CITY OF PALO ALTO NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, pursuant to Government Code Sections 66016 and 66018, that the City Council of the City of Palo Alto will conduct a Public Hearing at its Special Meetings on June 13, 2011 and June 20, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as possible, in the Council Chambers, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California, to consider changes to the Fiscal Year 2012 Municipal Fee Schedule, including new fees, and increases to existing fees. Copies of the fee schedule setting forth any proposed new fees, and increases to existing fees are available on the City’s website and in the Administrative Services Department, 4th Floor, City Hall, 250 Hamilton Avenue, Palo Alto, California. There is a $3.00 per copy charge for this publication.
Palo Alto Unified School District Notice is hereby Given that proposals will be received by the Palo Alto Unified School District for bid package: Contract No. FMM-11 and NM-11 DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK: Scope of work includes but is not limited to moving of an existing 1440 square foot modular building at Fairmeadow Elementary; and installing a new 960 square-foot modular building at Nixon Elementary. This are two separate projects. Work includes asphalt paving, electrical, fire alarm, water, sewer, EMS, new ramps, utility trenching and carpet/vinyl for a complete and operational building. Bidding documents contain the full description of the work. There will be mandatory pre-bid conferences and site visits as follows: Fairmeadow (FMM-11), 2:00 p.m. on May 25, 2011 at Fairmeadow Elementary School located at 500 East Meadow Drive, Palo Alto, California 94306. Nixon (NM-11), 1:00 p.m. on June 1, 2011 at Nixon Elementary School located at 1711 Stanford Ave Stanford, California 94305 Bid Submission: Proposals must be received at the District Facilities Office building D, by 11:00 a.m. on June 14, 2011 for FMM-11 and by 1:00PM on June 15, 2011 for NM-11 PREVAILING WAGE LAWS: The successful Bidder must comply with all prevailing wage laws applicable to the Project, and related requirements contained in the Contract Documents. Palo Alto Unified School District will maintain a Labor Compliance Program (LCP) for the duration of this project. In bidding this project, the contractor warrants he/she is aware and will follow the Public Works Chapter of the California Labor Code comprised of labor code sections 1720 – 1861. A copy of the Districts LCP is available for review at 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D, Palo Alto, CA 94306. 1. A pre-job conference shall be conducted with the contractor or subcontractors to discuss federal and state labor law requirements applicable to the contract. 2. Project contractors and subcontracts shall maintain and furnish to the District, at a designated time, a certified copy of each payroll with a statement of compliance signed under penalty of perjury. 3. The District shall review and, if appropriate, audit payroll records to verify compliance with the Public Works Chapter of the Labor Code. 4. The District shall withhold contract payments if payroll records are delinquent or inadequate. 5. The District shall withhold contract payments as described in the LCP, including applicable penalties when the District and Labor Commissioner establish that underpayment of other violations has occurred. Bidders may examine Bidding Documents at Facilities Office, Building “D”. Bidders may purchase copies of Plans and Specifications at American Reprographics Company (ARC), 599 Fairchild Drive, Mountain View, CA 94043, Phone Number (650) 967-1966 All questions can be addressed to: Palo Alto Unified School District 25 Churchill Avenue, Building D Palo Alto, CA 94306-1099 Attn: Aimée Lopez Phone: (650) 329-3927 Fax: (650) 327-3588 Page 36ÊUÊ >ÞÊÓÇ]ÊÓ䣣ÊUÊ*> Ê Ì Ê7ii Þ
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Municipal Stadium at 4 p.m. Upon that conclusion, Palo Alto (27-9) will seek its first section title against No. 5 San Benito (22-8) at 7 p.m. Both teams were in similar situations last season as they advanced to section finals, even though both beat lower-seeded teams in the semifinals. Menlo was seeded third and faced No. 16 Hillsdale in the finals, winning 8-2. Palo Alto was seeded No. 1 in Division II and faced No. 6 Burlingame in the finals, but dropped a 7-4 decision. Both Menlo coach Craig Schoof and Paly coach Erick Raich believe the tough semifinals provided good tuneups. “I do think it was good for us for a couple of reasons,” Schoof said. “One, things had been pretty easy for us in the first two rounds with 8-0 and 10-0 victories, and that game (against Carmel) was a reality check. Two, it proved we can come back no matter what. We will not relinquish the title without a fight — and the seniors will lead the way.” Raich is probably thinking the same way, especially after facing Mitty’s top two pitchers, Brett Fuller and Tyler Davis. “We didn’t approach the game last night as our championship,” Raich said. “We just wanted to make sure we played our game of baseball and, if we got beat, we could live with that. Our game plan was to put pressure on Mitty offensively and defensively, make them earn everything they get.” Menlo was favored against Hillsdale last season and proved the seedings correct. Saturday’s matchup with Santa Cruz may be a little different. “As for being the favorite, not so sure about that,” Schoof said. “They are from an ‘A’ League, have played very tough competition, are on a roll, and we will be facing their ace. Watched them the other night (a 12-1 semifinal win over Half Moon Bay), not sure why they were 12-14 coming into the tournament.” Palo Alto also was favored in last year’s title game against Burlingame for a number of reasons, but came up short. The Vikings have to guard against any letdown on Saturday. “As for San Benito, they are a very good team and from what I hear, they are bringing Darrin Gilies back to pitch from a wrist injury, and he is very good,” Raich said. “We need to have another great two days of practice and get in the mind frame for a dogfight of a game.” Raich and his players probably were expecting a dogfight with Mitty on Wednesday as the Monarchs came in ranked No. 20 in the state while the No. 3-seeded Vikings were No. 41, according to MaxPreps. When Palo Alto scored four runs in the first inning, those rankings went out the window along with Mitty’s hopes of defending its title as the Vikings went on to post its 5-2 victory. “What a win for the Palo Alto team and community,” said Raich, whose team earned the program’s fourth trip to the finals and second straight.
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DONNA J. GRIDER, MMC City Clerk
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Menlo’s Jake Bruml celebrates his game-ending strikeout Tuesday. It didn’t take long for Paly to put itself in position for another title shot. Senior Christoph Bono got the first of his three hits in the first after one was out. Junior Austin Braff walked and both runners moved up on a wild pitch. Senior T.J. Braff was intentionally walked to load the bases for senior Will Glazier, who lofted a sacrifice fly to score Bono. When the relay throw to the plate got past the catcher, Braff also came home for a 2-0 lead. Senior Drake Swezey walked and stole second, one of five bases the Vikings swiped. That set the stage for junior Jack Witte, who lined a single to right to score Braff and Swezey. Bono gave Paly a 5-0 lead in the third after getting a leadoff single and stealing second and third before scoring on a wild pitch by Davis. “Bono had a huge game offensively and, top to bottom, the offense had great at-bats,” Raich said. After that it was all pitching and defense for Palo Alto. Junior Ben Sneider retired the first seven batters he faced and allowed four hits and two runs over 4 1/3 innings. Swezey, a senior, held Mitty scoreless the final 2 2/3 innings. “We played unbelievable defense and Sneider and Swezey did an unbelievable job of attacking the zone and going right at the Mitty hitters,” Raich said. Austin Braff made two standout plays at shortstop, taking away potential hits in back-to-back innings, while Alec Wong made two nice defensive plays on tough ground balls in the sixth as the Vikings avenged their 6-3 loss to Mitty in the Mike Hazlett Memorial Tournament on Feb. 28. Paly started the season 1-3, but has gone 26-6 since. Palo Alto will take a five-game win streak into Saturday’s championship game and now has won 16 of its past 18 games. This will be the first all-public school Division I final since 2004, when Wilcox defeated Palo Alto, 5-4, and only the third in the past 21 years. Monta Vista beat Leland in the Division 4A title game in 1990. Menlo, meanwhile, will be attempting to win back-to-back titles since first accomplishing that in 1988 and ‘89. The Knights have a seven-game win streak, outscoring the competition by 78-18 during the streak.
Schoof had plenty of standouts on Tuesday, with junior Freddy Avis and freshman Mikey Diekroeger being two of them. Avis delivered a clutch two-run double to cap a sixrun sixth inning and tie the game, 8-8, and force extra innings. The Knights loaded the bases in the ninth and Diekroeger brought home Phil Anderson with a sacrifice fly as Menlo escaped with a hard-fought win over Carmel (26-4). “Freddy’s hit was huge,” said Schoof. “That’s what baseball is all about, having those kind of moments,” added Avis. Trailing 8-2 heading into the top of the sixth, Schoof gathered his team for one final talk. The situation looked grim, for sure. “Coach Schoof said ‘show the heart of a champion. Leave it all on the field,’ related senior Jake Bruml. “We just left it all out there. We felt, and knew, we could do it.” Bruml, who had relieved Avis in the fifth and allowed a two-run double, took matters into his own hands with a leadoff double in the top of the sixth. “I think that leadoff knock was huge,” Bruml said. “I think it put pressure on them. Everything just went our way from then on.” After a strikeout, Diekroeger singled home Bruml and it was 8-3. Tim Benton’s double-play grounder was dropped at second and Jake Batchelder was safe on a error to load the bases. Senior Robert Wickers then delivered a two-run single, a chopper over the third baseman’s head. Suddenly, it was 8-5. Austin Marcus was safe when his apparent groundout was dropped at first, with another run coming home for an 8-6 game. After Carmel switched pitchers, Avis greeted him with a booming double to the left-field gap that scored two runs and tied the game. In the top of the ninth, Anderson walked and Bruml’s popup to short right was mishandled for an error by two converging players. The Padres tried to get Anderson at second, but the throw was wild and both runners were safe. Dylan Mayer laid down a bunt, with the new pitcher throwing late to third in an attempt to get Anderson. With the bases loaded and no outs, Diekroeger brought home Anderson with his sacrifice fly. Menlo didn’t get its first hit until Anderson singled to center in the fourth. The Knights didn’t get their first run until the fifth, when Anderson drilled a two-run single with the bases loaded. That gave Menlo life at 5-2 until Carmel scored three runs in the bottom of the frame for an 8-2 lead. The Knights’ chances of defending their title looked all but gone at that point. But, they never gave up. “I thought it was possible,” Schoof said of coming back, but he wasn’t sure how probable it was. “We were beating ourselves early. It did not look like our game.” The Knights proved otherwise. Bruml, Batchelder and Anderson all had two hits. Avis, Anderson Diekroeger and Wickers all drove in two runs. “It doesn’t get any better than that,” Schoof told his team afterward. Except, perhaps, for winning a fifth CCS title on Saturday. N