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City Manager's Summary Rcportl1
HONORABLE CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY MANAGER
AGE1I/DA DATE: February 21, 1995
DEPARTMENT: Planning and
Community Environment
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SL1JIJECT: 260 Cllifoml. A.enuo (lbo Edge), Two-Veor Rniew or
Use Permit 7J.UP-36 CondmoD Compliant. IDd Effeaiveness
RECOMMENDATION
The PlIIDJIing Commissio<I n=mmends that the City Council maintain the cuncnt
conditions of = permit 13·UP·36 as amondtd in 1993 and require an additioml review
of the = ~ by the Zoning Administrator in Septcmher 19%.
EXECVI1VE SUMMARY
00 Fcbnwy 16, 1993. the City Council amended Condilionsl Use Permit 73-UP-36.
gnurtcd for ID eotmg 0IId drinking establisbme!ll IocaIed at 260 Cmfornio Avenue. The
~ permit allows Jive CDt<rtaimncnt 0IId dAncing associaled wrl!! the OIl-site sale and
wnsumplion of liquor, bc<:r 0IId wme, ~SOIY l'> the opemtion of a restaurant. The
curreo! operarc.c, as well as the operalor III the time the use permit was amended. is
Jacek Rosidd. cIoin& business as The Edge. A more derailed description of the history,
curreo! sIatUs of cooditioo .:ompli.".,. 0IId Police Department activities associa1ed wiIh
The Edge is provided in the Il!acbcd Planning Com"ussWu staff report daIed
January 11, 1995_
In accordance with condition DLlIDber 12 of Use Permit 13-lJP-36. ame-uded by the City
CowciI on Fobrtwy 16. 1993, the I'Wmlng Commission held a publk bearing 00
Ianuazy II. 1995. for the puzpose of reviewing the effectiveness of the modified
con<fiDons (acetp( minutes IttBched). The ~dition requires the Planning Commission
10 forward a. n:<:ooIIIleIldation for the preservatio:> of existing con<fitions or further
modification oCtile = permit to the C"lty Council for final delermination.
Planning Commwion Ac:doD
Based on Police Department records indicating • significant reduction in caJIs for
service and DO reported violations oC the use permit conditions over the past two years.
m. Commission voted 4-0, with S<:hink. Cmasoo and Glazier absent, to reaffinn the
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aiS1ing tooditioos of the use permit and recommend that the City Cotmc>l maintain the
~ cooditioos as opproved. To provide fur1her impetus foe the club to cootinue
implementing the programs rtquircd by the use permit conditions, the C<><l!Illission
recommended that the Council require an additional review of the cse pennit b)' the
Zoning Aclmin.istrator in September 1996.
At the hearins. several residents of the Pari< Central cooclominium complex testified that
noise """';.a!cd with 00-_ parking close 10 their bedroom windows disturbs their
sleep and is a ,eneraI nwsan«. The Commission suggested that the Pari< CentraI
Homeowner', Association approach the City 10 request I 00 parking r.striction from
1t:OO p.m. to 3:00 Lm. 00 Pari< Boulevard, betw .... California and Cambridge, and 011
the 100 block of California Avenue, along the residential frontage. The Commission
~ this request a rea..<ooabl. one, since • pat'.<ing limitation during that period
would DOt impact local businesses,. and Police would be able 10 prev"'" cars from
parnng close to the resideolial units.
Plannins Commission detctmined that the residents should follow the standard p<oces.
to detennine if any unforeseen impaci5 would result from the requested parking
limitation. They can initiate their request 1hrough the Transportalioo Division. whose
analysis would include a detenninalioo of the cost and enfon:eability of such a parking
resfriction. Staff may .wove a parking limitation of up to 120 days. without Council
action. A longer restriction would require • reso.'utioo approved by the Cooncil
EN}'IRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
This review is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
pmsuaot to Ar&Ic 19, Sectiou 15321, Enforcement Actions by Regulatory Ag=ies.
AITAQIMENTS
PIannins Commission Staff Repon dated III JJ95
Ex=Pt Minutes of J'I.anning Commission III JJ95
Letter from Mr. SlllIdh<:im dated lIMl5
N eighbodtoocl Petition
. PREPAlI.ED BY: Joseph M Coioona
DEPARTMENT HEAD REVIEW: ~d//ff~y
TH R. SCHREffiER .
DireclO< of Planning and
Comm unity Environment
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ro. Duf Sundheim. 420 f\arence Street. Sulle 200, Palo All<> CA 94>1>1
Jaedt Roskki, 260 CWiorni& Avenue, Pal<> Alto CA 94:r06
CAADA, P.O. 80x 6058l, Palo Alto CA 94306
&maId l."",sky, 691 Mills Road, Sa<nmento CA 95864
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CITY MANAGER APPROVAL: r.!:i4~~~~~~~"f----
CC: Dul Sw:td!JCim. 420 I'Iorenu Street, Suite 200, Palo Allo CA 94.>01
lacd: lto5idci, 260 California AveD.Ue. Palo Alto CA 94306
CAADA. P.O. Bo" 60583, Palo Alto CA 94306
Bdnard LIZlIDSky, 691 Mills It"",,, S5cn!mento CA 95864
PLANNING COklMISSION
STAFF REPORT
1'0: PLANNING COMMISSION
nOM: NANCY MADDOX L \'TLE, Chier l'Iannlng 0IT"1ciaI
DEPAltlMENT: PIam:ing and CommuniI)' Environment
_"GENDA DATE: lanUlll')' 11. 1995
SUBJECT: 260 California Avenue (The Edge). Two-Year Review""
Use Permit 73-UP-36 C<JnditioD Compliana! and Effectiveness
RECOMMENDATION
Pmvided Ihat the l!earing does not reveal significant problems rel.1ed 10 The Edge, .taff
recommends 1hat the Planning Commission reaffirm \he existing conditions of Use Permit
73-UP-36 and recommend Ihatlhe City Council maintain the current conditioru of the IlS<:
permit. as approved.
RFpORT IN BRIEf
On february 16, 1993, the City Council amended Conditional Use Permit 13-UP-36,
grin1ed fcc IlII eating and drinking establishment. localed at 260 C&ftfomia Avenue
(excerpt minutes alIaclIed). The usc permit allow. live entortainment and dancing
associBkd witl!. the oo-silc sale and consumption of liquor beer and wine, acressory 10
the .:.operation of I restaurant {amended use permit attached}. The current operator, as
weD as Il-.e opentor at the time the usc permit ..... amended, is Jaeek R""icki, doing
business as The Edge.
Is addition 10 requiring The Edge 10 implement several ronditions ainl<d at reducing it.
impact 00 re.idcntiaJ and commercial neighbors, the City Council imposed seven-mootb
and ""o-year reviews of the pennil coOOitions. Condition number 12 requires the
Planning Commission 10 bold • public bearing on the first aVallable date after January I,
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1995 foe die purpose of reviewing lIle effectivene •• of lIle existing conditions. A~r
taking public lestimooy, die Commission is rujuired 10 focwaro • rewmmendation foe die
preservalion of die existing conditions or fJrther moditi.:ation of the use pennil 10 die
City Council for final detenninalion. Any recommended modifications 10 the conditions
should be justified based en !he findings sel forth in Se<--tion J 8.90.080 (a) and (b) of die
PlIo Al10 Zoning Ordinance.
BACKGRQUND
On August 20, I m, die Zoning Administralor, responding 10 neighborbood complaints
and • bigll.mmber of servi<:e alb 10 \he Pelice Depart""'.!, held a pub& hearing for
die purpose of reviewing Use Permil 13-UP-36. Foe. more detailed analysis of the
is..= precipitating !lie modlfication bearing, refer 10 pages 2 and 3 of \he attached
Planning ComtI'lssioo .wi report dated September l4, 1993. On Scplember 24, 1m,
die Zoning Adminislntor de..--ided 10 ",ooiEy \he .,.., pennil conditions. including imposi ng
• 2:00 •. m. closing time, ,..hen: previoUsly die use penni! contained 00 mandatory
closing lime. The Edge appeoIed the decision based on lIle restricted hours of q.eration.
The Planning Commission beld a heMing OD December 9. I m. and recommended thai
die City Council uphold :be decision cC til< Zoning Administralor with a modifi<:aJlon 10
.now a 3:00 a.m. clo5ure, with DO patrons allowed 10 enler tho building and DO alcobolk
beverages served ~ 1:30 a. m. The Commission also recommended I condition
requiring a seven-mOOlh review cCdIe use pennit On February 16. 1993, !lie Ccuncil
approved the reccmmeoda600 of die Commission with 1l>e seveD-month re~ie .. • and an
addiliooallWl>-year review 10 coincide with die e~tion of The Edge" leas<: for 260
Crillf'iJi-nia: Avenue.
In accordance with ccndi600 "umber II of !be amended use permit, !be Planning
Commission held • public hearing (ID September 29, 1993. for !be purpose of reviewing
the effectivenes. of !be modified conditions (exCOIpt minutes attached). The Pofice
Department repo<fed thai calls . for . ;=,..~-5ce attributed to The Edge bad decreased
approximardy 65 peccent doring die seven·month trial period, IS comparecllo die prior
year. Additionally, 110 complallllo of excesyve noise, parking problem •• oe delinquent
behavioc associaIed ",,!b Edge patrons bac! been received by tile Zoning Administralor or
the Code Enforcemeol Officer within tha! time period.
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Public lemmon), from .. residenl ,rod a business owner indioa\ed Ihal implementation ol
the conditions Of approval had dramatically decreased "uisa"".. lSSOCiall:d ,..;tI!
The Edge. The f'lanning Commisslot! discussed the polSibilily that tOe lemporary closure
olthe Cambridge parldnglot. all'O<:tly behind The Edge. would result ill .. !ernpotU)'
increase in. distl:rl>ances during CQ<lSlnK:tioo ol the new parking s!nlCt\lre. However. it
was generally aocep!Od that upon completion of the parking structure the number ol calls
for service would further decline.
Due 10 the demonstrall:d ~UCIioo in Police Department Ictivity o.er a seven-month
period. combined "';111 The Edge's ability 10 effe.--tively implement the ""urity guard.
par'.::lng. litter. edUClltion Ii!d Ii"" control programs required by the use permit, the
PIanni.g Co:nmission voted 6-0 10 maintain tbe conditions of the use permit IS previo<;sly
amended.
DISCUSSlON
The ron,,"';ng is • discussion olllle status of compliance ,..;tI! the .se penni! coroditions
and an update 00 The Edge's IeIse for 260 Cllifornia Avenue .
. Status of Cpndicion Compliance
In the IS monlhs since the Planning Commission's last review of the IlSe pennit, neither
the Zoning Adminislrllo< DO< Palo Aho's Code Enfe<cement Officer hIS received
complaintS regarding The Edge. To date, there have been DO documented violations ol
the required conditions of approval.
As diSClWed at the Planning Commission's sevell-mooth review, Police Department
repor'.s indkatc that calls for servke have increased since January 1994, which coincides
with the closing of the Cambridge parking !o< a1tectl)' behind lbe Edge. Althougb the
CrequeDr.)' of calls for senia has iocreased si:>ce the seven-month review, Police reports
show .. <lecrease ol appromnalely 0 percent •• compared 10 the period ol heaviest
activity, between January 1992 and May 1992. The majority of calls "'ere for
di$lUrbance. stlch as ooisy vehicles, blaring car rad"1OS. loud talJcing and }elling. These
distuJbances are generan, &SSOcialed ,..;m patrons par'Cng in the residectial portions ol
IlIe California A venue are., • direct result of the parking Io! closure.
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Oa October 6, 1994, the Pooce Department selll a Jetter 10 lacek Rosicki, operator <>f
The &:ge. pointing out the increase in disturtances and reminding him that the club',
past ~ffurts 10 <educe disturt>.nces have been ,ucussful (letter attached). The Jetter
encouraged the club 10 mw staff more visible during opening and closing ti~ 10
dissuade patrons from 1in8~ring in the area. Overan, the Police Department eoruk!ers
!be increase in eaI1s for scmce 10 be I lemporary fluclUation. most Iil;eJy Bltribut=d 10
the c1osi", of the C!I!!lbridge parldn, 101. and does nee recommend change$ 10 the current
use permit <X>Dditiow. They will continue 10 manitae call. fae service .ttributed 10 The
Edge and .... ork diredly will> the club', operal<lC \0 red_ QlSturba.'lCC>S.
As memioIIed above, the increase in eaI1s fur service coincided wilh the closing of the
CamiJridge parl:ing lot. The 101 wu closed &om January 3. 1994 on!J1!be new patking
stn>clUre opened on N(wember 10, 1994. WIIh Ihe re-opening of !he gang. and its
increased capacity i. close proximity 10 !he club, it is anticipated that the number of eaIls
fur service will decline 10 • level com mensurate 10 th.t reported at !he seven-month
review_
The City Cooncil intended this tw<>-year review 10 correspond with the expiration of
The Edge', currentJease for 260Califomia Avenue. The inten! was not 10 (uMber reduce
the hours of operation. unless warranled. but 10 evaluate tlte effe...-tivene .. of all the
conditions. The timing of this review wu e.peeled 10 aff<lrd the dub openton more
cer!ainl)' as 10 the cooditions and !heir impact on projecced revenues as lIley e.tee into
lease negotiations. Duf Sundheim, aUOrney for The Edge, has indicated lhal the club bas
entered inlo • long-tum Jease witlt the C\llner 01260 California Avenue. Mr. Sundheim
said !hat !he lease has an escape clause allowing The Edge 10 break the Jease if furlher
~ns are pIa.oed on !heir usc. The Edge has expressed I slrong desire 10 remain
in.Pelo Alto al i1s presenlloeation.
ENVIRONMENTAl. ASSESSMENT
This revie .... is exempt &om 1M provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act
pursuanllOArtiele 19, ~tion 15321. EnfOf""ment Actions by Regulatory Agencies.
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AITACHMENTSlEXHlBfIS:
Loaliol> Map
Exce."J'l 0Iy Council Minute. 2116.'93
Use Pennit 73-UP-36
PWming Coounissioo Staff Report dated 9/24193. without attachments
fu:<:eJp( Planning CoomUs.rioo Minures 9/29/93
Police Department JeU"r dated 1016194
Leues-from J8COk Rosiclri doted 1219194
Approved Programs Required by Usc Permit CoodiOOn.
LeUer from Mut Weiss dated 12130194
CQURmY COPIES:
Tom Merson. Police Department
Marl< Venable. Police Depa."1ment
Duf Sundheim. "20 Fl<nnce Street, Suite 200, Palo Aho CA 94301
Jac:eIi: RosiclO, 260 CaIif<ll'Dia Avenue. Palo Aho CA 94306
CAADA. P.O. Box 6OS83. Palo Aho CA 94306
Bernard Lazandy. 691 Mills Road. Sacramento CA 95864
Prepared by: Usa Gro!e. Zoning AdministratO<".
and loscpb M. Colonna. Senior PLanner
Project Planner: kJscph M. Colonna
Oivision/Departme Head Approval: NANCY MADDOX LYTLE~~
Chief Plannjng OfficiaJ
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Excerpt City C<XmCil Minutes 2116193
YNrrSf$HEP ~P$~NES$
,. ftmLrc RpRING: Th. Planning Cou.1 •• 1on raeo __ l\dation rill
"6opt,lon of t.he at.!'! re<::oWII.n4at.1ar.. t.Q aoditr 'the conditlona
of Cond.ltlonal 0 •• Per.lt 1l-tJP-:U .. 9:-al".tedl to • prevlou.
r.st~~r.nt u •• at 260 Califorftl. Avenue. ncv ~cupl.~ by The
tdq_ . (cont.inued trCl. 1/ It I '3)
ftl. Ie • Queai-Ju41elal a.ari.nq an~ the pToc.edilroil policy for
tbe ~ity C~hCil will be tol1cv.~
Pl&nnlng Co_lsalor1 Chajrperson eert:l ~ •• chall .a11! the Planning
eoB.l •• lon .upportaa the clo~lnq tiza of 3:~ a.a. for The Edq
bllcau.. of tba broad aupport froa local bu. In... cr.rnera who
~~lca.ed ~. activity lata at ni;ht in that are.. The percant of
t.lephOH call. that. ea ... ir:. batween 3:()O and 3:00 •••• was 80
aaall the ~n.fLt ot elosinq earlier voul~ not reciprocate. There
h.~ ~.n .. lot of ~!scusslon about th. trickle-gut th.cry~ i~ •. ~
Whether it va. better to elo.e at one time .0 everybody l.tt theo
or bay. people trick!_ ~ut~ The PlannIn9 CommIs.lon v •• ecnvlnce4
that there would! be le8' di5ruptlon and cOrltlict 1n: the parld.n<j lot
end the 5treetl If there vere ~ a .ore ~a •• iye .x04~. at 2:~
a..-.. The .Plannln<J COlU!Llllla!on proposed. six--lIonth rev18'" Lt the
u •• persit ~er. qrantad.
Police Capta1n To_ Har.on aB~.d that the $lx-.~nth ~.viev or ~h.
us. per.lt include the s~er months wbich vould allow the Pollee
-·-Depe.rblent .an opportunity t.o revisv actlvittes durln-q peak tlllle.~
Counc:ll K8lIIber Fautno as)::~ .... het the ,revieW' 'Would entail and
... bethel' the Cout . .c11 · .. oul~ be-ve to qo thro-ugb t.ha prpces. agaIn .s
• result ot that r~vle~.
ehi.r i'lannlnq Official Naney Lytle hoped the she-mont!;. rev1ev
VO'Jll15 71.14 e positive result ana t1'lat t.bere voold no"_ be e ne~d
tor aa .any meetings or b •• rlr.gs.
(!ouncl1 Member Fazzino-&sJcec! vbethe:r th~re 'W~1d' be focmal Plannlnq
coaata51on ~n4 Counc1l review as veIl as stiff revlev.
,... Lytl. un4aret.oo4 the issue ~ ... .lId: n:turn to the Planning
co.mi •• lon tor r.vl.~.
C<M.mel1 )fe'lllber ranino clarified if there ""era tlO problems" it
vou14 atay at tbat level~
x •. Lytle .aid that 'iIIaa eo·rrect.
CouncIl MeJlIber Wheelf!r as'kea for ehrifieation abOut the o-r19In&1
rcco ... ndatlon ter a 2:00 a.m. ~losure !nd the rl~n~inq Comml •• !cn
recom:N'n4at.l00 fo.r a 3:00 &.'101. closure and wbether staft v ••
eozror~able wjth the recommendation.
w.~ Lytle .ald at.lf'. qoal .... a. to impose additional condition. on
tba ua. per.lt ao th~t it would becom. a 'IIIore co~pa!lble u •• in
t~at dr.trlct. Tbe 2:00 a .•• elosure .... DS a conel~sl~ft baa.d on tbe
tcstlaeny U .. the I.e!linq )"dllll'list'rllt.or's hearing. Before t.h& ....at.t..r
pr09r •••• d: t.o the Pl.nnlnq CO!ll5hslon level. the appllcant 'tol'a. a~l.
tu .c~o.pltsh .0 •• rurtbel' work ~o th~t nelg~boC5 ~.r •• Gti~tl.d
with t.h. aea.ur •• taken" 11.9 .• sec:urlt, 9''.lar-ds. When the .att.er
re.ecb • .s t.he. Planning: COmJd.alon.. statt ,",u COlI!roct.a~le thAt. ..
relaxation or the o~lqlnal ~ee[5!on V~~ satis!~ccory.
MDyor McCovn d~clared the pobllc Fearlng open.
Oll U/9) 70-111
OUt Sun4h.l~. attoro.y tor The E4qe. 26D Call!or"la Avenue, •• 14
the a.pp!ic .. "t hed t.r1~ t.o YOrlt .. lth .. t.e.ft .. the bust:". .... COIfa.'.lf'o.U.y,.
the r •• !dent., a!'ld the yOUf".q ,pat.rons to art"ive:i at .. solution. tl'lst.
.. de •• n.. tor 'Vtrybc>dy .. " H. bc.lleved t.he elllendll!ent .hould. h
apprc-v.d ~e.Il.e: it had received broad-balile6 sl'pport ~f tbe ••
Involved vith t.~e issue. the f.s~es ralse6 in. t~e netlee letter
and' th. report tlac! b'-en .1levhted to the: u;tlsfactlon of tb.
Z.onlng-!,dainlstr .. toc anI! the PcUee Departlllent. The prIIIAry scuree
of ineom. tor The ~~9-vas ~ot frou the 8&1. of .lcohol but tro.
the cover c!'lar-g ••• The: .'/erage patron CH'Ily ordered 1.5 cs:rlr.l::.,. and
the Ed94!. did not. •• 11 ... l<::obol .tt_r 1~ lS .~... Th. club prov14.d. •
facUlty tor • pers~n to spenc:S an E:xtended: pertoeS of tille whIch was
vhy it ~'s !mporte~t to extend tbe bour. to l:~ •••• ~. elub
vou14 los. 2S pereent of ita patrone if it cIa.ad at 2:00 •••• W.
va. &~a!e~ by th~ .upport e~ the y~ng a~ult. 1n the co .. ~nlty and
l'elt t.he )'OU~ people -d1!8erv.~ to bave ttl,. ope=-.. tlon. of ttl. club
e-xt.nded.
CO!Jncll Mewt<40r Buber contirmed: there 'Vert: two year. I_tt on the
1.~ •• for The Edge .~d understood the applte4nt dl~ ~t caee .bout
t~e closing times after thet peri~.
pI'.r .. Sundhei .... Id' the applicant clred but vanted to sllrvlv. durin;
t-"l'Iat two-year pertod. Be belI ..... d: it would be l'!'l .very-on.'. lAst
inter •• t -:0 reta!n. 'Cne eurrent l:tlO •.•. clo.lnq and u.rSled tbe
Cot<lncll to ano..,. the Edqe t:) l:'oI!taSn that closing' durIng the be:1ance
of tbe current leB5e.
Elleebetb Burq~ 424 Coll"qe Avenye~ No. F. saId t~lnq. had 1.prQve4
to were .he eOllld' r'l0\0/' sleep t.hrouqh the niqbt. She .uppo,rted The
E'dq. and hofec: thl! Council vOIJ.ICl «:cnsid'er the young-people'.
patronage ot The Ed;e In its deCisloo.
De.'I4'ld Wellers.t.4!'b., 350 Coll~q4!' l""mu4!' .. said atte-r t.he 'ee"oJy1.t:y
q",srds 'Were place-d at t"'. (ntersec::tion -of CUlbrl:iqe Aver.ue and
alr~h Street, be could park outside of his bome and the trash ha~
bee::') t,slr::e:1 'eare of. He had rlever had any noise. traffic .. e-r ert ••
pr~l.me. The Edqe va. a multi-cultural, multi-generational clQb
an~ ~~ •• goo4 ~eiqhbory ana be encou~aqe4 t.he Council to l.t It
.tar·
Dave Siegel. 21J3 Pamona s~re~t. rormerly owned ~ bu~ine •• in the
faclUt/ no.., occupied: by The Edql!... '«he!\. he fIrst. op4lrated hl_
club# it closed at 2:00 •. ~ .• but. ~. tound it made more .e~ec to
stay open ~ntl1 C:O~ •.•• ~cause half of the patrons eame to the
club after 41dr.l;bt. He eXgerlenced that trIckle-out erteet vb.n
tl\a closure thl.8 ".;as changoed 'Which belped hanClle the erovd -control
more effectively. Ha belteyeO the tac::t that. If people could burft
ott .team in a non-alc::obol1~ envIronment It ha~ • positive i.pact.
A 2:00 •.•• elosure ~oul~ eau •• a .19n!ficant revenue 1Bpa~t and
~~. crov~ centrol I •• usa ~~u14 get wor •••
Georq. Rar.u.~ 11Q Mi •• lon Crlv8. said he yorked until 1: .1dn!qbt.
and: u.ually ... r:t to Thlil Edge aft.er work. He 6u.pported 'the
3:00 '.m. elo~ure. 8e ~a5 plea3e~ ~ith the improvement., end Tba
£69. had 'lJorked hard nr.Jt tc-adyers.ly h.pect the nelqhbor.. Tholl
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Edqe oft.red • unlq~e env!ro~ent. and he v • 91~~ p.ople under 21
~.6.l'. ot age vera -w.lc:olIM ..
Mayor McCown 4.el~r.d the PUblte B.&rl~9 elos.d ..
council K~r auc.r ~a. satist!ed ~lth tbE Pl&nninq Co=-l •• lon~ •
• :rtort..:' but. vant • .s ttl. iasQ. to rat'.lrn to the CO<.ltlcl1 vb." the
lea •• exp1re4 1::1 :'"_rdar tc. Bake tbe closinq ti.., •• ore eonsletant
vi'th eY4:ythlng al •• It\ the City. Ha asltecl hoy t.hat directIon
could happec ..
Sanior A •• !stent Attorney Sue Case 1!\,l99.sted... 1.111 part. of the
proposed condition for • six-montA review. a further ~ondltlon for
• two-year revlev be Inelude4. council coul~ either .pacity the
~ would be to con_!der a cba~~e in the elosinq hour. or it
CCQI~ be vrltt.n consistent vith the slx·month rev!ev.
counell Beabar An~er.en thanked t~e Planninq Com~isslon and atatt
for its eut.ta~ing effort 00 the iss~e.
JlQlfIOJrI Council !le~ber And'~l'.en moved. seconde-~ Dy Fau.i"o ... te
e.pprova the PlaMln; Commission recol'lllllend'atior.l -tOo cphold t.he
~~et.len or the Zoni~ Ad.1ni~trator ~o modIfy l~e ~or.dltion. of
Use P.r.-It ",,-UP-)" .. ba.ed on t.be tolleving! fii"lcUngs and-JXY.!lUed
con4itlon5. and vlth .. change to ~ondition N~; 11 from .ix months
to •• v.n .o~th&.
1. n. propo.ed 'Dsa at tl'le p['opose~ location ,..111 not be
detrImental ~r 1n}Yrious ~o prope.t~ or im~ovements in
the viernl~y_ and vill not ~ d~trl •• "tal to the public
h.alth •• atety ... general wel: re Qc convenien~e i~ that_
throuqb this amended u~e permit the existing eatinq and
drlnkl~ fac1lity bas beer. conditioned to ad6r.ss
complaints trom .dj~eent busines. owners and residents.
and to ait!qate litter .. Yandal! •• , excessive nolse. and
par"t:lng Problema related' to the -operation ct the exiating
t&e~11ty. In add!tlon~ th4 Council specifieally find.
that a ):00 ..... closing: tille is approprhte tor the
tollevln9 reeaona: 11 the nelghbcrheod vould De 8ssure6
that poise qencrated or .ssoclate~ vith The Ed98 vould
taralnat. at a pred.terllir.ed po!~t eac~ night; 2) a l:~O
a... clo8in-g tilte h re.latIvelr cOr'lsistent ..,lth .the
cloalnq tl.. ot other bUs!ne.aes pLovlding similar
&.rvlc •• throyghout the City; lJ although a closinq tim.
of 14: :00 ald.n19ht ltould lIIere elqnlticantly red\l~e tl'1e
calls tor s.ervle. at.trLbu.ted t.o Tbe Edqe .. the. Cou':'\C!.l
ttnda that a cloalnq time earlIer than J:~O a.m. ~ou14
aIqnlUcantly atteet theIr buatne •• ; and oil althotJ1b
Police Cepartment records. ehoW' that only lS perc:e.,t or
t.he total calls rot" .ervjce and dI9t~rbance-s betw8en J'1.l1y
end October 1,92 .. occurred after 3:00 a.IIo., these n\.nabers
still exceeded an~ ot~e~ .in;le use in the City durIn9
the aame -tiDe period.
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2. Th. propoaed: use ... i11 be lOl;'.et~ &l'l4 <:ono:SIJcte4 In •
• annar in .ccord vi~ the Palo Alto Co~~r.h.~.lv. PI.n
and the purpos.s ct ~itl. 11 ~r the ,.10 Alto Municlp*l
Cod4 4 in th.~ tbe Retall Sboppinq Combi~in9 District of
the (:01IIlIIunlty Ce:mercial lone .. and the Reqicl"Ial CCIIDur.it:y
Co_ere!al land tlse desi9nat.ion speeifically pers.lt
eatlnq a~ drInking uses in eonj\J~ctlon with the on-alte
aala and consumptIon of liquor. beer anoS wine .... ubj.ec::t. to
the app~cval ot • eon~ltlonal ~s. perait.
condition.
l. Ther. shall be no. operations et any kind betveen th. hours o~
3:00 a .•. end t~OO e .• ~ dallYfaxc_pt fer el •• n1r':9' t... ......
p~emi.es4 or tor compliance with ~e provI.lons ot ~. litter
rCllllQval ple!'lo este:t>l!ebed in conditi-oo 6. P.tron_ ah-!.ll not be!
.110 ..... 0:1 to, enter I:he bulldiruil bet. ... een 1 :)!) a.a. enoS 9: 00 •.••
the ae,,:vinq or ell aleoboHe be".rages .ball terzlnet.e at 1: JQ
•.•• daUy. and shall not be all~l!'a to eo_e"ee 'Until tl'l.
reopenin9 of bus!!'!eas later that day .. but. in no event prioE' to
':00 a.m. All patr~. shall be vacated froa the ~lldln; by
]:00 •. m. at the end of every busi~ess ~ay.
2. Tbe b~slness ope.r.tor shall submit. ;lan "'bleh addr ••• e. '!.ine
control .. and the processln9 and diaper •• l of patrons ~altln9
to enter tbe faclilty. -Th~ plan sball be rev!e.,.cS and
app·reved by both the Pollee. Department and 2:onI"9 Adalnl.tra
tOE'.. T~,. plan ::aUl""t Idil!!ntify :tIethods for c:~n'Croll[nq and
dispersing the ero~d waIting to enter th~ .~tablishment and
vill include quarltitattve objeetives: such as t.he lIa.XI'I!Ula
allowable len9~h of an outd¢O~ vaiting line before and during
events. and ,. tt •• limit fer aChIeving the ¢bjectiY. onc. a
cro",d tonas.. The plan. .hall ~ sub3.1tted no later t.ban IS
day. after the issuance ot ~~is Qse pe~it and l&pl,_eote~
immedfat.ly Ypon approval unless ~t~ervi.e specIfIed.
,. The b~siness operat~ shall s~bmit • plan tor tba utilizatIon
of ~eeurlty gusr~5 in dlrectlnq patrons to dealg"ated publie
partIn9 lo-tS 4 tor tbe purpose of redueIru~ nola_ level. and
vD~alism In the Calitornla Av~nu~ distr1et. This plcn ahall
be rev! ewed and approved by botb t'he POol Ice Depu-b.nt and
Zoning A4.1"letrator. The plan .ball IdentIfy the number of
9uarc1!1 nec •• s-!.ry tor specific event types aroc! da.y. of the
veele:. the "bound.ri.. and specific: area. the quar4. vUl
pe!t-rol.,-apeclUe pu.blic pI.r'klft9 lot.. to 'Which patrone will be
dIrected. and the manner In vbich the guard. are to approach
a~d direct .otorI.ta. The Zoning Ad.iftl.tretor •• y req~lr.
the operator to :ro.a1c.e ellan9.. 1n tbe •• eurlty plan.. 'U;9Oll
deteralnatlon t.hat the approved plaZil h rIot. _etectlv. 11'1
reduclnq c:c:m.plaitlt.. ne :Zoni~9' Adainlatrator aay 81.0
r-equire changes to the bo1.:lndarh. of the .ecurlty erea f and In
tile number ... location an:" !l~tlor.. of ttl ••• c:urit1' quar4a .. cp-'>n
• deterz!l'latlo.n that .uch el'1anges ara nilc ••• ery to re<luee
complaint.. All security 9uo~ds used to lspleaent thi. plan
ahall b9 licensed by the St~te of ca!lfo~~l. and u~lt~r..e~ In
• me:nner tJ'lat 4iat.l.ties t.he Police oepartlllellt and al.o clearly
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idantlfiea th .... 9U~rd. tor the Eeeility and not Palo Alto
Police OffIcer •• The pl~n ~b~11 be .ubaitte~ no l~t~r ehan 15
4.ay. ·aftar the 1 •• ullnce ot thi. use per,it. and: t.pl .... ntelS
t..ediately upon approval unlesa ~th.rwis. apeelfled4
ft. 'blu,lna •• ~;r.fot;>r ahall 5Ub:a!t a. tempol'ary slc;n proqra.
tor th. California Avenue dhtrict that etrectivel:t direct.
pstrona of the facility t~ the .~clf!c public parkins lot.
!4entifle4 in the approved •• curlty quard: 91an re~lr.~ ~y
concSlt.icpn). no pl.c:.~nt and 'W'orc!ing of the 11qna .. and
event. an4/or dey. tor Vb!~ they vill be ytl1I!e~# .ball be
rev{av.d end .~cv.d by t~. TraMsportatlon OI~1.1o~. The
ple.ft aball be lub211tta4 tlO later t.."lan. 15 ~ays after the
I.s~.nc. at thl. u •• per.lt and Implemented immedIately upon
.p~ov.l IIiInl ••• 04:.herv:f .• 11 apeclfied.
rb ••• rvlng of alcohcllc beveraqes shall only be allowed only
:(:1\ conjunction lIlth tl •• operatlc-n of a bona :fide rest' 'r.~t.
The r •• t.ar.~t ahall be In c~er.t!on and easily aceecslble to
and. froll the .t1t::e:rt.alnllent ar •• a:ur!n9 the times in vbl;h
al~obol 1. sold and consumed on site.
The bus1ness shall remove all litter assoeiated ... lth its
operatIon in the ar~a ~trolled by the security goards r as
d:.tined: in conC!ltion]~ Litter removal shall cO'l'm'l!:nce %'K:I
earUer Ulan. a: 00 •••. and ,.ball be comp1etec:! by Hl ;(){) a .11.
the .or~lng atter every bus!ne •• dar.
The busIne •• operator shall allow all patrons ~aiting in line
to have t~ll acce •• and u.~ ~f ~throom Eacilitie5 vltbl~ tn.
buU~i.n.q, ",llethe.r or not. c-bat patron has paid the re-quired
cover charge. i1ti. servIce .t·all be advarthec! II!!: eonj"unctlon
vltk the .d\lcatlo~ program .~eclt!ed in con~1tio~ .~
.~ The bosin88. ~erator 5hall 8ubnit a plan ~o edu~ate patror..
that the 'Ollie c,r the property is pend.tteel: only "Under certain
cond!t.ens~ partIcularly respect tor the surroundin9 b~.ln.s.
and resident.lal n.ig:hborbood. The .dueatlot'l. program ahall
direct pat.rons to park io desl;nat.d public parKing: lots~ to
reduce nOlse 11'1 tbe cal1to-rnh Aven':Je district, t.o elImir.6te
litter ancS vandaltsa, aneS to be respect!ul of p,roperty arId
re.idents 11'1 t.be CalifornIa .J..,~nu. district:·~ Tha plan snaIl
include wo-rding for handbllls .. ttl be distributed upon entry to
the f!lcl11ty~ and aIg:n. within the b· ... Uding:. The educ6tion
proqraJl ahall be reVieYK aoo appcoved by beth the Policl!!
Departml!!nt a~ the Zonlnq AdmInistrator. The plan ahall be
subaitted no later than 15 day. atter the lS$uance or this use
perait and implemented Immediately upon approval unle ••
otherwise speclfted.
•• Compliance shall be· requIred: 'With all applicable codes and:
ocdlnance.~ Inclad1r~ Title. 9 lP.aee~ ~orals and S.t.t:y} end
IS (Onitora Fire Code) or ~he Palo Alt? Mo~;clpal Code.
ll~ The •• 1_ of alcobolIe beverage. under thts use pera1t .hall be
deemed an agreement on the part ef the applicant, the OYner~
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the!r ~elr ••• uc~eS50r. and ••• lins to comply vit~ all teras
.n~ eonditlons ot this ~se permit.
The Plannl1\g COIill!ss!on shall hole! a publIc !:iesrlng vit..."'1"
aeven moatha of the approval c·r this penllt tor the purpo_. ;lIr
deterainin9 the conditio~s· effectiveness in reducing notee
.~d other nuisances caused by the oper~tlon ot the bualn.ea.
Ir. CII.~.raln~n; ..mether to extend. the pEirmlt ,,,,It.~QUt ch.e.nq •• nr
to recc~~nd that the City councll m~ify the condition., the
PlannIng CODal •• ion aball con.l~.r the findIngs aet torth In
•• c:tlolll 18.90.010 {a, and: {t} ... of the Palo Alto. Zoning'
Or;1!nanee.
council.Kelllber Aru!ersen .ald: the trieltle-out period zed •• en ..... nd
be waa del!qhted that young people ea~e out to apea~ ~n the 1 •• ~ •.
The Edqe sboald be commende6 tor its desire to be • qood nelqhbcr
and for the work clone ..,ith the Z.or.lr-.q Ad!lll!'lh_trator. vltb the
coz=unitI, and t~e nelghbocbood.
Vice ~ayor L~l.s p18nne~ to visit the site at • later d.te •
.NGJmKD'l": Council P{e~'-ber Huber :IIIoyed:~ a$ccnded by Wh •• ler. to add
Conctition 110. 1:1 to revIeW' t.he Blatter vben tho!! Cl.lrrent l ••• e
expi.red .
council Member Fezzlno opposed the .mendm~~.t ~~caase the City had
been through a very loong protracted process t.o co:!:!e up wIth III
o:::amJ)rOll! •• 801utton. Tbe Ed9"8 hold 'Wcd.e" very bard vlt.:b the
nelgbbor'. and. the cit,. to sccclUllodate t1'Ie <'oncerr.s. It the
eoaproal •• did not vork~ the City eould rev!ait the i.au. in seven
'Ilonthe .~ }oe did not. th;Ink auch voulcS chenge be-tvell!!!n •• ven acnths
and tva ye~ra~ Be vas ccn·::erne:c! about the .councll'a lncr.a.~
propensity to rev1ev use perm f .. iI and believed .taff had hIgb",r
prioritie. ~ver the next rev year. than conductln9 ongoinq revlevs
o·r 'CIS. penlt.. qranted by t.he .city. Tva years ",as an arbltrrry
nu.ber. and be encouraged 1'.i. -colleagues to vot.e aqaln8t. the
amendm.nt..
Ke. Case r.eQa.ended the Council SEt. 5pecltie ~at. of 3~~uary 1.
1995. tor the r~vle~~
JOJtD. UD .!COHDtJI l.a:Ezo TO IHt:ORPOJu...TI urro na AKDbKD"f that.
the ~It. of the review vould be January 1. l'9S~
council " •• ber Huber c:larltJe:cI t}!e !!':Itent or the review youl-i be to
b4'~ the area be con.i.tent wIth the rest or the city. whIch Y •• a
2~OO •.•. closure. without penalizIng the people lJh-.:I C"'.lrZ'eJ";tly
operate4 th. busIness.
COllncH JIIe!iUr Sialt!!.:r-.• dd tlh o!t1ce "'a. two block. fro.. The
.Ed94 and b. bad: oceaslonall,. circled the paz-king lot. .tt.r 12
1II1d:n19ht. Be concluded The Edge 'Wa:l -capa'ble of .olving ttle
problem .. but the que.tion 'Waa -whetner it 'W'culd continua to h.,·. the
.aae attentiven ••• regarding the probleM over • longer period or
tIme. Ra had observed.the ir.provement~ an~ qiven the attention
currently 6cne by the OI'C!raters. it. CO\l,ld vort.. Tbe City had
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~~rl.nced that onee the bearin9s ~ere over~ property ~er. or
opsratora tlilMed to fjI'row a little 1 .... as time 'Vent on in term. ot
.cflMIr1... .. to the provhions. lie. 'Vould. s'o.lpport the amendment to
review th • .atter in tvo year. to enaure that the condltlo~s ~.r.
atill being adhered te. It the conditions vere worklnq on 3anuary
1, 1995$ he aaw DO r.aaon t~ -contor.-~e hour_ to other. in that
area. · .. 1le purpose ot an. atter-bou.r8 club wa. to h.ave .. plac:e that
people cou14 90 la~er In the evenlnq.
councU illeaber VbelSler aqr.eeS with the C01ll:lle:nt. ot COlJneil JfleJllbtlr
51_itl.n. Tbe applicant spoke about reneqotht!nq the lease 1:Ji two
Y(,IlIIr. and: bavIng some ce't'"tainty thst. the business eoul~ be operated
in .. certain. aa.nner.. The applieent couleS be .fto.rde~ that
cert&l~ty if the .attar returne~ to the (:ouneil for consideration
betore l~a •• ne~tlatlons on the pr~rty comme:nce~.
CouncU MUl.ber Andersen said. when the lease explred~ th"re .iqbt b&
• naY owner.. The intent of the review 1.n t .. o yura 'Vaa not t.o
r.d~. the tiae ot closing.
Vice.Hayor Xnlsa Yo~ld opp¢se the a~endmRnt if it ~as aimed towar~
• cor.for.lr.~ use of a 2:00 a.e. ~105ur.~
~ 'AS.to I-l~ FaZli~o -no.-
XOTla. AS ixzHDlD PASSED 9-0.
Mayor HCCovn .... oclated: withi the .comments ot' council "ember
Ander •• !!. ana: said the work. o.f the state Police Oepart-cen't~
Plann!n9 co .. l •• 1on~ m~~ber. of the pub11c~ .nd the applIcant was
L' .x.~pl. ot bov • lo~ ot en~rqy ~s well spe~t to achieve SODe
Japortant .olutions to & difficult set or problems.
ptmLt C HZMIHCS
E. PUlUJC titbBU'c.: Tbe Planning cowlli:lsion reccm..'tIendat.ion. re
.Exten.Ion of the ter70ination. date:9 of: UI a nonprofit
orthosoIe~~lar cae (LI~us Pa~llng Instit~te) at 440 Page Mill
Rood end & nonprofit ~lecular medical re~eareh use (Institute
et :Moleou.lar-}lfedlc.el Sciences) e.t. 4150 Paqe JIIill P.oed; ami (.2)
• private d~nce .tudio operation 1The eeaudoin Oance Studio)
at '64 Coloc~dG Avenye
Jlfayor McCOW'llo el(plainild the 'plar;ninq Commission. rec:::ora.mended an.
ext.nalon ot the termInation date of the Linus paQli~ Instit~te
(LPl) for 5 rear. tro3 July 20. 19". tQ July 20~ 19~a~ and also
rseommende4 en extena10n of the ter.in~tlon ~ate of Tbe &eeudoin
Canee Stu!Sio Cor 5-yeacs 'from J"llly 20. u~n .. to July 20 ... 1991.
A •• I.tent .Plannlnq Official Ge·.,rge Jl"!1lmerJllan ceatfirllled _taft's
orIginal r.colllllendatlCl-n that. The !!eaudo1n Dence StlJdio at '64
COIQ£"840 Avel'lIJe be ell:tended fer Ie> years vblcb bad also beon
requ •• t.1! by the ownlSr. of the dence .tudio.. Flo and Beston.
l!!eeackJ!n.
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Appli~.tio. Nc. 7l-UP-36: ~CALlfQRNIA AVENUe
~.e 'enolt 1J-UP·36 '0 bereby .mended t •• 11.~ .anciog and the 91.Y10g of
l{~e Ind recorded 2~si~. fQ <o~b'nation.wit~ the on~site <onsumption of
UQuor, beer and wine hi conjunCtion Yith the operation of I: bona-fjefe
restaurant, it 2.60 CIHfonia. Avenue. lone District C({ZH~HP}. h.le
Alta, Cilifor5Ti, and is subject tm ~~nditions listed below.
P"~"""",,, COHo ITlQNS
L There 511all be no oper-itions cf an.,';' tlnd betweeD the bours Cif
1:00 a.a. and 9;00 a.m. dail" except for cl!aniDg the prem1ses. or
f'Jr compHane! wit" tl'le provisions of the 1 itter removal phn
establisned 1m condition 6. Patrons shali ~ot be allowed to enter
the bun';og betwe .. 1:30 .,~. and 9:00 •.•. The .erving of .11
a.lcol!.o1ic bever .. ges shi.H tei"m5eate at. 1:30 '.m. <lan,_ and s.fl.aH
not be allowed' to commence until the reopening of bJ,,:sloess hter
that dlY~ but is no e~~~t prl0~ ta !;OO a.m .. ~11 ~atrQns shall b~
vacatecJ from the building by l:OO i.lJ. it Ue end cf every bcsitlfiS
da,.
l~ The busine.s.s operi.tor $1I.a11 submit a. plan wblck a.ddresses line
contr51 3 and the processing and dispersal of patrons waitlng to
enter tn.e facfti.t,.~ The ,1a1\ sf\all be ",vli!. .. -ed and opSlroved 'by both
the Police Oepirtmerit and lonfng Adrnllistritor. He plan must
ideT\tifJ methods. (or .(.ontro1ling and ~Hspersi,ng tl\e c.rotld "'ting to
enter the estabtis'Punellt and will include quantftative cbJectives
sac.~ as. the ll.a.xlaU!I allowable length. of an outdoor 'lRitt~\9 1 ine
before and during eveDts, an~ il time Hm~t' for iildi'feV1rlg the
objective once il crowd forms. the pla.n sha.H be submi.tted f!.O later
than 15 days after t~e fssuanct of this ~se permit and implemented
immediattl, upon appfQ~il un1ess otherwise specified.
3. Tbe business o~eritGf s~al1 su~it ~ plan for the vtilizaticn Qf
sec~rit, guards 11 directing patrons tG deSignated publit parking
lots (or the purp~se of reducing Boise leve15 and vandalism i~ tne
.califorah Avenue dislritL . nss plin shall be rtview-ed and
ap~rQl(ed ,by bot .. the l'{ll'ice Department lnd Zon'iog Adt;'lislritor~
The plan s~a'l identify the number of guards necessary fer specific
ellsnt t)'pes and days ~f the wee\.. the floundaries and: spectflc areas
t~e guards will Jlatnll, sp!-c-ifiC: plJblic: liir'klDg lots to whidll
patrons 'Win ba directed .. arid the lIIanner it 'Whtch. the guard.s are to
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lpproac:lI ind' direct l1otorists. T~e loohg Adl'll;ahtl"'.atcr 11011 require
the "pento," t. matt! cl'langes ;~ the security ,..l.n, ",pon
determinatfon t~at t~e apprDv~ plan fs not. effec!fv~ fa ~edU(fog
.compll;~ts. The ZOD~~g Ad~;lfstrator ~ .. , ,lSD req~;rI 'ha~es to
the boundarhs of the securltYlrti .. and ill the nw=ber. loclt~on 1M
action'S If the seturit" oguar<!s .. upoa l determh'.ilti"oa. t1'llt suet.
..changes; Ire ne-cfzsary t~ reduce cO!!lphhh~ All ncuritJ' guards
.sed to ;""l ...... t t~;s phn s~.ll be licens.d by t~e Stltf of
t.llfo",i. and u .. Homed fa • ~ann.r U.t satiSfies t~. Police
Department and .100 clearl1 identifies th ... os guards for the
facility and DOt F.1o ,1.1tD Polfce Officers. lb. pion s~.ll be
submitted DQ hter Uan lS d'jls aft,r the Isso.nce of this use
p .... 1t and Implemented j",.dht", upon appro .. ' unleu ot!lervls.
specified.
4. The business operater s~il1 submit I temporary $ig" progrim for the
California Ayenue ~istrict that effe't~~el, dir~~ts Fatro~s cf t~e
hcility t. the specific public porkiog lots identifi!<f io the
apprc'IIed secl!ritJ guard plan required' by cond;tion 3. Tnt phcl!Ilent
and wor4ing of the signs •• na .~nts and!or .rays for ""rc~ th.yltiJl
b~ ltililed iball be re"iewed and approved !II ttle TransporhtIon
OiwisloD, fbe plan sha11 be submitted no later than IS d;ys after
the {ssllane! of this tlse pen:it and irnplement€d frmte-dhtelJ uPOI'l
approval unless otherwise specffi~d.
S~ Tilt s!!!r'tirtq of alcoholic teverages s." .. n only be .. nowed i.
<onjunctio~ vitfl the ope-ration of a bona-fide ri!stiurant_ n,e
restaurant shal~ be 11 operat1on and easll! accessible te and from
t"e. e.ntertaimnent 1r".£I-d'uring tne tfmes ia wMt."" a1<:0001 is s.old aod
coosLlJ1If!cf (Ie site-.
i. The business S"I1\ remove all litter asso<:hted ,,;U, its· opention
ia the area .patrQl ted bj the SEc-u.ritJ guards, a.s def'inea 1ft
(:ondHiori 3. litter removil shall c01lll'lence ~o earlier Ulan 8:00
.".M. and .~all be cornphted by 10:00 •. m. t~e IIOr.ID9 .fter every
business. dil.
1. The bLislneu operator s"'a 11 all ow all patrons va it fn9 in 11 ne te
"iive fell access and as!!! of bathroom facilities witbh the-building •
...methe-r DT' t'll>t that patron has paid the re-quired cover c"uge_ Tbis.
ser .... ice shan be ad'fertfze-d hi -cocjunc:tioD lIith the educatloD
program spec;fied 1a conditio~ 8.
$. Tbe b~s~ness operltor ~~a" subm,t I plaR to eaucat~ patrons that
the use ;f the property is on11 permitt!d ~nder certaiD cc~ditlcns.
partfctlliriJ respect fer tlle surrounding blJsine.s.s 2nd resicfent;il
neig'h~rhood. The educi.tion program sball direct patre"$. to park ~a
des~gnlted publfc par\1ng lQts. to r~duce n01se il the (,ltfo~ai~
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A'ienue dhtrfct. 'tD ,'Iminate litter ,,,,Ii Yir.d,1 iSTII_ and to be
resp4!-ctfllil of propert1 and res~dl!'nt.s fill the (.liferlil Avenue
di.strfct~ The ph'" shall ir.c:1t1tSe wording for I-:andbilh, to be
distributed upon ttltry to tflt fiCH itl •. a.nd signs 'Within Ue
b"jl~fng. The edueolf •• progro. sh,11 be reviewed and opproved bj
both tne Police Oepart~.t and tho Zoning Ad.i,istr,t.r. The plan
shan b. submitted 00 hter nan 15 day. ifter the issuance of t\1s
. use peT'llft Jnd implemented irrrnedhtel, + LIpan appro'Jal unless
othero; •• specifiod.
Cemp" •• ce sbon be required "ith ,11 .p~lic.ble coaes .nd
ordi •• "" •• , I1><lod10g Titles 9 (Peace. MaroTs o,d Safet,) ond n
(Uoifono fire Cnde) of t~e f.l. Alt. Municipal Code.
Tbe sale of alcoholfc beverages under tJ:l~s 1.ISt permit shall !I.e
dee~d an a.~reement on the Firt cf the app1itant. the owner, the~r
~eir!$ succtsscrs and issfgns t~ complJ wit~ ill te~s and
conditions cf tlliis use peMlit. .
The F1inr.in~ (omlss;Qn sh ... 1) 'hold I publi.c flea.rh~9 'WitR~,& seVeR
lIonUs Df tne appravil of Uh perait for Ue purpose of deter;;iDing
tha (oDditiot';s.J" efftctiventss i~ redutlt'>g nots! and' ~ther mJiSIf'tCes.
caused by the cperation of the business.
The 11In010g COlTIiIission S'Mill "'014 a pu~1 ic !learfng cn the first
a.'taHabTe I!.ee.ttng after January 1, 1995~ a.nd s",al1 forward" a
re,olllJlendat;:on for tbe preseniticm of existfD9 conditions or·
furtP'.er I!'~dtfjc.ation (Jf this Qse pemit te the (it] Council for
ff~al determlnatfon.
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lo~iDg Admi~istrltor
febr.ary 16. 1993·
luTsdant to Reso1~tion No.-5572 of the C1t, of Pil0 Alto, the time l;~;t
for judie!al review of t~ls declslon is 90 days as set fo~t~ ]D Section
. ]094.5 elf the C.a1iforlh (lXfe of (:1" ... il Procedures.
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PLANNING COMMISSION
Palo Alto, California
PLANNING CO:MMISSION
STAFF REPORT
260 California Av;mue Seven-Montb Review or U'" Permit 7J-up-3§
Members of the Commission:
REPORT IN BRIfF
On February 16, 1993, the C;,:y Coo",,;! """,nded Conditional Use Penni! 7J-UP-36.
gnn!ed for a res'.auranl use at 260 Caliiorni. A".IlU<O. The use permit allow. five
entertainment md dancing associated witll oo-site sale and consumptloo of liquor, beer
and wine, accessory to the operatioo of • bona-fide reS!2urant. The cum:nt operator. as
weD as the oper-itO! at the time the II5e permit was modified, is The Edge.
Condition number J I of the modified pennil requires the Planning Conimissioo 10 hold
I public bearing within seven months of approval for the pwpose of determining the
effectiveness-of the roOOitioos. No action is required, however, jf the Commission
cW.ennines that further modification of the use permit is necessa!)", • recommendation of
such modificatioI!s may be forwarded 10 Ibe City CounciJ for consideration.
BACKQRQillm
On Angus! 20, 1m, the Zoning Administrator, responding 10 neighborhood complaints
and a high Dltlllber cf calls for service '" the Police Department, held • public bearing
for the purpose of reviewing Use Penni! 73-UI'-36. On Sept..ember 24, 1m, t.he Zoning
Adminislrlllof made. decision 10 modify the conditions, including impo<ing. 2:00 a.m.
clO5ing lime, who", previously the use pennil contained no mandatory closing lime. The
Edge appealed the Zooing Adminlstrator'. decision.
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On December 9, 1992, the PlaruJjng CQmm;ssion recommend that the City Cc<mcil
uphold the decision of the Zoning Adminlstrato< wlth a modifICation 10 aUow I. 3:00 ".m.
,klsure. with !lO patrOM allowed 10 .~r the building and no alcobolic bever.lges served
afu:r 1:30 l.m. The Commission . .;Jso recominended I conditioo requiring 2 seven-month
review of !lie use permlt. On February 16, 1m, !lie City Council approved the
recommenda!ion of !be PWming Commission with mIDo! cbanges (amell<kd use permit
attacbed}.
ISSUESIANALYSIS
The kllow'.ng is an aCCWDI of Ille issues whlcl! led the City 10 mooify the conditions of
the use permit and l status report of !be current operatloo.
Scheduling of the modification bearing on August 20, 1m""" prompred by
l!eighborbood ccmplainrs that The Edge was being operated in l manner
detrlmenw !O the public health, safe~ amI welfare of tI'.e community. and because
of I hip number of Po1ke Departmenr calls fur sen-lee. Issues precipitating !lie
modification of I1le permit are listed below. .
HOURS OF OPERATION
The City received compiain<s that The Edge remained opea as late as 4:00 a.m.,
IalCr than any oIher establishmelll providing live or record~ music in !he City.
Use Permit 73-uP-36 did DO( include prescribed bours of operacion. and,
!berefore, The Edge was DO! in Yiolatlon. However, residenlS in !he area
complained that patrons leaving as late as 4 a.m. awoke !bern. ResidentS bad
complained that patrons exhibited drunken and rowdy behavior as well as yelling
and screaming as they w.lked bac" 10 their cars late at night.
PATRON PARKING AND NOiSE
Because of inadequate on-site parking, many of The Edge's patrou parked their
vehicles on Cily streelS within the California Avenue neighborhood. Neighbors
COO1plained of car stereos blaring, '"-' horns blowing, '"-' alarms going off, cars
racing up and clown California and Park A venues, and other nuisances at late
bours. Complaints alleged LOat patrons often lingered by l1leir cars talking and
yelfm8 after The Edge bad closed.
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CALLS FOR SERV1C£
Police Departmen! records indicated that cans fur service dLrectly attributed 10 The
Edge from January , -May 31. 1992. \OWed 61. mer. than any <>tner
esllIbllshmenl in !he CiIy. During tbal period. there were 32 calls for disturbances
2!Id 20 amsts. The rerords also showed that calls f()f service in !he Czliforni.
Avenue district. "hich were likely to be attributed to The Edse during the same
.fune period, toWed 43. iDelu<fulg 9 disrurbances and 16 arrests. Police had also
responded 10 the area fur other disW!"bances including fights, noise, tmrglaries.
minors driI1Idng aIcchoI and damage 10 cars and other private property.
UTIER
The CiI:y received comp!ajnls related 10 liller 00 and around properties in the
California Avenue area. Residents co=nted that on mornings after concerts
were bold at The Edge they Wund traSh in !heir yards, including beer bottles and
car.s, food wrappers, and broken glass. Much of the litter was alleged 10 be
attributed 10 off-sile drinking associated with The Edge.
Status of Current OperationlCclodition Effectiveness
In the seves months siDee the amended nse permit took effecl, complaints from
neighboring businesses and residents, aDd calls for sen'ice 10 !he Police
Department have significantly decreased. Palo Alto's Code Enforcement Officer
and Zoning Adminjstrator report no complaints regarding ooise or parking
problems associated with The Edge since approval of the amended use permit.
Police Department records show that over the seven-month trial period, calIs for
service have decreased approximately 65 percent as compared 10 the prior year.
At a {<,gular meeting with California Avenue Ar~a Development Association
(CAADA). CiI:y staff agendized a status r"port 00 The Edge and fOund that Ioca!
mercba!lts were generally satisfied with the operation. The only negative comment
came from the operator of Hotel California regarding persistent ear noise related
!o the slOp sign """'ted at the corner of Czlif<>rnia Avenue and Ash Street.
Staff believes it is the !Otali!y of all effucts. not any in<frvidual requirement, that
has resulted in this favorable reduction in disturbances. Through the security
guard, Iitl!'r removal. parking. line control and education programs required by !he
use permit, The Edge management has effectively altered the beh2.vior of their
patrons. Additionally, the 1:)0 a.m. door closing time combined \lith the slow
trickling out of patrons unm 3:00 ., m. have made • sigriificaru impact. Staff will
continue 10 moultor comjllaints and calls for service attnbuted !o The Edge 10
ensure that the management', efforu continue to achieve a high standard .
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In order 10 respond 10 cbanging conJiti<>os, !he z.:,nlng Administrator w'Ji cc,ntinue
10 e>teICise !he right to require alterations 10 me programs stated above, AIl
e;<ample ofl changing condition is Ihe eminent COIlSIructkm of • publl<: parldng
sttUCture on Cambridge Avenue, directly adjacent 10 The Edge, During
COi!StlU<:1ioc. The Edge will be required 10 direcl patrons to alterna~ parldng lots
in the' area. After !he completion oflhe sttuctur., The Edge will be required 10
alter !heir securl!y g'Jard program 10 ensure proper monitoring of the facility. AIly
required changes would be relliewed by the Polke Deparnnenl or OIher appli<:able
City Departtnenl£ prioc to enf«c:ement, and woul<l conform to the paramerers of
the use pennit.
RFffiMMENPATION
Provided lhar Ihe pubfi<: bearing does IlO! reveal significa!l! problems reialed 10 The Edge,
staff recommends Iha! the Planning Commission maintaIn me current cowiOO!>s of the
use permit, as approved,
Respectfully submitted,
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NANCY MADDOX LYTLE
Chief Planning Official!
Zoning Mminlstrator
Attachments: Location Map
Amended Use Permit
Approved Programs Required by Use Permit
ce: Joseph Colonna., P'.anner
Capt. Tom Merron, Police Department
Lt. Sue Mace, Watcb C=mander
RicI! Cabrera, Oramance Compliance Inspector
J<>seph Colonna, Planner
Duf Sundheim. 420 florence Street, Suire 200, Palo Alto CA 94301
Roona Devincenzi, Grubb and Eilis, 379 Lytton A,'eoue,
Palo Alto CA 94301
CAADA. P,O. Boll 60583, Palo Alro CA 94306
Jac.1e Roskki. 260 California Avenue, Palo Alto CA 94306
Bernard Lazanslcy, 691 Mills Road, SacramenlO CA 95864
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AGE~D4 liEM z zgg CAlifORNIA AYENUE, "THE EPeE", Conditfona! 13. pOMilt
rev few.' Pur-SUint to Cor.dHion 11 of OS!' Pe.nait 13-UfI-lS)
modifie~ Dr. Feb~a~y 16 1 ]993 fer an e~fstfa9 eating ar.d
drfntfng establisbment Wit~ issoc$~ted entertilnment inc
dancing, the 11lnnfng Commission ~]J bold i publit
he.r iD9 for the p~rpcse of revrew and reconSideration of
the .s. I"d conditions of approv.l. Fil. No. 13.UP-35
lone 41stritt ((IZltR)(P).
Ct'lairngrSOD Schmi,q)..: Are then' ijny additiooal C{lntne.nts fr-oni-~[iff on this
jtell'?
Mrs CaTunna: Staff ~as no ad~itjonil comments ~n the staff r!port. bot
'WDuld lite t~ htr<.ld'lJce .. iilt tIIis time ... Tom J'!erSCltJ and ,ll'ari Venab1e from
the PoHce Depi:rtrnent,:, -.mo Ire flere fer YOiJr cor.su1t~~ion if 10U halfe
questions about recent ~~l;'e act;,;t, related to The f~ge and the
(alifElr.ra A~enl!e area wfUifl the list sh lIIo~ths.
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lI;Jo, lyttt: tor the bf!ne.ftt. (Jf the tel~Lf1sio., iud'lence-. ! wou'd H le to
reai~d peQP~e that we ~re here to be in camplja~e ~itft o~e or the
condtt1ans that ~iS fmposed by the Pla~~ir.g Comrni$sfo~ ind t~e Cit!
enunc,} ia l revocation process I ye,r 290 Dn t~is ~s~, We ~ave fo~"d~
.5$ent(l111. tha.t the U~t has f~r.ctioned c~~pitlb', ~it~;a the last year~
Staff is reto=me~ding that the Gse be ,'lowed to continue" and has fo~nd
the use to be 11 complianc! wit~ tbe idditional ccnditions added during
tf\a.t re 1 OClt 't 00' proce:i s.
Chtiraerson Sch.!ljdl: Are there. ;any questions from t~e (orrmiSSicn for the
sliff?
CommissiQner Qillia~: Sho~T~ I .ss~me. Ms. Case. t~at w~en ~e loot bt the
condtttans. that ijnder (~ndlt;on 13 w~ere we put i~ ·~tillzat;on of
set~rit1 guarcls,· that means t~at those sec~~itJ guards will be botk
licensed and bonded?
~5, {ase: We !Ild lice~5ed. but did we sa, bonded? At any ratt. they
have tel be licensed' bJ' the state and tl'ley haV(~ to be appro'r'iC-d by the
Poi fee De~art~ent. Whetner bcndi~9 1S i rtQuir~ment of lfcensjng. ] a~
eot certli.,
Commissioner Ofak,an~ ~ere df~ ~e put t~at~ be:a~5e it is not i~ un~er
tne condit ions.
lfS. lytle: b the flut ~i1"'19I"'aph "f fage 2a C:Of1t;r;llatfO., (If CMd'H~o,'l
13. tlaTf-wa:y down it states. "All SeCtlritl 9IJards lIsea to jmp!eme:~t this
pTan shl!1J be ] jcellsed' by the Stilte of (aljfcr.lIli and uniformed h a
~anner that satisfies t~e Felice Department and alsc <learl¥ jdentifits
t~em is guarcs for the 'acilitJ a~d not ~5 Palo Alto P~lice Officers,·
Commfssioner 6fec~a~: I ~ave~1 question re~irding camplii~ts during the
Ilast period. rf J understand t)!is <orrectiot:l, on the ene 1':and~ ... ~ -say~
'No-(ompla;~ts regardlng noise O~ ~.rll~Q nave been (al1ed in regirding
The Edge.· Otllenei"se, CinS fDr ser ... ice !lave decreas'5!d about €IS percE:!t.
{an you expl;;1 how the <ills decreased so rad;ca)l,? ~~at type5 of calls
bave you ceaSEd to 9Et? ~4t types you are still getting?
h' ... enable: The types (If c11ls \lie l'Iave been getting fc .. senlee have
been for di5t~rba"c! type cl11s. four calls. People &re cal1ing QS fer
indfrfduills hliiog 10 the parking lot .. sue) tMngs is that. The tithers
have been ~anda1jsmt and we bad one ~rrant arrest i~ the piTii~g lot
adjice~t¥ and we ~ad aD accident. It appears that the sec-urit] guards
that art out t~ert! bave bee; Dot oal~ bee~ , Ylsual deterTEnt~ but also I
v!rbal one. expediting peeple to their veb~ele5 and ensuring t~at tne1 ~et
iat; their cars ind leave the area. PrIDr tt t~is~ the number cf
distut"b~nce cal1s Wf!re s:ubstanthlly 1'IOr-E'.
~s5ionei Beecha~: One concer9 we ~ad when tftlS carne befo~e us
~revioQsl¥ ~35 th~ stop sign at the hote1 on (alifor~ia Avenue. There WiS
,o~er. ato~t noise It t"at ~ocatioD. Ha~t you ~.d iny tomy1ai~ts er
ei11s fro; th.! arei?
Mr. 'er,able~ The ulls-fcr·service study that i "aye befof'e tOe "eels ... itA
the ZSO Cali.f(l,niii Avenue bl1oc:\ speclfica1ly. On here. I do not se-e
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.nyt~ing noting l comp1lt~t irDu~d t~lt spec\fic stop 519ft. But I dG ~ot
bell ••• l~ c.'ls-f.r-ser.ice .tu~1 t~.t I ~.v. bof.ro .. ~ •• ld
neces51~'1J include anJ c~mp"iats related t~ th&t. $~'~ IS • <;titeR
ellll'9 .nd{or.n Dfficer stopping I vehiclo. Is th.t t~. type ~f toin;"
yoa WDu14 be looking for?
Commissipner »et£h.m: Yes. It .ould4 So you I~t !lying thit t~~ (1.11s
YOI IT'!' tlU.in;-ibo\1t ire very specffi<: to The Edge, In.d' tven I\o·/'t'g l
b10ct OT' t~ awa1 ~y not be in~twsi~e?
~, Ytn,b1c: T~lt;$ tcrTett~ But that i$ the same (~\terion that we are
tOlDtlarhg ,these numbers Wit!\. &$ -we -did wf\en ve c.rigtnallJ d'fd' out" :tud,Y.
<apt.i. &orsp.: I think I (an cl.rify that. little bit. That compl.i.t
~f the CiTS st~ppin9 It the stop si~n and ~rtiting nofse 1ft the area ~~s I
comp1ai»t received fr~ tne o~r.er/Qperitor of t~E C.1iforei, Hotel it t~e
previous heaTings. ~e also rect1v~d that S~ c~plilat fr~ the same
i~div1~uil at 1 (11ifors;1 Avenue Area Oe~elGpment Associltion {CAADA}
Jte'!til"l9 U,lt stiff ,&ger.diud l"is issue QIl~ ntat was. the only compla\nt
that ~e received. It is relite~ to thl persistent fl~~ Gf traffic
throughout the lIght. lb. ,.ndilion. i. the .s. permit did not try to
odd" .. tllOl.
Cgmmtssioner Beec~am; One thing we ~hanged ~eA tAis came befors ~s vas
to bave the closing time not at 2 a.~~ but at 3 I.M. to allow more
Con.tftillOIlS flow bllt not, pel\ nOli( e,XltiDg The l.dge. Have 1011 see-;
.nyt~ing t. tell ~O~ that Is werling?
~~= It obviousl, ~as been on! of the factors that ~iS made i bfg
difference~ not enlJ ~th disturbi~ces but t~! ether types of offenses
t~at ~ were encDuntert~g. TG be able to POiAt tG the eir1ft~ clOSing
lime and t~! trfctle~Dut ,f patrons, I don't t~lnk Wi ~oul; pelot t, that.
10 ana of itself, as being the ~ey factor. I t~!nt it Is tne tot.lity of
the edU<itfonal campaign tkat the1 ~ave been iDvolved ia t, let their
patrons lnow. I tlink the see,r!t, guards ftav. ftad .n .ff.,t, .nd
everybocy not leavf~g at tne same tfme. vbic~ was something t~a! occurred
befor!~ That ~s Dne cf t~e types ~f disturbance c~lis t~it we f~und ~nt
.... ay tip wher. massl!s of people were exiting the Flicl! at or.ce. All of the!a
~.y. had a big .ffe,t.
(;'Phaia J(erspn: I should 11s~ I:dd that Dne of the most significant ~feces
IJf hfoMlatioD t1lat we ."ecefve fit trJf~ te usess any sitoation lit! Utis
are t~e reports that ~ qet from cur cfficers. [~eany Cises~ th.t 1S
onT, anecdotal evi~ence ind is not reflected f! our cal1s-for~service
report. The j~formatioD that we are getting now is that thfngs a~£ ~ery
good ,nd t~.t the flow of people ~as not beeR I probl.m. So the
fncHcatf,ons from the affkers 'litho are working it .}~ht are that tHngs are
good.
cttzfrcerson Scheidt: If t~ere are lIO furtbt!r Questfons from shff, J will
ope~ the publ;, ~elring.
Julie Dumas. 11J C,liforaia Avenue. '0·203, Palo A't~: I live one blGcl
from Toe £dg.. The Edge ~,s ~a~. a lot of Improve.ent,. Fer the
three-and-a-naTf years that [ have lived.t this locitfo~1 I ~a¥e beeq
woke" up an i: regu1ar bash because cf drunken people yelling outSide 1I!.1
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window. 4nce tfte security guards vert 1. $1.< •• it biS h.ip.~
tr ... ndoo,11. But I Ju,t ••• t t. describe my S.t,rd.y light t. you. A. I
I., .,1eep II my bed. I v •• ~D~e. up ~y • 9rooP of dr.n~l Who were
5lO9log. 8y .i.gl.g, f don't GOa' lite iO~ .nd I si.g, but yelling it t~.
t09 If tneir Y~ices. Tiis ~Ent Da f~r about ten .lnutes. J rtllit! this
f' aot Igli~5t_the llw. t~ sing i~ the middle of the Itrtft, ~t t'is is I
relidentf,' are1. it ~icb pOiB\ they got into their ~.r )nd pro<eeded.to
rev their en91ne. Agtia. there is no law against revving yD~r engi~e~ but
t)l. is a residential oro.. The problem that I hive wit. lb. £dg. I. What
&appens. once the:r ,lfent5 rea~e~ They Ire ~t~1B feet ofwherl people
are sl •• ping. My experience ~ •• bee. that ~,t of t~ ... re dront. E_en
th.og~ t~ •• ecurity guard. hav. ~elped a lot, it does.'t te.p people from
holding very laud co~vers.t;on$ and just belDg ~uisan,~s. J wisb J could
lDvite all Df yoa t. co~ fnta ~y ho~st when these patrons start Jeaviog.
because tnat ~s the best VI, 1 co~'d describe t~ you WhJ I tocl the time
o~t of G1 time to come ~ere tQn!g~t &nd ~;r ay ~iews. I just 4oo't thint
.n,body s~o"ld boye te put up with drunken p.ople outside of the ,1.,.
where they li... I don'l bothar ~.llf"g the po1!c. because I r •• lf:e it
is on1, gOj"g to tale ten Or fifteeD minutes f~r these ptople to leive.
but it is during that time that it ~iS rendered m1 l1f~ p~ettJ miserlb1t~
tV_I!'I:' thotrg'h I ill!! just Qnl' person ~eri!, there ire .I lot IIf peop1e wf)o feel
is I 40. but people doa't take the time to come to these C~iSSl~~
leetings. !he people J b~~e tllked to al~ls say. W!11. ~It is the use.
It is I real1, s~ce$sf.l ,lace. and ~ ir~ just gofng i9&'RSt a hvp~l£ss
~Iuser i am not ~re t! SIJ fbe fdge should close. but somet~;ng ~eeds tD
be done. because there ~re i lot ~f p~opje 1ftI' ~e who are woke a up at twn
i& the l~ra~n9r It i~ just verJ innDJing~ Thank you.
Comm15s1gner Ojaiian: TOD tave explifned the problem. Dc you have a
solut50D?
as. Pumas: I think part .f t~. problez is t~.t • lot of people pork n.ar
the CilTra1. parilng Jct. They seem to ~ave to cross Quite I way tD get
there. If people just ~arked ;1 T~e Edge parki~9 lot and 90t is their
~ars and left~ th~re ~ould be no problem. But it \$ tht fact thlt
aftErwards. they Spill out into the retl~entiil ~re~s t~ get ir.t~ their
cars. Agal!~ if tneJ co~'d just 9!t jato their Cirs and le.ve, t~at would
not be i problem either. but it happens re~lT, often t~at t~ey 52e~ to
ha~e to re~ up thei~ ~nglr.es. and it is annoylng. liKe 1 said. if any Qf
you ~int t~ c~ inta my b~use ~t two fa the mor;ing. ,leiS! do~ because
I!y Wti:nfs (in onT.1 convey so ~clt.
t~i)rpers9n $cnmidt: Row ~ften does thls cccur now? Would YOU,SiJ that
it il less Clftep.?
"Sf Dvmas: it hiS happened .uch !ess sinct the security guards have bee~
ia )1Icea" The~t has been i d~astic i.prove~nt. but it happened again
Saturday .fght~ Prior ta that. I was on I business trip f~r (~~r mor,ths~
5(1 I have beeR out of IIY irea. but rfgllt wheR I ca.me bac'k .. there it -WilS
Iga ig.
(ommfssfQn@r £\rr.,co: Julie~ 1 want tQ reiS5ure
to be • 9arli~9 lot built rig~t next to The fdge.
prDblem will be s.l,ed.
you that th~re i~ going ro • short ti ... til'
"so Dumas: That ~ould be wo~derfwl. ~eQ ~ill it be bU11t~
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!gmmis5Jontr Clrr.sc': rt shoul~ start f~ anotner coup" of montks.
!IL~: kid ,,"'en .. ill it be floislle<!?
do not ~ave t~e ~c~edu'e wit~ me~
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Ms. Puml.: Ouring that tiae, I don't too. what The Edge tan do. but their
parking let Is obvlouS], too .Dall right "~. If they could tell their
patrons thit t~ls fs • resld •• tlal are., I dOD't tno. if toei would follow
the Iistructions. bot aaybe If some of th& peopl. -.ere ~.de avore that
tal. Is not just I business district where there (. nobody .1oepl.g, c'jbe
t~.t would belp. I .. III for trying .omet'fng. I .. not here t. clos.
,down The £6ge, but there fs another side t. tho story.
terry Skuc~lt. 299 CliiforRi. A~eoue, Palo Alta: 1 have (our buildlr.gs
wit~iD abo~t three buildings from Tne Edger Until ibout ~ year igO. I WAS
opposed to the opfratfo~ af Th~ E~ge~ (. the r~rni~s$ J w~~ld f!nd
bottles. pipers. graffiti 1 all ~orts of ~ther terrjb'e t~ings, S~ the
.general neighborhood was realb kine! of .. !less from me td'gt. Nowever.
duri~ the ~i$t yeir~ there ~iS been i major diffe~ence there~ (PJT
~efghborbood really ~as never been Quite as clei~ as it is now $~oce Tbe
Edge started oOiC9 the type of job the) ~a~e been dOing f~r the past
j"ear. Theyllave people out there after tfle concerts hi the earl1
morcfngs. 11ckfng up papers. bottles. ~ate~er type ~f mess is left
there. Ibey Ire doing an exce11ent job~
on several occasions. J found grafflti on same of the buildings J nave
there. fvea tho~gh there is no way Qf blaming the patrons from The £4ge#
there bas .1 .. ys be" that sus,leioD th,t pos.lbl,. if Th. Edge WlS.'t
there. N.ybt t1\e g:rilffft\ W"Juld ,,-at ,hallie b~~l!. there. Koo.ievei. \lfo.eft )OU
loot .round town and see the a.ount Q( graffft; t~at ~s shOWing ~p Dot
on1,.11 JIll. Alta bu-t iI other Ireas. c:J!a.nce:s aie tnefr ,patrons art!' Dot
doing it. B~t even 50. Jace\. the Dper.to~ of The Edge~ ~as done ~'l ~e
possibly ~QuTd~ Re ROW teeps cans of Pi,st that ~atch the different
bUi!diDgS I have. 2nd is soon IS he sees graffiti (he has a great paiRt~r
r'lilOOd' [riC 'Who 'WOrks tflerej, Eric head's out ind i=epa=jets my bund'in9s~ So
it 1$ i terrific service. ~aving this free pal~ter 13 tht neighborhood to
take CiTe If these problems. ,lus teeping tht place looking qood .
. E~en though I cannot s~.al far the eVeAtDg distwrba~!s since I am usuaill
not there during the bD~rs that th~y keep open. is far as 1 <an tell. tbe
Edge ~as become'. model neignbor. and is certaiR', an ass~t to til1fa~ii
Avenue. It tool t~. owners of The [6g' • little .mil. t. realize just
.mat they bad t4 60 t. be good neighbors, but toet ~ave prove, that the,
ean eertai.'J be as good i ~e1Qhbor is anyone else. and nave made a
complete tdrnaround ~th the ~ev policies tAil they ftave enforced~ So I
urtJe tfle PlinnittQ COl!I!Ilssion to· recognfu th.at although The E"d"ge £l,ade
.fstakes earl] Oft. tflej' ha...-e now proven Ulat they can ca'£!Xl5t with the
c~~it' on talfformia Avenue. I vould sti99tst tbat The Edge b@ ~;~~n a
clelA slite and fa tnt fytu~e, if troub1e agill bre~s. tne~ take 3n
additional loot at their present use permit. However. I firml~ believe
t~.t the,.nll continue t. d •• good Job and that .adition,' bearings
should Dot be ~ece~sar1 on t~is r~tttr~
Ouf Sundheim. &, ralip lane l 'a1D Alt~: Jl~ytime there lS a complaint. we
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lite to address it. ~o Julte~ ~ will be glad to t&1t to you l_te~~ But
f~r my u~tr5tandrng of ~fr slt~att~n. I would tite to st~~ over to tne
screen fOT I ~nt. If I understand ttl sbe lfves here ~t t~e (oroer of
Par~ and til'for~ll Avenue. ~~ ~~derstindin9 is that ~e ~ave i seturitJ
~u.r4 posto4 'i~~t there. There is no tarking .llowed o. thIs street and
no parlfng l'lowe~ on that street i~ t~it Irel. So from our perspectfvt 1
we ire trying tit do t'verlUfn:SI we can tt .'llfl!li!e ttle iimourlt of acthity
th.t is tappe.log right there .t t~.t r.,identi.l building. W. will be
glad t. talk t. you .fter the POotlng .bo"t the so"rce of yo"r probl.~,
bot there sho"ld not be anybody p.rking f. front of her building. We do
ha ••• securit] 9""r4 ~osted there every light. So we will be glld to
t11t to her SQ~ pore aboijt it. but we art reallJ ~lt~~9 I c~nscious
effort t~ male sure thit. IS fir as _e know, this is the first t~at we ire
aware that this is I~ ongoing problem. J thfnk stiff will attest that
anytime there 11 I pr~ble •• ~ try to deal with it.
I w.old .ls. 11k! t. add t~at there "ill be even Ie .. likelihood, os
Mr. (arrlsc3 Slid. tt.at people will ~ea~ i, that direct'o~. once the
~ar\~ng facility 11 fillshtd. Ve realI, feel that 1S going to b! very
W~. .
n.. t~lng I have r.ally OO)oyo4 .bout Uis h ~ .. lng ha~ tne opportunit]
t. ~rl -nt~ everybodJ. j b.vQ enjoyed the process t and J th~nk it is a
900d process. 6ut fl the s~irit cf ~onestlJ. f ha~e te ln~icatt that the
fict t"at ~ are closing e~rl1er ~as cost ~s aboot ]0 percent of the
gross. So there hiS beea a real "egatife !conom1c effect on these
changes. I ~~ not b~re .SL\~g ler the hDU~S to be chin~ed bact to 4 a .•.•
but for t~e record •. J wanted that t~ be i~dic&ted. It bas burt our
busines.s~ The ,,·ther Ulng fs t"'at, 11tllou9ft it is l10t on the iger:d"a. vt
do have it in t~at there will be t~1S ether review, and of course~ ~ lrill
be glad to answer '.Y questions t~.t poopl< ~.v. 1. tho future. I •• joy
Jacel sending me checlJ for tbese beariegs, but if we"coold IYQl~ t~e ~ext
hearing and j~st leave it nore ~s an gpe~ ended tlpe of tRing that if
thete are problems. etc., then ~ ~D'd be 91id to <ome back ind aadress
them. Ve Ire obilJousl, working: "Ye!"")" c:iosell viU the poliee-. and 'We 'ft'j'!Jld
apprec;.te it if this coul~ perhaps b. t~e final foro.l .. eting. But jf
the Plan~ing tommissfon feels lner~ fs some benefit 11 tilling is hack i,
I ccQple Qf yeaTS, V! Ire g!1d to do that. IS well.
Comrnissloner Sc~ink: (an yo~ t!li ~e ~ow ~any people of adolescent age
yoa serve_ OD Ive~lge. eac~ Bight?
~. S~~dhei~: ; .roll ~ave Jace\ Rosleti answer t~e operational
questfons. He iJ one of to! owners of ib! E~ge ..
Jice\ ROitctt r !062 (,'ora do '!~ce) ;110 Alta: What ~S the questioa
agil.~ ,pleise1
Commissi?ne~ Sc~ink: Hov &anI kids under 21 ittend Eacb I~ght, on
average?
Mr. Bpsicki: About 3S to 40 percer.t.
C~tts;g~er Sc~tnl~ And t~at is h~ ~ny?
Hr. Rosictl: 200 ta 300 people ~o are under ll. on the Ilghts that ire
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tp!l;ssjoncr SChinl: And how of teA is thil?
. ![T RpS[Cf i : PrettI mu(i e~er¥ ~jgbt that ~e ire open. with the exception
Df s9itil eYe~t5 c~eated for tff~ager$ under IS.
(Q!llssfcneT Qja\jan: My qutstino is ,bout s~th'n9 t~it Ouf just
"""ugbt up -t.ndition Ill. If I undorstood it corr.ctlJ (raa the last
time we met. your lea~e expires lbo~t t~e tiae that t"lS condition ticks
fo. If I resomber from the last peetlng t~.t we had, .t that stage you
~r, soaewhlt vague ~B your plans ibout ~et~~~ you ~ould Gr ~Duld not
stay at l~ur ~urrent loclt(on. RiS anyt~1ng c~anged ia t~lt regard?
~t Rpslctl: S;~ce W! haVi .orted out the p~Dblems and we ~ave learned
.~ow t. dell .nth the problems. we wou16 love to sta1 it the current
1"",tlon.
Me .. Stmdhe;f!l!;' _ ilhereas it was unchu· befcre and' wa were jllSt trying to
bold gn. ~ow the 5it~ation ~as stab11ized. ~e ire comfortable lP our
rel.tl0nsb,p wltk t~e fe1ice ~partmeAt &nd with t~e staffT It is not is
ec:ooOallc.all, satisfying is it was before. but it f.s economicany Yiilblt.
So it is still iWlYS aff. and we bive to renegotiate wit~ the landlord.
~ut } would sa, that the sltuation is more positfwe than it was the list
t lIM we 'W~rt 'before you.
lqmmi$sioner Qiitian: So the best tnlt JOu know £ight n~. ypur
iDtentl0ns would be to ~onttnQe on after your leise c~rrentl1 expfres if
it is feasible t~ reneg6ti1te ) least.
'OCr SundheIm: Yes.
Mr. Sos1cti: If I .a1 adcrone ~re thing. with regard to people par\ing
]1 the reSidential areas, if any of our patro~s parks ta i resid£ntlll
area. w. .rill ~Dt lrt them 1. the club. Ye ask them to repa~k th!lr car.
T~it in,ludes t~e arei ~ere our ne;9~bor. Julfe, liyes~ Ve do ha~e i~
securit, g~ard there .11 Rigbt long. There ar~ slgns posted. Whjc~ ~e
$~baltt~ to tbe city for lPP~OVll. tellin~ Edge patrons not to park
there~ If our sec~rit1 guar~ sees a ~erson .~c ~a1 lOQk lik! they ar!
going te Tn~ fdge~ they say. -Exccse ~. mari~ cr sir. are yOQ going to
T~ Edge?-If the inswer is yes. ye ~;ll 15k theg to repark the CtTa If
they sat. -X_is i~ a public street and we ca~ park hert,-he will s~, that
there fs no problem. the~ can park there. but t~ey .~1J ~Gt bt allowed to
e~ter Tht fdge. W! radio our doer bast t~at t~ere is i couple c~iD9 il
wbo ~aye ~ir~ed on Ca1iforll& Avenue or whatever other res~4ential street •
• nd we do not let them iot" the buildin9 unless to'j r.~.rk the elr. So
it fs a cancer! Df ours. and we will tale it up .ft~ Julie after the
~etl!Jg~
(Qlmfssioner BetC~'~; Ia Jar.uary. if 1 u~derstlod it. co~stru~t,on ~11
beg11 oa t~e parking structure near your loeatfon. While that is going on
until October. parting. I presume, is ~ot gOing to be i~ailabl! on t~at
site. Have you begun working ot! ,.hns f{)r ill terrlitive "arklng sc> yoa can
hell ~.p people off the residential ,treet.?
Mr. Rosickj; Tberr are ~urre~tlJ about 7Q ~arking spaces right behind our
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bvild;"9' v. w;l1 also direct people toward. [I , ... 1"0, .~.rt t~.r •• ,.
pl •• t, Gf ~.rtl"g space, right now. There ire pro~.bTl ISO to 20C parking
'pices ,.>;lable. Sa even though the parking stroct.re will be ;0
progress 'n~ that parking will be clo.ed fo •• ~riod of fl •• ~ six
oo.t'., ther. ~ill not be ,n1 probl .. with parking for Our ,.<lllt1.
CQglissto~c~ ('SSt1: Are thcrf any other busi~esses OptQ on (llifDrali
Ave~ue thit Ir. serving l'q~or unt;l two o~~lock i. the ~i~?
erc Bpsic!t! ',s. ~~am. Ant~nf~·s Nut Hou~e. wbic_ fs appro~f~atel,
SO ,ords frca our establishment.
John Baer; S31 £mgri0r. Strt~tk ta19 A1to; f I~ J repr~sentitf~1 af
Premfar Properties. J ~ive , quSck Q~fstiGn rellt'~g to DU~ experience in
do~t~ 'aio Alto with I simllar circumstance. My ~~estioD pf the PQlfce
Oeputmer,t. h. I don't be1ie¥t t}o,at. ;1' 1:.1 oP,,,lon. viewing The-Edge 11 I:
YICUua is I propef analysis. So ~en 10~ tell r~ that polfce ~ilT$ ~av!
been reduced by 65 perc!~t. I t~lnk that is I g.eat statistic, but wh,t r
weald be htt!ruted 5"n know~ng is, what is the \iolume flf <:alh fa the
absolute, and ''II'" does. that reTlte to ever) tithe'?'" distrjC; h the cit".
If we havf I: reduct foe ~f 5S p~rc~nts but we still have fifty tf~s ~re
ellis happening r. t~at b10ci than iJ .nJ other homogeneous tloci i. the
downtown. ) WDu16 say t~it is so~thjng t~ c~nsider. So my question fs~
bow ~as The Edge d~~~ fa th~ ibs~1~te~ n~t in its Q~n vacuum of
. ~!i!rfc"'iil:nce?
Capta, .. Merion: We lIave lIi1d ei'gbt ulh for service ill Dur records.
~. Saer: Tha~t yo~.
thairp,r$pn sthmidt: for the record, ~ ils~ ~ad absolute nu~bers ia tbe
stiff report thit ~ bad 1"4 tkat w~re IYlilabl. to the publ~c. ~ting DO
other spealers~ J will close the public ~earfng and bring it back to the
c:ornnf.s:sfan .. AT,e there IMY other questfons for stafH
CgsniHi!Q!"l'!r Segd\!.I: Regudif\; par\:iDg ..mil!. H,e parking stl"uctUl"e is.
u~er constructlGD, do 1~~ ~ave any comments on the s~eaker's confidence
that th~r! is enough parking 1. that arel to ta~e care of t~e de~nd?
er~ (glonna: We wi11 )i~~ to review whit Jace\ and ~f vil1 put t0gether.
fl terms ~f dfrectfng the ~atr~ns ind wbere the securitJ guards ~ll be
,1 aced. ~f (o~rse~ tr.!~r ,licement will be ~hang~d. once they stirt
directing the. t. different ,laces throu9ho~t the Clliforlia Av!n~e
distTlct. I· thlnt .. wjll e. 1 ••• ln9 .t other public p,rliog lots, not
jR.t £1 C .. ino.
tD!!issioner Ojaklan: The Edge. as the last speaker just sai~, not
lookiDg it Tne (d9~ iu 1 V1CUU~, ire ~ lo~klng it a plan, ia geneTal. fer
that Irei IS to hew we are gcing to deal wit~ parki~g~ Wouidn't The Edge
the. be 0 part cf that ,1.n?
es iyt1t: ~er the course .f the list te~ y~ars, par~ing bas te~e
examined f~ the Clliforlil Avenue area throug~ I rarfetr of studies that
thE Trlnsportatf~n Division has done. T~! parking garage that is
(urreAtl, ~nder construction js~ to my knowladge~ t~e oolJ public ~arking
fJcilitJ that vill b~ t~nstructed tG address ~ir~in9 i. t~at irei il the
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~eir fvt~tt. The -condition -t~at Joe is rtfe~r\~~ to 15 Ccndlt~an 'l.
~blc\ requlr •• t~.l Tbe Eoqe get elty appro.,l for lh.ir pork!ng •• d
seeuritl 9.ar4 ,lin. A. the eor.,tr"ct;.n proj~ct n.ars. The Edg. I,
obll;oted. through compliance wit~ t~.t conditi •• , t. provld. I revised
,l.n t~at we will ha.t reYlewe~ by the Tran,port.tion Oi.i,lo •• "~ the
Pal tee Department. &$ well as C~rS!'¥fS~ to Sf! thit their rlyfsed ,1," is
Icceptabl •• ,fnce t~'J won't ~ .bTe t~ cont1nue to ~~nor the one on file
c.rront1,. If we get compl.1.ts about it. we will .i" suc. th.t it is
f.Ttber r.y;~d. I. other vords, that condition sives os a great de.' of
leverase I. working wito Tbe £dge t. se. that they redu<.
cOIlstructl .. ·hnl fll!pitts.
Commissioner Ojalil~: 1 aa ,leased t~lt ~! ~a~e t~it la thert. beeiuse
t~i.t that Is a. Important cooditio., but what I am trying to get at is
t~it we ,,50 ~.v. the issue of whether it is The Edge or is not Tne Edge.
Ve i~t going to ~Ive some plrk'r.g 4ifffcHlties creattd betause of the
closuro Df that parting l.t. 1 ; .. glno thot st.ff is 100\;"9 at t~.t.
Tating it f~ the other ~~d. the st,ff end. ~e prob~b11 ~ould hive some
thoughts there t~at ~. could IpplJ to The Edge or provide t. The Edge ;,
be1llng tbe~ to C~ ~p _itt some ilter~ate sQI~tions.
~s_ lytle: Tftit fs cerrect. W~ do. The Transportitic~ Division works il
.trying to coordinate ~onstructfoa projects is tne} Will Iffect ,nd impict
publj~ par.log facillti,s and pe .. it holders, etc.
COmmissiqner ~jakfan: Rlgbt. because the ultimate goal bere~ I t~'nk. is
t~at ve ~ave tranquility f. t~e Irea. .
Ms. lyt1t: lh&nlf.l1,~ fer the remainder of C~r pl~llr.9 impacts il that
area. the tendency for RS il tD be concerned with the daytfme piriing~
The £dge his. better sbot at the evening parking .t a time Yhe. most
~ther users ire not i~ the district. So 1t is i fiir~J complemeRtlrl use~
ia tnat rega~. -
C~airpersqD Sch.idt~ If tnere ire no ot~er questions fDr staff. let us
open th~ 6ist~sStOD~
~: Cornnissioner Sdd~k: Let JI7e o'pe~ the dfsc~ss;on by Rklng it
motlan an~ see if it goes I"ywfiere. [~ove t"at~ given t~is rev few. the
'l)nning toqmissien finds the current conditions Df the iS~ peTiit to be
a~p('o.prilte.
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ChalrBe-rsoft Schmidt: It flas be'2.R IIQv.e.d I.CI.4 s.econded thlt ~ 1C-c.ept ttli!
recCAaendatfons of the staff~ Is there an, discussion 00 this motiOD?
Commi,sioner Sc~;~\: I just ~nt to add tnat 1 ~lve some exptrien~e i~
runntnq l prograM for &dQle$Cents~ a~ I ~ave to c~~d you for the job
you ire-doing II providing In important ~ervlce te our community~ I
recognize that 15 the parent of in ado1escent, J live 11 real feir Df this
tind' Clf s~Nic.e being clDsed do~ a.nd tllin\ipg tJlat {l\.lT .. 565 aTt going ll!)
get lite tbe Cir lnd ~av. t. drive to San Jose or Sin francisco to get
this tfnd of recr •• tion. So I app,aud you for a good job .nd I ,.<agn'ze
that 1o~ art I ser~fce to Dur commun't~.
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Commflsfo~,r C.ssel: I ~~ld lite t~ sugg~st that these Ire young ~dultJ
t'lt ''0 attending The Edge. r.t~er t.an ,dol.scents. I "9'" that they
bl~t th! rfght tG ~~ve the facilitf!s i~ t~! IrEi. but tne young i~u1ts in
my boysehold vould b. a bit off,oded at being.called ado1esceot •.
'Q!Pf$s~9"er O;a\i.~: \~en wt ff~st had The Edge issue (o~ bEfore us
se~e. moDths igO. I had some serious corrce~S about this o~erition~ 10
s~ it ie a ~~ie1 ~Y. mJ ~OnCtT~s ~eTe fro~ the a\p~t of disturbing the
nei~h~rs~ Als~. I cor-sidered The [4ge l .is~se ~f pa1ict resou~ces •
• ince .... had t~ allocate so •• ny te go I.to t~.t .re •. I was I little
disturbed It t~e origintl Pianning Commisslon dj~cu5sioD which got int~ i
litt'e 'it more cf 'o~king at ~ow we could provi~e more police reSources
!& that ar~l ~~~ I felt we shou1d be prO~ldin9 les$~ But hiving Siid
that. J.t~j"'\ that the good Ulng to he.r. tonl9M and also to r"~ in the
staff report fs about ~aw ~uck we havf fmpr~ved the Sftuation. I think
t~it is because ~ ~ave ~ad a ~oming togfth£r ~f the part,es who ire the
most .ffe,ted •• ithout llsti,s the •• 11 off. So I am •• TY enc.ur.ged by
t~t ~'tijatiDa t~it Wi ~a¥e now. beca~~e ~e are able to 9ro~id! a service,
fa a sense, and 1110w young people ia o~r communitJ t~ still have i p13ce
to 90~ ~;le an the other nand_ ha~f something t~at is not a ~ttriw~~t to
t"'~ JrU~
J ~s als~ ~lea$~d to hear cur's comments toofght about trYl~9 to york
Wit~ people ~o ~ave c~rrent compla;~ts so t~at we can try tc &ip those i~
the bud. nit is importanL 1 60 beHelle-.. tllcugh .. tflat we sbould ke~p on
i~clcdlng CDnaftioQ lIZ: ·ihe Planning Commission shalt ho1~ I ~ubllc
bearing Dn the first .\linable me-etfng after-Januar,)' ,* i995. and shaH
forward I recQ~o~tfon for the p~e$e~_ition of existfcg Gondition~ Dr
further ~ific~tion of this ~St penlit to the t~tJ Council f~r final
determinltion~· There are ~o guarantees on ~lt is 901~9 to nippeA lD tw~
years. J iiways lave il little bit of .. c~ncerl IS to ~at happens with
use permits ~eR ~ Issue them 11 Pilo'Alto~ They started ~ff. IS fD this
ei.S.!' .. u an om·pil"~.p2h club, bas1ci11,1, ...-iUl diniD9 a~d ver,)' little
dinci~g. tQ an iQte~diite operation t~at had I s6rt cf mixture &f bot~,
te an cperitfon that has i Jot more 50c1a1 ~se t~an ~s ~riqinil1y
f~tend!d. [verythfng is working fine DOW. so j do not have i problem ~th
the Cijrrent s;t~ation. but I thin\ it Its~ gi~es us I 1ittle bit of
h.titud'e dnwn the rOid S6 that "if -i Tie. owner (ome$ la, ~ t'oa\lt scme say
iD what happens th~r!~ So J will support Jon's mot;CD, and 1 a~ h~P~1 to
see t~i!t everythfng "as worked out ~s Utis situation. ..
Commi5s1one-r tarrJ}C~: J ~ilve i question fQT stiff on t~is motian. Does
tAfs i~ll t~at they can CODe bact ia t~ years far I revi~w~ a~ does it
cODtfnue an fa sf~ months?
as ly1'e: PeT Condition '12. they wi11 be back ~ftfr January I, 199$ it
the first aVitl~ble Deeting.
Cp!!issloner !eec~am; I 18 bapp1 to see the Yist improvement 11 tne area,
based aD what The Edge has done. 11 cooperation "Wit .. th! (;itl~ ,t.t tt'le
list he.r{b9~ it vas quite ~ bit mof~ difficijlt. lnd 1 a~ s1ad to see t"at
il t~e i~teria, the number of complli;ts has drDp~ed so dristi'~11J. nne
of the tey ports of that is your cootr.' of parki.g, as you h.ve t.1ked
lbout. ) do ~awe i let cf concer8 J still. as t~ what happens when you
lDse the lot be~ind you~ I am not $0 familiar wit~ ~at t1se ij aViilable
{I the arei fa te~s of Rirklng on the street and {. etner small lots. SQ
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I .. r.ot IS confid'e1'lt as you are that ;t will be tai~n c.art of wit"'out
people dribbling onto t~. resldentl.l ,tr •• t.. So I loot 't,on91~ to the
stiff t. eo.ure t~at the phn th.t co,,", t. Is 90109 to b_ .~eGu't! for
that.
Th.t leads t~ I ~ommtnt C~ the next re~;ew perjod. whic_ is January,
1995. I ~11 ~J?port that, but t w~s also ~onsidtr~ns J re~iew per~ip$
next "'Ttl.-wflu the parting structt.:re is 11 p.rocess irid t~f parllog lot
is ggne, to find out how th.t I. g~ing. l.ste.d, what r will ~o i'"to
rely on tne staff to w,.\ cU't I good' pari.ing '~in,. Ind alsD t., reqlJest Qr
staff tc let 1$ \no. if. ia their opisfon. the ~li~ is not ~de~u~te Gr if
we are vetting maTi compla!ots after t~.t poriad. So wit~ that all said.
I .nIl .1$0 support the ~tfon.
One ao~ ~omment to the spe~t~r -no ~a$ ~ ¥llid c~laint about noise, to
,ertaillJ work wit~ t~e applieant and see ;f they Cin take car! of your
partle.lar prebl .. at th.t locatIon. If oot. '1 •••• 9;VO 0 cill ~t~ to
the fo1ice Dep.rtme~t i~d t~ the Planr.i~ Department. letting thea know
t~~t t~ings ar~ ftot working out.
JoY;' Sloe",,: I ,,".16 l;h to odd tht .meA I ~.~ • l6·I.ar·.16 daugMter
~ay hiCk 1. 1974, she ~ad 1 boyfr~e~d of t.o years. and often. when th~'
c&me bome fro~ a datrs [ ~ou1d SII. ·Wherr did you g01-Ind she safd. ·We
a-reve up and down n (uino.· That liIiU the i:'ls'Wer qu~te ~ften.. Tbe on11
optlon, theA~ ViS tD go t~ the DOvtes. ar.d t~at gets i l1tt1e expensive.
so The Edge so~nd$ like a great thing. even though t~e, h~v! just certai.
olshts for IS-year·old •.
ttvirpersgg $chrnldt: J woui~ ltte tD Sly that it looks tg m~ like The
£dge hiS aide a 9relt deal af rff~t ta sltisf, neighborhood ccmplai~t$
and .ate I lGt ~f c~a"ges. Bert~s question about wnat ~11 ~appen tD
Jartfng ~en the parif~g garage is qn~er ,onstr~tion is a good one. but I
believe thlt if we loot at the ~ap en t~e ~verbeld prQject~r~ 111 or most
Clf tllose areas Indiuted IS Pf are park;ng hts f. the Dei91"1.'borDood'~ As
you go toward El t:a.f7'J<J from the site. you C.iA see there ,lTe several lots.
im the s~me row Df b'DG~s. and sevtril i~ tne next blo'ls also~ It would
ap?e.r that If ,he fdge do.s •• good. job of po;.~ing people i. the right
direct;on and ~naging people as they seem to have done so far. they
should l><! .bl_ to pull off gettfng the. to tho adjac.nt parllng Jots while
the e1ose5t one i~ ~nder ,onstruction. So 1, too. -nl1 support this
~tion.
C~i$S;Dner (~; I would like to s~ggest an amendme~t to the
motion. fol1~ng up DD Bera's polnt. O~ring c.on$tTuction. t~~te Eignt be
a disruption of the existing ~art{ng pittera that bas b~en established. [
thIn. if tho ap9licaot can brIng to staff. ,lan .f ""ere tn_ patrons wi 11
park~ ft .fght be • good l~ei to iDclude that i. the submjssloD to staff.
C~airperion sc~midt: Ooes the Aaker ~f the ~ti~ ~sh to acce~t that is
a frfendl~ amend .. ntl
~s~ tytle: Tne conditions do not t~~~ ~~d to c~!nge. but 1 appreC\lt~
very ~~C~ bringing t~fs iS5Ge to the f~refront~ Tne latent of these
conditions is reall, te p1ace the burden on the applicant ~f taking (~;e
gf t~ese neighborbood compatit:llty issues. with staff oversee~~g their
good job. ~eA tne commissloD ~ays t~lt the} ire rel,1ng upon staff to do
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th;S~ ! ~Td lite to emphasize that stIff, ia tijra. is re'~1~ upon the
lppli~lnt and t~t s~rro~~d\n9 ~r~pert, owners and ~lth cur Transpo~tetion
OivfsfoD to wDrt thls Flan out for our revfew at t~ei~ own ;;it'ati~f.
That is i~herent in the conditions a1ready 1. th~s~ V~ h~ve ldopted I
pIon. lod It Is II the file. If they ~ifl it. thoy ore supposed t. come
-t. os. But I apprecIate vtry .0<\ ,.ur str ••• log that ~.i.t. !\ Is at
UeI,. fllthth.e .. prior to the changes u,at Ire go1~9! to occur h ti~h
district. that they ••• d t. iccampll.b .p~r.v.l of tho r.vise4 pl,n.
th_lr.erscn SchNidt' I. that acceptable t. lOU, rooy!
(omm~$$iQ~er Carrisco: That is icceptlb1e. as 1~n9 as t~e app1icant
understands that is tbe lDtent.
(The opplfcant nods tis he.~ f. under.tanding.]
MOTION PASSfS: Cbairperson Sc~midt: It has ~een moved by Commissioner
Schint and seconded by Commiss,aner 8eec~am that ~ accept the staff
reco~~datfoD that the current condit;~ns cf the use perotit be
IN lJl.tiinl!d_ . .1..11 t~lj<S-t 111 favor. say ~ye? ... 11 oppos.ed? T~it passes OD I
vote cf 6-0, wit. (~lssionar Grazier Ibsent. Does t~is no~ go tc the
C!ly Counc;]!
!s. lvtlg: T_fs does not go Dn to the Cit) (ouncil ~l this point. Tne
]995 revf~. WQuTd* ~owevet_
AGENDA ITfK 3 ARASTRAPERO PRESERVE 77-ACRE PARCEL: Application for
tiJ a (~mrre~~"slwe P1an ~ap Amend~"t tt change the
co~respanding land ~se desis~alion frem Ope~ Space
Controlled Oevelopment to Publicl, OWned Co"ser~ation
lands. and (2} • lone change from OS (Ope. Space] to PFlDj
{Publfc facilities vith Site and Des,gn Review Com~i.fng
Dfstrfctj, [n~;ron~~ntal Assessment: A ~egitf~e
declaratioD has been prepare~. file No~_ 9)-CPA·4*
93-1t-1I, 93·£14-30.
Ch.trpersQn Schmidt: Are there any stiff comments" on this ite~?
85. lytle: This is an app1ic,tioQ for I CORpre~eRsfve PJa~ amend~nt a~d
-zooe change to the npe. Space (OS) district and. PFtO} PubliC facilities
Site and Desfgn Combiling ~istTict. ~ic~ vas d,rected by the Coune'l ~en
t~ey p&rk·6e~jcited t~is ,fece of property_ Stiff fs ~OW. one lear Jater.
~orkin9 towir~ thefr dir~tT~e_
C~3ifrDer$OD Schilfsft: Are there questfons fron! the CGlR!iiSSioo?
COmmiSSioner Carrasco: What was the ir.tent ~ere~ fa the analysis on
Pige 3. that ·F~ture ~se of tne 71 acres will be eva1ulted is part gf the
Comprehe~siye 'li~ update"? Would we hive to change our zor.ing if
somet~ln9 ~appeRs ;1 the (ompr~hen5ive Plan update from w~at yo~ are
recorJmendi~g bere?
Ms lytle: Ali ~se$ ~thi' the cit! ~11 be reewaluated as part ~f the
Comprel'lensive Plan tJpd'at!_ Should the CClTlTlucit], decide that tH.s land use
designation is inappr~prfite, t~ey ~a~ ma~e that recomm!ndation to the
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0cI0ber 6, 1994
Mr. Jace!o: R¢sicki
The Edge
260 Califomia k .... """
Palo Mo, CA 94306
Dear Mr. Ros1c1<l;
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PoliCe De;>lrtmrnt
Since January or iNs year there has been a steady increase in the number or
arrests, dlslurbances and overa! cans-fee-service associated with your
estabns1lment Over toe fasl monUt I have received a number orlelephone cans
from neigllboMg residents. Their coocems prirr'.arily ce"ler around disMbances
such as noisy vehicles, blaring car racfJOS, IouO talking ar,;j' yelling just prior IQ
the opening and immediately following !he conclusion or eacl1 nig1J!'. actr.ii!ies.
i have enclosed a copy ciourcalls-for·service refaled 10 The Edgeslnce the firs!
or this year. I hope !his may ass's! you in addressing some or Ihe residents
recent conce:-ns.
Overan, !he efforts you have employed Ie reduce disturbances have been quae
successful. Pemaps 2n increase in !he visibllily or YO'.T stal! jus! prior to and
aiter events will encourage people nolle 1irIger_ AdditionaDy. yoo may consider
~yers andlor anncuocements 10 remlne! patrons 10 be considerate 01 neighboring
residents and hi \heir olSPJPC'Ve behavior noI ooIy renects poorly on !he club,
bu! &1:;0 jeopardizes iIs fuIlJre operation.
If you have any questions regaromg!he allached can.-for-service report orw'",h
to discuss !his matter further, please can me at (~15) 329·2337. Thank yO<! in
advance' for your attention in lJ"Js matt"r.
~.nyMarf< W. Venabte
Assistant
Id Services Division
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Enclosure
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Captain Tem Merson
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Palo Alto. CA mOl
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'l'hInk J'W for your let.ter of October 6tl1 and. the cn.eloae-4
oal.l,-foc-MJ:"Vioe ~t. 1Fe van VAUf1ed' to .ee your op1niOD f.
that. our dfort.. ~ ~ l!1.t~. have 'been lNece •• fu. A.
you: hov ... w ban bee.tI abi. t,9' fa' endje&t.e t.h~ .treet dei>r.1.
pro!:ll. and (h) el1aiMu the sound: e1MDat.iD9" frCIIL the: clUb 61n.ee we.
~t 1& t..eehn1eal and: acnmd r.:EPerts to sound proof the bu11di.ng.
'I'h1.s hu bee. • diffle'Ul t. :rear for us Vi thout the us 0 f the
pa.rk:l.ng' lot for a1ao.t. the eut.1re year. Yet ... based upon 'What tbe
-city ha, 'told .a .. '" are 91ad to ae-e that the cub for .erv1ce are
40' lQWU 1a 1994 cQlllpared to 199'2. 1a you 'know ... .calls for l!Iervice
ue or-l1e&l, vith the MghelJt. nUliber COIllng during the wa.rae.t. t.W'O
1PIl~. of the year. Ve believe t.h1., 1a part .. explains t.bit Ugher
ealt. ia AQgU.I't and: Sept.eaber U~S/JllOI1U) v •• the b..lanCfl of the
year {S.7)'.oDtll). Hotreve:. we &re alwl't looU!'.I9 fer wy. to re-du.:e
the calls fer serv1ce and iapaet on our neighbors.. Con.equentl:r. I
voul4 UU: to adc!reu tbe s.rec1f1c ~Uon. La your lett.er
po1.ot-by-pout.
With ~~ to your nc:~4aUOtl. that. we -!.ncr."'e the
vidbil1t,. of ••. [our} aWf :Jut. prior to and afte-r event.a-; WIt'
believe tJd. h a good 14ea and v111 do 51) for &11 aaj"cr eve~ta ~
».itA I'e~ t.a your idea we ti.tributEl addit.looal flye::. and .4lte
~c:eselJt.. r.tnc1i.Dg p,&tron.l to be eond<kl.ate of the :r:ae:lghbors ..
we ~ that. al.o would be: ;& 9004 idea. 70:& the first. ele'YeD
aoathi of tlU. year .. 01U' cc-un1cw.t1otU1 foeused on 'What. the pat.rO!UII
.-boule! do and were tlJe, llbeuld qo d\lriDg the parkiM let.
QQn8t.:uetlcc~ More rec::ontly .. we have f~ed on t.elUnq our patrons
the puking aU'Uc:'Wre b nov ... v..ila!>le~ We agree that it probal)17
voal4 !:Ie • good Idea to nov foeu. OD. respeet fer tbe ne.1ghbor ...
A8: fez .. recent ru;1dent c:onaern.., rused by incttviduals_ I
believe .y aanagettent. .t.&ff and I baYe pt'=Ptly rupon4ed to the
voiced -ecneerna of .reddenu a:r:ac! we will cacti.nue to do so.
loa &1v.7_ .. we leok fDrward t.o eoct!nuing t.o work with you to
prov1deo a n.fe-place for the young pepp:e. of Palo Alto -to q~ to ..
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The-£o~oW.ng &n: tM pb.nJ. ~ .. ~l,..rui:te-d o;1nder the 1 S9J a.mendment Co Use Pel"Tl"U"t 7~UP~3$. The secliOQ
t'e rercnces are ta the .~cior-'IO of the .a.tne.t!drolltnt.
2. Line Control Guidelines:
Line1.gcaii.IC Lin., fo=.d b;r people w.;tlng to .~t.,. !I.e Edge will beg;" at the front door .."d
•• d •• o1>.e b.& &_. alongside the bw1din". By ""pins .;,. line agalnst the buildinr. and only
&Qm door ro door~ t.~ ma.n.a.aement Ul'l kee? tllc entrULCe.Lnd exit ope.o ilt'Jd Ilcce:s-si'b!c.
Line Managsme:ntt Th.e de:Sigr.&!:cd. line uu shaD be o-=ma..rca.t~d ...ntll TO.,Pe \:>arrie~ &n.d
moniton:d by .E.d.ge st&££ 1£:tM line-lhoWd: r~~ u,pwEy. additional iD ch""ckers &rid ea..aN.erl
~ ~ station~d to.m.a.intain IVo"iEt uod ocd'er!y e!llry into du: Edge. 'When the Edge rem.tI 80%
upacity. the Edge mil..l'\.a.gtMe.nt will a:nn.oUncc L~t the dub is .sold O\it fo.r the evenin.g a.r.d' count
-o!i th'!: line to m.a.ximum c.a.pa.eky. Free ~s.st:s (or a c:o:npuabte evtnlng will be ri'\l'en out to.all
people w"":r:inC pa.s~ me point: o£ c:a.paci~.a....~ tlle Edge .ma.nAge.D".ent"":..n a..!K those: peopte to lu ...... e
the dUb a:e.a. prompdy a..,d with nspet:t ftX tJ.....e surtO-.:nding neich.bcrhoQd. }.u.n.a.gemel"lt will
a.ttemi'-t to acl»e.1I'l!-line ft'..aM.,un~t Iond dispe.n.a! w-ithin 2S mi..'"\"UU:S of the time it is nu.dul
fa order to-reduce the necessity of ... line m live sbo .... even3. the Edge ... -iH e.alc.e a concerted
eeton: to $e11 tKk.e.G "be.tort the d.a.~ of tle .event.
Usage: The Edge wili.t:mploy cnb' .licensed ;lI.l'l.d 1>ondc:d security gua.rds: to weet patrOll.s to
d~ .. d puhS. parking 10 ... They shall we..,.. ct.::inocive anifonn identifying them .. !'ciliry
security -wlile not imp!T..ng they an Palo Alto!.a.w enforcen:IoI~~~t. These secunty S"l.la..rds wiD be
~plQyed T".s<!,Y'. Friday.. S ... ·u'uy.. .,d <lu...;"g lM·tho=. If ."",ndance for any nlght 0<.
time of yu.r consU.'f;.enDy f.a.1k. below thlt" need {« se~.f. upon noCbe.a.th.>n toO the Cit)' and Police
"Ocpa.rtrnent,. the Edge $~ have the rig-ht to r~uce ~ eE.min.te sua &e<:uri.ty fM that evt:r.mg
or time of year u!'lless ~ Zoning .Ad:ninistr.tor a.tld Pcb ~part:ment & pO( .conc:ur+
Position: "'W"ne~ employed, one se("tOri::y gu..:-d will be pla.ced at u.c:h of the foticw.ng 1oca.Don$:"
"8u-ch iIU"Id. Ca.m.bridge~ Californi.a Apa..-nnenu. ~ hy the Planwion CoEf~e shOop. 4aJter th~ .new
parking lot is ~ompleted. the Edge will &scuss with the Zoning ~ ... crrninistTiiI.!:or and Po6«
Departrn::nt flow many !'tJa ... d$ arjd Oll wha.t da.tes the guards s'!1oD!d be employed ~.t the new
guage.
Mdrsuinc ~e CondJUOM to A.pekation~ 73:UP.5§
rom: Tbot £da'e N"'-Ptclu'b M.a.n~rn<tn.t
Ma.pnenslZlo': Se<:uri~' it:.aD infonn &01,~ ,cr:r-s o( &.'Val1a.bte pubtic farking on. Birch L"'I-C!
C&m.~ and direct u,em 1:0 "pprop";-&te pukin« w...ati01".s (see itlC:m. .. ). Security s.h.all tilt
cou.rteoU$ to patrons and commu.--uty l'ts1b-nts.
I&s£ n. oe=rlty guard. will dire<:< "'. patr.,.,. (0 "'. publk lot. d .. cribcd oa <he att.ad.ed
map. •
(. Signa" Guidslj • .., Sign.s will b. used on T ... d.y>. Fric!.ys. Sorurc.ys, ..... d d~ live .ho~ ..
They d be poolliooed wlu. <h. ",...do t.nl will COM"'" tho rollo";"! t=t wlu. "'e .dditlop or •
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fa. .a.dc:fition. signs rudinS" "Edge P ... trons. Do Not Pul Hue" ",,-ill be placed by t"11e CalirOf'rua
Apu't!!1en~ ~ the P'!a.r .. u.-'tion Co.Efet Shop. IE a.ttenda.ru:t fer i.I!.y tU.!l::.t Q.t" time of year i:'onsi~tent1.Y
faJ1s below the ncc~ ~ tempoc-a.ry .sigr.aglC, upon r:.o~.5catio:l 10 d!e City and Police Dcp&rtrncne. the
Ec:!ge .haI }..&ve the rigl:"t to ::ec!uce or efi.'T'.ir...ate Sild-. slgnAEt for that cve!U:ng or time of year wtlc:S.$ thC
Zonina Adrn.inist:r.J.tor and P-olice Department do not concur •
. s. GW!!liOe-s To E:!uc.at't! Patrol'lS-: Edu~.itiol'l ol pa.troru sl-.alI include the roUe wing aspects:
Anpsh1i!Sl!!moents: During the eVI!::Uns. &.nnQunceme..,ts coo~. &:be-fo Cowing 'WCH"ding-"AiD be
:made Clver 'Cbe Edge PA ~te m;
'"We·d like to remind everyone the EdJe is in a resider''I.Iial district. PieaSll! perk
orJy in des1nated. public p.arking a.:'"eiL$.. J-J:so, p!e~ D!-e el."'!n; c:cu...'"1:esy when.
entering Of' ~a ... ing thii! area by ~ in t'onve:rsatlonill tonc~ ~ an trash in
reccptildes. UN:! not loitering outside the dub. Please n:mernhU~ tl1e £dge 6..s free
-cOnvenient rest rooms for your use befwe YOIl kave... Thank Y eu"
HandbiBs: Har..dbills containing m.e rofiowlttg text.shal1 be J...nded out to Pa.troo.s &$ they enter
~c Edge.. We fed handins, them out on &nco or u thty u;"!e.a"":.ng. .... .:n inl!re.a.n the cha.nces c:ne
bills "".II be disposed of ;;"p"'perly.
"Dear V.J""d PatTe>'" n. Edg. is loc..tcd in • r.sid.ntial neig},bon.ood. Pl .... foI!"", <be .. simpl. guidelines
_Len tea.viPg: the. pt'emhes::
• P!e&>c de no< litter. Emp..-y al!you. g~. inside the Edge.
• Pkue-do not lo!ter outSide the club ex make u.nn~ noise. indudlng pla.ying car
stereos whill!! YolJ.r w=.nd.'Jws .... ""e rotlee!" ckJwn.
• ~ park only in the un.s marked by "EOg!! Pall"Otl. Pa.r1cin.g" Signs..
• Pkue be mind:tu! of cr1en· pc'openy.
• ltemembtr. the Ec.{ge: "has ckiUl. &-cc ~ V6tones fol-yO'llr conven!er.cce. Y 0'1:: may 1.l.:s.e. the
ta.va.rories eve.n a£kr yo~ h,a .. -e feft. oc while ..... aIting in Er.e..
~you
The ~ Manage.ment"
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-Poesa: Pc¥:t-=n kelt ~ the Up: and outsi&e alone the: wd &1: eyte level -wi.H con~ dt.e
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!olio""" 'e>:"
~DeI.4 V.!ued Pa.'C"O~
T1!.« ~ is Ioea.ted in a. resid~rW di$trict. P\t::&$e, foDea.<' tkte si.'llple gujdeSnes. whUe
Ioaw..th. .... .,
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2. P' .. _ donO, loiter_
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4. PIo.... pork <>n1Y"", de,jpakd r-,.=es.
5. Plou., bo m1rw!fvl <>f ocli"'·'-l>">pon.l'"
R.craemw .. dte ~ tu.c-du .• "lo. free. fa.va"otl.e:s for your convenience. You nu.y u.u tb~
I:a.v;.t~ even.a.fter yotl have ltft. « wlUle ,..Aidr.g in 5ine 10 cn.tet'.
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pcrsiot .... p>.= of failun '" ,,?rn* with !h ... gWdeli". ..
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Dear V.alud PAtTOn,
The ~ is located in • reside,,';'!
".;gl,bor-hwd. PI ..... follow 'hes< simple
guidelin •• while I •• vU,g the p<tIn>u.:
• Pl .... do notlitter. Emp'y al'! yoor ga:-hiag. in.id. the Edg •.
• Plus. do nodo;,.,. OUts i<!~ u,. du h "'" make
tl.Qne(!ess~ noise. induding pf~~ eu
sttreO$ while: your ."..-iadoW$ .:e rotled down.
• Pl ..... p..-l. ~"l:Y. in ,h. ar .... ltlUl.ed by
-Edge herem Park;ng-.s;g" ..
• PI"" .. b. min<lful of oc1,.,..-propety.
• Rem"",ber. <1, .. E&g. h... "I .. n. fr«
fa.valOriu for your cor.vellien<:e. Yoa may un
th e lavataries "".~ Utu you ltave left. or "",M. ",-v.;ng in fin ...
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We're located in a residential dislrict Please! follow 1hese simple guidelines· while leaving the area
1.. Please, don't litter.
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3. Please, don't be loud.
4 .. Please, park only in designated spaces.
.1 s. Please, be mindful of others' property.
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use the lavatories even after you have left, or while waiting on line to enter. ,
'\ '-"/j :h~nk You -The Edge Management
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fo whoa it aay concerti.:
fTo. What J ca~ tell. J4cek Ios1~kl and the 35 employee.
Df tbe £dge vert very bard to pr~v1d. ,.10 Alto with al&b
.ualitJ l1Ye .u.lc e~«Dt.. I t~1Uk chey h&~e D~ou8bt a lot
of ~u.!~.ss to C&litO~l~ Avenue. my favorlte .treet.
J tkink 11?e susic 1. y«ry 1aport.D~. For ~hat reasou I have
atarted a bus1c •• 9. Jartbvise Pr~uetlon8. which Ie 'r1actug
liYe au.1e DO a .QDthly ~8sls to the Cubberley CommuDit~
Ceuter. I t~int the public 5bould al~o support tbe &rsa. roots
efrorts to keep the Yarlicy The.t~e &$ a potential live .ualc
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EXCERPT ~lnutes of the Palo Alto
Pla~in9 Commission ~eetiD~ of J/l1!9S
Tbe ,lln~fng cosm~ss1oa met Sw I regular eeet1n; on Vednesday. Janu~TY 'l~
1995 It 7:35 p ••• la the 'ou"ell C~.mbers .r.tk C~alno." 0Jakfl. pr.s\~lng.
prtnnt:
P"sept:
ROU CAll
Commfssioner5 Beecham, Clssel, Ojakfin and Schtnk
commlsslonero C.rrasc., 'lazier and Sc~.!dt
,.ncy lyt~e, Chief 'lannlng Offici"
Debbie Cauble, #~slst.nt CitJ Attorney
Jo"pb ". C.1."n" Senior PJ,nne.
l,thy R'.xenn" Police Depart ... t
'~rt '.nlbl., '.llce Depart.ent
'h'inna" Ofa);an: ~e first Item DO gUT 19~nda fs Orll Camm~DrcltfDns~
At t;ls tl~, .nl .ember of the ~ub1lc ~1 speak to .ny item that Is not -en the .gendl. Is Uere anyone who wishes t. spuk thiS evening? Seeing
no spciteri J ~ will move an tD the next Igenda item.
ASEHOA ITEM I 250 CAlIFORN!~ AVENUE, "THE EpGE', Conditlon.l as. penoit
revle~. P'rs.ant t. Condition lZ of ~s. Pe.-it 13-UP-36.
modified o. february 16, 1993 for an •• istlng e.ting ,.d
drlniing e~tablisn.e.t vlt~ •• ,oci.ted .ntert.!oment and
dan(;D9, t~e ,1."0In9 cDODI.,I •• will bold. public
belring for tne p~rp~se ~f revi~ and reconslaeritfoD of
lh •••• and ,.n~\l\.ns of appro •• l. file "0. 73-UP·~.
Zone DIstr!ct: (t(ll(tllP).
ChainMan platia"! Are there ~nJ staff c~nt51
ert (,lonna: There are no additronal stiff comments on the staff report.
I woald lite to I~trod"ce K.t~y AtKenn. and Kark '.n.bl. fr~ the Police
Depart .. nl.
C~i1rmin Ofattaft: Are there any comments Qf quest~ons by commissioners?
CommiSSioner Bge'bi~: Tes, with the additfon of the ~arkfng structure
behind the facility, 1. gelng through the report, I se •• ome c •••• of auto
~reat·i. il the 5trueture~ Is t~at expected to !~reaS!1 sfnee autos are
not ('e~rl1 wls;ble from t~e 5tr~!tl
~t Ylr.able: My un6erstandl~g is t~at the pariing garage opened up en
NovOlllber lOth, and there are probably iRsofficient dati to tell ""et~er
the parking giTiqe ict~allJ enhancts auto burglarie$, as opposed to the
type of parking lot t~at was tnere previously. I do know lh.at during U,e
tfmes that Tbe Edge is ope~~ there are securit1 personnel ;R t~at
facI1!t!, under the restrictions that they h". t. provide that. It would
make it elsler tQ ~.itor the vebicl.s with the secYrit] ~.rson".l
present. -
Cbii~an Ojalian: Since there are DO other questfons, [ will opec th!
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JaG" 8 0$"1,, 2§~ talifcrwll Avenut· pa'Q ~'tt: 1_~~ tbe ge~e!.l ~lna9tr
of lbe Edge .lg~t<l"b. I oa waiting for Our Sundhe'., oor publ,c
rehUon. person, to come. ~. Is on .is Wi1. It wo,ld be best If he Il.de
t~. presentltlon for Th. Edge.
Ch.lcp •• Ojikl,n: lbe. I will call upon t~e .t~'T .. mb<rs of tne public.
Jerr w $huch.!, 838 "Qrt~amptpn Drjye, PilQ Alto: At this tfme~ I feel
VEry lucly that 1 .. n property to the left of The Edge, to the right of
The (<Sgo, and i'"''' tb. slreet (rOOl T~e Edge. A few ye .. s 190,1 dfd not
con.lder ~ys.lf quite t~'. lucky. I ~.s one of .. ny people Who, on more
than one occa.'oo, h.d t. call the city and cemplal. about What w •• 10 1 0 g
on o •• r there and What WIS h.ppe,log f. the .elg~borhood. However, there
~as been In amiltng turnabout, NDW I consider t~em a verI v.luible asset
to h •• e f. t~ •• eighborbood. Just te gIve lOU in id •• of the tl~s of
thfogs that J.cet and bl. staff have dD.e for .. o.er the pa.t few year.
,Ince this big t."a",und, I received. call froo t~e ,.1. Alt. Police
OepartJO,,,,t .:;~ .19~t th.t ., store had been broken lot.. I went down to
the arel. There fs nore than one plice en Califorafa Avenue t~~t serves
0100001. The, bad tnrown • fellow .,t of Antoni.'s Rut House. and to went
bact i.~ The] t~rew '1~ Dut IgaiR~ and fer 5~ re;son, he detfded to
come over Ind lict O~ my ,lace. He threw i bDttle Gf wine througb one of
the WiDdavs. in~ unbe~owns\ to .e~ and cO;Dcfdental11~ .Y burglar Il~r.
VlS nol worling that light. ~t ony rate, The (dg. security peop1. not
0.11 apprehended this fellow. call.d the pollee. bac! \I~ "rest,d. but
tnel als. remained anc! belp.~ ~ t. board up the wi,dow. T~I. was .11
between on. Ind two •.•.• appr •• i •• t.ll. Without tnelr being there It
that time. this fellow could ~a'.~.lked off with the Whol •• tore.
At another time, I was looling at one or .y side wall. and noticed that
there WIS some graffiti on t~e wil). I ~nt iaside ~1 store. got. can Qf
pailt, ar.c! .tarted outsld •• gr~ll.g t. mys.lf, not bl .. iog The Edge, .s
I .. sur. they had nothing t. do .nth this, but a. I walked _round the
corner of the stone t~ .tart piiotlng, I see that on. of their people f •
• lready out there with. roll.r, piloting ~ side voll. They ire
p~enomenll. If they see any graffiti 18 that "eighbcrhood , t~e1 Ire t~ere
respondjng. Tbey t.ke responsibility for t~IDgS that they have absD1.t.l1
no r~'$Qa to tite responsibilit, far.
ReceAtl,. Jicek ~id Dne Qf \15 fellows come cvrr and pre$sure~~sh t~e
sldewalts iround my buildic;,. Agai., he j"st felt that the, were dirty.
I dfd not 90 t •• im and SlY. ·four customers ~ave dirtfed ~J Sidewalks.
~;11 yoo do somet~ing about i\1' H. slid he djd cot like the looks of the
sfaewJlts. and there was I c~ance that people from _'s place could have
m.de th •• dirt" s. he wanted t. cl.an the. for me.
#bout three weeks age. at one of my ~ffice buildings. I tenant cilled and
s&'d t~at Quite I llrge window had been brD~en t1 SCm!cne who threw I beer
bottle through it. It De.er crossed my mind that any c,.tomer of"Tbe Edge
had inything to do wit~ th.t. Jacet saw t~. gl.ss CDmp'.' there ind be
came Dver tl De ar.d said~ el want to ~al for the window~· I safd, -I
don't want you ta pay for the ~indow~ I ~evtr thooght anygnt from yoor
,late has brokeA this ~;ndow.· Jacek said, •• don't carE. I want to PiJ
for it.' It is almost embarrassing ~h.t T," Edge and Jaee. ha.e done to
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... I.t.l. ,r,"t relationshIps wit~ t~. neighbors. I fln.lll S' •• I. Ind sl~d. ·yo~ Cln hive t~e btl)~ but te~p 11 lind t~lt I ~ever consfdere~
thlt anyono froo lour pllce (Id t~IJ.· lb.l. f~llo.s 40 • gre.t job of
just clo.n!~ up the Whol. are.. There Is • good guy who work. for the
Cl tl of Palo Alt~ who comes lround Ind sweeps ooce , week cr so, but r.e
Edge.,..,l. sweep It o. I BUC~ .. r. regul.r bosls than thot.
Jacet c .. t'nuI111 ccaes f. my store and asis, 'How Is everything? Ar.
there 1.' problems? Can I do Inlthlng for youl' So they have gone froa
~ated people ,. tho n.'ghborhood t. Wh.t I now consider I gr.lt asset to
~.y. thero. I hop. th,t lOU gfv. tho. wh.tever they Ire Isklng fo. I.
their 0 •• penolt. : would hat. to se. th •• l.,v. the .r... The ,r •• ;s
cl.oner and slf.r beeluse of The Edge.
ft" fiiriYf!:$. 'Ila hl, Street. PI" Al.tR: I live on Ule other side of El
C .. fr"" .0 I .. not one of the peopl. that If.es lomedilt.l, adjacent to
The Edg.. for that re •• on, I h ••• Dot experlence~ the wonderf.l booeflts
that the preyfous speakar tilted ahout. On tbe ather hand, r did chocs.
t.ls boo •• t.5 yoars ago beeaus. I liled the ability t. Vilk to Printer's
Inc. 2nd buy a c.~acclno or a book at 10 o"lock it light. r Ilk.d the
fact th.t I c •• ld come bome from the clt1 on the list CalTTal. and safely
and w1t~ut f.allng h.ssled walk from C.1Tr.l. It II o'cloci It Dfght to
., bo~se. I ten-.lnute walk ~p C.ltforlil AyenUe4 Unfortunate},. J do bDt
feel thAt ~y I~vmore. If there are Fltrons ~ftfDg to attend In event It
Tbo Edge l.t.r I. the eyenfng, I quite oft •• find the sfceWilts obstructed
by I.rg. group. of people, .mo •• fotent I do not know. r be.r their
offe~sfvl llnguag!. Whic. fs rather Gf an 199ressfve ~ature. and I don't
f •• l I can walt through there by _lS.1f at th.t bour anymore. I find
large cluop. of people quit. often I. front .f Printer's Inc. I cannot
bold The E4ge Decess,ril1 Iccountabl. for that. bet sfnce lhe Edge bi.
come to the arel. I quite .ft •• do find suc~ clumps of people blocking
e.tr.nces t ••• rl •• s establishments Il.ng tlllf ... 'a Avenue.
I. addition. I hive obseryed far ROr. graffiti, gronted it does get
cleaned up r.irly quietly, but I go t. the tr.i. stltlo. eyery morllng at
about 7 o'clock. Perbopo it Is cl •• ned up by .fd-d.y, but I .houl~n't
bay. t. loot It that graffiti. regardless. I find It somewhat
fotl.fdatfng. I .1.0 wisb that perblps neighbors outside the immedilt.
Yltl.lt~ bad be,. i.fonned of t~fs council meet Ins, because r suspect
there .no ot~.r peop1. I. ~ neighborhood who den't go to PrlDter's Inc .•
who don't go t. No New Boots. Who don't go t. C.llfo .. fa Avenue f. t~.
eyeofng far the .ery .ame re.son that r don't anymore. If I COle off the
11 o'clocl tr.l. "ow. I hive my husband tDOe and pick me up. I shoaldn't
have to feel that way. So e,en If the owners Ind •• nogers of The Edge ore
.xemplary neigobors. that does nat .. ,n that .11 of thefr patrons .re
wonderf.l peopl. t. be around.
One fl •• l polat ~os to do wit~ traffic genor.ted by Th. Edgo. EYeo though
they do an admfrable job of posting parting areos and ~.y!ng their
security stiff out tbere. t~is does not guarant.e that the folks who are
arriving fer concerts or events it The Edge drive i. I sife fiShiQn~ I
'have seen DumerDUS pe:ople~ ippu-entl, ,lanning to go te The Edge. f"l.mning
stop .fgns on C.lfforoi. Avenue. runnln~ stop signs oot& CllIf&rol'
A¥in~e. roaring ~9 and down~ and since I a~ generall} a pedestrian ~E~ I
am fl t~at arel. I fiDd t~at r.t~er haz.rdous. I don't li~e 2,000 pounds
~f steel cOEing at me. not tnowing ~ether the driver is gOlng tG stop or
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not. Most re<entl,. one evening ,bout. weet ago. 1 came home. 19111 on
the late tra11. and the~ was I car stopped. running ~ith Its l1S~ts on.
f.el!!9 II the wrong 41rectton on C,lffo ... t, Ay",u" to the .Iddl. of the
street _ b1 ""lit. Stono',. M'1be It wlISn't In Edge pitroo, but tho.
• Ig.II, .. ybe It w,., I h". generl11, s •• n th,! kind of 6rl,\og. th.t
tlnd of be~.yf.r ~ •• Ihere Is Ipp.rentll .... t~lng going on .t The Edg •.
I have nQt seeD it on IA evefting when Tbe Edge s~eas to be ~ui~t. So
Vbll. I do ftot nece.slrll, t.lnk we need to throw The Edge out of bere, I
just Wlnt to rol •• the,' coneern. ,nd t.ll 10. t~.t not everyone ~o live.
f. the Ire, Is entlrel1 blPPY wit~ the sll •• tlon. Not ,11of It h., 10 do
with being woken op It tWD •.•• lbere .re other probl ... , .s well.
Jyll. Pup", lIZ (Illforall A,eoue. rll. Alt.: I II re,ldo,t Df r,l. Alto
tentrll. Befor. I begl •• I wont t. sbow IOU one t~\.g. Til' Is the
dlstanc. bet ..... ~y bedroo. wl~ow .nd the parkfng spot. on C,1fforoll
Avenue" wflere The Edge Jlatrons are not SlJpposM te .Ptrt~ (She bolds out I
long rlbboo.) So ,1.I.e keep t~l. I~ .lnd ~ •• I tilt Ibout t~e Ylrlou.
"ulsances I hive to live wit~, I am just bere t. tilt .bout the past
,elr. e~er sfnce The Edge ~IS impleme~led $ec~r;tl and h.s.put tbe sfgns
Slylng, "Edge "tro.5 00 fiot '.rk ~ere." 1 .'5t say thlt for about two
eonths. When these meas~rei were taten. the ne~9hborhood ~IS ver}
pelcefll, and sever.l times I weat down to the security people ~ys.lf Ind
told thes ~.t , won~.rf.l job they were doing Ind ~ow muc~ we, the
resfdents, .pprecflted thefr .fforts. Unfortunat.ly, the p •• c. WI'
shortliyed. I t~fnl ~.t happened WiS th.t some .f the p.lron. figured
out that even though the slgns were there, The Edge re.ll, coolf not
enforce tne r.les. reopl. st.rted plrklng once ,g.lo on C.lfforol. Ayenue
f. the eXict spots ~ere they wer.· not supposed to. The probles Is that
the clfont.l. th.t cf.oo.es to plr. there Ire the real problem. Toe, .re
the rowdy ones. The, Ire the ones who Iftenwards J get fl thefT ctrs
speciflc,lly to part,. Th.y blast their radioS. Tbey .re d.lnklog; there
fs quit. a bit of drag r.clog that goes 00. Although I rellize that this
Is I very ~11 percentage of the cl1eptele. It fs~ for us, I nU15ance,
and this I. prettI much on a oigbt1, basis. The 0.1, t.log that ieops
t.':-fro. hippe.Iog, frlnkl,. is ~e. it rllns. I showed you the distince
frOA our window, and thert .. 111, Isn't much t~at we Cin 60 to teep the
.01.0 out. I b,Ye onll cilled the pollc. about fi •• times this p.st yelT
beeau,e fronkll, It ju,t getl t. the polot ~ere you get tired of it. I
chose, fRsteid. to come tD thl$ meetfng and speak ~ere. J \now I l~t Df
my ne,g~bors ~ive si.tlar problems. ~nfortunatell. we received Dotfce of
tofl DOeting on Oeceaber 24th, lofo .. log os of thl, meeting. A lot .f our
nefghbors ir.e lIot eve!l t"ere rtgbt IlQW~ I know af It lust 511 other
people ~o wanted t. be here too;ght, but becluse of the workload after
Chrfst.as, they were unable to come her.. I feel th.t if we are going t.
have sue' meetings il t~e future. ~ need tD have t~em f; t~e $ummertlme
~e. The Edge i •• t its loudest. It fs ~ •• the patrons are the wilde,t,
and it is when ~ ,boose tl sleep with our .iDdows cpen~ This time Gf t~e
yeir~ the meeting reall, Is&'t flir t. those of us viti CQ~lli~ts. It is
harder for a lot of people t. come t. the hOOting .OW.
I just Wlnt to say t. Mr. Shuehat that .lthough I do appreCiate ~is prli,o
ef the owners and manageri. "'. Shochat does not live on CaliforJia
Avenue, and therefore, do,s not ha,. t. put up wit~ the patrons who
frequent the .re •• fterwar6,. A petition went around our building awhll.
ago. and fa about two bours, there were 31 signatures. (Tne p~tltio" was
pas.ed up t. the commi •• lon.l As. resident, I ~ •• r a l.t of t.lk about
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1~TQ~~nt. That i~ rea", r~,.t1ye for us. For MS. it 1, o~" O~
paper. J do rellfze that s~~r'tl and the parkT~g enforcements hive ~ade
• cbange, but unfQrtu~atel1t fer those of ~s who live ~Ilf • b10ct 'ros
lbe Edge, it ts a nuf£ln,e, ;r.~ it is I .ight11 nufsance. It is Rot In
ex.epU.n U·at happen.. It fs pretty o:uc\ the nor'll. I do .~ •• 1ut.1y
bel lev. fa the .lncerlty Gf the owners .f The Edge When they .i1 they are
tryIng t. control It. I see the ooouritl peopl., and they are .,1 doing •
wonderf.l job. The probl .. I. that the cl1.nt.l. t~at this pla.e Ittracts
Ire oot .. 111, the kind t~lt Ire goIng t. f.llow ,II the rwl ••• 11 the
tl". Tbat f •• 5.entlall1 the problem. I, for one, do not thl"\ thl.
type .f an eshbllsl1ment ,~ould be so <10.e t. a .. sld.entlal are.. If you
~ad t~ls meeting !. the ,womertl .. , yoa WDuld find I l.t eore peop1. Who
.. uld be bere ,"yIng the same thing.
As far as the fapravtment, the percentage. I was tilting to Offf~er
'enible. who eecttoned s~thf~g about t~eir being ~S p!rte"t less calls
sloee tlst year. I want to polot ~t t~.t t~os. nuaber, reoll, ~o not
.... .uc) to tho •• of us Whc 11 •• clcse t. Th. Edge. If I eo, just end
wi!h an anology, imagine If I were your .ext door neighbor and I owned 100
dogs, "nd e.ery slngl • .oralng, ., dog. put .100 DOunds on your front
1.... So yo. vent to the city Ind compliined, and I learned to cootr.l
8Os1 .f my dog', but you ,till woke up every day t. ten bOund •• D your
1.... You vent bac\ Ind ~omplllned, .nd you ~'rE told, It Is a 90 percent
l"pro.eeoD!. 'au .houl~ be tapPl. Th.t sounds ,idic,lous to you, and
that f5 bow t~e percentagei so~nd to us. t~ose of us who are awalened on •
regu1ar bas's bJ the ~atrons~
ErJn£Pjs Pumas: 11J !alifprI!' Ayenue, 'ili Alt.: I just ~Int t~ .ent;oD
• fow thfogs and re.pond a IIUJe to What lAS Slid before. first, I dOD't
tnowWblc_ .f yoo CDOe at .Ight around C,llfo .. 11 Avenue, but on .Ig~ts
~. there Is ,D e.e.t at Tbe Edse, yo. see .ec.rlt, guards every 40 or SO
yard" Whlcll ,,,,,nd ... 0111 good. and you fe.l .. fe. Rowever, )'OU start
wondering Why'. tnere I .eed t. have , •• urltl gUlrd, every 40 or SO feet.
Whoa It Is with!. ~.lf a block of I resldentfll .rel. Th,t Is not re.1l,
,""y I .... ec! tn '"I. Alt.. ""eo I "" •• d there, I .. ,.ted to h .... safe
neighborhood. The rent. I .. extremely high. The ~rloes of reol •• t.te
Ire extrlordinarily .l9hs Ind 10~ &ssu.e that loa ~ll have <ertai!
.e.urlt, Ind s.f.t, .long .nth It. But for U'. th.t I, DOt r •• 11, the
cas!.
Seconc!1y, I want t. mentIon a subtle polot. Probably Th. £dge has • great
.ecurltl system Ind rery .((ecll'9 bouncers, Whlc~ .. ans that when they
seo unde.lrabl. chora.ter., they don't tet them I. the buIlding. Thot
rafses the questlon. where do ~ese vndesf!ible ~haracters 90~ once they
hive been rejected, probabl, frwstr.te4, wh.t tappen, t. thea? Tho ••• re
the ~OPle I suspect cauo. most .f the problems. The flct that the, ar.
attr.cled to the ar •• , even though they ar. rejected. that I. the real
c •••• of the probl... All of those p •• pl. Who probabl, o.auld not be
attracted .re atlracted. Then What do we do wil_ them? Tbose ,;gn. th.t
are t~e~ are someWhlt ineffective. because there is no power to enforce
Ih... feopl •••• that .Ign and lind .f laugb and park there anyway. Tb.t
'" obvlo.s from the fact that .. have part I •• outsIde alma.t every time
there il an event Wh.n it (s Ilc. outs!~.. la.tl" I ~ant t. reilerate
that I just doo't want t. 11 •• I. an are. where the onll peace around I.
enforced. and t~at ;s relative peatt~ ind is ehforced be,.use Qf securit1
guards. That Is ~ot appropriate f~ on ore. ~.re I li ••.
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Jul •• PYmiJ Spcaling for Mr-, Mrs, Twetd1r. Iil Ca11fcrA1, Avenye. pllo
!lt2: ftr. I ftrs. Tweedl, ~.d ta 1 •• vo t~. cauntry toda~ .nd baye .sted rt
to read ~ stlteaent en thefr behalf. ~Oe.r Counctlmembers, when -I
• liusbi.ncf I._rd_l were about to pllrcllue our cor.dOftlill~Ll!I five yea.rs 19'0, we
were .ware of the pres.nce of a .Ig~tclub clo •• ~y, ind came around on •
number of occa.lon., ~Ifferent lights of the wee~, anyWhere bet .. en
~ld.lght and ! •.•.• ta ,ee how l.tr,.I.e It would be. Until the la.t
couple Df Jelrs, it has bten no prob1em, ~~ most SErious canceri. IS ~t
Is tbe ... t dangerous asp.d, fs the fut Ind carel ••• drhing os peOjlle
le.ve lbe Edge. Oft.n six or elgbt cars will come pi.t. one .fter the
othor, revving .ngl •• s, runnlog the stop s'gn •• sometimes tooting hor.s fa
f.~1'. V. ha.e eve. he •• d What could be attempts at s~~t~l.g lit.
drag ,..eing I cQup'e Clf tflnes. ArgU'lllents and loud tonvef"SaHons Cin be
verI imtru$1v" 1$ eil car stero~ t~rntd on 1~udl1 15 o~er5 returl tD
th.l. cirs .nd stond ind c~.t wit' friend.. Hence. the loud
co ••• rootlons. froa tl .. to tl&o. large qroup, congregote on the
sid~lts. Tbfs can be veTJ intfafdatlug to one p&rson. Dr eveR I couple. a. they frequ.ntl, .,ke nO move ta let .n~.ne pas.. Ve and s.ver,l ather
people who II,. locIll, h,ye f.lt forced t. change our pre.ious patterns
to •• old the loaedi,te .re. around The Edge on .Ights who. it Is Gp... It
Is • lot l.s, coofortab1. than it •• ed to be t. wander up t. Prloter',
Joc. to browse or ~ive coffee. or eve~. on occlsfoD l to go to tou~trl
SUn. Th.! clos. at 9 .'clock. Other objectionable factors ,re the number
.f people see. "rlolting quite op •• l, at the sloe and baek of "ollie
Stone·s around t~e perimeter_of tbe C.liforafa Part Apartments. A5 well
as betng ae5t~etf(all, unpleasing. t.fs f5 • ~2.1th ~azardl as is some af
the garbage the, 1 •••• behind. for example, as well .s beer can., ~ttle.
and fast food containers. we ~ave also seen beer bottles appeariDg to
cont"B urine Ind used (ondoes. There baye been on two occasions that J
~ of syringes. bloody owab. and other signs of drug use. I believe t~.
police were I.fo ... d .f t~i. at t~o time. At t~e same time t,at I ••••
t~ ••• COMment., I ha.e to "Y that t~e slt •• tion ~id foprave Wh •• The Edge
supplied seeuritl guards and not lee •• s\fng patro.s not t. ~.r\ \1 cert.i.
areas. UnfDrtU"atell. some patrons st111 continue t~ fgnore t~em and park
where they ,1..... Toe signs seeo t. be beIng u.ed less now t~a. the~
vere at first. I va •• 1 •• rather dlsappoloted t. find t~at the ope.lng of
the Rew par\;ng 9,rage Gi4 net make Iny nnt\c~lb'e impro~e:ent. T~'n~
yo •• £laln. ind Alec 1weedl,."
Mjrilyp 'el4b@T9, speaktna for ~san Clr~lli. leland Avenue, Pil o Alto:
live fa ,.1. Alto tantr.', so I l5 down the stre.t .nd aeross frOM lbo
£dg&. i'fs is ber letter! -Ja Coune\l: I feel very fortunate to be a
citizen and homeowner I. Pal. Alto wit' Its .any co1tur,1 and divers.
opportunities. Tbe Edge does not fit i.to tho •• c.tegorie., and it shou14
not ~ave te. Raweyer~ si6ce T~e Edge is en (a11forlia Avenue~ I do Dot
feel 5.fe Wllking ~ dog, eitlng at lOCI' re5taurants Dr baying a c~ffee
drink at 'ri~ter·5 Inc~ A lot or my elderlJ aelghbors feel the same. ~y
street Is generilly comprIsed or SO·yo.r·old, and up. Th. £age .Ig~t well
be • olce establIshment, but the clientol. It .ttra<t. leaves. lot t. b.
desired. I have witnessed ~.rijuan. smoking, drlnting (.lcohol) spitting
and verbal atu," II tbe surrounding ar., of Tbe Edge. I an t.ld there I •
• ecurlt, t~.t The Edge provides .t The Edge. What l~ut the re.t of the
nelghborbood where the •• people h.ng cut? l~is type of establishment i.
not conducl.e t. a .afe neighborhood. The ~tto. li.o •• tb.t there'i, •
J~at;on far an establishment 'ike The Edge. but CaliforDia Avenue is ~Gt
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it. Mel, Ind ltt us restore C.,tfort1a Avenue Ind our neIghborhood to t~t
vo, it sh •• 1d ~. reel -,ofo. Thank yo •• '
PiP' l11tr, 151 (,'ifora" Ayenue. palo A1t,: Mr. Chi1naan. I t. the
{resident Df t~e 'ala Alto (entrll Elst Homeowners AssocfltfGr.. which II
OClted It the ~orn.r .f 'ark Bou10.lrd ond C.1Iforol. A'enue. That
I.tersectlon is probab1, less than 300 f.et from the front door of Th.
E~ •• 00 beh.lf of the b ... owoers of '01. Alto C.otr01, I just want to
.. to. coupl. of po'ots that I think are .erl Imp.rtant to consider I. the
deliberation. thlt you Ire going to b. doing. ~1 flr.t polot Is this.
Callfo"!1 Ayenue fs .ore resldentl.l tbaa It ha ••• er be.n. Sloee 10U~
luthearll!g' an tho qu.st' .. Dr Tn. Edge. '" th.s. ,loy., '010 Alt.
Central IRS I cendoilloha e"""lo. that consisted of 69 h ..... wn.r.. Sfnc.
·that date. the Slt.atl •• todol I. thit ... hoy. 141 home"""er •• doe to the
expansion or th.t propert!.
lIb.t 1 •• should think abou.t Is not the Pil. ~lto Central that the exterior
walls vo.ld SU9gest fro. , drlye past .n Plrt Boule.ard .r C,llf ... lo
AYenue. w. ba.e lOre tban doubled 10 size. Wh.t we Ire tolkl., obout
bere fs propert, .01ue. 1 ••• eess of S4Q .!lll.n and property taxes fo
1995 th.t will exceed $105,000. I. teno, of the mercb,nt, of Calff ... f.
A.enue. 1. thlotlng abGut Wh.t I wanted to '" to y.u t.nlght I, trying to
get I feel for ""at fs t~. flo.'lC1i1 I""oct on 1Io11f. Stone's and the
other busines •• s that are I.volved with 0' .n eo1lfoMlI, Avenue. If we
ffgure that the.e 141 famllfe, ar. spending SIOC I we.t eR (01 I foraf.
Avenue. we are tiltfng about I contribution to that .1<re economy ,.
ex~.ss of S733.0oo for 199 ••
As presldeot .f t~e board or thIs home"""er, .lSsoclatlon, h 1994 during
the sUIlIIeniEDe •• t Cliolr bomeowntrs fOr\lllll, we begin tc. helT froe boaeowners
whe wer. eaml., to our ... ti'gs and regl,t.rlog c~lol.ts ind istlng the
qu.sti ••• Whit ca. we do abGut the foer •• s. I. undeslrobl. and dfsruptlve
octfy!t, on (allforala Av.nuel KaRl of th~ were attributing thfs
aetlYlt, to patron, of The Edge. "' response t. tnat was t. ~oot.ct the
... n09 ..... t of Th. Edge. Ind I ~ust be .. rl frank to lOU.. I f.und the,. to
be extremely respansl.e and llst.ne~ very e,ref.ll,. and 099r.sslv.l1
responded to II)' lIuostlons and h the eG!lCer" that I expressed .r. behalf cr our homeawnersr Those tfnds of Complii~t5 from cur bomeowners ~ive
continued, perlodicoill. wit' I sharp aptate t~at bls occurred hQro
recentll. J would Sil il the October-Novembtr tfmefTime. when on,e agafl.
I WT~t •• l.tter t. t~e management .f The Edge and ba,. met with thae f.
tne December tloefr.... I ~ ••• tried t ••• pl.lo to thee .nd I b.ve
lIstened t. th •• descrIbe theIr ylews on what the nlt"ro .f the pr.bl •• is
.nd whit they feel thel can do to de. 1 vith tho.e prgbl~s. ~';" I
found them to be .er1 .stute and yory pr.fess!o.,l II what tney dc. and I
also fo"rod tho. t. be •• rl •• ger to do wh.t they Cin t. be r.spons;ye to
our .ltntto •.
I will let the virTous bomeowners who ha.e SpOK., to you t.nlght testify
te the disruptive nature of the ti~ds of fDCfdents that ~ave occurred~
soc, as YDa ba~e ~eard il the letter from th~ 1~!dl1es and from the
Dumases. partlc~larl, t~a people ~o live on the peri~ter of our propertJ
who are very much .ubJected, on an fntermittent basis. t& extremel!
disruptfve eve.ts that none .f IS would Wint to have happen log out.ide .f
our windows. As a member Df the board ef the complex, however, Dur
responsibilit, as board ne=bers is to consider ~it ~e (an do to protect
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r~r\s to a couple cf pofats t~lt I think should be ~de with respect to t~. propert1 Yilues, of the 141 bomeowners ~ose 1~terests Ire favolve4 f~
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The first polot I wo.14 lit. to aak. w1t~ yo. is this. Vh ••• carload .f
young r~les I. Gl1rol or ~ Citl of South San fronelsco decides
that th'l want t. have In eve,ing .f .ntertllnment I. Fal. Alt., .nd
loctlog It the Id. that thol .ee II the Mercury "ews or h.ar •• the radi.,
thel decfde that The Edge Is the ,lace to start. TheIr d •• tl.,tloD fs
not rea111 The Edge. TheIr desll.atlon Is Ca1iforol. Avenue. T~e rel.o.
I posltlo. It that VOl to lOU Is for thIs reo.on. Vhe. thel arrf.e It
(ollforol. Avenue, they mil find out that Tbe Edge Is not opeD for
busln.s. that lIght, or they "1 find out It the front door that tho, Ire
too scruffy to be &d3itted Dr Ire u~der Ige or are fntoxicated or fo~
whltover rea.on, thol do Det let •• 111 beeome patrons of The Edge on the
light that thel storted out to do Uat. Vh.t Is 'atpOrtint for you to
understand 1S that t~. Ilgbt Is not over It that point. Tbe eight ~ ••
j~st begun. The evening of entertairuQent is very litel, to contfnue. and
ft is gofng to conttnue on Califorlia Awenue. per~ap5 just c~t$fde the
w1ndow mf Dna of our bomeowners~ or perhaps it tb, parking garage under
our condomflfum complex, as I have seen for ~self OD one QCcasiQ~.
So What I SI] to you fs that we must underst.nd what we are being
subjecte~ to on tl11forola Avenue Is not the patrons of lb. Edge Who ar.
~iYfDg I good time iRside the establrshment~ What we Irt being subjected
to Ire the wou1d·be pltrons of lbe Edge or the ex·patrons of The Edge or
'the pre~patrons cf The Edge who are havfng enttrtafnme~t at our expense.
So J ~o"1d as. yoa, ~D be,rs tbe respensibl11t, for that threat to our
nelgbborhood. for that 4isr.ptlon to our neighbornood, for that b1 .. 'sh DO
the propert, ya1ue. of our neighborhood?
Te go on to InctMer po1Dt. I woald raise the qUtstiDn~ ~il ~ need t.
thInk about Is not just m. Edge. but ¥hat do •• Th. Edge represent la
terms cf t~e f.tur. ~.ve1Dpment af (11Iforoi, Avenue? t .. not tl1tiDg
about t~e busines.es that serve the employees t~.t vort around t,llforoi,
Avenue. Wh,t [ .. tilting ,bout are t~e businesses th.\ will operate
after dirt on C,llforol. Avenue. If yoo t~'ol .bout it, Pit. Alto. 10 a
sense, Is il competitioD -nth man! of t~e ether towns 'long t~i$
penio.o1 •• Ind If lOU loot at t~e towns t,.t .. tch up ~ith the rill road
statfor.5~ suc~ 2S San (aTlos, Re~GOd Cit!. ~nnyvile. ~R1D Part or
"Mountail 'i~. what we see, is m~ss transit develops ia this corridor and
as .ited ~$e develops ia t_1s corridor. suc~ as we ~l~e a fine example of
w1t. fale Alto Central~ is that CalifGra~a Avenue is. i~ effect. fl
c""'Petltion w1th Menlo Port. ~it~ "Dunhi. ¥lew, wit~ Redwood City, with
S~nnyYlle and ~urphl Avenue where I bad dinner list 1)9nt, for In
after~dark eCDnomy t~at ~il] develop as the population d~nslt1 i~crease$
1. this pe~fRsull IS Jt shifts toward ~iSS transit. So t~~ question is,
wflat tiru1 cf -developrne!lt should VI expect for Cal iforB1J Avenue? We hav!"
sa.e boaeowners 'I cur condomiaium who would like to think that (aliforeia
Avenue $~o"l~ be rolled back t. be some quiet street where tn. oldewa1ls
are rolled up after dark, so t~it it is an extep.sion of Frofes$orville ,
~"d that ~e can whistle down the Sidewalk and tb,r. will not be .nyone
else fl sig~t. Vell. maybe that wo~Td be litr t, have, but I doo'l thinl
tnere are tn.t •• ny homeowners at 'al. Alto t.nlr.1 who bought
condomfliums becaij~ they tho~gbt they were lfwic9 ia an isol~ted arei ind
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• trl'. that ca.eJ by lbout e~erl 20 .inutes t~at ~3kes I considerable
aoount of rlcket. So It Is not the nofs. and the popul.tlo" de.slty th,t
our ho.eowners were ba~k1n3 on v~!n t~ey fnvested I Quarter of I .il1ion
or.are dollars I •• ,lice to 11 ••• t P.l~ Alto 'enlral. What they vere
banking on was that C,llfarolo Avenue •• , going t. develop i.t. a vibrlnt
plice where people werk and ffnd cDnvenience and entertafnment and
ncurlty.
lbat Is ~at I t~fnt we all bop. Is iQlng to happen It Pila Alto Centrll.
So we ,.k. ~ot Is the role of lb. Edge f! the develople.t cf that vision,
-'Ic\ Is I wf. for the people of Pila Alto Ce.trol, which Is • wil fcr the
peepl. of Pal. Alto, ,nd If yo. think ,bout It, whlo~ I. I wf. for The
Edge, becluse whit The Edge g.ts from Clllfa .. 11 Avenue Is
r.spoetabillty. lbe Edge I. "ot .llble cn Skyllo. Orlv.. It Is Dot
yloble ¥ber. La Cumbrt was 10<aled, beel.se If Y" Ire 0 p.rent of I
17-yelr-old I. Lo. Altos ~lll', ,nd lour kid I, .,king for the teys t. the
c.r Ind wants to go to ,.1If~h Avenue, thlt Is a respeehble area to
go. So What we Ire giving the Edge on C.lifo .. i, Avenue is
r~speet.bllltl_ What we are ,lYing Th. [dge Is I patron that bas aoner I •
• 1, pocket, and Who bis a place to go. But thl. I, a self-defeating
propositia. if lbe Edge, by t~.lr nom .Itu'e and with our help. de .ot
eftforcr the dfscfp1fne CD thea to cor.strafl thefr extarior 5lde effects.
then ~1 their .ery •• ture, they will tlke aw.y What it Is we Ire giving
thea, which I •• bles,lng today. f.a ca. probabl1 t.ll fro. my accent,
coming fr~ T~xlsJ I ~ave experl!~ct with I very f~rtlnt ent~rtl'nment
~istrlct ,. Austla, Texi. Which was coll.d Sixth Streel. I. the late
1980., It .l .. st totolll collipsed bee •••• the plooner. of t~lt citl
f.lle~ to see thlt by 011 •• 10g so Biny bu,lnesses of the same type t.
dev.1Dp f. ord ,lace. It became I very threate~tng ~lice to bej so all Df
the people who <.ald spend aen'J Ind coull afford t. go Ind blye
entertafruoent .fter dark stopped golog there. The ,lace cr.shed. Tlls
could very •• slll hlppen t. (illfo.oll Avenue, If we do not t.ke care t.
think lbout the (Iver5ltl that nust develop there.
So ~ polot t. yo. Is that I doo't think we look to r.ll b.ek '"lifaraia
Avenue to • quiet street. 8ut we do .ct look t. bav. C.lifonoi. A'e,u.
become the competItion for S.n Jose ll.e or te becooe so th.t the •• 1,
.Iable besln.ss that would wa"t t. be t~ere fs I pinb.ll p.rlor or a ,llZI
,lace. What we ~nt YDU ta ~el~ us do i5 to encourage the development of
• diversified .treet. So .ver the next five lelr., wh.t we weald lite t.
see bappea is that that dfvtrs'ffcltfon should occur~ There are t~ree
reeonoendati.n, that I would m.ke to yo. a, • planning group and t. tn •
•• nagement of lb. Edge. Number One Is, we need t. expect lb. Edge to t.~e
a leadersh!p role to the developaient of C.llfonia Avenue and to look It
What theI CI' do to encourige the divers!t, of th.t street, Which is 10
our I.t.r •• t. IS well IS i. theirs. "umber Two, ve need t. hold The Edge
accountable not onlJ for the p.trons but also for the rest .f the bum.,lty
that they Ittrlct to our street Who do not happe. to be patrons at the
ti.~ NUilber Three l you as I ",1ar,nios coanissfoll ind the <:it1 council
need te contin~e the restrfctfons that you ~ave ;~po~ed on this business
to ensure t~at the external reactions to this buslness cpeTitfng do n~t
bave • detrimental effect on our ability t. deyelop this str •• t
successf.ll!. T~.nk ",.
Cha'Tllan aja\fan: ife do. have tflree lette'rs with re9ard tc tonight's
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Pri~ter'l Inc Clft. !. e55ence. Mart's fndlcatfns t~at The edge is I
Y!r" cor.s(fentfous nef;hbcr and feels t~at they e"~ance the Itmosp~ere on
(Ilff.nola A •• nue. Ve received I fAX fr~ Don.ld Dougl •• , part of Dou~l ••
and ~or. ~e.l [statt, ,r,tt, .uch like tb. on. from ir'.ters Inc. I.
Whle. ~e Indlclte. t~.t the .«urltl from Th. Edge h •• be •• be.eflcl.1.
reducing .Ind.lls. I. the Ir •• Ind .ome wording lbout being I good
.elghbor.
Puf 5u"db.lm. 57 j.ll. Lin •• ,.1. Alto: I do not pIon t •• peak .t length
toolght. Ve have s.boltted the documentation ••• d It h •• bee, helpf.l t.
he.r the peopl,'s pr •••• t.tlons tonight. T~. fru.tratlng thIng. froa ~1
perspectIve. Is thot with the exception of P,.l lller. nobody has come t.
_. t •• xrress their coneero.. v. ~.vo shoon over the past th.t When
f~1Yf6ua'5 bave tome te IS, we bave tried to raspond to those ccncer~5.
Whether of " general •• tur. or of a specific nat,re. rnlt is one .f the
frwstrltfng t~fngs, when you come to a hearing. and you try t& address
peoplt's concerPS. Pial bad I conc~rB, and we dfd ~ot even t~GW that they
had underground parking, ar that poopl. frca The Edgo were parklog under
t~ere. So ~ea peopl. tome t. talt to us lboyt theIr ~pec1flc cone~~s~
~ def11,tel, try to address them. We ~ave I reccrd. as Terry and some Df
t~e pea;l! berf tcnfg~t bay! indicated, of being able to r~et these
conc.n;.~Ve are oot going t. be abl. to .... t .11 of the~. Tile la.t time
we wore before YOD, I t~l"t we 90n.r.,11 "gT.od upon t~e objective
crftcria that ~ would try to gse as to whether Dr ~ot we ~eTe doing I
better or ~or.e job. l~at wo,ld be the police reports and the amount of
octiYlt1 that geotrated callst. the police or that was thr •• tening,
... fng peopl. feel uncoofortlbl.. I t~in' thlt was" very f.lr stlnd,rd.
and hased upo~ t~at standard. ~1 best und~rstlndihg about t~e Dumbers was
that we blve l~r.v~ t~.t sltu.lioo by .ppro.I~.t.', 40 percent. It t ••
not gonf away. but I th1~t t~it 1S I significant reductfon \1 tht amount
of c.lI. for servlco. .
~ow that I blve more af an iRterest fa this, evea t~Qugh I ysual1J 90 to
bed filrl, earll. there are ,loot1 of lights th.t The Edge has bee. open
th.t I hove tried t. go I. the il·IZ .'c~oct framewOri t. s •• what is
90fog ODc Fro. ~ personal Yi~. there ire still some issues. but it is
auc' better t~an it was befare. I am Dot der.yfng Inyone's personil
experience. 1 am not saying they Ire not experiencfDg whit they have
•• fd. but locking .t It fa Its tot"ily, I t~l.k we .re mating progress.
I woald like to us. t~e o •• 'oc-1 with Toe Edge t~at It Is like gardening.
Cur work ~;ll Dever be do~e, because is soon is we let down fer one
coment, the weeds are going to'~ fl. and~ will lose the girdeR. That
can tlappen very quickl,. We have very friglle flowers fa our gardeD. We
are very ~UC. iwar~ of it. and t~at is Why eYeTyofi~ said tonlg~t. evea the
people Who disagreed ~t~ QS, that we are responsive. That is because we
flue te be. 'We line DO Cl'lO;CI. We are d~aling YiU a part af SOC1et,
t~.t • lot of people wish woald not exist. That is, young peopl.. As
FarEnts. sometfses. we have problems. J hive two tfds. one ten. one
seven, and J am DOt looting forwird to the time that they ire 19. 20, Zl.
becaase I remember bow ) was it that age. So there aTe things we ~ave to
ef •• l with.
I WOQld like to address Fautrs issue ~f the wll~e ef the prDpert,. If we
ire 90'~9 to use ~ls objective criteril, if ~e ar~ lOGk'ng it the people
that were looting to buy I condo~i.iu~ two years ago an~ ~at the prDblems
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were It that tfme. and then see th.t there is I 4C per,ent red~tiDn ,~
the callI fDr serv1~fl J ~uld Sil tho~e people Ire better off becluse of
t~. conditIo. of Tb~ Edge tod.y .er.u. ~hat It WI. ~e. they booght loto
tM ' .... b... It 15 .n Ol19olog obUg.tlo. that Is built. I.to the use
r..trletl.n •• Ve Ir ... re than w1lllog t~ II •• withlo those 12
condltlDns, and t. r •• pond to .~ other Input we Cln blve. V. ~'v. heard
the coopl.l.ts and t~. coneeros. and bopefolly tho, will 90 ."1 •• xt
yeor, now that we ba •• the parking g.T.gO. We will bo .nlllng te t,lt
.bout other Idea •• other thlogs we .Ighl do to help the proble •.
I hive SOle other Iteas bere .. ~It we d. f.r Jobs. ~at we do ror ta.es.
What we do for the young peopl., but we blve tilted .bout those before.
V. bv. sb .... y •• the improvements. and we have the obllg.tlo. to continue
to try Ind Deet the Deed. cf the nefghbors. and r thlnt we bave s~own t~.t
willingness to do so I. the pI.t. V. deflolte'y will •• k. the coomit~nt
to ,ou toolgbt for IS long IS we Ire It Ih.t .,tabllsb .. nl t~ tr, and be
sensltl.e to Ihe breod rang. of •• eds Df the people 'lit •• live ;0 Iht
area ..
COIIt'$ioner &teeb'.: When t~e secur'tl g~ITd finds s~meone ~o ;s p4rked
,. I zona t~~t ~. sho~ld rrct be i.~ ~i\ Is the exper1ence ~ith t~o$e
typos of people?
Xc Bosict!: ffrst of .11, I woul. lIte t. Iddre,s three resident III
areas I. The £d9" .1~1.lt,. lbere Is trofflc •• t 0.1, frOG The Edge
pltrens but II •• frca ether busfne ••• s that ire open 24 hours '" Ih.
e.llf ... I. A.e""e ~fcl.ltl. Ther. Ire other drinklDg establfshments •• uc~
&s Anton{o·s Nut House and JO$e's Ifghtclub~ We have I securitl guard all
lIght long right I. the center, gUlrd!ng tb ••• tranee t. the condoml.lua
project.. Toe, are stltl.ned rlgbt Dext t. tho 110nt.tlo.. 'our question
~'. ~.t do ~ do wit. peopl. ~ •• the, try t. park there? When th"
loot liie th.y .fght be fdge patrons (Whate.er that Deans}, VI sa1. Excus •
.. , s,r cr .. d •• , Ire you 90fn9 t. Tbe E~g. tonight? If they •• , ye.,
tMY iro. we tell thell we have in .gre .... nt with t~. reslder.ts t~a~ we do
not let cur patrons park risht h.re. Ther. fs • parking '.t be~lnd lb.
Edge, and ~ direct them t. park there. If th., r.f.s. t •.. v. their car.
ve t.11 thea we will not .110w them il t~. buildl09. T~.t worts
99 pereen! .r the timo. Once Ie awhil., our patrons c~.11."9 •• s, and ~
just do not let them foto to. e.!.bllshoent. Sine. we ha.e been e,forclng
that. ~t ~IS ~rt~ 100 p~r'~nt ef the t~me. Jf the1 choose not to =ov~
their c.r, wo Just do Dot let them loto the .stablishment. s. that Is
reill, •• t ID Issue.
There WiS an fs.ue th.t faul llf.r brought up .t the first meet in; that
soao of tho supposed Edge·p.trons park \. the brand now underground
garige. wbfc~ ~ had no knowlEdge of its e~istence. si~e it ~s just
const~ted~ So siDce our meetiDg a fe~~eks ago. ~ are keeping an eye
on that and are ~atiD9 sure that our patrons do not tr1 tl 90 i. therer
r~ere i. Inother Ir.a rigbt Icr.'s the stre.t froo tho project behind
llin1tD's~ Recentl,. theN! "as I complafDt thit there were problems Ulere.
and we dfd not .llow our patrons t. ~.rk there at all. (So.~ comment •
• "cle.r due t. a bad portiO' .of the tape)
lQ!!ls$ioner 8ee~~a~: When ire your security guards ~~r.nallJ .t those
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!C, Bo.letl: MI." ~ ':30 , .•. t. <1."., tIme.
~QI!1$sfqner lee,him: So t~tre art there for t~e whoi! period of lime?
!C. Bpslck!: for the whole perIod .xcept If they ne.d to take a br •• l .
The crucial IIours are when pe.~l. arrIVe a04 wIIea they depart. Th.y "lght
lelv. t~efr post for a cup of coffee, but other than t~ltt they are there
tho Whol. tl... J bel, .. v. tho problem .nth tbe lr •• beblnd ~!"kc's has
bee. fl.~. T~.rl .re two ether lr •••• one ;s the '"rk Apartments b.~lnd
~)11. St.n.·.. Sintt cur las\ t.arln~, vo bave ~.d • gUlrd t~er. and the
resIdents are dtllg~ted. ~e ~.v. ~.d • se<urity guard II froot of the
P"je<t.
~'.ther loeo\lo. Is CambrIdge lnd Blre' ocross t~ •• tre.t frem CambrIdge
Rlrdwi~. ~e ~.vo a sf<urlty 9""ra there .11 .Ight l.ng while .0 .re
op... Nobody parks .nJWOre on C.mbrldge I. the resldenll,l are., and all
of the n.lgh~rs lovo bivlng .s t~.re. T'~r. Is o. nols. and no debrfs
1.ft because nobody parls there. The .ew F.rkln~ structure provides about
70 t. 80 perc.nt of our parking requfromE.ts, plu, the small parking lots
Dearby, wblc~ pr.tt, muck f.lflll our parkfog r'Qulr ... nts. So the colI
possible problem ar •• I. the proj.ct .t C'llforola and Park. VI .re
wortlng wit' Pa"l .nd t~e .ssoci.tlo. to try ,.d solve probl.-s and to
increl~e D~T s~~tit) prese~te t~ere. ~~ ~l~e .1so is\~ P&ul if we ~an
be present It I: board I!eeUng sa 'WI! CVI be lIIad'e: i ...... Te (If some of the
tilings w uy not be .... ,"' of. We i.T'e tT',1-ng ou.r be~t.. There. eal be some
e.tr. preblems f. the neigh~rhood clused by The Edg., but DO the Dther
land. we ar. to.plog ow., otner problems that occurred prevlou.l1. As Kr.
Shuc~.t .. ntloned, p •• ple trIed to break lot. lis .tore, but .ls. 0.
sever.l occas!ons. people tried to bre.t ;,t. Mollie Stone'. sever,l
tIEOS. Two weets ago, we caught people under the .V<'PiSS right by t~e
'la.t.tloo vho were f. thol. 40', and SO's, not te.nagers. I called t~e
poll~e ~s.lf ••• yes. there ligbt be • fev tl .. s that The Edge cre.te.
some .'Dor probleos. but it is not .11 The Edgo. Vo c.noot .olvo
society?s probleas. but J t~ink ~ ire a 2re,\ IS set ta the nejghborbood~
~. ore .nllfr.g t. work y;t~ the •• ig~borhood.
tgmm'ssfpner Cassl1: J want to know ~at t~e hourI ~f your business are_
Whit tl.d of auslt yo. lre pl.ying, vhe. yo. stop s ... lng f~. Whe. you
stop ser~1ft9 alcohol l and on ~it days Ire you operltfDg?
er. RDslck1: ~st lights we ope~ at 9 p .•. , exce~t ~~eh we ~ive
concerts. On concert lights, we ope. It 8 ,.1. Aleobol stop. being
.erved at 1:30 •.•• DO the adult Ilgbt.. It .tlrts beiog s.rved ~.n the
door. open. .
Cha'rP@n Qjakil~: Those are SOIDe Df the condlttons _e set ~eQ this
.attar (&me before RS the Jist time.
CprnmfS$fgner {ISS!}: J ~s ~ot sure When you started serving a'co~ol.
lou tilt about buying tickets .t the door .t 8 .'clock. That me.ns people
ore beginning to g.ther 1.ng before' .·(lock. ~e open the oDors .t
9 p.m. for • d.r~ •• Ig~t. For live eon<erts, YO ope. ot 8, .•.
CpnmiS$lDner Cas5el: ~en do you start selling tickets? To~r ad Si}S
they ~a •• to buy the tickets there. and they <an get lic,et, it 8 p .•.
People are startiog tQ gather long before line to g~t t!~kets.
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Mr. Joslell: MOst of our tlelets Ire .~ld through BI •• Tlctet ••• ~
dYrfeg bu,fn ••• ~our. at the office.
tqw1ssJpDer ense': I1-tiv, an add: 'hi f!"'Qnt of I'~ t"-i.t SIYS: )'QU hlVt to
b.1f ticket. on the premls •• for on" Df the eve.t.. ·Th.rsda7, December
I.t, The Edge. Tfctets .,allable at The Edge .t B p ••••
Mr ROi'etJ: ~. dId. benefit for some.n. who pls.od a.a1. It Wi. ID
Aids Awaren ••• preject. All of the DOn"y for that wa. donated to the
boneflt, s. we did DOt •• 11 tIcket. I. a4v.nce for th.t partle.lar
concert.
(pIIls,I".,r Ca ••• l: So that I. In exception, and 109 do Dot do that .ery
oft •••
Mr. RQ$'e!': Tes. ~ram. that is l~ exception.
CQII!J$(gner e.,se]: Sc IDa do not ~ivt lfnes out 11 front of the
bus inESS long i_I adviilnce.
!te Bpsick!: When ~ Ire dol~ iI shew. we do tave lines $omet1~s. but we
try to .aYE tfletl along as qe~d.l.1 as possible .. with ttle hl!'~ 1:If sec~rit1
g •• rds t. eat. s,re ."r patrons d. not obstruct the .Idewalt. Poring the
,arting cO~5truction, we ~.d I few eYents Where there was a line Q~ the
sldew.,l beea ••• we were not .b1. t •••• t~e bact all.,. Some of lhe
~~1e spob Gf the probl. with Hne. oul.,de. n.at "as <lur109 the
parking s.r.ge construct loft. We bad a lin. right ••• t to the building and
he.t te the ~.rtlng. Wh •• we blv. liD.s. we try to got theM f. as quicki1
as possible.
Our cl.slng tlee Is !:30 •.•. At that tl~, we d. not let .nybody COle
fl. and we I.t t~ •• stort to filter out. 8y 3 o'~locl. the Flaet fs s~ut
far business •• ccordlng to the condItional •• e permit.
C9'MT$$ipner CIsse}: So lOU do not tend to be open duri~g t~e di} it
all? Yo. do no.t s ...... alcohol .... food during Ue d'11
Mr-RpsIcki: ND, .a~a •• We start s~rvlng It 8 ~r 9 '0.. However~ there
fs one t~ing_ Ve Ire cpe~ on teea .'gnts for special events, Ig!S 14 to
18, Whe. Ib,.l.t.l, no .lco~ol is .erved. Tho,e hours .re 8:30 p .•• t.
I •.•• At I •.•.• the building fs .acated.
(Qmlts$loner Cassel: How cften do you ~ive those ewents~
Mr. Boslck!: lbey .re ", •• 11, Q' Sundays duriog the .chool leir When
there Is • bol1~., on ftond.,. During the .ummer, every Sunday and
cecisionalll. we bav. done a few on Vednesd,y. but t~at 0.1, t.a. ha~pened
• few \1"", ••
lQmmlss~or.'r tlsse'~ J ~as trying to get some understanding. When looKing
.t the statistIcs. whe. the phone c.l1. to the pol;ce department occ"r.
Thel come on Saturday. and Sunday, at one and ho h the ..,rolog: Al.o on
Tuesdays and Wednes~ays. Inere ,re sGme Dther odd ones t~at come is when
you Ire closed , so I was tryiDg tD figure Dut 'rIhy y~1J lligl1t 'hawe one on iI
Sunda, eveAlng, .nd that ."laiAs that.
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ric . $yndhef'~ There are Hates h ttl'! ~ut ~'!!R there ".ave beeR: fVeQts It
) o~cloc\ fl the afternoon t~it ~aTS ~ivt been brokeR iftto ;. thE par\1r.g
lot. It has bee. Ittrlbuted to .s, but obvlouslT. we do not bave .nyt~lng
to do wit' thlt.
!pam'SSfOD'T CI,.,l: I ~$ not cou"t'ng those fa the' n~mbers.
Mr. Sgndbe1m: AI •• , there Ire line control .~asures t~,t we ausl coopTy
w't~. and I feel we hiye done that to the be.t of my knowledge, t~e line
.. n.9_~t rect"iremenls that have be •• placed upon ~s by the cit!.
Cpml1$s1Qner "e;hal: I bive • questioD for Jylf! Dumas. Can 1~~ show vs
on the .. p ~.r. the parking sp,ces are that ,.0 were tilling about?
(Ns. au .. s pol.ts t~is out.)
tQmmflsjoner sjccbam; So the park'~g 's Dn the street~ and yOG are facing
Mollie Ston.'s on C.liforll, Avenue.
es, Dumas: I lfv! on the ~orneT of (alifera'. Avenue and Pari Bo~levard.
Chafrao' Ofaklo.: Seeing on other sp.aters. I will (10.e the public
portion of tbe honing .nd brl"9 It back to the c""",lssl.n. Ar. there .~,
other questions by <com!ssloners?
'ommf •• '9o.r Sc'I,\: I was ~nderl"g if It .f9~t b. bel,f.l t. ImpDS'
some sort .f parting restriction ,long Fart 8ouleYord and CallfD"!'
Avenue adjacent to Pol. Alto Ce.lral froo II o'clock until 1.0 I. t~e
ooraln9, approxleat.l,. I would Ilk. t. osk st,ff if t~.t waul. be
helpf.l. They do t~.t to Sa. francisco for street sweepl'9. It _ight be
bol,to} t. The Edge set.rlty g.arels.
Commissigner Cassel: J was going t. 1St that s&me questfon cf the police
.fflcers bere. Kathy and Rart. 'S It possIble t. do somethIng 1\\. lhat?
~oull that be something that wo.ld loplnge on tho'e neigbbors i. tenas of
tbelr use of the sIreet? If not, ~u,~ lh.t be ~"pf.l? Th •• yo. <ould
actu.lly tietet someone ~o Is p.rklng t~.r., an1 yo. would al •• be obI.
to co"tr.l poopl. wilD are not [c!-.e patrons. The E69> .ocurlt, obviou.l,
Cinnot arrest them~
Mr-yenable: It defroitel, WOUld. Right now. ~o parking ;s just,
reto=mendatiQn~ a~ ~ h~~e that people wilt CQOperlte. ~. RQ~ick\ is
takiog IR addftional stEP fl refwsi"9 tnem entry. which see;$ to be
pers ... he, but ye., it would .llow the police department to tDto1l,
pre.ent pe.ple fnos parting t~er.. Ms. Lytle will prebaeT, have to anSW.r
the ~uestfon as to ~ether that is conducive with the Dyer.ll ,1a. for the
irea.
"$ .• vtle: Vhat are the boors agafl th~t yo~ lfe s~9gesting?
COMmissioner Scblnt: J was suggestiDg 11 t Pclock O~ "i~n19ht to Z a .•.•
jost adjacent to the developmeot.
M$. lytlt: The first poi.t that the .ttorney h,s mentioned is t"t you
would not ma~. t~is • condition of the perail. II vould be somethl'9 you
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~14 pass Oft te the ~o~"c'l IS I recommend~~fon for cit1 actfon. T~~t 1s
• clt,-controlled I.suo_ I woul~ bo reluct.nt t. spolk for t~.
trlnsportltfo9 4fv1sfoA OD t~lt 1$$ue. but I t)fnk thlt the ~Durs you are
.p.etlng ef Ire cort.I,l, a II .. of less conco .. t. them i. t.nos of
• 10,Ing •• -.treet parting. whlc. I, gonorall, the Issue, ospecl.llJ II ,
.. r1 ,'tal retlll IT". The 10 .. of 1' .. \109 spae .. Is 0 problo .. ; but ot
t~at hour .f tho fyoolng, It .. , bo leo._ fb.t f. a poss;blllt,. but I
yo.l~ Wln\ t. ru, It by the trl.'portilion 41.1.1.0 beforo •• klng It I
'tiff rec~nd.tlo ••
CQllj$$fgner C'$$tl: Wancy. the other Flace WQijid be Ilong Plrt Boujevard
i. front of tho Ipartoonts beblnd ~llie Stan.. I don't \now thlt th,t
would loplct those h .... there If t~.re was. p.rtlng restriction. These
are the two lre.s that Ire ,everel, Impacted.
fts. Lytl.: It Is part of the process I •• a\lng I change i. the parkl'g
,'1.lt' .. t~ contoet t~e people ~o ~o.1d ba,e b ••• guest p.r\j~ i. th.t
space athecw1s •• n t~e street before YOg would put fn I restr;ctlon. It
is wor\~ (.ns~d.TI.9.
Comalssl.n,. scbinl: If The Edge peo~le Ind t~e P.l. Alto C~ntr.l people
thDugbt It .. s a go~ Id •• , t~ey could writ. I lett.r t. the
transport,tlon dep.rtaent, requesting something t. that .ffect_
Ns. lvtl e: . lb,t 1$ corre< t •
(hairaiD Qjakfan: I would like to say that I i~ not ~ure t~at that is the
best .f Sdeas_ I can r.=eeber i. mj •• 1ghborbcnd ~e •• p.r\1nglssue
c ... up, Ir.c! it wa. 'U9gest~ t~.t s~ of tho off-street partlo9 be
restricted. ycu ha~e =e~tr seeft people g~t so up ~~ lMaS.
(g!lj$$jPftcr (assel: But you hive several parting lots t. t~fs area that
you do mot haye ia a resfde~tfll Irel where )OU live. where guest parting
i. very dependent upon being out froot.
Cbiftpan O;.t1in: I do not want tG get iato I debite C~ this. IS I do not
taf.t It is rel •• ant t. what we Ire bere t.nlg~t for. What we are bere
for tonight. to reolnd as Ind for t~e pu~lic, thIs Is net the first t'm.,
for SOle of tbe people bert tonight for the first time, tb.l YO hive
entertaIned tkls ~.rt;c.l.r CSt peralt. I. f.ct, thIs Is about the third
tl .. it ha. bee. before .s. the re.5.' It I. before .s tonIght is t~it
-Whea It fllti.'l, coat befe.e us .t the request of stiff. beth because of
~ei9hbor ~ompll'.ts &n4 because of pol,~e de9lrt.ent CQ~cerns, we put \&
the restrictions that art currentl! 10 t~ls peno!t, ~!ck at th,t time WiS
one of the fIrst II ... th,t Pil. Alto and this partlcola, ploool'q
commlsslo. put f. the .se peMiit and nodifled it I. the Wi! that it was
modifIed. W. did thot by putting f. several restrictIons tkat fncl"d~ a
rt4"irement for the set"rlt1 gu,rd, nodlfyl.g the heurs of the .ig~tcl"b
(It WlS closlDq It I,tor hours .nd poople vere all le.ving .t once), and
we Ride certlf. r!q~ireaents on seeing that the areas surro~nding t~~'~lub
woold be kept .l •• n, etc. I will not go over a11 of t~.m now, but one of
t~e things we als. put I. there Wi. the requirement th.t this penoit be
reviewed agall It the end ~f seveR mont~s. ~ich it was, and t~ •• be
rev~ewed Igiia ~t the end cf t~o yeiTs. Tna\ is ~ert ~e ~re ton)~bt~
That Is why the tioing ~.s c,used us to be looking It this at t'i, polot
i. time, t. ans~.r , quesllo. by I member of t~. public toolght. So that
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dlte wal set quite awhile Jgo~
~.t we bov. '" front or •• tDarsht ,. doIng t~.t ,"vlev. ond a.klng
our •• 1ve. If .v.ryt~lng went as we expected It t. go. gl ••• the
.adlfl,.tlons ve put II. If we 19'00 with that. we will pass It on t.
eouncll with thl reG ..... ndltlo. fo, them to 1150 leoi at It. Con-eet lie
If I .. wro"9. but If we chose to, we could loot at th~ peno!! and make
.ny f.rther DOdiflc_tlons that we f.lt t. be Dece,sory.
as. C'ubl., Te •• Kr. C~llr. IS you are po!atlDg out. thE purpose of this
b.arlng Is not to Iv.l •• t. whether or not the .s. I. appropriate at t~.
loc.tl~, but to ev.l •• te ~ether the pultlpl. ccnditio •• that thl.
co.ol.sloa .r~ the council Imposed ore wor~fng to accomplish what you .re
trying to accomplls~. It Is wlt'l. your purvlev. If you feel there should
bt lDae c~ange il t~ose <Dnditfg~5~ tD Eate those recommendations to the
cou~tl.
Ch,ft'@~ Qfak~,n! I a. not suggestfng thit we ~ece5saril, do or ~ot 60
t~.t. but thAt Is II front of .s to decide ton19~t. Are there .nl other
qu~.tl.n. fo, stiff?
[otmi"loner C •••• l, I Vinted to know fron both Kat~y and Mark If they
baye any Dther ~oaoents about ~,t kind of wlstts they .re making t. the
51t •• and if t~ere are anJ other IssesS8ents a, to ~ether it is due te
the parking arrangement. 1 know it Is very early i. the process. 1 Wi'
trying te go through these. one by one today. and I notice the number of
loclde.ts thlt happeR bet.ee. "id.lght and Three II the moralog. and that
you Ire there. for ane reason or another. some of Whic. 4re veTY
iDCide~tal. a~d some ~1e\ appear to be very severe. '~ut 25 percent of
the tl ... on Tuesdays and Wednesda1" .nd 00 Saturday and Sond., .igbts.
no you ~ave any comments on that?
rr· Vt~.hl,: An eQuil 1~~e1 of noise It 8 D'~loc\ is ~elr4 muc. fart~er
away It one or two to the DDraing. especllll, •• people begl. to 90 t •
• leep, .0 I t'tnt the coopT.iots II regari to clrs starting and t.lklng.
tbose types Df thing. that loa .ee f. the prlotout. now Slel t. be the
.. st c .... n types of c011s. fr~ the •• er011 tot.lit, of our c.l1s for
.ervlce. e;petloH, fo c~.rfsoD 10 1992. t~el ore clown sobstanthlly.
As I go and speak to oor .ffic.rs who ~rt i. t~e field who are re.ll, oor
bar ... t.r .s to the type of acti'lt, t~.t is going on •• c~ .lg~t t~at f.
Icti,itl •• 11 of tho. t.l' De t~ot tblngs ha •• ~"i.ted down subst.nti.,1,
. for the number of times theJ ~av. t. devote resource. specificall, to go
out t. the area of T~. Edge just t. be there on a pro.ctlve level. whlc'
~J somet'fng t~at was extreme11 Com.QO ;1 past lears. We would briD9 i.
two or three offi,er. on ",e.tlme strictI, to work the goner.' or... Thot
ha. di.fllshed considerab1,.
CommlSsjoner ('$$e1: Do Joa bring ia one Dfffcer just to ~ort the ~rea on
tho ••• ig!ltsl
Mr. !enabl.: '.s. we send out in officer t. the geograFblcal be't on bot.
the swing .hlft and our midnight s~ift, .nd there is an orfic.r that ;.
lssigned to that gener.' areo, the C,llforlla A,enue bUSiness district.
So there i. an cfficer who " ther •• and when they ar. not replJiog te •
"II, they ar. proactive" patrolling the .r.a.
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Comm'$51orer C.",l: so that II & stl"dlr4 belt th,t ,au woa1d ba~f.
Mr. "Goble: Corre<:t.
Cpmm'!$lgp,r Ictcbll: Are there .ore Dr les5 trlff1c Yio11\'O~S i. thit
areal
Mr. 'enable: I can say this. t~.t I. looling at t~. prl"tout. t~at ,~
~a •• I~ 10~r packet froe J •• u.rl lhrough Oeceober. lhere are loss than fl
t~. 1o.r 1992 thlt YO looted at before OD complaint. about traffic
,I.latlon.. I do Dot ~a •• the flg"r •• I. front .f .. as to how .. "'
traffic ,Iolltlon. were Issued \. the g.neral arel. I do not ba •• t~lt
IsfoMOatlo. with mt. hut It Is avallable.lf ,.0 would lit. It.
(_intoner Relcl!p: ~st .ore or less II tens of Dther areas. sue" IS
U. dowIltDWII area?
Mr. Jenoble: Compared to t~. downtown ar ••• It Is 90'09 to be less.
c.,.,..."ed t. [l C ... lDo. ospechHl II the .... ings when a substantial
nu.ber of tt.fffc wielatfofis oc,u~. it Is less o~ (,liforli. Avenue.
Commisslon.r Beecb,,: Also SQr.eone fndfclt~ t~at there less breat·f~s f.
t~lt arel~ c~ared to I comparable lrea?
He: Yenab1,: AgI~I~ I do not have exact comparIsons t. be Ible to sa1
Whether it is .ore Of less. but my sense Is frca cQ~~ersit1on5 ~t'
.• fffcers that the, spend less time fo the C.lifoTRI. Ave"ue area I. the
eYeArbS bOUTS tham II other !reas.
Cha'rman Oia11an: I want t. \now if •• ~id 80TR p)rking issues ccae up
before tbep.rklng garage vas constructed than "~ sfnce the 9.rogo has
b... COfilil 1.ted?
1!I:...,h.:JDlI: I clo know t"at pari:.lng Iss.es "" ... pr.b.bl, ••• of Ue
,.ramOunt probl~. that we hiodurlng the heyde, of The Edge. It was
especfll1, because .f parting 10 adjacent reside.tlal .r.... As. result
of the parkl'9 ,I •• and the security guard ,lan, it has b.e.
0 •• """.,.1119" lIuch •• ",,11 tess. Th. probl .... we ..... hvl"'l ."'" to cal 10
for service Is ~. con~ectfQa wit' the construction of the garage. How
t~.t the garoge is up and fu .. tlo.lo9. t~e securlt, personnel are p"s~lng
pp.ople i. that directIon_ ~e will ha.e t. gf •• it • fe~ DOre DOnths to
see if there Is • sfgnlficant Impact •• the call' for s.rvice.
Ch,; .... Ol.klan: (t.pe Is •• ry bad) Ve ha •• beard froo se.eral people
~o have conceras for their sifety. ~;t would yoa say tD t~ese people if
the, were to tilt t. you directly?
Mr. Ienable: As ~ hay. encouraged throughout DOst of the public ~.arlog,
Ind yjth people who call .s. we re.ll, do vant people t. Slye .s • c.ll
~en the1 see these types af i'tiwitfes occurrfngt 5uck as no1s1 Clrs or
raci"g Cir$ Dr ", .. log stop signs. any kind of l11eg.l "thlly. nat
9'ves IS I barometer as tD ~at is gofng on 11 the arel~ People ~o live
t~er. and do bu,lness tnere tno~ more abOut what Is going On more .fte.
t~an ~ do~ Thea.e can put the approprlite resources over there. That
is .Y first recommendatfcD.
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oa the ether lide of t~lt. ~.m you loot It the ,al1s f~~ service for that.
type of Ilghtclub th.t ~rOW$ t~,t I.rg. I "umber of r.o~l., 11 is Il~ost
impossible to say that we Cin contrQl all Gf t~e dfsturba~Cls lnd .11 of
the nofse. At some pe'at, there Is some level. J 9ueSS on! co~'d SlY
there fs aA acceptable l~vel Dr • comparable level to ct~er It9ntcl~bs i~
the P.lo Alt •• r •• thot Is going t. occur. Wit' the types .f tRlngs we
.;ve done and ~th the respo~sfyeness cf the owner. _~ feel t~it we are
c .. rng ~~ closer to thot.
'p";$s'oner "tc~iI: A nu8ber of incrde~ts Aive no cttl lint Issocflted
witl t~e Indryldu.ls. Are ... t of the Irre.t •• a~e of people who are Dot
residents of F,lo Alto!
Mr. 'enJbl,: AJ you mil recall fros the former ~earlng, overwhe1mtDg1J
the peopJe who were berog Irre.te~were Dot froo P,l. Alt •. likewise, as
we loot It the ~ll1s for 5errfee J it fl not Dverwhel.ing. b~t nore t~a"
SO p.r~ •• t ,re fro. G.ts!d •• f "I. Alt •.
Chairman ~jiljaQ! Js there 1"' d1scYssian en t.fs_1t~1
Commf$!fpner 8eec~a~: I think The Edge ~IS ~ade I~ Dutst~ndfng eff~rt to
lopro.e the slt.atfoft there. Raving the security .t.ff the .. bos ~u;ht
• 9 .. ,t i~ro.eoent to the are •• R •• log I ,I,ee lit. t.is ,. "I. Alto
far people to go te ~--There are still some issues to be resolved.
Ilthough .. nageoent hiS bee. responsive from eY.ryt~!.g I ~.,. heard.
'orting It the locat!on af C,llforol. Avenue and Park 8oul.Y,rd, I would
be hapP1 to PISS the responsibility to '.1. Alto Central. if the
homeowners deslre to h~ye no parking It t~at 10(alfoD during lhe eveaing
hour.. I fe.l the citl would probabl1 vlew It favorab11. You do want
that p.rking for your .lsltors, so th.t Is somet.'09 to consider,
I woD11 11so comment that t~ere .ere testfmo~ii's froa several of t~e ,
businesses 11 the Irel J fnclgd1~ Prfaters I~. ,
~: Coomrssioner Beech .. : I will b. happy t. support thIs It .. and
t. recommend its going 00 t. the cltl councIl, to cootinue the conditIons
we have II place and t. walt for additional i"~ut fno. '01. Alto C,ntral
fo. the partl'g i. that ar,".
~: B1 CommIssioner Sc~lnk.
Chi'rman Qitk(&~: Ve have a ~liQn ~fort us tc appro~e t~e stiff
recommendation and 9iSS the gse persit as pr.vio~sl, conditioned. Is
there I., further dlsc.ssion on this motion?
COPOls'!OPor $chink: My onll Co<DO.t would be t •• dd o. the hope t~.t
people It Th. [dge would work with the peopl. at Pal. Alto Centr.l to
f.~llltat. the Whole Ide. of f.cilltatiog the pariiog restrictions.
Comm i$$;gner Btetba.: Is t~is ~'1 be t~e last tfme we will ~aye I
hearing on this issue? J do not bave any re,ommenditlo~SJ but] want to
.ate sure that 'We: confin tllat ve are 9],\n; council direction that it
will come back to us.
Commissioner (isse'; Tnat is somet~lDg 1 ~s gOlog to ask about. This
.ight go to the zoning ad.histrator io a J.ar for IlOr,itortng. That wool.
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bt one idel. Com!ng bl~t tD IS and tD t~e counctl fs • ye~y expensive
procedure. It cDuld come bact to us if there 'S I~ appeal.
I .ave two concerns. ene fl .... th!ng th,t I don't thlok ro. Edge can
eontrel. Tbat II, the peop1. Who co.o but canoot enter Tbe Edge beeau ••
tho, lro Dot approprlat. t. Tbo Edge, and the block of buslness.s II the
.rea thot .ro ea.sfog prDbl .... ft.r .ld"lght. These a.e are •• th.t
e.~not be contr.lled b, The Edge, "' they have no power t. control that.
Ch.I .... Of.lfa.: Are you s09ge.ll09 an &mendRoot t. the .. tIOD?
C0II1 •• loo •• Cls •• l: Ye., r would like that. I .uggest that we bavI the
zonlog .~I.I.trlt •• revIew t.l, fl one yo.r. lnd be brought t. the
pl.""!r~ cOO8I.ol •• If the .. Is an .ppeal.
to!!~,s'pner Itt¢ham: Oces stiff ~Ive Inl recommendation OD t~tt
.ugg .. tf~"?
8<. lytle: Certal,l, It would be I los ••• pensl.e process to tate It t. I
zonlog adol.fst.ator he.rlog than to come before coalls,!on and council.
~e hl •• the obI 1 It 1 t. call up the ••• penolt It onl poi,t If there •• e .
<..,l.'ots or • trend I. the ather directIon.
Cha'TliD 01Itfi~: Sa even if there were no prov\sfon for IS to review
this Igafl. If the leve1 of campla,.t. were ,.ffleleot enough, tho zoning
.~!.Istr.t.r would ope. I h •• ring. 00 we want to fnclude that II the
motion, or dO we Just want t. se. bow it .11 transpires? If the Deed
arises. we CQul~ have a belr'ng~
~s_ lytle: Tbat Is correct.
I ~u1d prefer to ~ave I bearing ia September.
noticed.
es. {ytlt: fblt f. not I significant ~urden If lOU desfre t. do that.
ComMlsslon,r Bet<b .. , T~ •• I vill <mend the .. tion to inel.de that .s a
condItion, t~at there be I zoning adml.r,tr.t.r be.rlng t. be beld r.
appro.I •• t.l, September, 1996.
CQ§lrsslener $chinA: That f, ,c~ept.ble t. the seconde •.
(bo'""n 01alth.: I •• ~l .. sed to see that the .e,,'ritl progr .. that we
conditioned h.s bee. Implemented t. the degr.e that it was •• nd thit It Is
wortlog veIl. It was loterestlng als. t. note that Tho Edge h., .'ways
provided , ... free .f chlrge benefit to the communitl ra. youth.
It h •• bee. ilterestieg to note that I •• arller revie.s of this Item, we
hd SOM of t~e c ..... rtlll buslne .. co","",nltl present 10 opposition to Ihe
Edge. One of t~e DOre ~ocll spokesmen was Mr~ Sh~hit, so it was
l.tore,tln9 t. see tODls~t that. gi.en some of the conditions we bave put
ii, be biS <DOe around 180 degrees. I .. a little sorry t. be.r that SOfie
of t~e people i. the residenti.l are. ha •• some eonceros. Mr. Sundheim
bas Slid tbat if people do ha.e coneer." there is • way and me.n, of
addressing them. (closing co .. ents by Chairman ~ja'i.n very inaudible)
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MOT!ON eesSts: Cb"rwAG 9fatt.D: Is there an~ f~rther d\~cus5~an O~ l'ts
.at Janl There i$ • MOt~Dn before V$ IS bas'cil1, stated il the staff
report, that .taff ret .... nds that the ,1.~'ln9 coom\ss\on ••• fflno the
e.lstlng condition •• f ~s. Penolt 13-UP-36 aod recommend thal the clly
council 8Olata'. the currenl conditions of the .so po .. lt as approved,
vith the .edlflcatlo. t~at there be an Idditlona' belrlng of the pel~lt ,.
September of 1996 bl the zoning ,dml.l,t.,tor_ All those ,. favor, SII
~.? All opposedl lbat passes on a voto of 4-0, with Commlsslon.rs
Clrrasc., Slazier and Sc~idt abseot.
Tal. viII be ~elrd bl the citl ~o"ncll on Tuesda" fobru,ry 21st_
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AGENDA ITEM 2 Cooprehonsl •• Plan Advisory Commltt •• : Reconsideration of
progr .. NEi·J.3 of the POlS. II Coapre~.nslv. Plan
PoliGies i~d Progri~s Raturil [nvi~nm!nt Sectionr
85. lytle: The progr .. that we are dIscussIng Is the on. that reads, 'I.
open spit! .reas s alJ bu'ldlngs. Dther struct~Tes. impervious surflce,
outdoor ictfvfty IrE'S, except for pissfvt or fftterlittent Ictf¥ities t lnd
om .... t., landscape Irea. s~oulc be separated a .i.f .. ~ of 100 feet fTOO
the edge of • riparian corrldo<, or the top .f bant, whfc,ever is
greater.' It goes en t. give "" exception to the IOO-foot setback I.
11_lted .Irc..stlnce., IS long a. basic ~.bit.t protection objectives or
signiffcant net f~rcvement fa t~e ~reekPs ~ond;tion ITe ac~ie~~. It
.1 •• allows pede.trlln, equestri.n and bicycl. plth .. y •• Iong creets wit~
adequite setbacks to preserve the ~aturll riparian environment. T~e
cOQOissloD bls requested that this Itea be cilled back for
reconsf~erl\fDn. Therefore, it's Dn yo~r 1genda for that purpose
tOlllght.
Stiff ~as prepired In e%hibit fo~ you that shows ~ere natura' creeks
occur I. the comaunlty, which I viII put up IS an overb.ad projectlon_ We
als. bave • recoaoend,tloD for modifications t. tbe word leg ia tbat
progr •• that we thln1 woul~ make It cl.arer IS to the iatent of the
progr... frDIII ou, perspective, It weulel be I rec_n~ltlon_ I illv, ,
third exhiblttblt sbew, I b,slc dj,tlnctl •• bet~en the Comprehen,fve
'1 •• Advlsery toms!!t •• (CPAC) .nd the .t.ff recamoendation, .bic_ bas t.
dovit. the dlstinc. frca the creek that wo"ld be required II • rIparian
setback. If 16U read cur recommendltion, it is different frog tne (PAC
language. Ve have obtained fro~ Oena ~ssar, I ~er Df tnf Rit~rll
EAvlronaent Coonl!t.e, some cllriflcltlon of What the1 i.te~ed.nt. theIr
langu.ge. I want te expllio that ~iffer.nti.tjon, and .nIl st.rt vith
that. The. I .nIl move t. a aap s~owing the •• t,rol creels, and I will
end -.iO t~e stiff wordlc9 r.co_~atio".
Chairman Dlallon: I. t~.t process, she will distfn9ulsb betw ••• the ope_
spice yeTS~S ~rbln areas.
~s. Lytle: rllS ex'ibit s~ows the stiff-recommended ripariln setback. [I
our reca-eru::liltion. we art prDposing tht IOU measure-100 feet. but that
100 tate that 100 feet f~ t~e top ~f bant. ~tic' is ia t~is dla9ra~ ~I
this location .t 100 feet back. CPAt's recommend.tlon is e,sentia!l, th.!
t~e IOC-foot setback start from the edge of the riparl.n h.bit.! and
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lanu"'Y 6, 1995
Planning Commissioa
250 Hamilloo Avenue
Palo Alto. CA 94301
Dear PLanning o,mmisslon:
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I am .ery pleased with !!'''' "'port T am able Ie ",Omi. '" the Commi",ion lOdlIy.
I. Cqmfirjons Ie Use pcnn.it.
In the permil issued '" The Edg< OIl febru"'Y 18. 1993. the Ci<y imposed t<lensr>'e
conditions on the permit gran<ed The Edge:
I , Strict clo,ing hou .. '01<", imposed.
2. The Edge was >eqUwe,!!o ..... br!sb and implement det"ikd !i ~ conlrol and patroa
processing procedures..
3. The Edge was m;uined 10 dev<i<!p an<l implement> detaikd and expensive 5eCllrily
gloJoard' system.
., The Edge ..... requWed 10 est.abrrsh and implemeni • sign program \0 <frrect pattons
Ie designated parkins areas.
S. The Edge .. 'as lCquWed 10 develop and imrlemen' I cornp",lJenslve Etter program.
6~ Fmar!y. TIle Edge was Feq!..!utd to e;tabTtsh a.."ld impletnenl an eff.ective edocatlou
program ;,lfonning the pattOllS of the importance of JeSp<C'Jng the pri vaq 0( the
neighl>o<>.
nO. Aft Condjtjnn$. Have BeeR Met or EllCrskd
The Edge bas met Of uceeded eiiC\ condition. cans. 19[ scrtljce art dow; over m, In
aMotion:
I. The dub has strictly enforced the c"",illg boor =tr'.ctioo imposed.
2, The E no coottol and pairoo processiog plan has ",'med .. tteme!y "" n.
3~ Tbe security guards have been pi...-:ed at key localions and despite SignifICant
co<I'prlC81loos caused by the lo<s or the parking Jot immediately behind The Edge
roc almost !:be cn!ire year, i:he guards bavc done-an effectj\le job olleeping cars out
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0( ra.idc:ntial' areas.. W.PlI the re..~nr: rompTetion of t-..c garage. there lias been ~
even steeper ~uction in the distiJ!'banccs.
C. NO( O!"'Jy has The Edge implemented an eff.ecti .... e fifier program. making the
Carlfomfil Avenuc bu!i.Lw.:ss are.a the c1eaneit in the C~ .. Tht Edge has.
gor.e "'the exln mlk" and established rts O\llll graffiti removal rrogratYL
S. The cJub"'gularly mal.es an'oOOrK<meOlsallil distMOO",.-f]yer, emphasizing !he
~"e of good community n:lari6ns..
[lL , Commimity] '1der, The Edge has developed into something its ov.'ne['$ end"·, foresee
sevcnJ yean;. &go: I corn:w.mily leader. 1'be Edge "as donated geoeroos!)' to support c:,aritabJe
ofgllllizations including: Save !he Cbndren; The . .o.rls Project: The Americ.n Ulng Canc1:r S<lC iely;
and Eatt1!qlJa!r.. Relief. The Edge also bas made itself " .. lable fu.-C<Jql<l<31< celebrntioo. for
co",*,""ies S<lC1! .. Yari:on. Nile ,md McDooald ... Nordw-oms bas renled The Edge I<> bold its
young fasltioo sOOv.'s and (he Menlo Park Ptesbylerian OIurdii reserves the fae ility for its me:rrbel'3
from time kl lime. T'he Edge also continues. 10 make the facility ji'Vatlab1e on I R:gtllatbasis 10
people wbo .", 1<>0 young I<> otl\e""ise enjoy !he facilily.
IV. More Piyerre Venues.: .~r area thar: has seen considerable gro ... 1h beyond wba! ",as
enviSioned. several years. 2:go ls IDe scope: of 'Y~nlles provided by The Edge.. Wnh a nc~ program
producer ... ""!he closing of !he 0",10 St..-Thealer,!he Iypes of sl1ow. pul O<l at The Edge bav •
.. panded COlI5iderably. Several years ago if: probably wos not cootemplaled that The Edge would
be the site 0(. Branford Marsclh concert..
v. Cqrx:luston. Tbe Edge is aware tflat lheir business is DOt un!ik.e a ~arden: iI requ 1res
-constanl vigllance. However, The Edge bas uhibi~d such vigila1lCc and. as I. resuh:
I . Has groWR 1:0 become I. rw asset lO'the community;
2. Provides a place fu.-our yoong peop1'e 10 ''''
. 3. l'Jovides emplO)'trenl!Or !be age braclel most difftcult 10 employ-.
A. Incfel5eS the business of other local merchants., including. but DOt IiIT'Lired 50 Round
Table and Printe", Inc;
S. lbe neighborhood is de.mer and wer l11an j{ me Edge "'ere ooc theR:.
We bJ\ forward Fo meeting with you on It-te 111ft.
Sincerely.
a:; lacel< _icki
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n.1UliG. WORM!/. 9430>
Palo Alto city council
250 B&ailton Street
Palo Alto, CA. 9.)06
ae. The ~. IUgbtc:lul>
X'. wrltlll9 t'3 exp" .... _'1 support tor the Ed;ie.
3acek Ro.iCkI has proven to be .. very r.s~ibl. bQsines& per.on and a
good neighbor! Yhih aaltlnq the Edqe a valuable acSditlon to California
AVemJe. . I be leve that 1><1 1> ... r .. ponded quicltly and adequately to
COIIplainte, JUlJIy tbu 90ing .,ell beyond the alnlJrua action required.
It'. my bope that be will continue do1ll9 l>\>sin .... s in -our co_unity.
J i. stevens, CEO
country Sun Bat",,&} Fonds
Vice President l CAADA
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. 't Wtl)Ul.r }Ulit: li ..... t~ ll1e't )'ttl.l know, au'r ~th Ar1rt~.l tbl"i.,t-il: ••
f,.-1'f.), ",*1" .,\ 1::"". ~tI" •• Ort 1>*e:eAlb-• .,. S. i"ot ~.& "noth",.,. .Yf!A't
S""C-'C' .•• $.. Y~v..'" ,t .. f1 •• iIi Yfl!~7 hel,.ttll, in ... int.-.jl\in. t~ ..
pa~.~~ 7hi~ \$ ju~\ QO* of th. ~.n~ ~e~~Q»~, .h~ ••• ill
~~n~t"a* t~ ~~v. ou~ .nn~.l e~~i.t •• s P_~ty .t the E4 ....
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DeorFriends:
RcNId McDonald House 10 Polo Alto lias ju6t celebrate<! • JnlIe;!cme blrthday. For _
Y&r$ ... , MVe been pro~ • worm and loving pla<. lc stay lor famili .. and clUldren
lacins criIIcaI __ We do 1\01 hav. 10 tell you 1M ...... of ptiNdo we fl!l!lloWOnl you
who, through f'N'donat!:m ol gills. have gmerouoly helped US Rise funds "" KCOmplish
our mloskm during those past y .....
0:Ia. y ..... we send tIUs ~ 10 request • special gift that Cin be offered .1 our two mojo<
fund-raising events. DenIm 10 DIamonds. 1>eId on M.uch 18, 1m 01 Noin=> Man:us hie
Alto (also bonofilIJ>s TOI>ChsI<r.Ie Supp<><I Networl<). if 0 g1itteriftg weslmHlyle asIno,
dinner, d.mco and _._ Tho exponded Randy Cross Invililtionol Goli " Tor.nls
TournamanI it one of 1M lII'iost cme-day events of ilJ kind In NOI1heno CoIifomla.
W. ore requesdr.g. gift from you 10 be US<d al """ of these even(s. Your gift will be
_ 10 help tbe woncIerfuI dtiIdrm and fa_ who ""'y .t Ronald McDonald
House.
N. tII .... I .... only IiJ: yttm DIi "'''''' ./ois ftmv.1y _ foUl ". Iud r..trmir. They
.,." ntf<TmI '" ~ SoIl., I'tIdaud OUU ... •• HospiW III SIJmftn'd far. ~
",."... ITIIospIoftL focm with Iltr kip aISIs of NAIMnitr. ilInas, kis F<"fo pul
IltriT m:tIIlly p!I.~ Mm' "I' far~. TIze jamily _ lq! fDgtt1rc living III
kMI4 M&Dtt1W4 H ..... far fma ",m:t1Jf. They,..]U14 t1IIJf lUI! '" 1M r... c..r of
sbrpg II "'" H __ /My ii4 "'" ".". '" It!l t1:tU Iu>us& Ns:I1umitl anllris
farrtiIy ...... alIIt '" roillTll 1Jo ... ofIa Iris '''''''''''Y.
Nathaniel and his family IIIvstrale ;.st one of the more than 1,200 _es we help every
ysr. Tho Sills we receive through this one...-year appeal help us 10 provide .belt .. and
support-no falNly Is .... turned away for \aclt ol fund&.
With your dona60n, you 100 become. ",ember of the Ronald McDonald House falNly.
Please accept our deepest thaw .nd sfnc"", Ippreciatkm in e<!vonce.
NlIC-TV
RCl Cllair
So" Francisco 49.,.
King of Diamonds,
Denim 10 Diam~nds
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Jtonald IdcDoNld House op<!IOd In Palo AlIe on May I'. 1m. This .... tile filth
I-!ouR 10 be but" in tile """"'Y. n.er. ue cu ..... tIy 16<1 ""'" faciljti05
w.m."""lIy.
The ~ of tile Pale AIIo Jtonald M<t:>oNld House was "'" ,,*,000:1 in Ju>""'Y
I<J92. Milo ""or 19))00 ~ "'" tile Houso now hu:K l>e<IroomIba_ unl!s
p!uo Idtdoen>;md tiving ......
n.e 'feW fao1ity abc tndude. sepa.n.t2 3ix..'bedroom $)laQca lInil fof ~
dUld'reD .... ho 'have ren!!fvec!" bone D"WTOw lBnSptt.".es.
au1dren range In 1ge &om !ll!'\l!:'lIoiilS to young adults in ~!ale Ieens. Almost
fony-6ve""","", of tile dUldreo hi .. """" IOnd 0/ clII1dhood ~ ... ...... _ eftlle<Wldm> ... l><!tIg .... 1«I Ior • .-., 01 __ The
potieNshl .. __ .,,,,,SGM,,,,Jn<dkol ~'YIor"'-"""""
ttmtment tNt is not: Iv.a.ilIb1e in tbe:ir OW'ft communi)ies.
AllhousJ-tile ..... pri,y a>me /7gm Northern and C<nlRl CoIiIomia. r.rn1ios from
26~'~ ... --.:!4S u'te5l\an D)-= J,\ the &cr.a14 ~ House. iD
PoIoAAo
The ' __ go length of"'y is l-3 d.y.. buI,.,.,.. potion"'...:10 as "-~
from l>ont DWTOW In.''''''"''ls, ...... stay ulo<lg os _ """"""-
M<n-t tllan 55.000 nlglll> ofl<>dgins.hlve been FOvUIed.rna, tile r.cility opened.
The House now pn:>WIes..-8,500 "'pI> of l<>dgi", Ie .wudD .. 1dy 1,20)
differertt families each yeu. o.a O<:t'Upancy hie is OYe'J 95"~
Tell! cSonars rer rJglV is reqt.."i!'Sted~ or notNng I~.n it the ~l' carma« .. "ford It.
With tile ~ _ 01. very ill cIWd. over ~ of !he _ ft<!Ulre
assi:stInC'e Io.afford even IN! nofnina! amount.
Due 10"""""'" of scale and G .. House-, cost<OnSdou. "'""'gemeN p<Odi<:os.
tho <DSt., I""vk!.cne nighf. lodging p1usother ""wort"""" for. r.rnly
remains. It SO per niejL
The House isa .. "al.'tabIe 10 those in r.eed 24 nours a day, 365 days per year-The
.. ~ual opor.&tiog budget is ~nder 5575.000. indocfmg In-ltind doN5ons of p.
ond........,.. tooiling OV<I' $100.000 .•
The House hi. just four iuD limo !lOll positions. The program is ... JIIXWIa! toy an
etCl'ptionaDy commi'fted vo!unftCr group 01 J!'IOr'C' thain 150 aclull wOtimteen who
1WOrk a .-eelrJy shift.. 35 iIetm vofunteers,. and' over V5 volunteers &om the
~'l' or cmpora .. ,",up ""Iu"_ provoms who work cmIy DO speOaI
Iundraising events.
The fiN1COSl of !he expansion was $3 l!U1li ... Bay Am. MdJonallf.
_'opmllors ""''" ..... 1«1 !he first Ihird of!lle budget. C""",,~y o1law-.c. 01 SlOO.ooo is need<d ., retlrelho capital ampoigo deb<.
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THE STANFORD FuND
December 28, 1994
The Edge
260 Calilomla Avenue
Palo AI!o , CA. 94306
AI!n: Jacel< Rosidei
The Sla"1ord Development Team ~!'!Ii The St""rOll1 FLIfI<1 are already p!'9!""1n9 for
two student-based volurileer events to suppo<I under~a1e educafoon and Ufe aI
Stanlofd UnivetSily. These evtlnlS, beginning in mid-February, ",1 attFiICI over 1,000
studenlS. As studenl reeders, we hope 10 rewan:! 0Uf VOIUf1teers for their community
service and conIrtbuIion to under;raduale education at Stanford. For this reason. we
are asking you 10 st.pporl our eflorls by donating a gift or gifts to our events.
There are additional be!18fits« your cont1bution as welt. Your gills wi! provide your
company wi)/1 ttle opportuniIy to lap a large.s!uden! marl<et and w.ase studei'll
awareness « your products and services. As part « our l'8CIUiIment Slralegy, we wiI
advertise !he names « donating comparlles in the Stanforrl DIlDy. on ftiers distribuled
'Ifvoughou! OJe camptJ$, and by won! « mouth both before and duIing !he events. In
short,. your gifts will support not only a quafl1y educa!ion at Stanford, Ill.( will also
provide Increased exposure and name recogniIion for your company wit"'n !he
Stanford community .
• you have ary quesIions, concerns, or suggestions, please feel ne \0 contacI either
c.f us isted below or Ma9nuS CIviston, Stanlcld Fund Program Assis\anl lor Studei'll
Development, at (415) 723-3371. We wiil contacl you in the nex! fe .. weeks fe2arding
your <Iecision. Thanks lor your conSideraflOll end wppo<1 o! Sludel'll Oe-l8!opmenl 1995
and The Stafllord Fund.
Sincerely.
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Nancy Un, '96
Chair, .).jnjor Phone Ouest
(415)497-1653
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Cf\riS Panc:IoI!o. '97
Chair. Sophomore Phone Fest
(4,5) 497-694:!
Deoember 10, 1 \194
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TIle Edt< N"agbtQb
260 CaIiIonu. A_
Polo Alto, CA 94306
Dear Mr. RoticIa,.
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W~ 0..: Rsten oI'aJpIIa Koppe Delta Pbi II SWUord 1.1DMroity, _ c<preSS how
arited we ore !hat you ,,"we clio.-10 .ponsor III ...... """""" _ oenoice ....",
Of ..... Ii: FtIttune.· AR prcx;eeds !rom thiJ .-. 10 be be!d 0Il11!1U11Y 21. 1m, ,.;a
baIdit Ali ... Womea', Home, & sbeII ... 1br baaend I!IlI abu...s wcmeo IIlCI cbiIdrca ill
San JOse.
Your don.!ioa 0( 100 pairs oI'Frlday nip passes ..Jued at 51600 is groatIy lpprec:WecI.
'Ilw>k ~ .,.m lOr your generous support.
Sincordy,
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UNIVlRSITY
au" Manaser
TheEsde
2:60 CaIifomia AvclIOC
I"Il<> AIIo, CA ~
Dear Sit Of Mod:m>I:c
SANTA C l A R A
Santa Clara Canmuni!Y Actioo Prognm
Santa Clara Univ""ty
SOil El Camino RelI-Box 62678
Santa CI .... Co 950S)..2678
(<IC6) SS4-4\82
NoNembet l(), 1994
I am ""tinJ 10)'011 as • meD\ber 0( !lie Special OI}mptcs Commiuoe or S ... "" Clan UW"rsily.
Sin<>e 1977 this CODImitlee """ spoD><lIOd !lie """"'" and baslc.tba!I _'" for !lie ...."..uy ODd pIlysically h...ficoppod adIIc:es of Santa a ... County. Eocl. year """e _ !OJ _ ODd
coodIes participale iI !lie -= IO\IrDaInOlII, 00II O"er 500 patlicipale ill !lie basteWoll IOOl1WIIODt
r. order II> _ !lie Special 0Iympi<:5' .. , ..... IIIe saJ Special Olympics Commi ... orpnius ..
_ c!1lrini Ihe scbooI year, Qicll is -..IeC! by saJ slu<leal5 ODd fllClllty. The mocey lSioocl
01 this or"'" fUDds l>o<h tDl>IDml<IIIS. Wltl>oo. \be support of B WliDesses 00II c:cmpou;i .. ia
Califomio, 00II !lie dub 00II ~ of San ... Clan Uaiver.siljl,1he Special OI)'JDpics
0JaJIDI __ would J>O< be ohIe '" SJlOIlsor IlIls Yo'<>CI!rJ _vO<
nus yeats auction .,;n lab place ""friday, January 2'1, !?IS. If:yom-rompan, .. 'COld n. 10
malo • <IcoaIk>a 10 IIIe auctioe. pIeaoe <aIIacI me. Y OIl """ also _ me II (<<:6) ~3S9S. AI
be ..... .,. tax okdu".l'ble. 1f)'Oll WOIIld bU, 1 will p;c\ lip .", _. }.s. """""" 10 !be
-. your _ au<! _ will be priDled OIl all or OIl!' Jdvet1iscmems, IS MIl as ill !lie
JlR>ImIL III arldilion. "e .. ill &lJd!y Ilisplay ..,y JdvertisU:, malcriah II!at )'011 will .....s lIS.
If y"" han an) '1oescloa coace:ui",.,... prog!>M or d<maIions. please e_ moo. Thank ~ for
your lime and eoasidoRIioa. 00II1 bop< 10 bear from JOG sooo.
Sincerery.
TrlIC Pbm
Spe.:ia! Olympics Coolmi_ Member. SCCAF
1994-95
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JUlIe 23. 1994.
Jace1 ROOckl
260 Cllilomla Av,."ue
P>lo Alto, CA 94306
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I am writing 10 tlwIk 10'" for your support oIl'rid. y Night Uve in San
Mateo Coun!y through the discount you are offerl..'\S to bo!h mem~
cardholders.
I am enclosing .. Ti!!len .. erllk.tli<:>Jl 01 the ag>eemen! regarding the
cIl.scount 10'" ptan II) offer Fridily N'JgM Uve cardholders. 11' you have &
qu.<5lioII or Ilnd • discrepan<y. please .no6iy me at (41 S) 8£12~
Th.tnl: you 00tt again for supporlillg the tetms 01 this <lOW1t'f who seek
alternatives to panylng with Alcohol. and other arl.lgs. Your help is
greatly appredated and wiU be recogtili:ed in friday Nigh! Live
advertising.
Since:ely.
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Friday Night Uve Cc:>wIly Coordinator
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Sa." F~'l, CA 94109
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a. J writ. this 1tJt.t.u.,. yr:nr pMl"OUa U .. l0'~OO (loaatl..04 18 aln.c:J' N1.Plnt'
.. lrt1lu of "he S~tb..n eall,fcna 'Iut.!l.~u.... 'l'han>:. 70"11 for re.pood1ftg
.Q ¢~lck17 to thl_ tra;e4y wi~ • gl!t ~o the ~rlcaa a.d cre •••
v ••• tta&t. th_t. 55 ,000 fUlU, 'bQe:Iea we" ~g..s:.. tils h ... optD4d .,
aheltetaJ 22' reeab O~D C'1lIrre~tlJ"" We ~v. prCivld~ tOO'd ...• btlltu -.ad"
••• 1~aDe. with haaltk &Ad .ed!c.l ~. to 2'1 .. 553 people at t~.
ahelt.,.. eO' far. .. hAve H1"'N4 o..,.r .. ailll00 .. ala t.i) "lct.lJu and
relhf worur.. OUr hI' ar.a oU1e. b ••• nt. 51 vod'Atn ~d • EIDe~
... pon .. Vehle! •• at thl. po~t to ~ •• t.t ~~. th ... ~ll.f .tfort ••
~1 •• 1. call Ivy ellf'. OU~ Dt~or of ~.t~.ti .... cwlc.... at (510J
535-2814 1t ~ vca14 like our .a.t ~Dt l~formatlo~ ..
Lhlng 1 .. tbe Bar k"N., rOQ aa!S • bot.lI Jtnow bow .-vut.et.1.ng &l) _ aartbIJU&ke
caD be. The reco.,..ry proc ••• h alow a.mS: pain,.l.. b" Crou _nt.&l
b.altlt vorll.er. haft l>eetL on elt.e, ulpi.D.g .IOuthera e..:u.foC'alaft-J. cope ..,1:tll
the aap!tu4e Clf t,ld .• dt. .... t .. r.. ... 'u:ve s.lIo ogefted 11 ""lee etaoui:'a
to help people who are out of tbtl ahtllt.e¥'a 1N.t. n,111 Deed: .... ilSt&ACe. We
an vorld.1'!Ig "till almotlt 1'7 I 000 t .. 1U •• at t.:... ... enlc_ teM..ra.
e\lrrent1:r. By INpportlr.g tIle b4 era ..... you u. helplDq a. .. t.Q fund: tbe
1009 tar. zwr:O'Nry t.hat will eonU.Ju,Ie ""'Il the ~t.e crhU II .. t_ded
free "t.ba trotlit pe;~... reg rec:.bK DO goocbI 01" ._rde-ea lei exchan~ ~or
rou..r giftl '!'0\1 va". it f"0C' .Dotlll.e-g kt. 9QC4will. l'iIII1.a l.tter can. Nne
as J"OIlt' recdpt ~ot tu p,Jrpo .....
OQ ~Mlf of O1.:Ir ul.:i1hbon La tha south, :I thar-..k .Jou toc 701.111" cCIIIIp& .. l0,0,
lind ,OUI" ~:1erotllt:y. .Peopb like J'CU make OUr busarr.it..rh.n. VQt''k
po •• lb.l.. tlit-bout Fn, t.hen 'WQ'Uld 'be no a.d ero ....
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Tbe AIile1icarJ ILed Cmu ~. Arl:2 proudfy ~ ~, Conn" O~ M:uin. 5o>n Fr.mrncc. and ~ M3leQ roum~,
r Save rheOtikh
The EdS'
260 Carlfomio A VI:Il1le
I'Ilo Mo. CA 94306
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Please ICCq>! my deepest Ibanb fer The EdJe'. moot lfOCious coolrii>ution of S!,soo 10
Save til. ChiIcIm!". wad. with impo..n.hed clliIdtea.
Since 1932, Save tile Childres bas beeu working with llllderprivileged childmo and Ibeir
flllnili .. through self-belp and 'magen<)I "'Ii<f proBJll!llS 10 bring .bout hope f'« I
brighter futurC: WIIb programs !hal '""B' &nm ~-.ntive bealIh care and preschool
cdu<a!ion Ii> economic "J'PO'Mli<y programs. Save Ihe CUidres .. missi ... ;. to make
lasting. poW," :liffemxeo in Ihe ti> ... of clisaclvantaRed cbildrm C«paraIo suppon, in
m.a"y "")'I. helps k> make tbe ... l>!l of s.v. tbe CIIildrta posg1>le.
As a tokeu of our gratitD<k 1« your RIppOII and concem fertbe wodd'. childtea, please
accept !his 1'194 Save !be Cln1dres ClIlendar. Of..,.. of Hope" with oil ow best wi5hcs.
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25 May 1990
Innovafive Leisure
The Edge
260 Ca/lfomia Avenue
Pale All!), Carlfomla 94306
Dear Sirs:
Thank you for your 1808n1 contribution In !he amount 01 $375.00 10 his Project Your
oonIinuing wppotl 01 our services fill help 10 ensure our provision 01 services 10
people wiIIl AIDS In !he SeMIs Clara communl!y ..... 'is PlOjecI refles upon bOth
VOIunIeer a:1d IinanciaI suppo<t tom membel'$ oIlhe communiIy. 1 am COlIlinual1y
81ICOUnIQ8CI by lie positive response we receive in SIIPPO'1 01 our wOO<. ar.cl toward
SIJPPOIting Ihe needs 01 people w!tII AIOS.
Your conttibuIion 10 Ms Proje<:l is WI cSeducIibIe. 1I00I< torwani 10 1<HpIng you
infonned oIlhe many services and acIiYiIies pIOYicIed by Ms Projecl Thank you again
for helping to make IhoS& services and activities a reaf>1y.
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East Residential Association
January 13. 1995
Joe COlonna... Senier Planner
City of Palo ~to Planning Departaent
250 Raallton Ave., 5th Floor
Falo Alto, Ca. 94303
Dear Mr... COlor.na:
Please find enclosed the petition
.. ked that .... forvard it tc> you.
de1ivery ..
regarding The Edge. Mrs. Dumas
O~r apolog1es for the delay in
Sincerely,
Michael D. Wolcott CCAM
Managing Agent
Tbo MlInor Association. P.O.Box 4OS1. fo5Icr CitJ'. CA 94404 • (415) 637·1616
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