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Home My WebLink About2024-10-15 City Council EmailsOn Mon, Oct 14, 2024 at 1:31 PM Deborah Goldeen <deborah.goldeen@sonic.net> wrote:Pat - In conversation with you after the candidate climate forum, you said that when the impacts of building and building materials were factored in, constructing multi-storyresidential units wasn't a net gain in terms of reducing green house gas emissions. I shared your sentiments with my friend, Carrie Shaked, who is an architect. She begs to differ.According to Carrie, there are any number of carbon neutral contstruction methods and materials, including for multistory buildings. Nor does your assertion take into accountenergy efficiency of new buildings, reducing energy consumption of all kinds being tantamount in mitigating climate change. That comment seems to me like one more talking point aimed at stalling or preventing theconstruction of denser housing in Palo Alto. Since you, and so many of the other people who have been elected to the council, have failed to champion the building of du-,tri- andquadplexes on "single family" lots, residential "towers" are now our only option. You have only yourselves to blame. Deborah Goldeen, Inﬁll Housing: The Crux of California Climate Policy An Open-Source Research Bibliography July 2023 Pollution from transportation is the leading source of greenhouse gas emissions in the state of California -- and these emissions are on the rise. The California Air Resources Board has found that Californians must reduce their driving by 25% by 2030 for the state to meet its ambitious climate policy targets. CARB’s research reiterates and conﬁrms what numerous previous studies have found: while vehicle electriﬁcation is an urgent and critical solution, it is not sufﬁcient. The only way for California to meet its climate policy goals is by reduced driving through the scaling up of transit-oriented housing, mass transit, and walkable/bikeable communities. Following is a distillation of these studies’ key ﬁndings, along with additional resources. Key Messages: ●In order to meet its climate goals, California must build more housing in its transit-served urban areas, and expand the reach of transit through new and existing systems. ●Studies conﬁrm that the electriﬁcation of vehicles is also necessary, but not sufﬁcient to achieve the state’s climate targets. Both inﬁll, transit-oriented development and electriﬁcation are necessary. ●State law has tried several times to encourage cities to allow for more inﬁll, but cities have consistently failed to comply. ●Related policies such as parking mandates drive up housing costs and create incentives for more driving. ●We need tougher rules and stronger incentives to get more dense development near our trains, buses, and pedestrian/bicycle infrastructure -- along with dedicated funding for zero-carbon mobility solutions, like electric transit and safe streets. Key Studies/Articles: ●Just Switching to EVs Won’t Be Enough to Save the Planet, ITDP 2021 ●Housing growth shows why the U.S. is failing at climate resilience, Brookings 2021 ●Electric cars alone won’t save the planet., 2021 ●To Save the Planet, Kill Minimum Parking Mandates, 2021 ●To solve climate, we need electric cars—and a lot less driving, 2021 ●Driving Down Emissions, Transport for America, 2020 ●Decarbonizing US passenger vehicle transport under electriﬁcation and automation uncertainty has a travel budget, Environmental Research Letters, 2020 ●Why housing Policy is Climate Policy, New York Times, 2019 ●California’s Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act: 2018 Progress Report, California Air Resources Board, 2018 ●Moving California Forward: How Smart Growth Can Help California Meet Its 2030 Climate Target. Energy Innovation LLC, 2015 ●Right Type, Right Place: Assessing the Environmental and Economic Impacts of Inﬁll Residential Development Through 2030. Terner Center for Housing Innovation, Haas School of Business, Next 10; UC Berkeley, 2017 ●Another Inconvenient Truth: To Achieve Climate Goals, California Must Remove Barriers to Sustainable Land Use. Bay Area Council Economic Institute, 2017 ●Proposed Update to SB 375 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Targets - California Air Resources Board, 2017 ●Carbon Footprint Planning: Quantifying Local and State Mitigation Opportunities for 700 California Cities - Jones, Wheeler et al , 2018 ●Californians Must Drive Less, Says ARB at Historic First Joint Meeting with CTC, Streetsblog, June 29, 2018 ●Cities, trafﬁc, and CO2: A multidecadal assessment of trends, drivers, and scaling relationships, PNAS 2015 Excerpts: ●“Research at UCLA has found parking mandates lead to more cars and more driving. One study in San Francisco found that requiring one parking space per home in affordable housing more than doubles the likelihood of its residents owning a car. The result: more air pollution, increased risks to pedestrians and cyclists, and slower public transit.”To Save the Planet, Kill Minimum Parking Mandates ●“We’ll never achieve ambitious climate targets or create more livable and equitable communities if we don’t ﬁnd ways to allow people to get around outside of a car.”Driving Down Emissions, Transport for America, 2020 ●“Encouraging ride sharing, reducing total vehicle travel, and increasing fuel economy in both human-driven and future automated vehicles increasingly important to deep decarbonization.”-Travel Budget ●“With emissions from the transportation sector continuing to rise despite increases in fuel efﬁciency and decreases in the carbon content of fuel, California will not achieve the necessary greenhouse gas emissions reductions to meet mandates for 2030 and beyond without signiﬁcant changes to how communities and transportation systems are planned, funded, and built.” -California Air Resources Board, 2018 Progress Report ●“Implementation of smart land use policy, in combination with technological advances in the energy sector, will be critical for the state to achieve its ambitious 2030 decarbonization target.” -Moving California Forward ●“California can no longer ignore another inconvenient truth: its climate goals are being undermined by land use regulations that block inﬁll, while sprawl remains easier and less costly and is therefore growing more quickly.” -Another Inconvenient Truth ●“While the business-as-usual scenario results in more car-dependent housing farther away from jobs and schools, the inﬁll target scenario meets the same demand, spurring economic growth with a much smaller carbon footprint. Target beneﬁts include annual reductions of 1.79 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is the equivalent of taking 378,000 cars off the road.” -Right Type, Right Place ●“The state’s housing crisis means that people are living farther from their jobs and commuting farther. And research has found that vehicles at slower speeds produce more carbon dioxide, so rising congestion means rising emissions … [Besides electriﬁcation], the other solution to passenger vehicles is reducing commuting times by solving that housing crisis, and getting people out of their cars by increasing inﬁll and density via building out proper public transportation systems (which themselves will need to be electriﬁed).”“California Has a Climate Problem, and its Name is Cars” ●“Even if all the regulatory programs, incentives, and research the ARB has produced on low carbon fuels, clean energy, and zero emission vehicles could be put into effect tomorrow, California would not be able cut emissions enough to meet its goals.” - Californians Must Drive Less ●“Under the scenario envisioned by the study, substantial development would occur in urban cores — housing density in San Francisco would increase by 30%, for example — but smaller existing cities would need to grow as well.” - “California Needs Denser Housing and Less Driving to Meet Climate Goals” ●“The fastest emissions reduction pathway mapped in the E3 study falls short of the 2030 goal. We test a hypothesis that smarter land use could make the difference in meeting or surpassing the 40% reduction. Our results indicate that smart growth can indeed serve California in achieving the 2030 goal while also yielding other valuable environmental,ﬁscal, and public health co-beneﬁts.”Moving California Forward ●“Plan Bay Area projects that by 2040 the Bay Area will grow by over 2 million people, add 1 million jobs, and build over 650,000 units of housing. The plan identiﬁes nearly 200 PDAs intended to be the focus of the majority of the region’s future housing and population growth. In order to meet California’s climate goals, it is essential that the majority of new housing be built within the identiﬁed PDAs.”Another Inconvenient Truth ●“The RapidFire smart growth scenarios yield additional reductions of 9-11 million metric tons (MMT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e). This leads to statewide reductions of 40-41% below 1990 emissions, in line with the proposed 2030 target. The additional avoided emissions stem primarily from differences in passenger VMT. Some savings are also attributable to reduced building energy demand.The results demonstrate that smart land use is integral to achieving California’s 2030 decarbonization targets.”Moving California Forward ●“State climate ofﬁcials don’t assume that everyone will spend less time on the road, but they’re planning for a signiﬁcant percentage of Californians to do so — and for many to abandon cars altogether. For that to happen, more people will have to live near where they work or shop, which means more housing in urban neighborhoods and other job centers. On top of that, the state’s population is expected to grow by 4.5 million people by 2030.” - LA Times,“California Won’t Meet its Climate Change Goals Without a Lot More Density” ●“VMT [has] to go down 11 billion miles per year from the current number – about 31 million miles per day. That's the equivalent of taking more than 1 million vehicles off the road completely in California.”CARB Decision Places Even More Focus On SB 375 Process ●“The city of Berkeley (1.6 MMtCO2e) has more than double the abatement opportunity, with large potential from urban inﬁll (over 120,000 tCO2e in 2030).” -Carbon Footprint Planning ●“Californians must also reduce VMT to 25 percent of 2005 levels, said ARB staffer Ashley Georgiou, which is equivalent to about 1.6 miles per person per day.” - Californians Must Drive Less From:Deborah Goldeen To:Burt, Patrick Cc:Council, City; james.eggers@sierraclub.org; Hilary Glann Subject:Residential "Towers" Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 1:31:57 PM Pat - In conversation with you after the candidate climate forum, you said that when the impacts of building and building materials were factored in, constructing multi-story residential units wasn't a net gain in terms of reducinggreen house gas emissions. I shared your sentiments with my friend, Carrie Shaked, who is an architect. She begs todiffer. According to Carrie, there are any number of carbon neutral contstruction methods and materials, includingfor multistory buildings. Nor does your assertion take into account energy efficiency of new buildings, reducingenergy consumption of all kinds being tantamount in mitigating climate change. That comment seems to me like one more talking point aimed at stalling or preventing the construction of denserhousing in Palo Alto. Since you, and so many of the other people who have been elected to the council, have failedto champion the building of du-,tri- and quadplexes on "single family" lots, residential "towers" are now our onlyoption. You have only yourselves to blame. Deborah Goldeen, From:Henry Etzkowitz To:Caroline Wagner; Fumi Kitigawa; P Wouters; Artie; Marty Wasserman; Charlie Weidanz; Bette Kiernan; AvrohShah; Rebecca Eisenberg; Brian Good; Jim Hersh; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Palo Post; Gennady Sheyner;Shikada, Ed; Ellen Fox; mickie winkler; Sarah Wright; Braden Cartwright; Mary Rorty; Whitney McNair; JohnSalois; Sally Tomlinson; Aram James; Sandy Perry-HCA; Council, City Subject:Soft launch henryetzkowitz.org Date:Monday, October 14, 2024 3:36:17 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Sent from my iPhone From:Henry Etzkowitz To:Cribbs, Anne; georgeforpaloalto@gmail.com; katiecauseyforcouncil@gmail.com; Greer Stone; Greg Tanaka;Team JulieforPaloAlto Cc:Council, City Subject:Invitation Date:Sunday, October 13, 2024 7:12:10 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear fellow candidates and present Council Members: The Community of Oak Creek Residents is pleased to invite you to participate in a unique event, a synthesis of theclassic American election process, exemplified by the Lincoln Douglas Debates, with sharp, pointed, exchange, withevent applause and subsequent election, aSent from my iPhone column above). Currently, it is a long path to find anything about teens: Departments/community services/recreation services/teen services. We could move Teen Services out from under Recreation Services and list it in the exposed tabs. 2. To the Teen Services page consider adding the following:Youth Climate Advisory BoardEverything Teen in Palo Alto: arts, workshops, activities, groups, services (this is an extensive listfrom searching “Teen” on the front page)Enjoy Catalog Palo Alto Adult School Add Teen Services to the Human Services page. 3. Main City calendar I see some city sponsored teen events, but not those planned by PAYC/TAB.There could be a link under Calendar to Teen Calendar, which might be easier and certainly moretargeted. 4. Consider on the top page including (with the other 8 tabs) Current Community Input, Surveys &Feedback Results The direct emailing of surveys works well, but this could also capture otherpeople while providing a place for people to review the results. It would be great to include thislink on the Teen Services page for their input on such things as the Community Recreation Centerand the development of PA Square. We need a treasure hunt for all our schools to encourage them to explore the web site and findthings. Prizes could include lunch with the Mayor, a guest seat at council, or Joe Simitian’s “Itoughta be a law opportunity read at a public council meeting. Regards, and sorry for the overload of information,Star TeachoutBarron Park Some people who received this message don't often get email from teachout@sonic.net. Learn why this is important From:Parks To:Star Teachout Cc:Council, City; Parks Subject:RE: Thanks for sharing your workplace for FY2025 Date:Friday, October 11, 2024 12:25:01 PM Attachments:image001.pngimage002.pngimage003.pngimage006.png Hi Star, Your email has been forwarded to the Parks and Recreation Commission at ParkRec.commission@cityofpaloalto.org. Here is a link to the Commission webpage for more information: https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/Departments/Community-Services/Other- Services/Commissions/Parks-and-Recreation-Commission Thank you, Javod City of Palo Alto Community Services Department 3201 E Bayshore Rd | Palo Alto, CA 94303 650.463.4949 | parks@cityofpaloalto.org From: Star Teachout <teachout@sonic.net> Sent: Friday, October 11, 2024 12:08 PM To: Parks <Parks@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Council, City <city.council@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Thanks for sharing your workplace for FY2025 Dear Parks & Recreation and City Council commissioners, Our family very much enjoyed the P&R presentation to the city council on Monday 10/7/24 regarding the FY2025 Workplan. Due to the busy election time with multiple forums, I was unable to attend for submitting public comments. Please consider some of the following as you delve into your 2025 goals: 1. Nature Preserve Access Policy: As both a cyclist (on streets and in parks) and a pedestrian in the parks, a 15 mph speed limit is too fast for all bikes (e or manual) if sharing or in close proximity to pedestrian paths. Please consider 10 mph. 2. Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Trails Master Plan: Please considering soliciting community members on adding covered picnic areas to our larger parks. Not only is protection needed from rain and increased solar radiation, the presence of these will also encourage more gatherings without over-burdening our library meeting/conference rooms. Considering the very high cost of using PAUSD facilities, bringing our community together for neighborhood association meetings, knitting groups, student groups, discussion groups, garden groups, election meet-n-greets, etc. is a great way to build connections. Furthermore, we might get our teens out playing face to face card/board games and off their addictive digital devices. At Bol Park, a pavilion could be placed between the street and the play structure without compromising the large playing field. 3. Middle School Sports: The creation of a community gym offers many benefits with respect to middle school sports (and sports for those in high school and 18+). The question was asked, “Why gyms?”: Beyond the very limited resources at Cubberley (with a limited rec basketball clinic), we have no public indoor gyms accessible to those unable to afford private gyms. Our PAUSD gyms are heavily used during the school year, and there are no open hours (as far as I know), including the summer. If PAUSD takes back middle school sports it will free up the city of PA to host recreational leagues/clinics for students not making/wanting school teams. [See Clovis below] Mayor Stone mentioned evaluating the outsourcing of MS athletics to a local nonprofit as other cities have done. Please consider including the Ross Road Y in this evaluation. They are a great community asset, and I sometimes wonder if there are other ways we could subcontract some of their facilities for our city needs? Also, if the Community Center plan cannot satisfy the desires of constituents, we could also include outreach to PAUSD to provide for some open/shared resources in gyms, possibly pools (summer), and athletic fields. A city-PAUSD collaboration could benefit both parties and ultimately our residents. 4. Recreation Wellness Center: Isolation and poor mental health go hand in hand, and I feel the more we can bring people together doing healthy things we will make a big difference for our youth, young adults, and suffering adults. With many people choosing not to get married or be in relationships, these opportunities/activities are even more important for society. Here is an example from Clovis, may 2022, which includes both school year and summer leagues: City of Clovis Recreation Section: Open gym basketball is back at the Clovis Recreation Center! Come, bring your friends, have fun and get back to the swing of things. This activity is offered Monday evenings 7pm-9pm. Two courts will be available for play. 18 and over only. $5 to play and must register to play. [See middle school and adult programs here: The MS programs are nice in that they meet once weekly for 6 weeks and allow kids who don’t make a cut sport to learn/play.] 5. If anyone has time, I would love to hear a summary of why the decision was made to continue the use of artificial turf. Was there any desire to move away from it gradually? Thank you, Star Teachout Barron Park ================== Goals for FY2025: 1. Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Trails Master Plan 2. Park Dedications 3. Baylands Comprehensive Conservation Plan 4. Nature Preserve Access Policy 5. Recreation Wellness Center 6. Playing Fields and Racquet Courts From:Star Teachout To:Parks Cc:Council, City Subject:Thanks for sharing your workplace for FY2025 Date:Friday, October 11, 2024 12:08:05 PM Some people who received this message don't often get email from teachout@sonic.net. Learn why this isimportant Dear Parks & Recreation and City Council commissioners, Our family very much enjoyed the P&R presentation to the city council on Monday 10/7/24 regarding the FY2025 Workplan. Due to the busy election time with multiple forums, I wasunable to attend for submitting public comments. Please consider some of the following as you delve into your 2025 goals: 1. Nature Preserve Access Policy: As both a cyclist (on streets and in parks) and a pedestrianin the parks, a 15 mph speed limit is too fast for all bikes (e or manual) if sharing or in close proximity to pedestrian paths. Please consider 10 mph. 2. Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Trails Master Plan: Please considering solicitingcommunity members on adding covered picnic areas to our larger parks. Not only is protection needed from rain and increased solar radiation, the presence of these will also encourage moregatherings without over-burdening our library meeting/conference rooms. Considering the very high cost of using PAUSD facilities, bringing our community together for neighborhoodassociation meetings, knitting groups, student groups, discussion groups, garden groups, election meet-n-greets, etc. is a great way to build connections. Furthermore, we might get ourteens out playing face to face card/board games and off their addictive digital devices. At Bol Park, a pavilion could be placed between the street and the play structure withoutcompromising the large playing field. 3. Middle School Sports: The creation of a community gym offers many benefits with respect to middle school sports (and sports for those in high school and 18+). The question wasasked, “Why gyms?”: Beyond the very limited resources at Cubberley (with a limited rec basketball clinic), we have no public indoor gyms accessible to those unable to afford privategyms. Our PAUSD gyms are heavily used during the school year, and there are no open hours (as far as I know), including the summer. If PAUSD takes back middle school sports it willfree up the city of PA to host recreational leagues/clinics for students not making/wanting school teams. [See Clovis below] Mayor Stone mentioned evaluating the outsourcing of MS athletics to a local nonprofit asother cities have done. Please consider including the Ross Road Y in this evaluation. They are a great community asset, and I sometimes wonder if there are other ways we could subcontractsome of their facilities for our city needs? Also, if the Community Center plan cannot satisfy the desires of constituents, we could also include outreach to PAUSD to provide for someopen/shared resources in gyms, possibly pools (summer), and athletic fields. A city-PAUSD collaboration could benefit both parties and ultimately our residents. 4. Recreation Wellness Center: Isolation and poor mental health go hand in hand, and I feelthe more we can bring people together doing healthy things we will make a big difference for our youth, young adults, and suffering adults. With many people choosing not to get married or be in relationships, these opportunities/activities are even more important for society. Here is an example from Clovis, may 2022, which includes both school year and summerleagues: City of Clovis Recreation Section:Open gym basketball is back at the Clovis Recreation Center! Come, bring your friends, have fun and get back to the swing of things. This activity is offered Monday evenings 7pm-9pm.Two courts will be available for play. 18 and over only. $5 to play and must register to play. [See middle school and adult programs here: The MS programs are nice in that they meetonce weekly for 6 weeks and allow kids who don’t make a cut sport to learn/play.] 5. If anyone has time, I would love to hear a summary of why the decision was made to continue the use of artificial turf. Was there any desire to move away from it gradually? Thank you,Star Teachout Barron Park ================== Goals for FY2025:1. Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Trails Master Plan 2. Park Dedications3. Baylands Comprehensive Conservation Plan 4. Nature Preserve Access Policy5. Recreation Wellness Center 6. Playing Fields and Racquet Courts Means of Transportation to Work American Factfinder Table B08501 2023 2018-22 2022 2021 2019 2018 2017 2012-16 2011-15 GEO.display-label Palo Alto city, California HD01_VD0Estimate; Total:84675 79558 79963 68718 99918 100421 101060 95882 92125 HD01_VD1Estimate; Total: - Car, truck, or van - drove alone:58686 69.3%52726 66.3%51760 64.7%43604 69791 73721 71556 70.8%69867 72.9%67461 73.2% HD01_VD1Estimate; Total: - Car, truck, or van - carpooled:8783 15.0%7162 13.6%6759 13.1%3986 11247 10607 11447 16.0%10306 14.8%10066 14.9% HD01_VD2Estimate; Total: - Public transportation (excluding taxicab):3721 4.4%4803 6.0%3758 4.7%1672 9668 7916 7921 7.8%7776 8.1%6751 7.3% HD01_VD3Estimate; Total: - Walked:1477 1.7%1423 1.8%1884 2.4%958 1418 1670 2560 2.5%1985 2.1%1885 2.0% HD01_VD4Estimate; Total: - Taxicab, motorcycle, bicycle, or other mean 3419 4.0%3913 4.9%4791 6.0%3372 4819 3975 3861 3.8%3482 3.6%3522 3.8% HD01_VD5Estimate; Total: - Worked at home:8589 10.1%9531 12.0%11011 13.8%15126 2973 2532 3715 3.7%2466 2.6%2440 2.6% check total 84675 79558 79963 68718 99916 100421 101060 95882 92125 (650) 213-8755 www.fopal.org Maps and Directions More information on the sales Donate your used books, DVDs, &c ALL NET PROCEEDS GO TO HELP PALO ALTO LIBRARIES Main Room In our Main Room, prices are way belowwhat used book stores charge.Hardcover books start at $3 andsoftcover books start at only $2. No numbered tickets this month! Please note that due to crowding during the first two hours of the Book Sale, no strollers, rolling carts, etc. can be brought into the Main Room. This is for the safety of shoppers and volunteers alike. By 12:30 or so, the crowd thins out and shoppers are welcome to bring these items into the sale. Children's Book Sale The Children's Room is located in the portable next to the soccer field near Greendell School. It is entirely filled with children's books and toys. You'll find picture books, school age fiction and non-fiction, fiction for teens, award winners, non-English titles, CDs and DVDs, and books for parents and teachers, many for 50 cents or $1. Strollers are welcome in the Children's Room at any time. Bargain Books in H-2 The Bargain Room is located in RoomsH-2 and H-3 of the Cubberley maincampus, between our Main Room andMiddlefield Road. On Saturday,paperbacks are $1, hardcovers are $2,and children's books are 50 cents each.The room also contains many records,CDs, and DVDs at $1 each. On Sunday,the room opens at 11 am and all pricesare half off. Or, save even more onSunday by buying green FOPAL reusablebags from us for $3/ea (or bring yourown grocery-size reusable bag) and stuffing them with any items in the room for $5/bag. Fill four bags at $5/bag and fill a fifth bag FREE! (We no longer receive sufficient used paper grocery bags along with donations for this purpose.) Library News The Library want you to know that you can use your Palo Alto Library card to get at Consumer Reports. They also want you to know they have a bunch of activities and events in the week before Halloween. They have a webby events calendar. If you search that events calendar for "Halloween" you will find most of the events. If you search again for "Pumpkin" you will find another. And! The Library will be closed on Monday October 14 for Indigenous Peoples' Day. You could find out about these sorts of things in a slightly more timely manner bysubscribing to the Library's mailing list. Like us, they send one or two messages per month, more usually one. You can find out about other things they want you to know from the Palo Alto City Library Blogs page. Or you can subscribe to them with an RSS reader. -Frank McConnell November 9th: FOPAL Book sale & Cubberley Community Center Fall Festival One great location: the Cubberley Community Center! Many great events! November 9th, FOPAL and The Imagination Lab School, Cubberley Artist Studio Program (CASP), and several other Cubberley Community Center renters come together to offer bibliophiles, art connoisseurs, dance enthusiasts, and food truck fans an opportunity to shop/buy/eat and enjoy! Come check out FOPAL's November book sale...and attend the Cubberley Community Center's Fall Festival! Look for more details in FOPAL's November Sale newsletter and on FOPAL's Facebook page. Please "like" and "follow" us when you visit. -Janette Herceg October Sale Notes Donation volume has been steady, and we want to send out a big THANK YOU to all who have donated material for our sales as well as a big THANK YOU to FOPAL's Donation Pick- up team! Many sections have a backlog and as a result, we expect to have strong sales all through the winter months. For October, you'll find more books from the Stanford Medical Anesthesia department donation making Medicine a special once again. The books are in excellent condition and priced to sell. Art has a larger than usual selection of books, and exhibition catalogues...from a substantial donation from the Palo Alto Art Center. Look forHalloween a-plenty curated by a couple of section managers in the Main Room andChildren's Rooms this month as well. The Children's Room and Children's Bargain Room have been blessed with an abundance of books, toys, games and more! The popular Pop-up Music sale is focusing on a High-Value collection and can be found next to the Bargain Room (in front of H1) starting at 10am. More LPs & CDs means more listening pleasure! -Janette Herceg Music Pop Up This coming Saturday there will be a smaller but carefully curated Music Pop Up Sale held in the breezeway near the Bargain Room (H2) instead of under the tents next to the Main Room where our sale is usually held. There will be a special selection of high quality vinyl offered so plan on coming early to add to your collection! -George Chaltas Children's Room Double, double toil and trouble: October means witches, pumpkins, black cats, skeletons, and an entire table full of books for Halloween. We have many like-new board books, paperback and hard-cover picture books, activity books, and school-age fiction, all about the holiday and all at bargain prices. The Activities section has board and card games for all ages, plus an air hockey game anda cornhole setup. Our Science and Mathematics sections are full; the latter includes booksof preparation for the Math Olympiad. You'll also find two bins of joke books, two bins ofkids' cookbooks, plus loads of titles from American Girl. As usual, our Graphic Novelsshelves are overflowing, with many series including Bone and Dogman. On the Beginning Readers shelves you'll find a remarkable selection of books for early readers, some packaged as sets. We're also long on Fancy Nancy, Fly Guy, and other favorite series. Look in Parenting for helpful books for parents of newborns to teens, including kids with special needs. Non-fiction is featuring a 2-drawer kit on Air and Water from Full Option Science System (FOSS)--a real find for $20! And we have lots of Lego books, including a never-before- offered Lego pop-up book. If you've seen or plan to see the just-released animated feature The Wild Robot, you maynot know that this 4-star-rated movie is based on a book and series written by popularauthor Peter Brown. We have 3 copies of the book, on the shelf as you enter the School-age Fiction section. Teachers, we can help you stock your classroom library cost-effectively with books from a multitude of award-winning authors. Featured this month in Classics is a beautifully illustrated edition of The Complete Tales and Poems of Winnie the Pooh (originally $50), for only $10. In Fantasy, we have an excellent selection of Tui T. Sutherland's Wings of Fire series, great books to read aloud to children. Also in Fantasy are several boxed sets of The Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Finally, we have several gift-quality beautifully illustrated oversized books in the Harry Potter series. It's never too early to snag a wonderful book to give during the holidays. The Asian Languages section continues to be packed with quality Chinese books, both traditional and simplified, for all ages. Be sure to check out the other languages as well--a full cart of Japanese and Korean books, in addition to Thai and other South Asian languages in the lower corner. -Carolyn Davidson Children's Vintage This month in Children's Vintage we are spotlighting two prolific children's authors: Thornton Burgess and Jerry West. Thornton Burgess was a lifelong conservationist and author. He wrote more than 170 books and 15,000 articles for his daily column. He used his observations of nature as the basis for his children's stories and published Old Mother West Wind as his first book in 1910. The characters in that series (Peter Rabbit, Old Mister Toad, Grandfather Frog and others) soon had books of their own. It's our good fortune this month to have almost 20 volumes of Thornton Burgess stories on our shelves. Jerry West, author of The Happy Hollisters, was one of the authors writing for theStratemeyer Syndicate in the 1950s and '60s. Unlike other Stratemeyer series (NancyDrew, Hardy Boys etc), however, all of the Happy Hollister books were written by one man,Andrew Svenson. He often drew on his own family experiences for his plot lines and hisyoung characters happily solved mysteries around their hometown of Shoreham andaround the world. We have almost half of the 33 Hollister books for sale this month, all indust jackets! For younger readers, we have a robust collection of step-up-to-reading nonfiction books. If reading about adventure is what gets your little one reading, then check out Men Who Sailed the Seas or The Adventures of Lewis and Clark for starters. And of course we can't forget that October is a spooky month and have brought out all our Halloween stories for the little ones. You can see all this (and some surprises) at www.fopalbooks.com/kids -Lisa Heitman October Book Review Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly Deep Blue is a beautifully woven novel featuring mermaids and the dangers of the open sea. Written by award winning author Jennifer Donnelly, the story follows princess Serafina, of the underwater realm of Miromara, who is living the perfect life. She's good at casting magic, has a doting family, and is betrothed to a handsome merman. But like all good stories, everything goes wrong. On the day of her crowning, a terrorist attack leaves her mother and father brutally slain and the kingdom in chaos. Sera must flee in order to survive and to find safe haven. In her flight from the forces that hunt her, she finds new allies and the courage to avenge her family and the will to retake her throne. In the first book of the series, Donnelly crafts a wonderfully creative world, with hidden turns and twists you wouldn't expect. This novel encourages readers to think deeply about the values and morals of every character, and builds new and exciting concepts. Deep Blue will be a lovely addition to your bookshelf. Recommended for ages 11 to 14. Dragonology Featuring gorgeously illustrated depictions and storied descriptions of these dragons, this picture book will guide even the most wild child to sit down and read. Alongside the hiddensurprise at the end, this book will make a beautiful gift for younger family members andfriends. Recommended for ages 6 through 9. -Emma Chen Religion The scripture section is overflowing - more than a dozen of the Anchor Bible series and many of the Communicator's Commentary. If you like small volumes try the Cambridge Bible commentary or the elegant little green volumes from J.M Dent. And there is a large family Bible from 1861. Away from scripture a 1948 edition of Tillich's Shaking of the Foundations. Niebuhr's Justice and Mercy or Plante's Contemplative Practices in Action. -Nancy Mahoney Cohen Poetry "Before it's time to go to bed, Let's have a feast," October said. Let's feast on poetry that's classic: Verse that references the Sapphic. Or concentrate on just one poet: Emily Dickinson, wouldn't you know it? And finally, at banquet's end, Black poets and an urban trend. https://fopalbooks.com/poetry.html -Mandy MacCalla Humor An excellent book on cartoon humor and humorists making its first appearance is Screwball: Who made the Funnies Funny? Part history, part encyclopedia, this is the idealbook for anyone interested in the world of Screwball. As well, we have a book by one of thegiants of humor, Edward Gorey, a collection of his work Amphigorey Also. Although weoften get the New Yorker Complete cartoons with 8DVDs this month we have a sealed copyin perfect condition. "A comic says funny things, a cartoonist says things funny" Shelf photos at https://fopalbooks.com/humor/ -Nigel Jones Philosophy Got Plato? Well due a very high quality donation of Plato plus some Aristotle and earlier philosophers we certainly do. Included is the two volume box set, Dialogues of Plato, The Complete Plato, and four volumes of the 1989 edition of Platonis Opera in Greek. With Aristotle we have a Complete Works of Aristotle and an Introduction to Aristotle. With both philosophers we have books on many of their best known works. Also included, and relevant to the topic, are two books by American philosopher Gail Fine. Most books are face out to make browsing easier. As with our previous special sales at special sales prices after this sale these books will move to our high value online store. Shelf photos at https://fopalbooks.com/philosophy/ -Nigel Jones Health The Health section has lots of new volumes to enjoy this month. First of all, A Poison Like No Other; How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies. Follow up with The Poison Squad: One Chemist's Single-minded Crusade for Food Safety at the Turn of the Twentieth Century. Another interesting choice: The Mold in Dr. Flory's Coat: The Story of the Penicillin Miracleor The Healthy Lunchbox, published by The American Diabetes Asociation, with recipes andadvice on avoiding junk food in our home-packed lunches. Complete your readingadventure by diving into Winter Swimming, or Chinese Healing Exercises: The Tradition ofDaoyin. Enjoy. -Suzanne Cholko Judaica Browse the Judaica section for books on the Jewish religion and culture including editions of the Torah and other basic texts, Kabbalah, Jewish history, the Holocaust, memoirs, Israel, Jewish Women, the Jewish American Experience and other related subjects. Special interest this month - The Restless Hungarian: Modernism, Madness, and The American Dream The Holy Temple of Jerusalem - illustrated 9x12 format A Train Near Magdeburg-The Holocaust, the survivors, and the American soldiers who saved them Einstein and the Rabbi: Searching for the Soul If All the Seas Were Ink: A Memoir By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream Most fiction with Jewish themes will be found in Modern Literature/Classics or CurrentFiction. Books entirely in Hebrew are shelved in the European Languages section. Shelf photos at https://fopalbooks.com/judaica.html -Charlotte Epstein, Judaica Section Manager Curious Books Are you longing to sit in front of a blazing fireplace, reading a good book? I thought not. But now is a good time to stock up on books to have handy when inclement weather keeps you indoors. The carefully curated miscellany of Curious Books has something to offer every reader. Come on by during the sale. -Donya W. Puzzles and Games Welcome to Fall! In puzzles we are celebrating the change of seasons with a curated selection of Fall, Halloween, and Thanksgiving puzzles, each at the special sale price of $4 or less. In games, we are also having a sale. All the strategy games that have not sold in the lastfew months have been marked down at least $5, sometimes more. In addition we haveseveral new D and D items--books, role-playing games, and even a character set fromyears ago. -Vicky Evans Sci-Fi and Comics We have some offbeat things in Science Fiction and Fantasy this month. Look for a bunch of the SFBC editions of the Don Wollheim "Annual World's Best SF" anthologies from the 1970s and 1980s. Zelazny's Creatures of Light and Darkness, signed; a dozen Asimov books in Panther paperbacks from the UK, very nice in better paper than the fragile US paperbacks of the same vintage; a one-volume Lord of the Rings in a handsome stamped gray flexible binding I've not seen before; and one of the SFBC Burroughs Mars omnibuses with a Frank Frazetta cover. There's another oddball book in Comics, Stan Lee and the Rise and Fall of the American Comic Book, in a signed advance reader's copy. Also in Comics find another load of VG/NF bagged comic magazines, this time mostly Marvel Avengers- related from the 1990s and 2000s, including a lot of 4- and 8- issue limited series which were a thing at the time. Shelf pictures at fopalbooks.com. -Rich History It's not too early to think about holiday gifts! History has several items of interest: the Sangamon edition of Sandburg's biography of Lincoln (all six volumes), a couple of nice copies of The 1619 Project, and several biographies of influential (or at least interesting) people. For lighter reading, there's an entire shelf on the odder corners of history - including a guide to countries that no longer exist! -Lin McAllister Donations We accept donations on Monday through Saturday from 3-5 pm in the Main Room. But we close to donations in the week before the sale so that we can prepare the Main Room for the sale, and also this month for Indigenous Peoples' Day. Which means that we are closed for donations from Sunday October 6 through Monday October 14. Please hold your donations until Tuesday October 15. Please read our donation guidelines before you bring materials to us. Suggestions? We're always eager to hear your suggestions for ways to improve our book sale. Please email us at suggestions@friendspaloaltolib.org. This notice comes to you from the non-profit organization Friends of the Palo Alto Library. No trees were felled in the making of this e-mail. Visit our web site. Become a member by joining online. Be sure to receive your own free copy of this e-mail notice so that you'll know about all special upcomingbooks sales. To sign up, just e-mail us. We carefully protect the privacy of your e-mail address. We will notshare your e-mail address with any other organization and we will not use it for any purpose other than tosend you these notices. If you do not wish to receive these e-mail notices in the future, please reply withthe words "Remove Me" in the first line of the text. From:Adriana Rodriguez To:Council, City Subject:El Camino Real public parking to. Be replaced with Bicycle Lanes through Palo Alto Date:Thursday, October 10, 2024 5:15:46 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council of Palo Alto , by taking away public parking on el camino throughout Palo Alto will be disastrous to my business . Celia's Mexican Restaurant 3740 El Camino Real . Please try to take a lane away and build the bike lane there and keep public parking on El Camino . You are leaving us with just our parking lot for parking and as a restaurant that is not enough. Where will my employees park ? Where will I park ? Where will the rest of my customers that are not part of a party of 20 which takes up all parking spaces in my parking lot park . My customers will get frustrated and just find somewhere else to dine out or pick up . Please reconsider as I can't believe you announced it and then just a few months later it's happening . This is not at all fair due to all the downtown areas youve been building them public garage spaces and because of that they were fine with loosing there street public parking because they got to add more dining tables for their guests . They have had a win win since Covid began and us businesses here on el camino have had a lose lose situation . From bad to worse . Please reconsider as I also help take care of parents in Burlingame , San Mateo cities and I see that they kept the public parking on el camino and still added the bike lanes . Please consider this for Palo Alto too. Keep public parking on el camino because if you don't you might just loose another nice family restaurant in your City. We are very happy here and have been for over 30 years . Sincerely Owner Rosalva Adriana Rodríguez is happening in Israel is hard for me to fathom. People who faced the Holocaust— the genocide of European Jews by Nazi Germany and its collaborators, which systematically murdered six million Jew should understand why the mass killing of Palestinians is wrong. This situation is no different from the Indian Wars, during which the US carried out massacres and forced relocations of Indigenous peoples many considered genocide. This systematic destruction and forced removal of Native Americans through violence, disease, forced relocation, cultural assimilation policies, and land seizure by Europeans resulted in the eradication of many tribes, essentially constituting genocide. The parallels between the experiences of Black Americans and those of other oppressed groups worldwide, such as the Palestinian people and Black South Africans during apartheid, cannot be overlooked. The Legacy of the Klan has a haunting echo in the systemic injustices faced by these communities, reflecting a universal struggle against racial and ethnic oppression. The inhumane treatment historically endured by Black Americans resonates with the darkest chapters of apartheid—an oppressive regime designed to disenfranchise and dehumanize entire populations. Despite the strides made during the civil rights movement, the remnants of this cruel system remain deeply embedded in our society. Structural inequalities persist in various sectors, including education, housing, and employment, serving as stark reminders that the fight against segregation and discrimination is far from over. As we continue to confront these injustices, it is imperative to recognize that the struggle for equality and human rights transcends borders and histories. The resilience of marginalized communities, both past and present, fuels a collective call to action—demanding justice, equality, and a future where discrimination is a relic of history, not a living reality. The path forward necessitates unwavering commitment and solidarity in dismantling the systems that perpetuate racial violence and inequality, ensuring that the lessons learned from the past guide us towards a more equitable society for all. Israeli military action has resulted in over 40,000 confirmed Palestinian deaths. Genocide must stop. Rev. Jethroe Moore II https://foreignpolicy.com/2022/10/30/religious-zionism-israel-far-right-different/ https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/cmenas-assets/cmenas-documents/unit-of- israel-palestine/Section1_Zionism.pdf REV. JETHROE MOORE II On Wednesday, October 9, 2024 at 11:20:34 AM EDT, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Folks, please contribute liberally to THE Intercept's investigative efforts to determine the impact of AIPAC's political influence on American politics. The Intercept is an award-winning nonprofit news organization dedicated to holding the powerful accountable through fearless, adversarial journalism. Our in-depth investigations and unflinching analysis focus on surveillance, war, corruption, the environment, technology, criminal justice, the media and more. Email is an important way for us to communicate with The Intercept’s readers, but if you’d like to stop hearing from us, click here to unsubscribe from all communications. Protecting freedom of the press has never been more important. Contribute now to support our independent journalism. "The Director of Utilities directs the activities of the Utilities Department, including water, gas and electric supply planning and acquisition, the operation of water, gas and electric distribution systems, a dark fiber telecommunications system, wastewater collection system, as well as the Customer Service Center."This description doesn't mention fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP). It mentions "experience" only twice:"Sufficient education, training and/or work experience to demonstrate possession of the following knowledge, skills, and abilities which would typically be acquired through:• Possession of a bachelor's degree or equivalent in engineering, business, public administration or a fielddirectly relevant to the management of a utility; master's degree in public or business administration or arelated field is preferred. and• Ten years experience in engineering, operations and/or business in a multi utilities organization, five years of which should be in a senior management capacity."This description doesn't require experience with FTTP. ================================================================================ ATTACHMENT B: : FY 2025 Adopted Operating Budget Utilities Excerpts (32 pages) It mentions "fiber" 56 times. Of these, 9 (or so) are about FTTP. ================================================================================ Attachment C: FY 2025 Adopted Capital Budget Utilities Excerpts (27 pages) It mentions "fiber" 38 times. Of these, 10 (or so) are about FTTP. ================================================================================ 10-06-24: "Around Town: Welcomes and Farewells"https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2024/10/06/around-town-welcomes-and-farewells/ It says of departing Dean Batchelor: "Under his leadership, the department has launched several giant ongoing projects, including the upgradeof the city’s electric grid and a massive expansion of the fiber backbone." This description emphasizes the upgrade of the dark fiber network but doesn't mention FTTP. ================================================================================ U.S.U.S. 2023 ACS 2015 ACS 2018-22 ACS 2011-15 ACS 2018-22 ACS 2023 ACS Number % of total Number % of total Number % of total Number % of total Number % of total Number % of total 1 person 9197 33.1%6872 26.4%6479 24.9%7200 27.6%28.3%28.8% 2 persons 8341 30.0%7965 30.6%8882 34.1%8191 31.4%33.8%34.3% 3 persons 5407 19.5%5336 20.5%4572 17.5%4722 18.1%15.5%15.2% 4+ persons 4823 17.4%5857 22.5%6131 23.5%5974 22.9%22.4%21.8% Total 27768 100.0%26030 100.0%26064 100.0%26087 100.0%100.0%100.1% HH 30.4%35.4%32.1%34.8%30.2%28.8% with children 0-17 Average HH Size Palo Alto Jan 1, 2024 2.49 Notes The single year estimates for Palo Alto have a small sample size. It will be interesting to compare the 5-year 2019-2023 estimates coming out soon with the 2018-22 estimates There are precise definitions for HH and families HH are who occupies a housing unit Families are groups related by blood, marriage or adoption The 4+ person HH have several components that I do not have data on a) larger families like 2 parents and 2 or more children b) groups of unrelated residents living together to save on housing costs c) multi-generational families living together for cultural reasons or to save on costs Anecdotally the number of larger HH formed to save on housing costs has grown In the future HH size will decline from a) falling birth rates and b) aging that produces more senior 1 and 2 person HH From:Clerk, City To:Council, City Cc:Clerk, City Subject:Public Comment - CA Excessive Heat Warning Date:Tuesday, October 8, 2024 4:54:35 PM Attachments:20241007 Public Comment Letter.pdf Hello Council Members, Please find the attached public comment letter regarding the California Excessive Heat Warning. Best, City Clerk’s Office the same time, to coincide with the campus test. The SHC alert test will be limited to emailand text message alerts only. Prior to the test, it is important you verify that your contact information is correct inAxess (students) or StanfordYou (faculty and staff). Students: In Axess, make sure there is an entry in the mobile phone field as this is the most rapid and direct way to communicate with you during an emergency. Faculty and Staff: In StanfordYou, make sure there is an entry in the mobile phone field, as this is the most rapid and direct way of communication with you during an actual emergency.As a reminder: the University requires that employees maintain their directory entry and opt in to AlertSU with their work phone number, email address, and any university-issued orreimbursed cell phone number. Please click here for step by step instructions on how to enter your contact information in StanfordYou or visit https://police.stanford.edu/alert/alertsu-faq.html for more information. Additionally, in order to know you are receiving an official AlertSU message, please program the following information into your mobile phone contacts. Email Address: alertsudps@lists.stanford.edu Phone Number: 650-725-5555 Text Message phone number: 89361 In a real emergency, the AlertSU message will contain specific instructions. Notify others nearyou to ensure they are aware of the situation and recommended safety precautions. Other sources of information about critical incidents include: Stanford’s emergency website: http://emergency.stanford.edu Department of Public Safety website: https://police.stanford.edu Social Media: Twitter/Instagram @Stanford University emergency information hotlines: 650-725-5555 and 844-253-7878 (844- AlertSU) KZSU 90.1 FM For more information about the AlertSU system, please visit the AlertSU FAQ page at:https://police.stanford.edu/alertsu-faq.html. Learn more about campus evacuation procedures and how to respond to emergencies atcardinalready.stanford.edu. Members of the public can register to receive AlertSU emergency alerts by downloadingthe Stanford mobile app and enabling the app notifications. PATMA will continue to focus outreach efforts. Also this month, several volunteers from Silicon Valley Bicycle Coalition will help reachout to businesses showing graphics of bike lanes, offering refurbished bicycles to workers making less than $70,000/year through local non-profit Bike Exchange, andshowing low traffic routes to work. Together we hope that once the green painted bike lanes and white delineators are installed, workers will be ready to mode shift to moresustainable transportation options. Sincerely, Justine Burt --Justine BurtExecutive Director, Palo Alto Transportation Management Associationjustine@paloaltotma.org510.709.6266