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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-01-09 Human Relations Commission Agenda PacketHUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION Regular Meeting Thursday, January 09, 2025 Council Chambers & Hybrid 6:00 PM Human Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option to attend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while still maintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participate from home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in the meeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending in person. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o n YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen Media Center https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas and reports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐ Relations‐Commission.  VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701) Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833 PUBLIC COMMENTS Public comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or an amount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutes after the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on the City’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subject line. PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted only by email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the  Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strong cybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are not accepted. Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks, posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do not create a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated when displaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view or passage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Thursday, November 14, 2024 BUSINESS ITEMS 1.Election of Human Relations Chair and Vice Chair. ‐ Staff – Action ‐ 20 minutes 2.Presentation and feedback sought on draft Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan. – Staff – Discussion – 60 minutes 3.Report from adhoc subcommittees on next steps identified for items listed on the FY2024‐ 25 HRC Workplan. – Chair – Action – 20 minutes CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) Commissioner Reports Council Liaison Report Staff Liaison Report COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) ADJOURNMENT INFORMATIONAL REPORT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Letters PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONRegular MeetingThursday, January 09, 2025Council Chambers & Hybrid6:00 PMHuman Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option toattend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas andreports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐Relations‐Commission. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701)Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance toHRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline.PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted onlyby email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strongcybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are notaccepted. Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks, posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do not create a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated when displaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view or passage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting. CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT  Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda. AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONS The Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Thursday, November 14, 2024 BUSINESS ITEMS 1.Election of Human Relations Chair and Vice Chair. ‐ Staff – Action ‐ 20 minutes 2.Presentation and feedback sought on draft Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan. – Staff – Discussion – 60 minutes 3.Report from adhoc subcommittees on next steps identified for items listed on the FY2024‐ 25 HRC Workplan. – Chair – Action – 20 minutes CITY OFFICIAL REPORTS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) Commissioner Reports Council Liaison Report Staff Liaison Report COMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS AND AGENDAS Members of the public may not speak to the item(s) ADJOURNMENT INFORMATIONAL REPORT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Letters PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSIONRegular MeetingThursday, January 09, 2025Council Chambers & Hybrid6:00 PMHuman Relations Commission meetings will be held as “hybrid” meetings with the option toattend by teleconference/video conference or in person. To maximize public safety while stillmaintaining transparency and public access, members of the public can choose to participatefrom home or attend in person. Information on how the public may observe and participate in themeeting is located at the end of the agenda. Masks are strongly encouraged if attending inperson. T h e   m e e t i n g   w i l l   b e   b r o a d c a s t   o n   C a b l e   T V   C h a n n e l   2 6 ,   l i v e   o nYouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/cityofpaloalto, and streamed to Midpen MediaCenter https://midpenmedia.org. Commissioner names, biographies, and archived agendas andreports are available at https://www.cityofpaloalto.org/City‐Hall/Boards‐Commissions/Human‐Relations‐Commission. VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION CLICK HERE TO JOIN (https://cityofpaloalto.zoom.us/j/91994548701)Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701    Phone: 1(669)900‐6833PUBLIC COMMENTSPublic comments will be accepted both in person and via Zoom for up to three minutes or anamount of time determined by the Chair. All requests to speak will be taken until 5 minutesafter the staff’s presentation. Written public comments can be submitted in advance toHRC@cityofpaloalto.org and will be provided to the Council and available for inspection on theCity’s website. Please clearly indicate which agenda item you are referencing in your subjectline.PowerPoints, videos, or other media to be presented during public comment are accepted onlyby email to HRC@cityofpaloalto.org at least 24 hours prior to the meeting. Once received, the Clerk will have them shared at public comment for the specified item. To uphold strongcybersecurity management practices, USB’s or other physical electronic storage devices are notaccepted.Signs and symbolic materials less than 2 feet by 3 feet are permitted provided that: (1) sticks,posts, poles or similar/other type of handle objects are strictly prohibited; (2) the items do notcreate a facility, fire, or safety hazard; and (3) persons with such items remain seated whendisplaying them and must not raise the items above shoulder level, obstruct the view orpassage of other attendees, or otherwise disturb the business of the meeting.CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALLPUBLIC COMMENT Members of the public may speak to any item NOT on the agenda.AGENDA CHANGES, ADDITIONS AND DELETIONSThe Chair or Commission majority may modify the agenda order to improve meeting management.APPROVAL OF MINUTESThursday, November 14, 2024BUSINESS ITEMS1.Election of Human Relations Chair and Vice Chair. ‐ Staff – Action ‐ 20 minutes2.Presentation and feedback sought on draft Safe Streets for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan.– Staff – Discussion – 60 minutes3.Report from adhoc subcommittees on next steps identified for items listed on theFY2024‐ 25 HRC Workplan. – Chair – Action – 20 minutesCITY OFFICIAL REPORTSMembers of the public may not speak to the item(s)Commissioner ReportsCouncil Liaison ReportStaff Liaison ReportCOMMISSIONER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS OR FUTURE MEETINGS ANDAGENDASMembers of the public may not speak to the item(s)ADJOURNMENTINFORMATIONAL REPORTPUBLIC DOCUMENTS Public Letters PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS Members of the Public may provide public comments to teleconference meetings via email, teleconference, or by phone. 1. Written public comments may be submitted by email to hrc@cityofpaloalto.org. 2. Spoken public comments using a computer will be accepted through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, click on the link below to access a Zoom‐ based meeting. Please read the following instructions carefully. You may download the Zoom client or connect to the meeting in‐ browser. If using your browser, make sure you are using a current, up‐to‐date browser: Chrome 30 , Firefox 27 , Microsoft Edge 12 , Safari 7 . Certain functionality may be disabled in older browsers including Internet Explorer. You may be asked to enter an email address and name. We request that you identify yourself by name as this will be visible online and will be used to notify you that it is your turn to speak. When you wish to speak on an Agenda Item, click on “raise hand.” The Clerk will activate and unmute speakers in turn. Speakers will be notified shortly before they are called to speak. When called, please limit your remarks to the time limit allotted. A timer will be shown on the computer to help keep track of your comments. 3. Spoken public comments using a smart phone will be accepted  through the teleconference meeting. To address the Council, download the Zoom application onto your phone from the Apple App Store or Google Play Store and enter the Meeting ID below. Please follow the instructions B‐E above. 4. Spoken public comments using a phone use the telephone number listed below. When you wish to speak on an agenda item hit *9 on your phone so we know that you wish to speak. You will be asked to provide your first and last name before addressing the Council. You will be advised how long you have to speak. When called please limit your remarks to the agenda item and time limit allotted. CLICK HERE TO JOIN    Meeting ID: 919 9454 8701   Phone:1‐669‐900‐6833  Americans with Disability Act (ADA) It is the policy of the City of Palo Alto to offer its public programs, services and meetings in a manner that is readily accessible to all. Persons with disabilities who require materials in an appropriate alternative format or who require auxiliary aids to access City meetings, programs, or services may contact the City’s ADA Coordinator at (650) 329‐2550 (voice) or by emailing ada@cityofpaloalto.org. Requests for assistance or accommodations must be submitted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting, program, or service. 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Report from adhoc subcommittees on next steps identified for items listed on the FY2024‐ 25 HRC Workplan. – Kraus – Action NO ACTION TAKEN VI) REPORTS FROM OFFICIALS VII) ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:40 p.m. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 6     PALO ALTOsafety action plan - draft DECEMBER 2024 2     Packet Pg. 7     2 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan DEDICATION The City of Palo Alto would like to dedicate this Safety Action Plan to the members of our community – grandparents, parents, children, partners, and colleagues – who have lost their lives or sustained life-altering injuries on the City’s roadways. We also express our sincere appreciation to all of those dedicated to improving roadway safety in Palo Alto and reducing these events to zero. Reaching zero deaths and fatalities is our commitment – a commitment to providing a transportation system that allows all road users to arrive at their destination comfortably and safely as they travel within and through Palo Alto. We believe that humans are vulnerable and make mistakes. And we believe that an effective, proactive, holistic, and redundant system can prevent fatal and severe injury outcomes associated with those mistakes. The City of Palo Alto has an important role to play in improving transportation safety in the City. With our Vison Zero commitment we have integrated the Safe System Approach into this Safety Action Plan and intend to update many of our existing programs, policies, and on-going plans to align with this Approach. Our efforts will also include coordination with Caltrans, the County, and adjacent agencies to ensure essential, multi-jurisdictional projects are identified, planned, and Safe System-consistent. Finally, for those components of the Safe System Approach that are outside the City’s direct purview, we commit to advocating and collaborating with our Vision Zero peers to bring additional, proven safety tools to Palo Alto. Palo Alto’s Commitment to Vision Zero and the Safe System Approach 2     Packet Pg. 8     3 SAFETY COMMITMENT RESOLUTION Resolution for the Council of the City of Palo Alto Approving the 2024 Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan and Committing to Vision Zero 1. The Federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) was signed into law in November 2021. The law authorized $1.2 trillion for transportation and infrastructure spending through FY 2026. This included the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program. 2. The National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS) was signed into law in January 2022. Through the NRSS, the United States Department of Transportation committed to a national vision of zero roadway fatalities and identified priority action aligned with the five Safe System elements. 3. Caltrans’ Strategic Highway Safety Plan (SHSP) was last updated in January 2023. In 2020, State transportation leaders recognized that a change, known as “The Pivot,” was necessary to combat the rise in fatalities and serious injuries on California’s roadways through the implementation of the Safe System Approach. 4. On June 19, 2023, City Council approved and authorized the City Manager to execute a grant agreement with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) to develop the Palo Alto Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A)-funded Safety Action Plan. 5. In August 2023, the City of Palo Alto contracted with Fehr & Peers to complete the SS4A Safety Action Plan. The project included two community outreach events, an online survey and interactive map, and project status updates to City Council, Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), Palo Alto Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC), and City/ School Transportation Safety Committee (CSTSC). 6. To comply with the SS4A program requirements, the Palo Alto SS4A Safety Action Plan must include a public commitment to the eventual goal of zero roadway fatalities and serious injuries from a high ranking official and/or elected body in the jurisdiction, including a timeline or target for achieving that goal. 7. The City of Palo Alto’s SS4A Safety Action Plan states that traffic fatalities and serious injuries on the City’s roadways will be reduced to zero by the year 2035/2040. 8. The City of Palo Alto’s SS4A Safety Action Plan is aligned with the Safe System Approach and calls for changes to citywide policies, programs, and practices to clarify our multi-modal safety priority. We acknowledge that these changes will result in tradeoff decisions that proactively provide the opportunity to reduce severe injuries and fatalities and may result in parking loss or increased vehicle delay at times. The Council of The City of Palo Alto RESOLVES as follows SECTION 1. The Council hereby approves the Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Safety Action Plan and the goal of eliminating transportation fatalities and serious injuries in the City of Palo Alto by 2035/2040. Introduced and passed: recitals 2     Packet Pg. 9     4 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2023-2024 City Council Greer Stone Mayor Ed Lauing Vice Mayor Greg Tanaka Council Member Julie Lythcott-Haims Council Member Lydia Kou Council Member Patrick Burt Council Member Vicki Veenker Council Member 2024-2025 City Council Update names when 2024-2025 Council is elected Planning & Transportation Commission Bryna Chang Chair Keith Reckdahl Vice Chair Allen Akin Commissioner Bart Hechtman Commissioner Carolyn Templeton Commissioner Doria Summa Commissioner George Lu Commissioner City/School Transportation Safety Committee Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee City of Palo Alto Team Philip Kamhi Chief Transportation Official Sylvia Star-Lack Transportation Planning Manager Ozzy Arce Senior Transportation Planner Charlie Coles Senior Transportation Planner Katie Heuser Senior Transportation Planner Rose Mesterhazy Senior Transportation Planner Ana Lopez Associate Planner Fehr & Peers Meghan Mitman Ashlee Takushi Alexandra Lee-Gardner Sean Reseigh Steve Davis Terence Zhao 2     Packet Pg. 10     5 AB Assembly Bill BPTP Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan CIP Capital Improvement Program Caltrans California Department of Transportation CSAP Comprehensive Safety Action Plan CSTSC City/School Transportation Safety Committee DIB Design Information Bulletin DP Director’s Policy DUI Driving Under the Influence EPC Equity Priority Community FHWA Federal Highway Administration HIN High-Injury Network IIJA Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act ITE Institute of Transportation Engineers KSI Killed or Seriously Injured LTS Level of Traffic Stress MPH Miles per Hour MTC Metropolitan Transportation Commission NRSS National Roadway Safety Strategy PABAC Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee PCF Primary Crash Factor PDO Property Damage Only PTC Planning and Transportation Commission SB Senate Bill SRTS Safe Routes to School SS4A Safe Streets and Roads for All US DOT United States Department of Transportation VTA Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority GLOSSARY 2     Packet Pg. 11     6 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY VISION ZERO GOALS SafeSpeeds REDUNDANCY IS CRUCIAL SAFETY IS PROACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY IS UNACCEPTABLE SafeVehicles Post-CrashCare Safe RoadUsers SafeRoads THESAFE SYSTEMAPPROACH this safety action plan has been developed to align with the national and statewide pivot to the safe system approach to achieving vision zero. Reduce the likelihood of crashes citywide for vulnerable users through proactive and infused safety efforts. Remove barriers to use proven safety tools, and discontinue efforts that perpetuate safety risk. Prioritize reactive, grant-funded projects for the High-Injury Network (HIN) and equity priority areas. 2     Packet Pg. 12     7 SAFETY FOCUS AREAS Through crash data analysis, community input, stakeholder feedback, and systemic risk analysis, this Plan identifies several focus areas for enhancing safety in Palo Alto: Pedestrians on Major Downtown Streets Children Riding Bicycles 90° Angle Conflicts with Bicyclists of All Ages Walk & Roll Bike Routes Crossing Higher Stress Streets Driving Under the Influence Pedestrians on Arterials at Night Residential Arterials 2     Packet Pg. 13     8 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HIGH-INJURY NETWORK (HIN) The High-Injury Network map displays corridors with a disproportionate share of crashes. This Plan identifies and prioritizes projects that address issues and opportunities on these corridors as a way to reactively address safety concerns in Palo Alto. Aras t r a d e r o Road Ham i l t o n Avenu e Univ e r s i t y Avenu e Qua r r y Road Alma Street Sand H i l l Road Lytton Avenu e San A n t o n i o Road Foothil l E x p r e s s w a y Embarcade r o Road Meado w D r i v e Middl e f i e l d Road El Cam i n o Real Charles t o n Road Oreg o n E x p r e s s w a y Middl e f i e l d Road \\fp g i s d e v a p p 0 1 \ D e v G I S L i b r a r y \ S e r v i c e M X D s \ S J \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P _ 1 . a p r x Population Below the Poverty Line in Palo Alto Equity Analysis 2     Packet Pg. 14     9 KEY POLICY AND PROGRAM CHANGES This Plan also lays out a proactive steps the City will take to create a culture and climate of systemic safety by addressing the key risk factors and barriers to safety that currently exist in Palo Alto. These include: The City will commit to making design, maintenance, and operations decisions that prioritize safety, and will build off of the outreach completed throughout this Plan Transportation connections to Equity Priority Communities and underserved populations will be prioritized along Walk and Roll Routes and key transit corridors The City will seek opportunities to update land use zoning to promote density and infill development, paired with a commitment to provide enhanced facilities and implement traffic calming improvements The City will look for opportunities to institutionalize safety into all aspects of policies, planning, programming, design, implementation, and maintenance, with a focus on those efforts that improve safety at the population scale through change to travel patterns, land use conditions, socioeconomic considerations, and built environment provisions A citywide, proactive Speed Management Program following the FHWA Safe System Speed Management Framework will guide location-specific interventions in all focus areas Through an audit of the City’s transportation budget, funding sources and project selection/priorities will be reevaluated to shift toward more proactive and strategic opportunities, enabling Palo Alto to address safety risk factors more efficiently The City of Palo Alto will commit to reducing traffic fatalities and serious injuries to zero on the City’s roadways by 2035/2040 The City will collaborate with partners and peers to make meaningful progress on cross-jurisdictional and cross-sector efforts 2     Packet Pg. 15     10 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Safe System Pyramid Source: Ederer, et. al., Vision Zero Network SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN The Safe Systems Pyramid builds on established public health practice to illustrate how interventions that have the largest reach and require the least personal effort will be the most impactful. This Plan references the Pyramid as the guiding framework to advance safety in Palo Alto efficiently and holistically. It is a structure for prioritizing the roadway design and operations tools that will have the most impact for safety while also collaborating outside the safety silo with other agency and community stakeholders to engage in upstream and more wide-ranging root cause topics. 2     Packet Pg. 16     11 IMPLEMENTATION PHASING & SEQUENCING Within the next five years, safety will be institutionalized throughout the City through updates to existing policies, programs, and projects. This will set a framework for staff to shift their focus to be more proactive and systemic, and tradeoff decisions in project prioritization and design will reflect a commitment to reducing safety risk factors in our transportation system. These next step considerations are color coded, based on the color of the tiers in the Safe System Pyramid: ▲ Socioeconomic Factors ▲ Built Environment ▲ Latent Safety Measures ▲ Active Measures ▲ Education These items are considered near-term priorities that can address locations with risk factors around exposure (where, when, and why people are at risk, with a focus on equity and schools), likelihood (high conflict zones), and severity (locations with high speed and heavy vehicles). City staff will: • Create a citywide speed management plan consistent with the Safe System Approach and implement a rollout of the key speed management strategies recommended from the plan ▲ • Create a community engagement strategy that communicates the City’s commitment to Vision Zero where safety is the top priority in design ▲ • Update the City’s Safe Routes to School framework to prioritize safety considerations over all other trade-off decisions for projects on designated Walk and Roll Routes ▲ • Reassess the City’s CIP funding allocation and apply for funding to support mode shift by implementing enhancements along Safe Routes to School Walk and Roll Routes ▲ • Update the Transportation Impact Assessment Guidelines to ensure that risk reduction for vulnerable users is a primary consideration in development review and safety efforts can be funded by impact fees ▲ • Collaborate with neighboring cities, the County, VTA, other transit providers, and Caltrans to improve first-last mile connections to key routes and improve transit infrastructure along major transit routes ▲ • Update Public Works Standard Drawings and Specifications to align with Safe System principles, including being consistent with NCHRP 1036 and Caltrans DIB 94 ▲ • Collaborate with Santa Clara County Public Health Department and the City of San Jose to partner in acquisition of trauma center data sharing ▲ • Develop user safety guidance for e-bikes and e-scooters that travel in the City ▲ • Build a culture of safety with decision makers and City staff by having standing committee meetings to discuss the progress on policy/programs and infrastructure implementation ▲ • Coordinate media training for accurate roadway safety reporting ▲ 2     Packet Pg. 17     12 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan TABLE OF CONTENTS chapter1 A CALL TO ACTION • Latest Federal and State Policies • Benchmarking Programs, Practices, And Policies That Influence Safety In Palo Alto chapter2 ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY • Community Events • Online Survey and Interactive Webmap • Internal Stakeholder Working Group • Council and Committee Outreach chapter3 CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS • Crash Analysis and High-Injury Network Development • High-Injury Network chapter4 SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX • Systemic Analysis • Safety Focus Areas • Equity Considerations • Roadway Design Countermeasures Toolbox PAGE 14 PAGE 22 PAGE 28 PAGE 36 2     Packet Pg. 18     13 chapter5 SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN • Socioeconomic Factors • Built Environment • Latent Safety Measures • Active Safety Measures • Education chapter6 REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN • Consistency with Safe System • Updated Program & Policy List • Updated Project List • Project Priorities • Shared Responsibilities • Future Engagement • Construction Traffic Management • Implementation Phasing and Sequencing • Funding • Performance Measures Appendices • Appendix A: Federal and State Safety Guidance • Appendix B: Benchmarking Survey • Appendix C: Survey and Interactive Webmap Responses from Engagement • Appendix D: Safety Focus Areas • Appendix E: Countermeasures Toolbox • Appendix F: Funding Sources • Appendix G: Updated Programs and Policies List • Appendix H: Updated Project List PAGE 50 PAGE 56 PAGE 66 2     Packet Pg. 19     14 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan A CALL TO ACTION CHAPTER 1 2     Packet Pg. 20     A CALL TO ACTION 15 *Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), 2018-2022. Excludes property damage only (PDO) crashes and grade separated Caltrans facilities. “We need a national change in mentality. It is time for a transformation in how people think about road safety. Together, we can act to change the culture and expectations. We are so accustomed to hazards on our roads that we sometimes behave as if the risks of today’s roadways are inevitable. But they’re not. People should leave the house and know they’re going to get to their destination safely. Once we believe that, and believe in our ability to collectively make progress, once we demand better, we will see more positive changes cascading across governments and industry.” pete buttigieg us transportation secretary JanuaRy 2022 From 2018-20221,132* Injury crashes occurred on roadways in Palo Alto. The City of Palo Alto’s Safe Streets and Roads for All Safety Action Plan was created to fundamentally shift the way the City of Palo Alto addresses safety risks and concerns, by reflecting on systemic changes needed to institutionalize safety, and implementing a “safety- first” lens to intentionally and proactively reduce, and ultimately prevent, transportation-related fatalities and serious injuries by 2035/2040. 2     Packet Pg. 21     CHAPTER 1 16 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan latest federal and state policies SafeSpeeds REDUNDANCY IS CRUCIAL SAFETY IS PROACTIVE RESPONSIBILITY IS SHARED HUMANS ARE VULNERABLE HUMANS MAKE MISTAKES DEATH/SERIOUS INJURY IS UNACCEPTABLE SafeVehicles Post-CrashCare Safe RoadUsers SafeRoads THESAFE SYSTEMAPPROACH In recent years, leaders at the Federal, State, and regional levels have taken bold and consistent steps to acknowledge the persistent and unacceptable level of severe injuries and fatalities on our roadways, commit to eliminating these occurrences, and follow international best practice and public health fundamentals to form a new safety paradigm in the United States. This has specifically involved embracing the Vision Zero goal of safe mobility for all and adopting the Safe System Approach as the way to get there. The United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) incorporated the Safe System Approach as part of its National Roadway Safety Strategy (NRSS), adopted in January 2022. Federal transportation officials have since unveiled several policies and programs geared towards the application and implementation of the Safe System Approach at the State and local levels. The Safe System Approach is a significant evolution in how roadway safety is conceptualized. The Approach includes the key elements and core principles as shown in Figure 1, and acknowledges that mistakes are inevitable while also asserting that severe injuries and fatalities are avoidable on our roadways. This is a shift in thinking on how to improve roadway safety; instead of a primary focus on shifting behavior through education campaigns or enforcement, it encourages roads, vehicles, and policies that are intentionally designed to prioritize safety. It involves building layers of redundancy that function as safety nets for users – even if someone makes a mistake on the roadway, the system as a whole minimizes the likelihood of serious injury or death through measures such as decreased speeds, advanced vehicle safety technologies, separation among roadway users in time and space, and better post-crash care in the case of injuries. Some crashes will still happen, but under the Safe System Approach, they won’t be nearly as devastating. Figure 1: Safe System Approach Source: FHWA 2     Packet Pg. 22     A CALL TO ACTION 17 This Safety Action Plan (Plan) has been developed to create a project and policy action list, along with the process to implement and hold the safety stakeholders in Palo Alto accountable for institutional alignment with the Safe System Approach. This chapter summarizes the primary reference documents and policy considerations that influenced the direction, decisions, and priorities in this Plan. We acknowledge these foundational perspectives for the Plan: Human bodies are vulnerable to injury in a crash because of kinetic energy, the energy of movement associated with speed, mass, and angle of impact. When this energy is strong enough and not mitigated, the energy transfers to fragile bodies with severe consequences. In a Safe System these factors are proactively identified and addressed through a coordinated and redundant, systems- based approach. The most impactful way to address kinetic energy risk is by acknowledging and systematically addressing socioeconomic and land use factors that create the systemic risk, followed by understanding and enhancing built environment factors, and then considering passive and active safety tools. This Plan presents a holistic assessment of the needs and opportunities for enhancing safety, consistent with this framing and priority order. Conventionally, safety plans have been organized by reactive Es of safety: education, enforcement, engineering, and emergency services, and did not focus on proactive risk reduction in the system. This Plan shifts away from the silos of those Es and focuses instead on cross-cutting “new Es”: energy, exposure, and equity. This Plan addresses kinetic energy risk through an assessment of exposure, likelihood, and severity that is inherently proactive and systemic. This Plan aspires to make safety the default choice: the easy choice for people as they move about and the easy choice for roadway planning and design decisions. This Plan identifies the opportunities to streamline decision making to prioritize safety and improve internal alignment in programs, practices, and policies consistent with the Safe System Approach. Figure 2: The Exponential Role of Speed in Kinetic Energy (and Associated Injury Risk) Source: US Department of Transportation 20 MPH 30 MPH 40 MPH 2     Packet Pg. 23     CHAPTER 1 18 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan TABLE 1: FEDERAL AND STATE SAFETY GUIDANCE AND LAWS Resource Key Elements Safe Streets and Roads for All • Highlights the initiative to prevent roadway deaths and serious injuries by meeting a nine-point criteria set forth by FHWA. • Includes a five-year, $5 billion funding allocation for Planning & Demonstration and/or Implementation grant FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy • Presents a hierarchy that includes four tiers: remove severe conflicts, reduce vehicle speeds, manage conflicts in time, increase attentiveness and awareness • Prioritizes improvements and countermeasures that make physical changes to the roadway system to accommodate human mistakes FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Introduces a five-stage framework to identify, prioritize, and implement arterial and residential speed management, a primary tool of the Safe System Approach FHWA Primer of Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists • Details considerations surrounding pedestrians and bicyclists under each of the Safe System elements • Includes a benchmark for agencies to review the policies, programs, and practices for Safe System consistency FHWA Informational Guide: Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Identifies the foundation and examples of intersection design to facilitate a safe, accessible, convenient, and comfortable design for all ages and abilities FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations Provides guidance on the appropriate pedestrian crossing improvements at uncontrolled crossing locations through the Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian (STEP) program FHWA Safe System-Based Framework and Analytical Methodology for Assessing Intersections Quantifies kinetic energy transfer, number of conflict points, and complexity of moments for alternative intersection design through the Safe System method for Intersections (SSI) FHWA Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia Emphasizes the movement and place framework and the role of target speed limit setting and speed management. Guidance is also given on the selection of safety countermeasures to match the land use context of the roadway. The Safe Systems Pyramid • Explores a public health lens for the Safe System pivot, and delivers a clear hierarchy of interventions • Illustrates how interventions that have the largest reach and require the least individual effort will be the most impactful for improving system-wide safety Table 1 below highlights key takeaways from guidance and principle documents that will be discussed throughout the Plan. Detailed summaries of these reference documents are included in Appendix A. 2     Packet Pg. 24     A CALL TO ACTION 19 TABLE 1: FEDERAL AND STATE SAFETY GUIDANCE AND LAWS (CONT.) Resource Key Elements NCHRP 1036: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation Guide • Provides guidance for assessing the tradeoffs involved in the allocation of limited width of a roadway through community engagement • Provides guidance on minimum floors for safety standards • Provides guidance on the use of level of service and future year traffic forecasts to align with the Safe System Approach A Safe System Guide for Transportation: Sharing this Approach to Lead your Community to Action Includes resources for advocates, practitioners, and stakeholders to communicate the contents, importance, and benefits of the Safe System Approach at the community, agency staff, and elected official level to build capacity and institutionalize these practices into day-to-day operations ITE Safe System in Impact Assessment Brief • Explains how, historically, Traffic Impact Analyses have typically focused on vehicle throughput and delay • Prioritizing vulnerable road users integrates safety considerations and helps to promote land uses conducive to safer conditions for all users ITE Big Data Briefs Showcases big data and innovative technologies opportunities that can be leveraged to bolster safety analyses; however, the briefs provide guidance on using these sources with caution/caveats Caltrans Director’s Policy 36 Highlights Caltrans’ commitment to eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes by 2050 through the Safe System Approach Caltrans Director’s Policy 37 Highlights Caltrans’ commitment to creating complete streets that supports active transportation, transit, and rail to meet the States climate and environmental goals Caltrans Design Information Bulletin 94 Integrates the Safe System Approach and Safe System Hierarchy into design implementation guidance for complete streets projects on the State Highway System, setting safety “floors” for treatment selection State Laws AB 43 Provides flexibility to local jurisdictions to set and be able to enforce context- sensitive speed limits AB 413 Requires daylighting intersections up to 20 feet of the approach side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk to ensure better sight distance between motorists and vulnerable road users AB 645 Provides guidance for implementation of speed safety camera pilot programs, allowing automated enforcement through cameras SB 743 • Introduces a policy change in the State’s environmental review process for transportation, quantifying the amount of driving measures by vehicle miles traveled, an important safety exposure consideration • Removes level of service as an environmental impact criteria 2     Packet Pg. 25     CHAPTER 1 20 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan benchmarking programs, practices, and policies that influence safety in palo alto The City of Palo Alto has numerous policies, plans, guidelines, and standards that positively influence roadway safety. For example, the City has prioritized safety through an established and well-funded Safe Routes to School program and is preparing an updated Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP). The BPTP Update aims to close the gaps in citywide walking and bicycling networks and support a shift in modes of transportation to walking and bicycling on safer and less stressful facilities. This Spring, the City effectively collaborated with Caltrans to take meaningful steps to enhance safety on El Camino Real, a road that has long posed safety and accessibility challenges for pedestrians and bicyclists traveling along and across it. In some areas, Palo Alto aligns with Safe System best practices, while in others, there remains work to do to fully institutionalize the Safe System principles and elements. Moving the needle on safety will not come from reactive infrastructure projects alone and will need to identify and address key barriers. Safety must be prioritized in all of the City’s programs and operations to reach the City’s safety goals. The benchmarking assessment identified the most important shifts as being: The full benchmarking assessment is detailed in Appendix B. Deploying a proactive speed management program and systemic implementation of default safety tools Replacing level of service with level of safety assessments in design decisions, right of way reallocation tradeoffs, and impact assessments VMT reduction as a safety strategy and insuring transit- oriented plans also have first/ last mile safety components Collaborating with partners and peers to make meaningful progress on cross- jurisdictional and cross-sector efforts 2     Packet Pg. 26     21 2     Packet Pg. 27     CHAPTER 2 22 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY CHAPTER 2 2     Packet Pg. 28     ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY 23 Engagement was a key part of this Plan to understand the community’s lived experiences, existing needs, and future visions and to complement crash data with a more complete story of safety concerns and opportunities. The engagement process was done in two stages: Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 The first stage of outreach took place in Fall 2023 and included community events, an online survey, and council and committee presentations. The community event was a collaborative effort with the ongoing Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update. The goal of the Fall engagement series was to gather input from the community on safety concerns and travel challenges in Palo Alto for workers, residents, and students, with a focus on bicycle and pedestrian issues. The input from the first phase of outreach was used to support the analysis and identify areas and specific issues of focus for the Plan. The second phase of outreach occurred in Spring 2024 and involved community events and council and committee presentations to update key stakeholders on the feedback received from the first phase of engagement. It also helped bolster and refine the safety focus areas and high-injury network (HIN). Throughout the Plan’s process, the project team collaborated with the BPTP Update team to share feedback collected through various engagement events. Feedback received through the City’s Office of Transportation communication channels were collected, reviewed, and processed to refine and expand the project and policy list. 2     Packet Pg. 29     CHAPTER 2 24 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan community events The following is a list of key themes and feedback we heard at the Bike Palo Alto event: • There is general enthusiasm for bike lanes • There are concerns about speeding motorists • There are concerns for areas where small bike boulevards intersect with major thoroughfares and intersection controls are not present • There is a need for enhanced intersection treatments • There is a need for more bike lanes along school routes • There is a need for additional connections to trails, grocery stores, and through downtown Figure 3: Pop-Up at Bike Palo To best reach the community and better access populations often underserved in engagement - such as single parents, those who work multiple jobs, shift workers, and lower income residents - outreach focused on existing events to meet people where they were. The project team attended the City’s Bike Palo Alto event in October 2023 at Fairmeadow Elementary School. The event, hosted annually by the City, supports biking in Palo Alto by sharing bicycle resources and offering bike tune up services. The engagement focused on asking community members about their experiences biking in Palo Alto. Attendees were also encouraged to fill out the online survey described in the Online Survey & Interactive Map Section. 2     Packet Pg. 30     ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY 25 Figure 4: Pop-Up at May Fete, April 2024 As part of the second phase of outreach, the project team attended the City’s May Fete event in Spring 2024. The event was held at Heritage Park, where participants were asked to share how they commute to school or work and identify locations they frequent on their way by placing stickers on a map of the City with the HIN. This information was used to support the HIN development and the prioritization of projects. The following is a list of key themes and feedback we heard at the May Fete: • Parents shared the need to use side streets to avoid high- use corridors, and concern for children riding their bike alone. There were also concerns shared for vehicles traveling at high speeds around key routes to school • Parents shared a desire for a crossing at East Meadow Drive and Bryant Street to connect to Charleston Road • Adults shared that they work in Palo Alto and live in adjacent cities, but choose driving over biking for convenience and safety 2     Packet Pg. 31     CHAPTER 2 26 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan 85%85% 79%77% 67% 35% 70%68%69% 40% 52% 8% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% Walking Biking Figure 5: I Feel Safe at... online survey & interactive webmap • Sixty-seven percent (67%) of respondents strongly agreed to prioritize safety over on-street parking • Ninety-two percent (92%) agree or strongly agree that pedestrian and bicycle safety should be prioritized over on- street parking • Eighty-five percent (85%) of respondents strongly support eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries in Palo Alto • Ninety-nine percent (99%) of respondents are willing to change their driving behavior to reduce fatalities or serious injuries • Eighty-six percent (86%) of respondents believe that reducing the number of lanes or parking should be prioritized to enhance safety for pedestrians and bicyclists Survey respondents were also asked to share their general sense of safety at key locations in Palo Alto, as shown in Figure 5. Participants generally felt safe walking and biking within their neighborhoods and many major commercial corridors, including California Avenue and Downtown/ University Avenue. Participants also generally felt safe walking and biking near California Avenue Caltrain Station and Palo Alto Caltrain Station. The majority of participants felt that there was an opportunity to enhance safety for pedestrian and bicyclists along El Camino Real; only 35% of respondents felt safe walking and 8% of respondents said they felt safe biking along El Camino Real. The full list of survey responses is included in Appendix C. In addition to the attitudinal survey, an interactive webmap was prepared by the BPTP Update project team. The webmap, developed by Kittelson and Associates, was hosted online during the same period as the survey (September to December 2023). Some of the top priorities listed by residents were improving the bicycle infrastructure, implementing safety enhancements along school routes and in the Downtown area, and safety education. The purpose of the online survey was to understand general attitudes about trade-off decisions for roadways and to understand community preferences if space was available for amenities such as parklets, community seating areas, or angled parking. The survey asked questions about the community’s support for a goal of zero fatalities and serious injuries; perceived safety at key destinations and areas with high pedestrian and/or bicycle traffic; and whether they were willing to make trade off decisions to support safety. The survey results helped inform Chapter 6, how the City will approach safety- related projects and trade-off decisions moving forward. The survey received over 760 responses. Key takeaways from the survey included: 2     Packet Pg. 32     ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY 27 internal stakeholder working group An internal stakeholder working group meeting was held with City staff across multiple departments in November 2023. The group was established in collaboration with the BPTP Update project and consisted of staff from the Office of Transportation, Park and Recreation, Community Services, Fire, Safe Routes to School, Utilities and Engineering, Police, and Public Works Engineering. The meeting introduced City staff to the Safe System Approach and the overall project. The working session aimed to understand opportunities to institutionalize safety within all City processes, which aligned with the benchmarking exercise mentioned on page 18. Members of this group were part of committee meetings, and were engaged throughout the Plan’s process to gather feedback. council & committee outreach For each phase of outreach, the project team met with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee (PABAC), the City/ Schools Transportation Safety Committee (CSTSC), the Planning and Transportation Commission (PTC), and City Council. In Fall 2023, the project and the Safe System Approach was introduced. The committees and commissions were also asked to share feedback on the Plan’s vision statement. In Spring 2024, the project team provided an update on community engagement and a summary of the crash analysis. This information was presented at PABAC, CSTSC, and PTC. A staff report, along with feedback shared from the committees and commissions, was shared with City Council. In early 2025, the project team shared the draft plan with PABAC, CSTSC, PTC, and City Council. The Plan was also posted for public review and comment. The Final Plan was shared with all committees and City Council in Spring 2025, and final adoption occurred on April XX, 2025. 2     Packet Pg. 33     CHAPTER 3 28 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS CHAPTER 3 2     Packet Pg. 34     CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS 29 This chapter summarizes the results of a broad crash analysis for the City of Palo Alto. This analysis incorporated crashes resulting in injuries and fatalities from 2018 to 2022 available through the Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS). TIMS was created by the Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) and reports crashes using data from the Statewide Integrated Traffic Records System (SWITRS). The data analysis encompasses a breakdown of fatal and injury crashes by severity, mode, type, and primary crash factors. Using the data and other contextual factors, seven safety focus areas were identified. 2     Packet Pg. 35     CHAPTER 3 30 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan crash analysis & high-injury network development crash analysis, and the Safe System Approach focuses on specifically analyzing and eliminating crashes where involved parties are killed or seriously injured. In general, crash databases have been found to have certain reporting biases, including: • Crashes involving people walking, on bicycles, or on motorcycles are less likely to be reported than crashes with people driving • Property-damage-only crashes are less likely to be reported compared to more severe crashes • Younger victims are less likely to report crashes • Alcohol-involved crashes may be under-reported • Race, income, immigration status, and English proficiency may also impact reporting, but there is limited research on these factors The crash data was spatially referenced and mapped in GIS. Each crash was assigned to the nearest intersection within 250 feet of a major street or 75 feet of a minor street, or nearest roadway segment if no intersection was within range. Key Considerations of Crash Data- based Analyses It is important to note that crash data is inherently limited in two ways: 1. The variables provided on the report form are focused on those that help assign “fault” for the purpose of insurance payouts or criminal proceedings. As such, they are skewed to both behavioral factors and factors associated with the moment of crash and the preceding/subsequent brief periods of time. 2. Contextual elements associated with the crash, including roadway design (those elements both present and not present in the design) and socioeconomic and land use characteristics (the who, where, when, where, and why elements of transportation, many of which are determined hours, years, or decades before the crash) are typically not apparent in crash reports Thus, while the insights from this analysis are key inputs to Crash Data Source Crash data for the five most recent years of data available, January 1, 2018 through December 31, 2022, was collected using TIMS.”. TIMS provides geocoded access to California crash data using the SWITRS data from injury and fatal crashes. SWITRS is collected and maintained by the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and contains crashes that were reported to CHP from local and governmental agencies. The California Local Roadway Safety Manual recommends using TIMS data for killed oR seveRely inJuRed cRash (ksi) A crash is classified as a KSI if a person is killed or seriously injured in the traffic event. These crashes can result in catastrophic impacts on the individual and the families of those involved. Severe injuries can cause permanent disability, lost productivity and wages, and ongoing healthcare costs, while fatalities can cause huge emotional distress and financial hardships to families. Severe injuries can include: • Broken bones • Dislocated or distorted limbs • Severe lacerations • Unconsciousness at or when taken from the crash scene 2     Packet Pg. 36     CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS 31 Figure 6: Palo Alto Injury Crashes from 2018 to 2022 Notes: 2022 data is still preliminary and is subject to change. Source: TIMS, 2018-2022; Fehr & Peers, 2024 2 Transportation Injury Mapping System (TIMS), 2018-2022. Excludes property damage only (PDO) crashes and grade-separated Caltrans facilities. 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* Cra s h e s KSI Crashes Non-KSI Crashes understanding the safety issues and opportunities in Palo Alto, they are not sufficient for understanding or addressing the full scope of safety considerations and interventions. Summary In the past five years (2018- 2022), 1,132 injury crashes2 were reported in the City of Palo Alto as shown in Figure 6. This captures pre- and post COVID-19 conditions and reflects existing roadway conditions, including any recent street improvements from the past five years. Overall, reported crashes in the City have decreased since 2018, with the lowest number of crashes in 2022 (87 crashes). There were 47 total killed or serious injury (KSI) crashes in the 5-year study period. In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and fewer people using roads, total crashes dropped to 164 crashes. This was significantly lower than the previous year (317 crashes in 2019) but higher than 2022 crashes. However, there were 13 KSIs in 2020, which made up 8% of all 2020 crashes. This pattern of lower crashes but a higher proportion of KSIs in 2020 is consistent with nation-wide trends of lower vehicle traffic volumes and higher vehicle speeds. 9 15 13 8 2 375 317 164 192 87 2     Packet Pg. 37     CHAPTER 3 32 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022* Cra s h e s Vehicle Bike Pedestrian Injury Crash Trends Of the reported 1,132 injury crashes that occurred in the City between 2018 and 2022, 361 crashes involved a pedestrian or bicyclist, as shown in Figure 7. Pedestrians and bicyclists make up 32% of all crashes but are overrepresented in 51% of KSI crashes (24 out of 47 crashes). This highlights the vulnerability of pedestrians and bicyclists among road users. Figure 7: Modal Breakdown of Palo Alto Injury Crashes from 2018 to 2022 Notes: 2022 data is still preliminary and is subject to change. Source: TIMS, 2018-2022; Fehr & Peers, 2024 243 216 117 130 68 93 71 37 42 14 39 30 10 20 5 2     Packet Pg. 38     CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS 33 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35% 40% Per c e n t of Total Cra s h e s All Crashes.. KSIs Injury Crashes by Type Crash types describe how a crash is reported by law enforcement based upon the parties who were involved and generally describe the way contact was made between the involved parties, as shown in Figure 8. • head-on crashes are between two vehicles where the primary point of contact was the front of both vehicles • sideswipe crashes are between two vehicles, where the primary point of contact was the side of the vehicles • rear-end crashes are between two vehicles traveling in the same direction where the front of one vehicle contacts the rear of another • broadside crashes are between two vehicles on conflicting paths where the front of one vehicle contacts the side of another • hit object crashes are between a vehicle and non-vehicular object in or near the roadway • overturned crashes are any type of crash that result in at least one vehicle rotating 90 degrees or more side-to-side or end-to-end (also known as a “rollover”) • vehicle-pedestrian crashes are any crash involving both a motor vehicle and a pedestrian • unknown/other crashes describe any reported crashes that were not consistent with one of the primary crash types above, or where crash type was not coded into the crash database Crashes associated with higher kinetic energy risk are overrepresented by KSI crashes. Of the angle-type crashes, broadside crashes and head-on crashes have two of the highest percentages of KSI crashes. The angle at which these crashes occur leads to higher fatalities and serious injuries. This is particularly true in crashes between pedestrians and vehicles; due to the mass of vehicles and the kinetic energy transferred when vehicles are traveling at a higher speed, pedestrians are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in crashes (see Figure 2). Figure 8: Share of Crashes by Crash Type of Palo Alto Injury Crashes from 2018 to 2022 Notes: 2022 data is still preliminary and is subject to change. Source: TIMS, 2018-2022; Fehr & Peers, 2024 15% 7% 4% 9%9% 28% 23% 37% 15% 6%4% 1% 17% 7% 2%2% 11% 3% 2     Packet Pg. 39     CHAPTER 3 34 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% Per c e n t of Total Cra s h e s All Crashes... KSIs Figure 9: Share of Crashes by Primary Crash Factors of Palo Alto Injury Crashes Notes: 1. 2022 data is still preliminary and is subject to change. 2. The “Pedestrian-Related” category shown here combines two PCF categories: Pedestrian Violation and Pedestrian Right of Way Violation. The former indicates that the pedestrian violated a rule of the road, such as crossing outside of a crosswalk, where the latter indicates the driver of a vehicle violated the pedestrian’s right of way. The Pedestrian Violation category may be overrepresented due to a lack of clear information related to crash circumstances, and the increased likelihood that the pedestrian party may be unable to provide their side of the incident at the time of the crash. For this reason, we have elected to not show the distinction in these tallies, and instead show all pedestrian-related crashes in one single category. Primary Injury Crash Factors Primary crash factors (PCFs) are cited by the responding officer and based on their judgment of what contributed to the crashes. PCFs do not include contextual information related to the design of the location that could have been a primary or secondary contributor to the crash.  • unsafe speed refers to a crash where a party is identified to be traveling at a speed exceeding that deemed reasonable or prudent for conditions in violation of CVC 22350 • vehicle right of way refers to a driver infringing upon the right-of-way of another party in violation of CVC 21800-21809 • improper turning identifies a crash where a party made a left or right turn in violation of CVC 22100-22113 • traffic signals and signs describes a party disobeying a traffic control device, such as a traffic signal or roadside sign, in violation of CVC 38280-38302 • driving under influence identifies a crash where a driver is found to have been operating a vehicle or bicycling while impaired by a substance – typically alcohol – in violation of CVC 23152 The most common PCFs reported in Palo Alto for all crashes, as shown in Figure 9, are unsafe speed, improper turning, and vehicle right of way violation. Comparatively, the most common PCFs for KSIs in Palo Alto are improper turning, DUIs, and pedestrian-related crashes.  The high-injury network (HIN), as shown in Figure 10, was developed to show street segments with a high number of crashes, including KSI crashes and crashes involving vulnerable users (bicyclists, pedestrians, youth, and seniors) in the City; 63% of all crashes occur on only 4% of City streets as represented by the HIN. This network illustrates crash trends geographically throughout the high-injury network City and provides a framework for where to prioritize reactive- based improvements, which are frequently grant funded. Many streets on the HIN overlap with major streets, including Caltrans and County owned streets. El Camino Real, which is owned and operated by Caltrans, has the highest proportion of crashes (14%). 2     Packet Pg. 40     CRASH DATA & AREAS OF EMPHASIS 35 KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash Caltrans-Owned City-Owned County-Owned Figure 10:High-Injury Network 2     Packet Pg. 41     CHAPTER 4 36 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX CHAPTER 4 2     Packet Pg. 42     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 37 1 https://abag.ca.gov/our-work/equity-priority-communities This chapter presents safety focus areas identified through a systemic analysis, as well as key roadway design countermeasures applicable to address these focus areas. The countermeasures align with the Safe System Design Hierarchy, which focuses on eliminating conflicts, reducing speed, separating users in space and time, and increasing awareness. Systemic analysis is a proactive approach that extrapolates crash history to the system by identifying other locations that are contextually similar to those with a history of crashes involving severe and fatal injuries. It looks at crash history on an aggregate basis to identify roadway characteristics of concern, in addition to looking at high crash locations. By merging adjacent road and intersection features with crash data, relationships can be uncovered between contextual factors and the likelihood of frequent and severe crashes. The systemic analysis combined crash history with contextual data on roadway characteristics, as well as input from local stakeholders, to produce seven safety focus areas that highlight the most common and severe crash patterns in Palo Alto. Full details on the contextual factors identified for each Safety Focus Area, crash statistics, and potential roadway design countermeasures can be found in Appendix D. systemic analysis safety focus areas the city will cReate a citywide, pRoactive speed management pRogRam following the fhwa safe system speed management fRamewoRk. this will be a cRitical oveRlay to location-specific inteRventions in all of the focus aReas. this pRogRam is theRefoRe Recommended as the fiRst implementation step following the adoption of the plan. Data analysis also included identifying Equity Priority Communities.1 Although no areas within the City have this official designation, many of the City’s roadways are used by neighboring underrepresented communities, and these roads are identified as priority locations to ensure accessibility and enhanced safety for all those who travel through Palo Alto. equity considerations 2     Packet Pg. 43     CHAPTER 4 38 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan safety focus areas Residential ArterialVehicle-Involved Crashes on Residential Arterials KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash 2     Packet Pg. 44     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 39 safety focus areas Driving Under the Influence Crashes KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash 2     Packet Pg. 45     CHAPTER 4 40 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Pedestrians on Arterials at Night KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash Residential Arterial Other Arterial safety focus areas 2     Packet Pg. 46     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 41 safety focus areas KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash Major Street Downtown Area Pedestrians on Major Downtown Streets 2     Packet Pg. 47     CHAPTER 4 42 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan safety focus areas 90-Degree Angle Crashes Involving Bicyclists at Intersections Bicycle FacilitiesKSI Crash Non-KSI Crash 2     Packet Pg. 48     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 43 safety focus areas KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash Bicycle Walk and Roll Routes High Stress Streets (LTS 3) High Stress Streets (LTS 4) Bicycle Walk and Roll Routes and High Stress Streets Schools 2     Packet Pg. 49     CHAPTER 4 44 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan safety focus areas Youth-Involved Bicycle Crashes KSI Crash Non-KSI Crash Schools 2     Packet Pg. 50     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 45 This Plan is created for everyone who lives in, studies in, works in, and visits Palo Alto. Negative safety outcomes disproportionately affect disadvantaged communities and roadway conditions of concern are frequently located in equity priority areas as a result of historic under- investment or roadway location/ sizing decisions. As a result, identifying and prioritizing projects and locations that focus on equity- priority communities and users is a key focus for safety plans. The Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) measures equity including income, race, English proficiency, age, disability, and car-ownership to develop Equity Priority Communities (EPC), or designated census tracts with a significant concentration of underserved populations. MTC equity considerations has not identified any EPCs in Palo Alto, so this Plan uses other equity considerations and definitions. Figure 11 shows the population by census blocks that has a household income below the Federal poverty line. Generally, the number of peoples throughout the City that live below the poverty line is very low. There are some census blocks where between 10%-20% of the population lives below the poverty line. These are located near downtown, the Alma Street/East Meadow Drive/Charleston Road area, near Stanford, and in the southeast corner of the City near Foothill Expressway. While Palo Alto does not have designated EPC areas, adjacent communities that include parts of Stanford and East Palo Alto are EPC geographies. To best serve those accessing and using City streets, this Plan considers roadways that serve as connections to the City from these EPC geographies. This includes the City’s suggested Walk and Roll Routes for students who reside in East Palo Alto and commute to school in Palo Alto, as shown in Figure 12. Transit also often serves as the main mode of transportation for households where members are unable to drive or one member of the family needs to use the car to get to work or school, and others in the household need to use transit. Figure 13 shows the major transit corridors in Palo Alto, where bus stops and connections to and from key destinations could be prioritized for first/last mile access consideration to center equity concerns. 2     Packet Pg. 51     CHAPTER 4 46 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Aras t r a d e r o R o a d University Av e n u e Unive r s i t y A v e n u e Qua r r y R o a d Alma S t r e e t Sand H i l l R o a d Lytto n A v e n u e San A n t o n i o R o a d Foothil l E x p r e s s w a y Embarcade r o R o a d Meado w D r i v e Midd l e f i e l d R o a d El Cam i n o R e a l Charles t o n R o a d Oreg o n E x p r e s s w a y Middl e f i e l d R o a d \\fp g i s d e v a p p 0 1 \ D e v G I S L i b r a r y \ S e r v i c e M X D s \ S J \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P _ 1 . a p r x Population Below the Poverty Line in Palo Alto Percentage Below the Federal Poverty Line 0.000000 - 0.025000 0.025001 - 0.050000 0.050001 - 0.075000 0.075001 - 0.100000 0.100001 - 0.125000 0.125001 - 0.150000 0.150001 - 0.168961 High-Injury Network Equity Analysis Figure 11:Population Below the Federal Poverty Line in Palo Alto equity analysis High-Injury Network < 2.5% 2.5% - 5% 5% - 7.5% 7.5% - 10% 10% - 12.5% 12.5% - 15% 15% - 17.5% Percentage of Population Below Federal Poverty Line 2     Packet Pg. 52     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS & ROADWAY DESIGN TOOLBOX 47 Hami l t o n A v e n u e University Avenue Unive r s i t y A v e n u e Qua r r y R o a d Alma S t r e e t Lytto n A v e n u e Middl e f i e l d R o a d Embarcade r o R o a d Middl e f i e l d R o a d El Ca m i n o R e a l Oreg o n E x p r e s s w a y Bryan t S t r e e t Bryan tStree t Alma S t r e e t Guind a S t r e e t Nort h C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e Embarcad e r o R o a d Newe l l R o a d Dana A v e n u e New e l l R o a d Channing Avenue Nort h C a l i f o r n i a A v e n u e Cole r i d g e A v e n u e Sain t Fra n c i s Driv e Chur c h i l l Aven u e Hom e r A v e n u e Casti l l e j aAvenu e Nort h Calif o r n i a Aven u e New e l l R o a d \\fp g i s d e v a p p 0 1 \ D e v G I S L i b r a r y \ S e r v i c e M X D s \ S J \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P \ S J 2 1 - 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o A l t o _ C S A P _ 1 . a p r x East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes High-Injury Network Equity Analysis equity analysis Figure 12:East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes High-Injury Network Equity Priority Communities (EPCs) East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes 2     Packet Pg. 53     CHAPTER 4 48 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan San A n t o n i o R d Embarcade r o R d Middle f i e l d R d Foothi l l E x p y Unive r s i t y A v e Alma S t Alma S t W Ba y s h o r e R d E Charle s t o n R d Arastrad e r o R d El Cam i n o R e a l Qua r r y R d Oreg o n E x p y E Mead o w D r Deer C r e e k R d W El C a m i n o R e a l Sand H i l l R d yW naibaF Page M i l l R d S Cal i f o r n i a A v e Bryant S t Melv i l l e A v e 288 M 288M 288L 288L 288L 288 288 288 288 104 103 101 104 103 102 22 522 522 21 21 89 Palo Alto California Avenue Stanford Stadium \\fp a i n c . l o c a l \ D f s - e n t - d a t a \ S a n J o s e N D r i v e \ P r o j e c t s \ _ S J 2 1 _ P r o j e c t s \ S J 2 1 _ 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o _ A l t o _ S a f e t y _ A c t i o n _ P l a n \ G r a p h i c s \ F i g u r e s \HIN _ T r a n s i t _ C o r r i d o r s . a i HIN and Transit Corridors in Palo Alto High-Injury Network Caltrain ACE Orange Local Bus Express Bus Frequent Bus Rapid Bus School Routes Equity Analysis equity analysis San A n t o n i o R d Embarcade r o R d Middle f i e l d R d Foothi l l E x p y Unive r s i t y A v e Alma S t Alma S t W Ba y s h o r e R d E Charle s t o n R d Arastrad e r o R d El Cam i n o R e a l Qua r r y R d Oreg o n E x p y E Mead o w D r Deer C r e e k R d W El C a m i n o R e a l Sand H i l l R d yW naibaF Page M i l l R d S Cal i f o r n i a A v e Bryant S t Melv i l l e A v e 288 M 288M 288L 288L 288L 288 288 288 288 104 103 101 104 103 102 22 522 522 21 21 89 Palo Alto California Avenue Stanford Stadium \\fp a i n c . l o c a l \ D f s - e n t - d a t a \ S a n J o s e N D r i v e \ P r o j e c t s \ _ S J 2 1 _ P r o j e c t s \ S J 2 1 _ 2 0 8 1 . 0 8 _ P a l o _ A l t o _ S a f e t y _ A c t i o n _ P l a n \ G r a p h i c s \ F i g u r e s \HIN _ T r a n s i t _ C o r r i d o r s . a i HIN and Transit Corridors in Palo Alto High-Injury Network Caltrain ACE Orange Local Bus Express Bus Frequent Bus Rapid Bus School Routes Equity Analysis Figure 13:Transit Corridors in Palo Alto 2     Packet Pg. 54     49 For each Safety Focus Area, this toolbox includes a series of countermeasures from FHWA’s Proven Safety Countermeasures list. Key safety countermeasures are applicable in different roadway contexts across Palo Alto and include an associated Crash Reduction Factor (CRF), where applicable from the California Local Road Safety Manual (LRSM). The tools are organized based on the FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy. This toolbox will be used to identify improvements the City can implement systemically for each safety focus area and includes both quick build solutions as well as more detailed improvements. The full toolbox is included in Appendix E. An overarching and fundamental tool to address all of the Safety Focus Areas is a citywide Speed Management Program. While Palo Alto generally establishes low speed limits on many arterials, speed limit changes alone may be insufficient for speed to be contextually appropriate, and speeding remains the number one reported cause of crashes in Palo Alto. A speed management program will identify locations where the City can leverage AB 43 to legally enforce speed limits and to determine roadway design solutions to encourage motorists to drive at the lower speed limits. roadway design countermeasures toolbox The FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management provides guidance on how to develop a speed management program. The program will be data-driven and prioritize locations that are likely to have high speed angle crashes as they are more likely to result in KSIs. Roadway treatments to achieve target speeds can include vertical deflections (e.g., speed humps, speed tables, raised intersections), horizontal shifts (e.g., chicanes), roadway narrowing (e.g., roadway space reallocation, lane- width reduction), intersection treatments (e.g., closures, raised intersections, protected intersections, intersection turn calming), and signal timing modifications. 2     Packet Pg. 55     CHAPTER 5 50 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN CHAPTER 5 2     Packet Pg. 56     SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN 51 This Plan draws from emerging “Vision Zero 2.0” best practices to look for institutionalization opportunities and to prioritize efforts that address kinetic energy risk at the population scale. The Safe Systems Pyramid builds on established public health practice to illustrate how interventions that have the largest reach and require the least personal effort will be the most impactful. This Plan references the Pyramid as the guiding framework to advance safety in Palo Alto efficiently and holistically. It is a structure for prioritizing the roadway design and operations tools that will have the most impact for safety while also collaborating outside the safety silo with other agency and community stakeholders to engage in upstream and more wide-ranging root cause topics. This chapter discusses the key insights and opportunities for viewing safety as a public health concern - and opportunity - for Palo Alto. Figure 14: Safe System Pyramid Source: Ederer, et. al., Vision Zero Network 2     Packet Pg. 57     CHAPTER 5 52 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan As described in the Latest Federal and State Policies Section and Appendix A, the base of the pyramid focuses on socio-economic factors, which are those that fundamentally influence why, where, when, and how people travel, and are related to the level of risk exposure experienced in the transportation system. In this way, many of the City’s existing and planned efforts to enhance transit and provide mixed-use, transit oriented, and affordable housing options can be seen as critical Vision Zero strategies. Identifying opportunities to update land use zoning to promote density and infill development must be paired with the commitment to provide continuous sidewalks, protected bicycle facilities, and traffic calming improvements to slow speeds on The next tier of the Pyramid focuses on the built environment. The City’s roadway network has generally been designed for vehicle throughput. Strategies in this tier systemically and proactively create a self-enforcing system where safety is the default choice for design decisions in the City and for those traveling in and through Palo Alto. As described in Safety Focus Areas & Roadway Design Toolbox Section, such interventions can also improve the experience for walking and biking and reduce the number of trips made by car. The built environment also includes upgrades to the City’s Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) and improves the overall comfort of pedestrian and bicycle facilities. GSI can be implemented as part of curb extensions and green pedestrian buffers. This infrastructure can minimize the potential of run-off pooling in bike lanes and sidewalks, reduces the urban heat island effect, and provides education on meeting the City’s climate action goals through safety and green measures. socioeconomic factors built environment high-traffic, high-speed roadways. This is also in alignment with the City’s Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy to improve accessibility by embracing walking and biking solutions to, from, and within all of the City’s commerical districts and addressing parking policies and systems. By recognizing and rectifying these gaps in the roadway network, the City creates opportunities for residents to have closer access to employment, education, and medical-related institutions. In areas where housing is planned, the City will prioritize implementation of continuous and comfortable pedestrian and bicycle facilities. This may require the re-allocation of space within the existing roadway or removal of parking. 2     Packet Pg. 58     SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN 53 Latent safety measures encompass countermeasures such as signal timing modifications (for example, leading pedestrian intervals, or LPIs), as well as vehicle features such as lane departure prevention and automated emergency braking. The City of Palo Alto will explore updating signal timings for LPIs, rest in red, and arterial traffic calming strategies. The City also intends to join with peers in supporting legislation to allow the use of speed safety cameras to allow for more equitable enforcement. The City of Palo Alto will explore implementing safe vehicles on City streets by managing the City’s fleet choices. At a minimum, all new City vehicles will include up to date safety features as required by law. Beyond City fleets, the City will deploy curbside management and Safe Routes to School strategies that reduce conflicts with high mass vehicles (trucks and other heavy vehicles) and vulnerable road users. The City will also explore employing TDM strategies to support alternative modes and minimize the presence of large City vehicles when not necessary. In regard to post-crash care, the City of Palo Alto will partner with emergency response and local public health departments, as well as Stanford Health Care, to gather comprehensive data annually. Stakeholders will also proactively discuss emergency response, evacuation, and other priorities to seek win-win solutions with day-to- day safety concerns. latent safety measuresenhancing the built enviRonment foR safety in palo alto While the toolbox to create this environment has many proven countermeasures and a clear hierarchy, the routine use of the tools can be limited by City policies, procedures, programs, and funding decisions. The City will address the built environment through updating City policies to prioritize safety enhancements, shifting to proactive and opportunistic funding sources, seeking overlapping opportunities to include safety enhancements as part of other projects, and streamlining implementation of safety projects. The City will prioritize the Safe System Approach in all City plans, programs, and policies moving forward. Existing policies will be updated to follow the Safe System Approach. Additionally, all street, land use, and development projects will be reviewed for alignment with Safe System principles. City staff will also collaborate with neighboring cities, the County, and Caltrans to address roadways owned by other agencies that are on the HIN or not aligned with the Safe System Approach. 2     Packet Pg. 59     CHAPTER 5 54 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Active safety measures encompass countermeasures such as warning signals and signs, as well as in- vehicle devices such as seat belts and potential conflict warnings. These safety measures are effective when used, but rely on individual opt-in (for example, for a driver to react to signage or to a warning) to function. For the City of Palo Alto, active measures will include additional transportation demand management strategies to reduce drunk driving, by providing alternative options. The City will work with local businesses to offer overnight parking around restaurants, bars, and entertainment venues and/or create programs for additional transit, microtransit, or shuttle service during holidays, festivals, and other large events that include promotional and proactive campaigns, schedules, and rates for fare purchases. active measures 2     Packet Pg. 60     SAFETY AS A PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERN 55 At the top (lowest priority/ least impactful) of the Safe System Pyramid is education, which generally includes driver education programs and campaigns. The City achieves this through their Safe Routes to School program and bike education events. The City will continue to partner with Stanford Injury Prevention/Ecology Action and other organizations to promote safer bicycling, walking, and driving practices. In addition to these programs and events, Palo Alto will explore developing roadway safety educational campaigns asking drivers to slow down and/ or obey the speed limit. The City will collaborate with traffic safety advocates and collect and publish resources that support crash victims. Education will also include education for City staff and elected officials. This will include capacity building for staff to become proficient in the Safe System Approach and training for newly elected officials. The City of Palo Alto will share best practices for local media on how to communicate traffic crashes and roadway safety to the public. education 2     Packet Pg. 61     CHAPTER 6 56 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN CHAPTER 6 2     Packet Pg. 62     REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN 57 A key pillar of the Safe System Approach requires partnerships and collaboration across various jurisdictions, with local organizations, and with the community to be successful. This Plan identifies several strategies, along with the party/parties responsible for leading and supporting the action. A timeline for implementation is provided, as well as performance metrics. These actions will be periodically revisited and evaluated on whether they achieve the vision of this Plan and contribute to the Vision Zero goal of 2035/2040. Actions that are successful may be expanded, while actions that are not successful will be revisited or eliminated and replaced with other strategies. As conditions and strategies evolve, the strategies and supporting elements are expected to evolve as well. 2     Packet Pg. 63     CHAPTER 6 58 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan This Plan builds on the City’s existing safety practices to ensure consistency with the Safe System Approach. The Plan establishes a framework for the City to guide transportation related implementation moving forward to be aligned with the Safe System Approach. This includes rethinking how the City prioritizes projects and allocates funding to address safety concerns systematically and proactively. The Plan also includes guidance for developing projects by reviewing them through a safety- first lens. All City transportation projects should be reviewed to ensure they reduce kinetic energy risk, especially for vulnerable users. consistency with safe system The list shown in Appendix G was reviewed through a Safe System lens. Some key policies include: • An upgraded traffic calming program that aligns with the Safe System Approach • Media resources to inform best practices in reporting out on crashes from a Safe System Approach • Develop a rapid response program (or team) that will evaluate roadway design and context of crash locations after KSI crashes • Safe routes to work, shopping, downtown, community services, and parks that follow the principles of the Safe Routes to School program • CIP auditing to prioritize projects on the HIN and those that address speed and exposure related risks As a result of the benchmarking exercises described in the Benchmarking the Current Landscape section, the Internal Stakeholder Working Group section of this Plan and the Public Health- based Pyramid recommendations, an updated programs and policies list was created. This list includes recommendations to existing City policies to streamline safety projects that are supported by engagement through this Plan or the BPTP Update, including proven safety countermeasures. Where there was a need for additional guidance, new policies and programs were added. These included policy recommendations for maintaining complete streets design guidelines that reflect updated guidance and best practices, upgrading City processes to align with the FHWA Roadway Design Hierarchy, and looking for opportunities to develop guidance around e-bikes and e-scooters. updated program & policy list goldilocks stRategy Implement the “Goldilocks Strategy” by selecting demonstration or early adopter projects that can act as catalysts for mode shift and generate broad support for safety initiatives. These projects should be carefully chosen to have limited backlash, meaning they may not necessarily target the areas with the most fatalities. Measuring accessibility “impact” and level of traffic stress reductions will be critical for finding the opportunity projects. (Source: Research Team Workshops, NCHRP 08-171) 2     Packet Pg. 64     REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN 59 The project list was prepared based on review of the City’s existing plans including the Comprehensive Plan, the City’s Capital Budget, VTA’s Valley Transportation Plan 2040, the Capital Improvement Plan, and the City’s 5-Year Repaving Plan. Requests and comments from the community received through the Office of Transportation’s email or other City staff were also documented and added next to the relevant project or policy. The project list also identifies if the location is located on a HIN corridor. The goal of the review was to filter for projects that could help achieve the goals of this Plan and identify opportunities for the City to institutionalize Safe System as the projects become further developed. The projects were reviewed and updated to align with the Safe System Approach and include additional notes and guidance to refer to as projects are designed and implemented. To assist with prioritization, the project list shown in Appendix H includes associated FHWA Roadway Design Hierarchy tiers based on the projects’ expected outcomes. updated project list Key projects along the HIN include: • Improving pedestrian, bicycle, and transit facilities through the intersection at Quarry Road and El Camino Real • Implementing a Complete Streets project on El Camino Real that integrates bicycle and transit use on the corridor and upgrades crossing treatments at intersections. • Institutionalizing additional safety improvements as part of the repaving program • Implementing sidewalk and traffic calming improvements on Middlefield Road • Upgrading bicycle facilities on East Meadow Drive 2     Packet Pg. 65     CHAPTER 6 60 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan The FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy provides guidance on how to prioritize projects when reviewing development applications and making land use and transportation planning decisions. Projects identified in the project list, as well as any future projects, shall prioritize projects in higher tiers with the goal of first removing severe conflicts. Project priorities in the City should include those with the greatest potential of reducing kinetic energy risk (exposure, likelihood, and severity), consistent with the FHWA Safe System Project Alignment tool. project priorities Other prioritization considerations include projects on the HIN, projects on the Walk and Roll routes, and projects that improve travel for Equity Priority Communities and underserved populations. Within each tier, projects in the City are prioritized by location. Projects along the HIN, and those along or intersecting with suggested Walk and Roll routes, should be a higher priority. As described in the Equity Considerations section, project prioritization includes projects in areas with a higher population living under the poverty line, along East Palo Alto Walk and Roll routes, and along transit corridors. While prioritizing projects is important, the Safe System Approach emphasizes redundancy as a key tenant. Therefore, projects that allow for redundancy should not be deprioritized or ignored even if they appear to be repetitive. Figure 15: Decision Making Framework for Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation Source: TRB, NCHRP Research Report 1036: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation The City must work across departments and with partner agencies to carry out the projects and policies listed in Appendix G and Appendix H and assume a shared responsibility for the implementation of the Plan. The City will use the standing committees including PABAC, CSTSC, and PTC to discuss progress on policy, programs, and infrastructure implementation. These committees will receive updates from the City to ensure Palo Alto is on track to meet the Vision Zero goal. These committees will also work to continue coordinating the implementation of this Plan with the ongoing BPTP Update. This will require additional education for committee members at the beginning of each new election/appointment cycle so that committee members are well versed in the Safe System Approach. shared responsibilities Define your limits and set your goals. Consider the context through a safety lens. Is there enough space to build a safe road? yes What do you want to achieve beyond safety? no Work within your constraints to ensure safety Develop design options Evaluate and choose the cross section that serves your community’s vision and needs. Overcome the physical barriers to safe road design. What happens when you change your cross section? 2     Packet Pg. 66     REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN 61 While gathering public input and collaborating with the community is a critical part of implementing projects, it is important to consider the role of engagement for safety projects. With the City’s commitment to Vision Zero, safety default design elements will not be included as part of trade-off discussions through the engagement process. The anticipated process of making design decisions is shown in Figure 15. Future engagement will build off the outreach done as part of the Plan, described in the Engaging the Community chapter to guide implementation and decision making. The outreach conducted as part of this Plan identified safety attitudes and safety concerns. The programs, policies, and projects included in this Plan address issues identified through outreach and align with the attitudes and non-safety trade off decisions the community expressed. Inform future engagement For projects that require less contextual specific collaboration, outreach will be used to inform the public of the upcoming work and learn about any additional ways to make the project more successful beyond safety improvements. This will apply to “quick build” projects included in the countermeasures toolbox, such as striping changes. This will also include projects that are legally required, such as daylighting (AB 413), or that have legal basis, such as speed limit changes (AB 43). Projects that align with other Plans, such as the BPTP Update, also fall into this category. Collaborate For larger capital projects that require more detailed implementation such as protected bike lanes, or plans that require additional neighborhood specific feedback, outreach may need to be more formalized and require collaboration with the community. While additional outreach is important, projects will continue to align with the Safe System Approach. Design decisions will be made with community feedback in mind, but the FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy and NCHRP 1036: Roadway Reallocation Guide will be used as a basis for design guidance, as shown in Appendix A. The transportation network may be affected during construction. The City will develop a Construction Traffic Management Plan to manage traffic and circulation while projects are under development. Traffic Control Plans traffic control devices and signage shall conform to the lastest revision of the California Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (CA- MUTCD) and Caltrans Standard Specifications and Plans. Reviewers will ensure that, to the extent possible, pedestrian and bicycle facilities are maintained during construction. Where this is not feasible, safe and alternative facilities will be temporarily implemented. These facilities will prioritize separation and follow the most direct path for pedestrians and bicyclists, and sight distance will be evaluated to improve visibility. Clear signage is important to communicate new traffic patterns to pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers.  construction traffic management 2     Packet Pg. 67     CHAPTER 6 62 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Implementing countermeasures, policies, and projects identified in the Plan typically requires an ongoing, longer-term commitment from the City. To facilitate the evaluation and prioritization of funding, it is desirable to consider the implementation of safety projects through different time horizons. Beyond time horizons, the City will seek overlapping opportunities where safety improvements will be implemented as part of an upcoming effort such as implementation phasing & sequencing neaR-teRm implementation Near-Term priorities are those that can address one or more key risk factors around exposure (where, when, and why people are at risk, with a focus on equity and schools), likelihood (high conflict zones), and severity (locations with high speed and heavy vehicles). Many times, these projects will fall on the high-injury network. The City will address speed through self- enforcing roadways (e.g. lane narrowing and horizontal/vertical deflection) and traffic calming measures. The City will also focus on projects that reduce exposure related risks by separating users traveling at different speeds or different directions with physical separation, to minimize conflicts and reduce the risk of crashes. These projects have a 5 year or less timeline. longeR-teRm implementation Longer-term implementation projects will focus on continued bicycle, pedestrian, and motor vehicle safety education and the implementation of vehicle safety enhancements. This can include addressing speed through speed safety cameras. Although speed safety cameras are not yet legal in California, six cities in are testing the cameras, three being Bay Area cities (San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland). These projects and programs would fall within the 10 year horizon. ongoing effoRts Ongoing efforts, those that the City should be continually trying to implement or update, focus on institutionalizing the Safe System into existing projects, policies, and programs and reprioritizing funding for strategic planning and opportunistic projects. Strategic planning focuses on projects that prevent fatal and severe injury crashes through reducing speeds on roadways and vulnerable user exposure- related risks. Opportunistic projects are projects that can be folded into existing funding mechanisms and work plans such as CIP funding and developer fees. the repaving program or CIP. Implementation will happen proactively as part of the City’s impact review process to ensure that new developments align with the Safe System Approach and meet the City’s safety requirements. All transportation construction projects will be reviewed to ensure they align with the Safe System Approach and follow recommendations in this Plan. As this Safety Action Plan builds on additional roadway safety projects in Palo Alto, the current backlog of high priority work requests and projects will continue to increase. Some of these requests are currently requiring a few months for the Traffic Control Maintenance team to complete. It is recommended that that the Traffic Control Maintainer II position in Public Works (eliminated during the pandemic) be restored, so City staff can respond more quickly to add, maintain, or repair roadway safety infrastructure such as delineators, bollards, signage, guardrails, crash attenuators, faded striping and curb paints, and other features. 2     Packet Pg. 68     REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN 63 Four primary funding sources are available to implement safety in all projects: proactive, responsive, opportunistic, and discretionary funding sources. Proactive funding sources focus on preventing fatal and severe crashes through systemic safety efforts. Responsive funding addresses locations with a crash history, such as the HIN. Opportunistic funding uses existing funding mechanisms and work plans that have the opportunity to incorporate safety elements. Discretionary funding are flexible Figure 16: Safety Funding Sources funding responsive sources that allow the City to be agile in meeting community needs that may arise during a given year. Figure 16 is an example of how the City will consider using funding sources in the future through an audit of the annual CIP budget. Shifting toward more proactive and opportunistic funding sources enables the City to efficiently address safety upgrades before a fatal or severe crash occurs. Appendix F includes a full list of funding sources. existing spending futuRe spending Proactive funding sources include Safe Streets for All grants, Safe Routes to School grants, Highway Safety Improvement plan (systemic focused), and capital spending plan (CSP). Responsive funding sources include highway safety improvement plan grants (hot spot focus), and Vision Zero High-Injury Network project funds. Opportunistic funding sources include repaving, agency collaboration and cost sharing, developer contributions, and other capital projects (e.g., maintenance). Discretionary funding sources include annual capital plan surplus budget (as applicable) and other annual/ ongoing funding sources. Proactive Opportunistic Responsive Discretionary 2     Packet Pg. 69     CHAPTER 6 64 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan performance measures TABLE 2: PERFORMANCE MEASURES Measure  Plan Implementation Number of barriers reduced by enhancing travel along and across arterials for pedestrians and bicyclists The alignment of countermeasure selection with the Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy The number of miles of protected bike lanes or separated pathways facilities built The number of signals updated with Safe System timing and phasing changes The percentage of streets where the operating speed matches the target speed The number of projects implemented with the systemic deployment of countermeasures The number of projects implemented using the FHWA Safe System Alignment tool Policy and Programmatic Changes The provision of continuous sidewalks, protected bicycle facilities, and traffic calming improvements alongside land use zoning changes Set contextually appropriate target speeds and prioritize and implement speed management strategies to meet those targets Standardize the selection and implementation of pedestrian and bicycle improvements based on contextual factors such as speed and volume The prioritization of projects for transportation connections to Equity Priority Communities and underserved populations along Walk and Roll Routes and key transit corridors The collaboration with transit, land use, and social service partners for strategies at the base of the Safe Systems Pyramid The review and reprioritization of the City’s annual CIP budget to shift funding toward proactive and opportunistic opportunities to efficiently address safety priorities The collaboration with agency partners to make meaningful progress on cross- jurisdictional efforts The sharing of resources for media to inform best practices in reporting on crashes. The creation of a rapid response program to evaluate roadway design and context of crash locations after KSI crashes City-Wide Crash Statistics The number of KSI crashes on the High-Injury Network The number of crashes where the crash type was identified as unsafe speed The number of DUI-related crashes The number of crashes on key transit corridors The number of crashes on Walk and Roll Routes This Plan is a policy document and requires regular updates and monitoring to evaluate its efficacy and to ensure the City is on track to achieve zero KSIs by 2035/2040. The City will monitor the following performance measures on an annual basis and make additional adjustments to the Plan as needed to meet the zero goal. The goal of monitoring is to understand if the measures are effective at reducing crashes as the City works toward zero fatalities and serious injuries. Additionally, ongoing monitoring will help to identify locations with high propensity for KSIs based on exposure, likelihood, and severity. Historic crash patterns can inform these considerations, but design decisions will be proactive and based on kinetic energy reduction. Every five (5) years, the City will update their Safety Action Plan to reevaluate the crash data and performance measures. Performance measures will be added or removed to meet the goal of reducing fatal and severe injury crashes to zero. 2     Packet Pg. 70     REACHING ZERO DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES: A SAFETY ACTION PLAN 65 Page intentionally left blank. 2     Packet Pg. 71     APPENDIX A 66 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan APPENDIX A: FEDERAL & STATE SAFETY GUIDANCE SS4A The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) grant program was established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law in 2022, centered around the Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy and its goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on America’s roadways. It will provide $5 billion in grant funding over its five-year duration to develop and implement safety plans and projects. The SS4A grant program provides funding for local agencies to create Comprehensive Safety Action Plans (CSAPs). It also provides funding to implement safety projects, but only to those agencies that have an adopted CSAP or an equivalent. In order to qualify as a CSAP (and allow an agency to be eligible for implementation planning grant funding), a plan must meet a nine-point criteria as set forth by the Department of Transportation. The USDOT includes an official commitment and goal to eliminate roadway fatalities and serious injuries; the creation of a standing task force or working group that will lead and monitor the implementation of the plan; data-driven safety analysis; public engagement and inter-governmental collaboration; consideration of equity in the planning process; assessment of current policies and guidelines to identify changes that will better prioritize safety; identification of a comprehensive set of projects and strategies that address safety issues; posting of the plan online along with description of how future progress will be measured; and that the plan would be updated every five years. FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy The Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy (Hierarchy), created by the FHWA in 2024, provides guidance in contextualizing and assessing infrastructure-based countermeasures and strategies on their alignment with the principles of the Safe System Approach. The Hierarchy classifies countermeasures into four tiers, from most to least aligned with Safe System principles. These tiers are: • Removing severe conflicts, which will act to eliminate high-risk conditions that involve users with different speeds or moving in different directions sharing space. This tier includes countermeasures that remove potential points of conflict (for example, removing conflicting turning movements), and those that separate vulnerable users from vehicles in space (for example, protecting people biking through a separated bike lane). • Reducing vehicle speeds, which reduces the kinetic energy present within systems and thereby reduces the severity of crashes that do occur. As driver behavior - especially when it comes to speed - is highly influenced by roadway features, countermeasures that reduce prevailing speeds can include lane narrowing and features that channelize vehicle traffic such as median islands. • Managing conflicts in time, which covers instances (such as intersections) where space needs to be shared between different users, but where they can be separated in time. An example is the Leading Pedestrian Interval, which 2     Packet Pg. 72     FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE 67 allows people walking to have a ”head start” interval at a signalized intersection before conflicting vehicle traffic enters the crosswalk. • Increasing attentiveness and awareness, which involves alerting users to conflicts and potential risks, will involve countermeasures such as intersection daylighting and warning signage. Crucially, the Hierarchy prioritizes improvements and countermeasures that make physical changes to the system for the whole population as more effective than measures that rely on roadway users and individual decisions. This is consistent with the Safe System Approach’s central premise that humans make mistakes, and that the roadway system will explore designs to accommodate them through redundant and proactive interventions. In addition to presenting this tiered hierarchy as a framework for understanding countermeasures as they relate to the principles of the Safe System Approach, the guidance also presents examples of both common and novel countermeasures that fall under each tier. The Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy Source: FHWA 2     Packet Pg. 73     APPENDIX A 68 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan FHWA Safe System Approach For Speed Management Speeding continues to be one of the leading causes of crashes across the country, especially those causing fatalities and severe injuries, and the relationship between higher speeds and increased crash severity is well-documented. The FHWA’s 2023 report on the Safe System Approach for Speed Management provides targeted recommendations around speed management. The report notes the need for agencies to place safety and the prevention of injury crashes (as opposed to throughput or travel times) as the highest priority when it comes to speed setting on roadways, and highlights the need to change the physical design and context of the roadway beyond merely changing regulatory speed limits in order to achieve target speeds. The FHWA report outlines a five-stage framework to speed management that is consistent with the Safe System Approach. The process begins with establishing a vision and building consensus within the community to manage speeds; the creation of a strategic safety plan, such as this Plan will serve this purpose. Second, speed data will be collected and analyzed, which will help both guide the rest of the process and provide the backing to build public support. Third, locations for speed management will be prioritized proactively, taking into account both crash and speeding history as well as contextual factors (such as the presence of vulnerable users or traffic generators like schools and commercial areas). Countermeasures will then be selected for prioritized locations. Finally, ongoing monitoring and evaluation will be conducted to ensure efficacy and allow for flexibility and adjustment. The report also provides real- world case studies of how these principles were applied in practice. FHWA Primer On Safe System Approach For Pedestrians And Bicyclists The Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists (Primer), released by the FHWA in 2021, emphasizes the importance of protecting pedestrians and bicyclists, as vulnerable users, under the Safe System Approach. The Primer details the considerations surrounding pedestrians and bicyclists under each of the five elements of the Safe System Approach – Safe Speeds, Safe Roads, Safe Vehicles, Safe Road Users, and Post-Crash Care. It also provides strategies and actions that can be taken at the Federal, State, and local levels towards implementing the Safe System Approach. Also included in the Primer is an appendix on benchmarking policies, programs, and practices for Safe System consistency. FHWA Informational Guide: Improving Intersections For Pedestrians And Bicyclists The Informational Guide: Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, released by the FHWA in 2022, highlights the importance of designing intersections to facilitate safe, accessible, convenient, and comfortable walking and bicycling. Part 1 of the guide lays the foundation for including pedestrians and bicyclists at intersections, creating a place for all ages and abilities. Part 2 provides examples of designs for various intersection types and design considerations. FHWA Guide For Improving Pedestrian Safety At Uncontrolled Crossing Locations The Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations, released by the FHWA in 2018, provides guidance on the appropriate pedestrian crossing improvements at uncontrolled crossing locations. This guide, often referred to as STEP, is part of the Safe Transportation for Every Pedestrian program (STEP) whose purpose is to help transportation agencies address countermeasures with known safety benefits at uncontrolled crossing locations. 2     Packet Pg. 74     FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE 69 FHWA Safe System- Based Framework And Analytical Methodology For Assessing Intersections The Safe System-Based Framework and Analytical Methodology for Assessing Intersections report, released by the FHWA in 2021, outlines a Safe System method for Intersections (SSI) method that practitioners can apply in the course of the typical project development process, with commonly-available data to produce quantifiable measures of effectiveness (MOEs) that then allow for comparisons across alternative designs for an intersection. The focus of the report is to align with the Safe System principle of limiting and managing kinetic energy in the transportation system. The metrics produced by the SSI method can be used to quantify kinetic energy transfer, number of conflict points, and complexity of movements, to identify designs that align best with that principle. FHWA Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia The Improving Pedestrian Safety on Urban Arterials: Learning from Australasia report, part of its Global Benchmarking Program, was released in 2023 to document lessons learned from FHWA researchers’ review of literature, practices, and tour of its case studies in Australia, New Zealand, and adjacent islands (collectively referred to as “Australasia” in the report). These jurisdictions have operated under a Safe System framework since the early 2000’s, and the report provides key takeaways that can be learned in the American context. A primary shift in mindset is treating walking as the elemental form of transportation, shaped by policies and laws that put human wellbeing at the center of policy goals. Another key takeaway is the interconnectedness between movement and place, acknowledging that planning for land uses accommodating for active transportation modes and transit can create places that are safer and less autocentric. Finally, there is an emphasis on the interdisciplinary nature of planning for pedestrian safety – as is in the Safe System Approach – that transportation issues must not be siloed in order to generate effective, cross-cutting solutions. other national guidance In addition to policy and guidance from Federal agencies, other national-level documents provide additional guidance towards applying and implementing the Safe System Approach for local agencies. The Safe Systems Pyramid The Safe Systems Pyramid is a new framework for traffic safety proposed in a 2023 paper by David Ederer of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), along with his co- authors Rachael Thompson Panik, Nisha Botchwey, and Kari Watkins. Ederer’s paper adapts the Health Impact Pyramid framework into the Safe Systems Pyramid for roadway safety practitioners. Building on established public health practice, the Safe Systems Pyramid illustrates how interventions that have the largest reach and require the least personal effort will be the most impactful. In addition to identifying the kinetic energy transfer as the cause of injury, the Safe Systems Pyramid also relates energy to exposure. It explains how the many possible safety interventions differ in their effectiveness at reducing risk in the transportation system by prioritizing interventions that reduce exposure to kinetic energy transfer at the system level. Those that require more individual effort, such as driver education programs, have the least impact on improving system-wide safety. Meanwhile, those that change the quality of people’s lives and the built 2     Packet Pg. 75     APPENDIX A 70 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan environment in which they travel more broadly, such as affordable housing near transit, zoning reform, traffic calming, and limiting crossing distances at intersections, have the largest impacts on safety. At the top of the Safe System Pyramid is education, which generally corresponds to Tier 4 of the Safe System Hierarchy and encompasses driver education programs and campaigns – for example, asking drivers to slow down and obey the speed limit. As the authors of the paper note, “the need to urge behavioral change is symptomatic of failure to establish contexts in which healthy choices are default actions,” and education programs are thus considered to be most reliant on individual behavior and least effective in producing improvements. Below education on the Pyramid are active and latent safety measures, which generally correspond to Tier 3 of the Hierarchy. Active safety measures encompass such countermeasures as warning signals and signs, as well as in-vehicle devices such as seat belts and crash warnings. These safety measures are effective when used, but rely on individual opt-in (for example, for a driver to react to signage or to a crash warning) to function. Latent safety measures encompass countermeasures such as signal timing modifications (for example, leading pedestrian intervals [LPIs] that create redundancy), as well as vehicle features such as lane departure prevention and automated emergency braking. Latent measures are considered more effective than active measures, as they require less individual opt- in, but their efficacy is still limited by the fact that they are applied individually. For example, while automated braking is superior to a warning signal that warns the driver to manually brake, only those who choose and have the means to drive a vehicle with the feature will have access to this technology. Further down on the pyramid is the built environment level, which corresponds to Tiers 1 and 2 of the Hierarchy and refers to physical alterations to the roadway that promote slower speeds, physically separate vulnerable users, and reduce the number of high-risk conflicts. Such interventions can also improve the experience for walking and biking and reduce the number of vehicle trips by encouraging mode shift. Unlike the higher levels of the pyramid, changes to the environment create The Safe Systems Pyramid Source: the Safe Systems Pyramid was adapted from the Health Impact Pyramid to more fully address roadway safety needs. Image designed by Michelle Lieberman of the University of California at Davis. 2     Packet Pg. 76     FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE 71 contexts that encourage safer user behaviors (for example, narrower lanes that induce lower speeds), and are thus less dependent on active user participation and are more effective. Finally, the socioeconomic factors level lies at the base of the pyramid. Typically, roadway safety interventions do not go beyond the roadway infrastructure, but today’s safety outcomes are inexorably linked by socioeconomic factors of the places that our roadways serve. Across the country, communities of color and low-income communities are disproportionately exposed to the most dangerous roadways that feature high speeds, high traffic volumes, and outdated design and safety features. Moreover, many communities across the country are also trapped by a lack of viable alternative transportation options as a result of car dependency – a crisis that is likely going to persist as the national phenomenon of the suburbanization of poverty continues. These are overarching socioeconomic factors that dictate urban form and the built environment, which in turn dictate safety outcomes. This category of interventions is often considered outside the traditional purview of transportation professionals, as they must come in the form of policy around land use, zoning, and economics that go beyond (but work in tandem with) transportation policy. However, they also must be considered when attempting to address roadway safety, as these socioeconomic factors form the root causes of roadway safety issues. The pyramid will be seen as a structure for prioritizing the roadway design and operations tools that will have the most impact for safety while also collaborating outside the safety silo with other agency and community stakeholders to engage in upstream and more wide-ranging root cause topics. NCHRP 1036: Roadway Cross- Section Reallocation Guide NCHRP Report 1036, the Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation Guide, was developed in 2023 as a tool for practitioners to use in the development of roadway cross- sections that better assess the tradeoffs that are involved in the allocation of the limited width of a roadway. The guide begins with the premise that roadway space is scarce, and trade-offs are inevitable, and provides guidance for planning roadway cross-sections that center community priorities for that limited space. The guidelines also infuse Safe System considerations by establishing minimum floors for safety standards, such as the provisions of pedestrian and bike facilities and minimum widths for sidewalks and bike lanes. Finally, the guide discusses approaches for community engagement and operational analysis to facilitate the decision-making process consistent with the goals and minimum standards outlined in the guide. The guide also includes a companion Excel spreadsheet that can be used for new roadway and retrofit planning. A Safe System Guide For Transportation: Sharing This Approach To Lead Your Community To Action The Safe System Guide for Transportation: Sharing this Approach to Lead your Community to Action was commissioned by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety and serves as a resource for advocates, practitioners, and stakeholders at the local community level implementing the Safe System Approach. Specifically, it offers guidance on how to communicate the contents, importance, and benefits of the new approach to both key stakeholders and the public and is a primary resource for creating culture shifts in agencies and communities towards Safe System practices and building capacity within agency staff and elected officials to institutionalize these practices in day-to-day operations. 2     Packet Pg. 77     APPENDIX A 72 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan resources from ite safety council The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) has developed a number of technical briefs that provide guidance on how the Safe System Approach fits into specific disciplines within transportation planning and engineering. Two briefs from 2022 and 2023, respectively titled “Incorporating Big Data into Safety Analysis: An Integrated and Proactive Approach” and “Applications of Big Data in Safety Analysis”, explore the ways in which big data sources, such as near-miss, hard-braking, and speeding data, can be used to bolster safety analyses. They augment traditional data sources such as crash data, which tend to be reactive in nature and can suffer from small data sample sizes. The briefs offer case studies on how big data can be leveraged in roadway safety planning and provide guidance around how to use these sources responsibly and informedly. The 2022 brief “Essential Components of Incorporating Safety in Transportation Impact Analysis” provides guidance around institutionalizing the Safe System Approach in transportation impact analyses (TIAs) by moving beyond the traditional model of using vehicle throughput and delay times as the primary quantifiers of transportation impacts, and instead prioritizing vulnerable users such as bicyclists and pedestrians. This produces TIA processes that integrate safety considerations and helps promote land uses that are conducive to safety for all modes of travel. The 2023 brief “Institutionalizing the Safe System Approach in Local Road Safety Plans” provides guidance for aligning the older, pre-Safe System Approach adoption LRSP program with Safe System standards. The brief matches the components to the LRSP with their counterparts in the CSAP requirements outlined in the SS4A program and identifies locations where the Safe System Approach can be incorporated in the roadmap to creating an LRSP. california policy considerations The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), like Federal authorities, has also adopted the Safe System Approach and committed to Vision Zero. Similarly, recent legislation at the State level has supported prioritization and cross-department collaboration consistent with the Safe Systems Pyramid strategies and hierarchy. As shown in the graphic below, several Caltrans Deputy Directives (DD) and Directors’ Policies (DPs) as well as State Senate and Assembly Bills have been essential policy building blocks to support the ongoing Safe System Pivot in California. DP 36 In Caltrans Director’s Policy (DP) 36, made effective in February of 2022, the agency committed to eliminating fatal and serious injury crashes by the year 2050, and committed to achieving this goal through the application of the Safe System Approach. 2     Packet Pg. 78     FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE 73 DP 37 DP 37, issued in December 2021, establishes creating complete streets that support people walking, biking, taking transit, and accessing passenger rail. It recognizes these priorities as a means of advancing State goals in climate and the environment, in public health, and in equity and repairing harm to underserved communities. It also recognizes complete streets as valuable community spaces that can boost economic vitality and resiliency. To these ends, it directs that “all transportation projects funded or overseen by Caltrans will provide comfortable, convenient, and connected complete streets facilities for people walking, biking, and taking transit or passenger rail unless an exception is documented and approved.” DIB 94 Caltrans Design Information Bulletin (DIB) 94, entitled “Complete Streets: Contextual Design Guidance,” is a set of design implementation guidance for complete streets projects on the State Highway System that integrates the Safe System Approach and reflects the Safe System Hierarchy. DIB 94 was published in January 2024, and applies DP 37 with an eye towards specific implementation. DIB 94 is applicable to State highways located in an urban or suburban area, or that act as a rural main street, where posted speeds do not exceed 45 MPH and where at least one bicycle, pedestrian, or transit facility is present. As such, DIB 94 is applicable to many of the State highway facilities in the region that feature sizable crash histories or crash risk factors as identified by this Plan. For each of the contexts that it covers – city centers, other urban areas, suburban areas, and rural main streets, DIB 94 sets minimum expectations for the provision of complete streets facilities like crosswalks, sidewalks, bike facilities, and others. These expectations are set with the surrounding context in mind and include instructions, guidance, and recommendations on implementing specific complete streets features and countermeasures, ranging from pedestrian beacons to lane narrowing. Caltrans intends for DIB 94 guidance to create “context- sensitive facilities that serve travelers of all ages and abilities.” Recommended Bicycle Facilities for Urban Areas, Suburban Areas, and Rural Main Streets Based on Average Daily Traffic (ADT) and Posted Speed Limits Source: Caltrans, DIB 94 Note: The facility selection process should begin by identifying opportunities to provide the most physical separation for bicyclists. Bicycle facilities should be reviewed and evaluated using the speeds and annual daily traffic (ADT) of the existing route to determine the appropriate bicycle facility as shown in the figure above. 2     Packet Pg. 79     APPENDIX A 74 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan AB 43 California Assembly Bill (AB) 43 was passed in 2021 to provide additional flexibility to local jurisdictions to set speed limits on their roadways. Specifically, it offers them a means to lower speed limits on corridors that meet additional criteria as noted below. Cities will have increasing flexibility starting in 2024 to enforce context- sensitive speed limits. AB 43 features the following five major components, focused on giving local jurisdictions more flexibility in setting speed limits, especially regarding vulnerable road users: • Engineering & Traffic Survey (E&TS): An option to extend enforceable time period • Post E&TS: An agency can elect to retain current or immediately prior speed limit • Speed Limit Reduction: Reduction of additional 5 mph based on several factors, including designation of local “Safety Corridors” • Prima Facie Speed Limits: Options for 15 and 25 mph in certain areas depending on context • Business Activity Districts: Option for 20 or 25 mph • In particular, the designation of “Safety Corridors” could be applied to roadways where the highest number of serious injury and fatality crashes occur, identifying specific locations or corridor-level segments with high crash occurrences, and stratified by mode. These designations must be approved by a professional engineer. AB 413 AB 413, passed in October 2023, requires daylighting intersections to ensure better sight distance between motorists and vulnerable road users crossing the roadway. The law would require cities to prohibit where drivers may park, stop, or leave any vehicle (e.g., on a sidewalk, in a crosswalk, etc.) to within 20 ft of the approach side of a marked or unmarked crosswalk, unless authorized by a local ordinance. AB 645 AB 645, the speed safety camera pilot program, allows for automated enforcement through cameras. Deployment of automated red light and speed enforcement cameras in jurisdictions around the country have had positive results in terms of their ability to reduce violations, crashes, injuries, and fatalities. These results exceed the efficacy of traditional enforcement as cameras can operate continuously and independently, and do not require the presence of on-duty personnel. This is especially helpful as many law enforcement agencies statewide, including Palo Alto, are short-staffed. Automated enforcement also eliminates instances of bias in enforcement based on arbitrary characteristics. Thus, on the Safe Systems Pyramid, automated enforcement is categorized into a higher level of efficacy – as a latent measure – than traditional enforcement, which is categorized as an active measure. Historically, automated red- light cameras are permitted in California, while automated speed enforcement cameras are not. However, AB 645, which came into effect in 2023, legalized speed enforcement cameras on a pilot basis for six cities across the State – Los Angeles, Long Beach, Glendale, Oakland, San Francisco, and San Jose – for use in school zones, designated safety corridors, high-injury intersections, and known street racing corridors. 2     Packet Pg. 80     FEDERAL AND STATE GUIDANCE 75 SB 743 Senate Bill (SB) 743, passed by the California legislature in 2013, represented a sweeping policy change in the State’s environmental review process for transportation. Under SB 743, transportation impacts are no longer quantified in terms of congestion caused as measured by Level of Service (LOS) during CEQA review, but rather in terms of amount of driving as measured by Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT). This shift is intended to better align the quantification of transportation impacts with the State’s climate goals, as the shift towards using VMT as a metric under SB 743 is intended to induce more infill and mixed- use developments as opposed to auto-centric sprawl, which is in turn intended to promote non- auto modes of transportation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This shift is important to roadway safety on two fronts. First, the impact of SB 743 will likely lead to shifts in land-use patterns in the State that are more compact and conducive to walking, biking, and transit use, which aligns with the broad socioeconomic and built environment changes most effective in improving safety outcomes in the Safe Systems Pyramid. Second, the replacement of LOS by VMT will shift focus away from vehicle speed, capacity, and throughput in the design of the transportation network, which allows for roadway safety considerations to be better prioritized. 2     Packet Pg. 81     APPENDIX B 76 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFE USERS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Edu c a t i o n Perform outreach through educational programs on rules of the road and the use of protective equipment, with a focus on those behaviors and target audiences most linked to death and serious injuries. Occasional Practice This is true for SRTS in K-2, 3, 5, 6 grades. Institutionalized for biking. PA does annual SRTS education. Install advisory signs for curves and speed zones, as well as speed feedback signs and changeable message signs, to provide warnings and encourage safe behavior. Institu- tionalized Practice Institutionalized practice. Pedestrian and bicycle education programs are data-driven and focused on local safety context; education programs are customized for different groups. Not a Current Practice VTA utilizes Measure B tax money to teach bicycle safety through SV Bike Coalition. Palo Alto advertises these events, but not many are offered in person locally. City is advocating to have programs in Palo Alto. Use demonstration projects to raise awareness of new designs and encourage support for controversial safety projects among stakeholders. Occasional Practice The forthcoming South Palo Alto Bikeways Demonstration Project is funded by SS4A funds. To support a quick-build program that deploys safety treatments citywide, additional engineering capacity will be required for design, project management, and signal work. Occasional practice. APPENDIX B: BENCHMARKING SURVEY 2     Packet Pg. 82     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 77 SAFE USERS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Enf o r c e m e n t Investigate and document the impacts of traffic safety enforcement and traffic safety surveillance on minority communities. Occasional Practice Local ordinances allow for context-specific flexibility in sidewalk riding policies and enforcement (e.g., is there an adjacent bike facility?). Institu- tionalized Practice Legal to ride a bike on all sidewalks except in business districts, University Avenue undercrossing below Alma Street and the Palo Alto train station or in the California Avenue undercrossing below Alma Street and the California Avenue train station when others are present. Police Department conducts sustained and data-driven enforcement efforts focused on behavior and locations related to most severe bicycle and pedestrian crashes. Reallocate enforcement activities to target those behaviors and locations most linked to death and serious injury. Enforcement activities are designed to consider equity implications. Not a Current Practice Targeting based on geographic areas with high crashes. Police will react to KSI crashes and temporarily monitor those areas. Police department does not currently have a traffic team. Res e a r c h Develop and implement strategies for robust demographic data collection in crash reporting including partnering with organizations such as Stanford Healthcare or Santa Clara County Public Health Department. Not a Current Practice Partners with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department for SRTS. City of San Jose Vision Zero staff have initiated development of a trauma center data sharing agreement with the County. City staff have reached out to the City of San Jose to partner in acquisition of this critical data. 2     Packet Pg. 83     APPENDIX B 78 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFE ROADWAYS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Cra s h a v o i d a n c e Systemically install proven countermeasures to separate users in space, separate users in time, and increase attentiveness and awareness, such as: dedicated left turn lanes, protected signal phases, clear zones, and vertical and horizontal separation for pedestrians and bicyclists. Occasional Practice This is done on as part of major CIP projects that often take many years to complete. The City will require additional engineering capacity (signals, design, project management) to quickly deploy safety countermeasures as quick-build projects citywide to meet the Vision Zero target date. Occasional practice - some things are common practice, many others less so. Design standards require implementation of the sidewalk zone system citywide. Does not allow apron parking or attached (unbuffered) sidewalks anywhere in the city. Occasional Practice City has rolled curbs in some areas. Some planter strips downtown and in older neighborhoods. Has a crosswalk policy that reflects best practices for signalized and uncontrolled crosswalk treatments (FHWA Field Guide), including consideration of Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons. Occasional Practice No defined policy. Engineers use FHWA list of countermeasures for uncontrolled intersections. City could consider a city-wide assessment of uncontrolled crosswalks. Some QOL trade-offs. Complete infrastructure connectivity for pedestrians and bicyclists and make progress toward providing separation where needed based on crash exposure, crash history, and characteristics of the roadway and adjacent land use associated with higher levels of use. Occasional Practice This is done as part of major CIP projects that often take many years to complete. The City will require additional engineering capacity (signals, design, project management) to quickly deploy safety countermeasures as quick-build projects citywide to meet the Vision Zero target date. Not refined at this point, would expect this to be an outcome of this project and BPTP Update. Kin e t i c e n e r g y r e d u c t i o n Systemically install proven countermeasures to manage motor vehicle speed and crash angles, such as roadside appurtenances, roundabouts, refuge islands, hardened center lines, and roadway space reallocations. Occasional Practice This is done as part of major CIP projects that often take many years to complete. The City will require additional engineering capacity (signals, design, project management) to quickly deploy safety countermeasures as quick- build projects citywide to meet the Vision Zero target date. Conversion to permanent features would occur after quick-build projects demonstrate efficacy. Fairly common practice where able. 2     Packet Pg. 84     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 79 SAFE ROADWAYS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Pol i c i e s a n d T r a d e o f f s Uses national best practices focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety for roadway and facility design guidelines and standards. Occasional Practice City uses standards from Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO), California Manual of Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), and Caltrans’ Highway Design Manual (HDM). City has 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan. Would be further updated as part of BPTP Update to meet newest national best practices. Roadway resurfacing projects and debris removal are prioritized for bicycle routes. Occasional Practice City’s Complete Streets Policy requires resurfacing projects to consider all modes of travel and coordinate with the Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee. The Office of Transportation, Public Works, and PABAC collaborate yearly on pavement management projects. Planning and engineering capacity is needed to engage community and design treatments prior to Public Works resurfacing projects. Age 8 to 80 bicyclist considerations are applied and/or level of traffic stress is considered. Not a Current Practice BPTP Update includes Level of Traffic Stress Analysis. Suggest policy consideration in BPTP Update. Colored bike lanes and other innovative treatments, including geometric enhancements, are provided at intersections and interchanges. Occasional Practice Colored bike lanes are implemented throughout the city, particularly to highlight merge zones and high-use bike lanes. Has moderate to high densities in the CBD and mixed-use zones and progressive parking policies, and transportation impact analysis for new development considers multi-modal trade-offs, rather than reliance on LOS. Occasional Practice The City is not compliant with the MTC Transit-Oriented Communities Policy. Some institutionalization of land use densities near transit (e.g., California Avenue Pedestrian and Transit Oriented Development). Still implements parking minimums. Not sure if City is MTC TOC compliant? 2     Packet Pg. 85     APPENDIX B 80 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFE ROADWAYS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Pol i c i e s a n d T r a d e o f f s Has a recently updated policy and comprehensive inventory of barriers. Has design guidelines for addressing barriers. Not a Current Practice City uses VTA Bicycle Technical Guidelines. Designate functional class and modal priority for roadways to pinpoint the most effective safety countermeasures and streamline tradeoff decisions. Not a Current Practice Resources are needed to classify roadways by functional classification and modal priority to set contextually appropriate target speeds, and to design roads that align with the posted speed. Has curbside management, shared mobility, or micromobility policies (e.g., permitting, enforcement) in place that prioritize pedestrian and bicyclist safety. Not a Current Practice Will develop shared micromobility pilot program. Has a street tree ordinance that improves pedestrian safety and access. Occasional Practice Street Tree Ordinance updated in 2022, but does not focus on improving ped safety/access. Bicycle supportive amenities (parking, routing/wayfinding, water fountains, repair stations) are found community- wide. Institu- tionalized Practice Ensure safety for all users is prioritized, and accessibility maintained, during construction and road maintenance projects. Occasional Practice Traffic Control Guidelines have been updated for this purpose. Building Division enforces Traffic Control Plans. This is a required in their Requirements for Traffic Control Plan Submission document. Is this enforced in practice? Inn o v a t i o n Provide infrastructure for smarter roadways and intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in support of data collection and analysis, as well as proactive system management. Occasional Practice City staff is working towards implementation but currently limited by staff resources Use pilot projects to measure safety effects, and encourage innovation and design flexibility. Occasional Practice Somewhat institutionalized (e.g., Car free streets, Crescent Park Traffic Calming) 2     Packet Pg. 86     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 81 SAFE ROADWAYS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) AD A i m p r o v e m e n t s Has ADA transition plan in place and an ADA coordinator. Institu- tionalized Practice Has transition plan (2022) and a coordinator in place. Uses state-of-the-practice (PROWAG) ADA improvements with consistent installation practices. Occasional Practice SAFE VEHICLES Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) AVs Provide supportive infrastructure for autonomous vehicles to enable active safety technology. Occasional Practice Current connected vehicle infrastructure is limited and not updated. Upgrade is dependent on staff resources. Dat a Collect data about the involvement of AVs in crashes for future data analysis, and to inform design and policies. Not a Current Practice Will work with PD to collect this data. Veh i c l e i n t e r a c t i o n w i t h p e d e s t r i a n s a n d b i c y c l i s t s Require new fleet vehicles to have ped/ bike detection. Not a Current Practice Focus on SRTS efforts for mode shift to reduce exposure to heavy vehicles (SUVs) at a schools. Institu- tionalized Practice Robust SRTS program continues to make mode shift gains. New traffic control guidelines include SRTS considerations. Design truck routes to keep trucks away from vulnerable road users. Through time of day policies and route locations. Occasional Practice Truck routes are not in residential areas. City provides wide load permits upon request and will focus on reducing conflicts during after school peak periods. City staff are working with Greenwaste to reduce conflicts during school arrival/dismissal times. 2     Packet Pg. 87     APPENDIX B 82 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFE SPEEDS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Des i g n a n d o p e r a t i o n s Adopt roadway design standards that are focused on speed management, such as target speed-based design. Adjust roadway geometries for context- appropriate speeds. Occasional Practice Recent projects have included this focus. Roadway design changes are needed in additional locations to achieve target speeds. This is pretty well institutionalized. They have used alternate methods to speed limit setting for years. Speeds set low but vehicles still speed. Need roadway design changes. Use speed harmonization strategies to achieve safe speeds in congested areas. Speed harmonization is a method to reduce congestion and improve traffic performance. This method is applied at points where lanes merge and form bottlenecks. The strategy involves gradually lowering speeds before a heavily congested area in order to reduce the stop-and-go traffic that contributes to frustration and crashes. Not a Current Practice Need engineering capacity to implement speed harmonization. Enf o r c e m e n t Deploy automated speed enforcement, with a focus on equitable fee structures. Not a Current Practice Not yet permitted in California 2     Packet Pg. 88     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 83 SAFE SPEEDS Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Pol i c y a n d t r a i n i n g Follow speed limit setting methodologies that determine appropriate speeds based on roadway context and modal priority, rather than the historic behavior of road users. Set speed limits based on the human body’s ability to tolerate crash forces. Institu- tionalized Practice School zone speeds have been reduced to 20mph, and speeds are set at 25mph where possible. Council preference is not to raise speeds to 85th percentile speeds from traffic and engineering studies. Staff are exploring AB 43 components to manage speeds. City has an active Traffic Calming program available to residents concerned about speeding. Provide speed management training to staff focused on injury minimization. Not a Current Practice Will need to update traffic calming program guidance and staff training. They have a traffic calming program based on community requests. Traffic calming program guidance is from 2001 and refers to the E’s or safety. Training will be updated to reflect the Safe System Approach. Dat a a n d m o n i t o r i n g Use big data and technology to proactively monitor speed and speed delta from target speeds Not a Current Practice Speed surveys are completed periodically. Staff are exploring the reliability of big data sources. 2     Packet Pg. 89     APPENDIX B 84 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan POST-CRASH CARE Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Cra s h i n v e s t i g a t i o n Enhance reporting practices to ensure complete and accurate data collection and documentation of road user behavior and infrastructure. Occasional Practice Create a feedback loop such that key insights from crash investigations are shared with roadway designers and/or influence outreach and education. Not a Current Practice PD reports out on youth-involved ped and bike crashes at monthly CSTSC meetings Par t n e r s h i p s Emergency response is involved in all aspects of bicycle/pedestrian facility planning and design (including pilot testing), and they balance response times with bicyclist/pedestrian safety. Not a Current Practice Fire/EMS review proposed roadway reconfigurations and conduct test runs of built projects. Share data across agencies and organizations, including first responders and hospitals, to develop a holistic understanding of the safety landscape and improve accuracy. Occasional Practice City of San Jose Vision Zero staff have initiated development of a trauma center data sharing agreement with the County. City staff have reached out to the City of San Jose to partner in acquisition of this critical data. Connect with victims’ families and the advocacy community to offer support and resources, and encourage partnerships with outreach and education. Not a Current Practice Police Department refers families to resources on a case-by-case basis. Provide staff support for post crash care trauma. Occasional Practice Provide group mental health support to non-EMS staff for post crash care trauma. Current EAP program provides individual short-term counseling but no group counseling. Com m u n i c a t i o n s Create a communications protocol for acknowledging KSI crashes, sharing City/ Partner follow-up actions, and directing concerns to appropriate committees/ task forces, and establishing meeting protocols for discussing concerns and suggested improvements. Occasional Practice Need to work with Communications team and other internal partners to develop this protocol. 2     Packet Pg. 90     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 85 SAFETY PLANNING AND CULTURE Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Dat a a n d a n a l y s i s Apply a proactive and transparent approach to data-driven safety analysis, including the use of systemic profiles, roadway and roadside condition, and modal specific condition assessments (e.g., bicycle network stress or distance between marked crossings). Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Focus network screening and benefit/cost calculations on fatal and serious injuries, instead of all crashes to identify the core safety issues for human vulnerability. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Occasional as part of HSIP applications Connect each emphasis area in a Safety Plan to roadway or contextual safety contributing factors, such as the disproportionate number of fatalities and serious injuries among pedestrians in communities of color, and recognize this specific factor for pedestrian crashes—higher rates of crashes in minority communities—where transportation system gaps (e.g., sidewalks/bike lanes/crossing opportunities) can help proactively inform recommendations. Occasional Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Collect pedestrian and bicyclist volumes routinely with intersection counts and has a GIS database of counts. Not a Current Practice BPTP Update should provide recommendations for count protocol. BPTP Update will not create a GIS database of counts Maintain an inventory of missing and existing bikeways in GIS and includes bikeway projects in the CIP. Occasional Practice Currently institutionalized practice and will be updated as part of the BPTP Update. Maintain an inventory of missing and existing sidewalks in GIS and includes sidewalk projects in the CIP. Occasional Practice Currently institutionalized practice and will be updated as part of the BPTP Update. Maintain an inventory of pedestrian and bicycle signs, markings, and signals in GIS. Not a Current Practice Investigate City resources to establish and maintain this level of GIS mapping. Employ a data-driven systemic safety or Vision Zero approach to regularly analyze crash data citywide. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. 2     Packet Pg. 91     APPENDIX B 86 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFETY PLANNING AND CULTURE Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Red u n d a n c y When deploying safety interventions, define primary and secondary countermeasures as packages across the Safe System elements to provide redundancy. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Lea d e r s h i p a n d c o m m i t m e n t Organize a Safety Plan around the Safe System Core Principles and Elements OR perform a Safe System assessment to determine how well each Safety Plan emphasis area aligns with the Safe System elements and principles, and make adjustments as necessary. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Commit to a “Zero” Goal and establish performance management strategies. Occasional Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Also included as a goal in General Plan, but City needs to operationalize. Backcast to establish the rate of decrease in fatalities and serious injuries needed to achieve zero by the target year. This approach will show the level of investments necessary to reach long- term goals. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Implement a monitoring process to measure against the backcasting trend and force intervention changes. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Establish key performance indicators (KPIs). These key performance indicators could be tied to each of the five Safe System elements or a particular strategy. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Train decision makers on Safe System Approach and engage with peer cities to provide support for implementing the Safe System Approach. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Pub l i c R e l a t i o n s Safety leaders show buy-in for the Safe System Approach through media, public events, and support for related policies and programs. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. 2     Packet Pg. 92     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 87 SAFETY PLANNING AND CULTURE Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Fun d i n g Change project evaluation methods for funding to primarily focus on fatal and serious injury crash reduction opportunities. Occasional Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Use equity considerations in project prioritization, with a change to benefit- cost analysis or through a set-aside program. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Has a dedicated annual funding stream for pedestrian and bicycle projects and local grant matches. Institu- tionalized Practice City funds a Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Implementation CIP and a Safe Routes to School CIP. Institutionalize safety considerations in all project types to systematically fund projects through operations and maintenance efforts (such as repaving projects). Occasional Practice This is either occasional or institutionalized - they do this when they can. Review Capital Improvement Program to check for safe system consistency in all projects. Not a Current Practice Need to work with internal partners to review and adjust projects if needed. Dev e l o p m e n t R e v i e w Conduct safety impact assessments of new developments to identify mitigation and cost sharing opportunities. Occasional Practice Currently done in the development review process. City has a Transportation Impact Fee. During the development review process ensure circulation to, from, and within the development along with recommended TDM measures align with safety best practices and encourage active transportation modes. Occasional Practice Currently done in the development review process. City has a Transportation Impact Fee. Equ i t y F i r s t Clearly define equity in Safety Plans and include equity considerations throughout the emphasis areas and strategies. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Incorporate equity considerations in implementation and assessment plans, such as goals related to safety improvements for populations that are traditionally underserved. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan where possible. 2     Packet Pg. 93     APPENDIX B 88 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan SAFETY PLANNING AND CULTURE Benchmark Assessed Level of City Practice State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (City Input) State of Current Practice in Palo Alto (F&P Input) Sta k e h o l d e r e n g a g e m e n t Meaningfully engage populations that are traditionally underserved in shared decision-making for the SHSP and subsequent safety programs, policies, or infrastructure projects. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan where possible. Ped e s t r i a n a n d B i c y c l e P l a n n i n g Has a Coordinator on staff who manages the agency’s pedestrian and bicycle programs. Institu- tionalized Practice There is a manager and team of staff tasked with implementing these. Institutionalized practice. Has a formal, active Transportation Advisory Committee that address bicycle/ pedestrian issues. Institu- tionalized Practice Institutionalized practice. Has a recently-updated Active Transportation Plan (or similar) with strategic prioritized list of projects that reflects current best practices (e.g., Level of Traffic Stress analysis, inclusion of Class IV protected bicycle facilities). Occasional Practice Will achieve with the in-progress BPTP Update. Will achieve with BPTP Update. Has an ongoing Safe Routes to Schools program and funding for recent projects. Institu- tionalized Practice Institutionalized practice. Res e a r c h Develop safety performance functions specifically for fatal and serious injury crashes. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. Review existing crash data records to estimate the crash magnitude, in terms of kinetic energy, that was carried by involved parties prior to the crashes. After determining the range of kinetic energy magnitudes, make safety intervention and prioritize decisions with this in mind. Not a Current Practice Will achieve as part of this Plan. 2     Packet Pg. 94     BENCHMARKING SURVEY 89 Page intentionally left blank. 2     Packet Pg. 95     APPENDIX C 90 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Purpose The City of Palo Alto has been working hard to put out better programs and infrastructure for safer, more connected streets. Through the online survey, the community provided the City and consultant team with a quantitative understanding of what the community is in favor of or unfavorable to when it comes to having to make tough decisions on policy and guidance documentation. Streamlining the type of responses allows policymakers to not have to make exceptions to citywide decisions. The interactive map, originally prepared for the Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan (BPTP) Update project, allowed community members to specify locations where safety could be enhanced. The Palo Alto Safety Action Plan collaborated with BPTP Update to use the responses from the map to identify locations where the high-injury network and destinations for bicyclists and pedestrians would interact. Survey Period September 27, 2023 – December 29, 2023 Survey Mechanism The survey was administered online through the City’s website. The survey was open to all citizens and was posted to the SS4A Safety Action Plan Webpage. A total of 766 responses were received. The survey questions can be found below. APPENDIX C: SURVEY & INTERACTIVE WEBMAP RESPONSES FROM ENGAGEMENT Survey Dissemination • Project website • Palo Alto Commissions and Committees • Human Relations Commission • Planning and Transportation Commission • Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee • City/School Transportation Safety Committee • Palo Alto Unified School District – Principal Liaisons • Palo Alto Council of PTAs • Alta Housing • Avenidas • California Avenue Farmer’s Market • College Terrace Residents Association • La Comida • Lytton Gardens • Palo Alto High School’s Verde Magazine • Palo Alto Jewish Community Center • Second Harvest Food Bank • Stanford Campus Community • Stanford Research Park 2     Packet Pg. 96     SURVEY & INTERACTIVE WEBMAP RESPONSES FROM ENGAGEMENT 91 Survey Questions 1. Where do you live?  2. Have you or your family been personally affected by a fatal or severe traffic crash  3. When making decisions about road or street design, pedestrian and bicyclists’ safety should be prioritized over motor vehicle delays.  4. When making decisions about road or street design, pedestrian and bicyclists’ safety should be prioritized over on- street parking.   5. In areas where children or elderly may be present, the road or street should be designed for cars to drive 20 mph or slower.   6. Roadway changes that reduce roadway lanes or parking should be prioritized to enhance safety for pedestrians and bicyclists.   7. In downtown areas or commercial corridors, space for people to walk, bike, and cross the street safely should be prioritized over on-street parking for cars.  8. In areas that do not have a history of crashes but have a similar context or design as other areas experiencing high crashes we should implement countermeasures to proactively prevent similar crashes from occurring.  9. I would support the installation of speed safety cameras (automated enforcement) once approved for use in California.  10. I support the goal of eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries on roads in Palo Alto.   11. I believe it is possible to eliminate traffic fatalities and serious injuries on roads and streets in Palo Alto through different road engineering, public education, and enforcement strategies.   12. I am willing to change my behavior when driving to help reduce the risk of fatally or seriously injuring myself or another person.   13. Roadway or street lighting should be used to improve nighttime visibility.   14. I would like to see more roundabouts implemented at high-risk locations.  15. I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in the downtown/University Avenue area.  16. I feel safe biking with my family along or crossing streets in the downtown/University Avenue area.  17. I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in the California Avenue area.  18. I feel safe biking with my family along or crossing streets in the California Avenue area.  19. I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in neighborhoods.  20. I feel safe biking along or crossing streets in neighborhoods.  21. I feel safe walking along or crossing El Camino Real.  22. I feel safe biking along El Camino Real.  23. I feel safe crossing El Camino Real while riding on my bike.  24. I feel safe walking to and from the Palo Alto Caltrain Station  25. I feel safe biking to and from the Palo Alto Caltrain Station  26. I feel safe walking to and from the California Avenue Caltrain Station  27. I feel safe biking to and from the California Avenue Caltrain Station  28. What is your race? (optional)   29. What is your annual household income? (optional)  2     Packet Pg. 97     APPENDIX C 92 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan 19% 58% 20% 3% I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in the downtown/University Avenue area. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 31% 54% 11% 4% I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in the California Avenue area. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 27% 58% 12% 3% I feel safe walking with my family along or crossing streets in neighborhoods. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 8% 33% 43% 17% I feel safe biking with my family along or crossing streets in the downtown/University Avenue area. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 22% 46% 23% 8% I feel safe biking with my family along or crossing streets in the California Avenue area. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 20% 49% 24% 6% I feel safe biking with my family along or crossing streets in neighborhoods. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 2     Packet Pg. 98     SURVEY & INTERACTIVE WEBMAP RESPONSES FROM ENGAGEMENT 93 Interactive Webmap The key concerns identified through the webmap include: Bike and pedestrian facilities and access • Improve bike lanes to downtown • Include safety enhancements along school routes – upgrade rolled curbs, install RRFBs, traffic calming, repaint high-visibility crosswalks • Include additional safety enhancements in the Downtown area – longer pedestrian signal timings, bike box, upgrade signal heads • Identify ways to mitigate vehicles parking/driving in the bike lanes Road design • Conduct roadway space reallocation feasibility studies • Improve sight distance and intersections to enhance visibility of pedestrians and bicyclists Safety education • Increase education for all road users • Prepare policy and promote education around electric bicycles 5% 30% 37% 27% I feel safe walking along or crossing El Camino Real. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 1%6% 27% 65% I feel safe biking along or crossing El Camino Real. Strongly Agree Agree Disagree Strongly Disagree 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% California Avenue area California CaltrainStation Downtown/UniversityAvenue area.Palo Alto CaltrainStation Walking Biking 2     Packet Pg. 99     APPENDIX D 94 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan APPENDIX D: SAFETY FOCUS AREAS TABLE D-1: SAFETY FOCUS AREAS Safety Focus Area  Factors  Number of Crashes  Potential Roadway Design Countermeasures in addition to Systemic Speed Management   Additional Notes  Pedestrians on Arterials at Night1 Pedestrians and vehicles involved parties, time of day, location is classified as arterial 22 crashes 4 KSI (9%) Curb extensions (with GSI where feasible), extended pedestrian crossing time, pedestrian refuge islands and median (with GSI where feasible), signing and striping improvements, daylighting intersections, improved pedestrian scale lighting, rest in red signal timing, enhanced uncontrolled crosswalks, sidewalks, roundabouts 95% of crashes occurred at intersections Pedestrians on Major Downtown Streets2 Pedestrians and vehicles involved parties, location is Downtown 3 KSI (6%) Curb extensions (with GSI where feasible), extended pedestrian crossing time, raised crosswalks, pedestrian refuge island and median, signing and striping improvements, daylighting intersections, improved pedestrian scale lighting, roundabouts, pedestrian scrambles, protected or restricted turns • 1 KSI occurred in 2019 prior to Slow Streets • 2 KSIs occurred in late 2020 while downtown streets were closed • Most crashes occurred during the day • All crashes occurred at intersections 90 Degree Angle Conflicts with Bicyclists Bicyclists and vehicles involved parties 144 crashes 6 KSI (13%) Bike boxes, two stage turn boxes, turn restrictions, lane reductions, protected intersections, roundabouts 74% of these crashes occurred on streets with existing bicycle facilities Walk & Roll Routes Crossing Higher Stress Streets Bicyclists and vehicles involved parties, Walk & Roll Bike Route, LTS3 82 crashes 2 KSI (4%) Roundabouts, protected intersections, enhanced uncontrolled crosswalks, daylighting, or separate signal phasing • 99% of crashes occurred at intersections • 88% of crashes occurred on streets with existing bicycle facilities intersections 2     Packet Pg. 100     SAFETY FOCUS AREAS 95 Notes: 1. 6 PM – 6 AM 2. Downtown is bounded by Middlefield Road to the north, El Camino Real to the south, Channing Avenue to the east, and Hawthorne to the west 3. Level of traffic stress (LTS) measures a bicyclist’s perceived stress along different streets. LTS is ranked from 1-4, with 1 being the most comfortable facilities such as a dedicated bike path. 4. The data does not include the two recent youth crashes that occurred in 2023 TABLE D-1: SAFETY FOCUS AREAS Safety Focus Area  Factors  Number of Crashes  Potential Roadway Design Countermeasures in addition to Systemic Speed Management   Additional Notes  Children Riding Bicycles4 Bicyclists and vehicles involved parties, youth 68 crashes 3 KSI (6%) Bicycle boulevards and separated bikeways Drivers on Residential Arterials Vehicle to vehicle involved parties, location is classified as arterial 6 KSI (13%) Signing and striping improvements; access management; intersection treatment such as dedicated left turn lanes, protected left turns, rest in red, extended clearance times, and no right turn on red • 96% of crashes occurred at intersections • ~2/3 of crashes occurred at night Alcohol Involved Vehicle is involved party, at least one party was under the influence of drugs or alcohol 40 crashes 7 KSI (15%) Rest in red signal timing, rumble strips, guardrails and barriers, improved lighting, signage and striping enhancements, medians, uncontrolled crosswalk enhancements, roundabouts • 86% of crashes occurred at night • ~1/2 occurred between Friday and Sunday 2     Packet Pg. 101     APPENDIX E 96 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Bikeways Bicycle Crossing (Solid Green Paint) Bicycle Ramp Bicycle Signal/Exclusive Bike Phase Bicycles May Use Full Lane Sign Bike Box Bike Detection Bike Lane Bike-Friendly Drain Buffered Bike Lane Door Zone Markings Extend Bike Lane to Intersection Extend Green Time For Bikes Floating Transit Island or Bus Boarding Island Green Conflict Striping Mixing Zone Separated Bikeway Shared-Use Path Two-Stage Turn Queue Bike Box Pedestrian Facilities Add Sidewalk Audible Push Button Upgrade Co-Locate Bus Stops and Pedestrian Crossings Curb Extensions Extend Time Push Button High-Visibility Crosswalk Landscape Buffer Leading Pedestrian Interval and Pedestrian Recall Pedestrian Countdown Timer Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon Remove Crossing Prohibition Restripe Crosswalk Upgrade Curb Ramp Widen Sidewalk Signals Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection Extend Pedestrian Crossing Time Extend Yellow and All Red Time Flashing Yellow Turn Phase Pedestrian Scramble Prohibit Left Turn Prohibit Right-Turn-on-Red Prohibit Turns During Pedestrian Phase Protected Left Turns Retroreflective Tape on Signals Separate Right-Turn Phasing Shorten Cycle Length Signal Interconnectivity and Coordination / Green Wave Speed Sensitive Rest in Red Signal Supplemental Signal Heads Upgrade Signal Head list of countermeasures APPENDIX E: COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 2     Packet Pg. 102     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 97 Signing and Striping Advance Stop Bar Advance Yield Markings Chevron Signs on Horizontal Curves Curve Advance Warning Sign Flashing Beacon as Advance Warning LED-Enhanced Sign Painted Centerline and Raised Pavement Markers at Curves on Residential Streets Speed Feedback Sign Speed Legends on Pavement at Neighborhood Entries Striping Through Intersection Time-Based Turn Restriction Upgrade Intersection Pavement Markings Upgrade Signs with Fluorescent Sheeting Upgrade Striping Upgrade to Larger Warning Signs Wayfinding Yield To Pedestrians Sign Intersections & Roadways All-Way Stop Control Centerline Hardening Close Slip Lane Directional Median Openings to Restrict Left Turns Guardrail Improved Pavement Friction Intersection Reconstruction and Tightening Lane Narrowing Left Turn Enhanced Daylighting/ Slow Turn Wedge Median Barrier Neighborhood Traffic Circle Partial Closure/Diverter Protected Intersection Raised Crosswalk Raised Intersection Raised Median Reduced Left-Turn Conflict Intersection Refuge Island Roadway Space Reallocation Roundabout Rumble Strips Safety Edge Signal Speed Hump or Speed Table Splitter Island Straighten Crosswalk Superelevation at Horizontal Curve Locations Widen/Pave Shoulder Other Access Management/ Close Driveway Back-In Angled Parking Create or Increase Clear Zone Curbside Management Delineators, Reflectors, and/ or Object Markers Far-Side Bus Stop Impact Attenuators Intersection Lighting Median Guardrail Red Light Camera Relocate Select Hazardous Utility Poles Remove Obstructions For Sightlines Segment Lighting Speed Limit Reduction Upgrade Lighting to LED 2     Packet Pg. 103     APPENDIX E 98 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Median Barrier Barrier in the center of the roadway that physically separates opposing vehicular traffic. Median barriers can also help control access to and from side streets and driveways, reducing the number of conflict points. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R03 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Remove Severe Conflicts Countermeasure title Countermeasure icon Countermeasure description Countermeasure cost (excluding ROW costs) and the availability of low cost/quick build alternatives$ = less than $15k $$ = from $15k to $150k $$$ = greater than $150k Relevant crash type(s) addressed by the countermeasure Countermeasure category Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Median Barrier Barrier in the center of the roadway that physically separates opposing vehicular traffic. Median barriers can also help control access to and from side streets and driveways, reducing the number of conflict points. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R03 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Remove Severe Conflicts Safe System Hierarchy tier(s) what you’ll see in this toolbox 2     Packet Pg. 104     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 99 Bicycle Crossing (Solid Green Paint) Solid green paint across an intersection signifies the path of the bicycle crossing. Increases visibility of bicyclists’ anticipated path of travel through an intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Bicycle Ramp A ramp that connects bicyclists from the road to the sidewalk or a shared use path. Cost $ BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 105     APPENDIX E 100 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Bicycle Signal/ Exclusive Bike Phase A traffic signal directing bicycle traffic across an intersection. Separates in time bicycle movements from conflicting motor vehicle, streetcar, light rail, or pedestrian movements. May be applicable for Class IV facilities when the bikeway is brought up to the intersection. Cost $$$ BIKEWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Bicycles May Use Full Lane Sign A sign placed on roads with lanes that are too narrow to allow safe side-by-side in-lane passing of a bicyclist by a motorist - signs indicate that bicyclists may occupy the full lane. Intended to encourage motorists to provide ample space between side of the vehicle and an adjacent bicyclist when passing. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 106     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 101 Bike Box A designated area between the crosswalk and vehicle stop bar at a signalized intersection that is often painted green where bicyclists can wait during a red signal phase. The use of the bike box places bicyclists in a location where they are more visible to motorists. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S20PB BIKEWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Bike Detection Technology used at signalized intersections, either through use of push-buttons, in-pavement loops, or by video or infrared cameras, to call a green light for bicyclists and reduce delay for bicycle travel. Discourages red light running by bicyclists and increases convenience of bicycling. Cost $$ BIKEWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 107     APPENDIX E 102 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Bike Lane Bike lanes designate an exclusive space for bicyclists using pavement markings and signage. The bike lane is located adjacent to motor vehicle travel lanes and flows in the same direction as motor vehicle traffic. Bike lanes are typically on the right side of the street, between the adjacent travel lane and curb, road edge, or travel lane. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R32PB BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Bike-Friendly Drain Drains that avoid placing grating in the right-of-way that may pose a hazard to bicyclists by increasing their risk of falling. Cost $$ BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 108     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 103 Buffered Bike Lane Buffered Bike Lanes are standard bike lanes paired with a designated horizontal buffer space, separating the bicycle lane from the adjacent motor vehicle travel lane and/or parking lane. This type of bikeway provides greater distance between vehicles and bicycles; provides space for bicyclists to pass each other; provides greater space for bicycling without making the bike lane appear so wide that it might be mistaken for a travel lane; and encourages bicycling by contributing to the perception of safety. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R32PB BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Door Zone Markings Pavement markings denoting door zone of parked vehicles to raise awareness of bicyclists and motorists of that conflict area where an open car door could obstruct the path of a passing bicyclist. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 109     APPENDIX E 104 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Extend Bike Lane to Intersection In locations where a bike lane is dropped due to the addition of a right turn pocket, the intersection approach may be restriped to allow for bicyclists to move to the left side of right turning vehicles ahead of reaching the intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Extend Green Time For Bikes Prolongs the green phase when bicyclists are present to provide additional time for bicyclists to clear the intersection. Can occur automatically in the signal phasing or when prompted with bicycle detection. Topography should be considered in clearance time. Cost $ LRSM ID S03 BIKEWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 110     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 105 Floating Transit Island or Bus Boarding Island Transit boarding island that is designed to allow bicycles to pass between the sidewalk and island thereby avoiding a bus-bike conflict when the bus stops at the boarding island. Can be used in combination with a bike lane, bufferred bike lane, or separated bike lane. The treatment can also reduce vehicle speeds as the island itself visually narrows the roadway and can have a traffic calming effect. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Green Conflict Striping Green conflict striping is green pavement markings in a dashed pattern that extend across bike lanes approaching an intersection and/or going through an intersection. Green conflict striping improves and increases the visibility of bicyclists and potential conflict points so motorists and bicyclists can use caution when traveling toward and through an intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 111     APPENDIX E 106 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Mixing Zone A mixing zone is where a suggested bike lane is within the inside portion of a dedicated motor vehicle turn lane. Lane markings delineate space for bicyclists and motorists within the same lane and indicate the intended path for bicyclists to reduce conflict with turning motor vehicles. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Separated Bikeway A separated bikeway, also called a cycletrack, provides dedicated street space, typically adjacent to outer vehicle travel lanes, with physical separation from vehicle traffic, designated lane markings, pavement legends, and signage. Physical separation may consist of plastic posts, parked vehicles, raised median, or a curb (if the separated bike lane is raised to sidewalk level). Separated bikeways reduce conflicts between people biking and motorists. They also provide more physical protection that further reduces the risk of severe conflicts between bicycles and vehicles on the road. Separated bike lanes can also help manage or reduce vehicle speeds as some of the design features can have a traffic calming effect. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R33PB BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 112     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 107 Shared-Use Path Shared-use paths or trails are off-street facilities that provide exclusive use for nonmotorized travel, including bicyclists and pedestrians. They could be located alongside a roadway, or exist in a separate right-of-way. Bike paths have minimal cross flow with motorists and can be utilized for both recreational and commute trips. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Two-Stage Turn Queue Bike Box This roadway treatment provides bicyclists with a means of making a left turn at a multi-lane signalized intersection from a bike lane or cycle track on the far right side of the roadway. In this way, bicyclists are removed from the flow of traffic while waiting to turn. Use of this treatment could be mirrored for right-turns from a one-way street with a left-side bikeway. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available BIKEWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 113     APPENDIX E 108 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan All-Way Stop Control An all-way stop-controlled intersection requires all vehicles to stop before crossing the intersection. An all-way stop-controlled intersection reduces the risk of severe conflicts as long as all road users see and obey the stop signs. The MUTCD (Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices) includes information on when and how to implement “All Way” Or “Multi-Way” stop control intersections. Cost $ LRSM ID NS02 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Centerline Hardening Centerline hardening involves placing durable plastic bollards, flex posts, and/or rubber curbs along the centerline. When used at intersections, they can be effective at requiring motorists to make left-turn movements at a 90-degree angle, thereby slowing vehicle speeds and improving motorists’ visibility of the crosswalks across which they travel when turning. When used along a roadway segment, they can be effective at generally slowing vehicle speeds and preventing undesirable left-turning and/or U-turns between intersections. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 114     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 109 Other Reference InformationFHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=24 Close Slip Lane Modifies the corner of an intersection to remove the sweeping right turn lane for vehicles. Results in shorter crossings for pedestrians, reduced speed for turning vehicles, better sight lines, and space for landscaping and other amenities. Cost $$$ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Directional Median Openings to Restrict Left Turns A directional median opening restricts specific turning movements, such as allowing a left-turn from a major street but not from a minor street. A directional median opening to restrict left turn improves safety by reducing the number of conflict points. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S14 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 115     APPENDIX E 110 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Guardrail Guardrail redirects a vehicle away from embankment slopes or fixed objects and dissipates the energy of an errant vehicle. Guardrail is installed to reduce the severity of lane departure crashes. However, guardrail can reduce crash severity only for those conditions where striking the guardrail is less severe than going down an embankment or striking a fixed object. Cost $$ LRSM ID R04 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Improved Pavement Friction High friction surface treatments improve a vehicles’ ability to stay on the roadway as well as come to a stop over a shorter distance. The treatment can be used to help address roadway departure crashes and/or intersection crashes on approach to unsignalized intersections. Cost $$ LRSM ID R21 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 116     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 111 Intersection Reconstruction and Tightening Intersections that intersect at a skewed angle or angle notably different than 90-degrees have a greater likelihood of collisions. Squaring up the intersection helps reduce the likelihood of collisions. “Squaring up” an intersection as close to 90 degrees as possible involves intersection reconstruction and approach realignment to provide better visibility for all road users, also reducing high speed turns, reducing length exposure for vehicles and/or bikes passing through the intersection, and reducing pedestrian crossing length. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Lane Narrowing Lane narrowing reduces the width of the marked vehicle lanes to encourage motorists to travel at slower speeds. Lane narrowing can also help reallocate existing roadway space to other road users. Cost $ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 117     APPENDIX E 112 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Left Turn Enhanced Daylighting/Slow Turn Wedge Uses paint and bollards to extend the curb and slow left turns at intersections of one-way to one-way or two-way streets. Widening the turning radii of left-turning vehicles expands the field of vision for drivers and increases the visibility of pedestrians. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Median Barrier Barrier in the center of the roadway that physically separates opposing vehicular traffic. Median barriers can also help control access to and from side streets and driveways, reducing the number of conflict points. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R03 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 118     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 113 Other Reference InformationFHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=34 Neighborhood Traffic Circle Neighborhood traffic circles are circular intersections similar to roundabouts, but are stop controlled on the approach and intended for smaller intersections. Typically, they supplement existing stop-controlled intersections with a circular island in the center that is designed to slow traffic and eliminates severe conflict points (such as conflicting left-turn movements). Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Partial Closure/Diverter A roadway treatment that restricts through vehicle movements using physical diversion while allowing bicyclists and pedestrians to proceed through an intersection in all directions. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 119     APPENDIX E 114 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationEvolution of the Protected Intersection, Alta Planning and Design, December 2015. https://altaplanning.com/wp-content/uploads/Evolution-of-the-Protected-Intersection_ALTA-2015.pdf Protected Intersection Protected intersections use corner islands, curb extensions, and colored paint to delineate bicycle and pedestrian movements across an intersection. Slower driving speeds and shorter crossing distance increase safety for pedestrians. Separates bicycles from pedestrians as well as moving vehicles. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Raised Crosswalk A Raised Crosswalk is a pedestrian crosswalk that is typically elevated 3-6 inches above the road or at sidewalk level. A Raised Crosswalk improves increases crosswalk and pedestrian visibility and slows down motorists. Cost $$ LRSM ID R36PB INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 120     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 115 Other Reference InformationNote: some studies in CMF Clearinghouse show an increase in crashes. See additional source below showing decrease. (1) Perkins+Will Consultant Team. “Pedestrians at Multi-Modal Intersections.” Better Market Street Existing Conditions & Best Practices, Part Two: Best Practices 36-58, City & County of San Francisco, San Francisco. http://www.bettermarketstreetsf.org/about-reports-existing-conditions.html (2) Bhatt, Shailen, Natalie Barnhart, Mark Luszcz, Tom Meyer, & Michael Sommers. “Delaware Traffic Calming Design Manual.” Delaware Department of Transportation, State of Delaware, Dover, DE. https://nacto.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DE-Trafc-Calming-Manual_2012.pdf (3) King, Michael R, Jon A Carnegie, and Reid Ewing. “Pedestrian Safety through a Raised Median and Redesigned Intersections.” Journal of the Transportation Research Board 1828 (1), 56-66, Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC. https://trid.trb.org/view/663867 (4) Fitzpatrick, Kay, Mark D Wooldridge, and Joseph D Blaschke. “Urban Intersection Design Guide: Volume 1–Guidelines.” Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University System, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, TX. https://static.tti.tamu.edu/tti.tamu.edu/documents/0-4365-P2.pdf Raised Intersection Elevates the intersection to bring vehicles to the sidewalk level. Serves as a traffic calming measure by extending the sidewalk context across the road. Cost $$$ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds Raised Median Curbed sections in the center of the roadway that are physically separated from vehicular traffic. Raised medians can also help control access to and from side streets and driveways, reducing conflict points. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S12/NS14/R08 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 121     APPENDIX E 116 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Reduced Left-Turn Conflict Intersection Geometric designs that alter how left-turn movements occur can simplify decisions and minimize the potential for left-turn related crashes. Two designs that rely on U-turns to complete certain left-turn movements are known as the restricted crossing U-turn (RCUT) and the median U-turn (MUT). Both designs require some out of direction travel for vehicles. Cost $$$ LRSM ID NS16 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Refuge Island A Raised Median, or Refuge Island, is a raised barrier in the center of the roadway that can restrict certain turning movements and provide a place for pedestrians to wait if they are unable to finish crossing the intersection. A Raised Median reduces the number of potential conflict points with designated zones for vehicles to turn, and a pedestrian refuge island reduces the exposure for pedestrians crossing the intersection. Pedestrian refuge areas constructed from paint and plastic may be implemented as part of a low-cost/quick build project. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS19PB INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 122     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 117 Roadway Space Reallocation Reallocating roadway space by reducing space dedicated to vehicle travel lanes to create room for bicycle facilities, wider sidewalks, or center turn lanescan reduce vehicle speeds and creates designated space for all road users. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R14 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Roundabout A roundabout is a type of circular intersection in which road traffic is permitted to flow in one direction around a central island, and priority is typically given to traffic already in the junction. The types of conflicts that occur at roundabouts are different from those occurring at conventional intersections; namely, severe conflicts from crossing and left-turn movements are not present in a roundabout. The geometry of a roundabout forces drivers to reduce speeds as they proceed through the intersection; the range of vehicle speeds is also narrowed, reducing the severity of crashes when they do occur. Pedestrians also only have to cross one direction of traffic at a time at roundabouts, thus reducing exposure to vehicle traffic. Cost $$$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S16/NS04 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 123     APPENDIX E 118 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Rumble Strips Rumble strips create noise and vibration inside the vehicle that alert a driver as they cross the centerline or edge line. Treatment can help with lane keeping instances where a driver is distracted or drowsy. Rumble strips also alert drivers to the lane limits when conditions such as rain, fog, snow, or dust reduce driver visibility. Cost $ LRSM ID R30/R31 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Safety Edge When a vehicle leaves the traveled way and encounters a pavement-shoulder drop-off, it can be difficult for the driver to return safely to the roadway. A safety edge is a treatment intended to minimize the severity of roadway or lane departure crashes. With this treatment, the shoulder pavement edge is sloped at an angle (30-35 degrees) to make it easier for a driver to safely reenter the roadway after inadvertently driving onto the shoulder. This treatment could be incorporated as a standard practice in overlay or roadway resurfacing projects. Cost $ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 124     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 119 Other Reference InformationCurrently the CMF Clearinghouse has only one reference for ped/vehicle collisions which indicates an increase in crash likelihood. However, a majority of references for all crash types show a decrease in collisions. See additional reference: FHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Signal Traffic signals at intersections control the flow of traffic by assigning right-of-way to different movements at different times. Some traffic signal phasing is more effective at reducing the likelihood of severe injury collisions. For example, protected left-turn signal phasing reduces the likelihood of severe left-turn collisions more effectively than permitted left-turn signal phasing. Cost $$$ LRSM ID NS03 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Speed Hump or Speed Table These traffic calming devices use vertical deflection to raise the entire wheelbase of a vehicle and encourage motorists to travel at slower speeds. Cost $ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 125     APPENDIX E 120 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Splitter Island A raised area that separates the two directions of travel on the minor street approach at an unsignalized intersection or roundabout. Helps channelize traffic in opposing directions of travel. Also helps improve the visibility of an intersection when approaching it. Provides a refuge for pedestrians. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS13 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Straighten Crosswalk Straightening crosswalks improves sight lines, making pedestrians more visible to oncoming drivers, and may shorten the crossing distance, reducing the length of time required for pedestrians to cross an intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 126     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 121 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Superelevation at Horizontal Curve Locations Superelevation is the rotation of the pavement on the approach to and through a horizontal curve and is intended to assist the driver in negotiating the curve by counteracting the lateral acceleration produced by tracking. In other words, the road is designed so that the pavement rises as it curves, offsetting the horizontal sideways momentum of the approaching vehicle. Superelevation can help vehicles stay on the roadway. Superelevation can also inadvertently make it easier for drivers to drive at higher than desirable speeds. Consider the target or desired speed for a roadway and relevant design guidance when selecting appropriate superelevation. Cost $$ INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Widen/Pave Shoulder Widened and paved shoulders, which may also include flattening the slopes along the sides of the roadway, create a separated space for bicyclists, create space for a driver to safely recover if they inadvertently depart the travel lane, and also provide space for inoperable vehicles to pull out of the travel lane. The addition of a paved shoulder to an existing road can help to reduce run-off-road crashes. Benefits can be realized for high-risk rural roads without paved shoulders, regardless of existing lane pavement width. Adding paved shoulders within horizontal curve sections may help agencies maximize the benefits of the treatment while minimizing costs as opposed to adding paved shoulders to an entire corridor. Cost $$ LRSM ID R15 INTERSECTIONS & ROADWAYS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 127     APPENDIX E 122 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationData in the CMF Clearinghouse is currently limited to bicycle/vehicle collisions. See additional reference: FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=1 Add Sidewalk Adding sidewalks provides a separated and continuous facility for people to walk along the roadway. Cost $$$ LRSM ID R34PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationAudible Push Button Upgrade and Extended Time Pushbutton: FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=52 Audible Push Button Upgrade Push buttons must comply with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA) standards for accessibility. Pushbuttons should be visible and conveniently located for pedestrians waiting at a crosswalk. Accessible pedestrian signals, including audible push buttons, improve access for pedestrians who are blind or have low vision. Public Rights of Way Accessibility Guidelines (PROWAG) includes accessibility design guidance. Cost $ PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Manage Conflicts in Time Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 128     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 123 Co-Locate Bus Stops and Pedestrian Crossings Place bus stops and pedestrian crossings in close proximity to allow transit riders to cross the street at well-designed crossing locations. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference Information(1) Application of Pedestrian Crossing Treatments for Streets and Highways, NCHRP, 2016. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24634/application-of-pedestrian-crossing-treatments-for-streets-and-highways (2) Development of Crash Modification Factors for Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossing Treatments, NCHRP, 2017. https://www.nap.edu/catalog/24627/development-of-crash-modifcation-factors-for-uncontrolled-pedestrian-crossing-treatments (3) Evaluation of Pedestrian-Related Roadway Measures, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, 2014. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/PedestrianLitReview_April2014.pdf Curb Extensions A curb extension is a traffic calming measure that widens the sidewalk for a short distance to enhance the pedestrian crossing. This reduces the crossing distance and allows pedestrians and drivers to see each other when parked vehicles would otherwise block visibility. Paint and plastic curb extensions are a low-cost/quick-build option. Cost $$ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS21PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 129     APPENDIX E 124 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationAudible Push Button Upgrade and Extended Time Pushbutton: FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=52 Extend Time Push Button A push button that can be pressed to request extra time for using the crosswalk, beyond the standard crossing time. Ideal near senior-serving land uses. Cost $ PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 High-Visibility Crosswalk A high-visibility crosswalk has a striped pattern with ladder markings made of high-visibility material, such as thermoplastic tape, instead of paint. A high-visibility crosswalk improves the visibility of marked crosswalks and provides motorists a cue to slow down and yield to pedestrians. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S18/NS20 PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 130     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 125 Landscape Buffer Separating drivers from bicyclists and pedestrians using landscaping provides more space between the modes and can produce a traffic calming effect by encouraging drivers to drive at slower speeds, lowering the risk of crashing. Cost $$ PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Reduce Vehicle Speeds Other Reference InformationPedestrian Phase Recall: Evaluation of Pedestrian-Related Roadway Measures, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, 2014. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/PedestrianLitReview_April2014.pdf Leading Pedestrian Interval and Pedestrian Recall At intersection locations that have a high volume of turning vehicles and have high pedestrian vs. vehicle crashes, a leading pedestrian interval gives pedestrians the opportunity to enter an intersection 3 - 7 seconds before vehicles are given a green indication. With this head start, pedestrians can better establish their presence in the crosswalk before vehicles have priority to turn left or right. Pedestrian recall is a traffic signal timing function that causes a pedestrian walk phase to activate automatically every cycle. Cost $ LRSM ID S21PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 131     APPENDIX E 126 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Pedestrian Countdown Timer Displays “countdown” of seconds remaining on the pedestrian signal. Countdown indications improve safety for all road users, and are required for all newly installed traffic signals where pedestrian signals are installed. Cost $$ LRSM ID S17PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Pedestrian Hybrid Beacon A pedestrian-hybrid beacon (PHB) is used at unsignalized intersections or mid-block crosswalks to notify oncoming motorists to stop with a series of red and yellow lights. Unlike a traffic signal, the PHB rests in dark until a pedestrian activates it via pushbutton or other form of detection. Cost $$$ LRSM ID NS23PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Manage Conflicts in Time Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 132     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 127 Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacon A rectangular rapid flashing beacon (RRFB) is a pedestrian-activated flashing light with additional signage to alert motorists of a pedestrian crossing. An RRFB increases the visibility of marked crosswalks and provides motorists a cue to slow down and yield to pedestrians. RRFBs and other pedestrian devices are evaluated using NCHRP 562 methodology. Cost $$ LRSM ID NS22PB PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Remove Crossing Prohibition Removes existing crossing prohibitions and provides marked crosswalk and other crossing enhancements for pedestrians to cross the street. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 133     APPENDIX E 128 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationFHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=4 Restripe Crosswalk Periodic restriping of crosswalks is necessary to maintaing visibility of the traffic markings. Crosswalk may be restriped with high visibility markings. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationFHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=3 Upgrade Curb Ramp Tactile warning devices must be detectable to visually impaired pedestrians. Curb ramps must follow PROWAG and local design guidelines. Cost $$ PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 134     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 129 Widen Sidewalk Widening sidewalks provides a more comfortable space for pedestrians, particularly in locations with high volumes of pedestrians, and provides space to accommodate people in wheelchairs. Widening sidewalks reduces the likelihood of collisions with pedestrians walking in the road. Cost $$ PEDESTRIAN FACILITIES Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Advanced Dilemma Zone Detection The Advanced Dilemma-Zone Detection system adjusts the start time of the yellow-signal phase (i.e. earlier or later) based on observed vehicle locations and speeds. The Advanced Dilemma-Zone Detection system minimizes the number of drivers that are faced with the dilemma of determining if they should stop at the intersection or drive through the intersection based on their speed and distance from the intersection. Cost $$ LRSM ID S04 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 135     APPENDIX E 130 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Extend Pedestrian Crossing Time Increases time for pedestrian walk phases, especially to accommodate vulnerable populations, such as children and the elderly. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S03 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Extend Yellow and All Red Time Extending yellow and all red time increases the time allotted for the yellow and red lights during a signal phase. Extending yellow and all red time allows drivers and bicyclists a few additional seconds of time at the end of a signal phase to cross through a signalized intersection before conflicting traffic movements are permitted to enter the intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S03 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 136     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 131 Flashing Yellow Turn Phase Flashing yellow turn arrow alerts drivers to proceed with caution and decide if there is a sufficient gap in oncoming traffic to safely make a turn. To be used only when a pedestrian walk phase is not called. Protected-only phases should be used when pedestrians are present. Cost $$ SIGNALS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Pedestrian Scramble A form of pedestrian “WALK” phase at a signalized intersection in which all vehicular traffic is required to stop, allowing pedestrians to cross through the intersection in any direction, including diagonally. Cost $$ LRSM ID S03 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 137     APPENDIX E 132 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Prohibit Left Turn Prohibitions of left turns at locations where a turning vehicle may conflict with pedestrians in the crosswalk or where opposing traffic volume is high. Reduces pedestrian interaction with vehicles when crossing. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S15/NS16 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationCurrently the CMF Clearinghouse does not include specific studies; however, permitting right-turns-on-red shows an increase in ped/vehicle crashes. Additional information is available at the FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=49 Prohibit Right-Turn-on-Red Prohibiting right-turn-on-red movements should be considered at skewed intersections, or where exclusive pedestrian “WALK” phases, Leading Pedestrian Intervals (LPIs), sight distance issues, or high pedestrian volumes are present. Can help prevent crashes between vehicles turning right on red from one street and through vehicles on the cross street, and crashes involving pedestrians. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 138     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 133 Prohibit Turns During Pedestrian Phase Restricts left or right turns during the pedestrian crossing phase at locations where a turning vehicle may conflict with pedestrians in the crosswalk. This restriction may be displayed with a blank-out sign. Cost $ SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Protected Left Turns A protected left turn can be implemented at signalized intersections (with existing left turns pockets) that currently have a permissive left-turn or no left-turn protection. Providing protected left-turn phases for signalized intersections removes the need for the drivers to navigate through gaps in oncoming/opposing through vehicles. Cost $$ LRSM ID S06/S07 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 139     APPENDIX E 134 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Retroreflective Tape on Signals Retroreflective borders enhance the visibility of traffic signals for aging and color-vision-impaired drivers, enabling them to understand which signal indication is illuminated. Retroreflective borders may also alert drivers to signalized intersections during periods of power outages when the signals would otherwise be dark and non–reflective signal heads and backplates would not be visible. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S02 SIGNALS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference Information(1) Evaluation of Pedestrian-Related Roadway Measures, Pedestrian and Bicycle Information Center, 2014. http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downloads/PedestrianLitReview_April2014.pdf (2) FHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Separate Right-Turn Phasing Provides a green arrow phase for right-turning vehicles. Avoids conflicts between right-turning traffic and bicyclists or pedestrians crossing the intersection on their right. Cost $$$ SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 140     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 135 Other Reference InformationFHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=45 Shorten Cycle Length Traffic signal cycle lengths have a significant impact on the quality of the urban realm and consequently, the opportunities for bicyclists, pedestrians, and transit vehicles to operate effectively along a corridor. Long signal cycles, compounded over multiple intersections, can make crossing a street or walking even a short distance prohibitive and frustrating. Short cycle lengths of 60–90 seconds are ideal for urban areas. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Signal Interconnectivity and Coordination / Green Wave The emphasis on improving signal coordination for this countermeasure is to provide an opportunity for slow-speed signal coordination. Coordinating signals to allow for bicyclist progression, also known as a ‘green wave,’ gives bicyclists and pedestrians more time to cross through the ‘green wave’ intersections. It also slows vehicle speeds, helping to reduce the likelihood of severe collisions. Cost $$ LRSM ID S03 SIGNALS Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 141     APPENDIX E 136 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Speed Sensitive Rest in Red Signal At certain hours (e.g. late night) a signal remains red for all approaches or certain approaches until a vehicle arrives at the intersection. If the vehicle is going faster than the desired speed, the signal will not turn green until after vehicle stops. If the vehicle is going the desired speed the signal will change to green before the vehicle arrives. This signal timing provides operational benefit to drivers traveling at the desired speed limit. Can be paired with variable speed warning signs. Cost $$ LRSM ID R26 SIGNALS Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds Supplemental Signal Heads Additional signal heads allow drivers to anticipate signal changes farther away from intersections. Supplemental traffic signals may be placed on the near side of an intersection, far-left, far-right, or very high. Cost $$ LRSM ID S02 SIGNALS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 142     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 137 Upgrade Signal Head Upgrading Signal Heads replaces existing 8-inch signal heads with 12-inch signal heads to comply with the California MUTCD’s 2014 guidelines. Upgrading signal heads provides better visibility of intersection signals and by aiding drivers’ advanced perception of upcoming intersections. Cost $ LRSM ID S02 SIGNALS Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Advance Stop Bar An advanced stop bar is a horizontal stripe painted ahead of the crosswalk at stop signs and signals to indicate where drivers should stop. An advanced stop bar reduces instances of vehicles encroaching on the crosswalk. Creating a wider stop bar or setting the stop bar further back may be appropriate for locations with known crosswalk encroachment issues. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S20PB SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 143     APPENDIX E 138 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Advance Yield Markings Yield lines are placed 20 to 50 feet in advance of multi-lane pedestrian crossings to increase visibility of pedestrians. They can reduce the likelihood of a multiple-threat crash. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Chevron Signs on Horizontal Curves Post-mounted chevrons are intended to warn drivers of an approaching curve and provide tracking information and guidance to the drivers. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R23 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 144     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 139 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Curve Advance Warning Sign A curve advance warning sign notifies drivers of an approaching curve and may include an advisory speed limit as drivers navigate around the curve. This warning sign is ideally combined with other infrastructure that alerts drivers of the curve, such as chevron signs, delineators, and flashing beacons. A curve advance warning sign provides drivers additional time to slow down for the curve. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R24 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Flashing Beacon as Advance Warning A flashing beacon as an Advanced Warning is a blinking light with signage to notify motorists of an upcoming intersection or crosswalk. A flashing beacon provides motorists more time to be aware of and slow down for an intersection or yield to pedestrians crossing a crosswalk. Cost $$ LRSM ID S10 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 145     APPENDIX E 140 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan LED-Enhanced Sign An LED-Enhanced Sign has LED lights embedded in the sign to outline the sign itself or the words and symbols on the sign. The LEDs may be set to flash or operate in a steady mode. An LED-enhanced sign improves the visibility of signs at locations with visibility limitations or with a documented history of drivers failing to see or obey the sign (e.g. at STOP signs). Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS08 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Painted Centerline and Raised Pavement Markers at Curves on Residential Streets A raised pavement marker is a small device attached to the road and used as a positioning guide for drivers. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 146     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 141 Speed Feedback Sign A speed feedback sign notifies drivers of their current speed, usually followed by a reminder of the posted speed limit. A speed feedback sign provides a cue for drivers to check their speed and slow down, if necessary. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Speed Legends on Pavement at Neighborhood Entries Speed legends are numerals painted on the roadway indicating the current speed limit in miles per hour. They are usually placed near speed limit signposts. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 147     APPENDIX E 142 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Striping Through Intersection Adding clear pavement markings can guide motorists through complex intersections. Intersections where the lane designations are not clearly visible to approaching motorists and/or intersections noted as being complex and experiencing crashes that could be attributed to a driver’s unsuccessful attempt to navigate the intersection can benefit from this treatment. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID S09 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Time-Based Turn Restriction Restricts left-turns or right-turns during certain time periods when there may be increased potential for conflict (e.g., peak periods, school hours). Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Manage Conflicts in Time Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 148     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 143 Upgrade Intersection Pavement Markings Upgrading intersection pavement marking can include “Stop Ahead” markings and the addition of centerlines and stop bars. Upgrading intersection pavement markings can increase the visibility of intersections for drivers approaching and at the intersection. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS07 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Upgrade Signs with Fluorescent Sheeting Upgrading signs with fluorescent sheeting replaces existing signs with new signs that can clearly display warnings by reflecting headlamp light back to vehicles. Upgrading signs with fluorescent sheeting improves visibility of signs to drivers at night. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R22 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 149     APPENDIX E 144 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Upgrade Striping Restripe lanes with reflective striping to improve striping visibility and clarify lane assignment, especially where the number of lanes changes. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Upgrade to Larger Warning Signs Upgrading to larger warning signs replaces existing signs with physically larger signs with larger warning information. Upgrading to larger warning signs increases the visibility of the information provided, particularly for older drivers. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS06 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 150     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 145 Wayfinding A network of signs that highlight nearby pedestrian and bicycle facilities. Can help to reduce crossings at locations with poor sight distance or limited crossing enhancements. Cost $ SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Yield To Pedestrians Sign “Yield Here to Pedestrians” signs alert drivers about the presence of pedestrians. These signs are required with advance yield lines. Other sign types can be placed on the centerline in the roadway. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS06 SIGNING & STRIPING Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 151     APPENDIX E 146 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Other Reference InformationThe CMF Clearinghouse has limited research related to vehicle/pedestrian crashes. See additional reference: FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=20 Access Management/ Close Driveway Vehicles entering and exiting driveways may conflict with pedestrians and with vehicles on the main road, especially at driveways within 250 feet of intersections. Driveway consolidation reduces conflict points along a segment and/or near intersections. Cost $$ OTHER Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Back-In Angled Parking Back-In Angled Parking requires motorists to back into an angled on-street parking spot and to drive forward when exiting a parking spot. Back-in angled parking increases the visibility of passing vehicles and bicycles while exiting a spot, particularly if large adjacent vehicles obstruct sight, and allows trunk unloading to happen on the curb instead of in the street. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 152     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 147 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Create or Increase Clear Zone A clear zone is an unobstructed, traversable roadside area that allows a driver to stop safely or regain control of a vehicle that has left the roadway. The width of the clear zone is informed by roadway context, desired vehicle speeds, and agency design standards. Cost $$ OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Curbside Management Curbside management helps prioritize different uses that would otherwise be in conflict with one another such as location of bus stops, bicycle infrastructure, freight deliveries, passenger pick-ups/drop-offs, green stormwater infrastructure, public spaces, and parking management. Cost $ OTHER Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts 2     Packet Pg. 153     APPENDIX E 148 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Delineators, Reflectors, and/or Object Markers Delineators, reflectors and/or object markers are intended to warn drivers of an approaching curve or fixed object that cannot easily be removed. They are generally less costly than Chevron Signs as they don’t require posts to place along the roadside. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID R27 OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Far-Side Bus Stop Far-side bus stops are located immediately after an intersection, allowing the bus to pass through the intersection before stopping for passenger loading and unloading. Far-side stops encourage pedestrians to cross behind the bus for greater visibility and can improve transit service reliability. Cost $ OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 154     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 149 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Impact Attenuators Impact attenuators bring an errant vehicle to a more-controlled stop or redirect the vehicle away from a rigid object. Impact attenuators are typically used to shield rigid roadside objects such as concrete barrier ends, steel guardrail ends and bridge pillars from oncoming automobiles. Attenuators tend to be installed where it is impractical for the objects to be removed. Cost $$ LRSM ID R05 OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationPedestrian-Level Lighting: FHWA Pedestrian Safety Guide and Countermeasure Selection System. http://www.pedbikesafe.org/PEDSAFE/countermeasures_detail.cfm?CM_NUM=8 Intersection Lighting Adding intersection and/or pedestrian-scale lighting at intersections increases the visibility of all road users. This countermeasure is most effective at reducing or preventing collisions at intersections at night or in low-light conditions. When lighting pedestrian crosswalks, it is helpful to use lighting analysis to avoid designs that inadvertently introduce glare or backlight pedestrians, making it hard for motorists to see them. Cost $$ LRSM ID NS01 OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 155     APPENDIX E 150 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Median Guardrail The installation of median guardrail is most suitable for use in traversable medians having no or little change in grade and cross slope. While these systems may not reduce the frequency of crashes due to roadway departure, they can help prevent a lane-departure crash from becoming a head-on collision. Cost $$ OTHER Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Red Light Camera A red light camera enforces traffic signal compliance by capturing the image of a vehicle that has entered an intersection in spite of the traffic signal indicating red. The automatic photographic evidence is used by authorities to enforce traffic laws and issue traffic violation tickets. Cost $$ OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 156     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 151 Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Relocate Select Hazardous Utility Poles Relocating or removing utility poles from within the clear zone alleviates the potential for fixed-object crashes. If utility poles cannot be completely eliminated from within the clear zone, efforts can be made to either relocate the poles to a greater offset from the road or given high-visibility treatments. Cost $$ OTHER Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Remove Severe Conflicts Other Reference InformationFHWA Manual for Selecting Safety Improvements on High Risk Rural Roads Remove Obstructions For Sightlines Remove objects that may prevent drivers and pedestrians from having a clear sightline. May include installing red curb at intersection approaches to remove parked vehicles (also called “daylighting”), trimming or removing landscaping, or removing or relocating large signs. Cost $ Low Cost / Quick Build alternative available LRSM ID NS11 OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 157     APPENDIX E 152 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Segment Lighting Providing roadway lighting increases driver awareness and can improve visibility of other road users and/or objects in the roadway. Cost $$ LRSM ID R01 OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 Other Reference InformationTRB Study on Setting Speed Limits; also Richard, C. M., Magee, K., Bacon-Abdelmoteleb, P., & Brown, J. L. (2018, April). Countermeasures that work: A highway safety countermeasure guide for State Highway Safety Offices, Ninth edition (Report No. DOT HS 812 478). Washington, DC: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Speed Limit Reduction As an industry, there is a consistent movement away from setting speed limits solely based on 85th percentile vehicle speeds. Roadway characteristics, adjacent land use context, as well as the risk higher speeds create for all road users are now considered. Where separate space is not available for vulnerable road users and/or severe conflicts (e.g., crossing or turning conflicts) are present between motorvehicles speeds of 25 mph are preferable to reduce the risk of severe collisions. Where separated space is provided for vulnerable road users and severe conflicts between vehicles are managed, speed limits above 25 mph can be considered. Cost $ OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4Reduce Vehicle Speeds 2     Packet Pg. 158     COUNTERMEASURES TOOLBOX 153 Upgrade Lighting to LED Upgrading Lighting to LED replaces high-pressure sodium light bulbs with LED light bulbs in street lights. Upgrading Lighting to LED increases the visibility of pedestrians in crosswalks through greater color contrast and larger areas of light distribution. Cost $$ OTHER Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Safe System Hierarchy Tier 1 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 4 2     Packet Pg. 159     APPENDIX F 154 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan FEDERAL FUNDING Funding Source Program Purpose Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program The Safe Streets & Roads for All (SS4A) grant program is a new Federal grant program established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law centered around the Department of Transportation’s National Roadway Safety Strategy and its goal of zero deaths and serious injuries on America’s roadways. It will provide $5 billion in grant funding over 5 years to develop safety action plans and implement safety projects. Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program The FAST Act continued the CMAQ program to provide a flexible funding source to State and local governments for transportation projects and programs to help meet the requirements of the Clean Air Act. Funding is available to reduce congestion and improve air quality for areas that do not meet the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter (nonattainment areas) and for former nonattainment areas that are now in compliance (maintenance areas). Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) This program supports projects that for surface transportation infrastructure projects that will improve: safety; environmental sustainability; quality of life; mobility and community connectivity; economic competitiveness and opportunity including tourism; state of good repair; partnership and collaboration; and innovation. Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods Program The Reconnecting Communities and Neighborhoods program combines the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) and Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) discretionary grant programs into a single funding opportunity. The program funds projects that address the impact of transportation infrastructure, such as freeways and railroads, that form barriers for travel in communities. The program funds the removal, retrofit, mitigation, or replacement of the infrastructure in question. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program The Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program is a flexible program that provides communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs. Communities often use CDBG funds to construct and repair streets and sidewalks. APPENDIX F: FUNDING SOURCES 2     Packet Pg. 160     FUNDING SOURCES 155 STATE FUNDING Funding Source Program Purpose Highway Safety Improvement Program (HSIP) California’s Local HSIP focuses on infrastructure projects with nationally recognized crash reduction factors (CRFs). Local HSIP projects must be identified on the basis of crash experience, crash potential, crash rate, or other data-supported means. Active Transportation Program (ATP) ATP is a statewide competitive grant application process with the goal of encouraging increased use of active modes of transportation. The ATP consolidates existing federal and state transportation programs, including the Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP), Bicycle Transportation Account (BTA), and State Safe Routes to School (SR2S), into a single program with a focus to make California a national leader in active transportation. The ATP administered by the Division of Local Assistance, Office of State Programs. SB-1 Transportation Funding The State Transportation Improvement Program (STIP) is the biennial five-year plan for future allocations of certain state transportation funds for state highway improvements, intercity rail, and regional highway and transit improvements. Caltrans Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program This program is intended to encourage local and regional planning that furthers state goals, including, but not limited to, the goals and best practices cited in the Regional Transportation Plan Guidelines adopted by the California Transportation Commission. California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) OTS administers traffic safety grants in the following areas: Alcohol Impaired Driving, Distracted Driving, Drug-Impaired Driving, Emergency Medical Services, Motorcycle Safety, Occupant Protection, Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety, Police Traffic Services, Public Relations, Advertising, and Roadway Safety and Traffic Records. Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) The Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program makes it easier for Californians to drive less by making housing, jobs, and key destinations accessible by walking, biking, and transit. REGIONAL AND LOCAL FUNDING Funding Source Program Purpose MTC One Bay Area Grant (OBAG) Program Federally funded program administered by MTC to invest in local street and road maintenance, streetscape enhancements, bicycle and pedestrian improvements, transportation planning, and Safe Routes to School while advancing regional housing goals. Measure B Santa Clara County’s 2016 Measure B is a voter approved, 30-year, half-cent countywide sales tax to enhance transit, highways, expressways, and active transportation projects. City of Palo Alto Capital Budget The City’s Capital Budget is focused on capital and infrastructure project investments. OTHER FUNDING Funding Source Program Purpose Bloomberg Philanthropies Asphalt Art This program is intended to promote the use of asphalt art to enhance safety challenges. 2     Packet Pg. 161     APPENDIX G 156 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan APPENDIX G: UPDATED POLICIES & PROGRAMS LIST ● Tier 1: Remove Severe Conflicts ● Tier 2: Reduce Vehicle Speeds ● Tier 3: Manage Conflicts in Time ● Tier 4: Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Long-Term Education Program Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingLonger-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionCreate a long-term education program to change the travel habits of residents, visitors, shoppers, and workers by informing them about transportation alternatives, incentives, and impacts. Work with the PAUSD and with other public and private interests, such as the Chamber of Commerce and Commuter Wallet partners, to develop and implement this program. Recommended Safe System Pivot Prioritize education of decision makers and media/press. Street Closures - Open Streets Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ●● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionConsider marketing strategies such as a recurring Palo Alto Open Streets program of events, potentially in coordination with local business groups, which would include street closures and programming. Recommended Safe System Pivot Prioritize street closures on areas located on the HIN, or where high bicycle and pedestrian activity is expected CoordinationBicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, Small Businesses Street Closures - School Streets Source Staff working group PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ●● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionN/A Recommended Safe System Pivot School streets implement timed closures that prevent vehicles from entering the specified school zone. Restrictions are in place for approximately 15 to 90 minutes during drop-off and pick-up times and are enforced using signage and physical barrier(s). During this time, only pedestrians and cyclists can enter the School Street zone, aside from exempt vehicles (e.g. residents living in the zone). This program should be implemented at all schools, with a prioritization of schools located on or crossing an HIN corridor. CoordinationBicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, SRTS Program, and CSTC Legend Policies and Programs are labeled with colored triangles corresponding to their corresponding tiers in the Safe System Hierarchy, if applicable 2     Packet Pg. 162     UPDATED PROGRAMS AND POLICIES LIST 157 Walk and Roll for Private Schools Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionEncourage private schools to develop Walk and Roll Maps as part of Transportation Demand Management strategies to reduce vehicle trips. Evaluate locations near schools for potential quickbuild improvements. Recommended Safe System Pivot Add Walk and Roll routes on low stress streets: LTS network map and HIN CoordinationBicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, SRTS Program, and CSTC Safe Routes to Work, Shopping, Downtown, Community Services, and Parks Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Program/Policy Description Follow the principles of the Safe Routes to Schools program to implement traffic safety measures that focus on Safe Routes to work, shopping, downtown, community services, parks, and schools, including all designated school commute corridors. Consider the Adopted School Commute Corridors Network and adopted “Walk and Roll” maps when reviewing development applications and making land use and transportation planning decisions. Incorporate these requirements into City code when feasible. Recommended Safe System PivotWhere safe routes overlap with HIN, prioritize speed management and pedestrian/bicycle enhancements, especially at intersections: FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations, FHWA Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, DIB 94, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management. Establish non-HIN routes as primary access routes where possible and prioritize improvements on access routes with speeds over 25 mph: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, DIB 94 CoordinationSRTS Program Update CIP Funding to Prioritize Bicycle and Pedestrian Access and Route Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingOngoing Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing Program/Policy Description Adjust the street evaluation criteria of the City’s Pavement Management Program to ensure that areas of the road used by bicyclists are maintained at the same standards as, or at standards higher than, areas used by motor vehicles. Include bicycle and e-bike detection in intersection upgrades. Prioritize investments for enhanced pedestrian access and bicycle use within Palo Alto and to/ from surrounding communities, including by incorporating improvements from related City plans, for example the 2012 Bicycle + Pedestrian Transportation Plan and the Parks, Trails & Open Space Master Plan, as amended, into the Capital Improvements Program. Recommended Safe System PivotPrioritize paving bike routes, streets on HIN, equity considerations: BPTP, HIN, East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes, Palo Alto Population Below Poverty, Palo Alto Transit Corridors. Ensure funding is allocated beyond signing/striping so intersections are also addressed through these projects: FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Crossing Locations, FHWA Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists. CIP Projects will align with Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, CIP Implementation Guidance Coordination Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Design and Emergency Response Vehicles Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Post-Crash Care Existing Program/Policy DescriptionEstablish procedures for considering the effects of street design on emergency vehicle response time. Recommended Safe System Pivot Consider how to balance safer pedestrian and bicycle facilities/ designs with designing to reduce emergency vehicle response time. Coordinate proactively with the Fire Department to establish traffic calming device guidelines that satisfy both needs. CoordinationPAFD, PAPD, Stanford Health 2     Packet Pg. 163     APPENDIX G 158 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Systemic Uncontrolled Crosswalk Placement/Enhancement Program Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ●● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionImprove pedestrian crossings by creating protected areas and better pedestrian and traffic visibility. Use a toolbox including bulb outs, small curb radii, high visibility crosswalks, and landscaping. Recommended Safe System Pivot Develop a systemic uncontrolled crosswalk placement/enhancement program for ped safety and accessibility: DIB 94, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations CoordinationBicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, CIP, and systemic signalized intersection enhancement program for pedestrians and bicyclists. E-bike Street Ordinance Source Community feedback PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Vehicles Existing Program/Policy DescriptionDevelop an e-bike ordinance that embraces e-bikes and e-scooters as emerging mobility options while establishing speed limits while operating on-street. Determine the level of e-bikes allowed in bike facilities. Reference available means-based e-bike subsidies. Recommended Safe System Pivot Pair ordinance with bicycle traffic calming on major bike corridors. Consider partnering with SV Bike Coalition and SRTS to provide education on e-bike use: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists CoordinationBicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, CSTC, SRTS Program Update Traffic Calming Program Source Comprehensive Plan PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Speeds ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionSystemically identify speed management needs and opportunities (such as speed humps and neighborhood traffic circle) and prioritize into a yearly implementation program based on kinetic energy risk, equity, proximity to schools, and similar factors. Most funds should be programmed proactively, but some can be reserved for quick response discretionary purposes. Add or reallocate staff to administer program, including coordination, evaluation, planning, and engineering. Recommended Safe System Pivot Implement speed management strategies to slow vehicles to a contextually appropriate target speed: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Crossing Guards SourceComprehensive Plan Phasing Near-Term Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Users ● Existing Program/Policy Description In collaboration with PAUSD, continue to provide adult crossing guards at school crossings that meet established warrants. Recommended Safe System PivotConsider crossing guards on all Walk and Roll routes Coordination PAUSD, CSTC, SRTS Program 2     Packet Pg. 164     UPDATED PROGRAMS AND POLICIES LIST 159 Rapid Response Team Source Staff working group PhasingOngoing Consistent with Safe System Approach Post-Crash Care ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionWork with standing committees and City staff across departments to develop a rapid response team that evaluates roadway design and context of crash locations after KSI crashes Recommended Safe System Pivot Coordinate with other agencies to evaluate the causes of the crash. Evaluate historic crash data to understand crash trends. Apply safety improvements systemically throughout the City. Impact Review Updates Source Staff working group PhasingOngoing Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionAll street, land use, and development projects will be reviewed for compliance with Safe System principles. Recommended Safe System Pivot Remove level of service as a criteria from impact reviews and roadway design. Level of service is a performance metric that focuses on vehicle capacity and delay, which therefore results in justifications to increase vehicle capacity at the cost of roadway safety. Impact review and roadway design will instead be evaluated by metrics that focus on safety risk, user comfort, and access for all users including pedestrians and bicyclists such as kinetic energy risk, level of traffic stress, and travel time by mode. Construction Traffic Management Plan Source Staff working group PhasingNear Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing Program/Policy DescriptionN/A Recommended Safe System Pivot Create a Construction Traffic Management Plan to manage traffic and circulation while projects are under development. Reviewers will ensure that, to the extent possible, pedestrian and bicycle facilities are maintained during construction. Where this is not feasible, safe and alternative facilities should be temporarily implemented. These facilities will prioritize separation and follow the most direct path for pedestrians and bicyclists, and sight distance should be evaluated to improve visibility. Clear signage is important to communicate new traffic patterns to pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers. Media Safety Training Source Staff working group PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Post-Crash Care Existing Program/Policy DescriptionThe City of Palo Alto will share best practices on how to communicate traffic crashes and roadway safety to the public from a Safe System Approach. . Coverage may include developing press releases, news coverage, talking points for elected officials, etc. City invite Safe System Approach experts to present, answer questions and provide examples. Recommended Safe System Pivot N/A Upgrade Repaving Program Source Staff working group PhasingNear-Term Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ?? Existing Program/Policy DescriptionChange approach to repaving program to include pedestrian improvements including sidewalk widening and curb extensions. This would require additional funding. Recommended Safe System Pivot Repaving Projects will align with the Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework, NCHRP 1036, countermeasure toolbox 2     Packet Pg. 165     APPENDIX H 160 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan California Avenue Caltrain Station and Transit Improvements Source Comprehensive Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Concept In collaboration with Caltrain and Stanford Research Park, pursue expansion of service to the California Avenue Caltrain Station including connections to VTA bus service, the Marguerite, and other private shuttles serving the Research Park and create an enhanced transit center at the Station. Recommended Safe System Pivot Future BPTP Update should include this connection Prioritize vulnerable users (pedestrians, bicyclists). Identify weakest links present in first/ last mile connections: FHWA Primer Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists. Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Longer-Term On HIN? No Coordination Future BPTP Update, Caltrans, Caltrain, Stanford California Avenue Tunnel Source Valley Transportation Plan 2040, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Concept Replacement of California Ave. bicycle/pedestrian undercrossing of Caltrain tracks with new ADA compliant structure. Recommended Safe System Pivot Future BPTP Update should include this connection Prioritize vulnerable users (pedestrians, bicyclists). Identify weakest links present in first/ last mile connections: FHWA Primer Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists. Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN? No Coordination Future BPTP Update, Caltrans, Caltrain, Stanford Additional Bicycle and Pedestrian Crossings Along the Caltrain Corridor Source Valley Transportation Plan 2040, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Users ● Existing Concept Construct grade separated bicycle/ pedestrian crossing between California Ave. Caltrain station and at-grade crossing on E. Meadow Dr. Recommended Safe System Pivot Future BPTP Update should include this connection Prioritize vulnerable users (pedestrians, bicyclists). Identify weakest links present in first/ last mile connections: FHWA Primer Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists. Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Alternatives Analysis In Progress On HIN? No Coordination Future BPTP Update, Caltrans, Caltrain, Stanford APPENDIX H: UPDATED PROJECT LIST ● Tier 1: Remove Severe Conflicts ● Tier 2: Reduce Vehicle Speeds ● Tier 3: Manage Conflicts in Time ● Tier 4: Increase Attentiveness and Awareness Legend Projects are labeled with colored triangles corresponding to their corresponding tiers in the Safe System Hierarchy, if applicable 2     Packet Pg. 166     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 161 Faber Place Bike Route Source 2012 BPTP, Community feedback Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Designate Faber Place as a bike route at a minimum. It connects the Renzel Trail to Embarcadero Road. Right now, it has very minimal signage. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationValley Water Project and Future BPTP Update Pedestrian Access Improvements to Palo Alto Caltrain Center Source Comprehensive Plan, Valley Transportation Plan, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Collaborate with Stanford University, VTA, Caltrain, and other agencies to pursue improvements to the Palo Alto Transit Center area aimed at enhancing pedestrian experience and improving circulation and access for all modes, including direct access to El Camino Real for transit vehicles. Construct new bicycle/pedestrian undercrossing of Caltrain tracks, near Everett or Lytton Streets, to connect Downtown with the University, Medical Center, and multi-modal transit center. Recommended Safe System PivotFuture BPTP Update should include this connection. Prioritize vulnerable users. Identify weakest links present in first/last mile connections: FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists; Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingLonger-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationFuture BPTP Update, Ongoing ECR project, Caltrans, Caltrain, Stanford, VTA Pedestrian Safety on Alma Street Source Comprehensive Plan, Community feedback, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Address pedestrian safety along Alma Street between Embarcadero Road and Lytton Street. Increase the number of east-west pedestrian and bicycle crossings across Alma Street and the Caltrain corridor, particularly south of Oregon Expressway. Address the Churchill Aveue and Alma Street intersection in coordination with Connecting Palo Alto project. . . OOT has a consultant on board for the project to conceptually design up to 2 additional crossings south of California Ave. Near-term, safety improvements for Alma Street and Churchill Avenue are currently under construction. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate crossing improvements to improve access and encourage crossings at the designated locations where safety mitigations have been deployed: FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations, FHWA Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationFuture BPTP Update, Connecting Palo Alto project 2     Packet Pg. 167     APPENDIX H 162 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Signalized Intersection Enhancements Source Comprehensive Plan, Valley Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Speeds ● Existing Concept Implement a program to monitor, coordinate, and optimize traffic signal timing a minimum of every two years along arterial and residential arterial streets. Project includes upgrades to signalized pedestrian facilities to enhance safety and update pedestrian crossing times. Project is a citywide program to adjust signal timing to give priority to emergency vehicles. Recommended Safe System PivotUpdate signal coordination to manage speeds on arterials to contextually appropriate target speeds: AB 43, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Signalized intersection enhancements should be categorized into 1) Operations optimization/ enhancement of existing conditions, upgrade hardware; and 2) Capital Improvement projects to modify signals, phasing, lane configurations, multi-modal facilities. Signalized intersection treatments may include implementation of LPI, rest on red at night, no RTOR in the downtown and with LPIs, protected left turn phasing, pedestrian countdown timers, and adequate pedestrian crossing times: MUTCD, FHWA Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, Countermeasures toolbox. Suggest that technology be employed to allow for real time near miss and other surrogate safety monitoring: City of Bellevue Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination CIP Safety Improvements at Stanford Shopping Center Source Comprehensive Plan, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Provide safe, convenient pedestrian, bicycle, and transit connections between the Stanford Shopping Center/Medical Center areas and housing along the Sand Hill Road/ Quarry Road corridors to Palo Alto Caltrain Station, Downtown Palo Alto, and other primary destinations. Consider upgrading existing Class II bike lanes to include buffer and evaluate improvements to multi- use paths along Sand Hill Road. Recommended Safe System PivotConsider pedestrian connections on both Sand Hill Road and Quarry Road: Countermeasures toolbox, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, DIB 94 Phasing Longer-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Future BPTP Update Grade separation for Caltrain Source Comprehensive Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●, Safe Users ● Existing Concept Undertake studies and outreach necessary to advance grade separation of Caltrain to become a “shovel ready” project and strongly advocate for adequate State, regional, and federal funding for design and construction of railroad grade separations. Recommended Safe System PivotConsider pedestrian and bicycle sense of comfort (good lighting and wayfinding) and develop short and direct routes: NACTO Urban Street Design Guidelines, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrian and Bicyclists Upgrade multi-use paths and separated bikeways where appropriate: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationFuture BPTP Update, Caltrain 2     Packet Pg. 168     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 163 Quarry Road Transit Connection to Palo Alto Caltrain Station Source 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan, Standford University Land Use and Environmental Planning Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●, Safe Users ● Existing Concept As envisioned in the Palo Alto Comprehensive Plan as Program T3.10.4 (2017), the proposed Quarry Road Transit Connection project would create a direct transit connection between the transit center bus bays and El Camino Real at the Quarry Road traffic signal. In addition to transit improvements, the project would also include multiple active transportation and safety improvements at the intersection of Quarry Road and El Camino Real. Additional active transportation and safety improvements within El Camino Park adjacent to or near the proposed transit connection, as well as within University Circle, are also being considered as part of this project. Specifically, the proposed project would focus on: • Upgrading pedestrian crossings at the intersection of Quarry Road and El Camino Real to accommodate pedestrians and cyclists across all legs of the redesigned intersection. The proposed design would reduce crossing distances and potentially reduce crossing time; • Implementing safety and accessibility measures at the intersection of Quarry Road and El Camino Real (e.g., curb extensions and tighter turning radii, new pedestrian/bicycle ramps, pedestrian and bicycle refuge islands, dedicated pedestrian and bicycle crossings, high-visibility bicycle markings, enhanced wayfinding, and Leading Pedestrian Intervals (or a protected pedestrian and bicycle phase) are currently being considered) In addition to these changes, pedestrian and bicycle wayfinding improvements within El Camino Park and short-term bicycle connectivity improvements to the Embarcadero Trail within University Circle are also being considered.. Recommended Safe System Pivot Review final design with the following considerations: . - Consider operational plans for protected intersection to manage conflicts. Evaluate the use of bike signals and Leading Pedestrian/ Bicycle Interval Phases based on the results of the upcoming traffic analysis. The analysis will aim to balance the need for transit travel time improvements and safety improvements while maintaining acceptable traffic operations at the intersection of Quarry Road and El Camino Real. . . . FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, and FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists, Informational Guide: Improving Intersections for Pedestrians and Bicyclists PhasingLonger-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationOngoing ECR project, Future BPTP Update, Caltrans, Stanford 2     Packet Pg. 169     APPENDIX H 164 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Palo Alto Avenue Crossing Study Source Comprehensive Plan, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Complete a Palo Alto Avenue crossing study to identify potential near-term safety and accessibility improvements. Recommended Safe System PivotImplement speed management strategies to slow vehicles to a contextually appropriate target speed: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Identify crossing locations and enhancements consistent with the STEP guide: FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? No CoordinationFuture BPTP Update Pedestrian Safety on Shared Use Paths Source Comprehensive Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Address pedestrian safety on shared-use paths through the use of signs, pavement markings, and outreach to users, encouraging them to be safe and courteous. Recommended Safe System PivotConsider bicycle traffic calming at intersections and consider implementing speeds limits for e-bike/e-scooters: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update Pedestrian Improvements on Embarcadero Road Source Comprehensive Plan, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept West of Emerson on Embarcadero, the City has approved plans that identify and design safety improvements on Embarcadero Road including traffic signal modifications, sidewalk realignment, high-visibility crosswalks, signing and striping, bicycle treatments, landscaping and traffic calming elements. Future projects include construction of a stairway on the north side of the undercrossing with a bike tunnel and implementation of bike facilities west of the Embarcadero Road underpass. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Future BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 170     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 165 Bike Connections to Region Source Comprehensive Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Identify and improve bicycle connections to/from neighboring communities in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties to support local trips that cross city boundaries. Also advocate for reducing barriers to bicycling and walking at freeway interchanges, expressway intersections, and railroad grade crossings. Recommended Safe System PivotPrioritize projects along HIN that have regional significance: HIN, DIB 94, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update Roadway Space Reallocation on El Camino Real Source Comment from PTC 10/11 Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept Remove vehicle lane and add Class IV protected bike lanes along corridor. Long-term, vision includes working with Caltrans to seek lane conversion and create more space to better integrate bus boarding and bike lanes. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationOngoing ECR project, Future BPTP Update, Caltrans East Meadow Drive Source Systemic Crash Analysis Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Upgrade bicycle facilities to provide protected bicycle facilities. Review intersection control on minor street at Ross Rd. Recommended Safe System PivotSuggest speed management strategies and separating users where possible: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management, DIB 94 Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Ongoing East Meadow Dr. project Bicycle Detected Signal Heads Source Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Add “Bicycle Detected” signal heads to recommended bike routes intersecting with arterials where feasible. Pilot metrics to identify impacts and outcomes. Recommended Safe System PivotShould be applied to Class I and Class IV bike ways and must be MUTCD compliant. Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 171     APPENDIX H 166 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Homer Avenue from Alma Street to High Street Source Community feedback, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept Evaluate Homer Avenue and Channing Avenue as couplet. Consider reducing lanes and adding protected bike lane. Address intersection controls. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide Consider uncontrolled crosswalk enhancements: FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update El Camino Real Regional Corridor Improvements: PAMF to Churchill Avenue Source Valley Transportation Plan 2040 Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Long term vision to reconfigure El Camino Real between Palo Alto Medical Foundation and Churchill Avenue. Improvements focus on utility undergrounding, new median islands and streetscape-focused improvements, and operational enhancements along adjacent streets. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Update coordination on manage speeds on arterials to contextually appropriate target speeds: AB 43, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Phasing Longer-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Ongoing ECR project, Future BPTP Update, Caltrans El Camino Real and California Avenue Source Community feedback, 2012 Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept Install Class IV bikeways on El Camino Real. eastbound approach may be reconfigured as part of the El Camino Real repaving project to include a left turn lane, bike lane, and right- turn lane. The intersection includes bike boxes and skipped bike lane striping through the intersection. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide Address signal head visibility on ECR Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Ongoing ECR project, Future BPTP Update, California Ave underpass, California Avenue Street Closure, Caltrans 2     Packet Pg. 172     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 167 Middlefield Road: Midtown Corridor Improvements Source Valley Transportation Plan 2040 Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Project includes sidewalk enhancements, transit stop. improvements, lighting improvements, and traffic signal improvements between Oregon Expressway and Loma Verde. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationFuture BPTP Update Churchill Avenue Rail Grade Separation and Safety Improvements Source Capital Proposed Budget (2024 FY) Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept This project provides for the planning, design, and construction of the grade separation at the existing at- grade crossing on Churchill Avenue in the Caltrain Rail Corridor. The project will provide improvements to accommodate bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicular movement at the crossing. In 2021, the City Council selected partial underpass as the preferred alternative, with closure as a backup alternative. The partial underpass will require a new bicycle and pedestrian connection. Council recently endorsed Seale Ave as the location for that connection. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Phasing Longer-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update, Connecting Palo Alto Matadero Creek Trail Undercrossing Source Valley Transportation Authority Resolution 2016.06.17 for Measure B, Staff working group Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept This project includes a Class I shared use path along Matadero Creek. Alternatives include alignments along side the creek or off street facilities on Loma Verde. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Ensure alignment with the safe system approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework PhasingLonger-Term On HIN? No CoordinationFuture BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 173     APPENDIX H 168 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Meadow Drive/Charleston Road Rail Grade Separation and Safety Improvements Source Capital Proposed Budget (2024 FY), Valley Transportation Authority Resolution 2016.06.17 for Measure B Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept This project provides for the planning, design, and construction of the grade separations at the existing at-grade crossings on Meadow Drive and Charleston Road in the Caltrain Rail Corridor. The project will provide improvements to accommodate bicycles, pedestrians, and vehicular movement at the crossings. In 2021, the City Council narrowed the alternatives under consideration at these locations to trench, hybrid, and underpass. Currently, the Rail Committee is reviewing these alternatives to further narrow and select the preferred alternative(s) for recommendation to the City Council. The project has gone out to RFP and will be designed by a consultant in partnership with the City of Palo Alto. In addition to the bicycle and pedestrian facilities that will be incorporated into the grade separations, up to two additional crossings will be pursued prior to grade separation construction to ensure safe crossing for bicyclist and pedestrians during construction. Recommended Safe System Pivot Coordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists. Ensure alignment with the safe system approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination Future BPTP Update, Connecting Palo Alto California Avenue Streetscape Update Source Capital Proposed Budget (2024 FY) Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept This project provides initial funding for conceptual design and community engagement to develop options for expanding pedestrian and outdoor spaces in the California Avenue retail core to facilitate car-free streets. The project also provides funding to provide flexible opening and closing of streets on a trial basis in the short term The City is currently designing the street with the goal to formally close it per State law. The City Manager’s Office is leading on the design of the car-free street. Recommended Safe System Pivot Coordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Ensure alignment with the Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 174     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 169 Oregon Expressway, Page Mill Road, and Foothill Expressway Class I Shared Paths Source County 2024 Draft Active Transportation Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept The County’s 2024 Draft Active Transportation Plan recommends a Class I shared-use path for Oregon Expressway, Page Mill Road, and Foothill Expressway. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Ensure alignment with the Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes CoordinationCounty Oregon Expressway Traffic Calming Source Systemic Collision Analysis Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept This project includes various traffic calming treatments to reduce vehicle speeds. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with the County to identify roadway improvements to reduce speed and conflict points (e.g. with protected signal phasing, separating active transportation users from motorists). Implement speed management strategies to slow vehicles to a contextually appropriate target speed: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Coordination County Future BPTP Update Quick Build Projects Source Staff working group Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ●● Existing Concept These are quick to install infrastructure improvements focused on bicycle and pedestrian safety. Projects should include crash analysis to identify the best quick build improvements for the location. Improvements could be piloted or temporarily installed first before adding more permanent solutions. Evaluation should be included to monitor project effectiveness. This project would require more engineering capacity (including signals, design, and project management) to meet the Vision Zero target date. Recommended Safe System PivotCoordinate with BPTP to ensure there are adequate bicycle and pedestrians connections: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Ensure alignment with the Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework PhasingOngoing On HIN? Yes CoordinationFuture BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 175     APPENDIX H 170 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan repaving projects Source Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Repave streets and upgrade striping. Recommended Safe System PivotPrioritize repaving for equity, HIN, and Vulnerable Road Users: Repaving Plan Report Section, FHWA Safe System Roadway Design Hierarchy, HIN, East Palo Alto Walk and Roll Routes, Palo Alto Population Below Poverty, Palo Alto Transit Corridors Inform community through notifications, mailers, graphics, etc. of potential roadway changes, but for safety related improvements, reference NCHRP 1036 as guidance on when to make trade-off decisions Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations, FHWA Primer on Safe System Approach for Pedestrians and Bicyclists Ensure alignment with the Safe System Approach: FHWA Safe System Alignment Framework, NCHRP 1036, countermeasure toolbox PhasingNear-Term On HIN? No CoordinationFuture BPTP Update, Palo Alto Public Works Middlefield Road Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2029 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptDaylight on Middlefield Rd. from Oregon Expressway to Loma Verde Ave. by installing quickbuild curb extensions and refuge islands as part of repaving project. Recommended Safe System Pivot Manage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management . . Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes Bicycle Detected Signal Heads Source Pedestrian and Bicycle Advisory Committee Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Add “Bicycle Detected” signal heads to recommended bike routes intersecting with arterials where feasible. Pilot metrics to identify impacts and outcomes. Recommended Safe System PivotShould be applied to Class I and Class IV bike ways and must be MUTCD compliant. Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Coordination Future BPTP Update 2     Packet Pg. 176     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 171 Embarcadero Road Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2025 Repaving Plan, Community Feedback Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptConsider improved bicycle and pedestrian crossing on Embarcadero Road from Alma Street to Emerson Street and Greer Road to Saint Francis Drive as part of repaving project. Consider dedicated left turn lanes at traffic signals and protected left turn movements. Recommended Safe System Pivot Consider a corridor study on Embarcadero before repaving. . Manage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management . . Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes University Avenue Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2025 Repaving Plan, Community Feedback Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptRepaving to maintain existing 13 foot shared bicycle and vehicle lanes from Stanford University to the Circle. Consider dedicated left turn lanes at traffic signals and protected left turn movements. Recommended Safe System Pivot Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities. Consider designated bike lanes on University Avenue: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide PhasingNear-Term On HIN? Yes Fabian Way Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2026 Repaving Plan, Community Feedback Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptImplement lane conversion on Fabian Way from Charleston Rd. to Bayshore Rd. as part of repaving project. A pilot demonstration project of this striping plan is funded by SS4A for potential implementation in Fall 2025. Recommended Safe System Pivot Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities. DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? No Louis Road Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2029 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptUpdate bicycle facilities on Louis Rd. from Stelling Dr. to Loma Verde Ave. as part of repaving project. Recommended Safe System Pivot Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? No Hamilton Avenue Repaving Source PABAC recommendations for FY 2029 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Add sharrows on Hamilton Ave. from Cowper St. to Webster St. as part of repaving project. Recommended Safe System PivotAdd appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No 2     Packet Pg. 177     APPENDIX H 172 Palo Alto Safety Action Plan Webster Street Repaving Source PABAC recommendations for FY 2027, FY 2029 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept If the Future BPTP Update retains Webster as a bicycle boulevard, implement sharrows and other traffic calming elements on Webster St. from Lytton Ave. to University Ave., California Ave. to Oregon Ave., Coleridge Ave. to Lowell Ave., and Seale Ave. to Santa Rita Ave. as part of repaving project. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management . . Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No Arastradero Road Repaving Source PABAC recommendations for FY 2028 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Implement sharrows and other traffic calming elements on Arastradero Rd. from City Limit to Caballo Ln. as part of repaving project near Pearson-Aratradero Preserve. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management . . Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes Hamilton Avenue Repaving Source PABAC recommendations for FY 2028 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Implement sharrows and other traffic calming elements on Ramona St. to Waverly St. as part of repaving project. Recommended Safe System PivotManage speeds: AB 43, countermeasure toolbox, FHWA Safe System Approach for Speed Management . . Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations Phasing Near-Term On HIN?Yes California Avenue Repaving SourcePABAC recommendations for FY 2029 Repaving Plan Consistent with Safe System Approach Safe Roads ● Existing ConceptConsider adding bike lanes in the uphill direction on California Ave. from Dartmouth St. to Hanover St. as part of repaving project and removing parking on one side. Recommended Safe System Pivot Add appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94 and NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide, FHWA Guide for Improving Pedestrian Safety at Uncontrolled Locations PhasingNear-Term On HIN? No Addison Avenue Repaving Source PABAC recommendations for FY 2025 Repaving Plan, Community Feedback Consistent with Safe System ApproachSafe Roads ● Existing Concept Retain Class II bike lane in one direction and convert the substandard door zone bike lane to a bike route with sharrows as part of repaving project on Addison Avenue from Bryant Street to Middlefield Road. Parking is already removed on one side of the residential street. Recommended Safe System PivotAdd appropriate pedestrian and bike facilities: DIB 94, NACTO Urban Bikeway Design Guide Phasing Near-Term On HIN?No 2     Packet Pg. 178     UPDATED PROJECT LIST 173 Page intentionally left blank. 2     Packet Pg. 179     u Board/Commission Name 2024-2025 Workplan Staff Liaison: Minka van der Zwaag, Human Services Manager Lead Department: Community Services About the Commission This workplan covers portions of Fiscal Year 2024 and 2025 (May 2024 – April 2025) for the Human Relations Commission (HRC). The Commission is composed of 7 members who are residents of Palo Alto. Terms are for 3 years. See Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) Sections 2.16 and 2.22. For more information about the HRC please visit our webpage at http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/boards/hrc Current Commissioners • Adriana Eberle (Chair) • Michelle Kraus (Vice Chair) • Don Barr • Katie Causey • Amy Hsieh • Mary Kate Stimmler • Kaloma Smith Mission Statement HRC Mission: To promote the just and fair treatment of all people in Palo Alto, particularly our most vulnerable populations. By promoting awareness of issues and enabling conversations that enhance inclusion, the HRC strives to create a community where civility, respect and responsible actions are the norm. HRC Jurisdiction: Muni Code 2.22.050 (a) The Human Relations Commission has the discretion to act with respect to any human relations matter when the commission finds that any person or group does not benefit fully from public or private opportunities or resources in the community or is unfairly or differently treated due to factors of concern to the commission. (1) Public or private opportunities or resources in the community include, but are not limited to, those associated with ownership and rental of housing, employment, education and governmental services and benefits. (2) Factors of concern to the commission include, but are not limited to, socioeconomic class or status, physical condition or handicap, married or unmarried state, emotional condition, intellectual ability, age, sex, sexual preference, gender identity, race, cultural characteristics, ethnic background, ancestry, citizenship, and religious, conscientious or philosophical belief. (b) The commission shall conduct such studies and undertake such responsibilities as the council may direct. 3     Packet Pg. 180     Prior Year Accomplishments Goal #1 – Core Responsibilities: Reviewed and made funding recommendations to Council for 22 two-year Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP) grants totaling $896,035 to fund critical needs in the community for FY 2024-25 (March and April 2023). A subcommittee of HRC commissioners and city staff served as the review committee for the Emerging Needs Fund. In 2023, a total of 6 grants totaling $44,000 was approved (January, March, June, September 2023). Reviewed and made funding recommendations to the Finance Committee for 9 grants totaling $488,000 as part of the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Funding program for Fiscal Year 2023-24 (February 2023). Goal #2 – Inclusion & Belonging: Conducted a survey of the lived experience of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) community members in Palo Alto in response to the Council’s referral to research the lived experience of AANHPI communities (April 2023). Approved motion to forward the AANHPI survey results and a report to City Council (March 2024). Approval of HRC support of Multi Faith Peace Picnic and Prayer Services on September 11, 2023, on King Plaza (August 2023). Conducted a community listening session on Local Muslim, Palestinian, and Arab Experiences in the Face of Rising Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate (December 2023). Conducted a community listening session on Local Jewish Experiences in the Face of Rising Antisemitism (January 2024). Goal #3 - Public Safety: Approved recommendations to City Council for actions based on the recommendations made by the public at the Community Listening Sessions on local experiences of Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism (March 2024). Goal #4 – Climate Change: Presentation of the draft Frontline Communities Report, a report on the impact of climate on vulnerable communities in Palo Alto, by the Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition (August 2023). Goal #5 – Learning Sessions: Hosted an Older Adults Learning Series: Presentation of the results from the Avenidas’ Community Assessment Survey of Older Adults (CASOA) by the Avenidas CEO. (September 2023). Presentations by Alta Housing, La Comida, Lytton Gardens, Oshman Jewish Community Center, Second Harvest Food Bank, and Social Services Agency of Santa Clara County (October 2023). Goal #6 - Emerging Needs: Additional recommendations passed in response to the City Council referral to the Commission on ways to improve implementation of current City renter protections (February and April 2023). Conducted a public hearing on the Recommendation of the Adoption of a Draft Ordinance Amending Palo Alto Municipal Code (PAMC) to Add Rental Registry Program (RRP) Ordinance. Approved to accept the basic framework of the RRP as presented by staff with outstanding issues needing to be addressed (May 2023). 3     Packet Pg. 181     PROJECT/GOAL 1: Core Responsibilities Funding Programs - Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP), Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Emerging Needs Fund. Continue to review and give input to funding decisions. Priority during this workplan cycle includes assisting staff with the HSRAP application process for the FY26 funding cycle and reviewing the Human Needs Assessment prepared by RDA Consulting. The Needs Assessment assess the current human service needs of the Palo Alto community, the role of the program, the goals of the program, and how program impact is measured. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED The funding programs provide human services organizations with essential monetary support to serve vulnerable and underserved residents of Palo Alto. Ongoing Adhoc HRC subcommittee and staff time for the funding decisions. Moderate level of staff and adhoc subcommittee time. Results of Human Services Needs Assessment will provide the HRC, staff and Council with updated and vital information on current human needs in the community, concrete suggestions for changes/additions to the HSRAP priority of needs, application and/or review process, and increased ways in which to measure the effectiveness of the City’s funding investment in Human Services organizations. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Continue to provide funding recommendations for HSRAP, CDBG and the Emerging Needs Fund as needed. N/A PROJECT/GOAL 2: Inclusion and Belonging (I&B) Inclusion & Belonging - Explore ways in which the Commission can continue to positively affect the sense of inclusion and belonging in the community. Projects include: • Conduct Listening Session with local faith leaders to better understand their needs and the communities they serve. • Revisit issues raised and recommendations from panelists at the 2023 Senior Learning Sessions and identify next steps. • Continue the work done to create connections and learn about the lived experiences of community members, such as the AANHPI, MENA, and Jewish communities. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED All individuals who live, work or worship in Palo Alto have the right to feel included and valued as members of the community. Summer-Fall 2024 Adhoc HRC subcommittee and staff time Moderate level of staff and adhoc subcommittee time. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Conduct Listening Session with local faith leaders to better understand their needs and the communities they serve. Revisit issues raised and recommendations from panelists at the 2023 Senior Learning Sessions and identify next steps. Continue the work done to create connections and learn about the lived experiences of community members, such as the AANHPI, MENA, and Jewish communities. N/A 3     Packet Pg. 182     PROJECT/GOAL 3: Public Safety (PS) Public Safety - Explore and implement avenues to decrease incidences of crimes in the community. • Convene a community meeting in 2024 to discuss hate crimes with representatives of law enforcement, city leadership, and experts in the field. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED All individuals who live, work or worship in Palo Alto have the right to do so without fear of verbal or physical abuse or attack. Summer-Fall 2024 Adhoc subcommittee and staff time. Space and marketing for educational programming. Moderate level of staff and adhoc subcommittee time. Measures may include: How many people attend educational programming, specific actions taken by members of the public to combat hate crimes, and the increased reporting of hate crimes. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Convene a community meeting in 2024 to discuss hate crimes with representatives of law enforcement, city leadership, and experts in the field. N/A PROJECT/GOAL 4: Public Health (PH) Public Health – Support current efforts to address youth mental health issues in the community. • Request that a member of the HRC serve on the Mayor’s mental health task force and/or explore ways in which the HRC can partner with high school groups working on mental health issues. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Goal coincides with the Council Goal of “Community Health, Safety, Wellness & Belonging” Member of HRC serves on Mayor’s Task force and provides updates to the full commission that may lead to other actions by the Commission. Low Level of Staff time N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE As the Mayor’s Youth Mental Health Task Force has already been meeting, it is a high priority to request participations by a member of the HRC. N/A 3     Packet Pg. 183     PROJECT/GOAL 5: Housing, Economic Justice and Development (HEJD) Housing, Economic Justice and Development - • Identify ways in which HRC can provide assistance to support programs for unhoused community members (including RV dwellers). BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Providing active HRC participation in actions to positively affect the lives of unhoused members of the community. During the term covered by this workplan Staff and HRC commissioner time Lower level of staff and adhoc subcommittee time. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Continued participation by HRC members on a local RV Dweller concerns committee, especially in light of looking for solutions to the loss of parking on El Camino Real and it’s affect on RV dwellers. Other items to be determined during the year. N/A PROJECT/GOAL 6: Climate Change (CC) Climate Change - Explore ways in which climate change may disproportionately affect specific populations in the community. • Engage with the Palo Alto Student Climate Coalition and the newly formed Youth Advisory Board (a formal City advisory board). BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED Climate change is a priority for the State of California and the City of Palo Alto. Climate awareness and changes in habits help everyone thrive and special attention should be paid to vulnerable populations. Summer-Fall 2024 Yet to be determined based on outcome of Learning Sessions listed under Goal #7. Adhoc subcommittee and staff time. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Determine possible roll for a representative of the HRC to play with the newly formed Youth Advisory Board (a formal City advisory board). N/A 3     Packet Pg. 184     PROJECT/GOAL 7: Learning Sessions Learning Sessions - Engage in learning sessions to gain more understanding on the following topics before proceeding with any HRC action: • Research and identify housing programs that could best address equity and access needs in the community (cross sectional senior, families, low income.) (HEJD) • Availability and affordability of child care programs in the community (HEJD) • Explore ways in which Utility costs affect low-income members of the community and current city programs/services that provide assistance. (HEJD) • Research and identify housing programs that could best address equity and access needs in the community (cross sectional senior, families, low income.) (HEJD) • Better understand the demographics of city staff and commission to understand if there are underrepresented groups. (I&B) • Better understanding of the City’s “Safe Streets for All” safety action plan (PH) • Examine the post COVID impact on the community, including housing as part of healthcare; inflation/unemployment/effects of AI. (PH) • Better understand the city’s response to respite/shelter needs of the unhoused during extreme weather events. (CC) • Presentation on the City’s Plan to positively affect climate change with an eye to understanding how it takes the needs of vulnerable populations into consideration. (CC) BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL- APPROVED Learning sessions are utilized by the HRC to explore an issue with the help of subject matter experts in order to 1) Become informed on the topic(s); 2) Explore whether there is a role for the HRC in addressing/recommending any action. During the term covered by this workplan Staff and HRC commissioner time Lower level of staff and adhoc subcommittee time. HRC discussions, deliberations, actions and recommendation are all well served by the review of information presented by subject matter experts. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Priority level of the individual Learning Sessions will be determined by the HRC. N/A PROJECT/GOAL 7: Exploratory Exploratory –Adhoc subcommittee to explore topics raised below at the Workplan retreat to further coalesce thinking before agendizing as a Learning Session. • The financial hardship for many to live in the community as the income needed to afford living in Palo Alto is untenable. (HEJD) • LGBTQI+/Pride events and recognition (I&B) • Create a grassroots effort to reengage vulnerable, underserved, minority community members in public meetings. Review/improve media and marketing outreach for the HRC. (I&B) BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL- APPROVED Fall-Winter Adhoc subcommittee and staff time. N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Lower Priority N/A 3     Packet Pg. 185     PROJECT/GOAL 8: Emerging Issues Emerging Issues - The HRC will identify emerging issues in the community, prioritize those that need further attention and bring any major initiatives, including those that involve significant staff time to the Council for approval. The Commission will also be responsive to future referrals by the Council. BENEFICIAL IMPACTS TIMELINE RESOURCES NEEDED MEASURE OF SUCCESS STATE MANDATED / LOCAL LAW / COUNCIL-APPROVED The HRC has the discretion to act with respect to any human relations matter when the commission finds that any person or group does not benefit fully from public or private opportunities or resources in the community, or is unfairly or differently treated due to factors of concern to the commission. Ongoing TBD TBD N/A HIGH PRIORITY LOWER PRIORITY COUNCIL-DIRECTED POLICY UPDATE Lower priority N/A 3     Packet Pg. 186     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; George for Palo Alto; h.etzko@gmail.com; Summa, Doria Cc:Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Vicki Veenker; Palo Alto Free Press; Kaloma Smith; Burt, Patrick; ladoris cordell; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Rowena Chiu; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; dennis burns; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Shikada, Ed; editor@paweekly.com; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; Raymond Goins; Bill Newell; Binder, Andrew; Figueroa, Eric; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; Jensen, Eric; Afanasiev, Alex; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; DuJuan Green; GRP-City Council; gstone22@gmail.com; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto Subject:Re: "Australian Chris Sidoti SLAMS the West for Aiding and Abetting Israel" Date:Thursday, January 2, 2025 12:52:02 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 1/2/2025 Hi Ed & Keith: Please listen to Chris Sidoti ( see below) then ask yourselves if you two are complicit re theongoing war crimes in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon and beyond. Your silence on these issues is chilling. Think of what the Nazis did to us Jews. You and your fellow White ZionistJewish Supremacists are doing the same thing to the Palestinian people. One day, you may have to face a war crimes trial. Avram Finkelstein P.S. Keith, please let us know which U.S. military death machines you’ve worked on whileemployed at Lockheed Martin. Which war machines that you’ve worked on, fighter jets, missiles, etc., have been used against the Palestinian people? The people of Palo Alto demandto know. You should have stepped aside and allowed Doria Summa to be seated in your place. Just like Ed you fancy yourself a feminist but when push comes to shove you are happy to stepon a woman to get ahead. FYI, "Australian Chris Sidoti SLAMS the West for Aiding and Abetting Israel" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy79CzwGp1o (4.8 min) "no one can say we did not know" ... "Christopher 'Chris' Dominic Sidoti (born 1951) is an Australian expert on international human rights law, a lawyer and advocate. He is a former Human Rights Commissioner, and aformer commissioner of the Australian Law Reform Commission, and has held a range of other distinguished posts." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Sidoti {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 187     Gerry {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 188     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl Cc:George for Palo Alto; h.etzko@gmail.com; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Veenker, Vicki; Burt, Patrick; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; cromero@cityofepa.org; Raymond Goins; Vara Ramakrishnan; rabrica@cityofepa.org; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Hayden; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Friends of Cubberley; Palo Alto Free Press; Holman, Karen (external); Tom DuBois; GRP- City Council; Council, City; Binder, Andrew; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Sean Allen; dennis burns; Don Austin; Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; Gennady Sheyner; Roberta Ahlquist; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; Lewis James; Cecilia Taylor; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Wagner, April; Afanasiev, Alex; Enberg, Nicholas; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Freddie.Quintana@sen.ca.gov; DuJuan Green; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission Subject:Tens of thousands of people have gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day to express solidaritywith Palestinians in Gaza Date:Wednesday, January 1, 2025 1:00:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Tens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war Tens of thousands of people have gathered on Istanbul’s Galata Bridge on New Year’s Day toexpress solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza Source: ABC NewsTens of thousands of people in Istanbul protest Gaza war - ABC News https://search.app/XAzSdqnuWLnryuCG8 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 189     From:Eden Housing To:Human Relations Commission Subject:LAST CHANCE: 2X Your Impact Date:Monday, December 30, 2024 11:38:44 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. DONATE NOW Email not displaying correctly?View it on your browser Dear Friend of Eden Housing, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 190     This is your last chance to contribute to our scholarship fund before year-endand take advantage of our dollar-for-dollar matching gift challenge. This pastyear we had to turn away many worthy scholarship applicants who need yourhelp. DONATE NOW Your gift will support affordable housing residents who are pursuing degrees atinstitutions ranging from Columbia University and UC Berkeley to localcommunity colleges and trade schools. Join us to help more local scholars achieve their educational dreams! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 191     Sincerely, Linda MandoliniPresident and CEOEden Housing MATCH MY GIFT Eden Housing 22645 Grand StreetHayward, CA 94541United States If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us,please unsubscribe.Privacy Policy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 192     From:Aram James To:Binder, Andrew; Keith Reckdahl; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; George for Palo Alto; Foley, Michael;Human Relations Commission; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Barberini, Christopher;Figueroa, Eric; Vicki Veenker; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Roberta Ahlquist; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Hayden; JeffRosen; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Jay Boyarsky; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Afanasiev, Alex; Lee, Craig;cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; dennis burns; Tom DuBois; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen(external); Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Robert. Jonsen; Rowena Chiu; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Perron, Zachary; Council, City; Bill Newell; Ed Lauing; EPA Today; Diana Diamond;Jensen, Eric; Sheriff Transparency; Stump, Molly; Cecilia Taylor; GRP-City Council;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Taylor, Cecilia; Don Austin; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Nicole Chiu-Wang;Enberg, Nicholas; Gennady Sheyner; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James; Palo Alto Free Press; Burt, Patrick;h.etzko@gmail.com; editor@almanacnews.com Subject:‘Ghost stops’: Lieutenant claims LAPD officials were warned about troubled gang unit Date:Saturday, December 28, 2024 10:57:23 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ghost stops’: Lieutenant claims LAPD officials were warned about troubled gang unit ‘Ghost stops’: Lieutenant claims LAPD officials were warned about troubled gang unit https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-28/ghost-stops-lapd-lieutenant-mark-garza- lawsuit {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 193     From:Aram James To:kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; RaymondGoins; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Barberini, Christopher; josh@joshsalcman.com; KalomaSmith; Rowena Chiu; Keith Reckdahl; George for Palo Alto; Gerry Gras; Tom DuBois; EPA Today; Ed Lauing;Figueroa, Eric; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Council, City; ladoris cordell; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky; Wagner,April; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari; h.etzko@gmail.com; Sheriff Transparency; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; RoseLynn; Human Relations Commission; Diana Diamond; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Don Austin;kamhialison@gmail.com; Dennis Upton; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Friends of Cubberley; Palo Alto Free Press;Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Bill Newell; Sarah Wright; Robert. Jonsen; Baker, Rob; Lotus Fong;Roberta Ahlquist Subject:Multiple L.A. sheriff’s deputies relieved of duty as feds probe beating of trans teacher Date:Wednesday, December 25, 2024 2:00:55 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Multiple L.A. sheriff’s deputies relieved of duty as feds probe beating of trans teacher https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-25/several-deputies-relieved-of-duty-amid-federal-probe-into-beating {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 194     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl Cc:George for Palo Alto; Templeton, Cari; Council, City; Cribbs, Anne; Bill Newell; Binder, Andrew; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; h.etzko@gmail.com; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez; Cait James; Lewis James; Zelkha, Mila; josh@joshsalcman.com; Holman, Karen (external); Tom DuBois; dennis burns; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Rowena Chiu; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Hayden; Jay Boyarsky; Raymond Goins; Sean Allen; Palo Alto Free Press; Kaloma Smith; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Enberg, Nicholas; Reifschneider, James; Perron, Zachary; Roberta Ahlquist; Robert. Jonsen; Sarah Wright; Salem Ajluni; Jax Ajluni; Dave Price; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; MGR-Melissa Stevenson Diaz; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Wagner, April; kamhialison@gmail.com; Cecilia Taylor; Penni Wilson; Stump, Molly; Veenker, Vicki; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Burt, Patrick; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; Anna Griffin; yolanda; Vara Ramakrishnan; Roberta Ahlquist; Don Austin Subject:Re: Beautiful Message from the Quaker School in Ramallah Date:Tuesday, December 24, 2024 9:06:48 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 8:33 PM perrysandy@aol.com <perrysandy@aol.com> wrote: https://youtu.be/Cqt_Kvxb5Jk These were the values I was raised with. Sandy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 195     From:Aram James To:Palo Alto Free Press Cc:Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Keith Reckdahl; Foley, Michael; George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; Gerry Gras; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Dave Price; Dennis Upton; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Bill Newell; h.etzko@gmail.com; Today EPA; Sarah Wright; Burt, Patrick; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Figueroa, Eric; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Tom DuBois; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; Rowena Chiu; kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Emily Mibach; Cecilia Taylor; Drekmeier, Peter; Jensen, Eric; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Braden Cartwright; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Holman, Karen (external); Van Der Zwaag, Minka; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Jeff Hayden; Stump, Molly; Barberini, Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Roberta Ahlquist; Senator Becker; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Don Austin; Pat M; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; GRP-City Council; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Diana Diamond; rabrica@cityofepa.org; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jose Valle; San José Spotlight; Raj Jayadev; walter wilson; Sheriff Transparency; Zelkha, Mila; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Yolanda Conaway; Lewis James; Lewis James Subject:Re: Why you should never talk to the police without your lawyer present Date:Friday, December 20, 2024 5:54:58 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. There are a few additional things to think about when it comes to interrogations conducted bythe PAPD. There are numerous reasons why talking to a cop without your attorney present can put you at risk of being convicted of a crime you didn’t commit. Wrongful convictionsresulting from police-coerced false confessions happen more frequently than one might imagine. See the Palo Alto Weekly Editorial below: Publication Date: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 Editorial: Questions raised by ‘rape/beating’ arrest Second high-profile case to fall apart prompts police, community to question procedures in interrogation, decision-making An entirely new set of questions has been raised relating to police procedures in the case of Jorge Hernandez—the second high-profile case related to allegations of serious sexual/criminal misconduct in which charges had to be dropped. Hernandez is the 18-year-old Gunn High School graduate who was arrested in July for allegedly raping and beating a 94-year-old woman in her ground-floor apartment of a senior housing project in south Palo Alto last May 10. But after the shocking case received local, statewide and even national media coverage, Hernandez was abruptly cleared of the rape, based on DNA evidence, and on Aug. 9 charges were dropped. The investigation into the crime is continuing—Palo Alto police are seeking one or possibly two other persons. The earlier incident involved a Palo Alto child care worker, who was arrested in early January, accused of molesting a 4-year-old boy. This inherently sensational {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 196     case, too, received widespread coverage in the media. But again based on DNA evidence, all charges were dropped within three weeks, and the exonerated worker was later cleared to return to work by the state licensing board for day-care employees. The cases differ significantly in detail. Investigators were led to Hernandez by a Guatamalan ring found at the scene with the name of Hernandez’ brother, Edwin. Hernandez also admitted under police questioning that he was in the area, that there had been heavy drinking and possibly drugs used, and that he could not remember details. But it is the similarities between how the cases were handled that concern us. A major parallel is that the decisions to make an arrest were based primarily on statements. In the molestation case, the statement was from a 4-year-old boy taken after 8 p.m. Even the initial police report included a reference to the boy becoming evasive near the end and at one point stating that he was just “fooling” his mother and the officer. This single line in the report wasn’t just a red flag—it should have been recognized as a flashing neon light reading, “Caution.” In the rape/beating case, the statement was by Hernandez himself, quoting from his taped interrogation. It included what was characterized as an “apology” to the 94-year-old woman—the most damaging possible type of admission. He and his defense attorney characterized it as a statement of sympathy, a reasonable interpretation based on Hernandez confused comments and memory blanks. We do not question that police investigators honestly believed they had “probable cause” to make the arrests and work with the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office to file formal charges. The Palo Alto police department is considered to be one of the better departments in the Bay Area, and there is genuine chagrin within the department about the cases. Police Chief Pat Dwyer is correct in saying you can pursue 100 cases perfectly and put people in jail who deserve to be there, but get nailed on one, now two, highly visible cases where something didn’t go right—even though officers followed procedures. But something did go wrong. Last February, after charges were dropped in the child-care case, we made the editorial observation that the case raises seriously disturbing questions and that if all procedures were followed someone should review the procedures. Those questions are exacerbated by the Hernandez case, as different as it is in detail. One question involves the traditional watch-dog role of the district attorney’s office—which sets a “prove it” standard that police officers have often complained of over the years. Is a statement by itself and some circumstantial evidence adequate on which to base the filing of formal charges, especially in {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 197     inherently shocking or sensational cases that will brand the person so charged? In the Hernandez case, was a synopsis of the interrogation—as filed with the court—adequate as a basis for the formal charges and search warrant? Or should the D.A. and judge have seen the full transcript, which may have contained important nuances relating to his “apology.” We again urge the development of more effective procedures—by the department, the DA’s office and in judicial oversight—to prevent what happened to an innocent child-care worker and, now, Hernandez from occurring again in our community. On Fri, Dec 20, 2024 at 3:31 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:12/20/2024 Hi Palo Alto Free Press, You might want to ask Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder re the current status of thePAPD’s interrogation tactics. Do they still lie to suspects during interrogations? Do theyfalsely claim to have physical evidence or percipient witness against the suspect that theyknow don’t exist? What has Chief Binder done, if anything, to prevent another JorgeHernandez case? I would ask Chief Andrew Binder myself,3 but despite the fact that we hadseveral one on one meetings on a variety of police practices matters before he was appointedchief, over a number of years, once he was appointed chief, in what I would characterize asa childish move, he told me he would be too busy to speak with or meet with me in thefuture. Best regards, Aram James P.S. If I have mischaracterized Chief Binders statement that he would no longer talk to ormeet with me I invite him to correct the record in this regard. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>wrote:The PAPD have their very own case of coercion that exemplifies this. Jorge Hernandez https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-true-confession/ “In fact, as Hernandez later found out, the police lied. They did not have his fingerprints, nor did they have his DNA or the surveillance tapes they claimed implicated him in the crime. He was held in jail for {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 198     three weeks until DNA testing eliminated him as the rapist. The charges were dropped and he was released”. Mark Petersen Perez On Dec 18, 2024, at 9:11 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is thispossible? Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is thispossible? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/fontana-police-coerced-false-murder-confession-with-lies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 199     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl Cc:Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Lotus Fong; Mengna Lin; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Zelkha, Mila; Foley, Michael; Human Relations Commission; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg Subject:New details emerge on Israel’s actions in Syrian buffer zone, change in US position Date:Friday, December 20, 2024 3:50:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. New details emerge on Israel’s actions in Syrian buffer zone, change in US position New details emerge on Israel’s actions in Syrian buffer zone, change in US position https://search.app/Ksv1mZrMNnS8dyvn8 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 200     From:Aram James To:Palo Alto Free Press Cc:Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Keith Reckdahl; Foley, Michael; George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; Gerry Gras; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Dave Price; Dennis Upton; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Bill Newell; h.etzko@gmail.com; Today EPA; Sarah Wright; Burt, Patrick; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Figueroa, Eric; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Tom DuBois; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; Rowena Chiu; kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Emily Mibach; Cecilia Taylor; Drekmeier, Peter; Jensen, Eric; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Braden Cartwright; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Holman, Karen (external); Van Der Zwaag, Minka; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Jeff Hayden; Stump, Molly; Barberini, Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Roberta Ahlquist; Senator Becker; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Don Austin; Pat M; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; GRP-City Council; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Diana Diamond; rabrica@cityofepa.org; Vara Ramakrishnan; Jose Valle; San José Spotlight; Raj Jayadev; walter wilson; Sheriff Transparency; Zelkha, Mila; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Yolanda Conaway; Lewis James; Lewis James Subject:Re: Why you should never talk to the police without your lawyer present Date:Friday, December 20, 2024 3:31:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 12/20/2024 Hi Palo Alto Free Press, You might want to ask Palo Alto Police Chief Andrew Binder re the current status of thePAPD’s interrogation tactics. Do they still lie to suspects during interrogations? Do they falsely claim to have physical evidence or percipient witness against the suspect that theyknow don’t exist? What has Chief Binder done, if anything, to prevent another Jorge Hernandez case? I would ask Chief Andrew Binder myself,3 but despite the fact that we hadseveral one on one meetings on a variety of police practices matters before he was appointed chief, over a number of years, once he was appointed chief, in what I would characterize as achildish move, he told me he would be too busy to speak with or meet with me in the future. Best regards, Aram James P.S. If I have mischaracterized Chief Binders statement that he would no longer talk to or meet with me I invite him to correct the record in this regard. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 4:07 PM Palo Alto Free Press <paloaltofreepress@gmail.com>wrote: The PAPD have their very own case of coercion that exemplifies this. Jorge Hernandez https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-true-confession/ “In fact, as Hernandez later found out, the police lied. They did not have his fingerprints, nor did they have his DNA or the surveillance tapes they claimed implicated {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 201     him in the crime. He was held in jail for three weeks until DNA testing eliminated him as the rapist. The charges were dropped and he was released”. Mark Petersen Perez On Dec 18, 2024, at 9:11 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:  Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is thispossible? Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is thispossible? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/fontana-police-coerced-false-murder-confession-with-lies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 202     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl Cc:h.etzko@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Josh Becker; Ed Lauing; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; George for Palo Alto; Council, City; ParkRec Commission; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Lotus Fong; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Sarah Wright; Senator Becker; Zelkha, Mila; Michelle; ladoris cordell; Gardener, Liz; Linda Jolley; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Dennis Upton; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external); Tom DuBois; Diana Diamond; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Enberg, Nicholas; Wagner, April; Afanasiev, Alex; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Hayden; Jay Boyarsky; Vara Ramakrishnan; Cecilia Taylor Subject:In late 2014, Lockheed Martin Israel doubled its office space at the Museum Tower in Tel Aviv. The company iscontinuing to expand its operations in several are… Date:Friday, December 20, 2024 10:26:47 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. In late 2014, Lockheed Martin Israel doubled its office space at the Museum Tower in TelAviv. The company is continuing to expand its operations in several are… Source: Lockheed Martin About Lockheed Martin Israel | Lockheed Martin Israel https://search.app/fZ9WQm9EhEWUhFkZ9 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 203     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov; Salem Ajluni; Michelle; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Dave Price;josh@joshsalcman.com; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Jeff Hayden; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Council,City; Keith Reckdahl; George for Palo Alto; Palo Alto Free Press; Zelkha, Mila; Human Relations Commission;planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Linda Jolley;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Kaloma Smith; Stump, Molly; Sarah Wright; Josh Becker; Rowena Chiu;kamhialison@gmail.com; Senator Becker; San José Spotlight; Jennifer Morrow San José Spotlight;jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Marina Lopez; Templeton, Cari; Lewis James; CaitJames; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external); citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Dennis Upton; dennis burns;DuJuan Green; Cribbs, Anne; h.etzko@gmail.com; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Doria Summa;Reifschneider, James; Binder, Andrew; Perron, Zachary; Afanasiev, Alex; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Emily Mibach Subject:(WATCH LIVE) Taxpayers Group Announces Suit Accusing Huffman and Thompson of Funding Genocide in Gaza | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News Date:Thursday, December 19, 2024 10:10:04 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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(WATCH LIVE) Taxpayers Group Announces Suit Accusing Huffman and Thompson of Funding Genocide in Gaza | Lost Coast Outpost | Humboldt County News https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2024/dec/19/watch-live-taxpayers-group-announces-class-action/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 204     From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Aram James Cc:Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Keith Reckdahl; Foley, Michael; George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; Gerry Gras; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Dave Price; Dennis Upton; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Bill Newell; h.etzko@gmail.com; Today EPA; Sarah Wright; Burt, Patrick; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Figueroa, Eric; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Tom DuBois; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; Rowena Chiu; kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Emily Mibach; Cecilia Taylor; Drekmeier, Peter; Jensen, Eric; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Braden Cartwright; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Holman, Karen (external); Van Der Zwaag, Minka; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Jeff Hayden; Stump, Molly; Barberini, Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Human Relations Commission; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Today EPA; Burt, Patrick; Reifschneider, James; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Stump, Molly; Enberg, Nicholas Subject:Re: Why you should never talk to the police without your lawyer present Date:Thursday, December 19, 2024 4:07:12 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The PAPD have their very own case of coercion that exemplifies this. Jorge Hernandez https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-true-confession/ “In fact, as Hernandez later found out, the police lied. They did not have his fingerprints, nor did they have his DNA or the surveillance tapes they claimed implicated him in the crime. He was held in jail for three weeks until DNA testing eliminated him as the rapist. The charges were dropped and he was released”. Mark Petersen Perez On Dec 18, 2024, at 9:11 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is thispossible? Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is this possible? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/fontana-police-coerced- false-murder-confession-with-lies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 205     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl Cc:Palo Alto Free Press; Friends of Cubberley; Sarah Wright; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; Ed Lauing; Council, City; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari; Bill Newell; kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Rowena Chiu; Josh Becker; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Wagner, April; GRP- City Council; citycouncil@mountainview.gov Subject:Re: Lockheed Martin The world’s largest weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin supplies Israel with F-16 andF-35 fighter jets, which Israel has been using extensively to bomb Gaza. Israel also uses the company’s C-130Hercules transport planes to suppo... Date:Thursday, December 19, 2024 1:32:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Dec 19, 2024 at 1:05 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Lockheed Martin The world’s largest weapons manufacturer, Lockheed Martin supplies Israel with F-16 and F-35 fighter jets, which Israel has been using extensively to bomb Gaza. Israel also uses the company’s C-130 Hercules transport planes to support the ground invasion of Gaza. Lockheed Martin manufactures AGM-114 Hellfire missiles for Israel’s Apache helicopters. One of the main weapon types used in aerial attacks on Gaza, these missiles have been used extensively in 2023. Some 2,000 Hellfire missiles were delivered to Israel sometime between Oct. 7 and Nov. 14. Lockheed Martin subsidiary Sikorsky manufactures the CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter, used to transport Israeli soldiers into and out of Gaza. On Jan. 8, Sikorsky was awarded $18.3 million from U.S. taxpayers' money for continued work on the CH- 53K aircraft it has provided to Israel. On Dec. 28, Lockheed Martin was awarded a $10.5 million contract {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 206     for continued support for Israel's fleet of F-35 warplanes. On Dec. 11, the Israeli Air Force used a Lockheed Martin C-130-J Super Hercules aircraft to drop approximately seven tons of equipment to Israeli soldiers engaging in ground attacks in Khan Younis, located in the southern Gaza Strip. This was the "first operational airdrop" that Israel has carried out since the 2006 Lebanon War. On Nov. 9, an Israeli missile hit journalists sitting near Shifa Hospital in Gaza City. The missile was reportedly a Lockheed Martin–made Hellfire R9X missile, a version of the Hellfire that was developed by the CIA for carrying out assassinations. Instead of exploding, the missile shreds its target using blades, allowing for a direct hit without collateral damage. The target in this case was not a military one. The Israeli military also uses Lockheed Martin’s M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS). Used to fire Elbit Systems’ high- precision AccuLAR-122, the weapon was used by Israel for the first time, since the 2006 war in Lebanon, on Oct. 6, according to the Israeli military. On an Oct. 17 call with investors, Lockheed Martin CEO, Jim Taiclet, “highlighted the Israel and Ukraine conflicts as potential drivers for increased revenue in the coming years.” Lockheed Martin is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland, and has key production sites in Denver, Houston, New Orleans, and San Diego. For more locations, see this map. For more information on this company (not including these latest {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 207     developments), see our company profile on the Investigate database. Source: American Friends Service CommitteeCompanies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends Service Committee https://search.app/B3GXzmLhG9DzK7QVA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 208     From:Eden Housing To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Eden Housing Project Awarded $110M; Celebrating a Groundbreaking 22 years in the Making; Looking Back at Affordable Housing Successes in 2024 Date:Thursday, December 19, 2024 11:38:16 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. View on web “There’s no place like home for the holidays.”   As we all know, there’s truly no place like home—it’s a sentiment that drives us every day and fuels our passion. For many of us, the {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 209     kitchen is the heart of the home, and that’s exactly where you would have found me recently: hosting my annual pasta-making party. Over 12 hours, six cousins, one friend and I rolled, shaped and crafted 1,662 pieces of pasta, all while channeling our inner “nonna” (my Italian grandmother). It was a labor of love, tradition and togetherness—one that brought the spirit of home to life, one piece of pasta at a time. This month, we have so much to celebrate. After years of hard work and determination, we finally broke ground on Legacy Court—a development that will bring affordable housing to 42 low-income households earning between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income. It’s been a long time coming, but the event was a resounding success. I was truly humbled by the incredible turnout of elected officials, supporters and partners who joined us to celebrate this milestone and the vital work we do. This project, 22 years in the making, is a true testament to the power of collaboration. A special thanks goes to our long-time partners, CHDC, and former Senator Nancy Skinner, who delivered the last critical piece of funding that got us to the start of construction. In other big news, we learned that the Downtown Library & Affordable Housing Project has been granted the final funding award needed to begin construction, a joint effort of the City of Santa Cruz, Eden Housing and For The Future Housing. A key part of this visionary project will be much-needed affordable housing, along with a modern library and quality childcare facilities. Our aim is always to deploy best practices in our built environments, and as further testament to the design quality we offer, our Blue Oak Landing development in Vallejo, California, was awarded an MHN Excellence Award from Multi-Housing News -- its sixth award this year. Finally, as part of our commitment to taking care of our own employees, Eden Housing was thrilled to be named a Best-in-Class Employer for 2024 by Gallagher—our fourth year in a row. At the same time, our dedication extends beyond our team to the next generation of scholars striving to achieve their educational dreams. Through our Howard T. Collins Memorial Scholarship Program, we’re empowering Eden Housing residents to reach their potential by pursuing higher education and job training for brighter futures. With your support, we can expand this impactful program in 2025 and provide even more life-changing opportunities. Donate today, and your gift will be matched dollar- for-dollar up to $50,000! Click here to donate. We invite you to read on for more details on these and other stories, along with a summary about the state of affordable housing that highlights many of our wins—which we recognize are only possible when we all work together. Wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season, and we look forward to more progress and success together in 2025. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 210     Linda Mandolini, President & CEO of Eden Housing EDEN HOUSING UPDATES Community Housing Development Corporation and EdenHousing Celebrate Legacy Court Groundbreaking inRichmond, Culminating 22 Years of Effort In mid-December, we held the long-awaited official groundbreaking for Legacy Court inRichmond, a development that will provide affordable housing for 42 low-incomehouseholds earning between 30% and 60% of the area’s median income. Legacy Court is designed as all-electric and will incorporate energy-efficient appliances,as well as green elements designed to reduce the carbon footprint of the project. On-site {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 211     amenities for residents will include a kitchen, laundry facilities, computer lab with high- speed internet and bike parking, along with common areas designed to facilitatesocialization and a sense of community. Read the Full Update   Multi-Faceted Santa Cruz Project Approved The City of Santa Cruz, Eden Housing and For The Future Housing have announced thatthe Downtown Library & Affordable Housing Project has been granted the final fundingaward needed to begin construction. The project secured a $55.1 million tax credit awardthrough the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee (CTCAC) and a $55.6 million bondaward through the California Debt Allocation Committee (CDLAC). {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 212     “Funders, led by the State of California, recognize the visionary and critical importance ofthis project for Santa Cruz,” said Linda Mandolini, CEO of Eden Housing. “We are thrilledto have the final piece of funding secured for the construction phase and look forward tocollaborating with the City of Santa Cruz and our partners as we move toward breakingground on this transformative development.” Key components and features of the Downtown Library & Affordable Housing‘s include124 units of housing, 100% of which will be affordable units (with exception of onemanager’s unit); a new 41,000-square-foot library; commercial tenant space; and achildcare facility with both indoor and outdoor spaces. Read More   Eden Housing Returns Three AcresTo Indigenous Led Land Trust {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 213     Sogorea Te’ Land Trust and Eden Housing are honored to announce the return of threeacres of land along the San Lorenzo Creek in Castro Valley to its ancestralcaretakers. Also known as Lisjan Creek, the site is culturally significant for theConfederated Villages of Lisan Nation tribe and is the first waterway to be returned tothe Indigenous women-led Sogorea Te’ Land Trust.The creek land is located in an area historically known as a gathering place for theOhlone people, and cultural items have been found in the vicinity. The land has remained vacant for decades following the cancellation of plans toconstruct Interstate 238. The creek and riparian zone will be protected and managed inperpetuity under a conservation easement funded through a perpetual endowment byCaltrans. The title deed has been transferred to the land trust who will overseerestoration efforts, including revitalizing the riparian habitat and reintroducing native “Donating the creek land to the Indigenous Land Trust is a significant step in honoringthe natural heritage and cultural roots of this area,” said Andrea Osgood, Eden Housing’sChief of Real Estate Development and Executive Vice President. “This partnership notonly enhances the preservation and beautification of the creek and riparian zone butalso fosters meaningful collaboration with surrounding communities and groups. By {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 214     reintroducing native plants and restoring this essential habitat, we aim to create a space that respects both the environmental and cultural history of the land, benefiting currentand future generations.” Read More   Year in Review: 2024 Policy Update from Sacramento Governor Newsom signed 13 bills supported byEden during this legislative session—includinglegislation that strengthens protections foraffordable housing providers from “bad faith”lawsuits, increases financing flexibility, andreduces or delays fees imposed on our projects. In spite of a multi-billion-dollar revenue shortfall,the 2024-25 state budget approved earlier thisyear also maintained state commitments toseveral successful affordable housing programs,including the Low Income Housing Tax Creditand Multifamily Housing Program. Among the ballot measures that were approvedare Prop 1 - Mental Health Services, which willmodernize the state’s Mental Health Services Act(MHSA), including expanding housinginterventions for people suffering from mentalillness and substance use disorders. Other legislation that was endorsed by Eden and signed by the Governor were related to funding, ADUs, more transparent fees and preservation. We look forward to more collaboration and a successful 2025 as we all work together toadvance the important cause of affordable housing. Read the Full Policy Update   Blue Oak Landing Receives MHN Excellence Awardfrom Multi-Housing News {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 215     Eden Housing has won an MHN Excellence Award in the Development & Design:Affordable category for Blue Oak Landing, Eden’s first modular project. Located inVallejo, California, it offers 75 units of 100% permanent supportive housing to individualsand families earning between 20% to 40% of the area median income who areexperiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. MHN received a record number of entries, and the judges were impressed by the high-quality, energy-efficient project that was designed with sustainability in mind, withrooftop solar panels, all-electrical design and indoor bike parking. The property, whichoffers onsite residence services and case management, also has a wide variety ofamenities including a computer learning center, community room with a fully equippedkitchen, laundry facilities and an outdoor courtyard with planters.   Eden Housing Named Best-in-Class Employer {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 216     For the fourth year in a row, Eden Housing was honored to be named a “Best-in- Class” employer through the “Best-in-Class Benchmarking Analysis,” from Gallagher, which profiles statistically significant attributes of top-performingmidsize employers with 100 to 999 full-time equivalent employees. Among theattributes considered are organizational wellbeing, physical and emotionalwellbeing, and career and financial wellbeing. “We are pleased to be recognized for the efforts we make to optimize theworkplace for each one of our employees,” said Eden Housing CEO LindaMandolini. “By prioritizing the wellbeing of our employees, we enable them tofocus on our mission of providing affordable housing, ultimately allowing them tomake a deeper impact in the lives of others.” EDEN HOUSING IN THE NEWS Portion of controversial Bay Area housing development returned to Indigenous {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 217     land trust Downtown Santa Cruz library project receives $111 million to start construction MHN Announces the 2024 Excellence Awards Winners Donate Today! 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Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. People with the Bay Area Palestine Solidarity coalition gathered at around 6 a.m. to protest Lockheed Martin's supplying of Israel with fighter jets, missiles and other weapons and surveillance technology.Apr 4, 2024 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 220     From:Aram James To:Sheriff Transparency; Robert. Jonsen; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James;Raymond Goins; Sean Allen; h.etzko@gmail.com; Jeff Conrad; Jethroe Moore II; George for Palo Alto; Palo AltoFree Press; Keith Reckdahl; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Barberini,Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; Enberg, Nicholas; Afanasiev, Alex; Kaloma Smith; Holman, Karen (external);Drekmeier, Peter; Cecilia Taylor; Jensen, Eric; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari;planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; DuJuan Green; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; DianaDiamond; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; EPA Today; Human Relations Commission; Lythcott-Haims, Julie;Council, City; editor@paweekly.com; Shikada, Ed; Taylor, Cecilia; Roberta Ahlquist; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; JayBoyarsky; Burt, Patrick; Perron, Zachary; Wagner, April; dennis burns; Bill Newell; Emily Mibach; Foley, Michael;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Friends of Cubberley; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:County will pay $7.5 million settlement to girls sexually abused by sheriff’s deputy Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 9:17:38 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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County will pay $7.5 million settlement to girls sexually abused by sheriff’s deputy County will pay $7.5 million settlement to girls sexually abused by sheriff’s deputy https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-18/county-will-pay-7-5-million-to-girls-sexually-abused-by-sheriffs-deputy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 221     From:Aram James To:Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; Keith Reckdahl; Foley, Michael; George for Palo Alto; Human RelationsCommission; Gerry Gras; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Dave Price; DennisUpton; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Bill Newell; Palo Alto Free Press;h.etzko@gmail.com; EPA Today; Sarah Wright; Burt, Patrick; Perron, Zachary; Reifschneider, James; Wagner,April; Figueroa, Eric; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Tom DuBois; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs,Anne; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; Rowena Chiu;kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Emily Mibach; Cecilia Taylor; Drekmeier, Peter; Jensen, Eric;DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Braden Cartwright; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; Holman, Karen (external);Van Der Zwaag, Minka; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Jeff Hayden; Stump,Molly; Barberini, Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas Subject:Why you should never talk to the police without your lawyer present Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 9:11:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is this possible? Fontana police got him to admit to a murder that never happened. How is this possible? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-06-01/fontana-police-coerced-false-murder-confession-with-lies {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 222     From:Office of Supervisor Otto LeeTo:Human Relations CommissionSubject:D3 December 2024 Newsletter - Celebrating the Season and CommunityDate:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 3:44:20 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. In This Newsletter: Supporting and Accessing Community Resources - Rapid Response Network - Thank You Joe Simitian - BAAQMD Ruling - Highlights Around the Community - Upcoming Events and Helpful Resources - Before We Go... Dear Friends and Neighbors, As we close out this year and look toward a new one, I’m truly grateful for the strength and compassion of our community. Supporting and Accessing Community Services The holidays are a powerful reminder of why it's important to give back to the community. Food banks and local non-profit organizations throughout the County have been working tirelessly to ensure families and residents don't go hungry this holiday season. If you are able, I {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 223     encourage you to volunteer or donate to your favorite local charity. The County Social Services Agency has resources on how to get food assistance, as well as a Community Resource Guide. Let's work together to ensure that everyone in our community has the opportunity to experience the warmth and generosity of the season. Rapid Response Network: Offering Support to Immigrant and Refugee Communities While the holiday season brings joy and warmth to many, the New Year also marks the beginning of a new federal administration. This can be a time of fear and uncertainty, particular for immigrant and refugee communities. However, it is important to remember that Santa Clara County's foundation is grounded on values of inclusion, acceptance, and diversity. Community resources are available to provide support, guidance, and assistance. This includes the Rapid Response Network, a community defense project designed to protect immigration families who face deportation threats and ICE activity. The Network has a 24/7 hotline at (408) 290-1144 that anyone can call to report ICE activity and receive help in real time. The Network relies on volunteers to help provide services and support. If you want to stand in solidarity with families impacted by immigration activity in your community and are interested in attending an in-person or virtual training, you can complete the Network’s Rapid Responder Training Interest Form. Together, we can create a welcoming environment where everyone feels safe, valued, and respected. Celebrating Safely {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 224     Finally, no matter where and how you celebrate the season, please always prioritize safety. Whether you will travel to visit loved ones or stay closer to home, I urge everyone to make safe and responsible decisions that protect you, your family, and our neighbors. This season is a time of joy, but it is also a time to remain vigilant and look out for one another. Thank you for all you do to make the County a vibrant place to live, work, and gather. Wishing you a very safe and happy holiday season, and as always, please feel free contact our office anytime via email at Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org or visit us online at SupervisorLee.org. Supervisor Otto Lee Santa Clara County, District 3 SupervisorLee.org Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org Board of Supervisors Updates {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 225     Welcome to the Board, Supervisor Betty Duong! On December 3rd, the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors welcomed Supervisor Betty Duong, appointing her to complete Supervisor Cindy Chavez’s term to ensure seamless representation for District 2. Betty Duong brings extensive experience as a County leader, having established and led various County departments, with the most recent being the Vietnamese American Service Center. Her track record reflects a deep commitment to social and economic justice and community empowerment, with efforts spanning from advancing language access to strengthening workplace protections and managing affordable housing funds. Supervisor Duong is poised to continue building on the legacy of dedicated representation for District 2. We look forward to working with her as she begins this new chapter of service to Santa Clara County​. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 226     Farewell and Thank You, Supervisor Joe Simitian! During the last meeting of the calendar year on December 10th, we said farewell to Supervisor Joe Simitian as he concludes his remarkable 12-year tenure on the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors. Supervisor Simitian's decades of public service and leadership at the school district, city, county, and state levels. Known for his innovative and impactful initiatives, Supervisor Simitian has championed many causes, including but not limited to environmental sustainability, privacy rights, housing solutions, mental health, and senior services. His deep commitment to public service and thoughtful leadership have left a lasting legacy in Santa Clara County. On behalf of District 3, we extend our sincere gratitude to Supervisor Simitian and wish him the very best in the next chapter of his journey! Other Key Agenda Items As we closed out the year during the December Board of Supervisors meetings, we took bold actions to address critical issues of housing, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 227     health, safety, and equity across Santa Clara County, setting the stage for meaningful change in the year ahead. In light of shared concerns about the implications of the recent federal administration change, we have allocated $5 million to expand immigration legal services and rapid response efforts and asked staff to return to us in early January with additional actionable recommendations for protecting residents. I also requested that the recommendations include a plan for listening sessions to hear community input. I look forward to this very important opportunity to hear from all of you, so stay tuned for details. We also unanimously approved the updated Housing Element, a critical plan to expand housing capacity in unincorporated areas. Updates focused on ensuring robust equity analysis and planning, and having a stronger commitment to city collaborations. Staff anticipate building over 6,500 units out of the required ~3,000, with close to 25% of those being designated for very low to moderately low-income households. Finally, we strengthened our commitment to connecting communities by updating the Countywide Trails Master Plan Map from the 1995 version, including aligning it with relevant VTA plans, adding 26 trails, identifying new areas for potential connection points, and prioritizing trails according to public feedback. At the second Board of Supervisors meeting this month, I was grateful to sponsor Supervisor Simitian’s final referral, a vital effort to improve safety on Homestead Road with the Safe Routes to School initiative by championing legislative efforts to secure funding. I really {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 228     appreciate the efforts of parents, schools, and City leaders alike in advocating for the rights of our children to stay safe while traveling to school, especially when making sustainable choices in transportation. On the health front, we heard encouraging updates about expanding mental health services for older adults, including increasing skilled nursing facilities and expanding suicide prevention, which I requested regular updates on within the quarterly public health crisis reports. We also approved efforts to grow the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program (VHHP) by adding a health clinic, Valley Health Center McKee, to help restore services previously reduced or discontinued, which we look forward to opening in Spring 2025 and serving 500 unhoused patients. I was overjoyed to hear that VHHP received a $1.1 million federal award that will be used to provide substance use treatment services in the COMPASS Clinic at VHC Moorpark starting in early 2025. Finally, I supported updating the fee schedule for Concealed Carry Weapon licenses to recover processing costs under new SB 2 requirements but raised concerns about potential disparities, requesting demographic tracking and a one- year review of the fee structure to ensure equity. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 229     BAAQMD Rule 9-6 Update On Wednesday, December 4th, the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Board of Directors, which I sit on, received an update on Rule 9-6: Nitrogen Oxides Emissions from Natural Gas- Fired Water Heaters, and the Board discussion on this update had to be continued to a special meeting on December 11th. In this update, Air District staff covered positive updates on our region’s preparedness, as well as implementation challenges that must be addressed. Rule 9-6 intends to reduce emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) from water heaters in buildings in the Bay Area by prohibiting the sale and installation of water heaters that emit NOx upon operation. Implementation begins on January 1st, 2027 for residential tank water heaters and on January 1st, 2031 for commercial and multifamily water heaters. This rule only applies to appliances that would be newly installed, so they require no change-out of already existing appliances. For more information, you can view the Air District’s FAQ page on Rule 9-4 and 9-6. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 230     NOx emissions cause new or worsened respiratory illnesses and can lead to premature death, so this rule will protect our public health and air quality. Data thus far has shown that the vast majority of residents see bill savings or no change in their bills after switching to a zero NOx heat pump water heater. Additionally, the electrical grid is prepared for this shift, and there has been significant growth in workforce preparedness. However, there are still concerns about affordability and challenging installation cases, so Air District staff will be working diligently over the next two years to address these implementation challenges. There are currently many incentives available if you are looking to replace your water heater with a healthier, zero-NOx heat pump water heater before the implementation date. To find incentives available to you and contractors in your area, you can visit www.switchison.org/ca. Highlights Around the Community Knights of Columbus 5796 Thanksgiving Dinner {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 231     On Thanksgiving, D3 staffers Wendy and Angela volunteered to help serve food at St. John the Baptist Church with the Knights of Columbus St. John's Council 5796. Every year, the Knights of Columbus work hard to host a free Thanksgiving meal, where all are invited regardless of age, background, or income. A warm and special thanks to this group for making the holiday special for so many in the community! APAPA Silicon Valley Chapter Presents Photography Exhibit {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 232     The Silicon Valley Chapter of Asian Pacific American Public Affairs (APAPA) hosted the opening ceremony of up-and-coming photography Yueheng Han and his portrait photography exhibition, titled "12 a.m." This remarkable collection reflects APAPA-SVC’s commitment to inspiring, empowering, and engaging the AAPI community to actively participate in leadership, civic engagement, and creative expression. It has been on display at the County Building throughout the month! County of Santa Clara Employee Excellence Awards {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 233     As the largest public organization in Northern California, the County of Santa Clara's operations require the work of many amazing people and departments to serve nearly two million residents! Every year, the County recognizes employees across all agencies who consistently exemplify extraordinary public service through initiative, leadership, and commitment to the County's Mission. Congratulations to all Outstanding Employees of the Year! Human Agenda Presents 22nd Human Rights Awards {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 234     I was honored to join my colleague, Supervisor Betty Duong, at Human Agenda's 22nd Annual Human Rights Awards on Saturday, December 7th at the South Bay Labor Council. This event honored individuals and groups who address critical human needs and call for personal and policy actions to create a more humane and meaningful existence for all. This included Supervisor Duong, who received the Democracy Award for her public and civic service. Milpitas High School NJROTC Annual Military Inspection {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 235     On December 12th, the Milpitas High School NJROTC had its annual military inspection, a very important day for both cadets and unit staff. I was proud to come out to support this program, because the NJROTC plays a vital role in providing young people with the skills, and values they need to succeed, like leadership, responsibility, and citizenship. D3 Team Volunteers at Sunnyvale Community Services {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 236     To celebrate the season of giving, D3 staffers volunteered at Sunnyvale Community Services and its annual Toy Distribution Event. The organization collected many toys and gifts and transformed its warehouse to a winter wonderland full of children's presents. To learn more about Sunnyvale Community Services and fi nd out how to get involved or receive services, visit their website. D3 Hosts Community Leader Program Event at the County {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 237     On December 17th, the D3 team and I invited participants from the Sunnyvale Community Services Community Leader Program to come visit our office and learn more about different agencies within the County. This program empowers individuals to lead and create bridges between local residents and the resources available to them to foster community care and unity. Upcoming Events and Helpful Resources James Cary Smith Community Grant Funding Opportunity Apply by Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2024 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 238     MediCal or Covered California Health Insurance Enrollment Renew By: Dec. 31, 2024 / New Enrollees: Jan 31, 2025 Behavioral Health Community Heroes Award Nominations Submit Nominations by Friday, Jan. 17, 2025 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 239     Domestic Violence & Family Law Confidential Clinic Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025 Parenting in the Digital Era Webinar Workshop Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 240     Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Student Sponsorships Apply by Friday, January 31, 2025 Youth Art Contest: Riding Future Transit Only Students in CA 24th {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 241     District (Milpitas/N. San Jose) Submit Entries by Friday, February 21, 2025 2025-2026 Civil Grand Jury Accepting Applications Submit by Friday, March 28, 2025 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 242     Free Sandbags for Flood Preparation (Limit 10/Household) Available Only to City of Sunnyvale Residents Before We Go... Save the Date: Board of Supervisors First Meeting of 2025 is on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 243     Holiday Recycling Tips for the Season As you and your family and friends prepare for the holiday season, don't forget to dispose of the gifting materials properly. County waste service vendor Republic Services provides great tips for proper recycling of holiday waste and adding an eco-friendly touch to gift-giving. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 244     Plastic Turf FAQs for Recreation Fields or Play Spaces As the County of Santa Clara considers an ordinance regarding the use of plastic turf on sports and recreation spaces, it’s important to provide clear information about this issue. With consultation from experts in the medical field, our website now has a dedicated page that answers frequently asked questions about the choice between natural grass and plastic turf. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 245     70 West Hedding 10th Floor San José, CA 95110 (408) 299-5030 Email Supervisor Lee District 3 Website Unsubscribe from future messages. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 246     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 247     From:Palo Alto Free Press To:Aram James Cc:Shikada, Ed; Council, City; h.etzko@gmail.com; George for Palo Alto; Keith Reckdahl; Today EPA; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; San José Spotlight; Human Relations Commission; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Afanasiev, Alex; michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com; Foley, Michael; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Shikada, Ed; Today EPA; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Human Relations Commission Subject:Re: City feuds with contractor over public safety building Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 12:48:39 PM Attachments:32x32-mercury-news-white.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Has anything changed since the Mitchell Park library fiasco? Palo Alto: Mitchell Park Library contractor seeks ‘millions’ from city for misrepresenting plans mercurynews.com Mark Petersen Perez On Dec 18, 2024, at 12:40 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Cost overruns and construction delays continue to delay the opening of PaloAlto’s new City feuds with contractor over public safety building cost overruns and extraordinary delays in completing the project continue https://www.paloaltoonline.com/police/2024/12/17/city-feuds-with-contractor- over-public-safety-building/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 248     From:Aram James To:Shikada, Ed Cc:Council, City; h.etzko@gmail.com; George for Palo Alto; Keith Reckdahl; EPA Today; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; San José Spotlight; Human Relations Commission; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Afanasiev, Alex; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; Palo Alto Free Press; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov Subject:City feuds with contractor over public safety building Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 12:41:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Cost overruns and construction delays continue to delay the opening of Palo Alto’s new City feuds with contractor over public safety building cost overruns and extraordinary delays in completing the project continue https://www.paloaltoonline.com/police/2024/12/17/city-feuds-with-contractor-over-public-safety-building/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 249     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; George for Palo Alto Cc:Council, City; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Baker, Rob; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley; Michelle; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Dave Price; San José Spotlight; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Kaloma Smith; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external); Vicki Veenker; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Sarah Wright; Lee, Craig; Cribbs, Anne; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org; ParkRec Commission; dennis burns; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Human Relations Commission; Dennis Upton Subject:‘International law’ is an illusion for Palestinians | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian Date:Wednesday, December 18, 2024 10:31:28 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. International law’ is an illusion for Palestinians Ahmad Ibsais ‘International law’ is an illusion for Palestinians | Israel-Gaza war | The Guardian https://search.app/sGfYVUWsznhvy6o1A {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 250     From:Gaines, Chantal To:lea.gabay@yahoo.fr; Pierce, Kojo Subject:Re: FOLLOW-UP: Proposal for Antisemitism Training Date:Tuesday, December 17, 2024 7:12:27 PM Hi Lea, Thank you for your email. My name is Chantal Cotton Gaines and I’m the Deputy City Manager for the City of Palo Alto. My colleague, Kojo, and I are helping gather informationabout the possible trainings on these topics and will share them with the Chair of the Human Relations Commission (those copied on your original email). Kojo and I would love to meet with you and learn more about your training and details. Imoved the HRC to the BCC as we work on scheduling. Please let me know your availability the week of January 6th or I could meet this Thursday the 19th at 9.30am. Thanks Chantal Deputy City Manager Sent from my mobile device. Please excuse brevity and typos. From: lea.gabay@yahoo.fr <lea.gabay@yahoo.fr> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2024 6:44:51 PM To: Gaines, Chantal <Chantal.Gaines@CityofPaloAlto.org>; Pierce, Kojo <Kojo.Pierce@CityofPaloAlto.org> Cc: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: FOLLOW-UP: Proposal for Antisemitism Training CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, I am writing to follow up on my previous email to ask whether you had had a chance to read my email and to consider my proposal. Best, Lea Gabay Le vendredi 6 décembre 2024 à 15:40:58 UTC−8, lea.gabay@yahoo.fr <lea.gabay@yahoo.fr> a écrit : Dear City Council Members, I hope this email finds you well. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 251     We are excited to share a proposal for an inclusive antisemitism training developed by PARCEO. This training adopts a collective liberation lens, addressing antisemitism in a manner that emphasizes intersectionality, contextual awareness, and diverse Jewish perspectives. Our approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of antisemitism while creating space for critical conversations about broader issues, such as Islamophobia and other forms of systemic oppression. The attached brochure provides an overview of the training, including its key themes, methodology, and outcomes. Additionally, we have included a fee schedule for your reference. Please note that PARCEO is committed to working with groups across various resource levels to make these crucial conversations accessible. It may be of interest to note that this training has been successfully implemented in the Bay Area, serving as an alternative to one that conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. This alternative approach was well-received by high school educators, underscoring the importance of offering a training that fosters nuanced understanding and dialogue. We would be thrilled to collaborate with your team to ensure this training meets the unique needs of our community. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or for further details. I truly hope the city considers this proposal, and acknowledges alternative voices, such as mine, from the Jewish community in Palo Alto. I look forward to your thoughts and the opportunity to move this forward. Sincerely, Lea Gabay {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 252     From:lea.gabay@yahoo.fr To:Gaines, Chantal; Pierce, Kojo Cc:Human Relations Commission Subject:FOLLOW-UP: Proposal for Antisemitism Training Date:Tuesday, December 17, 2024 6:45:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, I am writing to follow up on my previous email to ask whether you had had a chance to read my email and to consider my proposal. Best, Lea Gabay Le vendredi 6 décembre 2024 à 15:40:58 UTC−8, lea.gabay@yahoo.fr <lea.gabay@yahoo.fr> a écrit : Dear City Council Members, I hope this email finds you well. We are excited to share a proposal for an inclusive antisemitism training developed by PARCEO. This training adopts a collective liberation lens, addressing antisemitism in a manner that emphasizes intersectionality, contextual awareness, and diverse Jewish perspectives. Our approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of antisemitism while creating space for critical conversations about broader issues, such as Islamophobia and other forms of systemic oppression. The attached brochure provides an overview of the training, including its key themes, methodology, and outcomes. Additionally, we have included a fee schedule for your reference. Please note that PARCEO is committed to working with groups across various resource levels to make these crucial conversations accessible. It may be of interest to note that this training has been successfully implemented in the Bay Area, serving as an alternative to one that conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. This alternative approach was well-received by high school educators, underscoring the importance of offering a training that fosters nuanced understanding and dialogue. We would be thrilled to collaborate with your team to ensure this training meets the unique needs of our community. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or for further details. I truly hope the city considers this proposal, and acknowledges alternative voices, such as mine, from the Jewish community in Palo Alto. I look forward to your thoughts and the opportunity to move this forward. Sincerely, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 253     Lea Gabay {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 254     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; George for Palo Alto Cc:Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Sean Allen; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; kamhialison@gmail.com; Kaloma Smith; Jeff Moore; Senator Becker; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Zelkha, Mila; Lotus Fong; Gardener, Liz; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Roberta Ahlquist; ladoris cordell; Burt, Patrick; GRP-City Council; Dennis Upton; dennis burns; Human Relations Commission; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external); planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; DuJuan Green; Salem Ajluni; Michelle; Jack Ajluni; Stump, Molly; Don Austin; Daniel Kottke; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Council, City; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Binder, Andrew; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Baker, Rob; Raymond Goins; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Afanasiev, Alex; Reifschneider, James; Shikada, Ed; Wagner, April; Cecilia Taylor; Sarah Wright; editor@paweekly.com; Gennady Sheyner; Barberini, Christopher; Bill Newell; Vicki Veenker; Vara Ramakrishnan; Palo Alto Free Press; Perron, Zachary; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; gstone22@gmail.com Subject:Alameda County divests from Caterpillar over equipment sales to Israe Date:Thursday, December 12, 2024 8:55:45 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Alameda County divests from Caterpillar over equipment sales to Israel https://www.mercurynews.com/2024/12/12/alameda-county-divests-from-caterpillar-over-equipment-sales-to-israel/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 255     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; h.etzko@gmail.com; Dave Price; Jeff Conrad; Council, City; Josh Becker; KalomaSmith; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; josh@joshsalcman.com; Supervisor Simitian; Supervisor SusanEllenberg; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley; Bill Newell; HumanRelations Commission; Gardener, Liz; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; BradenCartwright; GRP-City Council; George for Palo Alto; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRecCommission Subject:UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees | AP News Date:Thursday, December 12, 2024 5:02:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. UN General Assembly demands ceasefire in Gaza and backs UN agency helping Palestinian refugees | AP News https://apnews.com/article/un-gaza-unrwa-palestinians-israel-resolutions-vote- 2df5701e79b9678104e60a99b17d2f7a {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 256     From:Eden Housing To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Double Your Impact with Life-Changing Scholarships Date:Wednesday, December 11, 2024 11:33:03 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. DONATE NOW Email not displaying correctly?View it on your browser Dear Friend of Eden Housing, Our Howard T. Collins Memorial Scholarship Program recognizes the potential {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 257     of Eden Housing residents who are striving to improve their lives with jobtraining and higher education. 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Privacy Policy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 259     From:Dr. Nas MohamedTo:Human Relations CommissionSubject:Alwan"s Report on LGBT rights in the Gulf StatesDate:Tuesday, December 10, 2024 11:12:14 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. What is it like to be an LGBT person in a Gulf state (including Saudi Arabia)? The Alwan Foundation published its first annual report to address this question. This report aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the status of LGBTQ+ rights in the GCC countries, shedding the light on the legal and social obstacles faced by individuals who belong to this community. Additionally, the report documents cases {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 260     from each GCC country we handled and are able to share publicly and offers recommendations for improvement. 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Jonsen; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Binder, Andrew; Wagner, April; Stump, Molly Subject:Israel Delayed Its Attack on Iran Due to CIA Leak, Prosecutors Allege Date:Sunday, December 8, 2024 5:17:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 262     Most Read The White House Gave Israel Coordinates to Save an American’s Family. Then Israel Bombed Them Again. Kavitha Chekuru The Alsayed brothers lost their mother in the first bombing. They thought the White House could help save the survivors. READ MORE → {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 263     He Thought He Wouldn’t Live to See Aleppo Again. This Week, He Returned Home. Jonah Valdez As Syrian rebels retake major cities from Bashar al-Assad, many are celebrating a return home. READ MORE → Protecting freedom of the press has never been more important. Thank you for being a member of The Intercept. 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Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. It’s time for Democrats to get real about fixing housing crisis It’s time for Democrats to get real about fixing housing crisishttps://edition.pagesuite.com/popovers/dynamic_article_popover.aspx?guid=ac790e40-5efe- 451a-bb1f-b3695208aba3&appcode=SAN252&eguid=7f78d414-ba38-4e36-900b-7d60004af587&pnum=27# For more great content like this subscribe to the The Mercury News e-edition app here: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 268     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Josh Becker; George for Palo Alto; Burt, Patrick; Stone,Greer Cc:Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Diana Diamond; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Conrad; h.etzko@gmail.com; Reifschneider, James; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Human Relations Commission; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rose Lynn; Rowena Chiu; josh@joshsalcman.com; Bill Newell; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Lewis James; Cait James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Roberta Ahlquist; Baker, Rob; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Roberta Ahlquist; Robert. Jonsen; GRP-City Council; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Perron, Zachary; Kaloma Smith; Bains, Paul; Tom DuBois; Dennis Upton; Holman, Karen (external); Sarah Wright; Friends of Cubberley; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Patrice Ventresca; Barberini, Christopher; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; walter wilson; Daniel Kottke; Cecilia Taylor; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Supervisor Otto Lee; Vicki Veenker; Vara Ramakrishnan; Afanasiev, Alex; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Emily Mibach; EPA Today Subject:Watch "Yes, it"s a genocide" on YouTube Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 6:58:03 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/WMwqhdVV5as?si=fhRJV5k0b_tyFVlz {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 269     From:lea.gabay@yahoo.fr To:Gaines, Chantal; Pierce, Kojo Cc:Human Relations Commission Subject:Proposal for Antisemitism Training Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 3:42:14 PM Attachments:AS Fee schedule Workshops 2024 (2).pdfGeneral AS Overview.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear City Council Members, I hope this email finds you well. We are excited to share a proposal for an inclusive antisemitism training developed by PARCEO. This training adopts a collective liberation lens, addressing antisemitism in a manner that emphasizes intersectionality, contextual awareness, and diverse Jewish perspectives. Our approach ensures a comprehensive understanding of antisemitism while creating space for critical conversations about broader issues, such as Islamophobia and other forms of systemic oppression. The attached brochure provides an overview of the training, including its key themes, methodology, and outcomes. Additionally, we have included a fee schedule for your reference. Please note that PARCEO is committed to working with groups across various resource levels to make these crucial conversations accessible. It may be of interest to note that this training has been successfully implemented in the Bay Area, serving as an alternative to one that conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism. This alternative approach was well-received by high school educators, underscoring the importance of offering a training that fosters nuanced understanding and dialogue. We would be thrilled to collaborate with your team to ensure this training meets the unique needs of our community. Please feel free to reach out with any questions or for further details. I truly hope the city considers this proposal, and acknowledges alternative voices, such as mine, from the Jewish community in Palo Alto. I look forward to your thoughts and the opportunity to move this forward. Sincerely, Lea Gabay {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 270     From:Roberta Ahlquist To:Aram James; h.etzko@gmail.com; Palo Alto Renters" Association; Marie-Louise Starling-Bell; Joyce Beattie; BillCane; Cherrill Spencer; Chuck Jagoda; Peninsula Peace and Justice Center; Human Relations Commission;Debbie Mytels; Sunita de Tourreil; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Winter Dellenbach; EPA Today; Emer Martin; RebeccaEisenberg; Eugenia (Genie) Njolito; Lotus Yee Fong WILPFUSA; ffloyd@stanford.edu; Gerry Gras; RagingGrannies of the Peninsula; SILKE GURLICH; Gerry jurgensen; Sandy Perry-HCA; HRW Silicon Valley; JulieLythcott-Haims; Iza Predmdore; Pastor Kaloma Smith; linda lopez-otero; Rick Leder; Gardener, Liz; StevenRussell; Friends of Cubberley; Wendy Peikes; Rosalinda Quintanar; Robin; Richard Waldinger; Sally Clark; sandraweiss; Joe Simitian; Trudy Reagan; Lenny S. via Mobilize; Rita Vrhel; Yolanda xxx Subject:Fwd: Immigration community forum Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 2:45:02 PM Attachments:Know your rights.pdf Conozca sus derechos.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. fyir ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Ruben Abrica <rubenabrica@gmail.com>Date: Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 10:08 PM Subject: Immigration community forumTo: Hope you can come bywThanks RubenSent from my iPhone {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 271     From:Aram JamesTo:Sean Allen; Rose Lynn; Jeff Moore; Bill Newell; Raymond Goins; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl;h.etzko@gmail.com; Lotus Fong; Human Relations Commission; DuJuan Green; GRP-City Council; dennis burns Subject:Naval Academy can consider affirmative action In recruiting to protect national security Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 9:39:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments andclicking on links. https://s2.washingtonpost.com/3fd888b/67532b72357387190b4c15d6/596b4b97ade4e24119b13877/3/13/67532b72357387190b4c15d6 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 272     From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Bill Newell; Jeff Moore; h.etzko@gmail.com; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Dave Price; EPAToday; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Afanasiev, Alex;Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; josh@joshsalcman.com; Josh Becker; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Dennis Upton; dennis burns; Human Relations Commission; DuJuan Green; Keith Reckdahl;Raymond Goins; George for Palo Alto; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Palo Alto Free Press; Burt, Patrick;gstone22@gmail.com; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Diana Diamond; Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; RowenaChiu; kamhialison@gmail.com; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley Subject:California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message? Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 9:04:45 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message? California voters wanted stricter penalties for crime. Can reformers find a new message? https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-06/california-criminal-justice-reform- movement-2024-election-results {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 273     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing Cc:h.etzko@gmail.com; Dave Price; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Perron, Zachary; George for Palo Alto; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; gstone22@gmail.com; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Burt, Patrick; Liz Kniss; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley; josh@joshsalcman.com; Josh Becker; The Office of Mayor Matt Mahan; Human Relations Commission; Vicki Veenker; Raymond Goins; Rowena Chiu; Roberta Ahlquist; dennis burns; Tom DuBois; DuJuan Green; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Emily Mibach; Kaloma Smith; EPA Today; yolanda; Supervisor Otto Lee; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Jeff Hayden; Holman, Karen (external); Palo Alto Free Press; Diana Diamond; Jeff Conrad; Zelkha, Mila; Marina Lopez; Jack Ajluni; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Stump, Molly; Sarah Wright; Foley, Michael; Figueroa, Eric; Jensen, Eric; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Afanasiev, Alex; Council, City; GRP-City Council; Bill Newell; walter wilson; Wagner, April; Braden Cartwright; Cecilia Taylor Subject:Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support Date:Friday, December 6, 2024 8:04:31 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Amnesty International: Israel Is Committing Genocide in Gaza with Full U.S. Support https://www.democracynow.org/2024/12/6/amnesty_genocide {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 274     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl Cc:Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Jack Ajluni; Jeff Conrad; Linda Jolley; Gardener, Liz; Kaloma Smith; George for Palo Alto; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; josh@joshsalcman.com; Rowena Chiu; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Raymond Goins; Vara Ramakrishnan; Human Relations Commission; kamhialison@gmail.com; chuck jagoda; Barberini, Christopher; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong; Marina Lopez; Tim James; Cait James; Braden Cartwright; Dave Price; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Emily Mibach; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Bill Newell; Foley, Michael; Palo Alto Free Press; Burt, Patrick; Council, City; Stump, Molly; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Holman, Karen (external); Tom DuBois; Salem Ajluni; Perron, Zachary; Afanasiev, Alex; Wagner, April; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Friends of Cubberley; Nicole Chiu- Wang; dennis burns; San José Spotlight; Josh Becker; Zelkha, Mila Subject:THREE TEACHERS TRIED TO GIVE PALESTINIAN STUDENTS A SAFE HAVEN — AND IT COST THEM THEIR JOBS Date:Thursday, December 5, 2024 10:26:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://theintercept.com/2024/12/03/philadelphia-school-district-palestine/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 275     From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Bill Newell; Raymond Goins; Rose Lynn; Jeff Moore; Julie Lythcott-Haims; h.etzko@gmail.com; KeithReckdahl; George for Palo Alto; Ed Lauing; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Foley, Michael;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Jensen, Eric; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Figueroa, Eric;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; Baker, Rob; Enberg, Nicholas; dennis burns; DuJuan Green;Jeff Conrad; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Sheriff Transparency; Human Relations Commission;josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Perron, Zachary; GRP-City Council; KalomaSmith; Bains, Paul; Friends of Cubberley; Barberini, Christopher; Braden Cartwright; EPA Today; Emily Mibach;Dave Price; Jay Boyarsky; Josh Becker; San José Spotlight; Wagner, April; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Zelkha,Mila; Jessica Speiser Subject:Jury awards $3 million to ex-SWAT sergeant who alleged ‘mafia’ culture in LAPD unit Date:Wednesday, December 4, 2024 7:33:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Jury awards $3 million to ex-SWAT sergeant who alleged ‘mafia’ culture in LAPD unit https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-04/lapd-swat-mafia-trial-verdict {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 276     From:Karla Padva To:Stone, Greer; Lauing, Ed; Burt, Patrick; Kou, Lydia; ulie.LythcottHaims@cityofpaloalto.org; Tanaka, Greg;Veenker, Vicki; Human Relations Commission; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James Subject:Hate Has No Place in Palo Alto Date:Wednesday, December 4, 2024 5:23:56 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Mayor Stone, Vice Mayor Lauing, Council Members, HR Commission Chair and Commissioners, Chief Binder and Captain Reifschneider, I am writing not only to share a deeply disturbing incident that my daughter and I recentlyexperienced but also to urge you to take a stand against the growing wave of antisemitism inour community. I think it is important to share, and bring light to this darkness, because Ibelieve it has no place in Palo Alto. This week, while driving with my daughter southbound on San Antonio we stopped at the redlight on Charleston, kitty corner to the OFJCC. Beside us was a light blue vintage car/pickupcombo blasting loud music. What happened next left us shaken. The driver of this car began yelling expletives toward the JCC while repeatedly performing theHitler salute. Despite our car windows being up, his hateful words were unmistakable. Mymiddle schooler and I sat frozen during what felt like the longest red light of our lives. For mydaughter, this was her first encounter with overt antisemitism in real life. For me, it was a starkreminder of how close hatred resides—right here, in our own backyard. As Jews, we are unfortunately no strangers to hate. We encounter it online and in headlines fartoo often. Yet, experiencing it so openly, so brazenly, in our own city was a painfulawakening. It underscored a harsh truth: antisemitism is not a distant issue—it is a local one,and we must confront it together. When I shared this experience with a local mom’s Facebook group, I was met with bothsupport and a sobering reminder of how much work lies ahead. Among the overwhelminglykind responses was a comment that dismissed the specificity of the Jewish experience,invoking an “All Lives Matter” sentiment. This too, is a form of erasure—an unwillingness tounderstand the unique struggles faced by the Jewish community. It is this lack of understanding that drives my appeal today. We need education aboutantisemitism at every level: in schools and in the community. Words and actions like those weendured do not exist in isolation—they fester in silence and ignorance, eventually spilling intothe lives of families like mine. Thank you for taking the time to read this. I hope my experience will serve as a catalyst forchange—a reminder that hate must be met with action, and that education is our mostpowerful tool for building a stronger, more inclusive community. Sincerely, Karla Padva {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 277     From:Uzma Minhas To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Re: Request for Two Meeting Rule (or Sufficient Draft Review) for Future Proclamations or Resolutions Date:Tuesday, December 3, 2024 12:00:11 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello HRC, I am following up on my previous message to request urgent attention to this matter. A commission process where drafts are introduced for the first time during a meeting and animmediate vote is expected creates a hostile environment that undermines transparency and suppresses free speech. Implementing a policy, such as a two-meeting rule, would allow forthoughtful discussion and ensure that commissioners and community members alike have adequate time to review and provide input. I look forward to your response. Uzma On Fri, Nov 22, 2024 at 9:57 AM Uzma Minhas <uzmaminhas@gmail.com> wrote: Dear HRC, I’ve noticed that when draft resolutions are not on the agenda, there doesn’t appear to be a requirement for them to be reviewed, discussed, and voted on at a subsequent meeting. This practice creates an environment that can feel abrupt and potentially hostile, making it difficult for many commissioners to feel comfortable voicing their opinions at the very last minute. I’d like to express my gratitude to Don for courageously highlighting important facts during the discussion of the last resolution. It’s crucial that all our commissioners feel safe and supported in sharing their views, and that we have adequate time to review any draft resolutions or proclamations, consider feedback, and make informed decisions. To that end, I kindly request your consideration of implementing a rule—or a similar policy —that ensures proper time for review and discussion of drafts before they are finalized. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to receiving a response from you about this soon. Uzma {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 278     From:Aram James To:Julie Lythcott-Haims; Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; EPA Today; Bill Newell; SeanAllen; Council, City; Perron, Zachary; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Barberini, Christopher; George for PaloAlto; Keith Reckdahl; Binder, Andrew; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Wagner, April;Palo Alto Free Press; Afanasiev, Alex; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Diana Diamond; Dave Price; EmilyMibach; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Salem Ajluni; Sarah Wright; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley,Michael; Kaloma Smith; Burt, Patrick; Gardener, Liz; DuJuan Green; Vara Ramakrishnan; Human RelationsCommission; editor@paweekly.com; Shikada, Ed; Gerry Gras; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Daniel Barton; DonAustin; Dana St. George; Braden Cartwright Subject:Santa Clara County ex-officers boast about jail beatings Date:Monday, December 2, 2024 7:54:17 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Santa Clara County ex-officers boast about jail beatings https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-ex-officers-boast-about-jail-beatings/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 279     From:Aram JamesTo:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; h.etzko@gmail.com; Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Perron, Zachary; Barberini,Christopher; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. JonsenSubject:https://url.usb.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/HcFRCzq8mpiMw9kEf4f2H9CSXk?domain=m.facebook.comDate:Friday, November 29, 2024 7:42:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking onlinks. Jews Say No To Genocide! https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02ofUayBitNT6tP8t6uNTn5zTCmUeraToA6EEgUQN8VRz1nGVxERFvtEH66ja5koJul&ide=593194226&mibextid=qC1gEa {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 280     From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jeff Moore; Bill Newell; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Barberini,Christopher; Enberg, Nicholas; Rowena Chiu; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; Cribbs, Anne;Emily Mibach; Zelkha, Mila; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Stump, Molly; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Marina Lopez; Cait James; Tim James; LewisJames; Braden Cartwright; Dave Price; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Kaloma Smith Subject:Sheriff"s deputy who killed Sonya Massey to be released soon with conditions Date:Thursday, November 28, 2024 10:01:05 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. 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Sheriff's deputy who killed Sonya Massey to be released soon with conditions Source: USA TODAY https://share.newsbreak.com/a3y9b605?s=i0 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 281     From:Aram James To:Bill Newell; Raymond Goins; Doug Minkler; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; h.etzko@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist;Rowena Chiu; josh@joshsalcman.com; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; Ed Lauing; Burt, Patrick; KalomaSmith; Keith Reckdahl; George for Palo Alto; Council, City; Human Relations Commission; Salem Ajluni; JackAjluni; Shikada, Ed; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Sean Allen; Reifschneider, James;Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Vara Ramakrishnan; Perron, Zachary; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; GRP-City Council; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; Dave Price; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto;Penni Wilson; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Tom DuBois; Jeff Moore; Holman, Karen (external);jsylva@da.sccgov.org; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Conrad; Jeff Hayden; Palo Alto Free Press; Templeton, Cari;Cait James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; Supervisor Otto Lee; Summa, Doria Subject:The ‘Ceasefire’ in Lebanon is a Ticking Bomb Date:Wednesday, November 27, 2024 4:26:01 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://open.substack.com/pub/dropsitenews/p/the-ceasefire-in-lebanon-is-a-ticking? r=fjmzt&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 282     From:Aram James To:Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Josh Becker; h.etzko@gmail.com; Zelkha, Mila; josh@joshsalcman.com;AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Raymond Goins;Doug Minkler; Michelle; Human Relations Commission; Rowena Chiu; Jeff Moore; Palo Alto Free Press; DavePrice Subject:Re: U.S. and Israeli War Crimes Date:Wednesday, November 27, 2024 1:54:21 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 1:47 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 283     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 284     From:Aram James To:Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Josh Becker; h.etzko@gmail.com; Zelkha, Mila; josh@joshsalcman.com;AnnaEshoo@mail.house.gov; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Raymond Goins;Doug Minkler; Michelle; Human Relations Commission; Rowena Chiu; Jeff Moore; Palo Alto Free Press; DavePrice Subject:Re: U.S. and Israeli War Crimes Date:Wednesday, November 27, 2024 1:48:08 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 1:01 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 285     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 286     From:Eden Housing To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Happy Thanksgiving; New Partnership with Terner Labs; Eden Housing Earns Several Exciting Awards Date:Tuesday, November 26, 2024 1:58:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. View on web “Gratitude opens the door to the power, the wisdom, the creativity of the universe. You open the door through gratitude.” -- Deepak Chopra   As Thanksgiving approaches, I find myself reflecting on what this {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 287     holiday truly represents—families and friends gathering in the warmth and safety of the place they call home. These moments of togetherness underscore why our mission matters so much. Every family deserves to experience these precious moments without the burden of housing insecurity weighing on their minds. This connection between home and holiday reminds us of the profound difference our work makes. And it further strengthens our resolve as we recognize how many people we have joining in our advocacy efforts. Although it was a tough election cycle for affordable housing, we look forward to continuing our work with dedicated partners and elected officials to move the needle forward, knowing that every step brings another family closer to having a place to call home. We continue to make significant progress. In October, we learned that Eden Housing has been selected to receive $9 million from the $246.4 million Capital Magnet Fund from the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. In addition, we are delighted to be deepening our relationship with Terner Labs, having been named as a strategic partner for its Builders Lab, an accelerator program that works with innovators in architecture, engineering, construction and hardware to scale efficient, cost-effective and sustainable methods of housing delivery across the U.S. In project news, after five years in the pipeline we received approval for a mixed-use office building in downtown Redwood City, a unique joint effort between Eden Housing and Lane Partners that will bring 72 units for low- and very-low-income residents. We look forward to keeping you appraised on this project. Finally, I’d like to congratulate our COO, Shola Olatoye, who has received the prestigious honor of being named one of Bisnow's 2024 Power Women, which recognizes the most influential and impactful women in the commercial real estate industry. Since joining Eden Housing in October 2022, her vision has helped us attain many key goals, and we are excited for what the future holds. I hope you enjoy reading about all these developments below. On behalf of our entire team, I wish you and your loved ones a Thanksgiving holiday filled with the warmth and security that every family deserves. Linda Mandolini, President & CEO of Eden Housing EDEN HOUSING UPDATES Eden Housing is One of 48 Organizations to ReceivePart of $246.4 Million Capital Magnet Fund {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 288     Eden Housing has received $9 million as one of 48 recipients of a Capital Magnet Fundaward from the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions(CDFI) Fund. The CDFI Fund seeks to promote activities in geographically diverse areasof economic distress, including metropolitan and rural areas across the United States.The $246.4 million fund is designated to help create or preserve more than 26,400affordable housing units. Award recipients are required to leverage their awards withother private and public investment by at least 10 to 1. The Capital Magnet Fund was established by the Housing and Economic Recovery Act of2008, and 136 organizations applied for CMF awards in this round, requesting more than$1.06 billion. “Today’s awards will increase affordable housing supply and expand access to childcareand health care for families across America," said Treasury secretary Janet L. Yellen in anews release. “These awards are projected to leverage nearly $9 billion in private- andpublic-sector resources to spur development in communities that need additionalinvestment to create opportunities for communities to get ahead.”   {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 289     Eden Housing Tapped as a Strategic Partnerfor Innovative Builders Lab Terner Labs has named Eden Housing as a strategic partner for its Builders Lab, an accelerator program that works with innovators in architecture, engineering,construction and hardware to scale efficient, cost-effective and sustainable methods ofhousing delivery across the U.S. We are honored to be part of an illustrious group ofindustry leaders—including Hilti, SCB, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) and Suffolk Construction—who will work with the inaugural cohort as they seek to scale andadvance industry-wide change. “The Builders Lab will accelerate the delivery of innovative solutions to our housing crisis,helping make it more available, affordable and sustainable,” said Eden Housing’spresident and CEO Linda Mandolini. “We believe everyone deserves a safe, affordableand healthy place to call home, and this collaboration will help create meaningfulchange for countless individuals and families.” {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 290     Terner Labs, an organization founded out of the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at the University of California, Berkeley, created the Builders Lab to address challengesfaced by companies pioneering new approaches for building housing. The programbuilds on the success of the Housing Venture Lab, which has supported more than 20ventures advancing affordability, sustainability and equity in housing since 2019. Theinaugural cohort includes six trailblazing companies representing a diversity ofapproaches to industrialized construction across the United States: Villa, B.PUBLICPrefab, MODS PDX, Cloud Apartments, Cycle Retrotech, and Hydronic Shell.   Redwood City Project Approved A unique joint effort between Eden Housing and Lane Partners for a mixed-use officebuilding in downtown Redwood City has been approved after five years in the pipeline.The development will offer 72 units for low- and very-low-income residents, along with acommunity plaza, ground floor retail and office space. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 291     Read More   Eden Housing’s Shola Olatoye Honored asOne of Bisnow's 2024 Power Women Eden Housing’s Chief Operating Officer Shola Olatoye has been named one of Bisnow's2024 Power Women, a prestigious recognition that celebrates the most influential andimpactful women in the commercial real estate industry. Olatoye joined Eden Housing inOctober 2022, bringing a wealth of experience in the housing and communitydevelopment sectors, and her work has been pivotal in advancing Eden Housing’smission to create equitable communities through affordable housing. "Shola's vision and dedication to housing equity are unparalleled," said Linda Mandolini,President and CEO of Eden Housing. "Her leadership has been transformative for both {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 292     our organization and the communities we serve. This recognition from Bisnow is a testament to her profound impact – in both our industry and community." She was recognized at Bisnow’s Women Leading Real Estate event on November 14,2024, at The Beacon Grand Union Square Hotel in San Francisco, where she alsoparticipated as a panelist for a discussion on "Overcoming Obstacles, Risk-Taking,Recognizing Value, and Empowering Professional Development." “I am incredibly honored to be named a Bisnow Power Woman alongside so manyinspiring leaders,” said Olatoye. “This recognition highlights the critical role affordablehousing plays in our communities, and I’m proud to be part of Eden Housing’s continuedwork.” Read More UPCOMING EVENT Groundbreaking:LEGACY COURT December 16 at 12 PM Richmond, CA 94801 EDEN HOUSING IN THE NEWS Redwood City OKs joint development Treasury Awards $246.4 Million to Boost Affordable Housing Introducing the 2024 Builders Lab Cohort View our 2023 Impact Report {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 293     Eden Housing22645 Grand StreetHayward, CA 94541United States If you believe you received this message in error or wish to no longer receive email from us, please unsubscribe.Privacy Policy {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 294     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Bill Newell; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Josh Becker; JayBoyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Human Relations Commission; Doria Summa;Zelkha, Mila; Jack Ajluni; Shikada, Ed; Burt, Patrick; gstone22@gmail.com; dennis burns; Tom DuBois; Holman,Karen (external); Kaloma Smith; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright; San José Spotlight; Templeton,Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Stump, Molly; Roberta Ahlquist; George for Palo Alto; Don Austin; Summa, Doria; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Michelle; Daniel Kottke; Palo Alto Free Press;Diana Diamond; EPA Today; Council, City; citycouncil@mountainview.gov Subject:Re: Human Agenda Human Rights Awards: Samir Laymoun Keynote Speaker Date:Monday, November 25, 2024 9:14:22 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Friends: Human Agenda, a San Jose-based human rights and community organization, now in its 22nd year, will hold its annual Human Rights Awards banquet on Saturday, December 7 at 6:00 p.m. One of the two keynote speakers this year is Samir Laymoun, the founder of Santa Clara County Palestinian Culturual Day who will speak on the urgent need to support Palestinian human rights. In addition, the Council on American-Islamic Relations-SF Bay Area will receive the Kindness Award this year. This year's event brings together labor, human rights, civil rights, peace and climate justice organizations and activists. I urge you to attend and/or support this year's Human Rights Awards event (see attachment). For tickets to the event, please use this link: https://humanagenda.squarespace.com/2024-human-rights- awards/2024-human-rights-event-standard-ticket To sponsor this event at any level, please use this link: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 295     https://humanagenda.squarespace.com/2024-human-rights- awards/2023-human-rights-awards-sponsorship Your participation and support are greatly appreciated. With regards and in solidarity, Salem Ajluni Board Member Human Agenda {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 296     From:Office of Supervisor Otto LeeTo:Human Relations CommissionSubject:D3 November 2024 Newsletter - Finding Gratitude Amidst ChangeDate:Monday, November 25, 2024 3:56:28 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious ofopening attachments and clicking on links. In This Newsletter: Post-Election Reflections - TRUST Hotline Launched - Community Giving Opportunities - BOS Updates - Thank You Supervisor Cindy Chavez - Highlights Around the Community - Upcoming Events - Helpful Information and Resources - Before We Go... Dear Friends and Neighbors, After a season full of change, energy, and engagement, let’s take a moment to appreciate the strength in our democracy and community and the historic results of this last election cycle. Post-Election Reflections: A Historic New Chapter for Santa Clara County This year, Santa Clara County saw an increase in voter registration, with over a million ballots {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 297     directly mailed to voters across the County. I want to thank all of you for submitting your votes in, whether it be by mail or at a Vote Center. And I want to especially thank the Santa Clara County Registrar of Voters and its dedicated team of staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure that all ballots were securely handled and counted. We're excited to welcome new members of the Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors: Betty Duong of District 2 and Margaret Abe-Koga of District 5. This will be a historic composition of the Board, with both an AAPI and female supermajority. I look forward to working with them! I'd also like to note that while it is important to respect the democratic process, we must also acknowledge the array of emotions and responses from the community because of the results of this election. Many of our neighbors, friends, and loved ones may feel anxiety and fear now that Election Day is over. Regardless of what happens nationally, I can assure you that the Board of Supervisors, including myself, remain deeply committed to serving you all. We will continue to work hard to ensure that everyone in this community is safe, has the programs and services they need to thrive, and knows that ALL are welcome here. TRUST Direct Crisis Hotline Now Available Santa Clara County has made it easier for the community to request a non-police response for someone in mental health crisis. The Trusted Response Urgent Support Team (TRUST) now has a dedicated and direct 24/7 hotline to dispatch vans across the County for mental {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 298     health emergency de-escalation. Those in need of support can call the hotline at (408) 596- 7290. I encourage you to save it on your phone! 988, the number for the Crisis and Suicide Prevention Lifeline, is still available 24/7, but the TRUST hotline means that callers won't need to wait for merging services or frustrating phone trees in order to access local support. This is a community-driven program, and TRUST will save lives in crisis situations without involving law enforcement, offering County residents and families faster access to the help they need. Giving Back to Our Community in Small Meaningful Ways I also urge you, as we are entering the holiday season, to find opportunities that support and uplift your neighbors. I have included information on some upcoming events and giving programs that I hope you consider participating in, especially since a small act of service or kindness can make such a major difference in the quality of life for others. As we reflect on the importance of service, I want to express my deepest gratitude to our veterans. With Veterans Day just behind us, let’s continue to honor those who have served with courage and commitment, recognizing their sacrifice and their invaluable contributions to our nation. Wishing you a very safe and happy Thanksgiving, and as always, please feel free contact our office anytime via email at Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org or visit us online at SupervisorLee.org. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 299     Supervisor Otto Lee Santa Clara County, District 3 SupervisorLee.org Supervisor.Lee@bos.sccgov.org Board of Supervisors Updates Celebrating Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month November is Sikh American Awareness and Appreciation Month, highlighting the important social, economic, and cultural contributions of Sikh and Sikh Americans to Santa Clara County and promoting a safe community without hate or discrimination. On November 4, 2024, the Board of Supervisors {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 300     recognized the Sikh Gurdwara of San Jose for providing a community haven for peace, inclusiveness, and unity by hosting polling and voting centers, food drives, scholarships for youth, and healthcare clinics for the uninsured community. Proposed Earthquakes Soccer Complex at the County Fairgrounds At the November Board of Supervisors meeting, we made meaningful strides to address critical issues impacting our community, addressing health and safety, housing, and fair labor practices. The biggest item at the meeting that filled Chambers was the term sheet for the proposed Earthquakes soccer complex at the County Fairgrounds. For years, the County has been developing solutions to better utilize our Fairgrounds, and we agree with the community about the value, and need, for soccer fields. However, the Board raised concerns about the proposed terms of the agreement and {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 301     requested that staff come back to the Board in January after additional discussions with the Earthquakes. Regarding the use of artificial turf for our sports and recreation spaces, we very much hear and understand the community’s call for options that can create the availability of use that artificial turf does. More playing time at the expense of our community health and the health of our children will never be worth it. Additionally, based on conversations with experts and case studies in other communities worldwide, I am confident that with properly installed and maintained grass fields, we can provide sufficient playing time. As we face an increasingly urgent climate crisis, I ask that we be mindful to not cause more harm, and perhaps in the center of innovation of Silicon Valley, we will find a solution that is both safe and healthy. Other Key Agenda Items I introduced a proposal to explore rebates for homeowners who take steps toward fireproofing their properties, with more to come at our next Finance and Governance Operations Committee meeting. Furthermore, we advanced a referral from Supervisor Chavez to address troubling conditions in Residential Care Facilities (RCFs), where we heard firsthand accounts of unsafe work environments and wage violations. We also heard from staff on their tremendous efforts in expanding behavioral health services: Adding 194 treatment beds, launching the COMPASS Clinic and Inpatient Addiction Consult Service, and significantly increasing homelessness prevention programs. All of this is helping us work toward our goals of housing {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 302     20,000 residents by 2025 and doubling the number of individuals receiving substance use treatment by 2030. I was happy to hear from staff that we are making it easier to access substance use services, with a new initiative for same-day detox access, and expanding addiction support staffing at Santa Clara Valley Healthcare to reach more than 1,500 residents annually. Finally, we received reports from the Valley Homeless Healthcare Program, which is expanding mobile health services to temporary shelters, and the Office of Supportive Housing, which is making strong strides in the Heading Home campaign to reduce family homelessness across the County. I'm proud of the progress we've made so far in addressing these critical issues and I am committed to finishing out the year with continued focus on expanding support for our community’s most vulnerable. Fair Winds and Following Seas, Supervisor Cindy Chavez! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 303     I was proud to join my colleagues in recognizing Supervisor Cindy Chavez for her remarkable service to District 2 and her dedication to affordable housing, public health, and transportation. And I wish her the best of luck as she starts her new chapter as County Manager of Bernalillo County, New Mexico! Supervisor Chavez will be greatly missed here in the Bay Area and we are grateful for her years of service and leadership. We know that she will work hard to uplift the communities of the Bernalillo County, just as she has done here in Santa Clara County! Highlights Around the Community Downtown San Jose Annual Veterans Day Parade {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 304     Rain or shine, the community gathered to salute, celebrate, and thank veterans for their service at the Armistice Day Ceremony and Annual Veterans Day Parade in Downtown San Jose on November 11, 2024 A big thank you to the Silicon Valley Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America, the San Jose Parks Foundation, and all parade volunteers and participants--this important annual tradition would not be possible without your support! Unveiling Valley Health Center's Newest Clinic {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 305     I was honored to join my colleague, Supervisor Joe Simitian, at Valley Health Center North County as we celebrated its ribbon cutting ceremony on November 7, 2024. Once fully operational, patients in the Mountain View and Palo Alto communities will be able to access services at this healthcare clinic, including primary care, urgent care, mental health, OB/GYN, pediatrics, and more. Upcoming Events Free Thanksgiving Dinner at St. John the Baptist Parish Thursday, November 28, 2024 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 306     Waterpalooza: Virtual Series on Climate, Water, and Resiliency Wednesday, December 4 and Thursday, December 5 Sunnyvale Community Services Toy Drive {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 307     Accepting Donations Until Friday, December 6, 2024 City of Milpitas Tree Lighting Ceremony Thursday, December 5, 2024 Downtown Sunnyvale Tree {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 308     Lighting Celebration Saturday, December 7, 2024 Helpful Information and Resources Free Sandbags for Flood Preparation (Limit 10/Household) Available Only to City of Sunnyvale Residents {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 309     James Cary Smith Community Grant Funding Opportunity Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) Student Sponsorships Apply by Friday, January 31, 2025 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 310     Before We Go... Observing Transgender Day of Remembrance Since 1999, Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed every year on November 20 to remember those from the transgender community who lost their lives to transphobic violence and hate. Earlier this month, the Board of Supervisors welcomed the Santa Clara {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 311     County Office of LGBTQ Affairs to speak on the importance of this date and how we as a County can show support and stand in solidarity with the transgender community. There is no place here for hate, and the County will continue to work towards towards greater equity, safety, and inclusion for all communities we serve. Alzheimer's Awareness Month: Resources and Support November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month, observed to raise awareness of this gradual brain disease and show support for those suffering from it. The Alzheimer's Association estimates that about 6.7 million Americans suffer from this disease, of which there is still no cure. However, resources and support are available locally. The Santa Clara County Library District offers resources and activities for caregivers, and the Social Services Agency 's Department of Aging and Adult Services has an extensive directory of programs, services, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 312     and organizations for older adults. Save the Date: D3CRT Winter Gathering, Thurs. Dec. 19 The District 3 Community Roundtable (D3CRT) is an advisory group of residents that has gathered monthly since 2021 to welcome special guests and discuss various issues important to our neighborhoods, and share updates from the County of Santa Clara. These meetings are usually held online, but we will be gathering in-person and online via Zoom, to share a review of the past year, talk about what’s ahead for 2025, and hear from you about pressing concerns. There will be a reception from 6:00-7:00 pm with the program starting at 7:00 pm. To RSVP, please complete this short form. See you there! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 313     70 West Hedding 10th Floor San José, CA 95110 (408) 299-5030 Email Supervisor Lee District 3 Website Unsubscribe from future messages. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 314     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; Josh Becker; josh@joshsalcman.com; Rowena Chiu; Roberta Ahlquist; Zelkha, Mila;Doug Minkler; h.etzko@gmail.com; Sean Allen; Summa, Doria; Human Relations Commission; Templeton, Cari;Cribbs, Anne; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Michelle; George for Palo Alto; planning.commision@cityofpaloalto.org;ParkRec Commission; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Bill Newell; Emily Mibach; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright;EPA Today; Diana Diamond; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Jethroe Moore II; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg;Supervisor Otto Lee; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Brian Good; Burt, Patrick; district1@bos.sccgov.org; MarinaLopez; Tim James; Cait James Subject:Censorship in Israel. Interview of Israeli scholar IIan Pappe on his book: Lobbing for Zionism on both sides of the Atlantic Date:Monday, November 25, 2024 3:48:24 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Censorship in Israel Hi Keith & Ed: Please listen to this 1 hour plus YouTube video interview of Israeli scholar Ilan Pappe discussing censorship in Israel. Their will be a quiz on this video when both of you are sittingtogether ( scary thought) on the Palo Alto City Council sometime in January -February 2025 ( maximum of 10 questions each) Best regards, Avram Finkelstein https://youtu.be/9PjyQ1yTAzg?si=q3x9RgOgUxbkPCW7 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 315     From:Husna To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Request for Two Meeting Rule For Future Proclamations and Resolutions Date:Sunday, November 24, 2024 9:25:30 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Human Relations Commission, As a concerned Palo Alto resident, I am writing to express serious concerns about the current process for handling draft resolutions and proclamations. Presenting drafts for immediate discussion and decision-making, withoutprior agenda inclusion, undermines the core principles of transparency and public participation. The Ralph M. Brown Act mandates that agendas be posted 72 hours in advance, ensuring public awareness and the opportunity to engage. To address this issue, I advocate for implementing a "two-meeting rule" or a similar structured review process where all draft resolutions and proclamations should be clearly listed on the agenda, adhering to the Brown Act requirements. Drafts should be introduced for initial discussionin one meeting, with voting deferred to a subsequent meeting. This approach fosters informed decision making. By adopting this process, the Commission can enhance transparency ensuring that the community members are aware of and can participate inthe decision making process. It improves decision quality allowing for thorough review and thoughtful deliberation. Further, it strengthens community trust demonstrating a commitment to open and accountable governance. I look forward to your response and believe a structured review process is essential to upholding the highest standard of public service. warm regards, Husna Hashmi {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 316     From:Syed Husaini To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Urgent Request for a Structured Review Policy for Draft Resolutions and Proclamations Date:Sunday, November 24, 2024 9:10:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear Human Relations Commission, As a concerned resident of the area, I am compelled to address a critical procedural gap in the handling of draft resolutions and proclamations. The current practice of presenting drafts forimmediate discussion and decision-making without prior inclusion on the agenda undermines transparency, public trust, and the integrity of deliberative governance. The Ralph M. Brown Act, which governs open meetings in California, explicitly requiresagendas for regular meetings to be posted at least 72 hours in advance, providing clear notice of all matters to be discussed or acted upon. This ensures that the public has the opportunity toreview and engage with the issues at hand. Unfortunately, when draft resolutions bypass this standard, it creates an environment of rushed decision-making that limits both communityinput and thoughtful consideration by commissioners. Furthermore, the City of Palo Alto Council Procedures and Protocols Handbook emphasizes the importance of orderly and transparent processes that allow for meaningful discussion andinformed decision-making. The absence of a structured review process for draft resolutions contradicts these principles and risks alienating community members and commissioners whomay feel excluded or pressured to act without adequate information. To uphold the values of openness and accountability, I urge the Commission to adopt a “two- meeting rule” or similar policy that:1. Mandates Agenda Inclusion: All draft resolutions and proclamations must be clearly listed on the agenda in compliance with the Brown Act, ensuring public awareness and transparency.2. Requires Adequate Review Time: Drafts should be introduced for initial discussion during one meeting, with voting deferred to a subsequent meeting. This provides commissioners andthe public ample time to analyze, offer feedback, and deliberate. 3. Encourages Robust Public Participation: A structured process fosters greater engagement byallowing community members the opportunity to provide informed input on proposals that directly impact them. This policy is not just a procedural adjustment—it is a necessary safeguard to ensure thatdecisions made by the Commission are thoughtful, inclusive, and legally sound. Failure to implement such a policy risks compromising the Commission’s credibility and thecommunity’s trust in its leadership. Palo Alto deserves governance that reflects its commitment to transparency, accountability, and public collaboration. By formalizing a clear review process for draft resolutions andproclamations, the Commission will take a definitive step toward strengthening these principles and serving the best interests of its residents. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I trust the Commission will recognize the urgency {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 317     and importance of this proposal and act swiftly to address it. I look forward to your responseand am available to discuss this further. Best Regards, Syed Husaini {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 318     From:Aram James To:Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; h.etzko@gmail.com; Templeton,Cari; Cribbs, Anne; planning.commission@cityofpaloalto.0rg; ParkRec Commission; Julie Lythcott-Haims; ladoriscordell; Bill Newell; Sean Allen; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Cait James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; VaraRamakrishnan; Josh Becker; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang;chuck jagoda; Chris Colohan; Zelkha, Mila; Human Relations Commission; Kaloma Smith; Raymond Goins;Jennifer DiBrienza; Jeff Conrad; Jethroe Moore II; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Jeff Hayden; gstone22@gmail.com;dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Don Austin; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Dave Price; Kallas, Emily; Emily Mibach;Braden Cartwright; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; Palo Alto Free Press; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Wagner, April;Reifschneider, James; Lee, Craig; cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; George for Palo Alto; Stump,Molly; editor@almanacnews.com; Doug Minkler; Burt, Patrick; Patrice Ventresca; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov;Perron, Zachary; Friends of Cubberley; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Holman, Karen (external); Tom DuBois;Gardener, Liz; Liz Kniss; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Baker, Rob Subject:Watch "Israeli Tourism Has Taken A Dark Turn" on YouTube Date:Friday, November 22, 2024 3:47:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. https://youtu.be/A_m3z6QmI6s?si=zdIUdK_eRv1Xjkhf {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 319     From:Uzma Minhas To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Request for Two Meeting Rule (or Sufficient Draft Review) for Future Proclamations or Resolutions Date:Friday, November 22, 2024 9:57:32 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Dear HRC, I’ve noticed that when draft resolutions are not on the agenda, there doesn’t appear to be a requirement for them to be reviewed, discussed, and voted on at a subsequent meeting. This practice creates an environment that can feel abrupt and potentially hostile, making it difficult for many commissioners to feel comfortable voicing their opinions at the very last minute. I’d like to express my gratitude to Don for courageously highlighting important facts during the discussion of the last resolution. It’s crucial that all our commissioners feel safe and supported in sharing their views, and that we have adequate time to review any draft resolutions or proclamations, consider feedback, and make informed decisions. To that end, I kindly request your consideration of implementing a rule—or a similar policy —that ensures proper time for review and discussion of drafts before they are finalized. Thank you for your attention to this matter. I look forward to receiving a response from you about this soon. Uzma {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 320     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Keith Reckdahl; kamhialison@gmail.com; Summa, Doria; Ed Lauing; Burt, Patrick;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Julie Lythcott-Haims; ladoris cordell; Shikada, Ed; Stump, Molly; George forPalo Alto; josh@joshsalcman.com; Josh Becker; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Chris Colohan; JenniferDiBrienza; Binder, Andrew; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; EPA Today; Dave Price;swright@embarcaderopublishing.com; editor@paweekly.com; Human Relations Commission; Emily Mibach;Braden Cartwright; Diana Diamond; Barberini, Christopher; Afanasiev, Alex; Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; LotusFong; Linda Jolley; chuck jagoda Subject:Re: Watch "The Truth About Tasers" on YouTube Date:Thursday, November 21, 2024 10:54:07 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Greg Tanaka & Aram James talk Tasers https://youtu.be/VKaBLQ3LYaY?si=BlVlVvsmP6VLvN9t {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 321     From:Aram James To:Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; h.etzko@gmail.com; Doria Summa; Human Relations Commission; Council, City;Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; Reifschneider, James; Afanasiev, Alex; Zelkha,Mila; Foley, Michael; Figueroa, Eric; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Kaloma Smith; Burt, Patrick; Lee, Craig;gstone22@gmail.com; Gardener, Liz; Lotus Fong; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; GRP-City Council; Perron, Zachary;citycouncil@mountainview.gov; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org;Jensen, Eric; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external) Subject:Watch "Tasers Forum Aram James" on YouTube Date:Thursday, November 21, 2024 12:26:06 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From the archives of Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James https://youtu.be/zxRyBZjY46s?si=Q4zJoqrgU86nuO7P {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 322     From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Raymond Goins; Raj Jayadev; Jose Valle; Human Relations Commission; Richard Konda;Kaloma Smith; Rose Lynn; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Stump, Molly; Binder, Andrew; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Don Austin; ladoris cordell; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Reifschneider, James;George for Palo Alto; h.etzko@gmail.com; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; EdLauing; Shikada, Ed; EPA Today; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Dave Price; Emily Mibach; Braden Cartwright;Afanasiev, Alex; Foley, Michael; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Zelkha, Mila; Van Der Zwaag, Minka; Perron,Zachary; Bill Newell; Palo Alto Free Press; Burt, Patrick; Council, City; Jeff Conrad; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs,Anne; Diana Diamond; Anna Griffin; Josh Becker; Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; WILPF Peninsula PaloAlto; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong Subject:Santa Clara County launches TRUST direct crisis hotline Avatar photo by San Jose Spotlight 4 hours ago Date:Thursday, November 21, 2024 11:42:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Santa Clara County launches TRUST direct crisis hotline by San Jose Spotlight 4 hours ago https://www.paloaltoonline.com/santa-clara-county/2024/11/21/santa-clara-county-launches-trust-direct-crisis-hotline/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 323     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; Josh Becker; Zelkha, Mila; Doug Minkler; Don Austin; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Veenker,Vicki; Raymond Goins; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Cait James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; Bill Newell; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Summa, Doria; Vara Ramakrishnan; HumanRelations Commission; Stump, Molly; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; EPA Today; Dave Price;h.etzko@gmail.com; Emily Mibach; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Enberg, Nicholas; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;Robert. Jonsen; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Diana Diamond; Jeff Conrad; Jennifer DiBrienza; Figueroa,Eric; Lotus Fong; Linda Jolley; yolanda; dennis burns; DuJuan Green; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external);Burt, Patrick; George for Palo Alto; Gerry Gras; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; RajJayadev; Jose Valle Subject:Re: NO ROOM FOR EMERGENCY San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine Date:Thursday, November 21, 2024 9:58:52 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Nov 21, 2024 at 9:56 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: NO ROOM FOR EMERGENCY San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine NO ROOM FOR EFrancisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine https://theintercept.com/2024/11/19/ucsf-medical-palestine-speech/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 324     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; Josh Becker; Zelkha, Mila; Doug Minkler; Don Austin; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Veenker,Vicki; Raymond Goins; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Cait James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; Bill Newell; SupervisorSusan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Summa, Doria; Vara Ramakrishnan; HumanRelations Commission; Stump, Molly; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; EPA Today; Dave Price;h.etzko@gmail.com; Emily Mibach; chuck jagoda; Roberta Ahlquist; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Enberg, Nicholas; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;Robert. Jonsen; Reifschneider, James; Wagner, April; Diana Diamond; Jeff Conrad; Jennifer DiBrienza; Figueroa,Eric Subject:NO ROOM FOR EMERGENCY San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine Date:Thursday, November 21, 2024 9:56:56 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. NO ROOM FOR EMERGENCY San Francisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine NO ROOM FOR EFrancisco’s Biggest Hospital System: Don’t Talk About Palestine https://theintercept.com/2024/11/19/ucsf-medical-palestine-speech/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 325     From:Tanacea, Kendra@CalCivilRights To:Human Relations Commission Subject:RE: Introduction to California Community Conflict Unit Date:Wednesday, November 20, 2024 2:32:21 PM Attachments:CCRU Fact Sheet.pdf CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi again! I’m just following up on my prior informational email. (See below.) The California Civil Rights Department’s Community Conflict Resolution Unit (CCRU) is forging strong relationships with HRCs across the state and would like to discuss our services with the City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission and see if there are areas for collaboration. I’ve attached a Fact Sheet for your reference. I look forward to hearing from you. Feel free to call or email me. Sincerely, Kendra Tanacea (she/her) Sr. Attorney Mediator | Community Conflict Resolution Unit California Civil Rights Department Mobile: (213) 505-0378 From: Tanacea, Kendra@CalCivilRights Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2024 1:41 PM To: hrc@cityofpaloalto.org Subject: Introduction to California Community Conflict Unit Hello! I’m Kendra Tanacea, a senior mediator with the California Community Conflict Resolution Unit. I’m writing to provide information about our services and make personal contact with your organization, the City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission and explore the possibility for collaboration. By way of background, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit (CCRU) within the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) works with communities and local and state public bodies to constructively manage or resolve conflict and minimize or eliminate the potential for hate- motivated violence impacting communities. All CCRU services are free. We provide assistance when requested or accepted due to a hate- or discrimination-related community dispute, disagreement, or difficulty. Such community issues may impair the rights of persons in those communities under the Constitutions and laws of the United States or California or may appear to threaten peaceful relations among the persons of the community involved. We provide free customized services to address community disputes, disagreements, or difficulties: Design conflict resolution processes; {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 326     Facilitate processes to ensure meaningful community engagement; Mediate conflict (problem-solving conversations managed by a neutral third party); Provide education and training; and Provide consultations (answering specific questions and providing information about how to reduce community conflict related to discrimination and hate). While we are part of CRD, our services are unique because we are neutral and impartial, which means we do not assign fault or blame to anyone involved in our services, refer requests to government agencies for enforcement, or bring any complaints to the court system. Our services are voluntary, meaning communities and state and local public bodies must decide and agree, on their own, to participate in our services; neither CCRU nor CRD can force anyone to participate in CCRU services. Our work and services are also confidential. We do not report the identity of people participating in our services or other information about a conflict that is shared with us with the expectation that it will remain confidential unless we receive permission to share it. We recognize that to meaningfully support public safety and resilience in communities, we must look beyond the existing criminal and civil legal systems and ensure that communities experiencing discrimination lead and are centered in working toward solutions. When there is tension in a community around discrimination—whether it is in the aftermath of a police shooting, a hate crime or hate incident, or an employment or housing civil rights issue—we may be able to assist. We recognize that conflict also offers opportunities to help communities address long term issues, systemic forms of discrimination, develop community-focused solutions and restorative practices, and enhance communities’ capacity to independently prevent and resolve future conflict. (For more information, please see Community Conflict Resolution Unit | CRD.) I would very much like to set up a virtual meeting so that we may discuss the issues facing your organization and to discuss any assistance CCRU may be able to provide now or in the future. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Kendra Kendra Tanacea (she/her) Sr. Attorney Mediator | Community Conflict Resolution Unit California Civil Rights Department Mobile: (213) 505-0378 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may containconfidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intendedrecipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violateapplicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not theintended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. Ifthe disclaimer can't be applied, attach the message to a new disclaimer message. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 327     From:Aram James To:Doria Summa; Keith Reckdahl; h.etzko@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; Georgefor Palo Alto; kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Rowena Chiu; Council, City; Don Austin;city.council@cityofpaloalto.com; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Baker, Rob; Jay Boyarsky; JeffRosen; citycouncil@mountainview.gov; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Palo Alto Free Press; Gardener, Liz; LotusFong; Stump, Molly; Foley, Michael; Figueroa, Eric; Jensen, Eric; Afanasiev, Alex Subject:New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Dec 11, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO--In the wake of public outcry over the latest police shooting of an unarmed A… Date:Wednesday, November 20, 2024 10:49:38 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. From the archives of Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James 11 Dec Expert: Stun-Guns Far From ‘Nonlethal’ Alternative to Bullets New America Media, News Analysis, Paul Kleyman, Posted: Dec 11, 2015 SAN FRANCISCO--In the wake of public outcry over the latest police shooting of an unarmed A… Source: The Contra Costa Pulse | Community news and youth voices for Contra Costa CountyExpert: Stun-Guns Far From ‘Nonlethal’ Alternative to Bullets | The Contra Costa Pulse https://search.app/RaWqhz6L7Y1W4wRe9 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 328     From:Aram James To:Barberini, Christopher; Figueroa, Eric; <michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Foley, Michael; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Human Relations Commission; Keith Reckdahl; Summa, Doria; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org;Binder, Andrew; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Ed Lauing; George for PaloAlto; Afanasiev, Alex; Shikada, Ed; EPA Today; cromero@cityofepa.org; rabrica@cityofepa.org; Raymond Goins;Council, City; Sheriff Transparency; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Van Der Zwaag, Minka;Stump, Molly; Kaloma Smith; Sean Allen; Sarah Wright; Doug Minkler; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Palo Alto FreePress; Diana Diamond; Burt, Patrick; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Enberg, Nicholas; Jessica Speiser; Grace2020; Wagner, April; Reifschneider, James Subject:Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons Date:Tuesday, November 19, 2024 8:09:39 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of opening attachments and clicking on links. Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons https://awards.journalists.org/entries/mauled-when-police-dogs-are-weapons/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 329     From:Tanacea, Kendra@CalCivilRights To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Introduction to California Community Conflict Unit Date:Tuesday, November 19, 2024 1:40:43 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello! I’m Kendra Tanacea, a senior mediator with the California Community Conflict Resolution Unit. I’m writing to provide information about our services and make personal contact with your organization, the City of Palo Alto Human Relations Commission and explore the possibility for collaboration. By way of background, the Community Conflict Resolution Unit (CCRU) within the California Civil Rights Department (CRD) works with communities and local and state public bodies to constructively manage or resolve conflict and minimize or eliminate the potential for hate- motivated violence impacting communities. All CCRU services are free. We provide assistance when requested or accepted due to a hate- or discrimination-related community dispute, disagreement, or difficulty. Such community issues may impair the rights of persons in those communities under the Constitutions and laws of the United States or California or may appear to threaten peaceful relations among the persons of the community involved. We provide free customized services to address community disputes, disagreements, or difficulties: Design conflict resolution processes; Facilitate processes to ensure meaningful community engagement; Mediate conflict (problem-solving conversations managed by a neutral third party); Provide education and training; and Provide consultations (answering specific questions and providing information about how to reduce community conflict related to discrimination and hate). While we are part of CRD, our services are unique because we are neutral and impartial, which means we do not assign fault or blame to anyone involved in our services, refer requests to government agencies for enforcement, or bring any complaints to the court system. Our services are voluntary, meaning communities and state and local public bodies must decide and agree, on their own, to participate in our services; neither CCRU nor CRD can force anyone to participate in CCRU services. Our work and services are also confidential. We do not report the identity of people participating in our services or other information about a conflict that is shared with us with the expectation that it will remain confidential unless we receive permission to share it. We recognize that to meaningfully support public safety and resilience in communities, we must look beyond the existing criminal and civil legal systems and ensure that communities experiencing discrimination lead and are centered in working toward solutions. When there is tension in a community around discrimination—whether it is in the aftermath of a police shooting, a hate crime or hate incident, or an employment or housing civil rights issue—we may be able to assist. We recognize that conflict also offers opportunities to help communities address long term issues, systemic forms of discrimination, develop community-focused solutions and restorative practices, and enhance communities’ capacity to independently prevent and resolve future conflict. (For more information, please see Community Conflict Resolution Unit | CRD.) I would very much like to set up a virtual meeting so that we may discuss the issues facing your {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 330     organization and to discuss any assistance CCRU may be able to provide now or in the future. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Kendra Kendra Tanacea (she/her) Sr. Attorney Mediator | Community Conflict Resolution Unit California Civil Rights Department Mobile: (213) 505-0378 CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This communication with its contents may containconfidential and/or legally privileged information. It is solely for the use of the intendedrecipient(s). Unauthorized interception, review, use or disclosure is prohibited and may violateapplicable laws including the Electronic Communications Privacy Act. If you are not theintended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy all copies of the communication. Ifthe disclaimer can't be applied, attach the message to a new disclaimer message. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 331     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed;editor@paweekly.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; gstone22@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Stump, Molly; Burt, Patrick;Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Emily Mibach;editor@almanacnews.com; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; GRP-City Council; Clerk, City Subject:Re: Kiss Ass of Staff so unnecessary —please stop wasting public time by excessive ass kidding of staff Date:Monday, November 18, 2024 2:27:13 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 8:22 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 6:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Why is paid staff always congratulated for just doing their high paid jobs. My colleagues, public defenders, great and dedicated public employees-and well paid- almost neveracknowledged—except by our pay checks. Such a waste of time -unnecessary ass kissing of staff -by our elected officials. Please knock this kiss ass practice off. Maybe have aonce a year acknowledgment of all staff. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 332     From:Aram James To:Gardener, Liz; Human Relations Commission; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa; Council, City Subject:Palo Alto council race may be heading for a recount Reckdahl leads Summa by 47 votes, with thousands of ballots yet to be tallied Date:Thursday, November 14, 2024 10:16:46 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Palo Alto council race may be heading for a recount Reckdahl leads Summa by 47 votes, with thousands of ballots yet to be tallied https://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2024/11/14/palo-alto-council-race-may-be-heading-for- a-recount/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 333     From:Aram James To:Council, City; Gardener, Liz; Roberta Ahlquist; Ed Lauing; editor@paweekly.com; Shikada, Ed; Daniel Kottke;Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; EPA Today; Doria Summa; Keith Reckdahl; Human RelationsCommission; Sarah Wright; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Zelkha, Mila; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Chris Colohan; Diana Diamond Subject:Keith pulls away from Doria by 47 votes as of Nov 13, 2024 Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:01:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. City of Palo Alto Council Member https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/CA/Santa_Clara/122582/web.345435/#/detail/66 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 334     From:Damicela Grace Calhoun To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Re: 10.23.24 HRC meeting comment Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 5:14:27 PM Attachments:image006.png image002.png image005.png image004.png image007.png image001.png CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Ok thank you so much. On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 8:11 AM Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>wrote: Hello Damicela, Your email was shared with all the commissioners and appears in the agenda packet for theHRC meeting on Thursday, November 14. The emails sent to the HRC address are monitored by staff and shared with the commissioners. Best regards, Alayna Cruz Human Services Management Assistant (650) 463-4906 | alayna.cruz@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Damicela Grace Calhoun <calhoungrace@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:28 AMTo: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org>Subject: Re: 10.23.24 HRC meeting comment {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 335     CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, I still have not received a response on this matter from HRC members. Damicela On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM Damicela Grace Calhoun <calhoungrace@gmail.com>wrote: Hello Human Relations commission, I'm writing in reference to the October 23 meeting, with concern to the 2024 HumanServices Needs Assessment and Determination of the Priority of Needs. As a member of the public and resident of Palo Alto, I have some comments and concerns to share with some members of the commission. Michelle Kraus - I appreciated your enthusiasm about the importance of survey feedbackand your disappointment in the low response rate was apparent. That being said, I was personally disappointed in the direction you took with your words. While pontificating onhow disgraceful the HSRAP grantees were, in spite of what you said was their "civic duty" to respond to a survey, you failed to understand or acknowledge that many of theseprograms are doing their best with their other civic duties like working with difficult and hard-to-reach populations, in an emotionally draining, high turnover and high burnoutenvironment. Those conditions are ripe for mistakes like missing an email, and I felt like the words you chose to discuss your frustration highlighted an enormous lack of empathy,connection and understanding. Your nay was heard and, frankly, it was out of touch. Kaloma Smith - Affordable childcare is a super important issue, and I am happy to see someone bringing attention to it. Yet, as I listened to you list off anecdotes about knowing {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 336     families who have to leave Palo Alto in order to have kids, I felt like your words weremisplaced. The needs assessment (with certain flaws for sure, but still more empirical than an anecdote) clearly showcased and ranked prominent needs in the community(homelessness services and housing; services for individuals who are disabled; services for older adults; food and nutrition services; mental health services). As you directed theconversation toward childcare, I (as a tax paying resident, who does also want to somehow raise a family in this area) felt like there was such an apparent disregard for therecommendations that were just laid out in front of you. It felt like you had the right idea, but the wrong timing. Adriana Eberle - I think you were a great example of skepticism with boundaries. Iagreed with you that some of the survey questions used confusing wording and could've skewed responses. I appreciated that your comments were clear and concise. As someonewho is not appointmented nor paid to attend these meetings, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me when someone just gets to the point (it feels very mindful of people's time). I understand that it's easy to criticize a job that you don't have, and I truly do appreciatethe time you all take to collaborate over the human services that Palo Alto provides. I hope you take what you can from my feedback and incorporate it into your future actions. Thank you from your mostly friendly and usually non-confrontational Palo Alto neighbor, Damicela Grace Killeen {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 337     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Daniel Kottke; Doug Minkler; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Cait James;Lewis James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; San José Spotlight; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jethroe Moore II;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vara Ramakrishnan; ladoris cordell; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; TomDuBois; Karen Holman; Kaloma Smith; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; GregTanaka; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Diana Diamond; district1@bos.sccgov.org;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Burt, Patrick; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Friends ofCubberley; dennis burns; Foley, Michael; Stump, Molly; Zelkha, Mila; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni; Supervisor Otto Lee; Jennifer DiBrienza;yudof@law.berkeley.edu; Cecilia Taylor; George for Palo Alto; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; KEVIN JENSEN;Braden Cartwright; Roberta Ahlquist; Gerry Gras; Dana St. George; Don Austin; Damon Silver; Rodriguez, Miguel Subject:Re: 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 10:07:35 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. **11/13/2024 – Henry – 2nd Request:** On Mon, Nov 11, 2024, at 9:23 AM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: --- **11/11/2024** Hi Henry, I hope you and Alice are having a great time in Brazil. Enjoy your trip and stay safe. I look forward to seeing you in a few weeks. Best, Avram --- One hundred cities, and more are continuing to join the call, have passed cease-fire resolutions (see link below). When will Palo Alto call for a cease-fire in Palestine, including Gaza and theWest Bank, as well as Lebanon? When will Palo Alto demand an immediate end to the U.S. weapons being supplied to Israel? As you know, Keith Reckdahl may soon be joining the PaloAlto City Council as its newest member, along with George Lu. Here are my thoughts and questions regarding Keith: 1. Keith is a member of a very pro-Israeli synagogue here in Palo Alto, Congregation Etz Chayin. Here is the link to information about the congregation:https://search.app/yvNvmcYeWTe8xo3w9. 2. Keith is a weapons maker and aerospace engineer at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. 3. Lockheed Martin sells a significant amount of fighter jets and other weapon systems to Israel. https://www.google.com/gasearch?q=lockheed%20martin%20sales%20to%20Israel%20per%20year&source=sh/x/gs/m2/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 338     Source: American Friends Service Committee – Companies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends Service Committee https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8. 4. Given Keith’s religious affiliations and his employment with Lockheed as a weaponsmaker, do you believe it is realistic to expect him to have the courage to call for a cease-fire resolution or to demand an end to all military aid to Israel? Henry, please let me know yourthoughts on the Keith Reckdahl matter. 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire https://search.app/iru9XrYo6fYqabgi7. Best regards, Avram Finkelstein (aka Aram James)https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 339     From:Liz Gardner To:Aram James Cc:Doria Summa; Keith Reckdahl; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki; gstone22@gmail.com; editor@paweekly.com; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Chris Colohan; Shikada, Ed; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Stone, Greer; EPA Today; Diana Diamond Subject:Re: Post Election Night Reporting Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:14:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hello, Notes from a reluctant voter, a weakened partner in our democracy: In the primary election season of last March, I voted in person. I also used a paper ballot. I do every time. Yet there was a really confusing vote for a candidate that also listed the same candidates who were to fill the remainder of a term for the same position being voted on. Just the way it was written and listed was so veryconfusing. I was really uncomfortable and frustrated in the voting booth for notunderstanding what was being asked of me to choose. The biggest fear as well is if I made a mistake would my ballot be spoiled and not counted. I almost called a poll worker to my voter booth. In the end I figured it out. This cycle and last March, there was a glut of too much candidate material sent to me and stuffed in my little tiny apartment mailbox. It is intimidating, overwhelmingand made me think of all the waste in trees and other natural resources and paper /ink materials. Aside from loosing regular mail like bills and such. With the amount stuffed into my mailbox I felt it suppressed my own voice. One thing is for certain too. I did not get one door knock/hanger nor a phone callthis cycle or last, from any candidate. What a waste. It was exhausting voting this time. I nearly did not exercise this fundamental right. Meanwhile our ballot initiatives and propositions are the real story to tell where westand as a populous, how we are really voting, and what it is we support or don't. For example:Single Sex Marriage won over the stabilizing of rents for the working class andworking poor Prison work servitude won overwhelming over building affordable housing easier with a 55 % vote rather than 2/3 majority. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 340     Penalizing petty crimes more severely won Big corporate pharma won too to get a larger share of the med-ical pie of prescription drug $$$. In many ways these were way more critical than voting for candidates. The passage or failure of these are what will and those in the future will be contending with for decades to come. For me the most heartbreaking was the absolute devastation proposition 33. California needs every tool box in the kit to combat the housing and un- affordability crisis. Huge global corporations like Blackstone (a major slumlordwho is also buying up small hospitals etc across the nation) who poured millionsinto defeating the measure. I am a Californian, born in the Bay Area. I personally have been affected first by the affects of Prop 13 which as a child I could not vote against yet felt the impact immediately in my school, in my housing, in my public library. Then when I could vote like again Costa Hawkins in 1995, ever so hopeful that also went down in flames. The economic crisis we as Californians and as a nation are existential. It's been decades in the making. After this election I am not veryoptimistic that it won't get worse. The voter here whether informed or not have spoken at their BB on Nov. 5th and the choices are going to restrict, constrain and consternate. What a pity, what ashame we as humans could not have done better for each other, for our community, our state and our Nation. It appears that the propositions were the Trump votes that blue "non partisan" vote California crossed over to the red in droves. Sincerely, Liz Liz GardnerPalo Alto On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:12 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Latest results as of 11/12/2024 in the Palo Alto City Council race for the 4th and last openseat. Doria Summa 10,795 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 341     Keith Reckdahl 10,825 Keith led by 15 last night and leads by 30 votes tonight. Did the register of voters steal this election from Doria Summa? Should there be a new special election? Should Keith Reckdahl simply do the right thing and concede the election to DoriaSumma? Keith is 59, Doria is 66. Election Night Reporting https://search.app/ogDhibhnpaW7UPWeA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 342     From:Human Relations Commission To:Damicela Grace Calhoun Cc:Human Relations Commission Subject:RE: 10.23.24 HRC meeting comment Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 8:11:39 AM Attachments:image001.pngimage002.pngimage004.pngimage005.pngimage006.pngimage007.png Hello Damicela, Your email was shared with all the commissioners and appears in the agenda packet for the HRC meeting on Thursday, November 14. The emails sent to the HRC address are monitored by staff and shared with the commissioners. Best regards, Alayna Cruz Human Services Management Assistant (650) 463-4906 | alayna.cruz@cityofpaloalto.org www.cityofpaloalto.org From: Damicela Grace Calhoun <calhoungrace@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:28 AM To: Human Relations Commission <hrc@cityofpaloalto.org> Subject: Re: 10.23.24 HRC meeting comment CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, I still have not received a response on this matter from HRC members. Damicela On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM Damicela Grace Calhoun <calhoungrace@gmail.com> wrote: Hello Human Relations commission, I'm writing in reference to the October 23 meeting, with concern to the 2024 Human Services Needs Assessment and Determination of the Priority of Needs. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 343     As a member of the public and resident of Palo Alto, I have some comments and concerns to share with some members of the commission. Michelle Kraus - I appreciated your enthusiasm about the importance of survey feedback and your disappointment in the low response rate was apparent. That being said, I was personally disappointed in the direction you took with your words. While pontificating on how disgraceful the HSRAP grantees were, in spite of what you said was their "civic duty" to respond to a survey, you failed to understand or acknowledge that many of these programs are doing their best with their other civic duties like working with difficult and hard-to-reach populations, in an emotionally draining, high turnover and high burnout environment. Those conditions are ripe for mistakes like missing an email, and I felt like the words you chose to discuss your frustration highlighted an enormous lack of empathy, connection and understanding. Your nay was heard and, frankly, it was out of touch. Kaloma Smith - Affordable childcare is a super important issue, and I am happy to see someone bringing attention to it. Yet, as I listened to you list off anecdotes about knowing families who have to leave Palo Alto in order to have kids, I felt like your words were misplaced. The needs assessment (with certain flaws for sure, but still more empirical than an anecdote) clearly showcased and ranked prominent needs in the community (homelessness services and housing; services for individuals who are disabled; services for older adults; food and nutrition services; mental health services). As you directed the conversation toward childcare, I (as a tax paying resident, who does also want to somehow raise a family in this area) felt like there was such an apparent disregard for the recommendations that were just laid out in front of you. It felt like you had the right idea, but the wrong timing. Adriana Eberle - I think you were a great example of skepticism with boundaries. I agreed with you that some of the survey questions used confusing wording and could've skewed responses. I appreciated that your comments were clear and concise. As someone who is not appointmented nor paid to attend these meetings, I cannot tell you how happy it makes me when someone just gets to the point (it feels very mindful of people's time). I understand that it's easy to criticize a job that you don't have, and I truly do appreciate the time you all take to collaborate over the human services that Palo Alto provides. I hope you take what you can from my feedback and incorporate it into your future actions. Thank you from your mostly friendly and usually non-confrontational Palo Alto neighbor, Damicela Grace Killeen {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 344     Fixin' San Mateo County A COMMUNITY OVERSIGHT INITIATIVE - Español abajo - Jim Lawrence, Chair of Fixin’ San Mateo County, issued the following statement today in response to Judge LaDoris Cordell’s recent report on the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office: “I am profoundly alarmed by the findings in Judge LaDoris Cordell’s report, which expose serious issues within the Sheriff’s Office. This report underscores the urgent need for independent oversight to safeguard public trust and ensure accountability within our law enforcement. Judge Cordell’s findings highlight the critical role an Inspector General would play in San Mateo County. If we are to regain confidence in the Sheriff’s Office, we must establish robust oversight mechanisms now.” From:Aram James To:Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Rose Lynn; Jeff Conrad; Raymond Goins; Dave Price; EPA Today; Emily Mibach; JackAjluni; Council, City; Binder, Andrew; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Sheriff Transparency; Robert. Jonsen;Barberini, Christopher; chuck jagoda; Afanasiev, Alex; George for Palo Alto; Gerry Gras; Doria Summa; KeithReckdahl; Burt, Patrick; Stone, Greer; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Dennis Upton; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Kaloma Smith; Daniel Kottke; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Enberg, Nicholas; cromero@cityofepa.org;rabrica@cityofepa.org; Diana Diamond; GRP-City Council; Cribbs, Anne; Human Relations Commission;Supervisor Otto Lee; district1@bos.sccgov.org; Richard Konda; Vicki Veenker; walter wilson; Josh Becker;kamhialison@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com; Drekmeier, Peter; Jeff Rosen; Rowena Chiu; Roberta Ahlquist Subject:Re: Our statement on the Cordell Report Date:Wednesday, November 13, 2024 7:18:59 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Wed, Nov 13, 2024 at 7:00 AM Fixin' San Mateo County (FxSMC) <info@fixinsmc.org> wrote: {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 345     Fixin’ San Mateo County fully supports the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors’ findings and recommendations following this report, including the call for the Sheriff to resign. As community members, we are deeply concerned by the documented actions of Sheriff Christina Corpus and her Chief of Staff, Victor Aenlle, which undermine public confidence. We have long advocated for the appointment of a permanent Inspector General, and we urge the Board to take this vital step. A dedicated Inspector General would provide a steady, transparent avenue for addressing concerns, empowering deputies to report issues and fostering a culture of integrity and accountability. We also call on the Board to task the Independent Citizen Advisory Committee (ICAC) with reviewing Judge Cordell’s findings and advising on essential steps forward. Their insights are critical to achieving meaningful reform. Fixin’ San Mateo County, alongside the Coalition for a Safer San Mateo County, extends sincere gratitude to Judge LaDoris Cordell for her exhaustive investigation and to the Board of Supervisors for their prompt, transparent response in releasing this report. We stand ready to support all efforts that prioritize justice and safety for every member of our community. Jim Lawrence, Presidente de Fixin' San Mateo County, emitió la siguiente declaración hoy en respuesta al reciente informe del Jueza LaDoris Cordell en la Oficina del Sheriff del Condado de San Mateo: "Estoy profundamente alarmado por las conclusiones del informe de la juez LaDoris Cordell, que exponen graves problemas dentro de la Oficina del Sheriff. Este informe subraya la urgente necesidad de una supervisión independiente para salvaguardar la confianza pública y garantizar la responsabilidad de nuestras fuerzas del orden. Las conclusiones del juez Cordell destacan el papel crítico que un Inspector General desempeñaría en el Condado de San Mateo. Si queremos recuperar la confianza en la Oficina del Sheriff, debemos establecer mecanismos de supervisión robusta ahora." Fixin' San Mateo County apoya plenamente la Junta de Supervisores del Condado de San Mateo de las conclusiones y recomendaciones a raíz de este {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 346     informe, incluida la petición de la renuncia del Sheriff. Como miembros de la comunidad, estamos profundamente preocupados por las acciones documentadas de la Sheriff (Alguacil) Christina Corpus y su Jefe de Gabinete, Victor Aenlle, que socavan la confianza pública. Llevamos mucho tiempo abogando por el nombramiento de un Inspector General permanente, e instamos a la Junta a dar este paso vital. Un Inspector General con dedicación exclusiva proporcionaría una vía estable y transparente para abordar las preocupaciones, facultar a los adjuntos para denunciar los problemas y fomentar una cultura de integridad y responsabilidad. También pedimos a la Junta que encargue al Comité Consultivo Ciudadano Independiente (ICAC) la revisión de las conclusiones de la Jueza Cordell y el asesoramiento sobre los pasos esenciales a seguir. Sus puntos de vista son fundamentales para lograr una reforma significativa. Fixin' San Mateo County, junto con la Coalición por un Condado de San Mateo más Seguro, extiende su sincera gratitud a la Jueza LaDoris Cordell por su exhaustiva investigación y a la Junta de Supervisores por su respuesta rápida y transparente en la publicación de este informe. Estamos dispuestos a apoyar todos los esfuerzos que dan prioridad a la justicia y la seguridad para todos los miembros de nuestra comunidad. Fixin' San Mateo County (FxSMC) PO Box 358 Redwood City, CA 94064-0385 Add us to your address book {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 347     Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website or otherwise asked to be updated about Fixin' San Mateo County. Copyright © 2024 Fixin' San Mateo County (FxSMC), All rights reserved. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 348     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed;editor@paweekly.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; gstone22@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Stump, Molly; Burt, Patrick;Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Emily Mibach;editor@almanacnews.com; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; GRP-City Council; Clerk, City Subject:Re: Kiss Ass of Staff so unnecessary —please stop wasting public time by excessive ass kidding of staff Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:56:54 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 8:22 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 6:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Why is paid staff always congratulated for just doing their high paid jobs. My colleagues, public defenders, great and dedicated public employees-and well paid- almost neveracknowledged—except by our pay checks. Such a waste of time -unnecessary ass kissing of staff -by our elected officials. Please knock this kiss ass practice off. Maybe have aonce a year acknowledgment of all staff. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 349     From:Aram James To:Doria Summa; Keith Reckdahl; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Gardener, Liz; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki;gstone22@gmail.com; editor@paweekly.com; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Templeton, Cari;Cribbs, Anne; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Chris Colohan; Shikada, Ed;jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Stone, Greer; EPA Today; Diana Diamond Subject:Re: Post Election Night Reporting Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:05:52 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. The vice mayor, Ed Lauing, should NOT become our next mayor. More on this issue at an upcoming city council meeting. Avram Finkelstein On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 5:12 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Latest results as of 11/12/2024 in the Palo Alto City Council race for the 4th and last open seat. Doria Summa 10,795 Keith Reckdahl 10,825 Keith led by 15 last night and leads by 30 votes tonight. Did the register of voters steal this election from Doria Summa? Should there be a new special election? Should Keith Reckdahl simply do the right thing and concede the election to DoriaSumma? Keith is 59, Doria is 66. Election Night Reporting https://search.app/ogDhibhnpaW7UPWeA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 350     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed;editor@paweekly.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; gstone22@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Stump, Molly; Burt, Patrick;Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Emily Mibach;editor@almanacnews.com; Diana Diamond; EPA Today; GRP-City Council; Clerk, City Subject:Re: Kiss Ass of Staff so unnecessary —please stop wasting public time by excessive ass kidding of staff Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 8:22:47 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 6:57 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Why is paid staff always congratulated for just doing their high paid jobs. My colleagues,public defenders, great and dedicated public employees-and well paid- almost never acknowledged—except by our pay checks. Such a waste of time -unnecessary ass kissing ofstaff -by our elected officials. Please knock this kiss ass practice off. Maybe have a once a year acknowledgment of all staff. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 351     From:Aram James To:Council, City; George for Palo Alto; Greg Tanaka; h.etzko@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Templeton,Cari; Veenker, Vicki; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed; citycouncil@mountainview.gov;city.council@cityofpaloalto.com Subject:Re: Here goes Burt again —loves to hear himself talk Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 7:08:34 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Cut this rude man off!! Rules don’t apply to Burt?? What the fuck! Rein this guy in. On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:05 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Is anyone listening. Burt rambling way the Fuck over his time. Cut this marathon talker off.Please make Burt follow the rules On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: Cut this Burt guy off —talking to himself now!! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 352     From:Aram James To:Council, City; George for Palo Alto; Greg Tanaka; h.etzko@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Templeton,Cari; Veenker, Vicki; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed; citycouncil@mountainview.gov;city.council@cityofpaloalto.com Subject:Re: Here goes Burt again —loves to hear himself talk Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 7:05:51 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Is anyone listening. Burt rambling way the Fuck over his time. Cut this marathon talker off. Please make Burt follow the rules On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 7:00 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:Cut this Burt guy off —talking to himself now!! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 353     From:Aram James To:Council, City; George for Palo Alto; Greg Tanaka; h.etzko@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Templeton,Cari; Veenker, Vicki; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed; citycouncil@mountainview.gov;city.council@cityofpaloalto.com Subject:Here goes Burt again —loves to hear himself talk Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 7:00:50 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Cut this Burt guy off —talking to himself now!! {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 354     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Shikada, Ed;editor@paweekly.com; Lythcott-Haims, Julie; gstone22@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Stump, Molly; Burt, Patrick;Kaloma Smith; Sarah Wright; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg Subject:Kiss Ass of Staff so unnecessary —please stop wasting public time by excessive ass kidding of staff Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:57:42 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Why is paid staff always congratulated for just doing their high paid jobs. My colleagues, public defenders, great and dedicated public employees-and well paid- almost neveracknowledged—except by our pay checks. Such a waste of time -unnecessary ass kissing of staff -by our elected officials. Please knock this kiss ass practice off. Maybe have a once ayear acknowledgment of all staff. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 355     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; h.etzko@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Dave Price;Cribbs, Anne; Templeton, Cari Subject:Re: Wow no wonder city council meeting go on forever now Burt repeating staff report totally unnecessary Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:33:32 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Good questions, Greg!!! On Tue, Nov 12, 2024 at 6:30 PM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 1. Please try to keep Burt from running his mouth way beyond his time —loves too tut hisown horn. Shut this guy up—repeating himself and the staff report to hear himself talk {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 356     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Human Relations Commission; Council, City; h.etzko@gmail.com; Greg Tanaka; Dave Price Subject:Wow no wonder city council meeting go on forever now Burt repeating staff report totally unnecessary Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 6:31:19 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 1. Please try to keep Burt from running his mouth way beyond his time —loves too tut his own horn. Shut this guy up—repeating himself and the staff report to hear himself talk {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 357     From:Aram James To:Doria Summa; Keith Reckdahl; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Gardener, Liz; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Veenker, Vicki;gstone22@gmail.com; editor@paweekly.com; Dave Price; Braden Cartwright; Emily Mibach; Templeton, Cari;Cribbs, Anne; Human Relations Commission; h.etzko@gmail.com; josh@joshsalcman.com;kamhialison@gmail.com; Roberta Ahlquist; Rowena Chiu; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Chris Colohan; Shikada, Ed;jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; Stone, Greer; EPA Today; Diana Diamond Subject:Post Election Night Reporting Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 5:12:23 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Latest results as of 11/12/2024 in the Palo Alto City Council race for the 4th and last open seat. Doria Summa 10,795 Keith Reckdahl 10,825 Keith led by 15 last night and leads by 30 votes tonight. Did the register of voters steal this election from Doria Summa? Should there be a new special election? Should Keith Reckdahl simply do the right thing and concede the election to Doria Summa? Keith is 59, Doria is 66. Election Night Reporting https://search.app/ogDhibhnpaW7UPWeA {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 358     From:Aram James To:Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Raymond Goins; Vara Ramakrishnan; Julie Lythcott-Haims;Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; Josh Becker; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee; Susan Hayase; DoriaSumma; josh@joshsalcman.com; josh@sanjosespotlight.com; Senator Becker; Zelkha, Mila; Andrew Siegler;kamhialison@gmail.com; Veenker, Vicki; Rowena Chiu; roberta ahlquist; Robert. Jonsen; Baker, Rob; LewisJames; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; chuck jagoda; Salem Ajluni; Jack Ajluni; Dana St. George; Gerry Gras;Gardener, Liz; Cait James; Marina Lopez; Tim James; Joe Simitian; Stump, Molly; Friends of Cubberley; TomDuBois; DuJuan Green; Council, City; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Planning Commission; dennis burns; DianaDiamond; Holman, Karen (external); Human Relations Commission; ParkRec Commission; Kaloma Smith Subject:No more weapons for war. Please checkout this life or death petition Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 2:22:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. No more weapons for war. Please checkout this life or death petition https://noweaponsforwar.org/ {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 359     From:Damicela Grace Calhoun To:Human Relations Commission Subject:Re: 10.23.24 HRC meeting comment Date:Tuesday, November 12, 2024 10:28:09 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Hi, I still have not received a response on this matter from HRC members. Damicela On Mon, Oct 28, 2024 at 3:02 PM Damicela Grace Calhoun <calhoungrace@gmail.com> wrote:Hello Human Relations commission, I'm writing in reference to the October 23 meeting, with concern to the 2024 Human Services Needs Assessment and Determination of the Priority of Needs. As a member of the public and resident of Palo Alto, I have some comments and concerns toshare with some members of the commission. Michelle Kraus - I appreciated your enthusiasm about the importance of survey feedback and your disappointment in the low response rate was apparent. That being said, I waspersonally disappointed in the direction you took with your words. While pontificating on how disgraceful the HSRAP grantees were, in spite of what you said was their "civic duty"to respond to a survey, you failed to understand or acknowledge that many of these programs are doing their best with their other civic duties like working with difficult andhard-to-reach populations, in an emotionally draining, high turnover and high burnout environment. Those conditions are ripe for mistakes like missing an email, and I felt like thewords you chose to discuss your frustration highlighted an enormous lack of empathy, connection and understanding. Your nay was heard and, frankly, it was out of touch. Kaloma Smith - Affordable childcare is a super important issue, and I am happy to seesomeone bringing attention to it. Yet, as I listened to you list off anecdotes about knowing families who have to leave Palo Alto in order to have kids, I felt like your words weremisplaced. The needs assessment (with certain flaws for sure, but still more empirical than an anecdote) clearly showcased and ranked prominent needs in the community(homelessness services and housing; services for individuals who are disabled; services for older adults; food and nutrition services; mental health services). As you directed theconversation toward childcare, I (as a tax paying resident, who does also want to somehow raise a family in this area) felt like there was such an apparent disregard for therecommendations that were just laid out in front of you. It felt like you had the right idea, but the wrong timing. Adriana Eberle - I think you were a great example of skepticism with boundaries. I agreedwith you that some of the survey questions used confusing wording and could've skewed responses. I appreciated that your comments were clear and concise. As someone who is not {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 360     appointmented nor paid to attend these meetings, I cannot tell you how happy it makes mewhen someone just gets to the point (it feels very mindful of people's time). I understand that it's easy to criticize a job that you don't have, and I truly do appreciate the time you all take to collaborate over the human services that Palo Alto provides. I hope youtake what you can from my feedback and incorporate it into your future actions. Thank you from your mostly friendly and usually non-confrontational Palo Alto neighbor, Damicela Grace Killeen {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 361     Dear Manager, I hope you are doing well! This is Arvin, a senior project manager working at Artlangs. 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Responsibility is not accepted for reliance upon it by any other person or for any other purpose Powered By FluentCRM {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 364     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Daniel Kottke; Doug Minkler; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Cait James;Lewis James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; San José Spotlight; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jethroe Moore II;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vara Ramakrishnan; ladoris cordell; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; TomDuBois; Karen Holman; Kaloma Smith; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; GregTanaka; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Diana Diamond; district1@bos.sccgov.org;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Burt, Patrick; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Friends ofCubberley; dennis burns; Foley, Michael; Stump, Molly; Zelkha, Mila; Gardener, Liz; Gerry Gras; Dana St. George;Bains, Paul; George for Palo Alto; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Rowena Chiu; Ron Hansen; Bill Newell; Baker,Rob; Robert. Jonsen; Senator Becker Subject:Re: 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire Date:Monday, November 11, 2024 7:08:30 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 11/11/2024 Hi Henry, As of tonight, long-time employee and aerospace engineer Keith Reckdahl, who works for Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company, a leading manufacturer of weapons of massdestruction, is leading candidate Doria Summa by 15 votes for the last open seat on the Palo Alto City Council. The current vote count is: Keith 10,415, Doria 10,400. Keith is currently in4th place Doria in 5th. The leading 4 candidates will be seated as city council members in January. We will see what tomorrow brings. Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 11/11/2024 Hi Henry, I hope you and Alice are having a great time in Brazil. Enjoy your trip and be safe. See youin a few weeks. Avram 100 cities, and more continuing to join the call, have passed cease-fire resolutions ( see link below). When will Palo Alto call for a cease-fire in Palestine, including Gaza and the WestBank, and now Lebanon? When will Palo Alto demand an immediate end to the U.S. weapons being supplied to Israel? As you know Keith Reckdahl may soon be joining thePalo Alto City Council as its newest member, along with George Lu. Here are my thoughts and questions to you about Keith: 1. As you know Keith belongs to a very pro-Israel synagogue here in Palo Alto, Congregation Etz Chayin. Here is the link to information on the congregation: https://search.app/yvNvmcYeWTe8xo3w9 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 365     2. Keith is a weapons maker, aerospace engineer, at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. 3. Lockheed Martin sells massive amounts of fighter jets, and other weapon systems, toIsrael. https://www.google.com/gasearch? q=lockheed%20martin%20sales%20to%20Israel%20per%20year&source=sh/x/gs/m2/ Source: American Friends Service CommitteeCompanies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends ServiceCommittee https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8 4. Given Keith’s religious associations and his employment with Lockheed as a weaponsmaker do you believe it is realistic to think Keith will have the courage to call for a cease-fire resolution? Demand an end to all military aid to Israel? Henry, please let me know yourthoughts on the Keith Reckdahl issue. 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire https://search.app/iru9XrYo6fYqabgi7 Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 366     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Daniel Kottke; Doug Minkler; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Cait James;Lewis James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; San José Spotlight; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jethroe Moore II;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vara Ramakrishnan; ladoris cordell; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; TomDuBois; Karen Holman; Kaloma Smith; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; GregTanaka; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Diana Diamond; district1@bos.sccgov.org;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Burt, Patrick; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Friends ofCubberley; dennis burns; Foley, Michael; Stump, Molly; Zelkha, Mila; Jack Ajluni; Salem Ajluni Subject:Re: 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire Date:Monday, November 11, 2024 10:06:07 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 11/11/2024 Hi Henry, I hope you and Alice are having a great time in Brazil. Enjoy your trip and be safe. See youin a few weeks. Avram 100 cities, and more continuing to join the call, have passed cease-fire resolutions ( see link below). When will Palo Alto call for a cease-fire in Palestine, including Gaza and the WestBank, and now Lebanon? When will Palo Alto demand an immediate end to the U.S. weapons being supplied to Israel? As you know Keith Reckdahl may soon be joining thePalo Alto City Council as its newest member, along with George Lu. Here are my thoughts and questions to you about Keith: 1. As you know Keith belongs to a very pro-Israel synagogue here in Palo Alto, Congregation Etz Chayin. Here is the link to information on the congregation: https://search.app/yvNvmcYeWTe8xo3w9 2. Keith is a weapons maker, aerospace engineer, at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. 3. Lockheed Martin sells massive amounts of fighter jets, and other weapon systems, toIsrael. https://www.google.com/gasearch? q=lockheed%20martin%20sales%20to%20Israel%20per%20year&source=sh/x/gs/m2/ Source: American Friends Service CommitteeCompanies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends ServiceCommittee https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 367     4. Given Keith’s religious associations and his employment with Lockheed as a weaponsmaker do you believe it is realistic to think Keith will have the courage to call for a cease-fire resolution? Demand an end to all military aid to Israel? Henry, please let me know yourthoughts on the Keith Reckdahl issue. 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire https://search.app/iru9XrYo6fYqabgi7 Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 368     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Daniel Kottke; Doug Minkler; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Cait James;Lewis James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; San José Spotlight; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jethroe Moore II;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vara Ramakrishnan; ladoris cordell; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; TomDuBois; Karen Holman; Kaloma Smith; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; GregTanaka; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Diana Diamond; district1@bos.sccgov.org;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Burt, Patrick; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Friends ofCubberley; dennis burns; Foley, Michael; Stump, Molly; Zelkha, Mila; Gerry Gras; Don Austin; Jeff Conrad;Rowena Chiu; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; Nicole Chiu-Wang; Emily Mibach; SupervisorOtto Lee; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov Subject:Re: 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire Date:Monday, November 11, 2024 9:39:29 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Mon, Nov 11, 2024 at 9:23 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: 11/11/2024 Hi Henry, I hope you and Alice are having a great time in Brazil. Enjoy your trip and be safe. See youin a few weeks. Avram 100 cities, and more continuing to join the call, have passed cease-fire resolutions ( see link below). When will Palo Alto call for a cease-fire in Palestine, including Gaza and the WestBank, and now Lebanon? When will Palo Alto demand an immediate end to the U.S. weapons being supplied to Israel? As you know Keith Reckdahl may soon be joining thePalo Alto City Council as its newest member, along with George Lu. Here are my thoughts and questions to you about Keith: 1. As you know Keith belongs to a very pro-Israel synagogue here in Palo Alto, Congregation Etz Chayin. Here is the link to information on the congregation: https://search.app/yvNvmcYeWTe8xo3w9 2. Keith is a weapons maker, aerospace engineer, at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. 3. Lockheed Martin sells massive amounts of fighter jets, and other weapon systems, toIsrael. https://www.google.com/gasearch? q=lockheed%20martin%20sales%20to%20Israel%20per%20year&source=sh/x/gs/m2/ Source: American Friends Service CommitteeCompanies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends ServiceCommittee {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 369     https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8 4. Given Keith’s religious associations and his employment with Lockheed as a weapons maker do you believe it is realistic to think Keith will have the courage to call for a cease-fire resolution? Demand an end to all military aid to Israel? Henry, please let me know your thoughts on the Keith Reckdahl issue. 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire https://search.app/iru9XrYo6fYqabgi7 Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 370     From:Aram James To:h.etzko@gmail.com; Council, City; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Vicki Veenker; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Cribbs, Anne;Templeton, Cari; Josh Becker; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Dave Price; Sarah Wright; GennadySheyner; Daniel Kottke; Doug Minkler; Lotus Fong; Roberta Ahlquist; Jay Boyarsky; Jeff Rosen; Cait James;Lewis James; Tim James; Marina Lopez; San José Spotlight; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Jethroe Moore II;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Vara Ramakrishnan; ladoris cordell; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; TomDuBois; Karen Holman; Kaloma Smith; Dennis Upton; Human Relations Commission; Palo Alto Free Press; GregTanaka; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Linda Jolley; Joe Simitian; Diana Diamond; district1@bos.sccgov.org;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Burt, Patrick; Figueroa, Eric; frances.Rothschild@jud.ca.gov; Friends ofCubberley; dennis burns; Foley, Michael; Stump, Molly; Zelkha, Mila Subject:100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire Date:Monday, November 11, 2024 9:24:02 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. 11/11/2024 Hi Henry, I hope you and Alice are having a great time in Brazil. Enjoy your trip and be safe. See you in a few weeks. Avram 100 cities, and more continuing to join the call, have passed cease-fire resolutions ( see linkbelow). When will Palo Alto call for a cease-fire in Palestine, including Gaza and the West Bank, and now Lebanon? When will Palo Alto demand an immediate end to the U.S. weaponsbeing supplied to Israel? As you know Keith Reckdahl may soon be joining the Palo Alto City Council as its newest member, along with George Lu. Here are my thoughts and questions to you about Keith: 1. As you know Keith belongs to a very pro-Israel synagogue here in Palo Alto, CongregationEtz Chayin. Here is the link to information on the congregation: https://search.app/yvNvmcYeWTe8xo3w9 2. Keith is a weapons maker, aerospace engineer, at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale. 3. Lockheed Martin sells massive amounts of fighter jets, and other weapon systems, to Israel. https://www.google.com/gasearch? q=lockheed%20martin%20sales%20to%20Israel%20per%20year&source=sh/x/gs/m2/ Source: American Friends Service CommitteeCompanies Profiting from the Gaza Genocide | American Friends ServiceCommittee https://search.app/kBJG32JcCMTQvgqk8 4. Given Keith’s religious associations and his employment with Lockheed as a weaponsmaker do you believe it is realistic to think Keith will have the courage to call for a cease-fireresolution? Demand an end to all military aid to Israel? Henry, please let me know your {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 371     thoughts on the Keith Reckdahl issue. 100 American Communities Have Called for a Gaza Cease-Fire https://search.app/iru9XrYo6fYqabgi7 Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 372     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; Ed Lauing; George for Palo Alto; Julie Lythcott-Haims; Human Relations Commission; VickiVeenker; Burt, Patrick; Templeton, Cari; Zelkha, Mila; Doug Minkler; Lewis James; Dave Price; BradenCartwright; Emily Mibach; jgreen@dailynewsgroup.com; EPA Today; Diana Diamond; Vara Ramakrishnan;Council, City; Sally Lieber; Raymond Goins; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore; Jeff Rosen; Jay Boyarsky; Baker, Rob;Roberta Ahlquist; Rowena Chiu; Josh Becker; Joe Simitian; Hornung, Joel; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; WILPFPeninsula Palo Alto; Wagner, April; Nicole Chiu-Wang; josh@joshsalcman.com; kamhialison@gmail.com; PenniWilson; Bill Newell; Palo Alto Free Press; Perron, Zachary; Andrew Siegler; Binder, Andrew; Cait James; DanielKottke; kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Reifschneider, James; Afanasiev, Alex; Enberg, Nicholas; chuck jagoda;Barberini, Christopher; Cribbs, Anne; cromero@cityofepa.org; h.etzko@gmail.com; Linda Jolley; Lotus Fong;Marina Lopez; Cecilia Taylor; GRP-City Clerk; DuJuan Green; dennis burns; Dennis Upton;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; Tom DuBois; Karen Holman; Drekmeier, Peter; Kaloma Smith Subject:Watch "Author Arundhati Roy lambasts ‘US and Israel’s genocide in Gaza’ at London award ceremony" on YouTube Date:Sunday, November 10, 2024 9:47:41 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Israel a monster state by author Arundhati Roy https://youtu.be/_sfdcQO7bfc?si=gAIu6DtqeehnF9N- {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 373     From:San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP To:Human Relations Commission Subject:NAACP President Condemns Racist Text Messages Sent to Black Americans Across the Country Date:Sunday, November 10, 2024 4:27:15 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links.   Unashamedly Black, Unapologetically Beautiful!!!! The Oldest, Largest And Strongest Civil Rights Organization In The United States.  {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 374     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 375     Navigating the Aftermath of a Disheartening Election The aftermath of the recent presidential election leaves many of us grappling with a spectrum of emotions—from anger and sadness to anxiety and disillusionment. We share these feelings collectively, as the growingtides of intolerance and far-right rhetoric seem to overshadow our shared humanity. Our history, ourtruth, is under siege in classrooms and institutions across the country, leading to justified concerns about the broader implications ofthese election results on the world stage. In electing a leader who embodies the worst aspects of our society—fear, anger, bigotry, deception, and immorality—we reveal a lot about ourselves as Americanstoday. This moment invites us to confront our sorrow, confusion, and frustration while acknowledging our feelings of helplessness and even hopelessness. It is crucial thatwe express these emotions and remember that turning to God can provide solace {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 376     amidst the turmoil. As we navigate this complex emotional landscape, it’s essential to prioritize self-care.Rest is paramount; allow yourself the time to sleep and find moments of quiet reflection. Engage in physical activity, whether it’s a walk in nature or a workout thatrejuvenates your spirit. Hydration and a healthy diet will nourish your body and mind as you cope with these trying times. Moreover, reach out to those you love and who love you in return. Community is vital,and connecting with others can provide comfort and clarity. When there are things to resist, we will find the courage to stand up and speak out. But we must allow ourselves to rest first. Only then can we move to reflection, andeventually take action when and where it is needed. While the challenges ahead may seem daunting, we must trust that God is at work in our nation and the wider world,guiding us toward hope and renewal. In this tumultuous moment, let us stand together, support one another, and commit to fostering an inclusive and understanding future. We have the power to rise abovedespair and transform our collective pain into a catalyst for positive changeRev. Jethroe Moore II {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 377     NAACP ANNOUNCES $200M FUND TO SUPPORT BLACK BUSINESSES AS PART OF REPARATIVE ECONOMIC JUSTICE INITIATIVE The NAACP launched a $200 million initiative to restore the economy through Black businesses. The NAACP has launched a $200 million initiative to strengthen Black businessesthrough a focused investment fund. The new NAACP Capital Fund is a targeted investment in the future of Black businesses, aimed at closing the racial wealth gap and addressing the funding challenges that many Black-owned businesses encounter. The fund aims to shift the economic landscape by focusing on ventures led by Black founders and entrepreneurs. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 378     Deadline for Nominations: February 16, 2025 Categories of Nominees: 1. Political Leaders 2. Activists 3. Educators 4. Labor Leaders 5. Legal Advocates 6. Entrepreneurs 7. Freedom Fighters Eligibility Criteria: - Nominee must be actively engaged in civil rights advocacy within the San Jose Silicon Valley community. - Demonstrated commitment to addressing social justice issues and promoting equity and inclusion. - Contributions to political, educational, labor, legal, or entrepreneurial initiatives that further civil rights. - A history of leadership and impact within relevant circles of influence. - Nominee should exemplify the values of the NAACP and have made significant contributions to the community. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 379     Nomination Process: 1. Complete the official nomination form available on the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP website. 2. Include a detailed statement (max 500 words) outlining the nominee's qualifications, impact, and contributions to civil rights. 3. Provide at least two letters of recommendation from individuals familiar with the nominee’s work (must include name, title, and contact information). 4. Submit all materials electronically or via mail to the San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP Branch. Selection Criteria: - Impact of the nominee’s work on civil rights and social justice. - Evidence of leadership and advocacy in the community. - Alignment with the mission and goals of the NAACP. Contact Information: For questions or further information, please contactSean Allen ; James Staten Nominate a civil rights advocate who is making a difference today! Press Statement: NAACP President {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 380     Condemns Racist Text Messages Sent toBlack Americans Across the Country NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson shared the followingstatement on the news of hateful, and racist text messages sent toindividuals across the country: "The unfortunate reality of electing a President who, historically hasembraced, and at times encouraged hate, is unfolding before oureyes. These messages represent an alarming increase in vile andabhorrent rhetoric from racist groups across the country, who nowfeel emboldened to spread hate and stoke the flames of fear that manyof us are feeling after Tuesday's election results. Click here to read the full statement. "In this season, when some want to harden and stop the heart of our democracy,we are being called like our foremothers and fathers to be the moral defibrillatorsof our time. We must shock this nation with the power of love. We must shockthis nation with the power of mercy. We must shock this nation and fight for justice for all. We can’t give up on the heart of our democracy. Not now, not {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 381     ever.” ~Reverend William Barber, Yale Divinity School Carlos was RELEASED from the county jail this evening around 7:45pm after much back and forth with the SJ County Jail, CDCR, Sheriff’s office and legal counsel we got the email notification this evening regarding his release. Carlos and our family THANKS all of you for standing with Carlos during this incredible fight for freedom and special shout out to Debug, NAACP, The Militant, local media, newspapers and journalists and each and everyone of you that have showed up for Carlos. Let this milestone bless you! Carlos is free!!! https://youtu.be/EHYXqdHu9Kk Beyond the Elections: The Political Revolution Continues Beyond the Elections {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 382     The Political Revolution Continues A National Dialogue for RevolutionariesREGISTER TODAYSaturday, November 16, 2024at 11 AM Pacific, 12 PM Mountain, 1 PM Central, and 2 PM EasternSponsored by the League of Revolutionaries for a New Americaand Hip Hop Congress The will of the people has been temporarily crushed by the deadly combinationof evil lies, open hatred, corrupt courts, corporate media, and billions of dollars of dark money. But we who believe in freedom cannot rest. Now is the time to double down on defending our communities facing mortal danger from Project 2025. The workers’ movement has no alternative but to rise again, beginning atthe local level, and defeat every fascist policy initiative, turn back every attack,and continue building the power we need to get the justice we deserve. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 383     WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT RELIGION AND POLICY IN A DONALD TRUMP WHITE HOUSE BY EZRA CRAKER In the months leading up to the election, Donald Trump ramped up his warnings that Christian supporters would “suffer greatly” if he lost. “If Kamala Harris gets four more years, the radical left is not going to leave Christiansalone … Your religious liberty will be gone,” he said. He claimed that he, in contrast, embraced believers and would protect their interests as president.President-elect Trump, according to the Associated Press, has won the White House. He won the election in part by courting conservative religious communities — and appealing to their anxieties — on the campaign trail. His policy agenda will likely be shaped by these groups, influencing the White House on a range of issues from education to reproductive rights. Culture war policies The president-elect’s policy proposals that directly relate to religion aim to protect religious Americans, specifically Christians, from discrimination. While Christians still make up a majority of the U.S. population and are overrepresented in Congress, {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 384     recent years have seen culture-war clashes that highlight a growing sense among some believers that Christian values are under attack. READ MORE     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 385     "Upholding Justice: The Need for Accountability Among Our Leaders** In a democratic society, the principles of accountability and integrity serve as thebedrock of our governance and judiciary systems. Recent events have illuminated agrowing concern: the apparent lack of accountability faced by those in power,including former presidents and judges, in the face of unethical behavior. It isimperative that we, as a society, demand transparency and justice for the actions thatundermine public trust and the rule of law. The actions of a former president should be scrutinized with the utmost seriousness.Leaders are entrusted with the responsibility of serving the public interest, yet wehave witnessed instances where this trust has been abused. Whether it be throughmanipulating facts for personal gain, fostering division, or undermining democraticinstitutions, the consequences of such behavior ripple through the very fabric of oursociety. It's essential that we do not overlook the implications of allowing such actionsto go unchecked. Furthermore, judges, as the guardians of our justice system, hold immense powerand responsibility. Their decisions influence lives, shape laws, and set precedents forfuture cases. When judges engage in unethical behavior—be it bias, favoritism, orcorruption—they jeopardize the sanctity of the judicial system. A failure to hold themaccountable not only tarnishes their individual integrity but erodes the public's faith inan impartial judiciary. Calls for accountability should transcend political affiliations. This is not merely about {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 386     partisan politics; it is about upholding the principle that no one is above the law.Establishing independent commissions to investigate unethical behaviors, introducingstronger ethical guidelines, and enacting reforms that reinforce accountabilitymechanisms are crucial steps we must take. As citizens, our responsibility extends beyond merely voting and participating in publicdiscourse; we must actively advocate for transparency and justice. Holding ourleaders accountable is not just an obligation; it is a necessity for the preservation ofour democracy. It is time to rally together and call for a systematic approach to accountability. Let usensure that our democracy is safeguarded, that our leaders uphold theirresponsibilities, and that justice prevails. Together, we can restore faith in ourinstitutions and reaffirm that ethical conduct is paramount, regardless of the powerone wields. In solidarity, we demand justice. In accountability, we find strength.Rev. Jethroe Moore II   {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 387     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 388       {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 389         {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 390     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 391     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 392     On Tuesday, November 12, the SJSU HRI will host a Meet the Author's Book panel event. The panel discussion, as part of the San José State University Transforming Communities Conference, will highlight and engage research conducted by SJSU HRI- affiliated faculty. The books written by the members include topics on the legality of human rights practice and human dignity, abortion rights about historical foundations of how bodies are regulated and controlled, the reentry of formerly incarcerated people into society, and how they navigate the “institutional circuit” of parole offices, rehabilitation facilities, shelters, and family courts, and finally, the colonial legacy underpinning family separations in relation to reproductive justice and transnational frameworks. As such, while the books focus on different topics, they all center on human rights and justice. Thus, the four authors will highlight their work and engage with one another through their common ground of human rights and social justice. Please come and engage with these amazing scholars! copy should address 3 key questions: Who am I writing for (audience)? Why should they care (benefit)? What do I want them to do (call-to-action)? {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 393     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 394     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 395     {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 396     ‘Beyond The Gates’: CBS Rounds Out Cast For New Sudser Kicking Off In Early 2025 By Lynette Rice CBS has completed another round of casting for Beyond the Gates, its upcoming daytime sudser from CBS Studios/NAACP Venture. Production begins in November for an early 2025 premiere. Joining the daytime drama about an affluent African American county in Maryland are Brandon Claybon, Timon Durrett, Sean Freeman, Marquita Goings, Maurice Johnson, Trisha Mann-Grant, RhonniRose Mantilla, Ambyr Michelle, Colby Muhammad and Arielle Prepetit. They join previously announced stars Tamara Tunie (Anita Dupree), Daphnee Duplaix (Dr. Nicole Dupree Richardson) and Karla Mosley (Dani Dupree). READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 397     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image 2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 398     For the first time, two Black women elected toSenate at same time These historic wins will double the number of Black women ever elected to the Senate, increasing the total from two to four. by Sydney Anderson On November 5th, history was made, as both Lisa Blunt Rochester and Angela Alsobrooks won their races, marking the first time two Black women will serve simultaneously in the U.S Senate. Blunt Rochester, a Democratic Congresswoman from Delaware, makes two historic accomplishments, becoming the first woman and first Black senator to represent the state. Meanwhile, Alsobrooks, a former domestic violence prosecutor and county executive, will become Maryland’s first Black senator. READ MORE {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 399     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image 2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 400     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 401     GOD ISN'T A REPUBLICAN OR A DEMOCRAT; GODIS AN IMMIGRANT BY MICHAEL WOOLF If you want to understand who God is, then I think one of the foundational themes isthe experience of migration. God’s first house — the tabernacle — is movable, following the Israelites as theywander from Egypt to Canaan (Exodus 40:34; Numbers 1:47-53). The theme ofmigration continues into Jesus’ life, where Matthew’s gospel tells us that he fledpolitical violence and spent much of his childhood in Egypt (Matthew 2:13-23).Even when he is back in his own country, he is unwelcome in his hometown and “hasnowhere to lay his head” (Matthew 8:20). In election season, we sometime ask whether God is a Democrat or a Republican, butthe truth is more obvious: God is an immigrant. As the presidential election cycle nears its conclusion, one issue has stood out to me asperhaps the defining issue of the campaign: immigration. In a country that thinks of {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 402     itself as Christian, some 55 percent of people want less immigration, according to arecent Gallup poll. That number has grown by 14 percent in just one year. Bothcandidateshave worked tirelessly to show that if elected as president, they’ll be“tough” on the border. Former President Donald Trump has promised “massdeportations” and peddled Far-Right talking points like remigration, the idea thatimmigrants should be sent back to their countries of origin. Vice PresidentKamala Harris has argued that she would be harder on the border than Trumpand recently released a plan to further restrict asylum processing. READ MORE 2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 403     fa848cbb-01af-4e43-8ad0-7d8bc07568b5 image 2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 404     Submissions for the 56th NAACP Image Awards are still open! Showcase your incredible work in motion picture, television + streaming, recording,literature, and podcasts by submitting at www.naacpimageawards.net. All entries must be received by November 8, 2024. Nominations will be revealedon January 7, 2025. The NAACP Image Awards, recognized globally as a premier multicultural awards show, honors artists who inspire equality, justice, and change. Only submitted workwill be considered, and all entries are evaluated by NAACP Image Awards Nominating Committees, composed of industry professionals and NAACP leaders. Join us on Saturday, February 22, 2025, in Pasadena, California, for the 56th NAACPImage Awards, airing LIVE on BET. Celebrate Black excellence with Hollywood’s biggest stars. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 405     8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 406     8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image   8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 407     Registration for the 2025 Clergy and Lay Leadership Conference CONTINUES! The 2025 Conference will be hosted in Little Rock, Arkansas at the Statehouse Convention Center, Monday, February 17 - Thursday, February 20, 2025! Pre-conference events begin Sunday, February 16th. 2025 theme is "There is No End to Our Rising: Restoring Our Glory in the Age of Erasure" (Deuteronomy 4:9, CEB) We are at a perilous time in which the presumption of democracy in America, and indeed, the world is at stake. For many, the claim to “justice for all” is not a given, and efforts to foster greater equity and support the diversity of America are being thwarted or reversed. We only need to examine Project 2025 to get a sense of the growing divide in this nation. The process of experiential, educational and {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 408     cultural erasure is of special significance for people of African descent in the United States. Considering all the challenges confronting this nation at this point in time, we thought it most fitting to descend upon Little Rock, Arkansas, and be reminded of the transformative history of the area represented by the Central High School Little Rock Nine and the 1919 Elaine Arkansas massacre. Once and again, our programs and workshops speak to these times to offer the framing and tools for emerging and seasoned faith leaders to navigate the issues of this present moment. We are engaged in reconstituting a Nation where justice is truly for all! We are stronger with a unified agenda, especially peer-to-peer engagement and exchange. YOUR presence at our 21st Annual Clergy and Lay Leaders Conference matters! Join us in Little Rock, Arkansas! Visit https://sdpconference.info/2025-conference for more information 8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 409     8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image   {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 410     The human race finds itself again under threat of a rising global fascist movement. In the United States, democracy is under attack by an authoritarian movement that hasfound fertile ground among the country’s conservative politicians and voters, but similar movements have found homes in the hearts and minds of people all acrossthe globe. To understand the shape, form, and stakes of this assault, we must go back to extract lessons from our past. Democracy requires a common understanding of reality, a shared view of what hashappened, that informs ordinary citizens’ decisions about what should happen, now and in the future. Authoritarians target this shared understanding, seeking to separateus from our own history to destroy our self-understanding and leave us unmoored, resentful, and confused. By setting us against each other, authoritarians representthemselves as the sole solution. In authoritarian countries, critical examination of those nations’ history and traditions is discouraged if not an outright danger to those who do it. And it is no accident thatlocal and global institutions of education have become a battleground, the authoritarian right’s tip of the spear, where learning and efforts to upend a hierarchalstatus quo can be put to end by coercion and threats of violence. Democracies entrust schools and universities to preserve a common memory of positive change,generated by protests, social movements, and rebellions. The authoritarian right must {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 411     erase this history, and, along with it, the very practice of critical inquiry that has so often been the engine of future progress. In Erasing History, Yale professor of philosophy Jason Stanley exposes the true danger of the authoritarian right’s attacks on education, identifies their key tactics andfunders, and traces their intellectual roots. He illustrates how fears of a fascist future have metastasized, from hypothetical threat to present reality. And he shows thathearts and minds are won in our schools and universities—places, he explains, that democratic societies across the world are now ill-prepared to defend against thefascist assault currently underway. Deeply informed and urgently needed, Erasing History is a global call to action for those who wish to preserve democracy—in America and abroad—before it is too late. fa848cbb-01af-4e43-8ad0-7d8bc07568b5 image 8b4144e6-fa69-444c-a20b-5973f650bff0 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 412     As we grapple with news stories about ourcountry’s racial fault lines, our challenge isnot just to learn about the past, but also tocope with the “belief grief” that unlearningrequires. If you are on the emotionaljourney of reckoning with the past, such asthe massacre of Black Americans in Tulsa,the killing of Native American children incompulsory “residential schools” designedto destroy their culture, and theincarceration of Japanese Americans, youare not alone. The seeds of today’sinequalities were sown in past events likethese. The time to unlearn thewhitewashed history we believed was trueis now. As historians share these truths, we willneed psychologists to help us navigate theshame, guilt, disbelief, and despair manyof us feel. In A More Just Future, DollyChugh, award-winning professor, socialpsychologist, and author of theacclaimed The Person You Mean to Be,invites us to dismantle the systems built byour forebearers and work toward a morejust future. Through heartrending personal historiesand practical advice, Chugh gives us thepsychological tools we need to grapplewith the truth of our country with “one ofthe most moving and important behavioralscience books of the last decade” (KatyMilkman, author of How to Change).   {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 413     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image   {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 414     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 415     2a343a8c-a9f3-4e10-b8d8-b1e1a4540213 image Website History Events Youth   Address: 205 E Alma Ave d10 San Jose, CA 95112 Telephone:+1 (408) 898-6985 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 416     Drop Us A Line San Jose Silicon Valley NAACP | 1313 N Milpitas Blvd #163 | Milpitas, CA 95035 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Constant Contact {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 417     From:Aram James To:George for Palo Alto; Burt, Patrick; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne;<michael.gennaco@oirgroup.com>; WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Supervisor Otto Lee;district1@bos.sccgov.org; Palo Alto Free Press; Stump, Molly; Friends of Cubberley; Greg Tanaka; Karen Holman;Tom DuBois; EPA Today; cromero@cityofepa.org; Binder, Andrew; Patricia.Guerrero@jud.ca.gov; Lewis james;Cecilia Taylor; Figueroa, Eric; Enberg, Nicholas; Daniel Kottke; Zelkha, Mila Cc:Keith Reckdahl; Human Relations Commission; Joe Simitian; gstone22@gmail.com; DuJuan Green; dennis burns Subject:Re: In re Weller (1985), California Court of Appeals Date:Saturday, November 9, 2024 1:44:25 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. FYI: George & Pat et al: On Sat, Nov 9, 2024, at 1:02 PM, Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote:11/9/24 Hi Henry, This is the case I tried to a jury in 1979 and then handled the appeals until about 1985. (See link below). In re Weller was a case of first impression. It involved applying the Defense ofNecessity to a Nuclear Weapons Trespass case at Keith’s current employer, Lockheed Martin, in Sunnyvale, CA. The defense also raised the Nuremberg defense in In re Weller. I intend to find out if Keith works on weapons systems at Lockheed that are sold to Israeland are used by the Israeli military in the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, etc., In other words, if he is complicit in the genocide. Per the public record, Keithis employed by Lockheed Martin as an aerospace engineer. I am copying Keith Reckdahl in on this email. As you know, Keith Reckdahl may well be on the city council starting inJanuary 2025. The public has the right to know if Keith is working on fighter planes or other weapon systems being used by the Israeli military to carry on the U.S.-supported genocidein Palestine. Best regards, Avram Finkelstein aka Aram James In re Weller (1985), California Court of Appeals Source: Justia Law In re Weller (1985):::: California Court of Appeal Decisions:: California Case Law::California Law:: US Law :: Justia https://search.app/XV8ZeAPw9yxia1mi9 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 418     From:Palo Alto Forward To:Architectural Review Board; Council, City; city.council@menlopark.gov; Planning Commission;planning.commission@menlopark.gov; Human Relations Commission; Historic Resources Board Subject:PA Architectural Tour Date:Thursday, November 7, 2024 4:27:36 PM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Honorable Council Members, Board Members, and Commissioners, We would like to invite you on a Tall Buildings Architectural tour in downtown Palo Alto on Sunday, November 17th at 10:30 a.m. We will visit 5 tall buildings (over 80 feet) with three prominent local architects, We will learn how to describe "height" and discuss how it "feels", how to minimize potential "impacts" with beautiful architecture and building/site features, and learn about the trade-offs that must be considered in any discussion of height. The tour is about 1-mile long and starts at 501 Forest Avenue. ** Please sign up and get more info here. ** We will send a detailed site information sheet, architectural FAQs, and route map to those that sign up. Thank you for your service and we hope to see you there!-- Amie AshtonExecutive DirectorPalo Alto Forward650-793-1585 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 419     From:Aram James To:Keith Reckdahl; George for Palo Alto; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; Human Relations Commission; Josh Becker;josh@joshsalcman.com; Rowena Chiu; kamhialison@gmail.com; Council, City; GRP-City Council; Sean Allen; Jeff Moore;Raymond Goins; Vara Ramakrishnan; Holman, Karen (external); EPA Today; Diana Diamond; Jennifer DiBrienza; Daniel Kottke Subject:Re: Don"t Miss This: Silencing Student Voices - free films and Q&A panel discussion Date:Thursday, November 7, 2024 10:59:21 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautious of openingattachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 10:22 AM Roberta Ahlquist <finnroberta@gmail.com> wrote: See this?Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: From: Voices From the Holy Land<vfhlonlinefilmsalon@144271541.mailchimpapp.com>Date: November 6, 2024 at 7:00:35 PM PSTTo: <finnroberta@gmail.com>Subject: Don't Miss This: Silencing Student Voices - free films and Q&A paneldiscussionReply-To: <vfhlonlinefilmsalon@gmail.com> {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 420     Watch the recording of the Q&A Panel Discussion on ISRAEL, PALESTINE, BDS, AND BOYCOTTING IN THE US www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/salonrecordings Please share this information and flyers with your family, friends, neighbors, and community. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 421     Invitation to an Online Film SalonSunday November 17, 2024 Silencing Student Voices Israel’s war on Palestine, following the October 7 attack by Hamas, has driven an ongoing student protest movement on the nation’s university campuses. These protests have adopted similar calls for divestment from the war industries supplying the advanced weapons systems the US government is sending to Israel. Common protest tactics include encampments, banner drops, leafleting, and self-education. As the US continues its unqualified support for Israel, how do we assess the successes of these movements? How have universities framed these protests? What has prompted Higher Ed's extreme responses involving the deployment of urban police forces? How have definitions of constitutionally guaranteed free speech been redrawn by Higher Ed? What has been the impact of the “Palestine exception”? What if any are the limits of non-violent protest, and according to whose interests? Watch the selected videos at your convenience. | Join the Q&A discussion with: Ilan Cohen: Jewish American student activist, Columbia University Rama Ali Kased: Assoc. Professor, Race and Resistance Studies, College of Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University Maryam Alwan: Palestinian American student activist, Columbia University Natasha Lennard (Moderator): Author and journalist; Assoc. Director, Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism program, New School for Social Research You must register to join the discussion & receive access to the film: :Tinyurl.com/VFHL-November2024 {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 422     Watch the Trailer: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-TrailerNovember2024 How this will work: 1 - Register here for the Voices from the Holy Land Online Film Salon: :Tinyurl.com/VFHL- November2024 2 – Once you register, you will get a confirmation email from Zoom with a link to the meeting and a link with to watch the film. (Save this confirmation letter as the meeting link is unique to your email and you must have this to participate 3 - Watch the film at your convenience before the event. Then join us with your thoughts and questions for our speakers at the Q&A Discussion on Sunday November 17, 2024 at 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT. Please share this announcement with your friends, family, and community. Download the event flyer and post it to your social media. Download the event flyer here. (Download the jpg version here) Download information about the Panelists and moderator here. (Download the jpg version here) Don't forget to watch recordings of previous Online Film Salon recordings in their entirety here, including for the July 21, 2024 Online Film Salon In Conversation: Humanity in Gaza, Revisted. An article in the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs on the April Salon on Repairing Gaza’s Disintegrated Mental Health System can be found here. Read about Looking Beyond the Headlines, our May Salon here. 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You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list. {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 424     From:Aram James To:Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Raymond Goins; Council, City; Ed Lauing; Keith Reckdahl; Shikada, Ed;h.etzko@gmail.com; Human Relations Commission; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; DuJuan Green; Richard Konda;WILPF Peninsula Palo Alto; Tom DuBois; Holman, Karen (external); Burt, Patrick; Roberta Ahlquist; Lotus Fong;Linda Jolley; Sally Lieber; GRP-City Council; Cecilia Taylor; Dennis Upton; Kaloma Smith; Joe Simitian; SupervisorOtto Lee; gstone22@gmail.com; Jennifer DiBrienza; district1@bos.sccgov.org; josh@joshsalcman.com; JeffRosen; Jay Boyarsky; kamhialison@gmail.com; Rowena Chiu; Wagner, April; Perron, Zachary; Binder, Andrew;kenneth.Binder@shf.sccgov.org; Robert. Jonsen; Roberta Ahlquist; Baker, Rob; Vicki Veenker Cc:Figueroa, Eric; Foley, Michael; Zelkha, Mila; Braden Cartwright; Lewis James; Penni Wilson Subject:Re: Democratic Party allowed Slaughter in Gaza to proceed Date:Thursday, November 7, 2024 8:20:13 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. On Thu, Nov 7, 2024 at 8:13 AM Aram James <abjpd1@gmail.com> wrote: https://www.democracynow.org/2024/11/7/fatima_bhutto {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 425     From:Aram James To:Human Relations Commission; Council, City; Josh Becker; Supervisor Susan Ellenberg; Zelkha, Mila; Bill Newell;Sally Lieber; Templeton, Cari; Cribbs, Anne; h.etzko@gmail.com; GRP-City Council; Friends of Cubberley; VaraRamakrishnan; Kaloma Smith; Jeff Moore; Sean Allen; Daniel Kottke; Keith Reckdahl; Doria Summa Subject:Commentary: Democrats keep expecting white women to save them, and they keep getting burned Date:Thursday, November 7, 2024 7:28:17 AM CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Be cautiousof opening attachments and clicking on links. Commentary: Democrats keep expecting white women to save them, and they keep getting burned https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2024-11-07/white-women-exit-polls-donald-trump- kamala-harris {{item.number}}     Packet Pg. 426