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Prepared for: 8/19/2024
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From:Alan Cooper
To:Council, City
Cc:Alan Cooper
Subject:Castilleja TDM: Count ALL cars, not just some
Date:Monday, August 19, 2024 12:13:02 PM
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Dear City Council members,
REQUEST: Please modify the Castilleja TDM to count all cars coming to the school, andnot just some of them. Currently, cars are counted when they enter a school driveway, butthey are not counted when they park on the streets adjacent to Castilleja or in the nearbyneighborhood.
There has been a long-standing debate about the validity of the original traffic study used to
establish the TDM. The study did not include cars coming to Castilleja and parking on streets,as it should have. A parallel example is the Stanford TDM that includes all cars coming to
Stanford whether parked on streets or in designated lots.
The staff report for tonights meeting (Aug.19), addresses the car counting issue and proposes aminor adjustment to the TDM to accommodate counting cars parked on the three streets
adjacent to Castilleja.
I support the city staff report's recommendation of counting Castilleja cars parked onstreets.
I live across the street from Castilleja, and am highly impacted by car trips to the school.
Thank you for your consideration!
Alan Cooper270 Kellogg Ave
From:Liz Gardner
To:Palo Alto Forward; Council, City; Aram James
Subject:Fwd: Inside the black box of AI-powered tenant screening.
Date:Monday, August 19, 2024 11:00:42 AM
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Dear All,
Not only is California, Santa Clara County, Cityof Palo Alto renters being
oppressed and gauged by multi billion dollars multi nationals (like Blackstone)mass conglomerates, partnering with Artificial Intelligence (AI) is further ing anddeepening the struggle for human survival locally.
AI is wreaking havoc on working families lives as we try to stay above water withoutrageous asks by private property owners.
Repeal racist California’s Article 34, Vote yes on prop 4, reverse Prop 13, and raise
taxes commiserate with cost of living, inflation. Look into land trusts. Raise theminimum wage.
Realtors, attorneys and insurers along with neighborhood associations have way too
much power locally and nationally. Add AI to the mix makes it near impossible forthose in our town earning $50k a year or less a year, insurmountable.
40 years ago —pre prop 13– a family of four (on a teachers earnings) could more
than survive on this salary.
AI is greedily prioritizing its algorithm over the rhythm of the human heart beat.
Sincerely,
Liz Gardner
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From: Marion Wellington <info@techequity.us>Date: Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Subject: Inside the black box of AI-powered tenant screening.To: Liz Gardner <gardnerjaqua@gmail.com>
TechEquity
AI-POWERED TENANT SCREENING -
IN A NUTSHELL
As AI floods every sector, automated
decision-making systems are coming
for tenant screening too. We already
know that AI systems tend to
discriminate against already-
vulnerable communities, in healthcare,
the criminal legal system, and more.
Now, when you apply for housing, it
could very well be that some black-box
AI is deciding whether or not you’re
worthy of getting a home.
We surveyed renters and landlords to
understand how landlords use
automated tenant screening tech to
screen renters in California—and how
these opaque algorithms leave both
renters and landlords in the dark. Here
are our key takeaways from the
research.
Get the 411
SCREENED OUT OF HOUSING -
NEW RESEARCH
For the over 122 million renter
households in the United States,
decisions about where they can live are
increasingly made by AI-powered
tenant screening tools. But as we know,
AI systems tend to discriminate against
already vulnerable communities. So
how is the growing automated tenant
screening industry impacting renters
today?
In this paper, we explore how
landlords use automated tenant
screening tech to screen renters in
California—and how these opaque
algorithms leave both renters and
landlords in the dark.
Read the paper
TRADITIONAL VS. ALGORITHMIC
TENANT SCREENING
Unfamiliar with tenant screening in the
first place? Don’t worry, we got you.
Like many advances in the tech
industry, algorithmic tenant screening
was pitched as a solution to an old
problem. This “objective” replacement
was supposed to eliminate biased
traditional tenant screening, protecting
landlords from lawsuits and
streamlining their process while
promising tenants a fair shot at
housing.
That’s clearly not what happened. So
what’s really the difference between
algorithmic and traditional tenant
screenings?
We break it down for you in our
explainer blog.
Read on
MEET OUR NEW VP OF DATA +
TECH: DANYA SHERBINI
We’re excited to announce that Danya
Sherbini has joined TechEquity as our
new Vice President of Data and
Technology!
In this role, Danya will develop data
strategies to support our programmatic
work. Leveraging her technical
expertise and experience in data
science, policy, and social impact, she
will collect and analyze a variety of
data sources relevant to our mission
and initiatives.
Danya will also play a key role in our
leadership team as we continue to
shape TechEquity’s role in building a
better tech economy. Read on to learn
more about Danya.
Meet Danya
THE TECHEQUITY STORY
TechEquity was founded in 2016 to
answer a simple but ambitious
question: what would it take for the
growth of the tech industry to benefit
everyone?
For the past eight years, answering that
question has taken us down many
paths. TechEquity has been shaping
the tech industry to ensure its growth
benefits everyone. As we've
progressed, we've changed our
approach to better meet the needs of
workers and renters whose lives are
LEARN
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS: DANI’SSTORY
Storytelling has the power to shape the
future. Knowing this, our TechEquity
community has bravely come forward
to share their lived experiences.
Meet Dani Bicknell, who has not only
been a contract worker but has been
tasked with letting go of employees
directly impacted by tech's evolution.
In honor of our new look, we wanted
to share a little history about how we
got here. Read on to learn about the
story of TechEquity.
Read our story
only to have to turn around and offer
them contract positions later for the
same work. This is her story.
Meet Dani
COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS:
YOLANDA’S STORY
“Over the last 20 years, I’ve seen
firsthand that contract work is worse
than ever… Now, I find that the
positions are put in place as a
substitute for hiring full-time workers.
The terms are very obscure, and I feel
that companies are taking advantage.”
Meet Yolanda Renee Collins, also
known as the “Corporate Auntie,” who
has been a contract worker off and on
for years. This is her story.
Meet Yolanda
TAKE ACTION
JOIN THE CONTRACT WORKER GROUP
Are you a contract worker who wants
to get connected to community and
resources?
We’re building a contract worker
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campaigns, share resources, and come
together to brainstorm how to close the
equity gap between contract and
directly hired workers. Sign up to join
the mailing list today!
Join the contract worker group
SHARE OUR WORK WITH A FRIEND
We deeply believe that our work is
more powerful when it is done in
partnership with others and grounded
in the voices of impacted people—
workers and renters.
Can you share our work with a friend?
The more people that join our
community, the more power we have
to build a more equitable tech
industry.
Grow our community
THE TOP 5
The top five things you need to read
this week to understand tech’s impact
on our economy. Curated by
TechEquity’s CEO and Co-Founder
Catherine Bracy
1. Recently, San Francisco passed the
first law in the country banning the
use of AI in setting rent prices.
2. Meanwhile, the company that sold
its price fixing software to RealPage
has done the same for price-fixing
hotels in Atlantic City.
3. Digital price tags are hitting 500
Kroger stores across the country,
prompting concerns that the
grocery giant might use them to
apply surge pricing to life’s basic
necessities.
4. Nvidia is scraping “a human
lifetime’ of videos daily to train its
unreleased video AI model.
5. This came out days before
Governor Newsom announced a
surprise partnership with Nvidia to
train educators and students on AI.
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From:Jody Boulay
To:Council, City
Subject:Fentanyl Awareness Resources for Parent"s and Guardians
Date:Monday, August 19, 2024 9:24:10 AM
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Greetings,
My name is Jody from SUPE: Substance Use Prevention Education, a non-profit organization
providing education and resources to prevent substance use.
We created some great resources to help educate parents and guardians about Fentanyl.
Parent's Guide to Fentanyl: This comprehensive guide equips parents with valuable
information, including tips, warning signs, and helpful videos/articles. It empowersparents to protect their children from the dangers of fentanyl and make informed
decisions regarding substance use.Protecting Children From Online Drug Dealers: This resource provides essential tools to
safeguard children, including the "Emoji code" to identify online drug dealing, insightsinto the dark web, and other online safety measures.
These resources are available in both English and Spanish!
Could you help share one or both of these on your website's resource page?
Thank you for your time, and I look forward to hearing back from you.
Sincerely,
Jody Boulay
Community Outreach Coordinator
SUPE: Substance Use Prevention Education
P:(727) 771-2242 Nonprofit #: 99-2286931
From:Lois Zell
To:Council, City
Subject:Airport expansion
Date:Monday, August 19, 2024 6:41:58 AM
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Dear City Council Members,
Please do not expand the airport since doing so would have dire consequences for wildlife in that area, particularly
the birds and ducks that need that area to exist. Filling in the San Francisco Bay even more to accommodate the
convenience of wealthy individuals is beyond belief and, in my opinion, criminal.
The existing airport already contributes too much pollution and seems unnecessary with large airport facilities in
San Jose. Please, no airport expansion.
Yours truly,
Lois L Zell
From:Loran Harding
To:Loran Harding; antonia.tinoco@hsr.ca.gov; alumnipresident@stanford.edu; bballpod; bearwithme1016@att.net;fred beyerlein; Leodies Buchanan; boardmembers; David Balakian; beachrides; Cathy Lewis; Council, City;cramirez.electriclab133@gmail.com; carloslawnservice14@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; jerryruopoli; karkazianjewelers@gmail.com; kfsndesk; MY77FJ@gmail.com; margaret-sasaki@live.com;maverickbruno@sbcglobal.net; merazroofinginc@att.net; Mayor; Mark Standriff; nick yovino;news@fresnobee.com; newsdesk; russ@topperjewelers.com; Steve Wayte; terry; tsheehan;vallesR1969@att.net; yicui@stanford.edu
Subject:Fwd: Xpeng G6 arriving in Australia. Don"t miss this.
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:12:09 PM
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From: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>Date: Sun, Aug 18, 2024 at 5:18 PM
Subject: Fwd: Xpeng G6 arriving in Australia. Don't miss this.To: Loran Harding <loran.harding@stanfordalumni.org>
Sunday, August 18, 2024
To all, including to Mary Barra and Elon Musk:
A new Chinese EV arriving in Australia in October. Electric Viking is really excited aboutit: Don't miss this: This vid has the slider at the beginning: This Chinese EV is an eye-opener!
Xpeng's G6 DESTROYS the Tesla Model Y in Australia in nearly every way(youtube.com)
Convert the Aussie dollar to US. He gives prices in Aussie dollars. Current exchangerate is $1US= 1.5 Aussie dollars. So, 60,000 Australian is US$40,000, still a chunk of change.
They would sell here but not take the market by storm, but they might way outsell the TeslaModel Y if they are a lot better.
Xpeng's G6 DESTROYS the Tesla Model Y in Australia in nearly every way
(youtube.com)
A different Chinese EV maker, BYD, has been shopping for a site to build a plant inMexico. There has been talk in Washington that the US will ban or impose huge tariffs on
Chinese vehicles made in Mexico. IOW, deny these to American consumers, the suckers. Justkick us around on this as well. That kicking ability is pretty well developed among the
American people too, and we have the ability to kick scumbag politicians out of office whotake bribes to screw us over. If these Chinese EVs are great, we want them available here and
without any big, or little, tariffs. Trump should pledge no tariffs on Chinese cars made inMexico. He should pledge no damage to Social Security and Medicare too. Without those he
is going to lose. He says no taxes on Social Security. That won't matter if Social Security isgone.
Xpeng's G6 DESTROYS the Tesla Model Y in Australia in nearly every way
(youtube.com)
I hope Xpeng too is shopping for a factory site in Mexico. If Elon wants to get rich, he'llhave to match this vehicle and at its price. The all new Tesla Model Y is coming sometime in
2025. Maybe delay that to give it the features this G6 has. This would outsell even therevamped the Model Y if it's better.
Watch this more than once. I see new stuff every time I watch it. He mumbles and says it
has a "tire repair kit" in it. Had to hear that 3X.
Tesla should bring a few of these into the US to test and examine. So should GM.
BTW, the Biden administration totally bungled the roll-out of a huge EV charging network.They had the money to do it. K. Harris was onboard to raise the alarm about that and did not.
Probably some people with rich, Nazi affirmative action jobs screwed that up. We'll get a lotmore of that if she gets elected. They put some EV chargers in four states, ones with big
electoral college votes, states like Ohio.
L. William Harding Fresno, Ca.
From:Marion Farber
To:Council, City
Subject:Palo Alto airport expansion
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 7:55:02 PM
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I am writing you to urge you to reject expansion plans for the Palo Alto airport that would
eliminate the Duck Pond and the part of the bay that is west of the Duck Pond. These areasare valuable habitat for shorebirds and ducks and should be preserved. We have destroyed so
much of the wetlands in the bay area, please don't destroy any more!
Marion FarberAn avid birder from San Jose
From:caroline@cbliss.com
To:Council, City
Subject:airport expansion
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 5:23:10 PM
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Please do not expand the airport any more than is absolutely necessary for
safety/sea level rise. The habitat is not replaceable for migrating and resident birds.
There would be increased noise pollution which is harmful to birds and humans.
Thank you.
Caroline Bowker BlissPalo Alto
From:Andie Reed
To:Council, City; Sauls, Garrett; Lait, Jonathan
Subject:Castilleja TDM Item #13, Aug 19, 2024
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 11:08:46 AM
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Aug 19, 2024
Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing and Council Members,
I live close to Castilleja and have been involved with my neighbors over many years to try to
understand how the school reports car trips. Thanks to staff for taking steps to resolve conflicts.
"No Net New Trips” was the school's continuous mantra during the years leading up to the City
Council approval of their expansion project. Our goal, therefore, is to quantify how many car tripsare generated by the school now so we can know if traffic increases when construction is completeand enrollment increases. Sounds simple enough.
Former Mayor Pat Burt got it right, on May 23, 2022, talking about how to make the TDM work, “to
drive the TDM program to really be what it's intended to be, which is a trip reduction program andnot a counting circumvention program". The method the school is using defines car-trips as thosecars that cross over driveways. Everybody else defines car-trips as all cars that drive to and fromthe school.
At the Aug 7, 2023 CC meeting, Council Members disagreed that the TDM they had to reviewwas what they expected or intended:1. CM Stone asks why other car trip counts would be excluded, that was not intendedby the City Council; he quotes from June 6, 2022 meeting “many of CMs wereinterested in ALL cars being counted” and "Layendecker (assoc head of school)supported that. Please see that all car trips get added."2. CM Veenker states RLUA has other methods of tracking car trips; why onlydriveway counters counted? Why wouldn’t ADT count all vehicles?3. Mayor Kou states car trips need to include parking and dropping off.4. CM Veenker – it’s ambiguous, so City Council can provide direction. Where does itsay how ADT can be calculated? Please clear up. 5. CM Lauing states “on June 6 (2022) it wasn’t ambiguous …. We’re only dealing witha subset of counting. We have to count all the cars”.
6. CM Stone – Amendments are necessary if we want to add teeth. We’ve got time, acouple of years. We’ve been clear on the issues. Yes, leave amendments (suggestions howto count cars). Want to make sure we’re not in this same situation a few monthsfrom now.
Staff is trying to take the direction they were given by proposing alternative methods that will setup a car-trip counting system to include street-parked car trips in addition to the car trips theycurrently report, which we support. Castilleja’s attorneys take the position that Palo Alto CityCouncil direction does not matter. Their job is to benefit the school by cherry-picking theinformation and by threatening lawsuits. What the Castilleja attorneys don’t acknowledge is thatthe cars along the street (mostly) have Castilleja stickers! And the people in the cars that don’thave Casti stickers go into the school anyway. Come sit and watch!
The attorney letter includes a statement from W-Trans that they didn’t count “street” car trips in
2017. But they used more information than just the electronic counters, so Mr. Jeong’s letteris deceiving. See direct quotes from the W-Trans 2020 report at the bottom of this letter. If Castilleja ONLY wants to count driveway counts, then 352 is the proper AM PEAKrather than 383. Ask Mr. Jeong what the raw counts were for ONLY driveways for the ADTanalysis. Lower the caps!
If you remember, the school installed electronic counters in their driveways, and all car trips that go
over driveways are counted by these counters. The Fehr&Peers reports that the school publishes
and upon which Castilleja bases whether they go over "caps", don't use ALL the school days,only those school days with no events. Planning staff doesn’t address this, but we think it’svery important, even if event trips don’t count towards the “caps”.
One suggestion presented to the Castilleja Neighborhood Committee during this past year as we'vereviewed these quarterly reports is to require Fehr & Peers to continue to show "non-event" schooldays car trips numbers, and add in the street-parked car trips, as staff recommends. Those cancount towards the "caps" of 383 AM PEAK and 1198 ADT. ADDITIONALLY, Fehr & Peers willreport ALL school day driveway car trips (the raw data is available) and graph those numbers,too, showing the same data they already use, plus “event” school days and “event” weekend daysand street-parked car-trips. This raw data contains valuable traffic information and provides awider perspective to observe trends and changes in car trips. Neighbors don’t have limitless fundsto do the work; Castilleja has the resources, and Fehr&Peers has the raw data and the algorithms,so it would be easy to provide.
The school tells us at every meeting: "we will do what the City tells us to do!".
In summary, here's my understanding of where we are:A. The current staff report for Aug 19th's meeting recommends a method thatrequires the school to report as car trips the sum of these two counts: 1. Driveway car trips, as they do now, 2. A reasonable estimate of street-parked cars.This can suffice as determining whether they come in under “caps” or not, which would determine“No Net New Trips”.B. Additionally, we are requesting Fehr & Peers also report the available raw datarepresenting the numbers of driveway car trips on ALL school days, plus street-parked cars, and event weekend car trips, and graph that information as they dothe limited subset of non-event days, for informational purposes.
I want to express my thanks to staff for digging deep and seeing where the current counts misleadand suggesting solutions.
And thanks to you for reading this.
Andie ReedPalo Alto
___________________________________________________________________W-Trans June 2020 Report, page 20:
At the time of the January 2017 intersection, roadway and driveway counts, the enrollment atCastilleja School was 438 students. Site-specific trip generation rates for the a.m., school p.m.and p.m. peak hours were developed based on driveway counts and adjusted based on results froma student travel pattern survey. It is estimated that the school site currently generates 352 vehicletrips during the a.m. peak hour, 274 vehicle trips during the school p.m. peak hour, and 176vehicle trips during the p.m. peak hour, resulting in estimated trip generation rates of 0.82, 0.63and 0.41 vehicle trips per student for the a.m., school p.m. and p.m. peak hours respectively.
W-Trans June 2020 Report, page 38:This data is summarized in Table 15 and a worksheet showing the calculation of the average tripdistance is provided in Appendix E. Table 15 – Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) Comparison(Informational Purposes Only) Scenario No. of Students Daily Trips Average Trip Distance2 Estimated Total VMTCurrent 438 1,198 1 7.69 Proposed 540 1,477 7.69 11,358 Difference 102 279 9,213 Notes: 2,145Footnote #1(these counts are) Based on observed intersection, roadway and driveway counts conducted inJanuary 2017
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Andie Reed Palo Alto, CA 94301
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From:Emily Young
To:Council, City
Subject:Geng Road expansion for RVS
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:54:23 AM
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Dear City council,
We are residents of Palo Alto and we are very concerned with the housing problems here and
across the region. We support expanding the Geng Road site to allow more RV's there--especially in light of the fact that many RVs are being forced to move from the sides of El
Camino due to the new bike lane.
Finding places for more RVs for people without homes is only a small temporary solution tothe problem of limited affordable housing. But we should do whatever we can to make even a
small difference as we address this problem locally, regionally, statewide and nationwide.
Sincerely,
Emily Young and Stephen Branz
-- Emily Young
402 El Verano AvePalo Alto, CA 94306
home: 650-856-9571
From:Aram James
To:Rose Lynn; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jeff Moore; GRP-City Council; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Kaloma Smith; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Roberta Ahlquist; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;Friends of Cubberley; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Tannock, Julie; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley,Michael; Emily Mibach; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Diana Diamond; Sarah Wright; Stump, Molly; O"Neal,Molly; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; jeff_conrad@msn.com; Sally Lieber; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Van DerZwaag, Minka; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Cecilia Taylor; Michelle; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni;Karen Holman; Tom DuBois; Daniel Kottke; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Joe Simitian; Supervisor Otto Lee;district1@bos.sccgov.org
Subject:Racism is the reason Black people are disproportionately homeless in L.A., report shows
Date:Sunday, August 18, 2024 10:05:54 AM
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Racism is the reason Black people are disproportionately homeless in L.A., report shows
Racism is the reason Black people are disproportionately homeless in L.A., report shows
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-12/racism-making-more-black-people-la-homeless
From:Allyson Rosen
To:Council, City; Lori Meyers
Subject:HRC meeting
Date:Saturday, August 17, 2024 9:52:26 AM
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Dear HRC,
This weekend and over these next few days many of the families of children graduating from
Palo Alto schools will be bringing their children to college and I suspect they share my feelingthat we are sorry to miss this meeting.
It is a frightening time for those of us bringing our children to college. The encampments are
described by anti-Israel advocates in our community as "peaceful" but these demonstrationsmake most Jewish kids frightened in part because they have incited and led to violence. Jewish
kids at Columbia left campus because violent calls in the middle of the night kept them fromsleeping. There are legal "rights" and there is respect for feelings of safety. Jews and Israelis
are begging for these to stop and these communities are saying they have the "rights to freespeech". An Israeli professor at CUNY quietly told me that the barricades on campus came as
a result of violence.
Now we see weekly presentations in city council with biased, inflammatory, presentations thatdemonize Israel for fighting against an army of Hamas terrorists. The Palestinian government,
Hamas, waged war with the goal of destroying Israel where half the worlds Jews live andwhere many Palo Altans have family and friends. Israel is in an existential war for its
existence and it is a frightening time. These anti-Israel Palo Altans come every weekadvocating for a foreign policy that simplifies the conflict to "killing children" accusing the
community of not caring and being racist. If Jews and Israelis are saying that thesepresentations are hurtful, deceptive, divisive, and incite the local hatred and violence clearly
demonstrated in the slides from the Jewish community, then why is this continuing? It isbecause the speakers know that they legally can and choose to disregard the feelings of the
Jewish and Israeli communities. They feel they are fighting a virtuous fight just like the "pro-family" community fought gay marriage. There are legal rights and respect. Other minorities
are respected when they say certain words are hurtful yet this group continues their foreignpolicy advocacy in our city council. And we feel attacked and it hurts and accomplishes
nothing but creating divisiveness and hatred. Ultimately this community needs to care aboutthis and take their concerns to where foreign policy is decided, not in city council meetings.
Allyson
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Allyson C. Rosen, PhD, ABPP
Board Certified in Clinical Neuropsychology
Clinical Professor (Affiliated)Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Stanford University School of Medicine
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From:Aram James
To:Linda Jolley
Cc:Ed Lauing; Gardener, Liz; Josh Becker; Bill Newell; Henry Etzkowitz; Templeton, Cari; ParkRec Commission;
Shikada, Ed; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Michelle; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Council, City; Supervisor Otto Lee;
Raymond Goins; Raj Jayadev; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Human Relations Commission; MGR-Melissa Stevenson
Diaz; Diana Diamond; Tom DuBois; Kaloma Smith; Vicki Veenker; Burt, Patrick; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;
Roberta Ahlquist; Rose Lynn; Damon Silver; O"Neal, Molly; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew;
kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Sally Lieber; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni; Friends of Cubberley; Lotus Fong;
district1@bos.sccgov.org; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Daniel Kottke; Braden Cartwright; Dave Price; Lewis james
Subject:Re: Eliminate the state of Israel
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 11:12:55 PM
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8/16/2024
Hi Linda,So good to hear from you. Sadly every time a nation other than the U.S. attempts to handcuff
the terrorist state of Israel from engaging in new war crimes the U.S. bails Isreal out with morebillions in military aid monies that should rightfully go to the poor and disenfranchised of this
country. From this Jews perspective the only just solution is the elimination of Israel and thereturn of all stolen lands to the Palestinian people.
Best regards,Aram
On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 10:33 PM Linda Jolley <lindajolley9@yahoo.com> wrote:
I would rather see handcuffs than elimination, Aram.
On Wednesday, August 14, 2024 at 10:03:19 PM PDT, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 13, 20,24 at 7:40 AM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
August 13, 2024
Hi Folks:
I'm putting it out there as a vision. The longerthe people in power continue to allow the genocide to continue- turning a blind eye to ethic cleansingthe angrier I get. I took the below new sign to city council last night. I want people to think. As my dadused to say sometimes we have to deploy techniques that pull people out of their detached neutrality.Bottom line: Israel must give up its U.S. funded, army, navy, Air Force and nuclear weapons. Isrealmust be eliminated and the land it sits on must be returned to the Palestinian people. A one statesolution-one vote-for each person Israeli and Palestinians living side by side. The irony is that thelonger the genocide continues the greater anti-semitism grows and the more that Jews just like me areat risk. This is my reality and I will continue to speak out and act out the best I can.
Aram
From:Roey Shaviv
To:Human Relations Commission; Human Relations Commission; greg@gregtanaka.org; Tanaka, Greg; Stone,Greer; Veenker, Vicki; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Burt, Patrick; Council, City
Subject:Jewish Community Recommendations to the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 9:51:17 PM
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Honorable mayor and city council member,
Honorable members of the Palo Alto Human Relations Commission.
It came to my attention that the Jewish Community Recommendations to the Palo Alto
Human Relations Commission will be on the city council meeting on 8/19/2024 .
I have written to you in the past about the erosion of Human Rights to Jews here in Palo Alto
and elsewhere around the world. The rise of racism in any form and that of Antisemitism in
particular is a real threat.
Since October 2023 many city council meetings have been highjacked by supporters of
terrorism. I thank the city council for standing strong against this hate speech.
I support the Jewish Community Recommendations to the Palo Alto Human Relations
Commission.
I call upon the City Council to adopt the resolution.
Thank you,
Roey Shaviv, Ph.D.
Palo Alto CA
From:Aram James
To:editor@paweekly.com; Ed Lauing; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Council, City; GRP-City Council; Perron, Zachary;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Bill Newell; Josh Becker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Enberg, Nicholas;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Human Relations Commission; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Kallas, Emily;Daniel Kottke; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; HenryEtzkowitz; Templeton, Cari; Reifschneider, James; Cecilia Taylor; Shikada, Ed; O"Neal, Molly; Damon Silver;Rodriguez, Miguel; Raymond Goins; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Tannock, Julie; DuJuan Green; Diana Diamond; JackAjluni; Salem Ajluni; Roberta Ahlquist; jeff_conrad@msn.com; Friends of Cubberley; Foley, Michael; Figueroa,Eric; Jensen, Eric; Joe Simitian; bob nunez; Sally Lieber; dennis burns; Sarah Wright; Tim
Subject:THE BROKEN PROMISE OF INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY JAIL
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 8:18:47 PM
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THE BROKEN PROMISE OF INDEPENDENT OVERSIGHT OF THE SANTACLARA COUNTY JAIL
https://siliconvalleydebug.org/stories/the-broken-promise-of-independent-oversight-of-the-
santa-clara-county-jail
From:Elizabeth Robinson Weingarten
To:Council, City
Subject:No to the Airport expansion
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 8:07:41 PM
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The current guest opinion in the Weekly article states
our Baylands is what makes Palo Alto truly special
This is exactly how I see it. The Baylands is unique and is enjoyed by so many. It has
provided countless hours of joy and beauty over the years for me and my family!
How many people actually own airplanes vs, the numbers that ride bikes, bird watch, climbhills, run, take their young children on the walk around the duck pond.
It would be a sad time to let any piece of the Baylands disappear.
Please do not destroy any part of the wetlands in our Bay.
Elizabeth Weingarten
1889 Bret Harte St.Palo Alto
From:Planning
Subject:County of Santa Clara Housing Element Update: Revised Draft Now Available
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 3:43:09 PM
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County of Santa Clara Housing Element
Update
Dear Stakeholder,
You are invited to review the revised County of Santa Clara 2023-2031 Housing Element Update,
which is available on the County webpage dedicated to this project. These revisions are in response
to preliminary comments provided by the California Department of Housing and Community
Development on August 7 during the course of their ongoing review of the draft submitted in June.
The County will formally submit these edits to the State in seven days.
Comments regarding this revised draft are invited from all interested parties and may be addressed
to this email account (Planning2@pln.sccgov.org) or to the physical address below:
County of Santa Clara Planning Office
Attention: Michael Meehan, Principal Planner
County Government Center
70 West Hedding, 7th Floor, East Wing, San José CA 95110
Thank you for your continued engagement in the County’s Housing Element.
From:Marian Scheuer Sofaer
To:Council, City
Subject:24 hour parking for RVs on Geng Rd - yes
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 2:37:08 PM
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I support 24 hr parking for RVs on Geng Rd to open up bike lanes on El Camino.
Marian SofaerBryant St., Palo Alto
From:Eileen Fagan
To:Council, City; fgiffen@pausd.org
Subject:Paly parking on El Camino?
Date:Friday, August 16, 2024 1:03:32 PM
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Hello,
There has been a lot of discussion in the newspaper about the changes being made with respect to the bike lanes
being added to El Camino. I am wondering what the plans are for Paly parking which had ballooned pretty
significantly in the past few years - are there accommodations being made for those cars?
As a resident of Southgate, it certainly seems likely that there will be a resurgence of student parking in our
neighborhood without those spaces being available. I do note that the Paly website says parking in Southgate is not
allowed…but are there additional spaces being made available or is there another plan for this?
Thanks,
Eileen
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Subject:Castilleja School’s Final Transportation Demand Management Plan; August 19, 2024 City Council Hearing, AgendaItem No. 13
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Honorable Mayor Greer Stone
and Members of the City Council
City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Re: Castilleja School’s Final Transportation Demand Management Plan; August 19,
2024 City Council Hearing, Agenda Item No. 13
Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the City Council:
On behalf of Castilleja School (the “School”), we write in support of the Staff
recommendation to approve the Final Transportation Demand Management Plan (“TDMP”) for
the Castilleja School Redevelopment Project (the “Project”) as consistent with the conditions of
approval imposed on the Project.
The sole duty of the City Council for its Agenda Item No. 13 is to ensure the School’s TDMP
incorporates all transportation demand management requirements into one document. The TDMP
is fully compliant. This item should be approved on the consent calendar as there are no discretionary
actions to be taken or policy questions to resolve.
As will be fully articulated in this letter, the suggestion by Staff in its report to the Council
that School-side street parking can be counted in Project trip counts is based on a flawed and
incorrect premise. Street parked vehicles have never been included in School trip counts for the
simple and universally-accepted reason that it is impossible to discern whether a car parked in a
public space is associated with the School or not. Instead, as reflected in the record and confirmed
by W-Trans (the City’s independent traffic consultant), driveway counters were (and continue to be)
the sole basis for determining Project trip counts. Review of the TDMP does not give the City
Council the power to add new requirements that were not previously included in the record. Should
the Council nonetheless impose new requirements, its actions would amount to a gross abuse of
discretion, exposing the City to legal liability and damages.
The School has worked diligently to ensure that it can continue to educate as many young
women as allowed by complying with more than 100 conditions of approval imposed on the Project,
including the TDMP which Staff described as “more robust than any other previously approved
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plan.”1 The School has a proven track record of reducing trips by nearly 30 percent through
implementing programs and measures similar to those included in the TDMP.
The City’s credibility is on the line. It cannot discriminate against the School by haphazardly
changing approved Project conditions more than two years after the fact. It is not only unfair, it
would be unjust and illegal. The School has the clear right to execute on its approvals so that it can
educate more young women without prejudice or delay. Making a decision otherwise undermines
the City’s credibility, sets a negative precedent for other projects/approvals, and subjects the City to
significant legal risk.
1. Background
On June 6, 2022, the City Council (on a 6-1 vote) approved the Project through its adoption
of: (1) a Conditional Use Permit (“CUP”) Amendment, (2) a Parking Adjustment, (3) a Variance,
(4) Architectural Review (“AR”), and (5) a Zoning Text Amendment. (See Record of Land Use
Action No 2022-02 [the “RLUA”]). The Council’s approval of the Project was the culmination of
more than 20 public hearings over the course of six years. And the Council action was based on
detailed findings supported by substantial evidence in the record and made subject to compliance
with more than 100 conditions of approval. All appeal periods and timelines for legal challenge
of the Project (as approved and memorialized by the RLUA) have expired. On February 4, 2024,
the City issued a Building Permit for the first phase of the Project to construct the underground
parking garage.
As part of the Project approvals, the School is held to an average daily trip (“ADT”) standard
of 1,198 trips and an AM peak trip standard of 383 trips. (Condition 22.a, 22.c.) The TDMP includes
vehicle trip strategies to assist in complying with these trip thresholds and reduce vehicle trips to,
and parking demand at, the School.
The TDMP fully complies with the conditions of approval imposed on the Project,
including Condition 20 specifying the contents of the TDMP and Condition 22 requiring that trips
be counted by driveway counters. The average daily and AM peak trip thresholds imposed by
Condition 22 to ensure “no net new trips” were based on driveway counts. (See August 14, 2024
Memorandum from Fehr & Peers, attached hereto as Exhibit A [including the actual driveway
surveys conducted by W-Trans, the City’s traffic consultant for the Project, and an August 7, 2024
letter from W-Trans, confirming that the trip thresholds were “based solely on driveway counts”
and that “[v]ehicle activity along the public streets was not included . . ..”].)2 The thresholds
were established by driveway counts, and the TDMP measures Project trips by driveway counts in
accordance with Condition 22.
1 (Staff Report for May 23, 2022 City Council hearing regarding Project, p. 9).
2 Unless otherwise noted, emphasis in quotations is supplied and citations are omitted.
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Counting street parking as “trips” would artificially and improperly increase counts in a
manner not supported by the facts or the law. Although it seems like a minor detail on the surface,
the inclusion of parked cars in the trip count jeopardizes the School’s ability to meet the strict trip
thresholds, thereby comprising its right to grow enrollment. Improving the School with modern
buildings to serve additional, future women leaders was the entire reason that Castilleja agreed to
undergo the extensive and expensive City process, culminating in the City Council’s June 2022
approval of the Project.
2. The TDMP fully complies with Project Condition 20 and must be approved.
Project Condition 20 requires that a final version of the TDMP incorporating all applicable
transportation-related requirements be compiled into a “cohesive, well-organized and indexed
document.” The intent of the TDMP is to reduce vehicle trips to, and parking demand at, the
School for the purpose of minimizing School-related disruptions and intrusions into the nearby
residential neighborhoods.
In its final adopted Motion to approve the Project (the “Motion”), the City Council directed
that a Final TDMP be returned to the City Council for consideration. The Motion contained various
items to be included in the TDMP, as follows: (1) a commitment to only use onsite and street parking
along the perimeter of the School for School parking, (2) guidelines pertaining to satellite parking,
(3) a general prohibition on juniors driving to school, (4) the School agreeing to monitor and enforce
no parking/drop-offs in the neighborhood, (5) the School agreeing to be excluded from any possible
future residential parking program, and (6) increasing the number of students within a 5 mile radius
by a specified percentage prior to enrolling more than 450 students. All of these items are properly
included in the TDMP.
In accordance with Condition 20 and the Motion, the TDMP “compiles all applicable
transportation-related requirements of the Record of Land Use Action into a cohesive, well-
organized and indexed document.” This is confirmed by the Staff Report:
The [Final TDMP] document identifies performance standards, data collection
methodology and reporting requirements, mitigation strategies, fees for City
monitoring, information on enforcement and addressing violations, and general
oversight. Appendices to the TDMP include all other relevant parking and
transportation-related conditions of approval from the RLUA and a TDMP
operations guide and program manual that would be shared with enrolled students
and their parents.
(Staff Report, p. 6.)
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Section 8 of the Motion authorized clarification to certain conditions. Those include
(1) prohibiting use of pile drivers or exceptionally loud equipment during construction,
(2) requiring the use of secant walls if groundwater is encountered during construction
activities, and (3) requiring the use of non-audio safety measures for when cars exit the
garage (avoiding buzzer/noise). Importantly, nothing in Section 8, nor any other part of
the Motion, authorized clarification to any condition pertaining to the method of
calculating Project trips. This is true even as Staff and multiple councilmembers expressed
their understanding that trips would be counted solely by driveways counters. (Summary
Minutes, May 23, 2023 City Council Meeting, pp. 7, 8, 18, 23; see also Staff Report for May
23, 2022 City Council hearing regarding Project, p. 9.)
The TDMP complies with Condition 20 and the Motion. As correctly stated by Staff in
the Staff Report “this review does not present the City Council with an opportunity to add new
requirements that were not previously included in the source documents.” (Staff Report, p. 6.)
3. The Project trip thresholds were derived solely from driveway counts and did not
include on-street parked vehicles.
The ADT and AM peak trip thresholds imposed by Condition 22 were based on driveway
counts. As explained in the attached memorandum from Robert Eckols, a Principal with Fehr &
Peers, an expert transportation consulting firm (the “FP Memo”), the City’s independent traffic
consultant (W-Trans) surveyed only the multiple driveways around the School to establish the
Project trip generation thresholds. Based on review of the W-Trans raw survey data, Fehr & Peers
concludes “the vehicle trips generated by the on-street parking were NOT included in the data
collection or calculation of the school’s trip generation.” (FP Memo, p. 2.)
In confirming that the counts were based only on the driveways and not street parking,
Kenny Jeong, Senior Engineer with W-Trans, wrote in an August 7, 2024 to Mr. Eckols:
To inform the traffic analysis and CEQA report that was prepared on behalf of the
City of Palo Alto (as the CEQA lead agency), W-Trans oversaw the traffic data
collection effort at Castilleja School. Among the activities conducted included a
count of vehicle activity at multiple driveways serving the school. Vehicle activity
along the public streets was not included with this counting exercise since these
are public spaces that are not exclusively used by the school. These traffic counts
occurred on January 25 and 26 in 2017 and served as the basis for identifying a trip
rate unique to Castilleja School. As such, the trip rate was established to reflect
the traffic that accesses the school, based solely on driveway counts at the school.
Staff’s suggestion that street side parking could be included in the calculation of Project trips is
based on the flawed and incorrect premise that street side parking was included in the original
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counts. (Staff Report, p. 5.) According to the City’s traffic consultant who conducted the counts,
they were not.
In sum, the Project trip generation was based solely on driveway counts at the School. No
counts were taken of the vehicle trips associated with the on-street parking. This is consistent with
standard transportation engineering practice since the on-street parking is public parking and
remains constant. Therefore, “monitoring driveway trips activity accurately captures the relative
change in the peak arrival hour and daily trips, which can be compared to the trip caps in the CUP
that require ‘no net new trips.’” (FP Memo, p. 6.)
4. Since the trip thresholds were established by driveway counts, Condition 22 also
requires that Project trips be measured by driveway counters.
Condition 22 which specifies the “performance measures and requirements” to be
incorporated into the TDMP plainly states that data from permanent driveway counters will be
used to calculate ADT and AM Peak trips. For instance, Condition 22.b states: “Data from
permanent driveway counters placed at all entrance and exit driveways will be used to calculate
ADT.” Condition 22.d likewise states: “Data from permanent driveway counters placed at all
entrance and exit driveways will be used to calculate AM Peak Trips.” This is consistent with
Mitigation Measure 7a which reads: “As part of the monitoring, Castilleja shall install traffic
counting devices at each project site driveway and submit the raw data summary and analysis
in the monitoring reports.” The adopted Mitigation Monitoring & Reporting Program likewise
states that “driveway counts” as included in the “monitoring reports” will be used to evaluate
whether the ADT and AM peak hour trip thresholds are being met.
Condition 22.e goes on to provide: “The School shall install permanent vehicle counter
devices at the entrance/exit of all drop off locations on campus, surface parking lots, and the
subterranean garage to count the number of vehicle trips arriving to the campus and existing each
day.” The data collected by these devices shall be provided to the City upon request, in addition
to the data provided with the TDMP monitoring reports pursuant to Condition 24. (Condition
22.e.) The School must preserve the count data for a period of not less than three years. (Id.) The
counting devices shall be kept in working order and promptly fixed if malfunctioning. (Id.) The
School shall provide real time driveway counter data to the City as directed by the Director. (Id.)
Condition 22.b and Condition 22.d both refer to Condition 24 “regarding the monitoring
report for the ways ADT shall be calculated.”3 Condition 24 elaborates on additional information
that must be included in the monitoring reports related to driveway counts and other data. For
instance, Condition 24.b.i states that the TDMP monitoring reports shall contain “driveway volume
counts by 15-minute increments (raw counter data).” Condition 24.b.x requires that the reports
3 Nothing in this cross-reference refers to the calculation of AM peak hour trips.
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contain “the raw data from the driveway counting devices for the monitoring period.” Condition
24.d further requires that the reports describe the “installation, calibration methods, function and
proposed maintenance of [the] permanent traffic counting devices.” Nothing in Condition 24
states that on-street parking adjacent to the School is to be used to calculate ADT or AM peak
trips.4
While other information is to be included in the TDMP monitoring reports, driveway
counts were the only method specified by the conditions to measure Project trip generation. This
is why the counters have to be installed and kept in good working order and the raw data associated
with the counters has to be preserved and provided to the City (including in real time, if requested).
As noted by Fehr & Peers, “the use of driveway counts is consistent with how trips have
been monitored at the school since 2012.” (FP Memo, p. 5.) Using street parking for Project trip
counts would not comport with the method by which trip thresholds were derived. It would be
akin to comparing apples to oranges. Indeed, as noted by Fehr & Peers: “If the monitoring data
collection methodology is changed to include on-street parking vehicle trips, the trip caps would
need to be adjusted upward to align the trips caps with the new data to account for the existing on-
street parking vehicle trips at the time the original counts were collected.”
5. The City cannot legally amend the conditions of approval to require counting of on-
street parking.
Approval of TDMP does not give the City the opportunity to modify the conditions of
approval related to trip count monitoring. Doing so would conflict with a myriad of well-founded
legal principles and authorities.
a. The plain terms of the Project conditions require using driveway counters to
count trips.
“To interpret . . . conditions of approval, [a reviewing court] look[s] first to the plain
language of the conditions.” (Martis Camp Community Assn. v. County of Placer (2020) 53
Cal.App.5th 569, 591 [applying rules of statutory construction to conditions of approval citing
Moyer v. Workmen’s Comp. Appeals Bd. (1973) 10 Cal.3d 222, 230 [“We are required to give
effect to statutes according to the usual, ordinary import of the language employed in framing
them.”].) “The Legislature’s chosen language is the most reliable indicator of intent because it is
the language of the statute itself that has successfully braved the legislative gauntlet.” (Lateef v.
City of Madera (2020) 45 Cal.App.4th 245, 253.)
4 While requiring that data from temporary vehicle counters placed in surrounding streets be
included in the monitoring reports, the data is only to be “used for ongoing monitoring and not to
determine a violation of [the CUP].” (Condition 22.g.)
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Further, it is well settled that an “agency must interpret the conditions it imposes in a
reasonable manner, consistent with its intent at the time the condition was enacted.” (Stone v.
Board of Supervisors (1988) 205 Cal.App.3d 927, 935; see also Alford v. Pierno (1972) 27
Cal.App.3d 682, 688 [“A statute should be interpreted so as to produce a result that is reasonable.
If two constructions are possible, that which leads to the more reasonable result should be
adopted.”].) Moreover, conditions have to be construed in accordance with its purpose and the
legislative intent. (See, e.g., Alford v. Pierno (1972) 27 Cal.App.3d 682, 688 [“One of the cardinal
rules of construction requires that words be given such interpretation as will promote rather than
defeat the general purpose and policy of the law. . . . In construing a statute, the court should
ascertain the intent of the Legislature so as to effectuate the purpose of the law.”].)
Courts “may not add to or alter [words of a statute] to accomplish a purpose that does not
appear on the face of the statute or from its legislative history” and that “[w]ords may not be
inserted in a statutory provision under the guise of interpretation.” (Watsonville Pilots Assn. v.
City of Watsonville (2010) 183 Cal.App.4th 1059, 1069 and Kirkwood v. Bank of America National
Trust & Savings Association (1954) 42 Cal.2d 333, 341.)
The plain language of Condition 22 provides that “[d]ata from permanent driveway
counters . . . will be used to calculate ADT” and “AM Peak Trips.” The manifest purpose of this
provision was to ensure that the ADT and AM Peak Trips—also established by driveway counts—
were not exceeded.
Neither Condition 22 nor any other condition authorizes the City to also monitor trips
through adding consideration of School-side street parking. (See, e.g., Keen v. City of Manhattan
Beach (2022) 77 Cal.App.5th 142, 148 [because a city ordinance permitting rental of residential
properties was silent regarding the duration of the rentals, the city “cannot credibly insist its
ordinances permit long-term residential rentals but have always banned short-term rentals. That
interpretation makes no sense.”].) Doing so would impermissibly and unlawfully add words to the
condition to accomplish a purpose that does not appear on its face or from the legislative history.
(Watsonville Pilots and Kirkwood, both supra [further prohibiting a legislative body from adding
words to a condition under the guise of interpretation].)
As noted by Staff, if the City’s intent were to include street parking in Project trip counts,
it would have required a monitoring and tracking system. (Staff Report, p. 5 [“To track and
monitor vehicles that are associated with the school, when they arrived, leave or are replaced with
another vehicle requires an extensive amount of human resources either by Castilleja staff, hired
consultants, or another approach that assumes a certain number [of] trips associated with on-street
parking.”].) Yet, such a system was never discussed nor imposed as a condition of approval of the
Project.
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Further, the streets surrounding the School are public streets. It would be impossible to
discern whether a car parked along the School frontage is associated with the School or not. While
Castilleja is precluded from parking or dropping off students outside of designated areas, the public
is not precluded from parking on the Castilleja side of the three public streets where parking is
allowed. (Staff Report, p. 6.) And relying on unsupported and unfounded “assumptions rather
than hard data,” as suggested by Staff, does not account for the fact that on-street parking can be
used by multiple users multiple times per day. (Staff Report, p. 6.) In short, construing the
conditions to include street parking as Project “trips” would produce an unreasonable result.
b. The City must act in a manner consistent with the School’s vested rights.
In California, “if a property owner has performed substantial work and incurred substantial
liabilities in good faith reliance upon a permit issued by the government, he acquires a vested
right.” (Avco Community Developers, Inc. v. South Coast Regional Com.,17 Cal. 3d 785 (1976).)
Furthermore, once a landowner has secured a vested right the government may not, by virtue of a
change in zoning laws or land use designation, prohibit or modify the use by which the permittee
relied on. (Id.; see also City of West Hollywood v. Beverly Towers, Inc., 52 Cal.3d 1184, 1192
(1991) [subsequently enacted ordinance imposing new conditions on condominium conversion
could not be enforced against property owners who had already obtained all discretionary permits
to convert multi-family housing buildings to condominiums].)
The City must apply existing conditions to the Project, not invent new conditions or
requirements or arbitrarily change the ones already imposed. As the California Court of Appeal
famously admonished a city in a similar situation involving an application for a use permit: “You
cannot change the rules in the middle of the game.” (Woody’s Group, Inc. v. City of Newport
Beach (2015) 233 Cal. App. 4th 1012, 1016 [writ of mandate issued, ordering a city council to set
aside its unlawful denial of a use permit application].) Similarly in Security National Guaranty,
Inc. v. California Coastal Commission (2008) 159 Cal.App.4th 402, 419-420, 422-423, the Court
of Appeal ruled that an administrative agency lacked jurisdiction to change existing land use laws
or to create new laws affecting the use under appeal. In reaching this conclusion, the court
reasoned that the applicant “was entitled to have its development proposal judged by the
standards in effect at the time of its application.” (Security National Guaranty, supra, 159
Cal.App.4th at 422; see also Citizens of Goleta Valley, supra, 52 Cal.3d at 574 [California
Supreme Court observes that requiring “a reexamination of basic land-use policy with every permit
application would impose an unnecessary and wasteful burden on local governments.”].)
The School has vested rights to implement the Project in accordance with the RLUA. The
conditions imposed on the RLUA specify that Project trips will be measured by driveway counters
and specify no other method to count Project trips. The Project is approved and the School has
relied on the approvals in expending millions of dollars to obtain necessary construction permits,
including the Building Permit for the underground garage, issued by the City in February of this
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year. The School has obtained vested rights, which cannot legally be infringed upon by any
subsequent modification or purported interpretation of the Project conditions.
c. The City cannot legally modify the Project’s conditions.
The City could only legally modify the conditions imposed on the Project approvals if it
were to find the School in violation of the conditions of approval or being operated in a manner
detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. (Palo Alto Municipal Code § 18.77.110.)
Even then, the Director must provide the School notice, an opportunity to abate, and an opportunity
to be heard. (Id.) The Director’s action on any such modification could be appealed, in which case
the Planning & Transportation Commission would make a recommendation to the City Council
for ultimate action.
It is well settled that any such action to modify or revoke an existing use permit infringes
on a fundamental vested right and thus is subject to independent review by a court. (Goat Hill
Tavern v. City of Costa Mesa (1992) 6 Cal.App.4th 1519, 1529 [observing that when rights are
“sufficiently personal, vested and important to preclude its extinction by a nonjudicial body,” a
trial court “must exercise its independent judgment on the evidence and find an abuse of discretion
if the findings are not supported by the weight of the evidence.”]; Malibu Mountains Recreation
Area v. County of Los Angeles (1998) 67 Cal.App.4th 359, 368 [court observes that “[a] CUP
creates a property right which may not be revoked without constitutional rights of due process.”].)
The School is not in violation of the conditions of approval or being operated in a manner
detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare. Thus, the City has no basis to attempt to
modify the Project conditions to require counting of street parking as “trips.” If the City were to
nonetheless do so, its actions would be subject to non-deferential review by a court.
d. Adding street parking to Project trip counts would lack a nexus to the Project
and would be unsupported by substantial evidence in the record.
As previously acknowledged by Staff, Castilleja has a successful track record of actually
reducing vehicle trips by nearly 30 percent between 2012 and 2019.5 In connection with the
Project, Castilleja will implement an even more robust TDMP that ties student enrollment
increases to current trip generation rates (no net new trips). As shown by the comprehensive
Environmental Impact Report (“EIR”) by the City’s expert environmental consultants, all
significant environmental impacts of the approved Project were reduced to a less than significant
5 (See, e.g., March 30, 2022 Staff Report to PTC, p. 63 [“Over nine years of fall and spring TDM
program monitoring, Castilleja has demonstrated the School is capable of reducing peak hour trips
and maintaining these reductions. Since the monitoring began in 2012, Castilleja has achieved a
reduction of 28% of the trips in the morning peak hour.”].)
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level. This includes traffic impacts to Emerson Street (between Melville Avenue and Embarcadero
Road) which the EIR found would be mitigated to a less than significant level by Mitigation
Measure 7a which allowed adherence to even higher trips than allowed by Project conditions and
monitoring of those trips by “traffic counting devices at each project site driveway . . .” For
instance, while Mitigation Measure 7a caps trips at 1,296 ADT and 440 AM peak hour trips,
Condition 22 caps trips at 1,198 ADT and 383 AM peak hour trips to ensure “no net new trips.”
The baseline trips were based on driveway counts. The Project trips are likewise measured
by driveway counts per Condition 22. Modifying the Project trip calculation would lack a nexus
to the specified condition of ensuring no net new trips. (See, e.g., Anza Parking Corp. v. City of
Burlingame (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 855, 861 [Court of Appeal observes that “[n]o local
governmental body . . . may condition the issuance of any use permit for any purpose not
reasonably related to the use of the property for which the use permit is requested.”] and Liberty
v. California Coastal Commission (1980) 113 Cal.App.3d 491, 502-504 [condition requiring
restaurant owner to provide parking for visitors and non-customer beach goers and other
commercial uses was struck down as unreasonable and unfair].)
Likewise, there is no evidence, let alone substantial evidence, that modifying the
calculation of Project trips to add street parking is necessary to ensure “no net new trips” or to
address any significant environmental impact. The EIR and resulting studies prepared by the
City’s expert environmental consultants provide substantial and unrefuted evidence to the
contrary—that the Project as proposed will not result in significant traffic impacts and will achieve
the no net new trip standard. Substantial evidence is defined as evidence of “ponderable legal
significance . . . reasonable in nature, credible, and of solid value.” (Lucas Valley Homeowners
Assn. v. County of Marin (1991) 233 Cal.App.3d 130, 142.) Substantial evidence includes “fact, a
reasonable assumption predicted upon fact, or expert opinion supported by fact.” (Public
Resources Code § 21080(e).) Substantial evidence does not include “argument, speculation,
unsubstantiated opinion or narrative, [or] evidence that is clearly inaccurate or erroneous . . ..”
(Id.)
Mitigation Measure 7a requires trip generation monitoring by driveway counters. That
adopted mitigation measure cannot legally be modified without re-opening CEQA review. (Napa
Citizens for Honest Government v. Napa County Board of Supervisors (2001) 91 Cal.App.4th 342,
359 [agency must have “legitimate reasons” supported by substantial evidence for modifying
adopted mitigation measures]; Lincoln Place Tenants Assn. v. City of Los Angeles (2005) 130
Cal.App.4th 1491, 1509 [previously adopted mitigation measures cannot be modified or deleted
without a showing that it is infeasible to implement them as shown in a supplemental EIR
supported by substantial evidence].) The City has not and cannot make the requisite findings
supported by substantial evidence to modify Mitigation Measure 7a. Thus, any attempt by the City
to modify this measure would be invalid and unenforceable. (Napa Citizens, supra, 91
Cal.App.4th at 359.)
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e. Modifying conditions to add street parking to Project trip counts would
infringe on the School’s constitutionally protected rights.
There is no requirement that the School include street parking in its Project trip counts. It
does not appear that the City has imposed such a condition on any other comparable use either.
Thus, imposition of any such condition on Castilleja would not only infringe on the fundamental
right to education but also raise concerns of arbitrary/irrational and unequal treatment.
In Arnel Development Co. v. City of Costa Mesa (1981) 126 Cal.App.3d 330, 337, the
Court of Appeal ruled that enactment of an ordinance downzoning certain property was arbitrary
and discriminatory where enacted without considering appropriate planning or land use criteria
and for the sole and specific purpose of defeating a single development proposal.6 (See also Del
Monte Dunes, Ltd. v. City of Monterey (9th Cir. 1990) 920 F.2d 1496, 1508 [federal court finds
local agency’s land use decision, motivated by “political pressure from neighbors” instead of
legitimate regulatory concerns, to support a substantive due process claim].)
“[A] deliberate, irrational discrimination, even if it is against one person (or other entity)
rather than a group, is actionable under the equal protection clause.” (World Outreach Conference
Center v. City of Chicago (7th Cir. 2009) 591 F.3d 531, 538.) Recognizing the fact that Castilleja
is an all-girls school, such unequal treatment could implicate heightened scrutiny by a reviewing
court. (City of Cleburne v. Cleburne Living Center (1985) 473 U.S. 432, 440-441 [“Legislative
classifications based on gender also call for a heightened standard of review. . . . A gender
classification fails unless it is substantially related to a sufficiently important governmental
interest.”]; Academy of Our Lady of Peace v. San Diego 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191020 [court
denied city’s summary judgment motion as to equal protection claim filed by an all-girls school in
connection with the city’s denial of permits to modernize its campus, reasoning the school had
produced sufficient evidence demonstrating that the city had intentionally treated the school
differently than other similarly situated property owners].)7
Subjecting the School to different or more burdensome requirements than imposed on
similarly situated property owners would deprive Castilleja of its constitutionally protected rights
to due process and equal protection under the law. Such apparently arbitrary and discriminatory
unconstitutional treatment would unnecessarily expose the City to the risk of litigation, and a
potential award of damages and attorneys’ fees.
6 The Arnel court noted that the ordinance was “not rationally related to the general regional
public welfare, but, at best, to conserving the interests of the adjoining property owners and
residents of the immediate area.” (126 Cal.App.3d at 337.)
7 Government Code Section 65008 also prohibits any zoning or planning action by a local
government that denies any individual or group the enjoyment of residence, landownership, or any
other land use because of, among other factors, their gender.
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The City has conferred final discretionary approvals on the School’s Project. As such, the
Project cannot now be made subject to further public review or have new or expanded conditions
imposed on it based on the need for subsequent ministerial Project approvals, such as approval of
the TDMP. The TDMP fully complies with the Project conditions and thus must be approved.
Thank you for your consideration of our client’s views on this important matter. Please
feel free to contact me (at 650-798-5669) or my co-counsel Mindie Romanowsky (at 650-324-
9300, ext. 1150) should you have any questions regarding the contents of this letter.
RUTAN & TUCKER, LLP
Matthew D. Francois
MDF:bb
cc: Kathy Layendecker, Head of School, Castilleja
Mindie Romanowsky, co-counsel, Jorgensen, Siegel, McClure, & Flegel
Jonathan Lait, Planning Director
Molly Stump, City Attorney
Robert Eckols, Fehr & Peers
Kenny Jeong, W-Trans
EXHIBIT A
60 S. Market Street | Suite 700 | San José, CA 95113 | (408) 278-1700 | Fax (408) 278-1717 www.fehrandpeers.com
Memorandum
Date: August 14, 2024
To: Mindie S. Romanowsky Jorgenson, Siegel, McClure & Flegel, LLP
Matthew Francois, Rutan and Tucker
From: Robert Eckols, Principal
Subject: Trip Monitoring for Castilleja School Perimeter Parking
SJ24-2276
Fehr & Peers has provided Castilleja School with transportation planning & engineering services
since the spring of 2012 when we began to monitor morning peak hour vehicle trip activity at the
school’s driveways. In June, 2022 Castilleja was approved for a new Conditional Use Permit (CUP)
which prescribes that if/when the school increases enrollment, it is limited 383 vehicle trips
during the morning peak arrival hour and 1,198 average daily trips (ADT), to be measured with
driveway counts. Since then, Fehr & Peers has monitored Castilleja School trip activity (i.e., AM
Peak Trips and Average Daily Trips) in accordance with the Conditions set forth in the CUP.
Recently, a question has arisen as to whether, in addition to driveway counts for trip monitoring,
on-street public parallel parking along the three frontages of the school property should be
included in trip counts. In order to determine the legitimacy and efficacy of including public on-
street parking to the on-going driveway monitoring as a means to measure Castilleja’s
compliance with the trip cap thresholds set forth in the CUP (i.e. no new net trips), several factors
must be considered, including:
1. Underlying Data Used to Establish Trip Caps;
2. The Conditional Use Permit- Conditions of Approval;
3. On-Street Parking Vehicle Trips Data Collection Methodology; and
4. On-Street Parking was a Background Condition; Monitoring Driveway Trips Captures the
Relative Change in Peak Arrival and Daily Trips.
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Underlying Data Use to Establish Trip Caps
In connection with Castilleja’s master plan and CUP application, a traffic impact analysis (TIA) was
prepared by the City of Palo Alto’s transportation consultant W-Trans. It is industry practice to use
trip generation rates from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Trip Generation Manual.
These rates are generic rates based on empirical surveys throughout the United States. However,
ITE recommends that the best way to estimate trip generation is by surveying a similar type of
use. Since the school was already in operation, a survey was conducted by W-Trans at the school
to capture the existing trip generation. The surveyed trip generation rates for the school were
used in the traffic impact analysis and, ultimately, to establish the peak hour and daily trip caps
included in Condition of Approval 22, summarized below.
The methodology used to collect the existing trip generation data is described in the
Transportation Impact Analysis (TIA) on Page 18 as follows: “Thus, to calculate the school’s trip
generation rate, a survey was conducted at the school during a typical non-holiday period in
January, 2017." There was no further explanation of the study methodology provided in the text
of the TIA and the raw count data was not presented in the TIA appendices. Thus, to further
understand data collection methodology, Fehr & Peers requested the count data from W-Trans
that was used to establish the morning peak hour and daily trip caps. The W-Trans raw survey
count data is included with this memo as Attachment A.
Based on the raw data, there were 12 surveyors stationed (see Figure 1) at the 11 driveways
(locations 2 – 12) and loading areas that serve vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians, and one
bicycle/pedestrian entrance on Embarcadero Road (location 1). The surveyors recorded the
number of vehicles, pedestrians, and bicyclists entering and exiting the campus every 15-minutes
between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM.
Based on Fehr & Peers’ review of the W-Trans raw survey data, the vehicle trips generated by the
on-street parking were NOT included in the data collection or calculation of the school’s trip
generation. The City’s traffic consultant, W-Trans, has also verified that the on-street parking was
not included in the calculation of the school’s trip generation. A letter from W-Trans to Fehr &
Peers regarding the data collection methodology they used to establish the existing trips
generated by the school in 2017 is included as Attachment B. Because the Castilleja trip caps
were established using driveway counts, the conditions of approval specifically require placement
of permanent driveway counters to verify compliance with the trip established peak hour and
daily trips caps.
The trip caps developed by City staff using the trip generation data described in the TIA did not
include on-street parking vehicle trips. If the monitoring data collection methodology is changed
to include on-street parking vehicle trips, the trip caps would need to be adjusted upward to align
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the trips caps with the new data to account for the existing on-street parking vehicle trips at the
time the original counts were collected.
Conditional Use Permit – Conditions of Approval
In accordance with the survey findings in the TIA , the City adopted Conditions of Approval 22 b,
d, and e , which set forth the only mechanisms (i.e., permanent driveway counters) in the CUP to
account for vehicle trips, as follows:
Figure 1: Castilleja School Access/Egress Points, Palo Alto, CA
Source: W-Trans Consultants
“b. Data from permanent driveway counters placed at all entrance and exit driveways will
be used to calculate ADT. Refer to condition 24 regarding the monitoring report for the
ways ADT shall be calculated. A violation of the ADT target occurs when the average daily
trip for a reporting period exceeds 1,198 trips.”
“d. Data from permanent driveway counters placed at all entrance and exit driveways will
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be used to calculate AM Peak Trips. Refer to condition 24 regarding the monitoring report
for the ways ADT shall be calculated. A violation of the AM Peak Trips target occurs when
the average AM Peak trip for a reporting period exceeds 383 trips.”
“e. The School shall install permanent vehicle counter devices at the entrance/exit of all
drop off locations on campus, surface parking lots, and the subterranean garage to count
the number of vehicle trips arriving to the campus and exiting each day.”
The City adopted Conditions of Approval 24 a – r describes in detail what the TDM monitoring
reports shall contain. Conditional of Approval 24 includes the following sections:
“b. Include the following data and metrics:
i. driveway volume counts by 15-minute increments (raw counter data);
x. an electronically transmitted appendix to the report containing the raw data
from the driveway counting devices for the monitoring period.”
“d. Driveway Counting Device: Describe installation, calibration methods, function and
proposed maintenance of permanent traffic counting devices. Describe how records of
traffic counts are to be preserved electronically and frequency of posting of this data to
the School’s website for accessibility to City officials and the public.” [referenced in COA
#22 b, d, and e above]
In COA #22 there are 15 itemized requirements for the TDM Plan. In COA #24 there are 30
itemized components that are required to be included in the TDM monitoring reports. There is
only one item in COA 24# related to parking, which reads:
“b. Include the following data and metrics:
vii. parking conditions (number of spaces within the garage used, number of spaces
within surface lots used, extent (counts) of on-street parking adjacent to the
school and in the expanded parking study area.
This statement is a reference to parking occupancy (number of vehicles) counts in the parking
structure, surface lots, and on-street spaces. The on-street parking occupancy counts are included
in the monitoring to determine the number of vehicles parked on the adjacent street frontages
and if spillover parking is occurring on neighborhood streets in the expanded parking study area.
The parking occupancy counts are not related to trip generation. The vehicle trips to the parking
structure and surface lots are captured by the driveways counts; however, there are no references
to vehicle trips made by vehicles that use the on-street parking.
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On-Street Parking Vehicle Trips Data Collection Methodology
Collecting the number of vehicle trips associated with the on-street parking and attributing them
to the school, is unsupported by the TIA and the conditions of approval do not set forth a
protocol nor mechanism for including on- street public parking to trip monitoring. For context, to
capture the number of school trips generated by the on-street parking, it is necessary to have
daily surveyors located on each street frontage to observe each vehicle when it parks. Because the
on-street parking is public parking, the surveyor would need to identify each drivers’ origin or
destination and whether it was the school campus or elsewhere. This requires observing where
each driver comes from or goes to. This is easier to accomplish when a vehicle arrives at the on-
street parking but is more difficult to monitor when the driver returns to the vehicle. An
alternative approach to collecting this information would be for the surveyor to ask the driver
about their destination or origin, which is called an “intercept survey,” which was NOT a condition
of approval for the Castilleja project.
The original TIA surveys were conducted between 6:00 AM and 7:00 PM (13 hours) to establish
the AM peak hour and the daily cap. By comparison, to capture vehicle trips associated with the
on-street parking, standard for the industry would require three to five surveyors during the AM
peak arrival and PM departure periods and a minimum of three surveyors would be required on-
site during the mid-day period, one to monitor each frontage on Bryant Avenue, Kellogg Street,
and Emerson Avenue. These parameters were not called out in the TIA or the CUP.
On-Street Parking was a Background Condition / Monitoring Driveway Trips Captures the Relative Change in Peak Arrival and Daily Trips
The data collection methodology used to establish the AM peak hour and daily trip caps
did not collect the number of vehicles trips associated with the on-street parking; rather
these parking spaces were considered a background condition. Because there are no
proposed or planned changes to the on-street public parking in terms of the number of
available spaces or time limits, the trips associated with the on-street parking are a
constant. Thus, not including the parking spaces does NOT impair the ability to monitor
vehicle trips at the campus. The driveway counts serve that purpose.
By monitoring vehicle trips at driveways and loading areas with the required automated
sensors, any change in either the AM peak hour or daily trips at the school is captured
and reported. The monitoring procedure established by the Conditions of Approval
provides the information needed to monitor the performance of the school’s TDM
programs and compliance with the no net new trip standard. As is evident in the historical
trip monitoring reports provided to the City, the use of driveway counts is consistent with
how trips have been monitored at the school since 2012.
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Conclusions
• Fehr & Peers was able to confirm that original surveys of the Castilleja campus in 2017
did not capture the on-street parking vehicle trips; therefore, the trip caps established by
the City of Palo Alto in the Conditions of Approval do not account for the on-street
parking vehicles trips.
• If the monitoring methodology is changed to include vehicle trips using the on-street
parking, both the AM peak hour and daily trip caps must be revised (increased) to
account for these trips.
• There are no proposed or planned changes to the on-street public parking in terms of the
number of spaces or time limits; therefore, the TIA correctly assumed that the trips
associated with the on-street parking are a constant. By assuming that the trips
associated with the on-street parking are a constant, monitoring driveway trips activity
accurately captures the relative change in the peak arrival hour and daily trips, which can
be compared to the trip caps in the CUP that require “no net new trips.”
ATTACHMENT A
W-TRANS DRIVEWAY DATA 2017
• Location of Survey Stations
• Vehicle Counts – Wednesday & Thursday
• Pedestrian Counts – Wednesday & Thursday
• Bicycle Counts – Wednesday & Thursday
CASTILLEJA SCHOOL ACCESS/EGRESS POINTS, PALO ALTO, CA
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13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
VEHICLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3630-645 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0700-715 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0715-730 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1
730-745 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 3745-800 0 0 7 1 5 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 7800-815 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 12 12815-830 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12 4830-845 0 0 3 0 48 1 0 0 0 36 16 0 0 12 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 73 50
845-900 0 0 7 3 28 0 0 0 0 43 29 0 0 33 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 15 9 82 90900-915 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 6915-930 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0930-945 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1945-1000 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 3
1000-1015 0 0 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 4 81015-1030 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11030-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 2 4 51045-1100 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 81100-1115 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 12 10
1115-1130 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31130-1145 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 41145-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 11200-1215 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 3 51215-1230 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2
1230-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 01245-100 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 7 3100-115 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1130-145 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 4
145-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1200-215 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 4215-230 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4230-245 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2245-300 0 0 4 2 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
300-315 0 0 16 8 12 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 40 16315-330 0 0 4 9 20 0 0 0 0 35 22 0 0 21 3 1 0 3 0 8 0 0 2 7 51 84330-345 0 0 1 8 6 0 0 0 0 12 9 0 0 11 4 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 7 20 46345-400 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 4 6 0 0 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 16 16400-415 0 0 12 4 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 18 11
415-430 0 0 7 14 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 3 3 16 23430-445 0 0 4 3 4 0 0 0 0 6 6 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 17 17445-500 0 0 7 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 7 0 0 8 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 7 25 28500-515 0 0 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 0 0 11 2 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 3 19 29515-530 0 0 7 5 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 17 13
530-545 0 0 1 8 2 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 9 15545-600 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 5 3 14 16600-615 0 0 1 4 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 6 7 23615-630 0 0 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7630-645 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 4 0 14 8645-700 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 9 1 26 20
Total Daily Trips 0 0 147 142 179 3 0 0 1 179 142 0 0 135 86 13 1 26 1 61 0 0 82 68 639 627
LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 4 LOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3
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13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
VEHICLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5615-715 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 5630-730 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 3645-745 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 12 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 25 4
700-800 0 0 10 1 13 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 5 16 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 44 11715-815 0 0 11 2 19 0 0 0 0 11 5 0 0 5 19 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 201 23730-830 0 0 10 2 26 0 0 0 0 14 8 0 0 6 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 59 26745-845 0 0 12 2 68 1 0 0 0 50 22 0 0 16 14 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6 0 122 73800-900 0 0 12 4 91 1 0 0 0 90 48 0 0 46 7 0 0 2 0 4 0 0 21 9 179 156
815-915 0 0 14 3 84 1 0 0 0 82 49 0 0 49 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 21 9 172 150830-930 0 0 15 3 76 1 0 0 0 79 47 0 0 48 4 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 21 9 163 146845-945 0 0 13 4 28 0 0 0 0 43 31 0 0 36 4 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 17 9 93 97900-1000 0 0 7 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 5 0 19 10915-1015 0 0 5 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 18 12
930-1030 0 0 5 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 16 13945-1045 0 0 4 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 5 17 171000-1100 0 0 9 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 7 17 221015-1115 0 0 13 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 7 25 241030-1130 0 0 12 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 8 7 24 26
1045-1145 0 0 13 16 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 23 251100-1200 0 0 7 10 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 6 4 17 181115-1215 0 0 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 131130-1230 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 121145-1245 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 8
1200-100 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 13 101215-115 0 0 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 10 91230-130 0 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 9 81245-145 0 0 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 11 12100-200 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 10
115-215 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 10130-230 0 0 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 1 11 13145-245 0 0 8 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 10 11200-300 0 0 12 7 6 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 2 21 13215-230 0 0 27 13 18 0 0 0 0 5 7 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 2 1 58 25
230-245 0 0 26 19 38 0 0 0 0 40 29 0 0 21 7 2 0 6 0 9 0 0 4 8 104 105245-345 0 0 25 27 44 0 0 0 0 52 38 0 0 32 11 2 0 6 0 16 0 0 4 14 122 149300-400 0 0 24 27 39 2 0 0 1 55 43 0 0 37 13 2 0 7 0 17 0 0 7 15 127 162315-415 0 0 20 23 29 2 0 0 1 54 41 0 0 40 9 1 0 5 0 17 0 0 5 15 105 157330-430 0 0 23 28 12 2 0 0 1 21 20 0 0 20 7 0 1 3 0 11 0 0 6 11 70 96
345-445 0 0 26 23 10 2 0 0 1 15 17 0 0 12 3 0 1 3 0 5 0 0 9 7 67 67400-500 0 0 30 26 16 0 0 0 0 14 18 0 0 15 2 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 9 13 76 79415-515 0 0 26 28 15 0 0 0 0 15 21 0 0 23 4 1 1 3 0 11 0 0 10 16 77 97430-530 0 0 26 19 14 0 0 0 0 16 23 0 0 25 7 2 0 2 0 10 0 0 8 13 78 87445-545 0 0 23 24 12 0 0 0 0 11 19 0 0 26 8 2 0 1 0 11 0 0 8 10 70 85
500-600 0 0 21 26 6 0 0 0 0 9 14 0 0 21 16 1 0 1 0 15 0 0 14 4 71 77515-615 0 0 9 16 7 0 0 0 0 8 6 0 0 7 8 2 0 1 1 7 0 0 9 3 40 44530-630 0 0 3 15 7 0 0 0 0 7 7 0 0 9 4 3 0 3 1 8 0 0 8 9 30 54545-645 0 0 6 14 5 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 0 5 3 3 0 3 1 6 0 0 5 9 25 46600-700 0 0 6 14 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 6 7 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 6 25 38
LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 4 LOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
VEHICLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0700-715 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 7715-730 0 0 3 1 5 0 0 0 0 24 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 13 29
730-745 0 0 6 1 45 0 0 0 0 59 15 0 0 10 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 79 70745-800 0 0 6 3 37 0 0 0 0 2 33 0 0 34 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13 0 95 40800-815 0 0 5 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 14 15815-830 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1830-845 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
845-900 0 0 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6 3 14 9900-915 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0915-930 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1930-945 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 2945-1000 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
1000-1015 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 01015-1030 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21030-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01045-1100 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 41100-1115 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2
1115-1130 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 51130-1145 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 61145-1200 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 41200-1215 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 41215-1230 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 3 4
1230-1245 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 21245-100 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2100-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1130-145 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2
145-200 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 4200-215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2215-230 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 5230-245 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2245-300 0 0 4 2 7 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 14 14
300-315 0 0 6 1 6 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 0 13 3 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 2 33 24315-330 0 0 3 5 18 0 0 0 0 21 16 0 0 15 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 6 40 51330-345 0 0 3 6 8 0 0 0 0 8 9 0 0 12 3 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 1 6 24 37345-400 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 5 14 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 22 12400-415 0 0 4 7 4 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 8 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 18 22
415-430 0 0 5 6 4 0 0 0 0 4 12 0 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 24 18430-445 0 0 2 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 9 3 5 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 4 13 29445-500 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 6 0 0 8 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 1 13 18500-515 0 0 3 3 11 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 22 24515-530 0 0 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 4 18 23
530-545 0 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 4 0 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 16 13545-600 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 4 11 15600-615 0 0 2 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 7 16615-630 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 10630-645 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3645-700 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5 3
0 0 100 97 174 0 0 0 0 172 159 0 0 155 62 7 0 22 2 49 0 0 69 61 566 563
LOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALS
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
VEHICLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1615-715 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 7 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 8630-730 0 0 3 1 8 0 0 0 0 31 4 0 0 2 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 25 37645-745 0 0 9 2 53 0 0 0 0 90 19 0 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 101 106
700-800 0 0 15 5 90 0 0 0 0 92 52 0 0 45 16 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 22 0 195 146715-815 0 0 20 10 90 0 0 0 0 86 52 0 0 51 15 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 24 1 201 154730-830 0 0 17 10 85 0 0 0 0 62 51 0 0 50 15 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 22 1 190 126745-845 0 0 11 9 40 0 0 0 0 4 36 0 0 41 10 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 15 1 112 58800-900 0 0 10 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 8 5 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 8 4 31 27
815-915 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 3 19 12830-930 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 3 2 1 0 0 6 3 19 12845-945 0 0 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 0 7 3 22 12900-1000 0 0 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 1 0 14 4915-1015 0 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 15 4
930-1030 0 0 9 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 13 5945-1045 0 0 6 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 31000-1100 0 0 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 61015-1115 0 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 81030-1130 0 0 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 7 11
1045-1145 0 0 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 6 10 171100-1200 0 0 6 9 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 12 171115-1215 0 0 5 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 12 191130-1230 0 0 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 13 181145-1245 0 0 2 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 7 2 11 14
1200-100 0 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 3 7 121215-115 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 5 5 101230-130 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 2 71245-145 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 3 7100-200 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 5 9
115-215 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 4 4 9130-230 0 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 5 7 13145-245 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 5 6 13200-300 0 0 5 4 9 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 1 6 18 23215-230 0 0 11 5 15 0 0 0 0 10 18 0 0 14 5 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 2 7 51 45
230-245 0 0 14 8 31 0 0 0 0 31 34 0 0 29 6 1 0 4 0 6 0 0 3 12 88 91245-345 0 0 16 14 39 0 0 0 0 39 43 0 0 41 9 1 0 4 0 9 0 0 4 18 111 126300-400 0 0 13 13 37 0 0 0 0 37 56 0 0 45 9 1 0 4 0 10 0 0 4 14 119 124315-415 0 0 11 19 35 0 0 0 0 36 44 0 0 40 9 0 0 3 0 12 0 0 5 12 104 122330-430 0 0 13 20 21 0 0 0 0 19 40 0 0 30 9 0 0 5 0 9 0 0 5 6 88 89
345-445 0 0 12 17 15 0 0 0 0 14 34 0 0 27 9 5 0 8 0 6 0 0 7 4 77 81400-500 0 0 12 17 11 0 0 0 0 13 26 0 0 30 10 5 0 9 0 8 0 0 9 5 68 87415-515 0 0 11 13 18 0 0 0 0 18 27 0 0 29 7 5 0 7 0 6 0 0 9 11 72 89430-530 0 0 12 13 15 0 0 0 0 16 19 0 0 31 11 5 0 5 0 9 0 0 9 15 66 94445-545 0 0 17 14 14 0 0 0 0 16 20 0 0 27 10 0 0 1 0 9 0 0 8 11 69 78
500-600 0 0 18 15 14 0 0 0 0 13 14 0 0 19 8 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 7 10 67 75515-615 0 0 116 110 178 0 0 0 0 179 169 0 0 169 72 7 0 22 2 58 0 0 74 69 52 67530-630 0 0 12 12 4 0 0 0 0 6 9 0 0 10 4 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 5 7 36 54545-645 0 0 5 15 4 0 0 0 0 3 5 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 4 8 25 44600-700 0 0 3 12 4 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 4 4 19 32
HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8 LOC 9 LOC 10
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1700-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0715-730 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 2
730-745 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 1745-800 2 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 3 2 0 0 4 1 23 4800-815 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 1 15 1815-830 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 1830-845 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 21 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 31 5
845-900 4 0 0 1 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 1 0 3 1 6 4 8 0 6 0 60 6900-915 1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 15 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 20915-930 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2930-945 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0945-1000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3
1000-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 01015-1030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 211030-1045 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 11045-1100 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 11100-1115 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 21 4
1115-1130 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 71130-1145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 31145-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 11200-1215 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 31215-1230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 6 3
1230-1245 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21245-100 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 3100-115 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 3115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1130-145 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
145-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 4 3200-215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 2215-230 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 5 2230-245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1245-300 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 13
300-315 0 0 2 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 18315-330 0 4 2 2 1 0 4 24 1 8 2 2 1 4 0 0 0 1 4 13 1 6 2 2 18 66330-345 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 2 3 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 4 0 0 7 30345-400 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 10 13 0 0 0 15 22400-415 0 0 2 2 0 0 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 11 2 0 0 0 0 18 12
415-430 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 5 12430-445 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 2 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 10445-500 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 2 0 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 6 0 2 1 6 10 27500-515 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 7 13515-530 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 4 1 6 7
530-545 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7545-600 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 8600-615 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 5 4615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 4630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 1645-700 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 3 0 0 9 0 3 0 1 1 22 5
LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1615-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1630-730 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 3645-745 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 3 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 17 4
700-800 2 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 7 1 4 1 4 0 4 1 3 2 2 0 6 1 38 7715-815 2 1 1 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 9 1 4 1 4 0 4 1 6 2 5 0 6 2 53 8730-830 3 0 1 0 4 0 8 1 0 0 8 0 3 1 3 0 3 1 6 2 3 0 9 2 51 7745-845 3 0 1 1 4 0 13 1 0 0 5 0 23 2 2 2 3 0 8 3 3 0 9 2 74 11800-900 5 0 1 2 1 0 27 1 0 0 2 0 37 1 2 2 3 1 11 5 11 0 11 1 111 13
815-915 6 3 0 3 1 0 22 1 0 0 0 15 38 2 3 2 3 1 9 5 8 0 11 0 101 32830-930 6 3 0 3 1 0 22 0 0 0 0 15 37 2 3 2 3 2 9 5 8 0 8 1 97 33845-945 6 3 1 2 1 0 17 0 0 0 0 15 16 1 2 0 3 2 7 4 8 0 6 1 67 28900-1000 5 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 18 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 28 25915-1015 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 24 5
930-1030 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 22 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26 24945-1045 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 18 22 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 30 251000-1100 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 19 0 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 13 231015-1115 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 2 0 0 19 19 1 1 5 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 33 271030-1130 0 0 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 1 1 3 4 1 3 1 1 1 0 0 3 2 36 13
1045-1145 0 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 1 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 3 32 151100-1200 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 20 2 1 3 3 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 3 31 151115-1215 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 1 3 11 141130-1230 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 11 101145-1245 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 13 9
1200-100 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 3 1 12 111215-115 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 2 1 1 3 0 1 4 1 14 111230-130 2 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 8 91245-145 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 2 0 7 7100-200 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 9 7
115-215 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 7 6130-230 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 3 2 12 7145-245 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 2 1 1 3 2 13 8200-300 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 12 4 2 0 0 2 1 10 18215-230 0 2 3 5 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 5 1 0 0 0 1 11 3 3 0 0 2 4 11 34
230-245 0 5 4 7 1 0 4 28 1 8 2 7 2 4 0 0 1 12 5 16 1 6 3 5 24 98245-345 0 5 5 11 1 0 4 34 3 11 2 7 2 7 0 0 1 12 7 25 1 10 2 5 28 127300-400 1 6 5 11 1 0 4 37 3 15 2 8 2 8 0 0 0 2 8 34 14 10 2 5 42 136315-415 1 6 5 8 1 0 5 35 5 16 3 6 2 11 0 0 1 2 19 34 14 10 2 2 58 130330-430 1 3 3 6 0 0 3 14 4 9 1 5 1 8 0 0 2 2 16 21 14 6 0 2 45 76
345-445 2 3 2 3 1 1 4 10 2 10 1 5 1 5 0 0 2 2 13 12 14 2 0 3 42 56400-500 1 4 4 4 1 3 6 9 2 8 2 4 2 6 2 1 2 1 13 8 1 4 1 9 37 61415-515 1 4 3 2 2 3 5 10 0 7 2 2 2 8 3 1 1 1 3 10 1 4 3 10 26 62430-530 1 4 3 4 2 3 3 7 0 6 2 1 3 8 3 1 0 0 3 11 0 3 7 9 27 57445-545 0 4 4 5 1 2 2 7 0 2 2 0 2 9 3 2 0 1 3 11 0 3 7 8 24 54
500-600 0 1 4 4 1 0 2 6 0 0 1 0 6 7 1 4 0 1 11 5 3 1 7 3 36 32515-615 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 3 5 1 8 22530-630 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 4 1 3 2 0 7 19545-645 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 1 4 2 3 2 0 8 16600-700 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 3 2 1 1 0 13 9
LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8 LOC 9 LOC 10HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0700-715 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1715-730 0 1 1 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 18 2
730-745 1 0 1 0 2 0 31 1 2 0 3 0 12 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 55 5745-800 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 29 0 0 0 2 0 18 3 12 0 5 0 75 3800-815 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 13 2815-830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 1830-845 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1
845-900 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0900-915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 0915-930 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 3 3930-945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 6 2945-1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3
1000-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 21015-1030 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 01030-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 31045-1100 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 11100-1115 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 5
1115-1130 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 11130-1145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 31145-1200 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 41200-1215 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 21215-1230 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 7 2
1230-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 5 11245-100 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1100-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 2115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1130-145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 3
145-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 3 1 1 3 6200-215 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4215-230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2230-245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 2 9245-300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 2 2 5 21
300-315 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 9 5 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 4 7 0 6 0 8 16 38315-330 0 6 0 1 0 0 2 12 0 8 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 3 2 2 0 11 13 44330-345 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 3 6 0 1 2 0 9 15345-400 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 2 0 11 9400-415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 9 5
415-430 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 3 3 6 13430-445 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 2 2 15445-500 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 4 2 0 3 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 2 0 1 8 19500-515 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 2 0 1 2 7 0 1 2 1 2 3 0 2 10 22515-530 0 2 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 12
530-545 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 4545-600 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 4 3 9 17600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 6 2 1 4 13615-630 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2645-700 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 8
LOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALS
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
PEDESTRIAN COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0615-715 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 1630-730 0 1 1 0 3 1 10 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 29 3645-745 1 1 2 0 5 1 41 2 2 0 7 0 14 1 2 1 2 0 3 1 4 1 1 0 84 8
700-800 5 1 3 0 5 1 41 2 5 0 7 0 42 1 2 1 3 0 21 4 16 1 6 0 156 11715-815 6 1 3 0 5 0 38 2 6 0 9 0 44 2 1 1 2 0 21 5 17 1 9 0 161 12730-830 6 0 2 0 3 0 31 2 6 0 7 0 44 2 1 1 2 0 22 5 13 1 9 0 146 11745-845 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 32 1 0 0 2 0 20 5 13 0 10 0 93 7800-900 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 0 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 6 0 25 4
815-915 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 4 0 17 2830-930 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 1 3 0 17 4845-945 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 4 2 3 1 21 5900-1000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2 4 2 2 2 14 8915-1015 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2 2 3 1 2 10 10
930-1030 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 10 7945-1045 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 1 5 81000-1100 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 9 61015-1115 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9 91030-1130 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 8 10
1045-1145 0 1 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 9 101100-1200 1 1 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 2 6 131115-1215 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 7 101130-1230 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 1 2 3 0 2 2 12 111145-1245 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 0 1 1 2 4 1 3 2 15 9
1200-100 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 4 1 3 1 17 61215-115 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 2 4 1 4 1 18 61230-130 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 2 2 1 2 0 12 51245-145 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 1 8 7100-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 3 3 2 8 12
115-215 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 3 2 2 7 14130-230 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 8 15145-245 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 7 9 21200-300 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 2 0 1 2 6 0 1 1 1 1 5 0 3 4 8 11 36215-230 0 1 1 2 0 0 4 17 8 3 0 2 1 4 0 1 2 3 5 12 0 9 4 16 25 70
230-245 0 7 1 3 0 0 6 29 7 11 5 2 1 5 0 1 2 3 9 15 2 11 3 25 36 112245-345 0 9 1 3 0 1 6 31 10 11 5 2 1 6 0 0 3 3 11 19 2 12 4 21 43 118300-400 0 9 2 3 0 1 6 24 10 13 6 2 0 6 0 0 4 3 14 17 3 9 4 19 49 106315-415 0 8 1 1 0 1 2 15 5 13 8 1 0 7 0 0 3 2 12 10 3 3 8 12 42 73330-430 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 11 5 1 0 6 0 0 3 3 9 8 1 2 11 4 35 42
345-445 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 10 5 2 0 8 0 0 2 2 6 2 1 5 10 6 28 42400-500 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 4 1 12 8 4 0 7 0 2 2 3 4 1 1 7 8 7 25 52415-515 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 5 1 15 10 5 0 7 2 9 1 3 4 2 3 10 4 8 26 69430-530 0 4 2 7 0 0 0 7 1 9 8 5 3 7 3 9 1 4 3 1 3 9 1 6 25 68445-545 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 5 1 9 8 4 3 5 3 9 1 4 4 2 4 5 0 5 26 57
500-600 0 3 2 6 0 0 0 7 0 5 4 3 3 2 3 7 3 3 3 2 3 4 0 4 21 46515-615 0 2 3 8 0 0 0 3 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 4 4 5 17 33530-630 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 5 2 2 0 0 1 4 1 10 6 5 16 34545-645 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 10 6 4 13 31600-700 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 7 2 1 5 16
HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8 LOC 9 LOC 10
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
BICYCLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0700-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0715-730 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
730-745 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0745-800 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0800-815 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0815-830 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0830-845 7 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 17 0
845-900 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 14 0900-915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0915-930 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0930-945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0945-1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1000-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01015-1030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01030-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01045-1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11100-1115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1115-1130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11130-1145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 01145-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01200-1215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01215-1230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1230-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01245-100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0100-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0130-145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
145-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0200-215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0215-230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0230-245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1245-300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
300-315 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2315-330 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 17330-345 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5345-400 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1400-415 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
415-430 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6430-445 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1445-500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1500-515 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2515-530 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
530-545 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1545-600 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:WEDNESDAY JANUARY 25, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
BICYCLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0615-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0630-730 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0645-745 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
700-800 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0715-815 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0730-830 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 11 0745-845 8 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 26 0800-900 10 0 15 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 4 0 36 0
815-915 10 0 14 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 34 0830-930 9 0 13 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 32 0845-945 2 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 15 0900-1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0915-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
930-1030 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0945-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01000-1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11015-1115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11030-1130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
1045-1145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 21100-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11115-1215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 11130-1230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 01145-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1200-100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01215-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 01230-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01245-145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0100-200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
115-215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0130-230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0145-245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1200-300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1215-230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
230-245 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20245-345 0 6 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 24300-400 0 7 0 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 25315-415 0 7 0 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 25330-430 0 1 0 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14
345-445 0 1 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10400-500 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10415-515 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 10430-530 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5445-545 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
500-600 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4515-615 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2530-630 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2545-645 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8 LOC 9 LOC 10HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOL
DATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
BICYCLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-615 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
615-630 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0700-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0715-730 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
730-745 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 2745-800 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1800-815 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0815-830 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0830-845 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
845-900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0900-915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0915-930 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0930-945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0945-1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1000-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01015-1030 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11030-1045 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01045-1100 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 01100-1115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1115-1130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01130-1145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01145-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01200-1215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01215-1230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1230-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01245-100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0100-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0115-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0130-145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
145-200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1200-215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1215-230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0230-245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0245-300 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
300-315 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4315-330 0 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 3 8330-345 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 6345-400 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1400-415 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
415-430 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1430-445 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0445-500 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0500-515 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6515-530 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
530-545 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1545-600 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1600-615 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3615-630 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1630-645 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0645-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 815 MIN COUNTS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 9 LOC 10 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALS
WILTEC Phone: (626) 564-1944 Fax: (626) 564-0969 info@wiltecusa.com
13-HOUR TRIP GENERATION SURVEY RESULTS SUMMARY
CLIENT:W-TRANSPROJECT:CASTILLEJA SCHOOLDATE:THURSDAY JANUARY 26, 2017PERIOD:6:00 AM TO 7:00 PMCITY:PALO ALTO, CA
BICYCLE COUNTS
IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT IN OUT600-700 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0615-715 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0630-730 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0645-745 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 13 2
700-800 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 23 3715-815 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 23 3730-830 4 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 23 3745-845 3 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 11 1800-900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
815-915 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0830-930 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0845-945 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0900-1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0915-1015 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
930-1030 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1945-1045 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11000-1100 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11015-1115 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11030-1130 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1045-1145 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 01100-1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01115-1215 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01130-1230 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01145-1245 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1200-100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01215-115 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01230-130 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 01245-145 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1100-200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
115-215 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3130-230 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3145-245 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2200-300 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3215-230 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6
230-245 0 5 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 4 14245-345 0 8 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 5 0 5 20300-400 0 8 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 5 0 5 19315-415 0 5 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 16330-430 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 9
345-445 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3400-500 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2415-515 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7430-530 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 8445-545 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9
500-600 1 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 9515-615 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4530-630 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5545-645 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5600-700 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
HOUR TOTALS LOC 1 LOC 2 LOC 3 LOC 4 LOC 11 LOC 12 TOTALSLOC 5 LOC 6 LOC 7 LOC 8 LOC 9 LOC 10
ATTACHMENT B
LETTER FROM W-TRANS REGARDING TRIP
GENERATION DATA COLLLECTION METHODOLOGY
From:Aram James
To:Raymond Goins; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg
Subject:Re: I see only one human here
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:08:24 PM
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Raymond,
Thanks for speaking out against injustice everywhere it rears its ugly head.
Aram
On Thu, Aug 15, 2024, at 9:58 PM Raymond Goins <goinsrayl@gmail.com> wrote:That’s the reality to many ppl are scared to speak up
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 Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 9:15 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
From:Tran, Joanna
To:Council, City
Cc:Executive Leadership Team; ORG - Clerk"s Office
Subject:Council Consent Questions: 8/19/24
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 8:09:21 PM
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Dear Mayor and Council Members,
On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please view the following links for the amended agenda and
staff responses to questions submitted by Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, and Council Member
Tanaka:
August 19 Amended Agenda
Staff responses to Items 6, 7, 9, and 10
Best,
Joanna
Joanna Tran
Executive Assistant to the City Manager
Office of the City Manager
(650) 329-2105 | joanna.tran@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From:Rice, Danille
To:Council, City; Shikada, Ed
Cc:Executive Leadership Team; Clerk, City; City Mgr
Subject:City Council Bundle_Aug 15
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 3:06:33 PM
Attachments:image001.pngFW Palo Alto Police Department.msgRE Sprucing up Midtown shopping area.msgUncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along Suggested Routes to school.msgRE El Camino Park bicycle path safety issue.msgFW Vandalism near Happy Donuts ( August 15) photo by Avram Finkelstein.msgRE Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along Suggested Routes to school.msgFW Business Information..msgRE speaking.msgFW New City policy or vandalism.msg
Importance:High
Dear Mayor and Council Members,
On behalf of City Manager Ed Shikada, please see the attached staff responses to emailsreceived in the City.Council inbox through August 15.
Respectfully,
Danille
Danille RiceAdministrative AssistantCity Manager’s Office|Human Resources(650) 329-2229 | danille.rice@cityofpaloalto.orgwww.cityofpaloalto.org
From:matt@evolutionaryteams.com
To:fridaysforfuturepaloalto@gmail.com
Subject:FFF Follow Up – Aug 9 (Week #135)
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 1:01:11 PM
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The Climate Strikers! rocked LifeMove’s Second Annual Resource Fair. Thanks to LifeMove’s Tasheana for organizing this
terrific event and for inviting us back to play this year. She gave me the opportunity to share what we do at Fridays for Future. I
made a video (here) highlighting the resources available to LifeMoves residents. Thanks also to my bandmates Bill and Joanna
for putting on a great show for the attendees. You can see the songs we played in the description of this video.
Christine highlights that the City of Palo Alto is hosting a conversation with The Heat Will Kill You First author Jeff Goodell on
Saturday August 24, 11:30AM to 1:30 PM in Rinconada Library. This is a free event and lunch from VeggieGrill will be included.
You can RSVP here. Thanks, Christine, for letting us know!
Also, Christine is encouraging high school students interested in climate and sustainability to join the City’s Youth Climate
Advisory Board to help advance the City's climate policies and lead sustainability efforts at local high schools. Apply by
August 19 to make a difference in our community and beyond! Thank you, Christine, for encouraging youth climate action!
Diane updated us on the HPWH program. See details below. Great news—we’ve had more than 1100 people sign up for the
program! Thanks, Diane for the update.
This Friday we return to King Plaza and plan to discuss the role of religion in the climate movement.
Keep Up the Fight and See You Soon!
Music the Great Communicator
Upcoming Events
Friday, Aug 16, Noon to 1:00PM: Climate Strike! –– King Plaza in front of Palo Alto City Hall.
Monday, Aug 19: Deadline to apply for Palo Alto’s Youth Climate Advisory Board to help advance the City's climate policies
and lead sustainability efforts at local high schools. Apply by August 19 to make a difference in our community and beyond!
Saturday, Aug 24, 11:30AM to 1:3PM: Why the Heat Matters: A Conversation with Jeff Goodell –– Rinconada Library. RSVP
here.
Friday, Sept 6, Noon to 1:00: Climate 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.
Palo Alto City Meetings: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/City-Clerk/City-Meeting-Groups/Meeting-Agendas-
and-Minutes (Will Sustainability Task Force meetings be posted here?)
Climate Community Center: https://climatecommunitycenter.org/
Peninsula Peace and Justice Center calendar: https://peaceandjustice.org/events-calendar/
Heat Pump Water Heater Program Update
As of:8/8 6/27 6/6 5/2 4/4
HPWH full-service interest list signups 1108 1009 991 970 878
Site assessment agreements (SAA)
sent 1108 1009 991 970 878
Signed SAAs 895 824 805 776 696
Completed site assessments 795 754 727 679 615
Installations
Total Full Service HPWHs installed 310 280 267 243 226
Total DIY HPWH installed 91 83 77 68 68
Total HPWHs installed 401 363 344 311 294
Target Installations 1000 1000 1000 1000 1000
Monthly Installation Rate
Monthly Installation Rate 38 19 33 17 13
Target Monthly Installation Rate 83 83 83 83 83
Weekly Photos
FFF Aug 9 Videos: LifeMoves Resources and ClimateStrikers!
What We Are Reading/Watching/Listening to:
Planet Critical (podcast) with climate-corruption journalist Rachel Donald: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?
list=PL9fwSCB4W5gsPemwntzrkGKzxLGN1PoTy
Latest episode guest Matt Huber: https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9fwSCB4W5gsPemwntzrkGKzxLGN1PoTy
The Great Simplification with Nate Hagens (podcast): https://www.thegreatsimplification.com/
Latest episode – guest Johan Rockstrom: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JaboF3vAsZs
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:Aram James
To:Council, City; Binder, Andrew; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Henry Etzkowitz; Templeton, Cari; JoshBecker; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; chuck jagoda; Barberini,Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Afanasiev, Alex; Perron, Zachary
Cc:Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; Emily Mibach; Diana Diamond; Friends of Cubberley; Stump,
Molly; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vicki Veenker; Greer Stone; dennis burns; Human Relations Commission;
DuJuan Green; Tom DuBois; Kaloma Smith; Karen Holman; Sally Lieber; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni; Greg Tanaka;
editor@paweekly.com; Zelkha, Mila
Subject:Re: Vandalism near Happy Donuts ( August 15) photo by Avram Finkelstein
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 12:50:23 PM
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On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 12:46 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
From:Aram James
To:Council, City; Binder, Andrew; Raymond Goins; Reifschneider, James; Henry Etzkowitz; Templeton, Cari; JoshBecker; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; chuck jagoda; Barberini,Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Afanasiev, Alex; Perron, Zachary
Subject:Vandalism near Happy Donuts ( August 15) photo by Avram Finkelstein
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 12:47:02 PM
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From:Patricia Judge Tamrazi
To:Star-Lack, Sylvia
Cc:Council, City; City Mgr; Safe Routes; Transportation; City Attorney
Subject:Re: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 11:31:16 AM
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Hi Sylvia,
Thank you for your email. I just want you to know that I know that you are helping andmy emails are NOT an attack on you!
It is a very long story - the City Council, City Manager, and City Attorney are all very wellaware of who I am and that I am advocating for health and safety issues here in Palo Alto.
I've been working on this for 6 months, since a CPAU lineman - fired for, he says, trying to
help me and my neighbors with my flickering lights - came knocking on my door in Februarysaying that he is very concerned about safety issues with the electrical grid.
This has organically expanded from my own flickering lights caused by problems on the City's
side (which are still not fixed) to a number of issues regarding negligence and ethicalshortcomings by the City of Palo Alto - none of which have been addressed - including:
1. various safety issues within Utilities (emergency line not properly staffed, linemanuntrained and harrassed while working, maintenance not done, records not in line with
the industry, etc.),
2. water contamination by the City's untrained contractors, with the City refusing tocompetently bring the contractor in line,
3. City taking funds from parents for middle school athletics, providing a sub-par service,
saying there is no money to pay coaches such that more children who want to play canactually play, then sending money to the General Fund,
4. fire houses not properly staffed such that we are a fire engine short in South Palo Alto,
5. illegal (incomplete) responses to Public Records Requests,
6. claims for damages submitted to the City virtually never paid,
7. and - the matter at hand - unsafe intersections.
Thank you again for trying to help. I do appreciate you.
With kind regards,
Trish
Trish TamraziConcerned Palo Alto Homeowner
State Bar No. 279541
650-385-8479Tamrazi.Law@gmail.com
On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 11:12 AM Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@cityofpaloalto.org>
wrote:
Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
I am working on a response to your email messages and will get back to you soon. If there is
a good time to call you, please let me know.
Thanks!
-Sylvia
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:00 AM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Safe Routes <SafeRoutes@CityofPaloAlto.org>;
Transportation <Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Attorney
<city.attorney@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Subject: Re: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
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Good morning, City Council,
This is a follow-up to my previous emails on which you were copied. Below, I describe (1)the problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City has designated as "safe" and has therebyencouraged pedestrians and bicyclists to use, (2) the problem: everyone is passingresponsibility - so where does the buck stop?, (3) the law: the City has heightened duty ofcare and is actively breaching that duty.
(1) The problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City of Palo Alto has designated as"safe."
Today is the first day of elementary school, and nothing has changed to make the City'sdesignated "Safe Routes to School" safe for our students. Many intersections on the routesare UNCONTROLLED - as in, intersections with NO traffic control at all! (No stop signs,no yield signs - nothing.)
I am in touch with other advocates who are working (unsuccessfully thus far) to improvesafety on Palo Alto's streets, focusing on other unsafe intersections, including some whichhave been flagged for years by residents as unsafe to BIKES along Palo Alto's designated"Bicycle Boulevard" on Ross Rd. (Many report almost getting hit on bikes and - in fact -getting hit! Even years ago! Yet the unsafe intersections remain unchanged.)
(2) The problem: everyone is passing responsibility - so where does the buck stop?
These advocates tell me that they are stuck in a full circle of passing the buck:
City staff (traffic engineer) says only City Council can decide traffic signage.
City Council says only City staff can decide traffic signage.
This is, of course, ABSURD!!
(3) The law: the City has heightened duty of care and is actively breaching that duty.
Many of us here in Palo Alto trust our City. When the City designates "Safe Routes toSchool" - we expect them to be safe for students. When the City designates a "BicycleBoulevard" - we expect it to be safe for bikers. Yet, these designated routes are glaringlyunsafe!
I believe, further, that this heightened expectation is supported by common law. I believethat by designating these routes, the City has legally created a heightened duty of care. Myunderstanding is that the City has been on notice for years of these dangerous shortcomings,yet has not responded.
Analogous would be the special duty imposed on landowners to invitees: the City of PaloAlto has, by designating these routes, made students going to school on its "Safe Routes toSchool" and bicyclists on its "Bicycle Boulevard" invitees of the streets on these routes. Aninvitee is owed the highest duty of care. Park goers, for example, are public invitees. Thelandowner has a duty to take reasonable care to prevent injuries to any invitee on theirpremises. This includes a requirement to frequently inspect the land to ensure that it is safe. So - to actively ignore resident concerns and calls to make these routes actually safe -absolutely breaches the City's duty of care.
I look forward to hearing back on how we can work together to improve safety here in PaloAlto!
With kind regards,
Trish Tamrazi
Concerned Palo Alto Homeowner
State Bar No. 279541650-385-8479Tamrazi.Law@gmail.com
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com>wrote:
Dear Sylvia,
Thank you for your email. The necessary engineering has already been completed - allthat needs to be done is to add stop signs at the uncontrolled intersections, such that they
are in line with the rest of the intersections. Could that be done, please?
School starts at Palo Verde Thursday. We cannot in good conscience call this a SafeRoute to School as is! This is an easy fix!
Let's please, together, review the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde andLouis, which you reference in your email below. Your characterization of them is not
accurate.
1. Loma Verde: 4-way stop.
2. Kenneth 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Kenneth).3. Thomas 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Greer).
4. Janice 1: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.5. Thomas 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
6. Kenneth 2: 3-way stop.7. Janice 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
We do need engineering to do a study - it's already been done, I'm sure - and the necessarytraffic control was simply overlooked, it seems.
Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is alsoneeded on Thomas 2.
There is no difference between the Thomas / Greer and Janice / Greer intersections. Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also
needed on Janice 1 and Janice 2.
Please could you do the following to protect Palo Alto's children using this Safe Route to
school?
1. Add a stop sign at Janice 1.
2. Add a stop sign at Thomas 2.
3. Add a stop sign at Janice 2.
Please let me know your thoughts? I'm hoping to see those stop signs go in this week!
Thanks so much!
Trish Tamrazi
Palo Alto Homeowner
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about your son’s recent experience, andI am glad that you reached out to see what can be done. If you would like me to call youabout this issue, please share your phone number and a good time to call.
I live just off of Greer Road, near Colorado, and my children biked down Greer pastJanice to get to JLS Middle School, so I am aware of the cross streets along Greer. I’m
also an avid cyclist who bikes down Greer at least weekly to reach destinations beyondthe Greer/Louis intersection. Finally, I oversee the City’s Safe Routes to School team,
our forthcoming Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan, and the update of our Bicycleand Pedestrian Transportation Plan, so I am working to improve our streets for
everyone, particularly children and vulnerable road users.
The California DMV manual says the following about intersections:
Intersections
An intersection is any place where one road meets another road.
Controlled intersections have signs or traffic signal lights. Uncontrolled
and blind intersections do not. Before entering an intersection, look left,
right, and ahead to check for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Be
prepared to slow down and stop if necessary. Pedestrians always have
the right-of-way. Here are some right-of-way rules at intersections:
· Without STOP or YIELD signs: The vehicle that arrives to the
intersection first has the right-of-way. However, if a vehicle,
pedestrian, or bicyclist gets to the intersection at the same time as
you, give the right-of-way to the vehicle, pedestrian, or bicyclist on
your right. If you approach a stop sign and there is a stop sign onall four corners, stop first and proceed as above.
· T intersections without STOP or YIELD signs: Vehicles,
bicyclists, and pedestrians on the through road (continuing to go
straight) have the right-of-way.
Notably, some of the cross streets of Greer south of Loma Verde are T intersections. Of
the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis, four of them are Tintersections where Greer, as the through road, has the right-of-way. Janice does not
have a T intersection with Greer, so drivers and cyclists should follow the procedure inthe first bullet above, giving right-of-way to the first vehicle to arrive at the
intersection.
As you know, a 311 ticket has been opened, and one of our transportation engineerswill evaluate the intersection for appropriate signage. Stop signs are placed according to
a standard analysis conducted by our engineers. It can take some time for the engineersto gather the data needed for this analysis, and the outcome will be shared in 311.
Since you care about school route safety, I wanted to let you know about City programs
and initiatives where you can engage further to support vulnerable road users. I willalso share your email with the teams working on these efforts:
Our Safe Routes to School program relies on parents at each school to volunteer
as Transportation Safety Representatives (TSRs). You can contact the Palo VerdeTSR (check with the PTA for this year’s TSR) to see how you can be on the team
to help educate and encourage students and parents at your school on how towalk, bike, and drive more safely in the neighborhood. TSRs also come to
monthly City/School Transportation Safety Committee meetings to workcollaboratively with School District and City staff on road safety items.
The City began development of a Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan in the
middle of 2023. A draft plan will be available for public review this fall before afinal draft is adopted by Council in late 2024 or early 2025.
The City is currently updating its existing 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian
Transportation Plan (BPTP) to reflect current community needs and desires,consider recent trends in cycling and bicycle technology (such as e-bikes), and
address changes in bicycle and pedestrian planning and design. This summer andearly fall we are developing a priority projects list and discussing the City’s entire
bicycle network, so it’s a great time to follow along and get involved. Look forpublic engagement opportunities this fall. We anticipate the final draft of the
BPTP Update will be available in early 2025 for a summer 2025 City Counciladoption. You can learn more on the project webpage.
And finally, a round-up of what Santa Clara County cities are doing to improve road
safety can be found here.
If you have additional questions about roadway safety, please let me know.
-Sylvia
Sylvia Star-Lack (she/her)| Transportation Planning Manager
Office of Transportation | City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650.329.2546 |E: Sylvia.star-lack@cityofpaloalto.org
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Hello Safe Routes,
Could you please address the uncontrolled intersections on your "Suggested Routes" byadding stop signs such that they are no longer uncontrolled?
May I suggest that someone walk your "Suggested Routes" and flag and fix where theyare unsafe?
To create, then perpetuate, unsafe conditions where you suggest and actively encouragewalking and biking - particularly for young children on their way to and from school -is quite egregious. This also goes for dangerous conditions along the "BicycleBoulevard" on Ross Road, which have been flagged by residents for years now, but
which remain unfixed.
On the Suggested Route to Palo Verde Elementary along Greer, there are a number ofuncontrolled intersections, for example, where Janice feeds into Greer (both sides ofJanice).
My 8 year old son and a car almost collided yesterday at the intersection of Janice andGreer, near Louis, due to the uncontrolled intersection there. He was going down Greeron his bike and, thankfully, due to others' advocacy on unsafe intersections in Palo Alto,we noticed in mid-July (3 years into our crossing that intersection) that the intersectionis uncontrolled and unsafe - therefore, he treats it as having a stop sign now. It wasonly for that reason that he and the car did not collide (the car turning from Janice toGreer did not stop and the driver looked very confused as she moved through theintersection - rightfully so!).
These uncontrolled intersections put too much responsibility on those traveling throughthe intersection and are particularly dangerous for people not familiar with the area (aswith the car yesterday). Residents and visitors should be able to trust that there aresufficient traffic signs, especially in a well-funded and technologically advanced citysuch as Palo Alto. At the moment, there are not!! (For example, I have seen self-driving cars blow through these intersections which lack proper traffic control.)
I flagged this issue of uncontrolled intersections on Greer Rd. toTransportation@cityofpaloalto.org back on July 19, but never received a substantiveresponse - I emailed back on July 22 that a ticket was started on PaloAlto311 (ID15716138). I also flagged this issue on 311 yesterday, again, after my son would havebeen hit by the car, had he followed the City's traffic signs.
Many elementary aged children walk along Greer to school - many unaccompanied byadults. Could you please address this before school begins?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi, Palo Alto homeowner
From:SHARON DOUGHERTY
To:Council, City
Subject:QUIETTHETRAINS
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 11:27:38 AM
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As a Greenmeadow Homeowner since 1976 I knew the trains would be a noise problem but I was ready to put up
with it.. However since the new electric trains are here and the City can mitigate the problem by installing a QUIET
ZONE I hope they you will do the right thing and adopt this proposal. The City has already spent ten years and still
have no to solution to the crossings problems and iI don;t see a solution for another ten years I think you should
adopt the term short solution and adopt a QUIET ZONE.
Thank you for your consideration to this urgent request..
From:Star-Lack, Sylvia
To:Patricia Judge Tamrazi; Council, City
Cc:City Mgr; Safe Routes; Transportation; City Attorney
Subject:RE: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 11:12:12 AM
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Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
I am working on a response to your email messages and will get back to you soon. If there is a
good time to call you, please let me know.
Thanks!
-Sylvia
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:00 AM
To: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>; Safe Routes <SafeRoutes@CityofPaloAlto.org>;
Transportation <Transportation@CityofPaloAlto.org>; City Attorney
<city.attorney@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Subject: Re: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
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Good morning, City Council,
This is a follow-up to my previous emails on which you were copied. Below, I describe
(1) the problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City has designated as "safe" and has
thereby encouraged pedestrians and bicyclists to use, (2) the problem: everyone is
passing responsibility - so where does the buck stop?, (3) the law: the City has
heightened duty of care and is actively breaching that duty.
(1) The problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City of Palo Alto has designated as
"safe."
Today is the first day of elementary school, and nothing has changed to make the City's
designated "Safe Routes to School" safe for our students. Many intersections on the
routes are UNCONTROLLED - as in, intersections with NO traffic control at all! (No stop
signs, no yield signs - nothing.)
I am in touch with other advocates who are working (unsuccessfully thus far) to improve
safety on Palo Alto's streets, focusing on other unsafe intersections, including some
which have been flagged for years by residents as unsafe to BIKES along Palo Alto's
designated "Bicycle Boulevard" on Ross Rd. (Many report almost getting hit on bikes
and - in fact - getting hit! Even years ago! Yet the unsafe intersections remain
unchanged.)
(2) The problem: everyone is passing responsibility - so where does the buck stop?
These advocates tell me that they are stuck in a full circle of passing the buck:
City staff (traffic engineer) says only City Council can decide traffic signage.
City Council says only City staff can decide traffic signage.
This is, of course, ABSURD!!
(3) The law: the City has heightened duty of care and is actively breaching that duty.
Many of us here in Palo Alto trust our City. When the City designates "Safe Routes to
School" - we expect them to be safe for students. When the City designates a "Bicycle
Boulevard" - we expect it to be safe for bikers. Yet, these designated routes are glaringly
unsafe!
I believe, further, that this heightened expectation is supported by common law. I
believe that by designating these routes, the City has legally created a heightened duty
of care. My understanding is that the City has been on notice for years of these
dangerous shortcomings, yet has not responded.
Analogous would be the special duty imposed on landowners to invitees: the City of Palo
Alto has, by designating these routes, made students going to school on its "Safe Routes
to School" and bicyclists on its "Bicycle Boulevard" invitees of the streets on these
routes. An invitee is owed the highest duty of care. Park goers, for example, are public
invitees. The landowner has a duty to take reasonable care to prevent injuries to any
invitee on their premises. This includes a requirement to frequently inspect the land to
ensure that it is safe. So - to actively ignore resident concerns and calls to make
these routes actually safe - absolutely breaches the City's duty of care.
I look forward to hearing back on how we can work together to improve safety here in
Palo Alto!
With kind regards,
Trish Tamrazi
Concerned Palo Alto Homeowner
State Bar No. 279541
650-385-8479
Tamrazi.Law@gmail.com
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com>
wrote:
Dear Sylvia,
Thank you for your email. The necessary engineering has already been completed - all
that needs to be done is to add stop signs at the uncontrolled intersections, such that
they are in line with the rest of the intersections. Could that be done, please?
School starts at Palo Verde Thursday. We cannot in good conscience call this a Safe
Route to School as is! This is an easy fix!
Let's please, together, review the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and
Louis, which you reference in your email below. Your characterization of them is not
accurate.
1. Loma Verde: 4-way stop.
2. Kenneth 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Kenneth).
3. Thomas 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Greer).
4. Janice 1: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
5. Thomas 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
6. Kenneth 2: 3-way stop.
7. Janice 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
We do need engineering to do a study - it's already been done, I'm sure - and the
necessary traffic control was simply overlooked, it seems.
Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also
needed on Thomas 2.
There is no difference between the Thomas / Greer and Janice / Greer
intersections. Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas
1, so it is also needed on Janice 1 and Janice 2.
Please could you do the following to protect Palo Alto's children using this Safe Route
to school?
1. Add a stop sign at Janice 1.
2. Add a stop sign at Thomas 2.
3. Add a stop sign at Janice 2.
Please let me know your thoughts? I'm hoping to see those stop signs go in this week!
Thanks so much!
Trish Tamrazi
Palo Alto Homeowner
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-
Lack@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about your son’s recent experience, and I
am glad that you reached out to see what can be done. If you would like me to call youabout this issue, please share your phone number and a good time to call.
I live just off of Greer Road, near Colorado, and my children biked down Greer past
Janice to get to JLS Middle School, so I am aware of the cross streets along Greer. I’malso an avid cyclist who bikes down Greer at least weekly to reach destinations beyond
the Greer/Louis intersection. Finally, I oversee the City’s Safe Routes to School team, ourforthcoming Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan, and the update of our Bicycle and
Pedestrian Transportation Plan, so I am working to improve our streets for everyone,particularly children and vulnerable road users.
The California DMV manual says the following about intersections:
Intersections
An intersection is any place where one road meets another road.
Controlled intersections have signs or traffic signal lights. Uncontrolled and
blind intersections do not. Before entering an intersection, look left, right,
and ahead to check for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Be preparedto slow down and stop if necessary. Pedestrians always have the right-of-
way. Here are some right-of-way rules at intersections:
· Without STOP or YIELD signs: The vehicle that arrives to the
intersection first has the right-of-way. However, if a vehicle,
pedestrian, or bicyclist gets to the intersection at the same time as
you, give the right-of-way to the vehicle, pedestrian, or bicyclist on
your right. If you approach a stop sign and there is a stop sign on all
four corners, stop first and proceed as above.
· T intersections without STOP or YIELD signs: Vehicles,
bicyclists, and pedestrians on the through road (continuing to go
straight) have the right-of-way.
Notably, some of the cross streets of Greer south of Loma Verde are T intersections. Ofthe 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis, four of them are T
intersections where Greer, as the through road, has the right-of-way. Janice does not havea T intersection with Greer, so drivers and cyclists should follow the procedure in the first
bullet above, giving right-of-way to the first vehicle to arrive at the intersection.
As you know, a 311 ticket has been opened, and one of our transportation engineers willevaluate the intersection for appropriate signage. Stop signs are placed according to a
standard analysis conducted by our engineers. It can take some time for the engineers togather the data needed for this analysis, and the outcome will be shared in 311.
Since you care about school route safety, I wanted to let you know about City programs
and initiatives where you can engage further to support vulnerable road users. I will alsoshare your email with the teams working on these efforts:
Our Safe Routes to School program relies on parents at each school to
volunteer as Transportation Safety Representatives (TSRs). You can contact
the Palo Verde TSR (check with the PTA for this year’s TSR) to see how you can
be on the team to help educate and encourage students and parents at your
school on how to walk, bike, and drive more safely in the neighborhood. TSRs
also come to monthly City/School Transportation Safety Committee meetings
to work collaboratively with School District and City staff on road safety items.
The City began development of a Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan in the
middle of 2023. A draft plan will be available for public review this fall before a
final draft is adopted by Council in late 2024 or early 2025.
The City is currently updating its existing 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian
Transportation Plan (BPTP) to reflect current community needs and desires,
consider recent trends in cycling and bicycle technology (such as e-bikes),
and address changes in bicycle and pedestrian planning and design. This
summer and early fall we are developing a priority projects list and discussing
the City’s entire bicycle network, so it’s a great time to follow along and get
involved. Look for public engagement opportunities this fall. We anticipate the
final draft of the BPTP Update will be available in early 2025 for a summer 2025
City Council adoption. You can learn more on the project webpage.
And finally, a round-up of what Santa Clara County cities are doing to improve roadsafety can be found here.
If you have additional questions about roadway safety, please let me know.
-Sylvia
Sylvia Star-Lack (she/her)| Transportation Planning Manager
Office of Transportation | City of Palo Alto
250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650.329.2546 |E: Sylvia.star-lack@cityofpaloalto.org
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Hello Safe Routes,
Could you please address the uncontrolled intersections on your "Suggested Routes" by
adding stop signs such that they are no longer uncontrolled?
May I suggest that someone walk your "Suggested Routes" and flag and fix where theyare unsafe?
To create, then perpetuate, unsafe conditions where you suggest and actively encourage
walking and biking - particularly for young children on their way to and from school - isquite egregious. This also goes for dangerous conditions along the "Bicycle Boulevard"
on Ross Road, which have been flagged by residents for years now, but which remainunfixed.
On the Suggested Route to Palo Verde Elementary along Greer, there are a number of
uncontrolled intersections, for example, where Janice feeds into Greer (both sides ofJanice).
My 8 year old son and a car almost collided yesterday at the intersection of Janice and
Greer, near Louis, due to the uncontrolled intersection there. He was going down Greeron his bike and, thankfully, due to others' advocacy on unsafe intersections in Palo Alto,
we noticed in mid-July (3 years into our crossing that intersection) that the intersection isuncontrolled and unsafe - therefore, he treats it as having a stop sign now. It was only for
that reason that he and the car did not collide (the car turning from Janice to Greer did notstop and the driver looked very confused as she moved through the intersection -
rightfully so!).
These uncontrolled intersections put too much responsibility on those traveling throughthe intersection and are particularly dangerous for people not familiar with the area (as
with the car yesterday). Residents and visitors should be able to trust that there aresufficient traffic signs, especially in a well-funded and technologically advanced city such
as Palo Alto. At the moment, there are not!! (For example, I have seen self-driving carsblow through these intersections which lack proper traffic control.)
I flagged this issue of uncontrolled intersections on Greer Rd. to
Transportation@cityofpaloalto.org back on July 19, but never received a substantiveresponse - I emailed back on July 22 that a ticket was started on PaloAlto311 (ID
15716138). I also flagged this issue on 311 yesterday, again, after my son would havebeen hit by the car, had he followed the City's traffic signs.
Many elementary aged children walk along Greer to school - many unaccompanied by
adults. Could you please address this before school begins?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi, Palo Alto homeowner
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Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:41:03 AM
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To:Council, City
Cc:City Mgr; Safe Routes; Transportation; City Attorney; Star-Lack, Sylvia
Subject:Re: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 10:03:38 AM
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Good morning, City Council,
This is a follow-up to my previous emails on which you were copied. Below, I describe (1)the problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City has designated as "safe" and has therebyencouraged pedestrians and bicyclists to use, (2) the problem: everyone is passing
responsibility - so where does the buck stop?, (3) the law: the City has heightened duty ofcare and is actively breaching that duty.
(1) The problem: unsafe conditions on roads the City of Palo Alto has designated as"safe."
Today is the first day of elementary school, and nothing has changed to make the City'sdesignated "Safe Routes to School" safe for our students. Many intersections on the routes
are UNCONTROLLED - as in, intersections with NO traffic control at all! (No stop signs, noyield signs - nothing.)
I am in touch with other advocates who are working (unsuccessfully thus far) to improve
safety on Palo Alto's streets, focusing on other unsafe intersections, including some whichhave been flagged for years by residents as unsafe to BIKES along Palo Alto's designated"Bicycle Boulevard" on Ross Rd. (Many report almost getting hit on bikes and - in fact -getting hit! Even years ago! Yet the unsafe intersections remain unchanged.)
(2) The problem: everyone is passing responsibility - so where does the buck stop?
These advocates tell me that they are stuck in a full circle of passing the buck:
City staff (traffic engineer) says only City Council can decide traffic signage.
City Council says only City staff can decide traffic signage.
This is, of course, ABSURD!!
(3) The law: the City has heightened duty of care and is actively breaching that duty.
Many of us here in Palo Alto trust our City. When the City designates "Safe Routes to
School" - we expect them to be safe for students. When the City designates a "BicycleBoulevard" - we expect it to be safe for bikers. Yet, these designated routes are glaringly
unsafe!
I believe, further, that this heightened expectation is supported by common law. I believe thatby designating these routes, the City has legally created a heightened duty of care. My
understanding is that the City has been on notice for years of these dangerous shortcomings,yet has not responded.
Analogous would be the special duty imposed on landowners to invitees: the City of Palo Alto
has, by designating these routes, made students going to school on its "Safe Routes to School"and bicyclists on its "Bicycle Boulevard" invitees of the streets on these routes. An invitee is
owed the highest duty of care. Park goers, for example, are public invitees. The landownerhas a duty to take reasonable care to prevent injuries to any invitee on their premises. This
includes a requirement to frequently inspect the land to ensure that it is safe. So - to activelyignore resident concerns and calls to make these routes actually safe - absolutelybreaches the City's duty of care.
I look forward to hearing back on how we can work together to improve safety here in PaloAlto!
With kind regards,
Trish Tamrazi
Concerned Palo Alto Homeowner
State Bar No. 279541650-385-8479
Tamrazi.Law@gmail.com
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 9:55 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com> wrote:Dear Sylvia,
Thank you for your email. The necessary engineering has already been completed - all that
needs to be done is to add stop signs at the uncontrolled intersections, such that they are inline with the rest of the intersections. Could that be done, please?
School starts at Palo Verde Thursday. We cannot in good conscience call this a Safe Route
to School as is! This is an easy fix!
Let's please, together, review the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis,which you reference in your email below. Your characterization of them is not accurate.
1. Loma Verde: 4-way stop.2. Kenneth 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Kenneth).
3. Thomas 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Greer).4. Janice 1: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
5. Thomas 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.6. Kenneth 2: 3-way stop.
7. Janice 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
We do need engineering to do a study - it's already been done, I'm sure - and the necessary
traffic control was simply overlooked, it seems.
Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also
needed on Thomas 2.
There is no difference between the Thomas / Greer and Janice / Greer intersections. Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also
needed on Janice 1 and Janice 2.
Please could you do the following to protect Palo Alto's children using this Safe Route to
school?
1. Add a stop sign at Janice 1.
2. Add a stop sign at Thomas 2.
3. Add a stop sign at Janice 2.
Please let me know your thoughts? I'm hoping to see those stop signs go in this week!
Thanks so much!
Trish TamraziPalo Alto Homeowner
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about your son’s recent experience, and Iam glad that you reached out to see what can be done. If you would like me to call you
about this issue, please share your phone number and a good time to call.
I live just off of Greer Road, near Colorado, and my children biked down Greer pastJanice to get to JLS Middle School, so I am aware of the cross streets along Greer. I’m
also an avid cyclist who bikes down Greer at least weekly to reach destinations beyond theGreer/Louis intersection. Finally, I oversee the City’s Safe Routes to School team, our
forthcoming Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan, and the update of our Bicycle andPedestrian Transportation Plan, so I am working to improve our streets for everyone,
particularly children and vulnerable road users.
The California DMV manual says the following about intersections:
Intersections
An intersection is any place where one road meets another road.
Controlled intersections have signs or traffic signal lights. Uncontrolled and
blind intersections do not. Before entering an intersection, look left, right,
and ahead to check for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Be prepared
to slow down and stop if necessary. Pedestrians always have the right-of-
way. Here are some right-of-way rules at intersections:
· Without STOP or YIELD signs: The vehicle that arrives to the
intersection first has the right-of-way. However, if a vehicle,
pedestrian, or bicyclist gets to the intersection at the same time as
you, give the right-of-way to the vehicle, pedestrian, or bicyclist on
your right. If you approach a stop sign and there is a stop sign on allfour corners, stop first and proceed as above.
· T intersections without STOP or YIELD signs: Vehicles,
bicyclists, and pedestrians on the through road (continuing to go
straight) have the right-of-way.
Notably, some of the cross streets of Greer south of Loma Verde are T intersections. Of
the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis, four of them are Tintersections where Greer, as the through road, has the right-of-way. Janice does not have
a T intersection with Greer, so drivers and cyclists should follow the procedure in the firstbullet above, giving right-of-way to the first vehicle to arrive at the intersection.
As you know, a 311 ticket has been opened, and one of our transportation engineers will
evaluate the intersection for appropriate signage. Stop signs are placed according to astandard analysis conducted by our engineers. It can take some time for the engineers to
gather the data needed for this analysis, and the outcome will be shared in 311.
Since you care about school route safety, I wanted to let you know about City programsand initiatives where you can engage further to support vulnerable road users. I will also
share your email with the teams working on these efforts:
Our Safe Routes to School program relies on parents at each school to volunteer asTransportation Safety Representatives (TSRs). You can contact the Palo Verde TSR
(check with the PTA for this year’s TSR) to see how you can be on the team to helpeducate and encourage students and parents at your school on how to walk, bike,
and drive more safely in the neighborhood. TSRs also come to monthly City/SchoolTransportation Safety Committee meetings to work collaboratively with School
District and City staff on road safety items.
The City began development of a Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan in themiddle of 2023. A draft plan will be available for public review this fall before a
final draft is adopted by Council in late 2024 or early 2025.
The City is currently updating its existing 2012 Bicycle and PedestrianTransportation Plan (BPTP) to reflect current community needs and desires,
consider recent trends in cycling and bicycle technology (such as e-bikes), andaddress changes in bicycle and pedestrian planning and design. This summer and
early fall we are developing a priority projects list and discussing the City’s entirebicycle network, so it’s a great time to follow along and get involved. Look for
public engagement opportunities this fall. We anticipate the final draft of the BPTPUpdate will be available in early 2025 for a summer 2025 City Council adoption.
You can learn more on the project webpage.
And finally, a round-up of what Santa Clara County cities are doing to improve roadsafety can be found here.
If you have additional questions about roadway safety, please let me know.
-Sylvia
Sylvia Star-Lack (she/her)| Transportation Planning Manager
Office of Transportation | City of Palo Alto250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
T: 650.329.2546 |E: Sylvia.star-lack@cityofpaloalto.org
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From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <tamrazi.law@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, August 2, 2024 12:16 PMTo: Safe Routes <SafeRoutes@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: City Attorney <city.attorney@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City<city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
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Hello Safe Routes,
Could you please address the uncontrolled intersections on your "Suggested Routes" byadding stop signs such that they are no longer uncontrolled?
May I suggest that someone walk your "Suggested Routes" and flag and fix where theyare unsafe?
To create, then perpetuate, unsafe conditions where you suggest and actively encouragewalking and biking - particularly for young children on their way to and from school - isquite egregious. This also goes for dangerous conditions along the "Bicycle Boulevard"
on Ross Road, which have been flagged by residents for years now, but which remainunfixed.
On the Suggested Route to Palo Verde Elementary along Greer, there are a number of
uncontrolled intersections, for example, where Janice feeds into Greer (both sides ofJanice).
My 8 year old son and a car almost collided yesterday at the intersection of Janice and
Greer, near Louis, due to the uncontrolled intersection there. He was going down Greeron his bike and, thankfully, due to others' advocacy on unsafe intersections in Palo Alto,
we noticed in mid-July (3 years into our crossing that intersection) that the intersection isuncontrolled and unsafe - therefore, he treats it as having a stop sign now. It was only for
that reason that he and the car did not collide (the car turning from Janice to Greer did notstop and the driver looked very confused as she moved through the intersection - rightfully
so!).
These uncontrolled intersections put too much responsibility on those traveling throughthe intersection and are particularly dangerous for people not familiar with the area (as
with the car yesterday). Residents and visitors should be able to trust that there aresufficient traffic signs, especially in a well-funded and technologically advanced city such
as Palo Alto. At the moment, there are not!! (For example, I have seen self-driving carsblow through these intersections which lack proper traffic control.)
I flagged this issue of uncontrolled intersections on Greer Rd. to
Transportation@cityofpaloalto.org back on July 19, but never received a substantiveresponse - I emailed back on July 22 that a ticket was started on PaloAlto311 (ID
15716138). I also flagged this issue on 311 yesterday, again, after my son would havebeen hit by the car, had he followed the City's traffic signs.
Many elementary aged children walk along Greer to school - many unaccompanied by
adults. Could you please address this before school begins?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi, Palo Alto homeowner
From:Jo Ann Mandinach
To:Planning Commission; Council, City
Cc:Dave Price
Subject:Asian market will open at San Jose retail center in U.S. expansion
Date:Thursday, August 15, 2024 9:25:38 AM
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Palo Altans have been asking for Asian markets for years to bring people downtown
yet our $3.500,000 retail consultants recommend napping pods!
Do your homework and stop wasting our money on foolish consultants!
Where's the oversight and fiscal responsibility? Who picks these consultants.
San Jose joins Emeryville, Mountain View etc in giving people what they want and
that generate sales tax revenue while you waste OUR money and stick us with
higher utility rates!
https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/08/15/san-jose-asian-grocery-store-retail-property-real-
estate-build-jobs/
From:Wolfgang Dueregger
To:Transportation; Shikada, Ed; Council, City
Cc:Baird, Nathan; Kamhi, Philip
Subject:Re: New City policy or vandalism?
Date:Wednesday, August 14, 2024 2:47:44 PM
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City Management,
can you look at this with urgency?
not so long ago, somebody was manipulating around the barrier on Park AVe and Ash as well(next to the big commercial building)
Wolfgang
On Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 2:34 PM Paul Machado <plmachado@gmail.com> wrote:The traffic barrier at the end of Leland Ave has either been vandalized or there is
a new city policy. Please let me know if the city will fix it. I did not touch it so
my fingerprints are not on it.
Just a thought but if we have enforcement of our RPP doesn't the person who
enforces the RPP report to the City if parking signs have been altered or
destroyed, or any other city property has been tampered with? Perhaps that wouldcost the City more?
Thanks
Paul Machado
From:Andreia morais
To:Council, City
Subject:Business Information.
Date:Wednesday, August 14, 2024 11:50:32 AM
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Hello, how are you doing?
My name is Andreia , I am planning on opening a cookie shop in Palo Alto. And I would liketo gather information for the license, permits, cost, and time frame to rent and get ready to
open. Who can I speak with to help me with that?
I also need to know if there is a square footage required for the size of the business that I amplanning to open.
Thank you so much for your time.
Wishing you a fantastic and blessed day,Andreia Morais
From:Raymond Goins
To:Aram James
Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Binder, Andrew; Braden Cartwright;
Templeton, Cari; Council, City; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; Ed Lauing; Friends of Cubberley; GRP-
City Council; Henry Etzkowitz; Jeff Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Gardener, Liz; Reifschneider, James; Robert.
Jonsen; Sean Allen; Perron, Zachary; Lee, Craig; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock, Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;
Foley, Michael
Subject:Re: San Jose police officer charged by DA for lewd acts, sexual assault of child
Date:Wednesday, August 14, 2024 6:41:51 AM
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Thank u for sharing this Sean
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 justiceWith Courage because Peace requires Bravery
With persistence because Justice Is a constant struggleWith Faith because we shall overcome!!!
On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:29 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:San Jose police officer charged by DA for
lewd acts, sexual assault of child
https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-police-officer-charged-da-lewd-acts-sexual-assault-
child
From:Aram James
To:Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; Raymond Goins; Jeff Moore; Henry Etzkowitz;Templeton, Cari; Friends of Cubberley; Gardener, Liz; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Tannock, Julie; Figueroa, Eric;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; Afanasiev, Alex; Council, City; GRP-City Council; Perron,Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Sean Allen; Lee, Craig; Diana Diamond; Daniel Kottke; Dave Price;Braden Cartwright; Ed Lauing
Subject:San Jose police officer charged by DA for lewd acts, sexual assault of child
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 11:30:14 PM
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San Jose police officer charged by DA for
lewd acts, sexual assault of child
https://www.ktvu.com/news/san-jose-police-officer-charged-da-lewd-acts-sexual-assault-child
From:Raymond Goins
To:Aram James
Cc:<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; Bill Newell; Braden Cartwright; Council, City;
Daniel Kottke; Dave Price; Diana Diamond; DuJuan Green; Emily Mibach; Enberg, Nicholas; Human Relations
Commission; JIM MINKLER1; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Karen Holman; Gardener, Liz; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; O"Neal,
Molly; Reifschneider, James; Robert. Jonsen; Salem Ajluni; Sally Lieber; Sarah Wright; Stump, Molly; Tom
DuBois; Vicki Veenker; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; dennis burns; editor@paweekly.com; Figueroa, Eric; Tannock,
Julie; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Foley, Michael
Subject:Re: Three ex-San Jose jail guards admit they beat Michael Tyree to death | KRON4
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 8:53:12 PM
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This is crazy, I don’t know why this is t a hate crime. They beat on him because of what iswas(an inmate) we need to start recognizing those incarcerated as people.
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 Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 7:48 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
Three ex-San Jose jail guards admit they beat Michael Tyree to death | KRON4
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/three-ex-san-jose-jail-guards-admit-they-beat-
michael-tyree-to-death/
From:Aram James
To:Council, City
Cc:Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Raymond Goins; Gardener, Liz; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;
Robert. Jonsen; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Reifschneider, James; Bill Newell; O"Neal, Molly; Stump,
Molly; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Tannock, Julie; Enberg, Nicholas; Afanasiev, Alex;
DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Karen Holman; Tom DuBois; Wagner, April; Sally Lieber; Sarah Wright;
editor@paweekly.com; Diana Diamond; Vicki Veenker; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; JIM MINKLER1; Daniel Kottke;
Human Relations Commission; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Salem Ajluni
Subject:Three ex-San Jose jail guards admit they beat Michael Tyree to death | KRON4
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 7:49:17 PM
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Three ex-San Jose jail guards admit they beat Michael Tyree to death | KRON4
https://www.kron4.com/news/bay-area/three-ex-san-jose-jail-guards-admit-they-beat-michael-
tyree-to-death/
From:Esmeralda aristeo
To:Council, City
Subject:Regarding Buena Vista
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 5:38:44 PM
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Dear mayor and council members
I really want to thank you for your support with my community, we are going to keep working
in a positive way, I still need your help please to advocate for Jose Ramirez who has cancer,he lives in unit#52 , to add his wife and kids to the lease contract and Nicolas Miramontes unit
#46 to add his daughter to the lease contract please, I will update you, thank you.
Kindest regards Esmeralda
From:Aram James
To:Ed Lauing; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Josh Becker; Henry Etzkowitz; Templeton, Cari
Cc:Council, City; Supervisor Otto Lee; Joe Simitian; district1@bos.sccgov.org; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Karen
Holman; Tom DuBois
Subject:Genocide package : Blinken approves $20 billion Israel weapons sale
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 5:24:45 PM
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Blinken approves $20 billion Israel weapons sale
Tt
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/4826603-us-20-billion-weapons-sale-israel/
From:Leland
To:Council, City
Cc:cityclerk@cityofepa.org
Subject:RAVENSWOOD GARDENKITS PRODUCTS, UNGM ITEM 947141
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 4:05:05 PM
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TO: City of Palo Alto Council
CC: City of East Palo Alto
RE: 8/12 Extended oral communications to Council
Mayor and Council;
The innovation, development and licensing of this very unique product was
designed to fill-in the long and absent
public void this humanitarian organization has experienced since the signing of
the UN Charter and declared annualOctober 24 declared UN day.
After more than 78 years some original, agreed upon, MOU's shared among
today's193 member countries may have resulted in the same, public voids, shared between several surrounding mid-
peninsula municipalities and these
conclusion are base on the publics total unawareness of the impact the UN had
on our global populations.
It has become quite obvious the introduced political atmosphere has resulted
in the privatization of public bound
UN historic records that were delegated to serve subsequent generations insuch a manner to maintain some similar
motivation as the original 51 diplomatic representatives who met in San
Francisco and inclusive of the official
corridor taken by members upon visitation to our mid-peninsula area.
However during Mondays, August 12th Council meeting, our UN Association
from Oakland had confirmed, the
immense separation of facts supporting Palo Alto's display of the UN flag andsupporting "sister city" and international friendship exchange programs as compared to, what has become
East Palo Alto's, original
"friendship exchange" that resulted in the UN's first agreement between it'sHABITAT program and original[UN] World Environment Program's support and sponsorship of the named
"California's City of Nairobi"cultural enhancement program managed through both Nairobi Kenya Africa's
UN headquarters.
As a model, this became the very first UN effort to address the then expanding"homelessness" issues across
the country and, of which, was seeded by post Vietnam war veterans housing
crisis and both these domestic
and international efforts culminated on the corner property of 2400 and BayRoad in a placed called East Palo
Alto however, in the eyes of the UN, Ravenswood and it's accompanying, high
school, district.
As one whom have arrived many years after those facts, our UN Association
from Oakland has witnessed what
the real world has taught us that potential, aggression, violence and take-over
does, in fact, exist and while thesigning of the UN Charter and subsequent UN relocation from this Bay Area
founding nucleus geography,
much of the UN's recorded activities has become invisible, from the other side
of town.
Today's innovation of our HOUSE PLANTS and accompanying DESK TOP
official UNBLUE business items will
and should reverse today's Invisible UN syndrome and, of which, many mid-peninsula students share and, in other words, they justdo not see was was envisioned then however today, those same student can
participate
Today, the flying of the UN flag or the continued UN dependency that memberscountries annual dues will be
paid, no longer is indicative of the shared original theme however, our UN
Association from Oakland'sthoughts and actions, derived from the far and long past, remains imbeddedand we can never forget those
traveled days in comradery with this Ravenswood Community and again this
original UN Mission continues.
Starting here again, on the other side of town.
UNGM947141 PROJECTP.O. BOX 51524RAVENSWOOD INDUSTRIAL PARK 94303
650 461 0276 garenkitsorc@yahoo.com
From:Henry Etzkowitz
To:Palo Post; Gennady Sheyner; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Brian Good; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeanne Fleming;Charlie Weidanz; Jim Hersh; Bette Kiernan; Shikada, Ed; Avroh Shah; Council, City; mickie winkler; Ellen Fox;Representative Eshoo
Subject:Solar for Renters
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 3:50:50 PM
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on links.Support Josh Becker’s senate bill 1364 to incentivize mutifamily building photovoltaics installation and bring down
electricity rates that have risen 63% in last three years. Schools and other multi-meter properties could also benefit
according to East Bay Housing Organizations. Let’s support this fossil fuel saving, inflation fighting win-win
initiative, for renters and landlords, led by our own state senator!
This is the Palo Alto I want. Is this the Palo Alto you want?
Sincerely,
Henry Etzkowitz
Candidate for City Council
Sent from my iPhone
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From:Henry Etzkowitz
To:Palo Post; Gennady Sheyner; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Brian Good; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeanne Fleming;Charlie Weidanz; Jim Hersh; Bette Kiernan; Shikada, Ed; Avroh Shah; Council, City; mickie winkler; Ellen Fox;Representative Eshoo
Subject:Solar for Renters
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 3:46:21 PM
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on links.Support Josh Becker’s senate bill 1364 to incentivize mutifamily building photovoltaics installation and bring down
electricity rates that have risen 63% in last three years. Schools and other multi-meter properties could also benefit
according to East Bay Housing Organizations. Let’s support this fossil fuel saving, inflation fighting win-win
initiative, for renters and landlords, led by our own state senator!
This is the Palo Alto I want. Is this the Palo Alto you want?
Sincerely,
Henry Etzkowitz
Candidate for City Council
Sent from my iPhone
From:Henry Etzkowitz
To:Palo Post; Gennady Sheyner; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Brian Good; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeanne Fleming;Charlie Weidanz; Jim Hersh; Bette Kiernan; Shikada, Ed; Avroh Shah; Council, City; mickie winkler; Ellen Fox;Representative Eshoo
Subject:Solar for Renters
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 3:26:27 PM
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on links.Support Josh Becker’s senate bill 1364 to incentivize mutifamily building photovoltaics installation and bring down
electricity rates that have risen 63% in last three years. Schools and other multi-meter properties could also benefit
according to East Bay Housing Organizations. Let’s support this environmentally sound, inflation fighting win-win
initiative, for renters and landlords, led by our own state senator!
This is the Palo Alto I want. Is this the Palo Alto you want?
Sincerely,
Henry Etzkowitz
Candidate for City Council
Sent from my iPhone
From:Henry Etzkowitz
To:Palo Post; Gennady Sheyner; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Brian Good; Rebecca Eisenberg; Jeanne Fleming;Charlie Weidanz; Jim Hersh; Bette Kiernan; Shikada, Ed; Avroh Shah; Council, City; mickie winkler; Ellen Fox;Representative Eshoo
Subject:Solar for Renters
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 3:26:22 PM
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on links.Support Josh Becker’s senate bill 1364 to incentivize mutifamily building photovoltaics installation and bring down
electricity rates that have risen 63% in last three years. Schools and other multi-meter properties could also benefit
according to East Bay Housing Organizations. Let’s support this environmentally sound, inflation fighting win-win
initiative, for renters and landlords, led by our own state senator!
This is the Palo Alto I want. Is this the Palo Alto you want?
Sincerely,
Henry Etzkowitz
Candidate for City Council
Sent from my iPhone
From:Nat Fisher
To:Shikada, Ed
Cc:Council, City
Subject:Re: speaking
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 1:26:37 PM
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With time limits, I don't see that their comments would take up a lot of
time. This is so unfair to people who can't come in person. What is the
real reason speakers on non-agendized items have to be there in person?Natalie
From: Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 2:42 PM
To: Nat Fisher <sukiroo@hotmail.com>
Cc: City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: RE: speaking
Hi Nat – We haven’t chatted in a while; I hope you’re doing great!
We made that change a few months ago, recognizing that the non-agenda items can take a lot
of time and interfere with the items on the agenda. We welcome emails in addition to in-
person comments.
Hope this helps.
Take care,
--Ed
Ed Shikada, City Manager
ICMA Credentialed Manager
(650) 329-2280 | ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Nat Fisher <sukiroo@hotmail.com>
Sent: Monday, August 12, 2024 12:48 PM
To: Shikada, Ed <Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org>
Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>
Subject: speaking
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Why do people speaking on items not on the agenda have to be in the
chambers in person?
Speakers on agendized items can use Zoom.
Natalie Fisher
From:Jo Ann Mandinach
To:Council, City
Subject:Fwd: Napping Pods, Climbing Gyms and No-Tell Motels
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 12:13:45 PM
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---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com>Date: Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 11:50 AMSubject: Fwd: Napping Pods, Climbing Gyms and No-Tell MotelsTo: Planning Commission <Planning.Commission@cityofpaloalto.org>, City Council<city.council@paloalto.org>
Dear Commissioners, Council Members and Mayor,
I thought you might enjoy my letter to the editor which ran in the Daily Post on
Monday, 8/12. While obviously satirical, it raises real issues that deserve yourserious consideration:
1) Who selects these retail consultants with no local knowledge and awards them
such huge contracts?
1a) Why are you wasting multi-millions of dollars of OUR money and where's the
oversight?? Where's the fiscal responsibility?
1b) This waste means never-ending CPAU rate hikes and continued staff
unresponsiveness which 80+ people are NOW discussing on Next Door and TRIED
unsuccessfully to bring to the attention of the Mayor and City Council last week.
1c) Merchants like Footwear Etc. have EXPLICITLY blamed high Palo Alto rentsfor their decision to close their Palo Alto stores while keeping open their outlets in
Los Altos. Why are the HIGH RENTS being ignored when they're clearly a major
factor in PA's retail environment?
2) Why aren't you asking RESIDENTS what retail WE want and would bring us
downtown? For years people have asked for ethnic markets as just one example.
3) Why have you allowed the City Hall lockdown and what are you doing in termsof staff oversight?
4) What if any outreach have you done to merchants and residents? The lack of
outreach to "stakeholders" has been a major concern in PA for decades. Your
"resident surveys" like the one re California Avenue signage and streetscapes is an
incredible waste of resources since it ignores all simple solutions like using the
signage ALREADY produced by a Cal Ave restaurant owner and only offers verycostly and ambitious new streetscapes that will AGAIN force street closure duringconstruction and WILL again hurt the retailers.
Bottom line: it's high time for Palo ALto's leaders and candidates to address staffoversight, fiscal responsibility and accountability.
---------- Forwarded message ---------From: Jo Ann Mandinach <joann@needtoknow.com>
Date: Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 1:10 PMSubject: Napping Pods, Climbing Gyms and No-Tell Motels
To: <letters@padailypost.com>
Your 8/9 articles entitled "Napping Pods on University" re Palo Alto's $3,500,000
contract with yet another retail consultant and "City Hall is Tomb-like" following
the City Manager's City Hall lockdown show how mental health is a top Palo Altopriority instead of fiscal responsibility. Taxpayers may recall this lockdown comes10 years after PA spent $450,000+ for a zowie City Hall "interactive Wayfinding
system."
Just this week people complained to City Council that after months of getting noresponse from CPAU staff they sought to bring their documentation to staff at City
Hall but, alas, were foiled by the lockdown.
But in failure lies opportunity. Since our latest consultant recommends expandingbeyond traditional retail and restaurant establishments into "experienced-based
offerings" like napping pods, perhaps we should also consider adding climbing
gyms to train taxpayers how to scale City Hall to wave their 4-figure utility bills at
any live staffer?
These gyms combined with the great potential in the untapped sleepwalker market
and the truly exciting expansion possibilities into the NoTell Motel segment clearly
show PA's vision and why we can expect never-ending utility rate hikes fundingstaff growth to manage our $5,000,000 army of retail consultants.
Most sincerely,
Jo Ann Mandinach
From:Patricia Judge Tamrazi
To:Star-Lack, Sylvia
Cc:City Mgr; Safe Routes; Transportation; Council, City; City Attorney
Subject:Re: Uncontrolled (unsafe) intersections along "Suggested Routes" to school
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 9:56:04 AM
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Dear Sylvia,
Thank you for your email. The necessary engineering has already been completed - all that
needs to be done is to add stop signs at the uncontrolled intersections, such that they are in linewith the rest of the intersections. Could that be done, please?
School starts at Palo Verde Thursday. We cannot in good conscience call this a Safe Route to
School as is! This is an easy fix!
Let's please, together, review the 7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis,which you reference in your email below. Your characterization of them is not accurate.
1. Loma Verde: 4-way stop.2. Kenneth 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Kenneth).
3. Thomas 1: 2-way stop (stop signs on Greer).4. Janice 1: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
5. Thomas 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.6. Kenneth 2: 3-way stop.
7. Janice 2: UNCONTROLLED INTERSECTION.
We do need engineering to do a study - it's already been done, I'm sure - and the necessary
traffic control was simply overlooked, it seems.
Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also needed
on Thomas 2.
There is no difference between the Thomas / Greer and Janice / Greer intersections. Engineering already decided traffic control is needed on Thomas 1, so it is also needed
on Janice 1 and Janice 2.
Please could you do the following to protect Palo Alto's children using this Safe Route to
school?
1. Add a stop sign at Janice 1.
2. Add a stop sign at Thomas 2.
3. Add a stop sign at Janice 2.
Please let me know your thoughts? I'm hoping to see those stop signs go in this week!
Thanks so much!
Trish Tamrazi
Palo Alto Homeowner
On Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 10:43 PM Star-Lack, Sylvia <Sylvia.Star-Lack@cityofpaloalto.org>wrote:
Hi Ms. Tamrazi,
Thank you for your email. I am so sorry to hear about your son’s recent experience, and Iam glad that you reached out to see what can be done. If you would like me to call you about
this issue, please share your phone number and a good time to call.
I live just off of Greer Road, near Colorado, and my children biked down Greer past Janiceto get to JLS Middle School, so I am aware of the cross streets along Greer. I’m also an avid
cyclist who bikes down Greer at least weekly to reach destinations beyond the Greer/Louisintersection. Finally, I oversee the City’s Safe Routes to School team, our forthcoming Safe
Streets for All Safety Action Plan, and the update of our Bicycle and PedestrianTransportation Plan, so I am working to improve our streets for everyone, particularly
children and vulnerable road users.
The California DMV manual says the following about intersections:
Intersections
An intersection is any place where one road meets another road. Controlled
intersections have signs or traffic signal lights. Uncontrolled and blind
intersections do not. Before entering an intersection, look left, right, and
ahead to check for vehicles, bicyclists, and pedestrians. Be prepared to slowdown and stop if necessary. Pedestrians always have the right-of-way. Here
are some right-of-way rules at intersections:
· Without STOP or YIELD signs: The vehicle that arrives to the
intersection first has the right-of-way. However, if a vehicle,
pedestrian, or bicyclist gets to the intersection at the same time as
you, give the right-of-way to the vehicle, pedestrian, or bicyclist on
your right. If you approach a stop sign and there is a stop sign on all
four corners, stop first and proceed as above.
· T intersections without STOP or YIELD signs: Vehicles,
bicyclists, and pedestrians on the through road (continuing to go
straight) have the right-of-way.
Notably, some of the cross streets of Greer south of Loma Verde are T intersections. Of the7 intersections on Greer between Loma Verde and Louis, four of them are T intersections
where Greer, as the through road, has the right-of-way. Janice does not have a T intersectionwith Greer, so drivers and cyclists should follow the procedure in the first bullet above,
giving right-of-way to the first vehicle to arrive at the intersection.
As you know, a 311 ticket has been opened, and one of our transportation engineers willevaluate the intersection for appropriate signage. Stop signs are placed according to a
standard analysis conducted by our engineers. It can take some time for the engineers togather the data needed for this analysis, and the outcome will be shared in 311.
Since you care about school route safety, I wanted to let you know about City programs and
initiatives where you can engage further to support vulnerable road users. I will also shareyour email with the teams working on these efforts:
Our Safe Routes to School program relies on parents at each school to volunteer as
Transportation Safety Representatives (TSRs). You can contact the Palo Verde TSR
(check with the PTA for this year’s TSR) to see how you can be on the team to helpeducate and encourage students and parents at your school on how to walk, bike, and
drive more safely in the neighborhood. TSRs also come to monthly City/SchoolTransportation Safety Committee meetings to work collaboratively with School
District and City staff on road safety items.
The City began development of a Safe Streets for All Safety Action Plan in the middleof 2023. A draft plan will be available for public review this fall before a final draft is
adopted by Council in late 2024 or early 2025.
The City is currently updating its existing 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian TransportationPlan (BPTP) to reflect current community needs and desires, consider recent trends in
cycling and bicycle technology (such as e-bikes), and address changes in bicycle andpedestrian planning and design. This summer and early fall we are developing a
priority projects list and discussing the City’s entire bicycle network, so it’s a greattime to follow along and get involved. Look for public engagement opportunities this
fall. We anticipate the final draft of the BPTP Update will be available in early 2025for a summer 2025 City Council adoption. You can learn more on the project
webpage.
And finally, a round-up of what Santa Clara County cities are doing to improve road safetycan be found here.
If you have additional questions about roadway safety, please let me know.
-Sylvia
Sylvia Star-Lack (she/her)| Transportation Planning Manager
Office of Transportation | City of Palo Alto250 Hamilton Avenue | Palo Alto, CA 94301
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Hello Safe Routes,
Could you please address the uncontrolled intersections on your "Suggested Routes" byadding stop signs such that they are no longer uncontrolled?
May I suggest that someone walk your "Suggested Routes" and flag and fix where they areunsafe?
To create, then perpetuate, unsafe conditions where you suggest and actively encouragewalking and biking - particularly for young children on their way to and from school - isquite egregious. This also goes for dangerous conditions along the "Bicycle Boulevard" onRoss Road, which have been flagged by residents for years now, but which remain unfixed.
On the Suggested Route to Palo Verde Elementary along Greer, there are a number ofuncontrolled intersections, for example, where Janice feeds into Greer (both sides ofJanice).
My 8 year old son and a car almost collided yesterday at the intersection of Janice andGreer, near Louis, due to the uncontrolled intersection there. He was going down Greer onhis bike and, thankfully, due to others' advocacy on unsafe intersections in Palo Alto, wenoticed in mid-July (3 years into our crossing that intersection) that the intersection is
uncontrolled and unsafe - therefore, he treats it as having a stop sign now. It was only forthat reason that he and the car did not collide (the car turning from Janice to Greer did not
stop and the driver looked very confused as she moved through the intersection - rightfullyso!).
These uncontrolled intersections put too much responsibility on those traveling through the
intersection and are particularly dangerous for people not familiar with the area (as with thecar yesterday). Residents and visitors should be able to trust that there are sufficient traffic
signs, especially in a well-funded and technologically advanced city such as Palo Alto. Atthe moment, there are not!! (For example, I have seen self-driving cars blow through these
intersections which lack proper traffic control.)
I flagged this issue of uncontrolled intersections on Greer Rd. toTransportation@cityofpaloalto.org back on July 19, but never received a substantive
response - I emailed back on July 22 that a ticket was started on PaloAlto311 (ID15716138). I also flagged this issue on 311 yesterday, again, after my son would have been
hit by the car, had he followed the City's traffic signs.
Many elementary aged children walk along Greer to school - many unaccompanied byadults. Could you please address this before school begins?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi, Palo Alto homeowner
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From:Patricia Judge Tamrazi
To:Marshall, Tomm; Stump, Molly; Shikada, Ed; Council, City
Cc:Batchelor, Dean; Burton, Kaylee; Lauing, Ed; City Mgr
Subject:Re: FW: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
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Good morning,
Mr. Shikada - Please let me know, will you let the CPUC regulators in to help you fix theglaring health and safety issues within Utilities?
Following up on my email below from August 2, since I have not heard back from any ofyou. Today is August 13. What has been done to address the glaring safety issues in Utilities
that I have been flagging since February? What progress has there been on the list below?
I submitted a Public Records Request and the City was unable to provide any maintenanceschedule for the City's electrical system or progress on that schedule. I was told the City
complies with CPUC regulations, however, the City was unable to provide evidence of that -so is it safe to assume the City does not, in fact, comply? That is very dangerous!! And
totally NOT in line with industry standards (again).
Why not let the CPUC auditors in to investigate, given the safety dangers this presents to PaloAltans?
The outage yesterday and botched response to fix it, is evidence of these glaring safety issues.
Obviously the notification system needs A LOT OF HELP - what will happen in anemergency? Given what yesterday demonstrated, are you addressing those shortcomings?
I invite you to read the comments in the linked article, which reflect the disarray in Utilities
that I have experienced first-hand since my lights started flickering in January - City Council,these are your constituents who NEED HELP. Please see, for example, below.
Please let me know, will you let the CPUC regulators in to help you fix these health and safetyissues?
Trish Tamrazi
Palo Alto Homeowner
On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 8:56 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:Good morning,
As you know from my previous email this morning, I continue to experience poor power
supply at my house (first reported to CPAU on January 24 - today is August 2).
I'm now following up on my email below from July 3, since I never received an answer. Could the City Manager's office please provide an update?
Could you please provide an update on the overarching HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES /
SOLUTIONS, which I have inquired about repeatedly?
1. Emergency line and customer service not properly staffed / trained (lack knowledge
to do their jobs; Dean Batchelor, in February, and Tomm Marshall, in April, bothagreed with 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
(this is per CPAU's own employees).
3. CPAU maintenance standards fall below PG&E's / industry standards (this is perCPAU's own employees - see above and overgrown tree issues above). EDITED
TO ADD: Public Records Requests suggest there are also no proper maintenanceschedules for overhead electrical lines (City said there were, as is industry standard,
but was unable to provide, so is it correct to assume they do not exist?).
4. Contractors must abide by the City's own stated steps of performance - training andoversight needed. (This is the dirty water / water meter swap lawsuit.)
What actions are being taken to address these issues?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
On Wed, Jul 3, 2024 at 9:30 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com>wrote:
Hi there,
I do not know who I am communicating with - the email directly below is sent from theemail address of Tomm Marshall, but is signed with Kaylee Burton's signature. This is of
course important because Mr. Marshall would be, I believe, presenting technicalinformation, while Ms. Burton would not.
Thank you for sending the data from the newest transformer from Thursday, June 27,
starting around noon when it was installed. This illustrates exactly my point aboutCPAU's negligence: there is no need to put a load logger up on the line and spend weeks
evaluating the voltage swings, as you say you have been doing - there should be testing inreal time, right away, as soon as work is being done, and any dangerous conditions should
be addressed then and there. This perfectly illustrates the fact here: that CPAU left knowndangerous conditions (voltage swings) up on the electrical line, unfixed, since at least mid-
March (likely February) until June 27. This is not in line with minimum maintenance andsafety standards in the industry (as many of CPAU's employees and contractors have told
me).
Your troubleshooting efforts were only "persistent," as you are now trying to spin it,because I - a resident and customer - have been persistent. This is no way to run a utility -
this is dangerous.
Could you please provide an update on the overarching HEALTH AND SAFETYISSUES / SOLUTIONS, which I have inquired about repeatedly?
1. Emergency line and customer service not properly staffed / trained (lack knowledgeto do their jobs; Dean Batchelor, in February, and Tomm Marshall, in April, both
agreed with me on the phone that this is a real issue) - training and oversightneeded.
2. Employees not empowered to diagnose and fix problems when identified - boots on
the ground should be empowered, not supervisors who do 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 above and overgrown tree issues above).
4. Contractors must abide by the City's own stated steps of performance - training andoversight needed. (This is the dirty water / water meter swap lawsuit.)
What actions are being taken to address these issues?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 4:09 PM Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org>wrote:
Ms. Tamarazi,
The city is prepared to cover the costs of an electrician to conduct a thorough inspectionof your home. Should the electrician discover any damages that might have been caused
by the city, you have the option to file a claim through the city's website at Submit aClaim Against the City – City of Palo Alto, CA, to seek reimbursement for those
damages.
Regrettably, this issue was not a simple repair but rather a complex matter that required
extensive troubleshooting and time to resolve.
Enclosed are the latest readings from the newly installed transformer as of Thursday,
July 28, confirming that there are currently no issues detected.
Due to the complexity of the situation, the solution did not unfold as originally
anticipated. Through persistent troubleshooting efforts, however, we successfullyidentified and resolved the underlying cause.
At present, CPAU (City of Palo Alto Utilities) has not been informed of any additionalelectrical concerns associated with transformer malfunctions.
I trust that I have sufficiently addressed all of your inquiries in the preceding email.
Thank you,
Kaylee Burton
Utilities Administrative Assistant
City of Palo Alto Utilities Department
Phone: 650.329.2326 | Cell: 650.444.5305
E-mail: kaylee.burton@CityofPaloAlto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 10:53 AMTo: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Batchelor, Dean
<Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burton, Kaylee<Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Lauing, Ed <Ed.Lauing@CityofPaloAlto.org>;
Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>; City Mgr<CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
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Dear Tomm,
Thank you for your email. In response:
1. Will the City commit to paying for all damage to my house? I am waiting to get
an electrician in because I am waiting for an answer to the question I have askedmultiple times: will the City commit to paying for any damage found within my
home? My house is newly rewired and had no damage when assessed back in lateJanuary when our flickering lights were first reported to CPAU. These flickering
lights were later attributed to being caused by severe brownouts due to the City'spoor power supply, however the City denied all possible responsibility for over a
week prior to putting a smart meter on my house, so, trusting that, I consultedmultiple electricians during that time. Thereafter, voltage fluctuations were
measured. Therefore, if the power supply to my house is safe and reliable nowand I am still experiencing issues, it is due to the damage the City's poor power
supply has caused to my house. Will the City commit to paying for all damage?
2. Shouldn't it be up to CPAU - not me - to determine what a "proper fix" is? I have
been told that, in fact, back in February, the loose leg was tightened and the powersupply got worse, not better, but that the supervisor did not want to pay overtime
for the proper fix, so they just left it. This is per your own employees - multiple
of them told me to advocate for something better than a "Band-aid fix." I knowyou have denied that being the case, but you have not provided any data
illustrating that your employees who told me to advocate for myself were wrong(and what would their motivation be to lie to me??). What a "proper fix" means, I
do not know, nor should I, as I am simply a resident and customer. If youreplaced the transformer only upon my request, as you are now saying - wow, that
is incredibly scary and this whole situation is even worse than I thought.
3. Could you please provide data showing the issue is fixed? Do you have data
showing that the fourth transformer fixed the ongoing issue?
4. Why is the fix only at the repeated request of a resident? If I didn't push and push
and push, would you have just left the defective transformers? With the latestswap (which you say now fixed the poor power supply, right?), Utilities sent my
neighbors notification of power shut down only after I requested the CaliforniaState regulators be let in to inspect, and even then it was not treated as an
emergency!
5. Are faulty transformers a problem throughout the City of Palo Alto? If yes, what
is being done to fix this issue to protect the health and safety of residents? Pleasesee one resident's account below. I have also connected with other homeowners
whose appliances were blown out by poor power supply to their houses.
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:50 AM Marshall, Tomm<Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
The voltage fluctuations observed in the network supplied by the transformer located
at 3480 Thomas Drive were not due to a loose neutral wire but rather stemmed from amanufacturing defect in the transformers supplied to the City of Palo Alto.
Initially, the issue at your property was identified as a loose Hot Leg on thetransformer. The voltage fluctuation on your service was resolved upon repairing this
connection. However, following this repair, you reported persistent voltagefluctuations. Although we did not observe any issues with your service, we proceeded
with replacing the transformer upon your request. After replacement, we observedunexpected voltage deviations causing intermittent flickering on the new transformer.
Subsequent replacement with another unit from the same manufacturer revealed thatthe issue lay in a defect inherent to these transformers.
The transformer was then replaced a third time, this time with a unit from a differentmanufacturer, which effectively resolved the unexpected voltage fluctuations in the
secondary system.
As mentioned previously, if you continue to experience flickering lights or any related
issues, we remain committed to assisting you by facilitating an investigation with anelectrician of your choosing to identify and address the root cause.
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, July 2, 2024 9:06 AMTo: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Batchelor, Dean<Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burton, Kaylee<Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Lauing, Ed<Ed.Lauing@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org>;City Mgr <CityMgr@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
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Hi Tomm,
I hope this email finds you well. Following up on my email from May 31, since Ihave not heard back from you yet and since Kurt Williams told me yesterday tocontact you regarding my questions on the known and unfixed loose neutral.
Could you please provide an update on fixing the loose neutral measured up on thepole at 3480 Thomas Drive, in at least March?
It looks like they switched out the transformer again last week. I believe that this isthe third time the transformer has been switched. Why was it switched again?
Has the loose neutral been fixed?
Trish Tamrazi
On Fri, May 31, 2024 at 8:13 AM Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Tomm - Following up on my email from Tuesday, since you have not replied. When will the loose neutral in my neighborhood be fixed? As you know, utilitycompanies treat this as an emergency, and ours was identified at least back inMarch (I believe, in talking with CPAU employees,February). https://www.luminsmart.com/blog/the-dangers-of-floating-neutral-2262
On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 11:25 AM Patricia Judge <patricia.judge@gmail.com>wrote:
Thanks, Tomm. My understanding is that the crews would know right away bytesting if they fixed the loose neutral, so is it correct to assume that your emailmeans that they did not fix the neutral issue? When will you be doing that? I’msure you can understand my being worried about this since it’s a serious electricaldanger (risk of surge and fire).
From what I have pieced together, there was a neutral issue with the old
transformer and a neutral issue with the new transformer, so wouldn’t thatsuggest that the issue is NOT with the transformer? Is there maybe a damaged or
loose wire somewhere that needs to be found? I understand that would take muchmore time to find and fix versus switching out the transformer again, and I do
appreciate the crews’ time.
2 City employees now - one back on February and one last week (May) - haveexpressed to me how worried they are about overgrown trees around the
overhead wires in my neighborhood. Could that be contributing to my poorpower supply? When will the trees around the wires be trimmed?
I’m looping in Councilmember Lauing, since he has been actively working on
this.
I’m here to help. I want nothing more than to get this resolved so that I can justlive in peace - with safe and reliable power - and never have to contact you again.
I want to be clear, that is my goal.
Thank you,
Trish
650-208-4802
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On May 28, 2024, at 10:13 AM, Marshall, Tomm
<Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
The transformer was replaced, new wire connections were installedand meters were installed to record data.
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 10:26 AMTo: Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burton,Kaylee <Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
Hi Tomm,
What happened yesterday - did they find the loose neutral (identifiedin early March) and tighten it?
Trish
Patricia Tamrazi
650-208-4802
On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 10:10 AM Williams, Kurt<Kurt.Williams@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Patricia,
I have attached a screenshot of the neutral issue.
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Best,
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Kurt Williams.
Associate Power Engineer, EIT.
City of Palo Alto | Utilities Department
1007 Elwell Court | Palo Alto, CA 94303
O: 650-329-2445 | C: | E: kurt.williams@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 9:27 AMTo: Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burton,
Kaylee <Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
Thank you, Kurt. My understanding is that when my house was
on the new transformer, there was a "neutral issue" that waspicked up by the load logger. Could you please send me screen
shots of that data, showing the "neutral issue"?
On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 8:20 AM Williams, Kurt<Kurt.Williams@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Patricia,
I have reviewed the data from April 25th – May 1st and have
attached a screenshot below. On 4/29 at about 6AM, there was atemporary dip of the high side voltage, causing the secondary
voltage to drop below 114V. Besides this anomaly, thesecondary voltage stayed between the required 5% tolerance
(126V -114V) and the PST value was below 1, indicating thatno flicker likely occurred expect on the morning on 4/29 where
the PST value was above 1.
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Best,
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Kurt Williams.
Associate Power Engineer, EIT.
City of Palo Alto | Utilities Department
1007 Elwell Court | Palo Alto, CA 94303
O: 650-329-2445 | C: | E: kurt.williams@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 4:21 PMTo: Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Burton, Kaylee <Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causing brownouts
Thank you, Kurt. Has the data been reviewed yet that was takenfrom the last time the load logger was on the house?
On Wed, May 15, 2024 at 3:53 PM Williams, Kurt<Kurt.Williams@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Hi Patricia,
I spoke with Tomm and the meter technicians will be outtomorrow morning, 5/16, between 9AM and 10AM to install
the load logger.
Best,
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Kurt Williams.
Associate Power Engineer, EIT.
City of Palo Alto | Utilities Department
1007 Elwell Court | Palo Alto, CA 94303
O: 650-329-2445 | C: | E:
kurt.williams@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 8:57 AMTo: Marshall, Tomm <Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Batchelor, Dean <Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>;
Burton, Kaylee <Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>;Williams, Kurt <Kurt.Williams@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causingbrownouts
Hi Tomm,
My lights are flickering again - at 11:15am on Sunday 5/12
and in the evening of Monday 5/13. The flickering was ondifferent circuits. I can send video if you'd like.
I don't know whether the load logger is on or not? I thinkmaybe it is not, since I did see my gate closed differently after
it was installed. I don't receive notification of the work - but Iwould like that, please, since I am having to be so involved.
A couple of questions:
1. Is it possible there are loose connections from Utilitieson my panel? There was a torque test on everything
my electrician did - how about what Utilities has done? It seemed like the flickering stopped when the load
logger was on (if it is indeed off) - so I thought maybeit was a loose connection related to that - especially
since you had told me previously that you found aLOOSE CONNECTION on the load logger. This is
quite concerning, of course, and should be an easy fix? It seems like the load logger was taken off, and the
flickering returned. 2. You said previously there was a "neutral issue" when
connected to the NEW transformer, so you took us offthat and put us on the OLD transformer next to it. Can
you just fix the "neutral issue" and put me on the NEWtransformer? Will this solve my flickering lights?
What does "neutral issue" mean?
This flickering was first reported to CPAU January 24, so this
is quite frustrating that it is still going on.
Could you please fix it?
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
650-208-4802
On Thu, Apr 25, 2024 at 2:47 PM Marshall, Tomm
<Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
Here are more files.
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2024 2:16 PMTo: Marshall, Tomm
<Tomm.Marshall@CityofPaloAlto.org>Cc: Batchelor, Dean
<Dean.Batchelor@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Burton, Kaylee<Kaylee.Burton@CityofPaloAlto.org>Subject: Re: Plea to PROPERLY fix issues causingbrownouts
Hi Tomm,
Load logger. Having a meter reset - does that mean coming
out to put a load logger back on my house? Myunderstanding is that the smart meter will not pick up most
poor power supply issues - I need a load logger on there,and it needs to be the correct one (I have been told there
was a "wrong" one on, for quite a while). I was told that itwas only because my brownouts were so severe that the
smart meter picked them up - generally, it would not.
Video. The video showed the light - when the light switchis turned off - it takes a long time to go out, gets very
bright, then turns off. This is on a dumb switch. It wasflickering severely the day before this odd behavior (I do
have video of the flickering). Then this odd behavior. Then back to normal. Please note that this is different than
the flickering, which occurs when the lights are on. This isodd behavior when we try to turn the light off.
Flickering. Flickering occurs on fixtures with lightbulbs
throughout the house - many have dumb switches, somehave dimmers. Since this flickering is consistent across
different switch devices and happens intermittently, itseems unlikely that the flickering is due to dimmers. It
seems flickering is more pronouced on fixtures with bulbsthan integrated LEDs - I have been told that may
indicate low voltage - what do you think?
Records request. I do not believe that any original datasets
came through to me in response to my records request. There are many, many items missing in the records request,
which I only submitted because I've asked for the datamany times, and I have never received it. I have been told
that Utilities does not want to provide it (folks refer to "mysupervisor") - which is why I put in the records request - as
a matter of law, it is to be provided. I'm attaching the loadlogger data that I have seen - but I would like the full data
set, please.
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
650-208-4802
On Tue, Apr 23, 2024 at 1:36 PM Marshall, Tomm
<Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
I am having the charts printed out so that I can forward
them to you . The original datasets were included in thePublic Records Request but they appear to require the
meter manufacturers software to decode the data. When Ihave more time I will see if the files can be exported in a
data file that can be read by something like EXCEL. ThePDF files of the data from your house should be ready by
the end of the week.
I have asked the engineer to request the meter to be reseton your house and it should be done this week.
The video showed the light flickering and going out. A
couple of questions since I don’t know the setup in yourhouse. Was this the only light experiencing the
flickering? Is the light connected to a dimmer switch?
Thanks for you patience.
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Hi Tomm,
Following up from our phone discussion on Thursday,April 18, since I have not heard from anyone yet -
Could you send all data from the load loggers associatedwith the power to my house, please? When will loadloggers be put back on my house, please?
I have more video of my lights flickering on Saturday,April 20. Could you please let me know if you'd like tosee it?
My understanding from our discussion Thursday is thatyou measured the following: (1) brownouts initially (firstreported January 24 and recorded via smart meterFebruary 8 - these issues are also in the data from theload loggers?), (2) power to house from new transformeraround February 12, then continuing flickering lights dueto a problem with the neutral (is that a loose neutral?),then (3) did not fix those neutral issues, instead movedthe house to an old transformer on the secondary pole(which also had loose connections - so if the "proper fix"
on the other pole was a new transformer, why not on thispole too?), and continuing flickering lights.
Did you have a chance to review the video I sent on
April 17, video recorded April 14? I've never seen alight do this - could you please tell me what is going on?
Is this dangerous? Is this a surge due to ongoing issues? The light did go back to normal - so the only thing that
could have changed is the power supply to my house.
Thank you,
Trish Tamrazi
650-208-4802
On Wed, Apr 17, 2024 at 11:55 AM Patricia Judge
Tamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear Tomm,
I look forward to speaking with you soon.
Thank you for your call on the afternoon of Thursday,
April 4. I'm sorry for missing it - I am dealing withsome health issues and could not answer the phone.
My understanding is that many City employees do notwork on Fridays, so I intended to call you on Monday,
April 8. However, upon walking out my door to takemy son to school on that morning, I came upon the
City's contractor replacing my water meter (no notice)- I asked him to follow specific City procedures laid
out to my elderly neighbor whose water was grosslycontaminated by the techniques used by the
contractor, with the assurance those procedures wouldbe followed, but they were not, and my water was
contaminated with yard dirt. I have been dealing withthat since.
I just left you a voicemail. Attached please find the
video I referenced in that voicemail, of the weird issuewith the light in my daughter's room. This was last
Thursday, April 11. The day before, April 10, thelights were severely flickering. The light went back to
normal as of Sunday, April 14. The only thing thatpossibly could have changed is the power supply to the
house. By way of background which may be helpful,this light fixture was new last year - it uses lightbulbs.
Could you please provide all load logger data relatedto the power supply to my house?
If you think this issue is resolved, could you please put
a load logger back on to measure these issues? I havenever seen a light act like in the video - neither have
electricians that I have consulted.
I am very worried that this is dangerous and could starta fire.
Trish Tamrazi
650-208-4802
On Thu, Apr 4, 2024 at 10:31 AM Patricia JudgeTamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Tomm,
It's nice to hear from you. I am free to discuss byphone at any time. I want to start with a baseline: I
am here to help and I am open to working with you. While I am very upset with the dysfunction in Palo
Alto, my anger and frustration is not directed towardemployees like you (as a general statement, with
exceptions for those who have been threatening tome and/or lied to me).
A quick Google search suggests that you probably
understand the reality of what I am going through. My lights seem to flicker evenings and weekends -
but not long holiday weekends or, it seems, duringthis week which is spring break for Palo Alto public
schools.
The "EIT" (which I assume is "Engineer inTraining"), who I have been told is the point person
for my issues (an illustration of how seriously it'sbeen taken, that we don't even have a licensed
engineer in charge), suggested my flickering lightsare due to some sort of machine at a hypothetical
construction site nearby, which is, of course, silly.
I think it's more likely that it's the 2 EVs charging inmany driveways in my neighborhood.
It's been insinuated to me that CPAU is covering up
issues voiced by citizens like me, who are onlytrying to get safe and reliable power to our houses.
Maybe it's that with the City Council's obsessionwith electrification, no one dares admit what's
actually going on.
Yes, my primary transformer was upgraded, buthow about the lines?
I've been in contact with a bunch of folks with
flickering lights who are PG&E customers - PG&Ecomes right out, diagnoses the problem, and fixes
it.
Here in Palo Alto is different - in a bad way. I havebeen told that cutting costs is the number 1 priority -
not providing safe and reliable power to homes orempowering linemen to diagnose and fix problems.
Do you know that another customer called in
flickering lights and 2 failed appliances (at least)and it took 10 days plus another follow-up call plus
1 more day to get a lineman out to just check for aloose neutral?! How unsafe!!!! They put a load
logger on, but now she's getting the runaround fromCPAU for someone to come out to pull the data. It's
exactly what happened to me.
This is too much to ask from citizens. This is noway to run a utility.
Please let me know when a good time for a
discussion is.
Again, my anger is toward this dysfunctional city,not toward you.
Thank you for reaching out to me, and I look
forward to working together.
Trish Tamrazi
3409 Greer Rd.
650-208-4802
On Wed, Apr 3, 2024 at 3:24 PM Marshall, Tomm<Tomm.Marshall@cityofpaloalto.org> wrote:
If you have time tomorrow or sometime nextweek I would like to have a conversation with you
regarding you concerns with the electric service atyour house. I am the Assistant Director of Electric
Engineering and Operations and I hope that I canfind a way to address your concerns. My staff has
updated me on your situation and I am familiar
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with the events and the visits to your house. Inaddition, I have reviewed the voltage and current
recordings that have been take at your house andin the adjacent homes.
Please let me know when you have time to discuss
either on the phone or in person at your home.
Thanks
From: Patricia Judge Tamrazi<patricia.judge@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, April 1, 2024 9:02 PMTo: 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 issuescausing brownouts
Dear City Council,
I last wrote to you on March 27 and still have notreceived an answer. The only time I received a
substantive answer was when I expressed my
displeasure at not being able to purchase an EV(being afraid that my neighborhood would burn
down or that my young children were in dangerdidn't strike a chord with you). So, here's more
about that EV:
Here are photographs of the two places in mygarage where I had planned for EV chargers:
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Last week, I purchased a gas powered car toreplace the old car which was totaled after being
stolen from in front of my house here in PaloAlto.
Attached please find video of my lights flickering
on the evening of March 28. This is visualevidence of why I cannot have an EV: CPAU fails
to provide safe and reliable electricity to myhome.
My flickering lights were first reported to CPAU
on January 24. After struggling with CPAU forover 2 weeks, I first reached out to you regarding
this issue on February 9, after I was told byCPAU's own employees that I needed to advocate
for a "proper fix" to our issues and was met with athreatening environment when I did so in person
to CPAU's supervising employee. I truly thoughtyou would help me, but I am still waiting.
Our flickering continues.
We now have multiple problems with the
electronics in our home, all of which are new
since we just finished renovating in late 2023. For example (and this is not all-inclusive), our
bathroom fans act up (turn on and off randomlyand unexpectedly) and the ice in our Sub-zero is
stuck together (suggesting that it is not regulatingits temperature properly).
My family is suffering because of
your unresponsiveness. I spend countless hourstrying to navigate how to get my city government
to respond to me so that I can get safe and reliablepower to my house. My business is suffering, my
young children are suffering, and I havedeveloped health issues.
It is your responsibility to oversee CPAU, isn't it?
Your constituents are depending on you.
I close this 8th email to you as I have most of theemails that came before it: I welcome 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 JudgeTamrazi <patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear City Council,
I have not heard from Dean, nor from Ed, sincebeing told by Ed on March 5 that Dean will be
calling me and that Ed would join if needed. That was over 3 weeks ago.
Episode 1 of The Invisible Shield premiered onPBS last night. I recommend you watch it. I
found it inspiring to see the amazing impactproperly funded and functioning public health
systems can have, as well as the negativeeffects that flow from cutting funding and
letting those systems fall into disrepair. Alesson, perhaps, for your management of the
Utilities Department?
I'm sure by now you have heard of thecontamination of some houses' drinking water
that was caused by the contractor the city hiredto swap out water 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 you remain silent,citizens have been drinking contaminated
water!
In the same vein, I am still waiting on you tonotify my neighbors of the damage your poor
power supply has done to their homes. I firstsuggested you do this in my email below on
February 21.
By the way, I have connected with a womanacross town - a mom with your children and a
lot on her plate - who has had flickering lightsas well as a dishwasher and refrigerator that
have gone out. My understanding is that she ispatiently waiting for someone to come out to
her house to check it out. I imagine I do notneed to state this to you, as you are the
regulators of the Utility and must know - butjust in case: utilities companies generally treat
flickering lights as an emergency!
Another thing is that, after following up, thecity's response to my Public Records Request is
still woefully unresponsive. I am simply tryingto gather information to fix the power supply to
my house! It is the city's legal duty to respond
fully. The city did, however, produce 2 emailswhich are sickening:
1. Prior to anyone providing me any realassistance or response, Dean forwarded
my desperate email pleading for help andexpressing my general displeasure with
the mismanagement in Palo Alto toCatherine Elvert, who I gather from a
Google search is a PR professional, withthe note “Here you go !!!” Were you
getting your talking points in order, ratherthan focusing on helping your citizens??
2. 1 hour AFTER my THIRD desperateemail pleading for help (email stamp on
my email shows, "date: Feb 12, 2024,2:05 PM"), Ed sent an email (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 “No needfor further prompting. Thanks all!”
NOTHING HAD BEEN ADDRESSED.
I close this 7th email to you as I have most of
the emails that came before it: I welcome anythoughts 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: I would much rather have aresponsive, caring, and ethical city
government, than bring any thieves to justice.
The stress from having our car stolen from infront of our house pales in comparison to the
stress and anguish we have experienced as afamily in getting the run around from CPAU
and then being ignored by City Hall, as I tryto get safe and reliable power delivered to the
houses in my neighborhood.
Regarding the electrical issue: I should neverhave been this involved or have had to push
so hard. This is too much to ask fromcitizens. It is no way to run a utility. But, to
continue down that path: logically, shouldn'tthe transformer also be replaced on the
"secondary pole," where loose connectionswere also found? If that was the "proper fix"
on the first pole climbed (i.e. PG&Eminimum maintenance standards), wouldn't it
also be the "proper fix" on the second?
This is, of course, putting aside that perhapsthis is a long-standing issue, not unique to my
block, which has harmed many along theway.
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 imagine how this hasimpacted you and your family. While
understanding nothing can make up forsuch a violation, I hope the thieves are
quickly brought to justice.
Regarding your electrical issue, I havespoken to Director Batchelor and
understand he will be calling you to followup. I’m sorry to hear that their
replacement of the electrical transformerdid not resolve the problem. I will stay in
touch with him and happy to join a call ashe works with you on next steps.
Sincerely,
--Ed
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ICMA Credentialed Manager
(650) 329-2280 |
ed.shikada@cityofpaloalto.org
www.cityofpaloalto.org
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Good morning, City Council,
On Thursday night, our car got stolen from
in front of our house here in Palo Alto. Itlooks like it's totaled. When we
completely rewired the house last year, wefuture proofed to accommodate an EV
charger - 2 actually. However, CPAU isunable to provide safe and reliable power
to our house. Because of this, to our greatdisappointment, we cannot replace our gas
powered car with an EV.
My husband is a physician - if he gets acall in the middle of the night that someone
is bleeding to death and needs anintervention, and his EV didn't charge -
well, that's a big problem!
City Council - I see your talking points on
electrification (I'm all for electrification). You know that your electrical
infrastructure can't support it.
This is the real world effect of yourdecisions: a family that wanted to goelectric cannot.
You remain silent, as I plead for yourhelp, dating back to my first email to you
on February 9. We are now on March 4.
As for my flickering lights here at 3409Greer Rd. - the latest working theory from
CPAU is that it is caused by an aircompressor at a theoretical 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 + an outdated electricalinfrastructure that cannot support it?
I put in a Public Records Request related to
my power issues. (a) The response was aday late. (b) The response was blatantly
incomplete.
I believe the public policy reasoningbehind municipal utilities falling outside of
regulation is (i) elected officials, who serveas the utlity's oversight, will be responsive
(mine - you - are silent) and (ii) there areprotections such as the Public Records
Request (my city obviously disregards itslegal duties).
In speaking with utilities attorneys last
week, one stated: When municipal utilitiesare good, they're really great. But when
they're bad, it's abysmal.
I understand that you let Tesla jump aheadof the rest of the city in the grid update.
Maybe Elon Musk's words will resonatewith you then - he said 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 stepsto make our municipal utility "really
great," instead of "abysmal"? Yourconstituents are depending 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 at3409 Greer Rd. I still have not heard
anything substantive from anyone exceptfor Dean.
City Manager Shikada and City Council
- you are the regulators of the UtilitiesDepartment, correct? Why have I still
not heard back from any of you with
anything substantive? (The vastmajority of you, I have not heard
anything at all.)
I still have not received any answer - isthis a fire risk? I am worried - I have 2
small children - I have expressed thisand no one seems to care!
The transformer that I have been told
supplies power to my house wasswitched out on February 15. On
February 14, the Utilities Departmentclimbed another pole nearby (described
to me as my "secondary pole") andfound loose connections, which I've
been told were tightened. That's 2 out of2 poles with loose connections. Is
routine maintenance being done? Arethere loose connections all over the
city? My lights continue to flicker - areother loose connections causing this?
The "secondary pole" with loose
connections would explain the problemsthe neighbors have experienced on that
side of my house: (1) one neighbor'srefrigerator went out and she had to go
buy a new one last weekend, (2) anotherneighbor had flickering lights (I
discovered this by overhearing him overthe fence speaking to someone about his
panel), (3) a third neighbor had anoutdoor light that was malfunctioning
(she described it as "acting weird"). These are the things that I have heard
only in passing - surprisingly, everyonehas complete trust in Palo Alto Utilities
and does not blame the poor powersupply they are receiving. These 3
houses are in addition to the 6 housesexperiencing poor power supply issues
from the other pole (one of which wentthrough 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 toyour citizens these issues after you
discover them? Shouldn't you informthem that they have been receiving poor
power supply and educate them on thedamage that has possibly (or likely) been
done to the appliances and electronicswithin their home? I thought CPAU is
supposed to do better than PG&E?
On February 14, I received a call froman engineer to get my story to analyze
the data collected by the load logger onmy house. He was unaware that mine
was not the only house with flickeringlights! 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 timewe had 5 houses total with confirmed
flickering lights. The engineer was notinformed that it was not just my house
with flickering lights - I had to explain tohim 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 I was toldwould 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 onFriday: My lights continue to flicker
after Thursday's "Band-Aid fix," asdescribed by CPAU employees. Over
the weekend, I discovered a 6thneighboring house with flickering
lights.
My understanding is that flickeringlights are a sign of possible fire risk,
as they are often caused by looseconnections that may arc.
Since I did not receive an answer from
any of you on Friday regardingwhether my neighbors and I are at risk
for fire, despite my desperate plea, Icalled the Fire Department this
morning to ask. I have been told thatthey are looking into it.
I talked with Dean this morning, after
I spoke with the Fire Department, andhe is looking into the issue. I do
appreciate his call.
I still do not understand why CPAU'sstandard practice falls below PG&E
standards or how that is acceptable?
The Metering Department has beenout to pull the load logger from my
house and put a new one. Iunderstand they're analyzing the data.
Why not just change out thetransformer, as PG&E would do?
Further, there seems to be no effective
regulation of CPAU. I think you all(with the exception of Dean and
perhaps the City Attorney) areresponsible for oversight, but I have
not heard anything substantive fromany of you.
Quite honestly, I now feel incredibly
unsafe here in Palo Alto.
Does maintenance of the gasinfrastructure also fall below PG&E
standards?
There is something up on the pole onGreer as I walk my children to school
that makes a lot of noise. Is it atransformer? Does the noise mean it's
old and in disrepair? I know if atransformer explodes, 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 our walk to keepus safe? I trusted CPAU, and
although I noted the sound every timeI walked under it, I didn't think twice
about walking under it. Now, I dothink twice.
The problems aren't just with the
Utilities Department. On December19, the garbage cans were not
collected in my cul-de-sac. Myelderly neighbor phoned daily, and the
cans were not collected untilDecember 23, after my second elderly
neighbor in the cul-de-sac called onDecember 22 (so it took 3 days of
calling, plus it seems like it wasn'ttaken seriously until there was a
second household calling). After myexperience with Utilities, I was sure to
apologize to my neighbor for notcalling as well - I had never heard of
anything like this! Recology alwayscomes out the next day, whenever
there is an issue.
We just spent 2 years lovinglyrenovating our Eichler - it's our dream
house and we intended for it to be our"forever home." We moved here from
Redwood City for the schools and alsoto be surrounded by a community of
safety-oriented individuals (somethingthat became especially important in
the pandemic). I am devastated tolearn that CPAU standards fall below
PG&E standards. We are nowconsidering moving, but it would be
very difficult for us to do sofinancially.
I appreciate hearing any thoughts you
may have?
Trish Tamrazi
3409 Greer Rd.
650-208-4802
On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 1:30 PMPatricia 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 the safety of
the electricity being supplied to myhome and the homes around me.
Am I at risk for fire? I've asked thisto CPAU multiple times, with no
answer. Am I safe to stay in myhome over the weekend?
I am lucky enough to have a very
close family friend who is a retiredPG&E lineman. His partner has
been in the hospital, I have justfound out, so we were only just able
to reach him late morning today. He said that PG&E would have
changed out that transformer - that'swhat Tito said he is opting not to do
and the 2 other employees at CPAUtold me I should "plead my case"
for. I had no idea what the standardis, until now.
I am new to Palo Alto, having only
owned my home for a little over 2years, but my understanding from
fellow residents is that CPAU isbetter than PG&E. Then why isn't
CPAU doing the minimum thatPG&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. I wasn'tsure, though - maybe not replacing
a transformer was a fix, which iswhy I emailed you. Now, I have an
opinion from a knowledgeablesource that the transformer should
have been replaced.
After learning that CPAU is
possibly not meeting standardpractice - and having not heard back
from anyone with higher authority -I contacted the California Public
Utilities Commission and wasdisheartened (to say it lightly) to
hear that they only advocate forcustomers of shareholder owned
utilities - i.e., not CPAU. I wasadvised that I need to appeal to the
City - which, I think, is all you.
Is there anyone else, or any otherentity, to protect CPAU customers
when there is evidence that astandard is not being met? Am I
reaching out to the wrong people forhelp?
Am I at risk for fire? Should I call
the Fire Department and ask? Whatdoes a "Band-Aid fix" versus a "real
fix" mean, in terms of safety? 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 AMPatricia Judge Tamrazi
<patricia.judge@gmail.com> wrote:
Good morning, Dean,
I'm at my wit's end and writing to
you, copying the City Manager,City Attorney, and City Council,
asking you to please ensure thatmy ongoing and severe electrical
issues at 3409 Greer Road arefixed by CPAU. At least 4 of my
neighbors are experiencing thesesame issues (5 houses total). I
have been told by 2 CPAUemployees that we are receiving a
"Band-Aid fix," not a real fix.
I am considering filing a lawsuit,given how grossly negligent and,
frankly, abusive, my interactionswith CPAU have been. But - at
this time - my focus is on gettingthe electrical service to my house
and my neighbors'houses properly fixed.
Attached please find results from
my smart meter, pulled yesterday,February 8, showing severe
brownouts to my home at 3409Greer Rd. This smart meter was
put on my house onFebruary 7. As you'll see, one
brownout lasted 1 hour 9 minutes,which I have been told is
"insane." For those on the emailwithout an electrical background,
here is a quick primer on theseriousness 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 - wejust finished completely
renovating the inside and don'thave the nice weather yet to paint
the outside. That is a new light
fixture, installed last year.) Asreported to CPAU, this has been
happening throughout myentire house, and we also heard
exhaust fans throughout the houseslowing down and speeding up.
My next door neighbor had thesame experience.
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 morehouses with 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 calledCPAU dispatch reporting
flickering lights and was told tocall back when the flickering got
worse. Every knowledgeableperson I have talked to - with the
exception of one CPAUemployee - has thought that was
absolutely reckless, mostlaughing in disbelief.
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 where
the linemen were working andfind a big guy with a bald head
named Tito to "plead my case"for a real fix. That in itself is one
of the craziest things I've everheard!
Tito did not seem very receptive
to this (rightfully so because whoam I as a homeowner to tell him
how to do his job?), so, shakenup, I went home and called the
City Manager's office, pleadingfor an advocate.
Ingrid, the administrative
assistant, took down my story andmy information, and I have
received attempted help fromAlex Gonzalez, Utilities
Supervisor. Alex even worked onmy issue into the evening.
However, Alex is not in charge ofthe correct division of CPAU to
address my issue. This illustratesa continued lack of understanding
of my issue, at best, and perhapsa continued lack of willingness to
rectify my issue. That is why I'mreaching out to you.
Can you help?
With best regards,
Trish Tamrazi
3409 Greer Rd.
650-208-4802
From:Christopher La Combe
To:Council, City
Subject:New legislation y
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 2:07:25 AM
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The city of Palo Alto should faze out disposal air filters and ban the sale and use in the city by
2030. and set the new standard of washable and reusable air filters Unlike disposable one timeuse filters,home air filters are washable, reusable, and engineered to last for years of use.
Clean quickly and easily using low-pressure water - it's that simple. This would save the PaloAlto consumer money because they wouldn't have to buy expensive disposable filters monthly
and it would reduce the amount of waste going into the landfills and would help our state andcity meet our climate goals. This would be modeled and be like the florescent bulb ban in the
state and like single use plastic bags ban and single use and the plastic water bottle bans andsome municipalities we need a law regarding disposable one time use home air filters
From:Aram James
To:Council, City; Stump, Molly; O"Neal, Molly; Damon Silver; Daniel Kottke; yolanda; Karen Holman; Tom DuBois;Cecilia Taylor; editor@paweekly.com; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Cindy Chavez; Joe Simitian;Linda Jolley; swright@paweekly.com; editor@almanacnews.com; Kaloma Smith; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;Roberta Ahlquist; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Baker, Rob; Robert.Jonsen; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; Foley, Michael; Bill Newell; Friends of Cubberley
Subject:Re: Eliminate the state of Israel
Date:Tuesday, August 13, 2024 12:27:21 AM
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On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:17 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:
From:Carol Scott
To:Council, City; Transportation
Subject:Very Disappointing
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 10:57:07 PM
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Dear City Council Members,
I am so disappointed in your actions on Monday evening.
You just told the Staff that they do not need to talk to residents or do any outreach to residents. There is an urgency,
but Staff had plenty of time to talk to businesses, but NOT to residents. And, you commended them for it.
To Council Member Lythcott-Hains, of course employees and customers need parking. Customers can already park
in the neighborhood. They have plenty of places to park. Employees can park in the garages and lots. They all have
places to park. Providing permits in the neighborhood makes customers compete with employees for the most
convenient parking spaces.
Residents do not have a 'right' to park in front of their house. But, employees do not have a right to park within
steps of their place of employment. The City should not be establishing policies that promote one group at the
expense of the other.
The Staff and the businesses have made clear, 50 permits will not be enough.
To Council Member Stone, Philip evaded your question. At present, there is NO protection for the heavily impacted
streets, as I demonstrated on the map.
Also, the City misled you. The residents received emails AFTER the plan was done. We were simply informed of
the plan. Further, the meetings happened AFTER the plan was published and at the insistence of residents. Because
you have condoned ignoring residents, I doubt they will change their behavior. It is simply easier to bend to the will
of very loud business owners.
Please note that 'businesses' are not homogenous. In particular the dentists and the occupants of medical buildings
that use their own limited parking for their customers have been the key drivers of the largest number of employee
permits. The small retailers have consistently have had to fight for one or two permits against the competition from
these larger entities.
As Council Member Kuo mentioned, the City has created a high level of distrust among residents. We continued to
be left out of important discussions involving us. By not including us, the City forces a resident versus business
atmosphere. They should instead foster an environment of working together.
Thank you, Council Member Burt, thank you for at least mentioning the need to encourage employees to park in the
garages and lots, as well as to get employees and customers out of their cars. It is ironic that a bike lane doesn't
reduce the permits to be sold, but instead just moves them to the neighborhood.
I realize most of you do not have a long history and knowledge of the RPP creating. If you would like to be better
educated, I would be happy to give you the background and supporting documents that are not possible in 3 minutes
of public speaking.
Sincerely,
Carol Scott
-- Carol Scott
From:Tracy Hern
To:Council, City
Subject:Fwd: So you Foreclosed with a Fake Board Resolution
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 10:18:56 PM
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From: Tracy Hern <tracyhern8@gmail.com>Subject: Re: So you Foreclosed with a Fake Board Resolution
Date: August 12, 2024 at 9:36:54 PM PDT
To: darrell.sheets@osp.oregon.gov
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I ended up Food Service Director of the next “dorm" the religious one heh, fancytitle but actual responsibilities, after I headed for higher ground after the summerof 1984 on Cape Cod.
As a rational human being, I was able to see for myself that yeah I turned 21 andcould go out and “freely” do what I had been doing that whole time, for sevenyears by then, but that world was darker than the one I knew those seven yearswhen it was a huge crew of us on Cape Cod and it really was so much fun.
Pretty sure I met my first roofie that summer, never heard of one till later, and thatwas it for me, it really was. I became unwilling to put myself in situations anymore and banked right, hard and fast in a matter of probably 30 days if I go back.
No, no…
When we were kids, all of us knew each other, we just thought we were hidingfrom the cops that whole time on that tiny island, but now I see they werestrategic in their use of resources.
Saturday & Sunday Brunch at Butterfield
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I think I started studying Russian History right about here in the story, when I gotback to school and buckled down a little more in every way, including deciding
JDH was aging fast and did not need to carry me when he was having a hard timecarrying himself, I thought, fully unaware that we were literally billionaires - I
love this so much,
So Chi Rho saw that I returned to Butterfield as often as I could early on, both towork my weekend gig and then I was assistant chef at night by then, too, where
was I learning more always the question.
The person running their food service program quit with little warning and theyasked me to take it over, not realizing I was a breakfast and lunch cook, easy
peasy, but the chef did dinner at Butterfield and I was his Assistant Chef, whichpractically meant I did whatever he told me to, prepped anything he asked for
without quizzing him about it, then set the kitchen up to receive about 200 mealscoming out to a usually happy crowd, family style - I was not a full blown Food
Service Director, or anywhere near it.
But they came to me.
And they offered me free room and board, huge college expense, plus cash, morethan enough spendola for a college student, if I would become the Chi Rho Food
Service Director.
Chi Rho was a Christian combined Fraternity/Sorrity I tripped into in thestrangest of ways, as I departed Butterfield, the hippie dorm for a wild ride over
there.
Sure I will do it, I said, calculating in my head that I could alleviate all burdenfrom JDH for my college education from that point on.
And I did.
Good thing cause I had to cut my classes to 4 every semester instead of 5 cause I
was growing into the role, so it took five years instead of four, but it wasn’ttroublesome to JDH in the way it would have been otherwise.
He lasted a few more years.
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From: Tracy Hern <tracyhern8@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: So you Foreclosed with a Fake
Board Resolution
Date: August 12, 2024 at 12:52:44 AM PDTTo: SaL <stephen_sallan@dfci.harvard.edu>
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I had a good half hour or so there, in bits and pieces till Igot there, went downstairs and wrote in between, but thechicken called me back up there.
There is one I want to watch again, when I couldn’t stoplaughing.
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Subject: Re: Soyou Foreclosed
with a Fake
Board
ResolutionDate: August 11,
2024 at
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Conversation 1 of 2
In between, I sendhim the BoardResolution he startsmaking calls andmoving to back meout again, it’sobvious.
By the second call,he denies that heever had thecorporate recordsand comes up witha completelydifferentunderstanding of
the ownership andhe won’t tell me
where the moneyis, acts like he has
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The look on thatguy's face was that
he paid a lot morethat 600k for it, so
he is likely lying tome about that, has
access to the funds,is using that is is
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it and the only wayout is the truth, if
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Hu knows.
By the end of thesecond
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prior ones wererecorded, so that’s
the last time we’llbe talking, good
luck rememberingwhat you said,
Keep it up.
It was like this in
small every daystuff constantly,
yes was no, noagreement was
worth the time ittook to come to it,
total slime ball inevery way, but to
everybody aroundhim, not just me.
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From:Tracy Hern
To:Council, City
Subject:Fwd: So you Foreclosed with a Fake Board Resolution
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 9:16:32 PM
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Begin forwarded message:
From: Tracy Hern <tracyhern8@gmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: So you Foreclosed with a Fake Board Resolution
Date: August 12, 2024 at 8:24:09 PM PDTTo: darrell.sheets@osp.oregon.gov
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Personalizing regular citizens
Begin forwarded message:
From: Tracy Hern <tracyhern8@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: So you Foreclosed with a Fake Board
ResolutionDate: August 12, 2024 at 12:52:44 AM PDT
To: SaL <stephen_sallan@dfci.harvard.edu>
Message-Id: <37960967-C65A-43BF-95C7-
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I had a good half hour or so there, in bits and pieces till I got there,went downstairs and wrote in between, but the chicken called meback up there.
There is one I want to watch again, when I couldn’t stop laughing.
I’m in the South
From:Aram James
To:Council, City; editor@paweekly.com; Dave Price; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly;Karen Holman; Tom DuBois
Subject:Opinion: Palo Alto throws Buena Vista Mobile Home Park residents to the wolves
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 7:42:01 PM
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Opinion: Palo Alto throws Buena Vista
Mobile Home Park residents to the
wolves
Opinion: Palo Alto throws Buena Vista Mobile Home Park residents to the wolves
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From:Jake Jacobsen
To:Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lauing, Ed; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Stone, Greer; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker, Vicki; Council,City
Subject:Palo Alto Baylands
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 4:55:10 PM
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Hello Palo Alto City Officials,
I just visited the Palo Alto Baylands for the first time yesterday to birdwatch with friends, and
I was amazed by the beauty and diversity of native birds and insects. From nesting cliffswallows to graceful avocets to hundreds of least and western sandpipers, I felt lucky to be
able to experience nature so close to my home. What I also found so special was the diversityof habitat in a relatively small area. The duck pond, marshes, and tidal plains all harbored
different bird species. This variable habitat makes Baylands especially important formaintaining biodiversity.
After witnessing this place, I want to urge the City Council to prevent the airport's
encroachment on vital habitat. I understand the desire to modernize the airport and make itsoperations more sustainable and accessible. But removing habitat is the opposite of
sustainability. Marshes and wetlands are some of the most productive carbon sinks, and alsothe habitats most at risk of disappearing in California. This makes protecting Baylands
especially important in the face of climate change. I'm willing to bet that removingproductive vegetation through development of this area will be more costly to the local
environment than what the airport modernization measures can make up. The most sustainableoption is that which protects the Baylands and all the life it holds.
Best,
Jake Jacobsen
From:Karl Drake
To:Council, City
Subject:Palo Alto Airport Expansion Comments
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 3:10:31 PM
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To: Palo Alto City Council
Re: Palo Alto Airport (KPAO) Expansion Alternatives
I come to this discussion very late; family health issues and obligations precluded much
engagement with City/Regional issues during the past five years. I want to thank
Council, planning and airport staff and the consultants who developed alternatives and
conducted public outreach. And, of course, all fellow residents who participated in the
public meetings.
I have lived at least part of each year in Palo Alto since 1963, and was a partner in two
Palo Alto businesses over a period of 15+ years. As a pilot, scientist, and consultant to
environmental organizations I hope my experience and observations may help inform
the decision making.
I have completed the online survey, but wanted to share some more extensive
comments with Council and staff.
Key Points:
The Baylands is a vital and exceptional resource to the whole community. The
City should not permit any encroachment and should protect (and improve) the
view-shed and notable features such as the duck pond.
Palo Alto Airport has important value to Palo Alto and the region; it should be
supported, well maintained, and undergo reasonable updating of facilities. It
should not be expanded in footprint or structure heights. New generations of
aircraft with smaller environmental impact should be supported but increased
use by larger current aircraft should be discouraged. Environmentally sound
changes to protect against sea level rise are appropriate.
PAO Expansion Comments - August 2024
I learned to fly at Palo Alto Airport in 1977-8 and pursued advanced training in theNew
York Metropolitan Area and at San Jose Airport. I ultimately did not pursue a career in
commercial aviation, but flew for decades flew for business and personal transportation,
was a ground instructor (teaching the academic knowledge required for pilot
qualification) and supported environmental survey, search/rescue and relief activities. I
served on the noise subcommittee of a New York regional airport and conducted
workshops with community and environmental groups to foster better understanding of
aviation related issues and encourage evidence based decision making by all parties.
All aviation operations represent a balance of factors: safety, mission, operational
considerations, operator/pilot/customer preference and cost/efficiency. In an ideal world,
safety would always be the controlling factor, but this is not the case. In well managed
and regulated environments flights nearly always operate with a minimum margin of
safety determined by a variable mix of regulatory standards, standard operating
procedures (SOPs), and flight crew training and judgement. In real world operations the
actual safety margin is constantly expanding and contracting depending on the flight
environment and operator and crew decisions. In clear, calm daylight conditions a well
trained, experienced and rested airline crew operating a maintained aircraft into an
airport with long dry runways, clear approaches, and good air traffic control services has
an extremely large margin of safety. In contrast, tired, less experienced pilots landing in
stormy conditions at night on a relatively short runway contaminated with snow or water
(with perhaps fewer navigational and traffic services available) face a greater challenge
maintaining an acceptable safety margin. General Aviation operations, particularly those
by private individuals and single-pilot crews, have a much poorer safety record and
inherently smaller safety margins than regulated air-carriers.
As far as airport facilities are concerned the same basic principles apply at large,
primarily air-carrier airports and small general aviation fields such as PAO; there are
always trade-offs between safety ideals and the constraints imposed by geography,
legacy land use decisions, community interests and available funding. Pilots and
operators (with the exception of some bush & recreational pilots) will always prefer long,
wide runways with well maintained paved surfaces, good separation from other runways
and taxiways, clear approaches and favorable (or multiple) orientations. Much of the
time they will have to settle for less and are generally comfortable in adequate, but less
than ideal settings. Thousands of times a day, US airlines safely operate flights in and
out of airports with less than desirable characteristics:
Some examples:
RWY 28R and 28L at SFO are too close together to allow safe simultaneous
approaches in poor weather. Extensive Bay filling would be necessary to remedy the
situation. Fog and low stratus can be disruptive. Winter wind conditions can be
interesting on the shorter crosswind runways.
Burbank’s (BUR) primary runway is on the short side for many operators and until
relatively recently had inadequate overrun protection. Expansion would be expensive
and disruptive to surrounding areas. As a compromise an Engineered Materials
Arresting System (EMAS) was installed in the runway overrun capable of rapidly
slowing even a large aircraft. EMAS are expensive, but are occasionally employed at
smaller General Aviation airports where runway length is marginal and expansion
possibilities are constrained (possibly and option that should be explored for PAO).
Portland International (PWM) RWY 18/36 is short enough that some air carriers require
crews to get a pre-flight briefing and approval from pilot management before using it.
City “center” airports such as New York LaGuardia (LGA), Washington Nationakl(DCA),
and San Diego (SAN) are imbedded in areas of dense population, have short runways
with modest runway safety areas and face limited prospects for expansion. (Some now
have EMAS).
Airline SOPs designate some airports/approaches as “captain only” indicating that they
present unusual challenges to skill and judgement and should not be flown by First
Officers.
The point is that in all these cases, the airlines, the FAA, insurance companies, and the
airport operators have come to the conclusion that safety margins are acceptable under
most conditions at these airports and that the benefits of operating at the margins
outweighs the slight increase in risk. The astoundingly good safety record of US air
carriers over the past 15 years supports this judgement (although some well publicized
incidents serve as warning signs that margins may be eroding). Everybody wants to be
proactive about safety rather than “learning by accident”, but in the real world there are
always trade-offs. It is worth noting that in several of the examples I have given, there
are alternative airports with better facilities relatively nearby, but operators make the
choice (and regulators approve) the use of more marginal fields for reasons of
convenience, competitive advantage and congestion relief.
The safety record of small non-scheduled commercial passenger operations (eg. Part
135 air taxi), corporate and private general aviation is far less good than the airlines (but
steadily improving). Nevertheless the same governing principles apply with a different
mix of regulation, oversight, training and experience.
At PAO, all operators - flight schools, corporate aviation departments, on-demand air
taxi and private owner/operators have made the decision that the existing runway length
and field conditions provide an acceptable level of safety for their usual operations. In
the case of Part 135 commercial operations, FAA Flight Standards (FSDO) approval is
also required. For other less regulated operators, we assume that the insurance carriers
find the risks acceptable. As at all fields, there will be times when conditions prevent
normal operations; unfavorable winds, high temperatures etc. may preclude flight or
limit maximum weight.
It is important to understand the basis of FAA recommendations for airport safety
improvements. The FAA mission is to regulate/enhance safety and efficiency (it no
longer includes the mandate to promote aviation, but the focus is relatively narrow
compared to that of the broader community). Both the FAA and the consultants they
employ to carry out research, develop design options and conduct community outreach
share a bias towards “improvement”/expansion of facilities. Many of the alternatives
developed will highlight safety as a major or even primary rationale. While safety
margins may in fact be improved for some operators, it is usually the case that the
proposed improvements mostly offer increased operational flexibility, the
accommodation of larger or higher performance aircraft and greater airport
amenities without necessarily improving the overall safety profile. Since the FAA
and operators consider the current conditions acceptable, it is not really appropriate to
refer to “deficiencies” in the evaluation of alternatives; the FAA is identifying changes
that are desirable based on their engineering design standards, not true deficiencies of
the current facilities. In my experience, both sides in aviation “debates” tend to over-
emphasize the safety implications, although generally in good faith.
The logic used to set the goals for airport “improvements” is worth examining closely.
The specification for runway length is based on the performance characteristics of the
most demanding aircraft type with 500+ operations/year. At PAO this was identified as a
version of the Pilatus PC-12, a Swiss manufactured high-performance, single engine
turboprop. It appears that perhaps half of the PC-12 operations at Palo Alto are by
commercial on-demand air taxi and the rest by private/corporate owners. In the first
instance, FAA Flight Standards (FSDO) has agreed that safe, passenger carrying flights
can be operated out of PAO, at least under some load/weather conditions. All owner/
operators presumably have the approval of insurance underwriters who do not feel their
multi-million dollar bet is too risky. Yes, everybody involved would prefer a longer
runway, but that doesn’t mean that the current one is deficiently short for the PC-12.
There is a whiff of circular reasoning here:
1) FAA approves current PAO runway length as safe for commercial PC-12 operations.
Private operators and insurers make a similar decision.
2) Because operators [presumably safely] conduct >500 operations/year, the FAA uses
the PC-12 for determining improvement recommendations.
3) Recommended runway lengths are based on design safety standards that are
different from operational safety standards and have a larger safety margin. This is
appropriate for new construction or renovation of airports that are unconstrained by
other considerations, but not necessarily for existing facilities in sensitive areas like PAO
adjacent to the Baylands.
4) The consultants developing alternatives declare that some alternatives are not
compliant with FAA recommendations and in some cases describe options as
“deficient”.
A few additional comments regarding the PC-12 and other turboprops:
1) Versions of the PC-12 are used worldwide on short, narrow, unimproved dirt and turf
airstrips. The renowned Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service (RFDS) operates a fleet
of PC-12s on many challenging airstrips in the Outback.
2) There are other aircraft available with similar load capacity that are specifically
designed to operate off of very short runways (eg. Daher Kodiak, Cessna Caravan) that
could be used at PAO. Choice of aircraft is based on a mix of factors, only some of
which relate directly to safety and suitability for particular airports. The PC-12 is notable
for its speed, range, pressurized cabin/amenities and “curb appeal”; features not shared
by most utility aircraft on the market.
3) In terms of noise footprint the PC-12 (particularly with the optional 5 blade propeller)
is not the worst single engine turboprop, but turboprops as a class tend to have an
unpleasant noise signature. Many of the noise complaints in Palo Alto/Menlo Park/
Redwood City/San Carlos involve PC-12s operated at low altitude in and out of San
Carlos Airport primarily by Surf Air (or its successor).
In summary, I look at the safety arguments in support of alternatives involving runway
extension with skepticism. A longer, wider runway would provide increased safety
margins, especially for larger high performance aircraft (such as the PC-12), but the
current runway length is adequate and accident data do not support the notion that PAO
is a hazardous airport. It is easy to be seduced by the availability of outside funding
(primarily FAA), but it is the obligation of our City and County elected officials to resist
temptation and take the broadest and longest perspective on what constitutes the good
of the whole community.
Some questions:
*Does the larger community really want to encourage more operations by larger, noisier
aircraft in what is already a noise sensitive area?
*The Baylands including the Duck Pond is cherished by many local residents. Do we
want to establish a precedent of taking existing, protected open space for other uses of
questionable benefit to the majority of the community?
*The Palo Alto Airport does provide significant value to the community and for decades
has coexisted relatively well with the Baylands Preserve and other uses east of 101.
This is largely due to the airport’s small scale, limited use by larger aircraft, and low
visual footprint. Do we want to upset this fragile balance by an extensive rebuilding and
expansion?
*In the discussion of alternatives, frequent mention is made of infrastructure reaching
the end of its useful life. Although some of the structures are old or sub-standard (eg.
the terminal building) these could be replaced/upgraded without substantially altering
the airport footprint or affecting the view-shed (a modest single story terminal in the
present location or relocated to the West side). Let’s remember that major renovations
costing tens of millions of dollars were just completed last year. Do we need that much
more?
* While it is commendable that basic infrastructure to support future electrically powered
aircraft and the use of alternative fuels (unleaded Avgas, biofuels) were incorporated
into the recent renovations, this also raises a few questions. Did the installation of
conduit etc. presume that proposed locations of VTOL facilities would be adopted
regardless of public input regarding alternatives? Will the airport maintain limited
availability of 100LL Avgas until adequate supplies of unleaded fuel are routinely
available?
Thank you.
From:Nat Fisher
To:Shikada, Ed
Cc:Council, City
Subject:speaking
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 12:48:17 PM
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Why do people speaking on items not on the agenda have to be in the
chambers in person?
Speakers on agendized items can use Zoom.
Natalie Fisher
From:Manuel Salazar
To:Council, City; Stone, Greer; Lauing, Ed; Tanaka, Greg; Veenker, Vicki; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; Lythcott-Haims,Julie
Subject:AA1 - Support for the Approval of the Buena Vista Redevelopment Project
Date:Monday, August 12, 2024 11:58:36 AM
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Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the Palo Alto City Council,
I am writing on behalf of SV@Home to express our strong support for the Buena Vista
Redevelopment Project. We believe this is a real opportunity to address local affordable housing
needs and advance the well-being of the Buena Vista community. This initiative is crucial for
addressing the region’s affordable housing needs and advancing community well-being.
As you are aware, the redevelopment plan involves transforming the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park
in Palo Alto. Notably, two-thirds of the site will remain dedicated to preserving 44 mobile homes for
current residents, while the remaining one-third will be developed into a new multi-story, 61-unit
affordable housing apartment building.
We acknowledge the complexity of this process and commend the Housing Authority for their
ongoing work in engaging with the community. Through numerous public meetings, study sessions,
and extensive outreach, they have taken on the challenges of a transparent process that is
responsive to the complexity of residents' concerns. We appreciate the consideration of issues
including tree canopy enhancements, mix of unit sizes, and live/work preferences as efforts to
balance the needs of current residents with those of the broader community.
The significant investments from both the city and county, totaling $39.5 million, highlight the
project's importance and financial support. With the Palo Alto City Council's approval, the Housing
Authority will be able to move forward with securing additional financing through tax credits and
tax-exempt bonds, which are essential for the project to be financially feasible.
We urge the City Council to approve this project. The Buena Vista Mobile Home Park redevelopment
will not only provide safe and stable homes for current residents but also turn the park into a stable
community anchor.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Sincerely,
Regina Celestin Williams
Executive Director
Best Regards,
Manuel Salazar
Housing Planning and Production Associate
SV@Home
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t.(669)245-6028
manuel@siliconvalleyathome.org
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RE: Support for the Approval of the Buena Vista Redevelopment Project
Dear Mayor Stone and Members of the Palo Alto City Council,
I am writing on behalf of SV@Home to express our strong support for the Buena Vista
Redevelopment Project. We believe this is a real opportunity to address local affordable
housing needs and advance the well-being of the Buena Vista community. This initiative is
crucial for addressing the region’s affordable housing needs and advancing community well-
being.
As you are aware, the redevelopment plan involves transforming the Buena Vista Mobile
Home Park in Palo Alto. Notably, two-thirds of the site will remain dedicated to preserving
44 mobile homes for current residents, while the remaining one-third will be developed into
a new multi-story, 61-unit affordable housing apartment building.
We acknowledge the complexity of this process and commend the Housing Authority for
their ongoing work in engaging with the community. Through numerous public meetings,
study sessions, and extensive outreach, they have taken on the challenges of a transparent
process that is responsive to the complexity of residents' concerns. We appreciate the
consideration of issues including tree canopy enhancements, mix of unit sizes, and live/work
preferences as efforts to balance the needs of current residents with those of the broader
community.
The significant investments from both the city and county, totaling $39.5 million, highlight
the project's importance and financial support. With the Palo Alto City Council's approval,
the Housing Authority will be able to move forward with securing additional financing
through tax credits and tax-exempt bonds, which are essential for the project to be
financially feasible.
We urge the City Council to approve this project. The Buena Vista Mobile Home Park
redevelopment will not only provide safe and stable homes for current residents but also
turn the park into a stable community anchor.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter.
Board of Directors
Shiloh Ballard, Chair
Aubrey Merriman, Vice Chair
LifeMoves Andrea Osgood, Treasurer Eden Housing
Nevada Merriman, Secretary
MidPen Housing Corporation
Bob Brownstein Working Partnerships USA Candice Gonzalez
Sand Hill Property Company
Amie Fishman Non-Profit Housing Association of Northern CA
Randy Tsuda
Alta Housing
Steven Yang Northern CA LIIF Javier Gonzalez
Google
Pilar Lorenzana Silicon Valley Community Foundation
Poncho Guevara
Sacred Heart Community
Service Chris Neale The Core Companies
Maria Noel Fernandez
Executive Director, Working
Partnerships USA Julia Mahowaldo CFO and Head of Partnerships
& Strategy of Housing Trust
Silicon Valley
Victor Vasquez Co-Executive Director, SOMOS Mayfair
Staff
Regina Celestin Williams Executive Director
August 12, 2024
RE: Support for the Approval of the Buena Vista Redevelopment Project
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Sincerely,
Regina Celestin Williams
Executive Director