALO ALTO AND/OR CPAU?2. Staff is reviewing the neutral issue, with the understanding that this does notpose a risk to your home. The article you attached refers to neutral issues inbuildings, which is distinct from the utility’s side. A loose wire connection onthe utility line might be involved, so staff is troubleshooting. In the meanwhile,they have rerouted your electric supply to avoid the suspected connection. THIS ABSOLUTELY POSES A RISK TO MY HOME, AS ITPOSES A RISK TO MY NEIGHBORS. TO KNOW OF A LOOSE WIREAND JUST LEAVE IT IS HIGHLY NEGLIGENT. THE ARTICLE IATTACHED WAS FOR THOSE RECEIVING THE EMAIL WHO MAY NOTBE WELL-VERSED IN ELECTRICITY, SO THEY CAN UNDERSTANDTHE RISKS OF A LOOSE NEUTRAL. ANYONE INVOLVED WITHUTILITIES KNOWS THAT A LOOSE WIRE ON THE UTILITY'S SIDE ISALSO DAMAGING AND DANGEROUS, SO I WILL GIVE YOU THEBENEFIT OF THE DOUBT ON WHATEVER DISTINCTION YOU ARETRYING TO DRAW WITH YOUR STATEMENTS HERE AND NOTCOMMENT FURTHER. 3. In response to your new request, staff is reviewing tree clearance in thearea. WHEN WILL THE TREES BE TRIMMED? I WAS TOLD BY YOUROWN EMPLOYEES THAT IT IS OVERDUE. PLEASE DO NOTCHARACTERIZE THIS AS *MY* NEW REQUEST - IT IS YOUR OWNEMPLOYEES' OLD REQUEST, WHICH THEY CHARACTERIZED TO MEAS AN EMERGENCY AND WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IGNORED,AS THEY WERE IGNORED WHEN TRYING TO FIX MY POOR POWERSUPPLY ISSUES BACK IN FEBRUARY WHEN FIRST IDENTIFIED. Sincerely, --Ed Ed Shikada, City Manager ICMA Credentialed Manager (650) 329-2280 | ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2024 8:10 AMTo: Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Mgr<CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Stump, Molly <Molly.Stump@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Burt, Patrick <Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Kou, Lydia<Lydia.Kou@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Lauing, Ed <Ed.Lauing@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Lythcott-Haims, Julie <Julie.LythcottHaims@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Stone, Greer <Greer.Stone@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Tanaka, Greg<Greg.Tanaka@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Veenker, Vicki<Vicki.Veenker@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Clerk, City <city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Becautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mr. Shikada, I guess you are responsible for addressing CPAU's negligence, until a majority of theCity Council decides to address it. When will the loose neutral in my neighborhood be fixed? For those not familiarwith this being an EMERGENCY: https://www.luminsmart.com/blog/the-dangers-of-floating-neutral-2262 When will the overgrown trees in my neighborhood be trimmed, so they do notinterfere with overhead electrical wires? The City employee I spoke with last weeksaid he was VERY WORRIED and that he was suggesting to management this bedone directly after the Memorial Day holiday (i.e., this week - he saw it as anemergency). A lineman told me back in February (almost 4 months ago) that he wasalso VERY WORRIED, but nothing has been done. Overarching are the following HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES / SOLUTIONS: 1. Emergency line and customer service not properly staffed / trained(lack knowledge to do their jobs; Dean Batchelor, in February, and TommMarshall, in April, both agreed with me on the phone that this is a real issue)- training and oversight needed. 2. Employees not empowered to diagnose and fix problems whenidentified - boots on the ground should be empowered, not supervisors whodo not understand problems (this is per CPAU's own employees). 3. CPAU maintenance standards fall below PG&E's / industry standards(this is per CPAU's own employees - see loose neutral and overgrown treeissues above). 4. Contractors must abide by the City's own stated steps of performance -training and oversight needed. (This is the dirty water / water meter swaplawsuit.) What actions are being taken to address these issues? Especially urgent areKNOWN FIRE RISKS not being fixed. Thank you, Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 6:27 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Dear City Council, in your capacity as regulator of the Utility, On May 16, a City engineer sent the chart below to me, showing that a LOOSENEUTRAL was discovered in my neighborhood in MARCH and NOT FIXED. This is a very well known FIRE RISK. It will blow out appliances and make lightsflicker. This is HIGHLY negligent to know of a LOOSE NEUTRAL and just LEAVEIT. (I believe this dates back to February and is why a lineman came to my door as awhistleblower and also why dispatch called me to go plead my case for a "properfix" - I believe Utiltiies' "Band-aid fix" was that egregious. Leaving a loose neutralwould be it.) Compounding this is the fact that there is 1 fire truck for all of South Palo Alto. Is that really accurate, as reported? It's unbelievable - but so is leaving a looseneutral unaddressed! Utiltiies turned off power to "investigate" the loose neutral last Thursday (May 23). I directly asked on Friday (May 24) and got a roundabout answer (a non-answerreally) today (May 28), suggesting to me that the LOOSE NEUTRAL has NOTBEEN FIXED. My conversations with the linemen on Thursday were concerning. Do you have anexperienced crew that can be sent out here? Maybe can you consult withPG&E? The engineer with whom I have been corresponding has "EIT" after his name in hisemail signature. Does that mean "Engineer in Training"? Is there someone moreexperienced who can head this and get it fixed? As a reminder, my electrical problems (which a loose neutral would cause) werefirst reported to CPAU on January 24. It is now May 28. It has been 125 days,and my issues are unresolved. In addition, 2 City employees now have told me that they are worried aboutovergrown trees crowding the overhead lines (1 in February and 1 last week). Again, this is highly negligent and a well known FIRE RISK. Since there is only 1fire engine down here - even more reason to address any known fire risks! Overarching are the following HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES /SOLUTIONS: 1. Emergency line and customer service not properly staffed / trained(lack knoweldge to do their jobs; Dean Batchelor, in February, and TommMarshall, in April, both agreed with me on the phone that this is a realissue) - training and oversight needed. 2. Employees not empowered to diagnose and fix problems whenidentified - boots on the ground should be empowered, not supervisorswho do not understand problems (this is per CPAU's own employees). 3. CPAU maintenance standards fall below PG&E's / industrystandards (this is per CPAU's own employees). 4. Contractors must abide by the City's own stated steps ofperformance - training and oversight needed. (This is the dirty water /water meter swap case.) Could you please let me know what actions are being taken to address theseissues? Especially urgent are KNOWN FIRE RISKS not being fixed. Thank you, Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 9:15 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Dear City Council, My lights continue to FLICKER here at 3409 Greer Rd. I have called commercial electricians to see about installing something to regulatethe power coming into my house - estimates are $30,000 to do so. Is thissomething the City will pay for, since Utilities is unable to provide safe andreliable power to my house? My flickering lights were first reported to CPAU on January 24, I first wrote toyou on February 9 - today is May 15. As you know, I have tried pretty mucheverything to get this taken seriously and fixed. No success. Tomm Marshall has acknowledged this is an issue on CPAU's side, but it has notbeen fixed. He said that a "neutral issue" was discovered when my house wasconnected to the NEW transformer, so (rather than fixing it), they put myhouse on the OLD transformer nearby. Flickering continues. Please let me know, will you pay for the regulator to be put on my house? Thank you, Trish Tamrazi 650-208-4802 On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 9:01 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Dear City Council, I last wrote to you on March 27 and still have not received an answer. The onlytime I received a substantive answer was when I expressed my displeasure atnot being able to purchase an EV (being afraid that my neighborhood wouldburn down or that my young children were in danger didn't strike a chord withyou). So, here's more about that EV: Here are photographs of the two places in my garage where I had planned forEV chargers: Last week, I purchased a gas powered car to replace the old car which wastotaled after being stolen from in front of my house here in Palo Alto. Attached please find video of my lights flickering on the evening of March 28. This is visual evidence of why I cannot have an EV: CPAU fails to provide safeand reliable electricity to my home. My flickering lights were first reported to CPAU on January 24. Afterstruggling with CPAU for over 2 weeks, I first reached out to you regardingthis issue on February 9, after I was told by CPAU's own employees that Ineeded to advocate for a "proper fix" to our issues and was met with athreatening environment when I did so in person to CPAU's supervisingemployee. I truly thought you would help me, but I am still waiting. Our flickering continues. We now have multiple problems with the electronics in our home, all of whichare new since we just finished renovating in late 2023. For example (and this isnot all-inclusive), our bathroom fans act up (turn on and off randomly andunexpectedly) and the ice in our Sub-zero is stuck together (suggesting that it isnot regulating its temperature properly). My family is suffering because of your unresponsiveness. I spend countlesshours trying to navigate how to get my city government to respond to me sothat I can get safe and reliable power to my house. My business issuffering, my young children are suffering, and I have developed health issues. It is your responsibility to oversee CPAU, isn't it? Your constituents aredepending on you. I close this 8th email to you as I have most of the emails that came before it: Iwelcome any thoughts you have on this matter. Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Wed, Mar 27, 2024 at 9:27 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Dear City Council, I have not heard from Dean, nor from Ed, since being told by Ed on March 5that Dean will be calling me and that Ed would join if needed. That was over3 weeks ago. Episode 1 of The Invisible Shield premiered on PBS last night. I recommendyou watch it. I found it inspiring to see the amazing impact properly fundedand functioning public health systems can have, as well as the negativeeffects that flow from cutting funding and letting those systems fall intodisrepair. A lesson, perhaps, for your management of the UtilitiesDepartment? I'm sure by now you have heard of the contamination of some houses'drinking water that was caused by the contractor the city hired to swap outwater meters. When are you planning on warning residents of the error andhelping them to clean up the mess? This is a public health issue!!! As youremain silent, citizens have been drinking contaminated water! In the same vein, I am still waiting on you to notify my neighbors of thedamage your poor power supply has done to their homes. I first suggestedyou do this in my email below on February 21. By the way, I have connected with a woman across town - a mom with yourchildren and a lot on her plate - who has had flickering lights as well as adishwasher and refrigerator that have gone out. My understanding is that sheis patiently waiting for someone to come out to her house to check it out. Iimagine I do not need to state this to you, as you are the regulators of theUtility and must know - but just in case: utilities companies generally treatflickering lights as an emergency! Another thing is that, after following up, the city's response to my PublicRecords Request is still woefully unresponsive. I am simply trying to gatherinformation to fix the power supply to my house! It is the city's legal duty torespond fully. The city did, however, produce 2 emails which are sickening: 1. Prior to anyone providing me any real assistance or response, Deanforwarded my desperate email pleading for help and expressing mygeneral displeasure with the mismanagement in Palo Alto to CatherineElvert, who I gather from a Google search is a PR professional, withthe note “Here you go !!!” Were you getting your talking points inorder, rather than focusing on helping your citizens??2. 1 hour AFTER my THIRD desperate email pleading for help (emailstamp on my email shows, "date: Feb 12, 2024, 2:05 PM"), Ed sent anemail (email stamp on Ed's email shows: "Sent: Monday, February 12,2024 3:16 PM") to multiple City of Palo Alto email addresses statingthat Dean has spoken to me a couple times (NOT TRUE!!!!!) and “Noneed for further prompting. Thanks all!” NOTHING HAD BEENADDRESSED. I close this 7th email to you as I have most of the emails that came before it:I welcome any thoughts you have on this matter. Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 4:50 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Dear Ed, Thank you for your note, however, I must be very clear: Iwould much rather have a responsive, caring, and ethical city government,than bring any thieves to justice. The stress from having our car stolen from in front of our house pales incomparison to the stress and anguish we have experienced as a family ingetting the run around from CPAU and then being ignored by City Hall, asI try to get safe and reliable power delivered to the houses in myneighborhood. Regarding the electrical issue: I should never have been this involved orhave had to push so hard. This is too much to ask from citizens. It is noway to run a utility. But, to continue down that path: logically, shouldn'tthe transformer also be replaced on the "secondary pole," where looseconnections were also found? If that was the "proper fix" on the first poleclimbed (i.e. PG&E minimum maintenance standards), wouldn't it also be the "proper fix" on the second? This is, of course, putting aside that perhaps this is a long-standing issue,not unique to my block, which has harmed many along the way. Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Tue, Mar 5, 2024 at 12:28 PM Shikada, Ed<Ed.Shikada@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote: Dear Ms. Tamrazi, I am so sorry to hear about your car being stolen. I can only imaginehow this has impacted you and your family. While understandingnothing can make up for such a violation, I hope the thieves are quicklybrought to justice. Regarding your electrical issue, I have spoken to Director Batchelor andunderstand he will be calling you to follow up. I’m sorry to hear thattheir replacement of the electrical transformer did not resolve theproblem. I will stay in touch with him and happy to join a call as heworks with you on next steps. Sincerely, --Ed Ed Shikada, City Manager ICMA Credentialed Manager (650) 329-2280 | ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org Some people who received this message don't often get email from patricia.judge@gmail.com. Learn why this is important From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, March 4, 2024 9:27 AMTo: Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Stump, Molly<Molly.Stump@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burt, Patrick<Pat.Burt@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Kou, Lydia<Lydia.Kou@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Lauing, Ed<Ed.Lauing@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Lythcott-Haims, Julie<Julie.LythcottHaims@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Stone, Greer<Greer.Stone@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Tanaka, Greg<Greg.Tanaka@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Veenker, Vicki<Vicki.Veenker@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Mgr<CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Clerk, City<city.clerk@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts CAUTION: This email originated from outside of theorganization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. Good morning, City Council, On Thursday night, our car got stolen from in front of our house here inPalo Alto. It looks like it's totaled. When we completely rewired thehouse last year, we future proofed to accommodate an EV charger - 2actually. However, CPAU is unable to provide safe and reliable powerto our house. Because of this, to our great disappointment, we cannotreplace our gas powered car with an EV. My husband is a physician - if he gets a call in the middle of the nightthat someone is bleeding to death and needs an intervention, and his EVdidn't charge - well, that's a big problem! City Council - I see your talking points on electrification (I'm all forelectrification). You know that your electrical infrastructure can't support it. This is the real world effect of your decisions: a family that wantedto go electric cannot. You remain silent, as I plead for your help, dating back to my firstemail to you on February 9. We are now on March 4. As for my flickering lights here at 3409 Greer Rd. - the latest workingtheory from CPAU is that it is caused by an air compressor at atheoretical construction site nearby. (1) That's a laughable theory. (2)My lights flicker evenings and weekends - which CPAU engineers havebeen told. Is the cause the 2 EVs charging in every driveway + anoutdated electrical infrastructure that cannot support it? I put in a Public Records Request related to my power issues. (a) Theresponse was a day late. (b) The response was blatantly incomplete. I believe the public policy reasoning behind municipal utilities fallingoutside of regulation is (i) elected officials, who serve as the utlity'soversight, will be responsive (mine - you - are silent) and (ii) there areprotections such as the Public Records Request (my city obviouslydisregards its legal duties). In speaking with utilities attorneys last week, one stated: Whenmunicipal utilities are good, they're really great. But when they're bad,it's abysmal. I understand that you let Tesla jump ahead of the rest of the city in thegrid update. Maybe Elon Musk's words will resonate with you then - hesaid that the world will face supply crunches in electricity andtransformers next year. What does that result in? Flickering lights. City Council - Could you please take steps to make our municipalutility "really great," instead of "abysmal"? Your constituents aredepending on you. I welcome your thoughts. Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 9:24 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Good morning, The lights continue to flicker here at 3409 Greer Rd. I still have notheard anything substantive from anyone except for Dean. City Manager Shikada and City Council - you are the regulators of theUtilities Department, correct? Why have I still not heard back fromany of you with anything substantive? (The vast majority of you, Ihave not heard anything at all.) I still have not received any answer - is this a fire risk? I am worried -I have 2 small children - I have expressed this and no one seems tocare! The transformer that I have been told supplies power to my house wasswitched out on February 15. On February 14, the UtilitiesDepartment climbed another pole nearby (described to me as my"secondary pole") and found loose connections, which I've been toldwere tightened. That's 2 out of 2 poles with loose connections. Isroutine maintenance being done? Are there loose connections all overthe city? My lights continue to flicker - are other loose connectionscausing this? The "secondary pole" with loose connections would explain theproblems the neighbors have experienced on that side of my house:(1) one neighbor's refrigerator went out and she had to go buy a newone last weekend, (2) another neighbor had flickering lights (Idiscovered this by overhearing him over the fence speaking tosomeone about his panel), (3) a third neighbor had an outdoor light that was malfunctioning (she described it as "acting weird"). Theseare the things that I have heard only in passing - surprisingly,everyone has complete trust in Palo Alto Utilities and does not blamethe poor power supply they are receiving. These 3 houses are inaddition to the 6 houses experiencing poor power supply issues fromthe other pole (one of which went through 3 refrigerators in January). So that's 9 houses total with issues - and I imagine there are more! As an aside, shouldn't you disclose to your citizens these issues afteryou discover them? Shouldn't you inform them that they have beenreceiving poor power supply and educate them on the damage that haspossibly (or likely) been done to the appliances and electronics withintheir home? I thought CPAU is supposed to do better than PG&E? On February 14, I received a call from an engineer to get my story toanalyze the data collected by the load logger on my house. He wasunaware that mine was not the only house with flickering lights! How is communication that bad?! As a reminder, the morning ofFebruary 9 was when I first emailed all of you to escalate this issue -at that time we had 5 houses total with confirmed flickering lights. The engineer was not informed that it was not just my housewith flickering lights - I had to explain to him then send him notes! On February 14, I was told that the wrong load logger had been on myhouse since February 7. It was switched for the correct one, which Iwas told would get better data. Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Mon, Feb 12, 2024 at 2:05 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Hello again, everyone, As an update since my emails on Friday: My lights continue toflicker after Thursday's "Band-Aid fix," as described by CPAUemployees. Over the weekend, I discovered a 6th neighboringhouse with flickering lights. My understanding is that flickering lights are a sign of possible firerisk, as they are often caused by loose connections that may arc. Since I did not receive an answer from any of you on Fridayregarding whether my neighbors and I are at risk for fire, despitemy desperate plea, I called the Fire Department this morning toask. I have been told that they are looking into it. I talked with Dean this morning, after I spoke with the FireDepartment, and he is looking into the issue. I do appreciate hiscall. I still do not understand why CPAU's standard practice falls belowPG&E standards or how that is acceptable? The Metering Department has been out to pull the load logger frommy house and put a new one. I understand they're analyzing thedata. Why not just change out the transformer, as PG&E would do? Further, there seems to be no effective regulation of CPAU. I thinkyou all (with the exception of Dean and perhaps the City Attorney)are responsible for oversight, but I have not heard anythingsubstantive from any of you. Quite honestly, I now feel incredibly unsafe here in Palo Alto. Does maintenance of the gas infrastructure also fall below PG&Estandards? There is something up on the pole on Greer as I walk my childrento school that makes a lot of noise. Is it a transformer? Does thenoise mean it's old and in disrepair? I know if a transformerexplodes, my children and I should not be under it, as we will beharmed by the oil inside falling on us. Do I have to reroute ourwalk to keep us safe? I trusted CPAU, and although I noted thesound every time I walked under it, I didn't think twice about walking under it. Now, I do think twice. The problems aren't just with the Utilities Department. OnDecember 19, the garbage cans were not collected in my cul-de-sac. My elderly neighbor phoned daily, and the cans were notcollected until December 23, after my second elderly neighbor inthe cul-de-sac called on December 22 (so it took 3 days of calling,plus it seems like it wasn't taken seriously until there was a secondhousehold calling). After my experience with Utilities, I was sureto apologize to my neighbor for not calling as well - I had neverheard of anything like this! Recology always comes out the nextday, whenever there is an issue. We just spent 2 years lovingly renovating our Eichler - it's ourdream house and we intended for it to be our "forever home." Wemoved here from Redwood City for the schools and also to besurrounded by a community of safety-oriented individuals(something that became especially important in the pandemic). Iam devastated to learn that CPAU standards fall below PG&Estandards. We are now considering moving, but it would be verydifficult for us to do so financially. I appreciate hearing any thoughts you may have? Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 1:30 PM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Hello everyone, I know you're all busy and it's Friday, but I really do think this isurgent. Can someone please get back to me? I have 2 small children in my home, and I am worried about thesafety of the electricity being supplied to my home and the homes around me. Am I at risk for fire? I've asked this to CPAUmultiple times, with no answer. Am I safe to stay in my homeover the weekend? I am lucky enough to have a very close family friend who is aretired PG&E lineman. His partner has been in the hospital, Ihave just found out, so we were only just able to reach him latemorning today. He said that PG&E would have changed out thattransformer - that's what Tito said he is opting not to do and the 2other employees at CPAU told me I should "plead my case" for. I had no idea what the standard is, until now. I am new to Palo Alto, having only owned my home for a littleover 2 years, but my understanding from fellow residents is thatCPAU is better than PG&E. Then why isn't CPAU doing theminimum that PG&E would do? As you can tell from my email below, I had already lost faith -given prior interactions - that CPAU was fixing our problems. Iwasn't sure, though - maybe not replacing a transformer was afix, which is why I emailed you. Now, I have an opinion from aknowledgeable source that the transformer should have beenreplaced. After learning that CPAU is possibly not meeting standardpractice - and having not heard back from anyone with higherauthority - I contacted the California Public Utilities Commissionand was disheartened (to say it lightly) to hear that they onlyadvocate for customers of shareholder owned utilities - i.e., notCPAU. I was advised that I need to appeal to the City - which, Ithink, is all you. Is there anyone else, or any other entity, to protect CPAUcustomers when there is evidence that a standard is not beingmet? Am I reaching out to the wrong people for help? Am I at risk for fire? Should I call the Fire Department and ask? What does a "Band-Aid fix" versus a "real fix" mean, in terms ofsafety? Should I leave my home? Are my neighbors safe? Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 6:46 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote: Good morning, Dean, I'm at my wit's end and writing to you, copying the CityManager, City Attorney, and City Council, asking you toplease ensure that my ongoing and severe electrical issues at3409 Greer Road are fixed by CPAU. At least 4 of myneighbors are experiencing these same issues (5 houses total). I have been told by 2 CPAU employees that we are receiving a"Band-Aid fix," not a real fix. I am considering filing a lawsuit, given how grossly negligentand, frankly, abusive, my interactions with CPAU have been. But - at this time - my focus is on getting the electrical serviceto my house and my neighbors' houses properly fixed. Attached please find results from my smart meter, pulledyesterday, February 8, showing severe brownouts to my homeat 3409 Greer Rd. This smart meter was put on my house onFebruary 7. As you'll see, one brownout lasted 1 hour 9minutes, which I have been told is "insane." For those on theemail without an electrical background, here is a quick primeron the seriousness of brownouts. I'm also attaching a video of one light fixture at my house,illustrating the severity of the flickering lights that I firstreported to CPAU on January 24. (Please excuse the paint job- we just finished completely renovating the inside and don'thave the nice weather yet to paint the outside. That is anew light fixture, installed last year.) As reported to CPAU,this has been happening throughout my entire house, and wealso heard exhaust fans throughout the house slowing downand speeding up. My next door neighbor had the sameexperience. From January 24 to the time this data was looked at by CPAUyesterday, February 8, CPAU employees have denied that thereare any issues on CPAU's side. Shockingly, they continued todeny this, even after being formally informed of 4 more houseswith flickering lights. Until yesterday afternoon whenthey finally looked at the smart meter data from my house,various CPAU employees kept telling me to call an electrician,which I did (multiple, in fact). As an aside, 1 week into my ordeal, one neighbor called CPAUdispatch reporting flickering lights and was told to call backwhen the flickering got worse. Every knowledgeable person Ihave talked to - with the exception of one CPAU employee -has thought that was absolutely reckless, most laughing indisbelief. Linemen came out yesterday to rectify the situation, but I wastold by 2 individuals within CPAU that they were doing a"Band-Aid fix," not a real fix. I was told by one well-meaningCPAU employee that I should walk around the corner to wherethe linemen were working and find a big guy with a bald headnamed Tito to "plead my case" for a real fix. That in itself isone of the craziest things I've ever heard! Tito did not seem very receptive to this (rightfully so becausewho am I as a homeowner to tell him how to do his job?), so,shaken up, I went home and called the City Manager's office,pleading for an advocate. Ingrid, the administrative assistant, took down my story andmy information, and I have received attempted help from AlexGonzalez, Utilities Supervisor. Alex even worked on my issueinto the evening. However, Alex is not in charge of the correctdivision of CPAU to address my issue. This illustrates acontinued lack of understanding of my issue, at best, andperhaps a continued lack of willingness to rectify my issue. That is why I'm reaching out to you. Can you help? With best regards, Trish Tamrazi 3409 Greer Rd. 650-208-4802 From:matt@evolutionaryteams.com To:fridaysforfuturepaloalto@gmail.com Subject:FFF Follow Up – June 21 (Week #128) Date:Thursday, June 27, 2024 8:01:25 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. Emily joined us for the first time. A rising high school senior, she reported on the many things she learned in ecology class, especially aboutcarbon and water footprints. She is also enamored with increasing albedo! Having spent time building homes in Louisiana with Shirts AcrossAmerica, she became interested in ethical biology and plans to explore that field of study. Thanks for joining us and keep us posted, Emily! Lauralie and Jackson stopped by to admire our signs and express their appreciation for our climate action. Thanks to them, both! Amy expressed frustration with those who think eating chicken is a good solution to reducing emissions when compared to eating beef. While achicken diet causes less emissions than beef, it is still much higher than a plant-based diet. She also pointed out that many cities are resolving tohave plant-based meal options for all city events, something we should consider in our advocacy. Thanks, Amy, for keeping our attention on thisimportant source of emissions. George loves slow cooking plant-based dishes in his sun over during summer and loves the flavors that emerge. His buys his veggies at the localfarmer’s market, especially Full Belly Farm. Thanks for the great suggestions, George! Kadir created another terrific video highlighting four things we can all do to use less fossil carbon. Check it out here:https://youtu.be/PPxhZ2UZWYA Thank you, Kadir, for your talented video production! David reports from an elevation of 10,800 feet in Lao Pang, China, where he is starting a school to teach students how to convert regular bikes tosolar bikes. He received a donation from the local US consulate to kick start the effort. Keep up the great work, David! Maria introduced us to Pooja, a behavioral and social psychologist, who is developing a game app that will incentivize us to make behavioralmodifications that are good for both our planet and our health. She targets 100 million participants, which will make a big impact! Thank you,Pooja! Angel is on a mission to bring more Hollywood celebrities into the climate fight. Wouldn’t it be great if we could get Aquaman to insist that westop polluting, mining, acidifying, warming and over-fishing our oceans?! Thanks, Angel, for your amazing ideas and advocacy! Matt’s friends recently went to a Grateful Dead concert at The Sphere in Las Vegas. When he discovered how much power that venue uses, hewas inspired to write a song he calls The Show Must Go On. Check out the lyrics here. Paul at Peninsula Peace and Justice Center is hosting a film screening of Now or Never: A Generation of Climate Warrior (25 minute film)follow by a discussion with Julia and Avroh from Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition (PASCC) on Wednesday, July 3 starting at 7PM.Register for the event here. Thank you, Paul, Julia and Avroh for creating this event! Fridays For Future has decided on the date for the next Global Climate Action: September 20. This Friday let’s start the discussion of how tomake it an impactful action! Keep Up the Fight and See You Friday! Climate Action Now! Upcoming Events Friday, June 28, Noon to 1:00PM: Climate Strike! –– King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall. Wednesday, July 3, 7PM: Film Screening and Panel discussion –– Peninsula Peace and Justice Center hosts a screening of Now or Never: A Generation of Climate Warriors followed by a panel discussion with members of Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition. Register here. Friday, July 5, Noon to 1:00: Climate Slow March –– We meet at King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall and march through downtown Palo Alto Friday, September 20, Noon to 1:00: Global Climate Action (GCA) –– This is an international day of action with events around the country and the world. Climate Community Center: https://climatecommunitycenter.org/ Peninsula Peace and Justice Center calendar: https://peaceandjustice.org/events-calendar/ City of Palo Alto Sustainability Summer Workshop Calendar: Local Sustainability Summer Workshops, Volunteering & Regional Events – City of Palo Alto, CA Heat Pump Water Heater Program Update As of:6/6 5/2 4/4 2/29 1/31 12/28 HPWH full-service interest list signups 991 970 878 797 750 687 Site assessment agreements (SAA) sent 991 970 878 783 748 679 Signed SAAs 805 776 696 613 579 522 Completed site assessments 727 679 615 538 510 473 Installations Total Full Service HPWHs installed 267 243 226 224 184 158 Total DIY HPWH installed 88 68 68 57 49 44 Total HPWHs installed 355 311 294 281 233 202 Target Installations 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000 Monthly Installation Rate Monthly Installation Rate 44 17 13 48 31 19 Target Monthly Installation Rate 83 83 83 83 83 83 Weekly Photos FFF June 21: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AawhjhRNU2NeJToF9 What We Are Reading/Watching/Listening to: Harvard Business Review article In Defense of Degrowth: https://hbr.org/2024/06/in-defense-of-degrowth The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens (podcast): https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/ Care More Be Better podcast with Corrina Bellizzi: https://caremorebebetter.com/ Roger Hallum’s final episode on his Designing the Revolution podcast series on the importance of transcendence to build a movement community: https://music.youtube.com/podcast/h6EnT0icv7o Climate One podcast: https://www.climateone.org/listen-watch/podcasts Follow Fridays For Future Palo Alto: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture_paloalto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fri4Future_PA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@FridaysForFuturePaloAlto Email notifications of FFF Palo Alto events: https://mailchi.mp/c8c130127345/join-fridays-for-future-palo-alto You are receiving this email because you have expressed an interest in supporting climate action in Palo Alto. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please let me know. Matt Schlegel Organizer Fridays For Future Palo Alto Cell: 650-924-8923 Email: Palo-Alto@FridaysForFutureUSA.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fridaysforfuture_paloalto/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Fri4Future_PA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMGKrv_ADB5k7HPK9FJO_Hw Green Mic Web: https://www.greenmic.org FFF Web: https://fridaysforfutureusa.org/local-groups/palo-alto/ Email List: https://mailchi.mp/c8c130127345/join-fridays-for-future-palo-alto From:abby boyd To:Council, City Subject:Charleston and San Antonio traffic congestion after Charleston underpass Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 4:17:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Look farther away than just that Charleston railroad intersection. There is a solution farther away. Model Oregon on San Antonio overpass. Traffic will travel to the Charleston/San Antonio intersection and congest (more) this intersection.. I think Charleston will be backed up to El Camino. People use these two routes to reach 101 Bayshore and Costco. San Antonio is becoming increasingly congested because of high rise apartment builtrecently and more planned. Ambulances and Fire Trucks take these routes to accidents on Bayshore. Most of Charleston is one lane causing delays in reaching 101 Bayshore. This is the routemost emergency vehicles take to 101 Bayshore. Charleston is mostly one lane and has an already congested intersection at Middlefield and Charleston. More apartments/condos are planned for Charleston. I suggest you modify the Oregon Street underpass, widen it and make it easier egress. Modify the intersections of Alma and Middlefield with underpasses. This is a direct, wide route over the tracks from El Camino, Foothill, Middlefield, 101Bayshore and 280. Make the underpass already there wider. Abby Boyd 3998 Bibbits Dr, Palo Alto, CA 94303 650 207 5958 From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; DuJuan Green;Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Jeff Moore; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lewis james; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz;Lotus Fong; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rose Lynn; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; SheriffTransparency; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; dennis burns;editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:‘The Bachelor’ producers acknowledge ‘vicious cycle’ of racism in the franchise Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 1:20:53 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ‘The Bachelor’ producers acknowledge ‘vicious cycle’ of racism in the franchise https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2024-06-26/the-bachelor-bachelorette- producers-race-diversity From:Schaupp FLP To:Council, City Subject:Rail Project- 3553 Alma st, Palo Alto 94306 Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 12:34:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Our partnership owns the 14 unit multifamily building at 3553 Alma st, Palo Alto, 94306. Is there a possibility of eminent domain for our property?What is the estimated construction start date for any project that might affect us?Thanks, MikeSchaupp 2007 Family Limited Partnership From:Aram James To:Bill Newell; Cindy Chavez; Council, City; Dave Price; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Emily Mibach; Friends ofCubberley; GRP-City Council; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; JoshBecker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka;Palo Alto Free Press; Raymond Goins; Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sarah Wright; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee;Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; citycouncil@mountainview.gov;district1@bos.sccgov.org; editor@paweekly.com; jeff_conrad@msn.com; walter wilson Subject:Re: Jamaal Bowman’s Courage Date:Wednesday, June 26, 2024 8:04:22 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jamaal Bowman’s Courage Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more New midweek newslettter June 26, 2024.mp4 Watch now Jamaal Bowman’s Courage PETER BEINART JUN 26 READ IN APP I made a second video this week because I wanted to say something about Jamaal Bowman, who lost his primary race for Congress last night. He lost because he had the courage to visit the West Bank and speak about what he saw. He lost because he’s an unusual politician. He has moral courage. Sources Cited in This Video: A Politico article about Bowman’s trip to the West Bank. A Jewish Currents article I wrote about how Pro-Israel groups keep US foreign policy white. Upgrade to paid Share Our guests this Friday at 11 AM will be Raja Khouri and Jeffrey Wilkinson, co- authors of the book, The Wall Between: What Jews and Palestinians Don’t Want to Know About Each Other. Since October 7, dialogue between Palestinians and Jews has become even more difficult, and there are those in both communities—and on the left and right—who question its value. I’m excited to ask Raja and Jeffrey to respond to those criticisms, and to explain how they believe that greater dialogue between Palestinians and Jews can contribute to the struggle for equality, freedom, and safety for everyone. Paid subscribers will get the link this Tuesday and the video the following week. They’ll also gain access to our library of past Zoom interviews with guests like Rashid Khalidi, Thomas Friedman, Ilhan Omar, Benny Morris, Noam Chomsky, and Bret Stephens. See you on Friday, Peter VIDEO TRANSCRIPT: So, last night, Jamaal Bowman lost his race for re-election to Congress. And I wanted to say something about him and that race. Now, it’s important not to be willing to overlook the flaws of people just because you profoundly agree with them on really important policy issues. So, I don’t want to suggest that Jamaal Bowman didn’t make any mistakes in this race. I think it was unfortunate when he said that Jews in Westchester segregate themselves. If you look at the context, I think you can understand what he was trying to say, which was essentially that people would understand him better if people live together more, and that would actually break down antisemitism. But still, I think it was probably a territory that he shouldn’t have ventured into. But that said, again, even though we need to be willing to be critical of people we disagree with, it’s also important that we not be naive. And that comment had nothing to do with the onslaught that Jamaal Bowman faced from AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups. That onslaught was fundamentally about one thing. It was about the fact that Jamaal Bowman was a passionate supporter of Palestinian freedom. When members of Congress are staunch supporters of Israel, they can say things that are far, far more problematic vis-à-vis Jews than anything that Jamaal Bowman ever said, and get a complete pass. The reason that Jamaal Bowman had a target on his back was really simple. It’s because he went to see what life was like for Palestinians in the West Bank. Now, that might not seem like a big deal, but it actually is because the vast majority of members of Congress avert their eyes. They make a conscious choice to go to Israel on AIPAC junkets that don’t show them the reality of what it’s like for Palestinians to live their entire lives without the most basic of human rights. I suspect perhaps they just don’t want to know because they know that if they did see, it would only cause problems for them. But Jamaal Bowman went to see. He even went to Hebron, which is perhaps the most brutal of all the places in the West Bank, a place where Palestinians can’t even walk on certain streets in their own city. And he had the courage to see. And he had the courage to talk about it. And that’s unusual for a member of Congress. And the thing you always need to remember about these people, you know, who spent untold amounts of money, unprecedented amounts of money, on trying to defeat him—the people who gave all this money to AIPAC and other pro-Israel groups to defeat him—is that, overwhelmingly, they have not seen the things that Jamaal Bowman has seen. I have lived in proximity to those people my entire life. I’m telling you they may have been to Israel 40 times. But those kind of AIPAC donors, they don’t go to see what life is like for Palestinians who have lived their entire lives in the West Bank without the right to vote for the government that has life and death power over their lives under a different legal system, a military legal system, while they’re Jewish neighbors enjoy free movement, and due process, and the right to vote, and citizenship. If they had gone to see those things, I think many of them would not be AIPAC donors because it would shake them to their core. But one of the reasons I think they find the kind of things that Jamaal Bowman says so frightening is because they haven’t had the courage to go and actually face these realities for themselves. But Jamaal Bowman did go to face these realities and then he took it upon himself to talk about what he had seen. And he paid a political price. The second thing I want to say about Jamaal Bowman and this race is that you can’t disentangle the attack that he came under because of his views about Israel from the opposition to him simply because he was a courageous and passionate progressive on a whole range of issues. The thing that’s important to remember about people who give a lot of money to AIPAC is it’s not just that they’re pro-Israel, or that they’re generally Jewish. They’re also extremely wealthy. And it’s often difficult to disentangle their pro-Israel politics from their class perspectives. But things fuse together, right? They don’t want supporters of Palestinian rights in Congress. But they also don’t want people who are going to raise their taxes or try to fundamentally change the American economic system. And so, when you defeat Jamaal Bowman, it’s kind of a twofer because you get rid of a critic of Israel, but you also get rid of someone who potentially could threaten your own bottom line. And one of the dirty little secrets, I think, about kind of American Jewish organizational life is that people find it often easier to say that they oppose progressives because those progressives are anti-Israel or supposedly ‘antisemitic’ than to admit that partly they’re doing it for economic self-interest because they’re just really rich people who don’t want progressives like Jamaal Bowman because those people might threaten their bottom line. So, that’s another reason I think that progressives like Jamaal Bowman come under such fierce assault. It’s much nicer if you’re one of the very, very wealthy people who gave all this money to AIPAC to have a kind of milquetoast moderate like George Latimer who won’t rock the boat on Israel. And he won’t really rock the boat by challenging corporate interests on anything. The third point I want to make about Jamaal Bowman has to do with race. Now, it’s not true that AIPAC opposes Black members of Congress simply because they’re Black. Which is to say if there’s a really, really pro-Israel Black member of congress, like Ritchie Torres, they’re thrilled about that, right. But it’s also not coincidental that so many of the people that AIPAC tries to destroy politically are Black or other people of color. And that’s because people who have a family history of oppression in the United States are more likely—not always, by any means—but, on average, are more likely to identify with the Palestinians because of their own experience. They’re more likely to feel, as Jamaal Bowman did, a kind of moral obligation to themselves and their own ancestors to go and see what’s actually going on to Palestinians who lack basic rights in the West Bank. And so, when you go to politically destroy people who care about Palestinians, you’re going to end up destroying a disproportionate number of those people who will be Black or other people of color. And there’s a whole history to this. It didn’t start with Jamaal Bowman. You can think about Andrew Young, Jimmy Carter’s Ambassador to the United Nations, who, coming out of the Civil Rights movement, felt he had an obligation to have a concern for Palestinians, and met a PLO representative in the late 1970s, and there was a big pro-Israel outcry, and he was forced out of his job. Or Jesse Jackson, who came under assault in the 1980s when he ran for president, or a congressman like Walter Fauntroy or Barack Obama or Raphael Warnock. You may remember that Raphael Warnock went on a trip of Black pastors to see Palestinian life for himself, wrote a very passionate, eloquent letter talking about the parallels between the oppression of Palestinians and the oppression of Black Americans. And Raphael Warnock came under fierce assault and had to walk that back. And if he hadn’t walked that back, he probably wouldn’t be a senator right now. Jamaal Bowman is a different kind of person. He’s a very unusual politician in that he is a man of genuine moral conviction, of genuine moral courage, and he was willing to put his political life at risk. And he did so perhaps partly because we are in this extraordinarily horrifying moment—a moment when people are being tested, when people are doing things that I think we will remember for a very long time. I saw yesterday that Save the Children was reporting that, by their estimates, as many as 20,000 children in Gaza are either detained, missing, lying in mass graves, or dead under the rubble. Twenty thousand. I think perhaps Jamaal Bowman knew that this was a moment on which he was willing to be judged and he was willing to risk his political career for that. And I really, really hope that I live long enough to live in an America in which Palestinian lives are considered equal to Jewish lives. And in that America, I believe, that people will look back with shame at what was done to Jamaal Bowman, and maybe even some of those AIPAC donors or their children or grandchildren will feel shame, and we will look back at Jamaal Bowman in this race as a hero. It says in Pirkei Avot in the Mishnah—and forgive the gendered language, it was written a long time ago—it says, ‘in the place where there is no man, be a man.’ Or we might retranslate it as, ‘in the place where there is no humanity, bring humanity.’ Jamaal Bowman was in a place in Congress in Washington where there are very, very few people who are willing to risk anything politically for the cause of Palestinian lives, for the cause of Palestinian freedom. And he did. In a place where there was no man, he was a man. And for that reason, I believe we will one day look back on him as a hero. You're currently a free subscriber to The Beinart Notebook. For the full experience, upgrade your subscription. Upgrade to paid LIKE COMMENT RESTACK © 2024 Peter Beinart548 Market Street PMB 72296, San Francisco, CA 94104 Unsubscribe From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Bryan Gobin; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; DavePrice; EPA Today; Ed Lauing; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Greer Stone; Human Relations Commission; JayBoyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Josh Becker; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Lewis james;Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Michelle; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Pacific GrovePD; Palo Alto Free Press;Robert. Jonsen; Sean Allen; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Tom DuBois; Perron, Zachary;dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael Subject:Re: Don"t Sell Israeli Products at Trader Joe"s Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 6:15:26 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Mr. Adam McMickin Regional Vice President Trader Joe's 415-747-7341 Mr. McMickin: We are regular and long-time (40+ years) Trader Joe's patrons and have generally been pleased with the products and service available in your shops. We have been unpleasantly surprised in recent years, however, by the availability of Israeli products in Trader Joe's stores. As you may or may not be aware, the Israeli state has for more than 56 years confiscated land in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (East Jerusalem, West Bank, Gaza) as well as in the Occupied Golan Heights (Syrian territory) and has moved its own citizens into and onto those confiscated lands in clear and intentional contravention of international law and the Geneva Conventions. Many Israeli colonies in those territories contain production facilities for a range of products, some of which are exported to overseas markets, including the U.S. using "made in Israel" labeling. This is their way of blurring the origin of their products so as to deceive overseas consumers (https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-major-shift-pompeo-says-us-to-label- settlement-products-made-in-israel/). The Israeli state, as you may or may not be aware, was in January 2024 found by the International Court of Justice to be plausibly engaged in genocide in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 (https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2024/01/israel-must-comply- with-key-icj-ruling-ordering-it-do-all-in-its-power-to-prevent-genocide- against-palestinians-in-gaza/). Buying Israeli products directly and indirectly provides material support for the illegal activities of the Israeli state in the Occupied Palestinian Territory by generating income that contributes to the financial maintenance of illegal occupation and colonization activities, as well as war crimes on a mass scale. In light of official Israeli pronouncements, policies and practices vis-a-vis the occupied people of Gaza and the West Bank over a period of decades, continuing to trade in Israeli products can only seriously harm the reputation and scar the image of Trader Joe's. This is especially relevant in light of Israel's widespread and continuing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza in particular. For this reason, we want Trader Joe's to permanently cease and desist in acquiring and selling all Israeli products in your shops. These include any and all products produced--in whole or in part--in Israel or in illegal Israeli settlements and facilities in the Occupied Palestinian Territory or the Occupied Golan Heights (https://mondoweiss.net/2023/04/trader-joes-stop- selling-israeli-matzo/). We look forward to your positive response to our request at your earliest convenience. Signed, S., F., L. San Jose, CA (P.S. I have blind copied this message to dozens of friends and acquaintances who are also Trader Joe's patrons in the hope that they too will express their support for a complete and permanent Trader Joe's boycott of Israeli products.) From:Jeff Hoel To:UAC Cc:Hoel, Jeff (external); Council, City Subject:TRANSCRIPT & COMMENTS -- 06-05-24 UAC meeting, Item 4 -- City of Palo Alto One Water Plan Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 5:17:16 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachmentsand clicking on links. Commissioners, Here's a TRANSCRIPT of Item 4 of your 06-05-24 UAC meeting, the item about the One Water Plan. 06-05-24 video:https://midpenmedia.org/utilities-advisory-commission-32-632024/ 06-05-24 agenda and packet https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/2/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory-commission/archived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2024/06-jun-2024/06-03-2024-packet-v2.pdf(For Item 4, there's just a one-page staff report, a one-page spreadsheet, and 27 presentation slides -- pages 53-83, i.e., packet pages 47-75) I have added my COMMENTS (paragraphs in red beginning with "### ") and also presentation slide titles (paragraphs in orange beginning with "###.") Thanks. Jeff ------------------- Jeff Hoel731 Colorado AvenuePalo Alto, CA 94303------------------- ========================================================================================================== TRANSCRIPT 0:48:24: ITEM 4: CITY OF PALO ALTO ONE WATER PLAN (DISCUSSION) Chair Scharff: All right. You want to move on to the next item, which is City of Palo Alto One Water Plan? 0:48:32: Director Batchelor: Yes. So, commissioners -- So, this is an item just for discussion. There's no action on this. This is actually the first beginnings of talking about One Water Plan. And we're hoping to get your feedback on this. We plan on bringing this back to you again when we roll the plan out a little bit more. And, so, again, this is just an initial overview, get your inputs on this. And, again, SeniorResource Planner Lisa Bilir will be giving the presentation. 49:18: ###. Slide 1 -- One Water Plan **: We will have public comment after the presentation. 0:49:25: PRESENTATION Lisa Bilir: Thank you so much. My computer just said that it needed to restart for some reason. So, I'm just going to pull up the presentation. Ah -- Oh! Thank you so much. That was really fast. Awesome. 0:49:47: So, I actually want to introduce several people who are on the Zoom call or in the room, and who have been working together on this project, and are available if they can help with answering any questions on this item. But we have Karla Dailey, Assistant Director ofResource Management Division, on the Zoom call. We have Matt Zucca, Assistant Director of Water, Gas, and Wastewater, in the room. And then we have Linda Grand, who's the Sustainability and Program Administrator for Conservation Programs. So, we hope that we cananswer any questions that may come up in the course of the discussion tonight. And, also, I wanted to point out that we've been workingas part of an interdisciplinary team between the Public Works Department and the Utilities Department throughout this work. So, we'revery delighted to be at the stage where we can bring you our initial results. And it's a good time to tell you about it. Our consultant -- We're close to the end of the consulting agreement with our consultant, Corollo Engineers. They've done this work across the United States in many different cities. And they're in the process of writing up the report, and also doing a sensitivity analysis. So, we'reparticularly interested if you have any feedback and inputs to that sensitivity analysis. And we're also going to be presenting someportfolios, preliminary portfolios. And if you have any feedback on what you'd like to see in those portfolios, how you'd like to see themchange, we would be very interested in that. 0:51:27: ###. Slide 2 -- One Water Initial Results Outline Basically, we've been looking at the One Water Plan as a long-term water supply plan for the City of Palo Alto. It's really the first time thatwe've taken this approach, with the One Water -- One Water approach. We're looking at all different sources of water. Looking at everysingle drop of water in Palo Alto has having value. And looking at sustainable ways that we can manage the water supply in Palo Alto in away that's more resilient to climate change, and more sustainable and inclusive. We've been looking at all kinds of different options, including reuse, groundwater, stormwater, on-site reuse, and going through all the different possible options. And I'll tell you about our screening process and our ranking process tonight. 0:52:25: So, with that, I want to go to -- Oh. I'll tell you about this slide. So, we're going to -- the outline for what I'm going to tell you about is -- I'm going to tell you about the goal, and our overview and approach. Going to go in a little bit of detail and some categories of supply andconservation options, so that you can get a sense of the types of projects that we've looked at. And then talk about the portfolios thatwe're assembling together. And we can talk about some possibilities there. And ideas. And then, our initial conclusions, and the nextsteps. Basically, at this point, I also wanted to add that we've received a couple of different work products from our consultant. One is a cost estimate spreadsheet. And we attached a summary of that to the materials tonight, so you can see just the summary page of the unit costs for those different water supply and conservation options. It lists out those -- the options that really rose to the top, as well as someadditional options that we wanted to tell you about and disclose what those costs are, so you can think about it. And the other thing thatthey gave us is a tool that really allows us to look at what might be a water supply future in Palo Alto, a vision for what that future is, and then select what the future is, depending upon the City Council's goals and values that they want to include as inputs into that tool. So, one of the really nice things about these materials is that staff is going to be able to update them as uncertainties unfold, and as we findout the answers to what happens in the future, we're going to be able to use them in a dynamic way, to be able to bring to the City Council,ultimately, a recommendation for what the water supply future -- what we recommend for the water supply in the future. We have -- andwe can go to the next slide -- 0:54:26: ###. Slide 3 -- Previous UAC Meetings on One Water Plan We have brought a couple of related items to the UAC as we've been doing this for -- First, we've brought the draft scope, in July of 2021. And at that time, we basically set our objective as increasing the water portfolio's resilience to future uncertainties. And the UACmentioned several topics that we should take into consideration. And we have done that. And the UAC members were very supportive ofour project at that time. 0:54:58: Then we came with an update, about a year ago, in 2023. And we provided an update on what we were thinking of doing for ourscreening process, our stakeholder engagement to date, and our portfolio approach. And, again, the UAC provided helpful comments and was very supportive. Next slide. 0:55:21: ###. Slide 4 -- One Water Plan: Goal So, the goal of this work is to be able to bring to the Council a One Water Supply Plan that's a 20-year adaptable roadmap forimplementing prioritized portfolio alternatives for water supply and conservation. So, we're basically building alternative portfolios. Andwe're prioritizing them, and looking at the long-term supply. So, we're really not looking at short-term emergencies. You know, like anearthquake, that type of thing. We're looking at, in the longer term, what supply makes sense. And we're keeping in mind that -- Some background information. So, I just want to talk a little bit about the water supply. In 2018, the state board adopted the Bay Delta Plan amendments. And those require 30-50 percent of unimpaired flow in the Tuolumne River from February through June. And the TuolumneRiver is the source of the water for Palo Alto. In 2018, the Palo Alto City Council also expressed its support for the state board's Bay DeltaPlan amendments. And by doing this, the City Council really expressed its commitment to preserve and protect the Tuolumne River. And -- So, in order to really achieve this policy objective of the City Council, we need to develop alternative water supplies, in order to reduce reliance on the Tuolumne River, both in normal years and in dry years. We've kept this in mind as we've gone through this project. We'retrying to improve Palo Alto's resiliency, by making Palo Alto less reliant on the SFPUC. And, you know, one of the things that is projectedto happen, if those -- if that Bay Delta Plan amendment is implemented as it was adopted, is more significant cutbacks during drought. Potentially, as much as 50 percent or more. And, you know, for comparison, during the recent drought, Palo Alto customers collectively cut back by about 11 percent. And, I think -- in past droughts have cut back quite a bit more than 11 percent. But 50+ percent is definitely higher than we've seen in the past. Next slide. 0:57:58: ###. Slide 5 -- One Water Plan: Approach This One Water Plan approach is actually a key action in the City's Sustainability & Climate Action Plan. And so, we're working towardsthat key action. And -- I think I've mentioned several of the things on this slide already. We're working with our consultant. And we're not addressing short-term emergencies. This is really the longer-term viewpoint. Next slide. 0:58:31: ###. Slide 6 -- Key Uncertainties There are several key uncertainties, including -- Palo Alto has entered into an effluent transfer agreement with Valley Water, thegroundwater manager, and Mountain View. ### 11-18-19: staff report (56 pages) -- "Partnership Agreement to Advance Resilient Water Reuse Programs in Santa Clara County" https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/year-archive/2019/id- 10627-mini-packet-11182019.pdf?t=60382.0211-18-19: at-places memo -- tweak to staff report (28 pages) (not browser searchable)https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/year-archive/2019/11-18-2019-item-17-utilities.pdf?t=68162.48 11-18-19: minutes -- Council approved the agreement 6-0, Fine absent. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/00-archive/2019/11-18-2019-ccm-final-sense-minutes.pdf11-18-19: video -- 1:04:30-2:14:28) https://midpenmedia.org/city-council-152-11182019/ ### 07-01-21: "City Receives $16M to Help Design & Build a Salt Removal Facility"https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/News-Articles/City-Manager/Effluent-Transfer-Agreement And what this means is that Palo Alto would transfer about -- Excuse me. Valley Water has the option for Palo Alto to transfer about half of the effluent from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant to Valley Water. And Valley Water would then build a purification facility inPalo Alto, at the former Los Altos Treatment Plant site, and then build a pipeline, to bring that water down to Southern County for useelsewhere. So, it would percolate that water in the South County, and use it as a water supply replenishment. So, that would provideadditional water for the region and Valley Water's facility. That option, to take that treated effluent, expires in 2033. Currently, Valley Water has put that project on hold for a couple of years. So, there may not be an answer about whether that effluent transfer will occur for another 9 years or so. And what we've --- why I bring it up is, we've found that some of the reuse options are actually incompatible withthat effluent transfer. And some of the reuse options start rising to the top, when we start talking about these different portfolios. So, -- 1:00:15: Commissioner Phillips: Will you explain some of those incompatibilities later? Is that -- 1:00:19: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. That's really a volume of water that's incompatible. And I will go through it as we go through these slides and talk abouteach of the different reuse options. 1:00:27: Commissioner Phillips: OK. Thank you. 1:00:27: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. At a high level. There are other uncertainties as well. Droughts, climate change, state regulations. SFPUC is implementing its own water alternative supply program, and has already identified several different alternative water supplies that it plansto use: storage, purif- -- water purification, reuse, and other projects that it's planning to supplement its Hetch Hetchy Tuolumne Riverwater supply. And so, that's going to change Palo Alto's water source in the future, and the regional water system will be changing as wego forward. So, that's an important thing that we need to communicate about, and keep in mind as we select Palo Alto's own water supply. Next slide. 1:01:26: ###. Slide 7 -- One Water Plan: Overview So, I want to talk a little bit about the path that we've taken. We did a couple of stakeholder engagement meetings. We had a communityneeds and priorities meeting in September of 2022, where we talked about just that: the needs and priorities of the community. And wehad a hybrid meeting. We had live polling during the meeting to try to get feedback from participants. And then we identified -- we tried to get all the different conservation options on the table. We made a big list. I put a link to it in the staff report, so you can see what all those different water supply options are that that were on the table. Then we did a stakeholder meeting in December of 2022, when we lookedat our -- we asked participants about how they would rank the priorities of each of the different criteria that we had. And then we alsofollowed up, after that meeting, did a City staff stakeholder engagement. For both of these meetings, we had meetings with six differentCity departments, and polled the staff on the same topics. And we also had one meeting with our regional partners, city suppliers nearby that we work with and that we wanted to ask for their opinion. And potential partners -- we wanted to ask them for their feedback. And then, we also did a survey. So, we asked customers -- anyone who was really interested in taking this survey, we sent it out to our interested persons list. We put it out through our WaterSmart website, so people could participate in that survey. And we gatheredinformation on how people would rank, you know, different evaluation criteria for a water supply. Things like reliability, cost. And then,we're using that input information in how we're ranking them tonight. Then we have been working on developing those evaluation criteria,screening the supply options, putting together portfolios, and sharing the initial results. Which is where we are today. OK, next slide please. 1:03:56: ###. Slide 8 -- Water Supply and Conservation Project Screening So, we took that list -- You see all the dots on the very far left. Each of those represents a different water supply or conservation option --and we put them into three buckets. This was our prescreening process. We put them into a bucket that's ongoing or already planned. So, you know, for example, in conservation, we're already planning to implement AMI. So, we didn't put that as a -- that didn't count as a One Water Plan option. Then, we had projects that were not feasible at this time. And projects that were moving forward. So, that was our first screening. Yeah. 1:04:37: [Apparently someone asked what "AMI" was.] 1:04:38: Lisa Bilir: Sorry. Yes. Thank you. Advanced metering infrastructure. Yeah. Metering. 1:04:47: So then, we took the remaining moving-forward projects and applied four screening criteria -- three screening criteria: yield, the cost -- theunit cost, and then whether it increases supply reliability in drought years, 'cause that was getting back to our goal for our work. And then, we narrowed it down to a number of projects that met those screening criteria. And then, from there, we applied our portfolio evaluation criteria -- and there's four of those listed on this slide: environmental benefits, ease of implementation, cost, and reliability. So, then wetook each of those projects and ranked them in accor- -- or scored them, based on those evaluation criteria. And there's some subcriteriathat I'm going to talk about later. So, we used what we'd gotten from our stakeholders, applied it to this ranking scheme, and then we looked at the projects that rose to the top. And those became the building blocks for our portfolios. So, we have been building portfolios that combine those different water supply and conservation options. And then, ultimately, are trying to recommend one portfolio. 1:06:14: ###. Slide 9 -- Screening Results: Top Water Supply Projects So, these were the projects that met the screening criteria AND rose to the top when we applied the evaluation criteria to them. And I'mgoing to, in the next few slides, go through each of these, to provide a little schematic of what they are. So, I'm going to kind of movequickly to the next slide. 1:06:38: **: [unamplified] Right now? 1:06:39: ###. Slide 10 -- Enhanced Conservation Phase 1 & 2 Yes. OK. So, the first group of options -- As I mentioned, we have a suite of conservation programs in place right now. And plans to enhance our conservation programs. We have a series of rebate programs that we work on in collaboration with Valley Water to providerebates for things like lawn replacement, and a variety of other -- you know, high-efficiency toilets. So, we do high-efficiency rebates. Andwe have recently enhanced our conservation programs with Waterfluence, which is a tool that allows commercial customers to view theiroutdoor irrigation and get recommendations on how to make that irrigation more efficient. We also have WaterSmart, I mentioned earlier, that produces the home water use reports. And also allows customers to see their usage and get more information about it. And that's going to be linked to the AMI meter reads hourly when they're available. So people will be able to see their usage. ### On 10-18-21, Council approved purchasing AMI equipment from Sensus. The staff report (173 pages)https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/reports/city-manager-reports-cmrs/year-archive/2021/10-18- 2021-id-13665.pdf said (page 5) that the Sensus water and gas meters would be read at "daily intervals." ### A 05-02-18 staff report to UAC (103 pages)https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/utilities-advisory-commission/archived- agenda-and-minutes/agendas-and-minutes-2018/05-02-2018-special-meeting/item-1_approval-of-investments-in-ami-and-smartgrid- systems.pdfexplained that the water and gas meters (vendor not identified) have a non-replaceable battery, and to make the battery last 10-20 years,the meter could be sampled only once or twice a day. . ### Sensus says: https://www.xylem.com/en-tj/products--services/metrology-equipment-for-utilities/meters/cordonel-static-flow-water-meter/"20-year predicted battery lifetime under standard usage conditions," but doesn't explain (here) what standard usage conditions are. ### This randomly-discovered website says: https://www.wave-utilities.co.uk/advice-guidance/faq/faq-smart-metering#:~:text=What%20is%20the%20battery%20life,installation%20date%2C%20under%20normal%20use.Q: What is the battery life expectancy on a smart meter? A: New smart meters are expected to last up to 15 years from your installation date under normal use. Q: Will my smart meter show real time data?A: As standard the data is updated every 24 hours showing usage from the previous day, rather than in real time. This may vary fromwholesaler to wholesaler. ### Of course, CPAU could read water meters hourly and just replace a meter whenever it said its battery was low, but that would be more expensive than Council signed up for. ### I have wondered whether it would possible to program the meter to provide data in response to a poll only if sufficient usage hadoccurred since the last time it provided data, thus saving battery energy. ### Also, I have wondered why there has to be a one-day delay between when AMI data is collected and when it can be accessed bycustomers over the internet. (See the 10-18-21 staff report cited above, page 5, "day-after".) 1:07:50: So, all of those things are coming, or are currently offered. But what we were trying to do here, in what we're calling phase 1 and phase 2,is look at POSSIBLE future measures that we could take to enhance conservation in the future. And so, that's what's listed here. In phase1 and phase 2, we have things like enhancing our outdoor irrigation assistance for commercial customers. Really taking more of a hand- holding approach, and providing more assistance, to make sure that that irrigation becomes more efficient. We have some measures like nonfunctional turf ban for commercial properties. The City could put that in place. Limit front lawns in new developments. Permanent 3-day-watering-week restriction. This would limit, on a permanent basis, the days on which residents and businesses could water outdoors. And then, direct-install for high-efficiency toilets, to really try to reach some populations that haven't completely finished their installs ofhigh-efficiency toilets. Low-income residential, commercial customers. So, that's kind of giving you a flavor of what we're thinking about for phase 1 and phase 2. Some of these projects are fairly staff time intensive. So, that's what makes them a little bit costly, is that it requires some additional staff. Next slide. 1:09:22: ###. Slide 11 -- Groundwater Options Lisa Bilir: Then we looked at groundwater options. There's really one groundwater option that's carried forward in the One Water Plandocument draft. And that's the one at the top. So, we would -- On the schematic at the top, we would extract the groundwater, we'd filter the groundwater to remove iron and manganese, do reverse osmosis, which would remove TDS -- total dissolved solids -- and then deliver that water to Palo Alto customers. And in the distribution system, it would be combined with SFPUC water. ### What about disinfection? Would the groundwater be disinfected before combining it with SFPUC water? Yes. 1:09:59: Vice Chair Mauter: Lisa, can you remind me of what the TDS of this groundwater is? What the range is, across the wells? 1:10:06: Lisa Bilir: I don't have that in front of me, but I can look it up for you. If somebody else knows, -- 1:10:13: Karla Dailey: I think it's about 800. On, no, the groundwater. I'm sorry. Matt probably knows that. 1:10:22: Matt Zucca: Good evening, commissioners. Matt Zucca, Assistant Director of Engineering & Operations for Water, Gas, Wastewater. Secondary MCL is between 500 and 1000. So -- and I don't have the exact numbers. And it varies by range. But I think it's around 750. 1:10:43: Commissioner Gupta: Oh, and I had a quick follow-up question to that. Is that the post-reverse-osmosis, or -- 1:10:47: Matt Zucca: Pre. That would be raw groundwater. 1:10:49: Commissioner Gupta: OK. And do you know the number after reverse osmosis? 1:10:52: Matt Zucca: It varies based on the design. But the target would be to get it similar to what the TDS would be for the San Franciscosupplies. ### Palo Alto's 2022 water quality report says that EPA's SMCL for TDS is 1000 ppm, and the TDS range for the City's drinking water(essentially SFPUC water) was <20-104 ppm. How "similar" to SFPUC water would the City's groundwater after reverse osmosis be? Ondays when SFPUC water's TDS was <20 ppm, what would it be? Etc. 1:11:00: Commissioner Gupta: All right. 1:11:00: Matt Zucca: So, it would have comparable taste and odor on minerality. 1:11:02: [pause] 1:11:06: Matt Zucca: You're welcome. 1:11:14 Lisa Bilir: So -- I wasn't sure if there was a question. OK. What we're talking about tonight -- We also wanted to tell you about blending. Blending only. Where we would extract the groundwater and then blend it with SFPUC water before it enters into the distribution system, INSTEAD of treating it. And we made a determination as part of this study that we would NOT carry that option forward, because thewater that would be delivered to customers would have different aesthetic qualities than the SFPUC water. So, even though it would meetall of the drinking water standards, it would have different taste and odor. ### Again what about disinfection? And so, that raises some questions about, you know, public acceptance of that water. And so, we've made a determination that, as part ofthis study, we're only looking at water that provides comparable taste and odor. And so, we carried forward the top option. But I mention it because, as you'll see, it is MUCH less costly. It actually turns out to be very costly to do the blending option, not only for the cost of treatment but also because there's a waste stream. That you then need to build a pipeline across the City of Palo Alto to bring that to theoutfall pipeline at the Bay, at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant, for disposal. Next slide, please. 1:12:45: ###. Slide 12 -- Direct Potable Reuse (DPR) So, for direct potable reuse, we have three different configurations for this, and a couple of them end up being pretty -- rising to the top of the portfolio options. So, -- The first two. So, I want to make sure to explain what those are. 1:13:06: The first option is a Palo Alto DPR facility. So, what this would be would be -- we would build our own Palo Alto Direct Potable Reuse facility. This would take tertiary-treated effluent from the Regional Water Quality Control Plant. It would be treated at this new facility in Palo Alto, that would produce purified water. That would then be held in a tank for eight hours, and then the -- sent directly into thedistribution system, to supplement the SFPUC water. 1:13:47: The second configuration is that if Valley Water DOES build a purification facility in Palo Alto, and reconfigures it to be a direct potablereuse facility, instead of an indirect potable reuse facility, Palo Alto could negotiate with Valley Water to try to, you know, provide someadditional water that Palo Alto has reserved for its own uses, and then Valley Water would treat that water and send it back to Palo Alto. So, that's what we mean by the Regional Direct Potable Reuse Facility. 1:14:27: The third option would be that because there's already a SMALL salt-removal facility -- I haven't mentioned that yet. That's different than the regional facility, and it's a small salt-removal facility that's currently being built at the Regional Water Quality Control Plant. We could use that as one of the steps in the direct potable reuse treatment. Do some pre-treatment, then treat the water in that small salt-removalfacility, add additional treatment, and then serve that water to customers as direct potable reuse water. That option ends up beingextremely expensive, and only able to produ- -- treat a small quantity of water. So, I'm just mentioning it. Next slide, please. 1:15:10: ###. Slide 13 -- Indirect Potable Reuse (IPR) Indirect potable reuse would be where there is a -- it's similar to the direct potable reuse, but there's a -- it's -- in this case, it would beaugmenting Palo Alto's groundwater. So, we would build Palo Alto's own indirect potable reuse treatment facility. It would take tertiary-treated effluent into the facility. Then it would produce purified water, that would then be injected into the ground to supplement thegroundwater. And then we would extract -- in the same method that we talked about earlier with groundwater -- we would just use our wells, and extract the water, and -- but we'd be able to extract more. Because we would be injecting. So, we would be take the amount that we think we can get from our groundwater on a sustainable basis, plus the amount that we're injecting into the groundwater andpurifying. It would allow a larger volume of water. So, you'd be able to get that groundwater, AND an additional-- you'd be able to get thatreuse water as well. So, it has more reliability. It allows us to use more water from a different source than Hetch Hetchy. 1:16:33: Chair Scharff: [unamplified] It seems less efficient than the direct potable reuse. Right? You're saying we get more water if we do it thatway. Because we get the groundwater. 1:16:41: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:16:41: Chair Scharff: [unamplified] which otherwise we wouldn't get. 1:16:43: Lisa Bilir: Well, we didn't look at an option of groundwater plus DPR. And maybe that's something that we could look at. 1:16:50: Chair Scharff: [unamplified] 'Cause it just seems -- you put the water in the ground, you seem to lose it. As opposed to piping it directly. I mean, -- 1:16:57: Lisa Bilir: Right. I think -- We didn't -- There's a million different configurations that you could think of [laughs]. And if you'd like us tothink of that one, we can. But it -- we looked at -- we looked -- what we ended up doing is, some of these options are VERY expensive,and if you reconfigure, and do emergency wells, and do treatment, and build that pipeline that I was mentioning, ### At 1:12:30. with your brine in it, we didn't then think, OK, let's ALSO build our own DPR facility. But you're right. It is kind of similar to the IPR. 1:17:35: Matt Zucca: And, if I might add, Commissioner Scharff, DPR is a relatively new technology from a regulatory standpoint. Regulations thatallow it just got approved last year. So, IPR sort of has that -- it's been around for a while now. I mean, I think Orange County was doing it20 years ago. And the reinjection also has a little bit of a -- I should say an improvement to the palatability of the water, as opposed to -- not technic- -- actually, but from an overall public perception standpoint. And it's been done, you know, a lot more than recent -- DPR is relatively new. But -- The technology's been around for a while. But from a regulatory standpoint, they haven't allowed it. 1:18:15: Chair Scharff: You're saying people don't like tap to toilet? ### Chair Scharff probably meant toilet to tap. 1:18:17: Matt Zucca: Ah -- I'm -- 1:18:21: [multiple speakers] [laughter] ### There was an unintentional water spill at the table. 1:18:41: Vice Chair Mauter: Can I ask a question about this scenario, though? I mean, your taste and odor challenges are not abated in this. Ithink it's worth SAYING that out loud. 1:18:49: Chair Scharff: Yeah. You're correct. 1:18:50: Commissioner Croft: [unamplified] Could you explain that? 1:18:51: Vice Chair Mauter: Um. You are -- Any issues that you had in groundwater taste and odor are not -- they're currently not modeling anadditional RO stream following the groundwater extraction. And so, you don't have -- You still have the potential for CHANGES in tasteand odor, relative to -- thank you so much -- relative to what SFPUC is providing. 1:19:20: Commissioner Croft: [unamplified] I was curious that ground -- is there a difference in taste and odor? Because -- 1:19:26: Lisa Bilir: Sorry. I think the question is, between the IPR and DPR? 1:19:34: Commissioner Croft: [unamplified] Yes. 1:19:34: Lisa Bilir: Basically, no. Because we modelled that the IPR has exactly the same treatment on the -- It doesn't show it on the chart. And Iwill modify the chart to show it. But the treatment that I mentioned for the groundwater extraction wells -- that is included in the costing outof this option. 1:19:55: Vice Chair Mauter: Ah. So, if you have iron and manganese, you just -- 1:19:58: Lisa Bilir: Iron and maganese -- TDS. 1:19:58: [multiple speakers] 1:20:00: Matt Zucca: Yeah. That was held constant in all the options that involved groundwater. To keep them comparable. 1:20:05: Vice Chair Mauter: Got it. 1:20:05: Lisa Bilir: Right. The only option where that isn't the case is blending -- 1:20:10: Vice Chair Mauter: Got it. OK. 1:20:10: Lisa Bilir: -- That is not really being included -- not being included in the One Water Plan. We're talking about it. We're kind of bringing itout for your opinion, or discussion, so you can know what the results are when you see it up against the other ones, because it kind of likelooks -- it gets fairly good scores. And so, it might be worth having further discussions about it. But we wanted to bring it up for discussion. 1:20:37: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. But just to clarify. This one -- because you have iron and manganese [removal] as well as TDS removal, you STILL have to build that brine line. 1:20:45: Lisa Bilir: [unamplified] Yes. [amplified] Yes. You have to build a brine line in that -- in this option. Um. If you want that water quality. Yeah. 1:20:54: Commissioner Croft: Sorry to interrupt you. The taste and odor -- One of the questions I had is -- where is that in the criteria? I saw you had public acceptance, I think. Is it in that? Or -- where is it in the criteria? 1:21:07: Lisa Bilir: Right. And the way that we were thinking about this with our consultant was that because all of these options don't have adifference in their water quality -- in their water quality -- um -- in their water quality, that we did not need a criteria. Because it would benon-differentiating across the options. So, if we -- So -- Yes. I think it's important to note that as we show you the results for blending,there's this difference, that's not captured in the score. 1:21:39: Commissioner Croft: And so, you basically said we're only considering things at this point that have equivalent taste and odor. But thatone is currently off the table, and if we were to bring it back, we'd have to have a way to measure that. Is that right? 1:21:54: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:21:58: Commissioner Tucher: Could I ask a question that steps back a little bit? I've lost the context. We currently -- I think Palo Alto uses --what -- 5-6 percent of our total water is recycled? That's what we're talking about here, is recycled water. Right? Is that fair? 1:22:17: Lisa Bilir: That's a great question. We were talking about -- Our current recycled water is all for non-potable uses. It's all for irrigation. Yes. So, right here, we're talking about actually supplementing our drinking water supply. 1:22:32: Commissioner Tucher: Supplementing water from Hetch Hetchy that we're talking about. 1:22:33: Lisa Bilir: Yes. We're talking about drinking this water. And it would be reu- -- it could be reuse water. 1:22:40: Commissioner Tucher: Is the assumption that it would be mixed in, all the time, for all customers? Or would we segment the market? Or-- What's the idea? 1:22:50: Lisa Bilir: We have not done a study on which customers would get the water coming from the different sources. But different customers -- Depending on which option, different customers might get different sources of water. ### Why isn't this possibility just a non-starter? Would some customers get all SFPUC water and other customers get all DPR? Or would some customers get a blend of SFPUC water and DPR? A map might be helpful. That would be something we'd have to study further. You know, exactly who and when would get the different water. I don't know if youwant to add anything on that. 1:23:10: Matt Zucca: No. That's a good summary. 1:23:11: Commissioner Tucher: Water usage in total -- ** Palo Alto's consumption -- I don't know, and I don't quite have it. But I believe -- Ibelieve we use something like -- I don't know -- 10 or 11 million gallons a day. ### This presentation slide from 09-23-19 says "~10 million gallons per day (MGD).https://beta.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/00-archive/2019/09-23-2019-cm-presentations.pdf ### Although this 2020 "Utilities At a Glance" brochure says peak flow is 18.5 MGD. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/4/utilities/uaag-final-2021-brochure-insertct.pdf I don't know how that translates into CCF, ### 1 CCF = 748.052 gallons. So 10 MGD = 13,368 CCF. https://www.unitconverters.net/volume/ccf-to-gallon-us.htm but -- And I think usage is down dramatically. Like trending down dramatically, in total, over years. Like, you know, 5-10-15 years. Less - - I think we use less than half of the water that we used to use as a municipality, if I'm not mistaken. I don't have the data here. But -- um -- so, I'm a little confused. Like, what's the backdrop for this whole discussion of lessening our use from the San Francisco water? Lessening our use from the Hetch Hetchy and Tuolumne system? Why are we even talking about this? 1:24:09: Karla Dailey: Sure. Do you want me to jump in, Lisa? 1:24:12: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. Yes, please. 1:24:14: Karla Dailey: Um. So, the -- I mean, imported water, in general, is under a lot of different strains. One being just climate change, in general. And the second one being some changes in regulations. And, Lisa, in her introduction referred to the Bay Delta Plan, which is aplan adopted by the state that would increase the unimpaired flow on the Tuolumne River, and a lot of the rivers in the state. TheTuolumne just happened to be in the first phase of that Bay Delta Plan update. And our supplier, the San Francisco Public UtilitiesCommission, who operates that system, has done an analysis, and informed the agencies that take that SFPUC water that in -- by the second year of a drought, under full implementation of the Bay Delta Plan, we could be looking at 50 percent or more reductions in water. So, that -- that's a big driver of this plan -- or in needing -- feeling like we should -- it was prudent to investigate other potential water supplyalternatives that could be considered by our Council. Certainly, when we undertook this plan, we didn't know what the costs were that wewould uncover for some of these other alternatives. And so, you know, there's -- there are clearly factors to be weighed by City Council,and whether they may or may not be interested in pursuing any of these alternative water supplies. But that was a big driver. And, you know, on top of that, as Lisa mentioned, Palo Alto's City Council, as a -- and ONLY our City Council -- in all of the agencies that take -- among all the agencies that take SFPUC water -- passed a resolution supporting that Bay Delta Plan. And so -- 1:26:36: Chair Scharff: And that was 2018. ### On 08-20-18, Council voted 9-0 to support the Bay Delta Plan. See minutes for details.https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/agendas-minutes-reports/agendas-minutes/city-council-agendas-minutes/00- archive/2018/08-20-2018-final-ccm-minutes.pdf And/or see video (0:58:02-3:05:38)https://midpenmedia.org/city-council-152-082018-3/ 1:26:37: Karla Dailey: That's correct. And -- 1:26:40: Chair Scharff: And that was the only action City Council's taken on this. Correct? 1:26:43: Karla Dailey: That is correct. Yes. And so, we are -- You know. And that wasn't a pure directive to go out and develop alternative water supplies. But, again, just compiling all of this history and external conditions that are out there in the water supply world. We're talking that all into account, and offering to City Council some alternatives to our full, 100 percent dependence on the SFPUC. 1:27:16: And, by the way, I didn't introduce myself. I'm Karla Dailey, Assistant Director of Resource Management. Sorry about that. 1:27:21: Chair Scharff: So, Karla, I think you were there at that meeting in 2018. 1:27:24: Karla Dailey: I was. 1:27:25: Chair Scharff: So, if you remember, I'm the one that made the motion. So this is my fault. 1:27:29: Karla Dailey: [laughs] 1:27:29: Chair Scharff: But I think we -- 1:27:32: [multiple speakers] 1:27:33: Chair Scharff: So, the motion, at the time, was to support the Bay Delta Plan, which was coming before BAWSCA, which is the regionalagency. All opposed it. And, frankly, Greg Schmid, who was our representative to BAWSCA, also voted against it. So, I think we need toput that in context for staff a little bit. I know, Karla, you were there. But if you remember, Peter Drekmeier came and said a 50 percentreduction is absurd. This is fearmongering. And all of that. You know, I don't think, if we actually believed there was a 50 percent cut, we would make that same vote. And I think that -- So, I guess my question was, has the state adopted that Bay Delta Plan at this point, or not? 1:28:20: Karla Dailey: The state has adopted it. It has not been implemented. 1:28:23: Chari Scharff: It's not been implemented. Right? And -- I mean, I think -- I mean, obviously, you have a new Council. But I do think -- I do think that if we believed there was a 50 percent reduction, that vote would not have gone that way. I think Peter was very persuasive atthe time, saying this was fearmongering on the SFPUC's part. 1:28:46: Commissioner Tucher: There has been a 50 percent reduction? 1:28:48: Chair Scharff: No. But that's what staff is assuming. 1:28:50: Commissioner Tucher: Assuming that San Francisco will cut 50 percent -- 1:28:54 Chair Scharff: During a drought. Yes. That our water would be -- And as was said early in this proceeding -- I forget -- it was like 11 percent, or 20 percent -- I don't remember. What's the most we've cut during a drought? You know, it's -- 1:29:06: Karla Dailey: We -- 1:29:06: Chair Scharff: It's nothing near 50. But -- 1:29:09: Karla Dailey: We cut 30 percent at the height of the last -- the worst part of the last drought. 1:29:16: Chair Scharff: But we actually use less water since then. So, every time we implement conservation efforts, the ability to cut gets harderand harder. 1:29:27: Karla Dailey: Yes. 1:29:28: Chair Scharff: So, I'm just really cautioning staff that I would hope that you would have a robust discussion to Council, and not behamstrung by my motion back in 2018. 1:29:37: Karla Dailey: [laughs] Well, absolutely. I mean, this is a -- this is a chance -- um -- you know, this is a -- this is a CHANCE for Counciland the community to weigh in on these weighted criteria, and decide, you know, what the priorities are of this Council, and that -- I mean,this is a snapshot in time. And it might change again in 5 years. As well. 1:30:08: Chair Scharff: And it's also a chance for the UAC to weigh in. And that's where I was -- 1:30:10: Karla Dailey: Yes. 1:30:10: Chair Scharff: -- ending up with this. 1:30:12: Karla Dailey: I was putting you in the community -- in the community bucket. [laughs] 1:30:17: Commissioner Croft: Can I ask a question that I felt like I wanted to see at the very beginning of this plan? And -- which is, the water -- dowe have an analysis of the water use by -- we always ask this -- like, commercial versus residential? And then by function? Like, do wehave a good sense for that? 1:30:36: Lisa Bilir: Could you tell me what you mean by function? 1:30:37: Commissioner Croft: Like a pie chart. Where is the water being used. Because, for example, nonfunctional turf ban for commercialcustomers -- I would have assumed we already have that by now. Like, I can imagine some of these gigantic customers -- I was like, oh, ifthey have turf, they must be using nonpotable like water. There's no way they're putting potable water on those, you know, corporate buildings that -- no one's ever going to sit on that grass. So, that's kind of -- I'm kind of wondering like where is the water being used now? Do we have a good understanding? 1:31:08: Lisa Bilir: OK. A couple of things in response to that. We have informa- -- we have a lot of information about our customers' water usage. We have it by customer class. And by account class. And by individual customer. So, I do have a chart. I don't have it in thisdeck. But I can provide it to you, and tell you about it. As it relates to commercial outdoor watering in particular, the state has a newrequirement that there's no watering of outdoor turf for -- nonfunctional turn for commercial customers. So, that's something that the stateis requiring. This would go a step further and actually not re- -- not allow the turf to be installed. So, it would be like a ban on the turf, as opposed to banning the watering, that the state is doing. So -- [laughs] 1:32:01: Commissioner Croft: So, it's just like an enforcement -- kind of an enforcement mechanism, because it's currently hard to enforce? Or -- 1:32:08: Lisa Bilir: I think it would be taking just a stronger approach, as a City, with enforcement, and then with a requirement. Yeah. 1:32:17: Commissioner Croft: You also -- Sorry, you also mentioned in the staff report there being a link. Is there a staff report? Is there adifferent -- 1:32:23: Lisa Bilir: There's a third -- very short -- like a one-page staff report. And in there is a link to that water supply and conservation optionsthat we assembled with the feedback from stakeholders and -- 1:32:36: Commissioner Croft: Sorry, I missed that link. I'll go back and look. 1:32:39: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. 1:32:39: Commissioner Phillips: I have lots of questions. But can I suggest that we kind of let her finish her presentation? 1:32:47: Lisa Bilir: Um. If it's all right, I just wanted to add, on the cutbacks, that we -- we're operating -- we're looking at our supplier, SFPUC, andtheir cutbacks that they are providing to us. So, since 2018, they did provide their urban water management plan and their supply -- you know, their numbers to us, as part of our urban water management plan. So, we did incorporate that 50 percent cutback during a drought number into our urban water management plan. So, to us, that's a very real number. But even if that is not the correct number, SFPUChas a 20 percent goal -- level-of-service goal -- for cutbacks during a drought. And a regional cutback of 20 percent, wholesale customershave to cut back by MORE than 20 percent. Their share is to cut back more, because there's more outdoor water usage in the wholesalecustomer area than in San Francisco, in the city. So, wholesale customers have to cut back more. And Palo Alto may have to cut back more. So, those cutbacks are going to be greater than 20 percent in Palo Alto. And it may hard to reach those numbers. Harder, in the future, than in the past, since we've already done a lot of conservation, and the demand is relatively hardened. 1:34:12: OK. I'm going to go through the rest of the slides. Can you please go to the next one. 1:34:19: I think we talked about IPR. The next one after this. OK. 1:3427: ###. Slide 14 -- Baywater Desalination Yes. Baywater Desalination. This would be, again, a facility that's built by Palo Alto for Palo Alto's use. It would take water from an openintake, and then desalinate the water, and inject it into the potable water -- into the distribution system for drinking water. I guess that's allon that slide. Next slide, please. ### How do you minimize the extent to which the effluent of the brine pipeline increases the salinity of the "open intake" water you want to desalinate? 1:34:56: ###. Slide 15 -- Project Normal Year Yield Comparison This gets into some of the questions that have -- that started coming up earlier, on the volumes. At the top is -- and these are in acre-feetper year. So, the actual purchases -- as an example in 2022 -- it does vary. Commissioner Tucher, you.re correct. It used to be much higher, at around maybe 16 or 17 MGD in the '90s. In the early '90s. Probably like in the '80s, actually. And then, Palo Alto customers have conserved quite a lot over time. And, nevertheless, Palo Alto customers are still very high users compared with neighboringagencies in the region. 1:35:47: **: [unamplified] 1:35:48: The chart shows all of the different water supply options, that I just talked through, and gives you a sense of the scale of the volume ofthose options. So, conservation gives a small amount. The largest ones are the direct potable Palo Alto facility, the indirect potable usefacility, or the desalination facility. Next slide. 1:36:13: ###. Slide 16 -- Project Unit Cost Per Acre Foot Comparison This is an attempt to try to summarize the costs per acre-foot. And you can compare the cost of each of the options to the baseline. The baseline cost per acre-foot currently from SFPUC -- this is pegged to 2023. So, the current cost is about $2,200 per acre-foot. And the conservation is less expensive than that. Blending is a little bit less than that currently. But then, when you look in the future, groundwateris -- even blending is much more expensive than SFPUC. Full treatment is also very expensive. Basically, all of the options other thanconservation are more expensive than the baseline. 1:37:03: Commissioner Phillips: Could I ask a question? 1:37:04: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:37:05: Commissioner Phillips: So, the $2,100, or what you're comparing it to, that's the commodity charge equivalent for -- So, I went back, and Idid the complex math involved in going acre-feet to cubic feet, and I got something on the commodity charge for tier 1 is $2,269.50. Whichseems to correlate with this. So, that's this number. Right? 1:37:37: Lisa Bilir: Yes. This is the commodity charge that we charge to our customers for every unit of water. And it also includes a debt servicecharge that we pay to -- that we pay to SFPUC through BAWSCA for -- 1:37:53: Commissioner Phillips: Right. But it's the right comparison number -- 1:37:55: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:37:55: Commissioner Phillips: -- for these against the baseline. And that's what we're charging to the customers -- a commodity charge. Distribution charges are presumably the same among options. So not included in this. 1:38:09: Lisa Bilir: Exactly. 1:38:10: Commissioner Phillips: OK. Thank you. 1:38:13: Chair Scharff: OK. Do you want to finish? We'll come back to questions. 1:38:16: Lisa Bilir: Next slide, please. 1:38:17: ###. Slide 17 -- Project Compatibility With Valley Water This gets into which options are feasible with the Valley Water transfer, and the -- or without the Valley Water transfer. So, without theValley Water transfer, the column of checkmarks on the left. All of the options are feasible except the regional facility, because if theValley Water transfer does not go through, there is no regional facility located in Palo Alto. With the Valley Water transfer, there wouldonly be a small amount of volume of water left for Palo Alto to build its own reuse facility. So, for the purposes of this study, we were -- the direct potable reuse for Palo Alto facility and indirect potable reuse for Palo Alto facility -- we're considering those NOT feasible Next slide, please. 1:39:10: ###. Slide 18 -- Water Supply and Conservation Tool & Portfolios Next slide. 1:39:12: ###. Slide 19 -- Tool for Water Supply Portfolio Analysis So, this describes the tool that Corollo has provided a draft of to us. And it takes data inputs -- demand forecasts. So, if you want to vary the demand, and you think the demand should be higher or lower, you can do that. It takes the yields from each of the projects, the cost estimates, and the evaluation scores for each of the projects. Some of those are calculated on a scale of 1 to 5. And some of them aremanual input, based on a qualitative scale. Users select the options for each of those inputs. And then, it outputs the portfolios, supplysummary, cost estimates, and the evaluation scores by portfolio. And it provides some graphical outputs. So, what this is, as I mentionedin the beginning, this is a way of visualizing what the future may look like for Palo Alto, providing the Council the ability to select the vision for Palo Alto, depending upon the user selections that the Council wants to select, as part of this tool. Next slide, please. 1:40:29: ###. Slide 20 -- Water Supply Portfolio Evaluation Criteria & Suggested Weights This gets into a little bit more detail, and tells you what the subcriteria are for ease of implementation and environmental benefits. Andalso tells you the weights. These are suggested weights, as I mentioned, from our stakeholder engagement, and from ourinterdepartmental staff meetings and online survey. We have a high weight on reliability -- of 35 percent. A weight of 20 percent on unit cost. And then, a total of 15 percent on ease of implementation, and 30 percent on environmental benefits. So, I'm happy to talk more about that, or take any feedback on what you think those weights -- how it would be interesting to explore those weights in our sensitivityanalysis. Next slide, please. 1:41:15: ###. Slide 21 -- Initial Water Portfolio Evaluation Results -- No Valley Water Transfer -- 2045 So, this is the initial results under no Valley Water transfer. And, you can see, the baseline is to the left of the vertical line there. And youcan see what the score is: 2.55. There are some assumptions that go into this that are not fully outlined here. But it assumes a 30 percent cutback on our SFPUC supply. And then, the project -- the portfolios that are -- And each of the portfolios that are in between the two vertical lines -- those include SFPUC water, conservation phase 1 and phase 2, as well as ONE of the infrastructure projects. Or noinfrastructure project, as you can see in the conservation stacked bar. So -- But what each of those stacked bars is showing is the sum ofthe scores from each of those evaluation criteria. You see reliability in blue. That's one of the largest differentiators across the projects. You can see some very large blue bars in the water reuse and desalination, because those are providing large volumes of water. And then, the cost criteria is in the next color, in the orange color. And you can see that there's a HIGHER score for cost when the cost is lower. So, for conservation, that has a lower cost, that scores more highly on cost. And then, the gray is ease of implementation. Andthen, green is environmental benefits. What's on the right of the next vertical line is groundwater blending. And that's the option that'sNOT included in the One Water Plan, which -- you can see that it scores as like the third-highest -- the third-highest investment without the Valley Water transfer. Any questions on this? 'Cause I'm going to show a few more slides that have this setup. So, I want to see if I explained it clearly. 1:43:25: Chair Scharff: So, the weighted score just -- the weighted score, after doing everything -- the higher the weighted score, the higher it ranks in something we should do. Correct? Given -- 1:43:32: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:43:32: Chair Scharff: -- these assumptions. 1:43:33: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:43:34: Chair Scharff: And you can sort of see the assumptions on these by -- you know, if the cost bar is really low, this is a very expensive -- 1:43:41: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:43:41: Chair Scharff: -- right? -- approach. 1:43:43: Lisa Bilir: Um hum. 1:43:43: Chair Scharff: And if cost was more, for instance, we would assume -- desal -- If cost was a more important thing, we assume desalination -- 1:43:50: Lisa Bilir: Yes. I'm going to show you one iteration of a sensitivity analysis where we put cost as a higher percentage and reliability as a lower percentage. And then, in the upcoming slides. Just exactly what you were just asking about. 1:44:04: Commissioner Croft: Can I ask a question about reliability? 1:44:06: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:44:06: Commissioner Croft: So, you know, I'm sure we have the demand projections for how much we need as a City. When you're looking at reliability, like how do you guys think about it? Is -- I'm sure you have -- you have the quantity of water that each of these provides, that you showed us earlier, I think. So, reliability is the chance that you'll get how much that you projected? Or does -- Is there like apercentage our demand that it would meet? 1:44:37: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. The reliability criteria here is being defined as how much dry -- how much -- how much dry-year supply does it provide. So, we assume that our cutback is a certain amount, from SFPUC. And how much of that gap is filled by this particular supply, basedupon the yield for that supply. That's what the reliability criteria is measuring here. And then, we also look at the normal-year supply as asubcriteria of the environmental benefits. 1:45:12: Commissioner Croft: And is it kind of just assuming the cutback is from a 2-year drought? So, if there was a 3-year drought, would we -- So, for example, Bay water desalination. Like, there's infinite Bay water. [laughs] Right? So, do we just assume like the 50 percent cutback is the kind of scenario we're trying to meet? 1:45:31: Lisa Bilir: There are some areas like that in the Urban Water Management Plan, where it tells you what would happen in a multi-year drought. This does not go that far. It's just looking at a user input of, what if we have a 50 percent cutback? Or a 30 percent cutback? 1:45:50: Commissioner Gupta: I had a quick question on the inclusion of conservation phase 1 and phase 2 in the bars. I was curious if -- what kind of bump that might provide to the baseline SFPUC. If you happen to have that top of mind. 1:46:06: Lisa Bilir: Yes. And so, if you compare the baseline SFPUC on the left and the conservation portfolio, the one that says 3.04, that is exactly the comparison that you're interested in. 1:46:17: Commissioner Gupta: OK. 1:46:17: Lisa Bilir: 'Cause what that is is, it's saying, if we do nothing else -- just get our water from SFPUC but do these extra conservation programs -- what's the score? 1:46:28: Commissioner Gupta: Ah. Thank you for that. 1:46:29: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. Yes. 1:46:32: Commissioner Tucher: I just -- A couple clarifications, please. Is the taste of the water anywhere factored in here? Does consumer satisfaction -- 1:46:43: Chair Scharff: That's why we're not doing the groundwater blending. That was the one we took off the table. That's the 3.24 in the corner. 'Cause it tastes bad. 1:46:52: Commissioner Tucher: Oh. But -- I mean, all of these would have an impact -- Well, perhaps even in a -- An upstream question -- pun intended -- would be, is the whole idea here that we could turn this on and off for drought years? Like, if it's a drought year, then we're going to need to tap into this extra resource, but in a non-drought year, we don't? So, then, we're back to pure Hetch Hetchy? Or, wouldthis be a permanent change in our water supply, that would -- there's no going back? 1:47:23: Lisa Bilir: That's a GREAT question. I'm glad you asked that. We're talking about -- what we're -- you COULD do that. But what we'remodeling here is that we would supplement our water in a drought year AND -- in a drought year AND a normal year. 1:47:37: Commissioner Tucher: A permanent change. Then I do want to come back to the question of taste of water. 'Cause it's not just in thegroundwater scenario. It seems to me it's in every scenario except just conservation. Is that factored into the weighing system? 1:47:53: Matt Zucca: I can take that. Um. So, the assumption is that with the treatment technologies that we have -- and I'm talking specificallyreverse osmosis that will remove the majority of the salt -- while even two high-quality waters can taste different, that all of the taste and odor from -- in the middle bars of this graph -- are roughly the same. In other words, we're not introducing a water into the system that -- where San Francisco has a TDS of 100 milligrams per liter, we're not introducing something that has 700. It will be of comparable TDS. That's not to say that they'll all taste exactly the same. Because I can tell the difference, you know, between [Hetch] Hetchy water andwhen we're going off -- 1:48:34: Commissioner Tucher: Walnut Creek. 1:48:35: Matt Zucca: But that -- 1:48:36: Commissioner Tucher: East Bay MUD. [laughs] 1:48:37: Matt Zucca: Those are -- yeah -- Those are diff- -- that's a slightly -- But even high-quality waters -- two different high-quality waters can taste different. 1:48:42: Commissioner Tucher: I'm sure Walnut Creek considers its water very high-quality. It does taste very different. ### East Bay MUD's 2023 annual water quality report can be downloaded by clicking on the "2023 Annual Water Quality Report" link onthis page.https://www.ebmud.com/water/about-your-water/water-quality (The report itself may have a URL, but I don't know what it is.) It says that water from the Walnut Creek treatment plant has a total dissolved solids (TDS) range of 32-54 ppm. (But water from the Sobrante treatment plant has a TDS range of 140-210 ppm.) ### SFPUC's 2023 annual water quality report for its regional water system says the TDS range is <20-153 ppm, with an average of 84ppm. https://www.sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/accounts-and-services/water-quality/EN-SF-Regional-2023.pdf ### Palo Alto's 2022 annual water quality report (the most recent I could find) says the TDS range is <20-104 ppm, with an average of 61ppm. https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/utilities/water-quality/cpau-2022-annual-water-quality-report_final.pdf ### So, Walnut Creek's maximum TDS is less than Palo Alto's maximum TDS. ### It should be apparent that TDS is not a good measure of taste and odor. 1:48:46: Matt Zucca: It is very different. 1:48:49: Commissioner Tucher: I'm sorry to be a little bit stuck on this notion of Valley Water transfer. Is that the recycling center that -- I think theyasked for a permit last year -- down on San Antonio? is that the one you talked about earlier that's delayed for several years? 1:49:01: Lisa Bilir: Yes. 1:49:03: Commissioner Tucher: OK. So, it might come onstream in 5 or 10 years? Or -- What's the earliest it might come onstream? 1:49:13: Lisa Bilir: Karla, could you answer that? 1:49:14: Karla Dailey: Yeah. [laughs] More than 10 years. 1:49:21: Commissioner Tucher: Oh. 1:49:21: Karla Dailey: Yeah. Somewhere between 10 and 20 years, maybe. 1:49:24: Commissioner Tucher: So, that whole chart that said with or without Valley Water transfer -- Valley Water transfer means we would --what? -- we would be transferring half of our effluent to Valley. And that scenario can't even take place if this recycling plant is not built. Isthat correct? 1:49:46: Karla Dailey: Correct. They have that option until 2033, to tell us whether they plan to take that effluent or not. They have -- as Lisa said,they've paused work on the Palo Alto project. And so -- um -- Yeah. I wanted to go back and address one thing that you brought up, though, which I think is really important. In that same vein of whether these are part of our water supply every year or only during drought years. And, while Lisa answered that we are looking at these as permanently part of our water supply, there is a possibility out there forgroundwater that we could use that intermittently. The other options are so expensive to build that, you know, you wouldn't -- it's not cost-effective to turn a water purification facility on just during droughts, or to turn a desal facility on just during droughts. And so, those woulddefinitely be part of Palo Alto's permanent regular water supply. We are treating groundwater the same way in this study. But there is a possibility of thinking of groundwater differently, as a drought-only supply. So, I just wanted to throw that out there. 1:51:16: On the Valley Water transfer agreement, did you have any additional questions on that? Or did we answer those? 1:51:23: Commissioner Tucher: No questions, other than to observe that -- I mean, all -- any of these scenarios that depend on that seem barely worth discussing, 'cause we don't have -- the plant's not there, and it's not likely to come any time soon. 1:51:42: Karla Dailey: Yeah. And some of the alternatives that rely on them NOT building the plant -- also, we won't have an answer for -- in the next 8 years. 1:51:54: Chair Scharff: We have no ability to get out of the agreement? 1:51:58: Karla Dailey: Um. I mean, it's an agreement that we committed to. 1:52:02: [pause] 1:52:10: Commissioner Phillips: I guess my comment is, 1) I feel a little in the dark about what kind of problem we're trying to solve. Is it thisproblem that we MAY lose access to some Hetch Hetchy water sometime in the future, in the case of a drought? And that MAY be 50percent, but probably not? That's kind of what I'm hearing. It's a hard sort of problem to -- So, without knowing the problem, I -- it's hard to come up with a solution. As I look at this, and think of the Hetch Hetchy water -- around there -- around $2,000 -- it seems like doing everything with expected costs below that is a no-brainer, because it's cheaper than what we're getting from SFPUC. So, there's noreason not to do it. ### If Palo Alto cut back on SFPUC water, might SFPUC raise its rates, to cover its fixed expenses? 1:52:58: To do things -- to -- for me to really support doing anything substantially more expensive -- I mean, particularly, desalination, with -- at a quarter of a billion dollar price tag -- I'd need to be convinced much more tightly that there really is a big problem that we're solving somewhere down the line. And I don't have that sense. 1:53:23: Chair Scharff: Let's finish the presentation, and then we'll come and -- 1:53:23: Commissioner Phillips: Oh, I'm sorry. I thought you had -- 1:53:27: Chair Scharff: No. 1:53:28: Lisa Bilir: Sorry. Just like -- I think there's three more slides. I'll try to be fast. [laughs] 1:53:34: OK. So, the next slide is about -- The next slide is on if there is the Valley Water transfer. Can you go to the next slide, please? That's no problem. 1:53:45: ###. Slide 22 -- Initial Water Portfolio Evaluation Results -- With Valley Water Transfer -- 2045 So, when it loads, you'll see that we took out the supplies that would not be feasible with the Valley Water transfer. And so, you can seethat the direct potable reuse regional facility rises to the top. And the next highest scoring is Bay water desalination. Unless you considergroundwater blending. Then, that gets the second-highest score. And everything scores more highly than the baseline. Next slide. 1:54:15: ###. Slide 23 -- Initial Observations So, our preliminary conclusions, that many of you have voiced already, conservation phase 1 and phase 2 score more highly than do- nothing, and do not require a large investment to proceed. The highest-scoring portfolios, that you saw in the last two slides, are DPR -- both DPR -- Palo Alto facility, if there's no Valley Water transfer, and regional facility if there IS a Valley Water transfer. Both of the DPRportfolios are contingent on the Valley Water effluent transfer, which won't be resolved for about 9 years. And the portfolios that are notdependent on the Valley Water transfer -- the Bay water desal is the highest-scoring portfolio. And then, we observed that blending-only portfolio is also a high-scoring portfolio. 1:55:09: I'm going to show next just two slides. They go over this alternative sensitivity look at -- you know, what if we start changing our weightings on these options? So, if we can go to the next slide. 1:55:24: ###. Slide 24 -- Sensitivity of Initial Results -- No Valley Water Transfer -- 2045 We increased costs, and at the same time, we reduced reliability weighting. And we looked at the results. Direct Potable Reuse is still atthe top. And then, we have conservation. But with no Valley Water transfer, groundwater blending actually increased, and its second-highest infrastructure investment that we could make. Next slide, please. 1:55:51: ###. Slide 25 -- Sensitivity of Initial Results -- With Valley Water Transfer -- 2045 With the Valley Water transfer, conservation rises to the top. And then, direct potable reuse regional facility is still the highest-scoring infrastructure project. And I think it's notable that groundwater blending is also higher than the baseline. Let's go to the next slide. 1:56:14: ###. Slide 26 -- Initial Results Sensitivity to Cost Weighing This is our last slide, going over our results from the sensitivity -- Actually, there might be one more slide. So, I'll really try to speed it up. But the top portfolios are unchanged. They're DPR with no Valley Water transfer and regional facility DPR with Valley Water transfer. Andcan we go to the next slide, please? 1:56:35: ###. Slide 27 -- Next Steps So, our next steps are, we are preparing the One Water Plan -- the Final One Water Plan. We're going to include the recommendedstrategy and trigger-based implementation plan. And then, plan to bring this to the City Council before the end of the year. 1:56:50: And with that, I'd be happy to try to -- I'd love to hear any feedback you have, and try to -- I just want to reiterate that staff is going to beable to use these tools. So, as we move forward in time, we're going to be able to, you know, update the information as it becomesavailable, to be able to inform the UAC and inform the Council on decisions that they'd be facing. 1:57:16: PUBLIC COMMENT -- none **: Chair Scharff, would you like to check for public comment? 1:57:18: Chair Scharff: Yes. 1:57:20: **: If anyone from the public would like to speak on Item number 4, please raise your hand or dial *9 on your phone. No hands raised. 1:57:34: Chair Scharff: If, for some reason, someone comes in later and raises their hand, let me know, 'cause, you know, we've been sort oftaking a long time to get through this. So -- 1:57:44: DISCUSSION Chair Scharff: All right. So, that brings it back to us. Anyone have any questions or comments that we haven't voiced? Go ahead. 1:57:51: Commissioner Gupta: Sure. Thank you so much for that presentation. I think you did a great job capturing all the different moving parts. and kind of the timeline that's involved in making any sort of decisions. Um. And, I agree, there are a lot of open questions involved here. I was curious if we've considered water quality differences between these options beyond odor and taste? Particularly around whatdifferences there might be in terms of any contaminants -- um -- as between these various options. 1:58:24: Matt Zucca: Yeah. I mean, the assumption is that all water options are going to meet what they call MCLs -- or the maximum contaminantlevels. And for the purified water, there is sufficient redundancy and rigor in the treatment processes to even deal with some of theunregulated contaminants as well. So, all of that, I think, could be considered sort of option-neutral. It should all be considered potable water quality. And the primary difference would be just minor changes in aesthetics. 1:58:58: Commissioner Croft: Can I ask a follow-up on that same topic? Which is, um, you know, when we went through the process of buying our house, there was -- there were disclosures on superfund sites in Palo Alto. You know, defense industry used to be all over here. So, are we just assuming that all the options are similarly remediable? For example, groundwater. If it is -- if it might have dangerouscontaminants. Are we just assuming it doesn't? How do we actually know about that? 1:59:31: Matt Zucca: The treatment process is sufficiently robust that it should take into account, I would say, known conventional contaminants. 1:59:39: Commissioner Gupta: One follow-up from me. I know at least I would be curious to see, beyond the MCL, what might be differences in contaminants between these options. And I'm wondering if that's something we could consider putting into these weighted criteriarankings, if we don't already do that. 1:59:58: Matt Zucca: Yeah. I mean, I think that the -- for the most part, we won't know the specifics until we get into the design. This is a planning-level document. So, I don't know that we're going to be able to, for example, say that PFAS is a contaminant of concern under onescenario. I think that contaminants are basically the same. And we're not going to treat, necessarily, a water -- or, an option that might have slightly more of one versus another, if it's it's less than the MCLs. From a design perspective, those are the same options. So, we wouldn't necessarily rank those differently. Just because, at that point, you're not -- typically not taking treatment and trying to make themequal, if you already comply with the regulations. If that makes sense. So, I'm not sure how we'd go about doing that at the planninglevel. But we can certainly consider it as we go forward. 2:00:52: Chair Scharff: Ah. Commissioner Metz. Go ahead. Sorry about that. 2:00 55: Commissioner Metz: Thank you. Well, first of all, thanks for a really great presentation on a very difficult, complex, long-term topic. I just wanted to make two comments. One is on the content side. As Commissioner Phillips mentioned, I think, you know, conservation justjumps out as a winner. And so, that one seems a no-brainer. On the process side, I think this is an important and complex problem. AndI think the analysis and discussion demonstrated great insight and a lot work. But I think, to some degree, that's lost in using the linearweighting scheme. You know, there's been all kinds of research on weighting schemes, and so on. So, my thought is that that approach to weighting the complicated results is kind of unwarranted, and skews the results. And I, you know, take in to account that there was a sensitivity analysis done. But, you know, I think, there's good evidence that a linear -- for this kind of problem over this kind of timeline, alinear weighting system is not adequate. So, my recommendation would be to change -- before taking this to City Council -- change howwe rate it. Because, you know, the vectors that we're weighting -- like cost, reliability, and so on -- are incommensurate. You know, youcan't really -- You know, we can't have water that nobody can afford that's very reliable, or vice versa. So, I think it just reduces the value of the results. And I would recommend changing how the results are presented, to take that out. 2:02:42: Karla Dailey: It might be interesting to hear more about that, and a specific recommendation from you about how to change the way our consultant is thinking about these weightings. Maybe you can point us to some literature or studies -- 2:03:00: Commissioner Metz: OK. 2:03:00: Karla Dailey: That would be great. I wanted to add one more thing about the questions about groundwater as well. When -- So, there were several plans that we did over the past few years that sort of fed into the work that Corollo did in this plan -- is doing in this plan. And one was a Northwest County Recycled Water Strategic Plan that we did in partnership with Valley Water, actually. ### 12-30-20: "Northwest County Recycled Water Strategic Plan" (15 pages)https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/1/public-works/water-quality-control-plant/recycled-water/2021/tm-6.5_30dec2020.pdf And there was quite an extensive groundwater study done by a groundwater consulting specialist as part of that overall study. And we doknow that there are some contamination plumes in Palo Alto. And there are some wells that are relatively close to those plumes. And so,we have cut those out of this study, and not considered pumping groundwater from any wells that are anywhere near any of thosecontamination plumes. So, just want to put that out there that we're aware, and that that was taken into account when looking at indirect potable reuse in that old study, and we carried that through to this study as well. 2:04:20: Commissioner Metz: OK. 2:04:23: Chair Scharff: Commissioner Metz, are you done? 2:04:24: Commissioner Metz: Yes. I mean, I'd be happy to follow up, though. And -- the measurement schemes. 2:04:30: Chair Scharff: Could you follow up with staff on that, and copy -- I guess you can't copy all the Commission. Maybe staff could then --could push it -- Um. All right. Go ahead. 2:04:42: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. I'll just reiterate -- Lisa, thank you very much for the strong presentation, and also for taking the time to talk withme ahead of time. I have a couple of just follow-up questions, and then some things I just simply want to get on the public record. So, I apologize for repeating myself on some of these. One of the things I didn't notice in our pre-meeting was around some of the numbers in this table I just didn't understand. So, very quickly, the O&M costs on conservation are assumed to be staff-based costs? 2:05:18: **: [unamplified] 2:05:17: Vice Chair Mauter: This is page -- packet page 48. This came with the pre-read staff report. 2:05:31: Lisa Bilir: We made our -- a high-level -- planning-level estimate for each of the options, including conservation. But yes, there were staffing costs included in the conservation option, as well as the other options. 2:05:43: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. Um. I'm just wondering what -- what are -- are there any other O&M costs in addition to staff, in theconservation? Like, are we providing -- Some of this is rebate program. But those should be sort of one-off costs. 2:06:01: Lisa Bilir: So, your question, are there any -- any other O&M costs. Let me look at the spreadsheet and see what we included. But, yeah,I think in some cases, there may be other costs in there. 2:06:11: Vice Chair Mauter: I'm just trying to help Council really nail down the likely conservation costs. I -- Yeah. Because I agree that it makessense to do those. Ah -- 2:06:39: Linda Grand: Hi, everyone. I'm Linda Grand, Conservation Program Manager. Mostly, we did focus on staffing costs for conservation. And then, there are some additional program costs included in there. 2:06:53: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. Um-- OK. And then, the -- I mean, several of them are quite high, like, you know, in the future, the conservationlevel 2, those costs seem incredibly high. But I'll let that go. The second thing is just, in the total annual cost for the SFPUC, there is adifference in the -- both the yield and the total annual cost. So, you have zero in the future and increased yield in SFPUC water in 2045. And I don't know if that's a typo. So, the first column, total unit cost, total annual cost, and project yield. But, anyway, something to note. And then, in the -- It could be something else. I don't know. But I just didn't understand that. 2:08:03: And then the -- In the groundwater treatment case, did you explore discharging to the sewer line? 2:08:11: Matt Zucca: Yes, we did. Spoke with the plant. And the combination of the high TDS and the potential for some of the metals -- they were reluctant to commit to being able to receive the water. So, we had to make the assumption that we needed a brine pipeline. But thatwas such a huge cost that we went and tried to poke at that one pretty hard. And, unfortunately, at this level, we weren't able to rule itout. But it was -- both on a hydraulic standpoint, because we don't necessarily have the size sewer that we would want. We're talkingseveral hundred gallons a minute. And some of -- you know, one of the wells, we only have a 6-inch sewer line. And another one, we have a 36-inch. But from a quality standpoint, their -- the plant was not willing to accept the water. For $11 million, at some point, when we get closer to the design, you might be able to **. 2:08:57: Vice Chair Mauter: Sure. 2:08:57: Matt Zucca: BUT for planning purposes -- [laughs] 2:09:00: Vice Chair Mauter: I just think that that's probably an option that we should continue to keep on the table -- 2:09:06: Matt Zucca: Yes. 2:09:06: Vice Chair Mauter: -- because, in fairness, there may be more flexibility when push comes to shove. 2:09:12: Matt Zucca: Absolutely. 2.09:12: Vice Chair Mauter: And you can also -- you know, like in terms of volumetric issues, like going to higher recovery systems would make alot of sense. 2:09:20: Matt Zucca: Right. Right. Oh, the concern that we were having, too, was artificial -- showing an artificially deflated number, that mightthen bite us later when it came to implementation, that it was preferred. 2:09:30: Vice Chair Mauter: Understood. But I think there's two points that I want to make. First is like -- that is something that should be kept onthe table. 2:09:38: Matt Zucca: Correct. 2:09:38: Vice Chair Mauter: The second is that -- you know, you [addressing Commissioner Gupta] very helpfully brought up the concept ofbaseload supply versus intermittent supply. And I think the big thing that is missing from this report is a sense of the frequency with which we would need an intermittent supply. I see no drought projections here that are specific to SFPUC's supply. And maybe that's in the BAWSCA like work. But it wasn't -- it's not presented in this packet. And thus, it's not going to be accessible to Council, to help informtheir decision. Understanding whether this is a once in every 10-year incident or this is a once in every 2-year incident makes a bigdifference in how we plan around baseload versus variable water supply. And if you are targeting variable water supply, you really want togo after very, quite frankly, non-existent capex costs, with high-variable opex costs. So, you don't have to amortize the cost of building a huge desalination and water reuse facility over a very short number of years. Right? So, I think we need -- like in the costs thing, I really think we need to break out capex versus opex costs in these systems, so that the Council -- you know, to augment this discussion aroundwhether this is a baseload or an intermittent supply. That is the thing that is going to reduce costs for us. It is absolutely not treating waterwhen we don't NEED to treat that water. Right? Um -- 2:11:20: Commissioner Tucher: It that why you said -- What is it that needs to be on the table using this -- 2:11:26: Vice Chair Mauter: The groundwater supply is a good example of a relatively low -- as long as you don't build pipeline -- I'll avoid thecommentary -- But as long as you don't build a pipeline, that is a great intermittent supply to cover you during high-cutback years. Butthen, you can turn the thing off when you don't want to use it. 2:11:53: Commissioner Tucher: I see. 2:11:53: Vice Chair Mauter: And so, it's a -- it's a -- you know, there are a couple other examples that might be better suited to that. But I think thatis really the only -- I mean, the other ones actually are all large infrastructure projects -- the type Corollo would LOVE to build you. Right? 2:12:11: Matt Zucca: Absolutely. OK. And I would also add that the well's already there, so that's a sunk cost. There's a lot of -- We still haveadditional ** -- 2:12:19: Vice Chair Mauter: But like -- Right. And you build a tiny, little package desal plant right there. And then you shut the thing down. And ifyou don't use it for two years, and it fouls, who cares? Scrap it. Throw it away. Build a new one. Right? Or buy a new one. It is really much lower, lower cost. 2:12:36: The other thing, I think, that I want to make sure gets on the public record is that the SFPUC option itself is likely to incorporate -- you know, in the future, is likely to incorporate a diverse set of water sources, including the potential for indirect potable reuse and/or direct potable reuse. ### Perhaps a future staff report could document this possibility from the City's point of view. ### This video (4:19) describes PureWaterSF, a research project that recycles water and uses it for flushing toilets. https://sfpuc.org/programs/future-water-supply-planning/innovations/purewatersf ### This Alternative Water Supply Program Quarterly Report, March 2023, says (page 32)https://sfpuc.org/sites/default/files/programs/AWS_Quarterly_%20Report_March2023.pdf "San Francisco-Peninsula Regional PureWater Project could provide 6-12 mgd of water supply through a combination of reservoir water augmentation at Crystal Springs Reservoir, which is a facility of the RWS, and direct potable water reuse through raw water augmentationor treated water augmentation to partner agencies." BAWSCA is listed as a partner. Construction could start as soon as 2033. Publicoutreach started in 2021. (This document doesn't talk about "taste" or "odor".) And so, as we are talking about options, ALL of these options might, in the future, include some sort of reuse, whether that's direct or indirect. And the need for outreach to our community NOW is imperative. We are doing a LOT of outreach on electrification and heatpump water heaters and other things. But to help a community understand IPR and DPR options takes a long time. To feel comfortable and safe with it takes a long time. And that outreach needs to start today. 2:13:40: Now that that is on the public record, I can calm down. ### Before June 2004, UAC minutes were a verbatim transcript. Now, THAT was a public record. But [laughs] please -- 2:13:48: I think the final thing that would be helpful for SFPUC -- or, not for SF- -- but for Council is to better understand this in the context of water rates. We have costs of supply, but we haven't thought about that in terms of implication for rates. Again, the implication for rates in the intermittent supply case versus the baseload supply case are VERY, VERY different, And also, you know, you look at scary numbers like,again, $16,000 an acre-foot. I have never seen a projection of that sort, but I guess it's for the future. Whatever. The implication for ratesis somewhat more complicated, because you do have baseload costs, in terms of distribution and whatnot. Right? And so -- you know. And none of these are your base- -- I mean, your baseload supply is SFPUC. And so, you know, even if you bring on these alternative water sources, it's a fraction of the overall supply. And you also have parts of your bill that are distribution. And so, I think, while these numbers seem -- I was surprised by -- I think that, regardless, it's really important to translate that ALL the way into rates, and not stop atwhat the quote-unquote "generation costs" of the water -- just the water cost itself is. Thank you. I'm sorry. That was long. 2:15:22: Chair Scharff: No, that was great. 2:15:22: Karla Dailey: Thank you. And thank you, also, just for meeting with meeting with Lisa and myself last week, as well. Your expertise on water is really valued, and we really appreciate it. I wanted to add a couple of things to some of the comments that were made. 2:15:41: Vice Chair Mauter: And I forgot one thing. So, if I could -- 2:15:42: Karla Dailey: OK. Do you want to go first? 2:15:45: Vice Chair Mauter: Sure. I'll go. I still don't think that what they are -- what Corollo is providing you is a trigger-based implementation plan. I still fail to see what the triggers are here. I would like them -- If they've promised you a trigger-based implementation plan, I would like to understand what the -- 2:16:02: Chair Scharff: Could you just explain, for the rest of us, what you mean? I think I know what you mean, but if you could -- 2:16:06: Vice Chair Mauter: A trigger-based implementation plan would tell you under what -- what are the triggers for which you would start to build these projects. And I have not seen that in any of the documentation here. It may be provided elsewhere. But if -- 2:16:24: Lisa Bilir: It's in the NEXT STEPS. Just the NEXT STEPS. 2:16:26: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. Well, anyway, that's important, and should be very critically looked at. 2:16:34: Karla Dailey: Right. Thank you. Um. I did want to add a couple things to SFPUC's alternative water supply plan. Absolutely, they are looking at projects, some similar or identical to the projects that we're talking about here. One potential recommendation from this report could be to, you know, not try to do anything locally, but to really rely on the bigger region. As we were scoping this plan, we had to, youknow, figure out what to build the fence around. And we built it around Palo Alto, and looked at just what we could do here, on our own. But there are -- There's a whole world of opportunities out there to partner. OR just support SFPUC in their quest to add to their watersupply portfolio. I would add that, even today, the regional water system is about 85 percent water from the Tuolumne River. So, every year, the up-country part of that system is shut off, and there's maintenance done, and Palo Altans are not getting Hetch Hetchy water. They're getting local supplies. And so, I just want to point that out. 2:17:56: I do want to add one word of caution about groundwater. And that is that Palo Alto is not the manager of the groundwater basin in Santa Clara County. Valley Water is that manager. And Valley Water has -- they have a program where they monitor the health of the aquifer. And, so far, throughout history, have asked for voluntary reductions in groundwater pumping in times of drought. They do have theauthority to make those mandatory cutbacks, and levy fines for groundwater pumpers who are not complying with whatever constraints they put in place. There would be a big public process before any of that would happen. So I don't want to imply that Valley Water could wake up one morning and say, gee, we want to start levying fines and making cutbacks mandatory. But it is in their purview as thegroundwater manager. So, I don't want to give a false sense of reliability for groundwater, because in times of drought, generallyspeaking, we're all kind of in the same boat. And Valley Water could be in a better or worse situation than the SFPUC is in. Um -- 2:19:13: Director Batchelor: Karla, haven't we also seen increasing costs to the groundwater? 2:19:17: Karla Dailey: Yeah. And that's reflected in our cost estimates. You know, granted, treatment is expensive. Granted, the brine line isexpensive. But the Valley Water groundwater pumping fees are not insignificant, and are projected to be HIGHER than SFPUCcommodity rates some time in the future. Those lines cross each other. So, it's not a -- But -- It's not a free or cheap option, but it stillcould be a good drought-time option. I just want to add some caveats to that, that it's not a complete free-for-all, that we can pump as much groundwater as we want, and that, you know, there aren't other constraints around it. Because there certainly are. 2:20:09: Um. Those are my main comments. Lisa, I don't know if you have a -- if you want to speak to the rates question at all, or not. 2:20:15: Lisa Bilir: Yes. I can speak to the rates question a little bit. And I'd like to respond to some of the other specific questions that you asked. On the future yield for SFPUC, that different number that you pointed out is -- we'll go and relabel that. But what it is is, in the future, we have an assumption for our demand that's going to increase over time. And the way that this calculation works is that it assumes thatanything that's not provided by an alternative water supply or by conservation would come from SFPUC. So, there's a larger quantity ofneed in the future because of our demand going up in the future. So, that's why that number is different. 2:20:56: Vice Chair Mauter: So, you're projecting INCREASED demand over time. 2:21:00: Lisa Bilir: Yes. We're using our Urban Water Management Plan demand estimates. And then we have a high and a low number aroundthat. 2:21:07: Vice Chair Mauter: OK. 2:21:09: Lisa Bilir: So, that's that one. You also talked about the emergency water supply wells. And I just wanted to point out that if we used thesewer -- Like, if we found out that we could use the sewer, there's a cost associated with that. There's a sewer charge as well as acapacity charge. And that adds up to a large amount. We didn't include it, but it could potentially be comparable to the price of the brineline. So, that's not necessarily a zero-cost option. It's definitely not a zero-cost option. 2:21:37: Vice Chair Mauter: Yeah, yeah. It's a -- It's a very low capex, higher opex option. 2:21:42: Lisa Bilir: OK. 2:21:43: Vice Chair Mauter: And so, again, it supports this intermittent utilization, rather than baseload supply. 2:21:49: Lisa Bilir: OK. 2:21:49: Chair Scharff: Do the sewer fees go to the City? 2:21:51: Lisa Bilir: Yes. They go to the -- 2:21:52: Chair Scharff: So, we're really just taking money out of one pocket and putting it in another. And we should think about that morecarefully. You know. We could obviously exempt ourselves from the sewer fees. I mean, these are not -- Unless somebody else isgetting the money, we have control over how we think about that. 2:22:13: Lisa Bilir: That was different than my understanding. But, OK. 2:22:17: Vice Chair Mauter: ** across several municipalities. 2:22:19: Chair Scharff: OK. So, we don't. So, I thought it was just for us, on our sewer fees. 2:22:22: Vice Chair Mauter: You're paying yourself. But the cost of running the wastewater plant is actually split between three different entities. So you pay the fee. But you're right that the money ends up going basically to you. 2:22:37: Lisa Bilir: So, I just wanted to talk about the rates a little bit, and just say that one of the things that we can get from the tool that Corollohas provided is the average cost of water per unit in the portfolio. So that, instead of focusing on the unit cost of one particular newsupply, that we look at it together with our conservation and together with our SFPUC supply, in each year, and on average, and the weighted portfolio. The weighted portfolio unit cost. 2:23:05: Vice Chair Mauter: Yeah. 2:23:05: Lisa Bilir: So, when we look at the weighted portfolio unit cost -- which we did not provide you YET -- We're actually -- This is apreliminary look at our initial results, but we're still working with Corollo to -- they're drafting the actual One Water Plan, and some of this other information. But we can try to make a point of staff maybe looking at this question of how it impacts the rates. But that weighted cost -- weighted average cost for the portfolio ranges from about a 20 percent increase in the cost to about a 75 percent increase in thecost. And you can think about that as applying to about half of the Utilities' cost. 'Cause, to your earlier point, those purchase costs areabout half of the Utilities' cost. So, if it's a 20 percent increase on about half of the Utilities' cost, it's going to be about a 10 percent increase overall. And if it's, let's say, an 80 percent in half of the Utilities' cost, then maybe it will be a 40 percent rate increase.. So, it's sort of -- that's the level of thinking that we've done so far. 2:24:09: Vice Chair Mauter: I think that's very important to present to Council, because it is -- it helps inform the options that are on the table, on what the impact of those options are. Right? You can get very, very high marginal water costs, but the overall impact on rates is verysmall. Like, you know, it isn't going to substantively change the bills that our citizens are paying, writ large. But I wouldn't want to takegood conservation or good options off the table, that have environmental benefits, have rate benefits, have other things that, you know,one big number on this pie chart would just scare people away from. 2:24:57: Lisa Bilir: Thanks. That's a very helpful comment. 2:25:01: Chair Scharff: Anyone else with any questions? 2:25:06: Commissioner Phillips: Let me just add that I totally support taking a rate-based view of this. I would also suggest, so what are theimplications for the rates. And, as you note, it's on the commodities' side. I guess I'm still a little concerned, and would suggest, in goingto the Council, that it's -- So, OK, there's going to be an increased -- under the assumption that there's going to be increased water consumption by Palo Alto. But it's somehow not 100 percent clear to me what these other options are needed for, and what the potential combinations of outcomes would be, that would require us to draw upon them. And by that, I mean, one option -- one possibility into thefuture is that if Hetch Hetchy water continues to be available to us at reasonable prices for the next 25 years, then we -- any money spentin any of these that is less than -- more than the marginal cost, excluding environmental benefits, is sort of wasted. Or -- I mean -- and on the other hand, there must be some scenarios that people have in mind. The most extreme I heard was the 50 percent reduction comingbecause of -- In which case, I'm not clear how much WOULD we need, if there was a 50 percent hole. I can look at these and say, hey -- And then I would also be looking for your judgment. Is that a likely outcome? Or an unlikely outcome? If it's a likely outcome, is it likely tooccur at -- 10 years from now? So we have 5 years before we need to trigger any of these? Again, I think I'm going back to Vice Chair Mauter's idea of a trigger. I mean, at the moment, it would be hard for me, if I were listening to this, to say, yeah, we should proceed with anything that has much higher costs than our current, you know, the SFPUC commodity costs, unless there's like super-importantenvironmental benefits or other benefits. Unless I have the sense of what is it we're solving by taking -- you know, by planning for moreexpensive water. So -- just my recommendation. 2:27:17: Karla Dailey: Yeah. I think, you know, there's a really basic assumption that needs to be tested, confirmed, denied by Council, which is, isthere -- is there a desire to rely on Tuolumne River water less? And if the answer is no, we're fine relying on it, as long as, you know, it's affordable to Palo Altans, then that's important information for us, as water supply planners, to take into account. If the answer is yes, we, Council, see the value in reducing our reliance on the Tuolumne River, then we need to take that into account, and -- looking at thesewater supply options for the City. 2:28:24: Commissioner Phillips: I'm assuming that -- we've mentioned, I think, Commissioner Mauter, that SFPUC -- it's actually a reliance onSFPUC, because, I understand, they're also looking at some alternative sources. Is that correct? Or is it just the Tuolumne River? 2:28:39: Director Batchelor: No, they are. You know, I guess the thing is is that -- Not having that crystal ball that we all wish we had at times. ButI think the thing is is that, you know, it's almost like hardening the system. I mean, I think that we have to look at what's our best options,and look at what's -- what's cost-effective to us. Because it's already gone through state. State could say, at any given time, that theywould take that 50 percent, knowing that if we get into a 3- or 4-year drought period of time -- And the thing would be, is that -- if it's over a longer period of time, that that water's going to have to continue to run the Tuolumne -- it could be even more than that 50 percent. So, I think that -- you know, as we're working through these scenarios, and we're looking at these different options, I think that that's the mainreason why we're doing this exercise for, is that what's the future look like? Do we -- We know that Valley Water is not going to build whatthey were talking about. It's going to be off the table for at least 10 years. So, the question comes around now is, can we get out of the contract portion, or wait to '33? Or, when '33 comes around, it's all at the negotiation tables with them, is that we're already going down a - - Palo Alto's going a whole different path. And, yes, we could wait for -- You know, whatever other people -- maybe there's some otherpartnerships that we could work out. But I think, though, that from our standpoint, we need a plan. And we need a plan for the futureportion of it. And so, I think that we just have to look at what's the most cost-effective, AND -- Because we're not going to be able to turnthis around for a period of time to build it, as well, too -- the infrastructure. My thoughts. 2:30:33: Chair Scharff: Yeah. I just want to follow up a little bit on that. First of all, I think you can over-plan. Frankly, SF- -- if SFPUC was to cutback 50 percent or more -- Half the Bay Area relies on SFPUC. Right? I mean, think about it. Think about the political mayhem that would cause. Right? I mean, people -- they would suspend -- I mean, we'd vote -- people would get voted out of office at the Assembly and Senate level pretty quickly. I mean, everyone is for water conservation. And everyone is for all of that, as long as it's incremental. They come to you tomorrow and tell you to let all your landscaping die and to shower once a week -- You know. It's -- and to not flushyour toilets. You know. I mean, politically, it's not tenable. So, I don't think we need to plan for the disaster scenario. I really don't. I also think we need to phrase this to Council correctly. And I think my Vice Chair says it's not a question of using more Tuolumne water. It's a question of do we want to rely on the SFPUC? 'Cause that's really -- And whether or not WE do anything -- You know, it's not going tomove the needle on the Tuolumne either. So, you know, it's like spitting in the wind. And I think we do not want to have self-inflictedwounds, as a City, purely so that we can say we don't rel- -- use Tuolumne water. I mean, that seems silly. And so, I think we want torephrase that as: how so we rely on the SFPUC? And the SFPUC is obviously very focused on this issue. And I don't think we should panic and say, you know, let's take a -- a different -- I DO think that the rate-based stuff that was talked about is GREAT. And that really puts it into -- I mean, let Council focus on the fact if, you know -- I mean, if rates are going to, you know, quadruple, and go up 4 times,that's one thing. If rates are going to not move much at all -- And this may not tell us. I mean -- 2:32:48: **: Rates? 2:32:48: Chair Scharff: Rates. Right? 2:32:49: Vice Chair Mauter: Water rates. 2:32:50: Chair Scharff: Water rates. 2:32:51: **: How much -- 2:32:51: Chair Scharff: What actually happens -- 2:32:53: **: Exactly. ** -- 2:32:54: Chair Scharff: Pure water rates. That's the im- -- that's something we really to understand and to focus with each of these. And I agreewith you on the incremental. I think your point was really well taken, that, you know, some of these high-cost things -- In a drought, wemay just need to plan for drought. What happens in a drought. A one-year drought. A 2-year drought. A 3-year drought. Can we -- Youknow, I -- my eyes are terrible. I should have brought my -- Or, we actually need to make these bigger at times. [laughs] The groundwater, where we turn on the emergency wells, that's really cheap. Right? That's what it looked like on the bottom here. 2:33:30: **: [unamplified] ** three days or something -- 2:33:32: Chair Scharff: The blending. And one of the other things, I think. We can blend, and in a drought, people can put up with poor tasting water for 3 months. You know. Or 4 months. It's the permanent poor-tasting water we don't want to have. I mean, I think we should really focus on the drought scenarios. Or at least that's how I would like to see it presented to Council. What do we do when thathappens? 'Cause the rest of the time, I don't think we're going to have these draconian cutbacks. And, you know, I frankly think the largeinfrastructure projects are probably not worth paying the consultant at this point. I mean, the desalinization projects. I -- You know, I justdon't see it. You know. But let's, you know, at least evaluate them from -- if we were to just focus on the drought type issues. 2:34:20: I did have one other question. On the -- On the -- where was it? -- On the conservation, when we talked about conservation 1 andconservation 2, those were the -- do we know the things for what those slides said was conservation 1 and conservation 2? Correct? 2:24:38: Lisa Billir: Yes. 2:24:40: Chair Scharff: So, conservation 1 seems like a no-brainer. Right? I mean, it seemed pretty inexpensive to implement. They didn't -- Myonly question is, if we have a drought. Let's say we conservation 1 and conservation 2 here. We then have a drought. The cutbacks are off the amount we use. So, those conser- -- the amount off we use then. So, how does -- How does any of the conservation measures help us in a drought? I don't think they do. But I want to be corrected and said, no, they help us. 2:35:14: Lisa Bilir: I think you're right, that as the demand get's more and more hardened, and people already do the low-hanging fruit and -- do high-efficiency toilets and things like that, that it will become more difficult to get that same percentage cutback when there's a drought. That said, I think there's a -- 2:35:32: Chair Scharff: Isn't that the problem we're trying to solve right now? Isn't the real problem we're trying to solve is that we have enoughwater from SFPUC, that's great. We have enough water. Why worry about it? Why build all this other stuff? Why worry about it? Conservation's a good thing because it's the environmentally correct thing to do. But the problem we're trying to solve is, what do we do if there's a drought and there's massive cutbacks, and they implement the Bay Delta Plan? What do we do then? 2:35:59: Lisa Bilir: Right. I can't answer that question, but I just want to say that in Palo Alto, the per-capita water use is higher, on average, than -- 2:36:08: Chair Scharff: You keep saying that. It's true. But the answer is, unless you want to tell people that because their lots are bigger thantheir neighboring cities that they should let their landscaping die. I mean, you shouldn't let your land- -- Do we want our tree canopy to die? Is that what we're arguing? That we shouldn't spend money on our tree canopy, on our vegetation, on our yards? Is that really what we're saying? And that's different from getting rid of grass. I mean, we're not bad people here because we use more water. Anyway,that's my soapbox for the ** 2:36:40: Commissioner Tucher: They use more water in Portola and Atherton by 2x. 2:36:43: Chair Scharff: They do. By 2x. But they have larger lots. This is a lot size function. So, it's really an irrelevant thing to say. It's just a lotsize function. 2:36:52: Lisa Bilir: Yeah. I think there -- that you're probably right. And I think that I should perhaps to focus on the indoor water usage, andcompare to other cities' INDOOR water usage. And some other cities are using -- Well, we need to look at that more closely. But, youknow, SOME other cities are using VERY low amounts of water indoors. And so, -- ### How do cities know what water is used indoors and what water is used outdoors? 2:37:14: Chair Scharff: But that also gets complicated, because it has to do with how many apartments you have. Which use dramatically less water than a single-family home. ### Is this statistic about total water use, not just indoor water use? So, if you're -- you know, if you had 70 percent apartments and condos in your city, you're going to have much less water usage than you are in a -- you know, in a place like Palo Alto, frankly. And definitely in a place like Atherton. I mean, it's not even close. Right? So, Ithink -- I think these are complicated issues. And we should be more sensitive to, you know, what the community character is, and not sayhow bad it is if we use more water than neighboring cities. Because that's not a good comparison. 2:37:53: Commissioner Croft: Actually -- 2:37:54: Vice Chair Mauter: I think one important thing to note is that the cutback calculations in a period of drought are likely to be a function ofhow many people you have. And I think one of the things we should advocate for is also considering things like tree canopy. I'm not surehow that would be calculated or factored into the equation of what the requisite cutbacks are for different service areas. But I think something that we could actively do, both as a utility and politically via Council, is to weigh these, you know, varying factors that should go into the overarching equation for what our cutbacks are. 2:38:40: Lisa Bilir: I think those are great -- great points. And, you know, we do think -- need to think about the tree canopy. And the vegetation. And take that into account. That's really, though, outside the scope of this particular study. But, yeah, great points, in how we presentthis. 2:38:58: Commissioner Tucher: I -- Being the new guy, I just know enough to be confused here. But like for example, tree canopy, since wementioned that. My larger point will be that it sounds like this is just an informational. It's a discussion. But it sounds like later in the year,we're asked to advise the Council -- is that correct? -- on this topic. So, I would ask that the next time we discuss this -- I'm guessing we'll discuss this once or twice more before a recommendation or vote gets made -- but that there be a bit more contextual information. Earlier, I mentioned things like: What's our total usage? What's the trend? What's the per-household use, and how does it compare? Because,like we just said, it may not compare well to Mountain View. It does compare well to other neighboring towns. Our rates, I think, are prettywell structured, so that if you use a little bit of water, you don't pay a lot, but after you use -- I don't know -- 4 or 5 CCF, or whatever it is, ### The City's W-1 rate schedule for general residential water service (since 07-01-23) says: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/files/assets/public/v/3/utilities/rates-schedules-for-utilities/residential-utility-rates/w-1-effective-2023-07-01.pdf"Tier 1 Water usage shall be calculated and billed based upon a level of 0.2 ccf per day rounded to the nearest whole ccf, based on Meterreading days of Service." (So, it's 6 CCF, if the customer is billed on the same day each month. By the way, does AMI bill on the same day each month?) then your rates start to escalate. They step up. So, that would put a financial burden on the ratepayer who's using a lot on the swimmingpool, or the lawn, or whatever outdoor use he's making of water. But, you know, tree canopy, didn't we, as a City, just spend 60 -- orapprove $60 million last year on a recycling plant, not good enough to drink but good enough to water the trees, and the fishponds, and the golf course? I imagine that's still in development and not come online yet. But all these things are in play, and yet I don't -- they don't - - but they're not in the packet. And it seems hard to talk about a lot of these things without knowing -- um -- having information like this. We also have a lot of, you know, emergency wells, and access to -- I don't know -- certainly not months of water but days of it. So, this isa request, maybe, for a more comprehensive packet if we're going to talk about these things and make a decision. ### The only decision UAC can make is what to recommend to Council that they decide. UAC makes this kind of decision only by voting on an action item. 2:41:14: Finally, it's such a hypersensitive issue. I mean, California is full of -- I think it's just last year that California legalized using recycled waterin the drinking water in any town. Correct me if I'm wrong. 2:41:28: Lisa Bilir: Just DPR. 2:41:28: Commissioner Tucher: OK. It's direct. But that makes us the second or third state in the country. There have been experiments or initiatives in cities around the state. I think LA tried it and put its tail between its legs because it just went over badly. San Diego, othertowns have tried this. And so, it seems pretty rushed to think that this year we're going to be recommending DPR, for example, if that iswhat's even on the table. You said earlier, this is going to be a big communication challenge. You're certainly -- I certainly agree with that. I can't imagine how the community would react to -- to this, if we don't -- you know, if it -- if it becomes a topic prematurely. I'll stop there. 2:42:19: Vice Chair Mauter: I think it is likely to be part of our water supply portfolio in the future. And therefore, we need to start education and outreach now. 2:42:26: Commissioner Tucher: Yeah. 2:52:29: Commissioner Croft: I have a couple questions. One of them -- and I apologize for not finding the link and following it, but what is the -- is there any plan for capturing streamwater? Or restrictions against doing so? Like Matadero Creek. Or any of our creeks that are running off into the Bay. Were those in the considerations? And would we have any ability to capture that? 2:42:59: Lisa Bilir: I'm not sure we looked at capturing streamwater specifically, but did look at stormwater capture, both in a tank where you cancapture stormwater and hold it. Also, looking at green stormwater infrastructure, to see if that can both have the water quality benefits forstreams and -- but also, the water supply benefits. And then we had one option that was recommended by a stakeholder that I think wouldbe actually making stormwater go into the Lake Lagunita on the Stanford campus and percolating into the groundwater from there. So, there was some options that did include related stormwater. 2:43:50: Commissioner Croft: It just seemed like there -- you know, when we do have a storm, you see -- you just see the water running off. And I'm sure we have restrictions on what we can use land for -- right? -- in creating new reservoirs, or that kind of thing. But it does seem to me like there's -- And I don't know if there's like fish -- you know, limitations on like San Francisquito, for example, which is, you know,completely dry, but then sometimes is rushing massive amounts of water. So, -- 2:44:20: Matt Zucca: I think it's fair to say it would be pretty difficult to conceive of a surface water treatment plant that was capturing surface waterand using that as an augmented source. Just because of what you just said. The fish rights. And the fact that it hasn't been done before,and you'd have to think about -- The water comes in the wintertime. You know, do you need storage? Everything else. More than anything, I think that's a -- could be considered a recharge option for groundwater. A la stormwater, and allowing it to percolate back into the basin, and then captured as part of some other groundwater **. 2:44:51: Commissioner Croft: So, -- 2:44:51: Karla Dailey: Which is what -- Which is what we did. We did look at green stormwater infrastructure. And it's -- um -- it's expensive, and doesn't yield a whole lot of water, and so it was screened out pretty early in the process. 2:45:05: Commissioner Croft: OK. So, I guess I have a slightly different viewpoint on the drought. Like, the likelihood of drought longer than 2 years, to me, feels -- You know, we had it -- one that was 5 years. You know. I put in a lawn when we moved in. My son was 2. Acouple years later, you know, I'm like this thing is dying. No way I'm keeping this thing alive. And, you know, I feel it is likely that we willhave prolonged drought, you know, while I'm living here, like at least once. It feels like it is going to happen. Um. And so, to me, it seemssmart to think about the options. I absolutely agree that if SFPUC is going to be spending a lot of money and building this, and if we could ride on their coattails, it is, you know, something that we should consider. But I also think we shouldn't leave it to that, especially if we have resources here -- groundwater or other -- that, you know, would be a resource we can use at a reasonable cost. So, I think the costis important. So, to me, it feels like drought is a real possibility, that it's not just fearmongering. That's my personal opinion. 2:46:27: I guess another thing I remember from prolonged droughts is this discussion from California Against -- I don't know if this is a cost-of-service assessment. So, I would like to understand tiered rates. So, I remember that we could not just massively raise rates in a massive drought. And it -- there's like there's limitations on what you can do with rates, just based on -- you know, it doesn't cost any more because there's no water. Only if you're building expensive systems to desalinate water, for example. So, can you talk a little bit aboutwhat we have for tiered rates, if any, and is that something that we could explore? Because it feels like -- it is the biggest lever you haveto affect people's usage -- is rates. 2:47:14: Lisa Bilir: Sure. We have tiered rates for residential customers. So, for the first 6 units -- or CCF -- of water that you use in a month, youget a certain rate per unit. Plus -- And then, when you get beyond 6 units per month, you pay a higher rate. So, there's a 2-tier system. For residential customers. And then, that said, every customer pays the same amount for the commodity portion of the rate, that pays for each unit of water from SFPUC. So, that's kind of how it works. And then, in terms of how we set the rates, we could explore that in acost-of-service study. We would work with a specialized consultant that's familiar with the legal requirements of Prop. 218 for making surethat we would come up with a rate that's consistent with the cost of providing service to each category of customer. So, by customerclass. And, potentially, by usage level. So, the cost needs to be proportional to the -- The rate that we charge needs to be proportional to the cost. So, you know, in some other cities -- like in Redwood City, they have a 3-tiered rate. They have some reasons that they have higher costs for the larger customers, I think -- maybe because they have more recycled water for nonpotable. So, there can be a cost-of-service reason why you can have a third tier. That's something we'd have to explore. 2:48:43: Commissioner Croft: OK. I do think that tiers could be a very powerful way to affect the demand side. Of course. And that -- Is thereanything you can do, in terms of tiers, for foreseeing the drought situation? Like, you have tiers in a normal year. But then, can you -- in a50 percent year, can you pre-think these things? Or is this something that you -- would we even have the ability to change rates in theevent that we got into a 50 percent situation? 2:48:16: Lisa Bilir: So, what we have here in Palo Alto, we have a drought surcharge, in order to recover our costs. So, if there's a drought and we need to recover the costs associated with the distribution system, in particular, because our revenue has gone down from the quantity of water going down, then we can use that drought surcharge mechanism to increase the rate. 2:49:39: Commissioner Croft: And would that have any tiered -- I mean, impact, to further encourage people to cut. Or is it just a like a flat like per- quantity -- 2:49:50: Lisa Bilir: It does not currently. But it's something that we could potentially explore. ### At 2:54:11, Bilir corrects herself. The current drought surcharge IS tiered. 2:49:56: Commissioner Croft: I mean, I do -- I think -- again, like, I just think that financial incentives are the ones that work, in other areas -- Youknow, just coming from the cigarette world, that is literally -- people quit smoking when you raise the price. Like, it's the things that are thehardest to do -- like, money makes -- you know, it really does have an impact. I guess the -- So, I just encourage continued, you know, exploration of tiered rates. And even scenario-dependent tiered rates. 2:50:23: On the conservation side, I also would just love to see more exploration of ideas on the conservation side. I think tree canopy for sure. It sounds like it went through a lot of our minds. But, I mean, you get a lot of tree canopy, and you use less water. I mean, the landscape needs less water when you have a lot of tree canopy. It also cools the area, so you need less of all your air conditioning, etc. But I feellike there's maybe even other things we could do. Especially, we've got AMI. We're going to start knowing what people are using muchquicker. And I'd love to see some ideas around, you know, warnings if you've got a, you know, a broken irrigation line. Like, you could getsomething in -- relatively quickly, to know that you're out -- anomalous water use going on. Or, you could even tell people during the month if they're hitting those tiered rates. Immediately they should be able to know that. And so, I think that -- You could even use AMI to enforce something, for example. Like a 3-day-a-week watering restriction. ### I'm not sure how, since the water meter is measuring total water use, not outdoor water use by itself. So, I do really encourage further, you know, exploration of conservation means. I know it's not going to help us -- If we get our baselinedown, it helps us, you know, be more resilient. But it doesn't really help us in that immediate situation where you're like, OK, it's harder tocut you even more. [laughs] 2:52:00: Chair Scharff: It hurts you. 2:52:02: Linda Grand: Yeah. Those are all good questions there. And Lisa touched on this a little bit, but I can go through more detail. As part ofour -- kind of what we already assume is happening with our AMI deployment is, we are going to be connecting our hourly water use to our WaterSmart portal. And then, we are going to be sending automated potential leak alerts. So, if a residential home has 5 gallons per hour continuous for 3 days -- that could be the potential setting -- and then they'd get a text or email saying, hey, it looks like you might have aleak. ### IF the meter were being read hourly (but see comments at 1:06:39), then perhaps the alert could be sent out sooner. Most water use, both indoor and outdoor, isn't "continuous." But if the meter were being read only daily, then it might be trickier to identify what was "continuous." ### Would the customer be able to set the alert threshold? And then, it will give some instructions about how to possibly look for that leak. So, those kind of like automated alerts is already in theongoing conservation bucket, just because we're in the middle of deploying that with AMI. And then, yeah, we're definitely looking intohow we can further use AMI. And a lot of it connects through our WaterSmart portal. 2:52:57: Commissioner Croft: I guess one more comment, just in response to the discussion, is, drought-tolerant landscaping makes a massivedifference on water use. So, for example, the house I grew up in has an English garden-style garden -- you know -- in a close-byneighborhood. And, you know, you just need a lot of water in that landscape. And so, I do think -- I know we already have rebates for people to change those things out. But I don't think we should assume that you have to have your landscape die, you know, if you're really, really cutting back water. Like you can really, really cut back a drought-tolerant landscape and have it still survive, and look prettygood, too. 2:53:42: Linda Grand: Yes. And that's why if you look at conservation phase 1 and 2, it is really trying to figure out how can we do morehandholding, to help people make those lawn changes. So if just the rebate amount is not pushing the needle, what more can we do withlandscape design and assistance. So, that is a major focus, of reducing grass and putting in that drought-tolerant landscaping. We don't want just brown lawns. We want nice plants. 2:54:11: Lisa Bilir: If I may, I'd like to correct something I said. On the drought surcharge, there is a tiered -- the current drought surcharge -- that is NOT in effect right now -- and that we would not charge -- we need to revisit it and redesign it. So, we will do that. But what I said wrong is that there actually is a different charge for residential customers right now for the tier 1 that's lower than the tier 2. For that droughtsurcharge. For the current drought surcharge. Yeah. 2:54:42: ### At this point, the audio is silent. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. In San Francisco, Doctors Feud Over ‘Do No Harm’ When It Comes to War Protests https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/24/us/israel-hamas-war-sf-doctors.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare From:Aram James To:Afanasiev, Alex; Binder, Andrew; Cecilia Taylor; Council, City; Edie Keating; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; LotusFong; Reifschneider, James; Sally Lieber; Lee, Craig; dennis burns; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael Subject:Re: [EXTERNAL]Mr. Gennaco/OCLEM Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 8:29:31 AM Attachments:Outlook-hhmqljmc.png Outlook-nllrngsw.png Outlook-454dz4vi.png Outlook-32xafcnx.png Outlook-znjf53n0.png Outlook-xeztdsx0.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 9:59 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 9:40 PM Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com> wrote:Aram, This letter is filled with facts, that we know to be true. You stated 7indisputable facts that as we all witness, Mr.Gennaco failed to dispute . His implicit and explicit bias I think goes further than just the use of Tasers. We all know that theseweapons will be used against innocent people of color, and those with mental health issues and well as members from the lgbtq community. Yet Mr.Gennaco doesn’t givethe community that will be impacted any value. CJA has been campaigning against the use of tasers long before I was released from prison. If Mr. Gennaco wanted to knowwhat oversight resembles for those who are in their county jails, all he has to do is consult with CJA and learn a thing or two about what the value of a life is. It’s tellingthat his office is in LA where the sheriffs are notorious for being crooked and racist, yet it’s my understanding that his group is in charge of their oversight as well. We don’t need tasers in our communities, it don’t matter if it’s the incarcerated population, or civilian population. Watching our overseers patrol us with their newweapons in kin to slavery. Again the images of the slave driver in the horse with his whip in hand if a slave so much as look up are filling my mind. Look at history, we notneed to treat our population like they are slaves or enemy combatants. We can’t address trauma with trauma expecting to receive positive resil. We the community do not wanttasers or need tasers. We the community need better oversight , and I agree that OIR needs to be replaced with something that’s revolutionary that will demand changethroughout our law enforcement. The days of the rubber stamp need to be put to rest. Raymond Goins Silicon Valley De-Bug Community Organizer For the hanged, and beaten.For the shot, drowned, and burned For the tortured, Tormented, and Terrorized We Will Remember With Hope because Hopelessness is the enemy of justice With Courage because Peace requires BraveryWith persistence because Justice Is a constant struggleWith Faith because we shall overcome!!! On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org> wrote: Hi Everyone : See attached letter. Sincerely, ----Richard Konda (he/him/his) Executive Director Phone: (408) 287-9710 Email: rkonda@asianlawalliance.org 991 W. Hedding Street, Ste. 202 San Jose, CA 95126 STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY: This message is being sent by a legal organization. The contents of this email message and anyattachments are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission issent in trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. 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From: Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 6:04 AM To: Michael Gennaco <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Walter Wilson <walterlwilson@hotmail.com>; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg <supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org>; Supervisor Otto Lee <supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org>; Supervisor Cindy Chavez <supechaveznews@bos.sccgov.org>; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org <supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org>; Jeff Rosen <jrosen@dao.sccgov.org>; Steve Preminger <steve.preminger@ceo.sccgov.org>; Greta Hansen <greta.hansen@ceo.sccgov.org>; Brian Darrow <brian.darrow@ceo.sccgov.org>; Sonia Schilling <sonia.schilling@ceo.sccgov.org>; james.williams@ceo.sccgov.org <james.williams@ceo.sccgov.org>; Robert. Jonsen <robert.jonsen@shf.sccgov.org> Cc: Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com>; <abjpd1@gmail.com> <abjpd1@gmail.com>; William Armaline <warmali@yahoo.com>; James Staten <jamesastaten@gmail.com>; Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org>; Raj Jayadev <raj@siliconvalleydebug.org>; Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com>; Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>; CEO.Admin <ceo.admin@ceo.sccgov.org>; Ladoris Cordell <ladoris@judgecordell.com>; Julius Dudley <juliusdud@aol.com>; LaMonica Peters <lamonica.peters@fox.com>; Mulugeta Habtegabriel <m.habtegabriel@gmail.com>; Rose Lynn <roselynn95035@yahoo.com>; Rick Callender <rcallender@cahinaacp.org>; Elizabeth Kamya <ekamya@gmail.com>; Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>; Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com>; Ray F. Montgomery <revray@pactsj.org>; Rashad Richey <richey316@gmail.com>; RashadRichey Assistant <richeyassistant@gmail.com>; Uche Ogamba <uche_ogamba@yahoo.com>; Sarah Wright <sarahw0003@outlook.com>; Andre' Chapman <andre@fosteringpromise.org>; Daniel Mayfield <daniel_mayfield@att.net>; Afro UPRIS <afroupris@gmail.com>; David Epps <dweesq@aol.com>; Eugene Bradley <ebradley@svtransitusers.org>; O'Neal Molly <molly.oneal@pdo.sccgov.org>; Bott Michael (NBCUniversal) <michael.bott@nbcuni.com>; Carlos Rosario <carlitosrosario@gmail.com>; Robert Salonga <rsalonga@mercurynews.com>; Jesse Gary <jesse.gary@foxtv.com>; Devin Fehely <dfehely@cbs.com>; G. Sharat Lin <sharatlin@hotmail.com>; Victor Vasquez <vduarte@somosmayfair.org>; Daniel Chung <flivver76@gmail.com>; Jennifer Morrow San José Spotlight <jennifer@sanjosespotlight.com>; Alpha Phi Alpha Frater... <svalphas@gmail.com>; Claudette Lindsay <clindsay53@hotmail.com>; Carmen Brammer <karmb35@gmail.com>; District1 <district1@bos.sccgov.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Mr. Gennaco/OCLEM June 16, 2024 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, 70 West Hedding Street East Wing, 10th Floor San Jose, CA 95110 Dear Supervisors, I am writing to you on behalf of the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP regarding our concerns about the Office of Correctional Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) mission Mission designed to provide independent monitoring of the County's Correction and law enforcement function and the contract with the OIR Group. Recently, I attended a meeting with Mr. Gennaco regarding the use of Tasers, where he made it clear that his function was to support the Board's decisions rather than provide independent recommendations. It is concerning that Mr. Gennaco does not see their role as offering unbiased assessments but rather as a rubber stamp for your decisions. This approach does not serve the interests of accountability and transparency that are essential in monitoring law enforcement practices. Furthermore, the current composition of the OCLEM committee is lacking in crucial membership that is necessary for holding Mr. Gennaco and the OIR Group accountable. The dysfunctionality of the committee was evident during the meeting, with Chairman Walter Wilson expressing his dismay at Mr. Gennaco's comments. It is apparent to us and many community members that the work of Mr. Gennaco is more about rhetoric than progress. It seems like a circus act designed to give the appearance of change without any real impact on improving accountability and oversight. Nothing is changing at all, Mr.Gennaco is a circus ringmaster Therefore, the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP is calling for the immediate disbanding of the dysfunctional OCLEM committee and an end to the contract with Mr. Gennaco and the OIR Group. In a time of budget constraints and pressing need for effective oversight of law enforcement practices, it is unacceptable to waste resources on a monitoring system that does not fulfill its intended purpose. We urge you to take our concerns seriously and take immediate action to address the shortcomings of OIR/ OCLEM. The trust of the community relies on your commitment to transparent and accountable oversight of correctional and law enforcement functions. We believe that the current setup with OIR Group and Mr. Gennaco does not serve this purpose and must be reevaluated. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Rev. Jethroe Moore II President San Jose Silicon Valley NAACPREV. JETHROE MOORE II From:Aram James To:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Angel, David; Wagner, April; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; Cindy Chavez;Council, City; Daniel Kottke; DuJuan Green; Ed Lauing; Edie Keating; Enberg, Nicholas; GRP-City Council; GreerStone; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Joe Simitian; Julie Lythcott-Haims; KEVIN JENSEN;Lewis james; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Michelle; Zelkha, Mila; O"Neal, Molly; Palo Alto Free Press; RaymondGoins; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Rose Lynn; Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sean Allen; Stump, Molly;Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Vara Ramakrishnan; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;Perron, Zachary; dennis burns; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; ladoris cordell; Foley, Michael; walter wilson Subject:Myth of ‘superhuman strength’ in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 8:21:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Myth of ‘superhuman strength’ in Black people persists in deadly encounters with police https://apnews.com/article/superhuman-strength-lethal-restraint-police-b6ec5846ce18784ab99438eeb3f27eef From:onlinedigitalse@gmail.com To:Council, City Subject:Re: (Any Update) @Accounting Assistant - Full-time / Hourly? Date:Tuesday, June 25, 2024 3:48:57 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, Just a quick follow up on my last emails, please let me know if you got a chance togo through my last emails. Thanks you,Babita Bharti On Mon, 27 May 2024 at 05:44, <onlinedigitalse@gmail.com> wrote:Hi, Hope you and your family are doing well. Please, could you let me know whether you are interested to hire a DedicatedRemote Accountants or bookkeepers on full time or on hourly rates at areasonable cost? If you have any requirement, please share your availability for a possiblezoom call. Regards,Babita Bharti From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; boardmembers; bballpod;bearwithme1016@att.net; fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; David Balakian; Cathy Lewis; Council, City;cramirez.electriclab133@gmail.com; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; dallen1212@gmail.com; eappel@stanford.edu;Scott Wilkinson; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo; Irv Weissman;Sally Thiessen; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; kfsndesk; Kevin.Nower@bestbuy.com;MY77FJ@gmail.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net; merazroofinginc@att.net; MarkStandriff; Mayor; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry;tsheehan; vallesR1969@att.net; yicui@stanford.edu Subject:Fwd: B4 do anything drastic over NVDA dip, see this Date:Monday, June 24, 2024 10:18:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 10:06 PMSubject: Fwd: B4 do anything drastic over NVDA dip, see this To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Monday, June 24, 2024 To all- All of the signals are still flashing bright green for NVDA, medium and LT, despite three days now of falling: I'll be ready to go back in if it resumes its climb to theheavens. This vid makes the case, if you need it to be made again, that Nvidia has a brilliant tuture and is a once in a lifetime investment. Seeing Jensen selling 120,000 shares six times each inJune so far did influence me to sell some today. Maybe he just needed $96 million for a new house or something. You can be sure that he owned way more than 720,000 shares before June1. Years ago someone said his stock was worth $14 billion so he'd be selling more than $96 million worth if he had any real doubts about the company's future. Analyst Says Nvidia Stock WILL Go to $200 VERY SOON (youtube.com) L. William Harding Fresno, Ca. From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Council, City; Emily Mibach; Reifschneider, James; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org Subject:Re: [EXTERNAL]Mr. Gennaco/OCLEM Date:Monday, June 24, 2024 10:00:29 PM Attachments:Outlook-hhmqljmc.png Outlook-nllrngsw.png Outlook-454dz4vi.png Outlook-32xafcnx.png Outlook-znjf53n0.png Outlook-xeztdsx0.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 9:40 PM Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com> wrote: Aram, This letter is filled with facts, that we know to be true. You stated 7 indisputable facts that as we all witness, Mr.Gennaco failed to dispute . His implicit and explicit bias Ithink goes further than just the use of Tasers. We all know that these weapons will be used against innocent people of color, and those with mental health issues and well asmembers from the lgbtq community. Yet Mr.Gennaco doesn’t give the community that will be impacted any value. CJA has been campaigning against the use of tasers longbefore I was released from prison. If Mr. Gennaco wanted to know what oversight resembles for those who are in their county jails, all he has to do is consult with CJA andlearn a thing or two about what the value of a life is. It’s telling that his office is in LA where the sheriffs are notorious for being crooked and racist, yet it’s my understandingthat his group is in charge of their oversight as well. We don’t need tasers in our communities, it don’t matter if it’s the incarceratedpopulation, or civilian population. Watching our overseers patrol us with their new weapons in kin to slavery. Again the images of the slave driver in the horse with his whipin hand if a slave so much as look up are filling my mind. Look at history, we not need to treat our population like they are slaves or enemy combatants. We can’t address traumawith trauma expecting to receive positive resil. We the community do not want tasers or need tasers. We the community need better oversight , and I agree that OIR needs to bereplaced with something that’s revolutionary that will demand change throughout our law enforcement. The days of the rubber stamp need to be put to rest. Raymond Goins Silicon Valley De-Bug Community Organizer For the hanged, and beaten. For the shot, drowned, and burnedFor the tortured, Tormented, and Terrorized We Will RememberWith Hope because Hopelessness is the enemy of justice With Courage because Peace requires BraveryWith persistence because Justice Is a constant struggle With Faith because we shall overcome!!! On Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 1:56 PM Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org> wrote: Hi Everyone : See attached letter. Sincerely, ----Richard Konda (he/him/his) Executive Director Phone: (408) 287-9710 Email: rkonda@asianlawalliance.org 991 W. Hedding Street, Ste. 202 San Jose, CA 95126 STATEMENT OF CONFIDENTIALITY: This message is being sent by a legal organization. The contents of this email message and anyattachments are confidential and are intended solely for the addressee. The information may also be legally privileged. This transmission is sentin trust, for the sole purpose of delivery to the intended recipient. If you have received this transmission in error, any use, reproduction ordissemination of this transmission is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by replyemail and delete this message and its attachments, if any. Email is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC 2510-2521and is legally privileged. From: Jethroe Moore <moore2j@att.net> Sent: Monday, June 17, 2024 6:04 AM To: Michael Gennaco <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Walter Wilson <walterlwilson@hotmail.com>; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg <supervisor.ellenberg@bos.sccgov.org>; Supervisor Otto Lee <supervisor.lee@bos.sccgov.org>; Supervisor Cindy Chavez <supechaveznews@bos.sccgov.org>; supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org <supervisor.simitian@bos.sccgov.org>; Jeff Rosen <jrosen@dao.sccgov.org>; Steve Preminger <steve.preminger@ceo.sccgov.org>; Greta Hansen <greta.hansen@ceo.sccgov.org>; Brian Darrow <brian.darrow@ceo.sccgov.org>; Sonia Schilling <sonia.schilling@ceo.sccgov.org>; james.williams@ceo.sccgov.org <james.williams@ceo.sccgov.org>; Robert. Jonsen <robert.jonsen@shf.sccgov.org> Cc: Sean Allen <sallen6444@yahoo.com>; <abjpd1@gmail.com> <abjpd1@gmail.com>; William Armaline <warmali@yahoo.com>; James Staten <jamesastaten@gmail.com>; Richard Konda <rkonda@asianlawalliance.org>; Raj Jayadev <raj@siliconvalleydebug.org>; Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com>; Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>; CEO.Admin <ceo.admin@ceo.sccgov.org>; Ladoris Cordell <ladoris@judgecordell.com>; Julius Dudley <juliusdud@aol.com>; LaMonica Peters <lamonica.peters@fox.com>; Mulugeta Habtegabriel <m.habtegabriel@gmail.com>; Rose Lynn <roselynn95035@yahoo.com>; Rick Callender <rcallender@cahinaacp.org>; Elizabeth Kamya <ekamya@gmail.com>; Julie Lythcott-Haims <julieforpaloalto@gmail.com>; Kaloma Smith <pastor@universityamez.com>; Ray F. Montgomery <revray@pactsj.org>; Rashad Richey <richey316@gmail.com>; RashadRichey Assistant <richeyassistant@gmail.com>; Uche Ogamba <uche_ogamba@yahoo.com>; Sarah Wright <sarahw0003@outlook.com>; Andre' Chapman <andre@fosteringpromise.org>; Daniel Mayfield <daniel_mayfield@att.net>; Afro UPRIS <afroupris@gmail.com>; David Epps <dweesq@aol.com>; Eugene Bradley <ebradley@svtransitusers.org>; O'Neal Molly <molly.oneal@pdo.sccgov.org>; Bott Michael (NBCUniversal) <michael.bott@nbcuni.com>; Carlos Rosario <carlitosrosario@gmail.com>; Robert Salonga <rsalonga@mercurynews.com>; Jesse Gary <jesse.gary@foxtv.com>; Devin Fehely <dfehely@cbs.com>; G. Sharat Lin <sharatlin@hotmail.com>; Victor Vasquez <vduarte@somosmayfair.org>; Daniel Chung <flivver76@gmail.com>; Jennifer Morrow San José Spotlight <jennifer@sanjosespotlight.com>; Alpha Phi Alpha Frater... <svalphas@gmail.com>; Claudette Lindsay <clindsay53@hotmail.com>; Carmen Brammer <karmb35@gmail.com>; District1 <district1@bos.sccgov.org> Subject: [EXTERNAL]Mr. Gennaco/OCLEM June 16, 2024 Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors, 70 West Hedding Street East Wing, 10th Floor San Jose, CA 95110 Dear Supervisors, I am writing to you on behalf of the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP regarding our concerns about the Office of Correctional Law Enforcement Monitoring (OCLEM) mission Mission designed to provide independent monitoring of the County's Correction and law enforcement function and the contract with the OIR Group. Recently, I attended a meeting with Mr. Gennaco regarding the use of Tasers, where he made it clear that his function was to support the Board's decisions rather than provide independent recommendations. It is concerning that Mr. Gennaco does not see their role as offering unbiased assessments but rather as a rubber stamp for your decisions. This approach does not serve the interests of accountability and transparency that are essential in monitoring law enforcement practices. Furthermore, the current composition of the OCLEM committee is lacking in crucial membership that is necessary for holding Mr. Gennaco and the OIR Group accountable. The dysfunctionality of the committee was evident during the meeting, with Chairman Walter Wilson expressing his dismay at Mr. Gennaco's comments. It is apparent to us and many community members that the work of Mr. Gennaco is more about rhetoric than progress. It seems like a circus act designed to give the appearance of change without any real impact on improving accountability and oversight. Nothing is changing at all, Mr.Gennaco is a circus ringmaster Therefore, the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP is calling for the immediate disbanding of the dysfunctional OCLEM committee and an end to the contract with Mr. Gennaco and the OIR Group. In a time of budget constraints and pressing need for effective oversight of law enforcement practices, it is unacceptable to waste resources on a monitoring system that does not fulfill its intended purpose. We urge you to take our concerns seriously and take immediate action to address the shortcomings of OIR/ OCLEM. The trust of the community relies on your commitment to transparent and accountable oversight of correctional and law enforcement functions. We believe that the current setup with OIR Group and Mr. Gennaco does not serve this purpose and must be reevaluated. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Rev. Jethroe Moore II President San Jose Silicon Valley NAACPREV. JETHROE MOORE II From:Martin J Sommer To:Palo Alto Link Cc:Council, City Subject:Palo Alto Link Date:Monday, June 24, 2024 6:11:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Nathan, Your app isn't available for my Android phone, and I can hardly understand a word the callcenter woman is speaking. No wonder, funding is being cut for your service!! Martin -- Martin Sommer650-346-5307martin@sommer.netwww.linkedin.com/in/martinsommer "Turn technical vision into reality." From:Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce To:Council, City Subject:Donate Blood - Win a VIP SF Giants Experience Date:Monday, June 24, 2024 4:30:05 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 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From:Loran Harding To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; boardmembers; bballpod;bearwithme1016@att.net; fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; David Balakian; beachrides; Council, City; CathyLewis; cramirez.electriclab133@gmail.com; Doug Vagim; dennisbalakian; dallen1212@gmail.com;eappel@stanford.edu; George.Rutherford@ucsf.edu; Gabriel.Ramirez@fresno.gov; huidentalsanmateo;hennessy; Irv Weissman; Sally Thiessen; Joel Stiner; jerry ruopoli; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; kfsndesk;Kevin.Nower@bestbuy.com; MY77FJ@gmail.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com; maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net;merazroofinginc@att.net; Mark Standriff; Mayor; nick yovino; news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk;russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry; tsheehan; vallesR1969@att.net; yicui@stanford.edu Subject:Fwd: Jensen Huang has been selling NVDA shares! Date:Monday, June 24, 2024 4:26:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. ---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 4:18 PMSubject: Fwd: Jensen Huang has been selling NVDA shares! To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>, Scott Wilkinson<grinellelake@yahoo.co Monday, June 24, 2024 Scott- I just sold 55 shares of NVDA in after market trading at $116.92 per share =$6,430.60. Another 5% drop today, so I decided to sell some. Schwab talked me through how to sell in the after market. I asked what would happen if you put in a sell limit order of $117 and the stock opened tomorrow at $116. Answer is thetrade would not execute. It would execute if the stock ever got back up to $117. NVDA was trading around $117 in the after market, which, BTW, goes on till 8 PM in NY and 5 PM in Calif. Now 4:05 PM here. Where it says time on the trading page, one can see avariety of times to sell. One is "Extended hours PM". I chose that one and the trade did not go through with a limit price of $117 because the stock was then trading at $116.95. So I changedthe order to $116.70 and it filled at $116.92. Here is an eye-opener: Jensen Huang has been selling NVDA at 120,000 shares each time, 6 times so far in June, 2024. He's gotten about $16 million each time. See below. So I have some money out if NVDA keeps falling. When it bottoms out and starts back up,and who knows when that will be, I'll go back in. I think it will eventually go far above the recent high of $140. Now 4:18 pm PDT if you want to sell any in the after market. Loran Harding ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Mon, Jun 24, 2024 at 2:13 PM Subject: Jensen Huang has been selling NVDA shares!To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org> . To all- Jensen is selling NVDA stock. 120,000 shares at a time. At current price per share, that is ~$16,000,000 each time. He's done it six times so far in June, 2024, you see here". that gives him ~$96,000,000. archive.fast-edgar.com/20240624/A82ZEG2CM222UZZ2222S2ZED8WLFZ222B562/ L. William Harding Fresno, Ca.