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Report urges forming infrastructure commission 0ALO !LTO SHOULD OVERHAUL ITS SYSTEM FOR MANAGING ITS INFRASTRUCTURE AND APPOINT A NEW CITIZENS COMMISSION TO OVERSEE THE COMPLEX AND CRITICAL PROCESS A SPECIALLY APPOINTED PANEL IS RECOMMENDING IN A NEW REPORT 4HE )NFRASTRUCTURE "LUE 2IBBON #OMMISSION WHICH WAS APPOINTED LAST YEAR TO TALLY THE CITY S INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG RELEASED A REPORT LAST WEEK THAT RECOMMENDS A BROAD RANGE OF INITIATIVES INCLUDING APPOINTING A PUBLIC COMMISSION AS A WAY TO MAKE SURE THE CITY KEEPS UP WITH ITS CAPITAL NEEDS 4HOUGH MUCH OF THE REPORT FOCUSES ON WAYS TO PAY FOR THE CITY S MAINTENANCE COSTS INCLUDING A HIGHER SALES TAX A BOND MEASURE AND TERMINATION OF THE CITY S #UBBERLEY #OMMUNITY #ENTER LEASE WITH THE 0ALO !LTO 5NIFIED 3CHOOL $ISTRICT THE COMMISSION ALSO PROPOSES THAT THE CITY OVERHAUL ITS EXISTING SYSTEM FOR MANAGING INFRASTRUCTURE 4HE REPORT IS ALSO THE FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARD BRINGING A BOND MEASURE TO THE CITY VOTERS NEXT YEAR )N A STATEMENT #ITY -ANAGER *AMES +EENE CALLED THE REPORT hTHE BEGINNING OF A PROCESS THAT WILL LIKELY LEAD TO FUND ING MEASURES PLACED ON THE .OVEMBER BALLOT v 4HE COMMISSION S PROPOSALS INCLUDE A COMPREHENSIVE h)NFRASTRUCTURE -AN AGEMENT 3YSTEMv TO KEEP TRACK OF ALL ONGOING PROJECTS AND A PUBLIC COMMIS SION THAT WOULD REPORT TO THE #ITY #OUNCIL TWICE A YEAR ON INFRASTRUCTURE 4HE #ITY #OUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO CONSIDER THE COMMISSION S RECOM MENDATIONS ON *AN N 'ENNADY 3HEYNER
Sartor tapped to stay on as public works director !FTER A YEAR OF NEW FACES IN TOP MANAGEMENT 0ALO !LTO #ITY -ANAG ER *AMES +EENE OPTED FOR STABILITY AND FAMILIARITY LAST 4HURSDAY $EC WHEN HE NAMED -ICHAEL 3ARTOR TO LEAD 0ALO !LTO S 0UBLIC 7ORKS $EPARTMENT 3ARTOR WHO WAS HIRED IN HAS BEEN INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE DEPART MENT FOR MORE THAN A YEAR HAVING REPLACED 'LENN 2OBERTS IN .OVEMBER "EFORE THAT HE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING 3ARTOR IS CHARGED WITH LEADING THE 0UBLIC 7ORKS $EPARTMENT AT A TIME WHEN THE DEPARTMENT IS GRAPPLING WITH SOME OF THE CITY S MOST CRITICAL COMPLEX AND CONTROVER SIAL PROJECTS 4HESE INCLUDE A COMMUNITY PUSH TO BUILD A WASTE TO ENERGY FACILITY IN THE "AYLANDS AN OVERHAUL OF THE CITY S CASH STRAPPED REFUSE OPERATION CONSTRUCTION OF -ITCHELL 0ARK ,IBRARY AN EFFORT TO REPAIR THE CITY S INFRASTRUCTURE AND REGULAR MAINTENANCE OF STREET TREES A PARTICU LARLY SENSITIVE SUBJECT IN 0ALO !LTO 4HE DEPART MENT ALSO UNDERWENT AN INTERNAL TRANSFORMATION EARLIER THIS YEAR WHEN ITS NUMBER OF DIVISIONS WAS REDUCED FROM SIX TO THREE 3ARTOR HAD OVERSEEN THE RESTRUCTURING OF THE DE -ICHAEL 3ARTOR PARTMENT AND WORKED WITH THE COUNCIL APPOINTED )NFRASTRUCTURE "LUE 2IBBON #OMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO DEVELOP A PLAN TO FILL THE INFRASTRUCTURE BACKLOG )N A STATEMENT +EENE POINTED TO 3ARTOR S EXPERIENCE AS A MAJOR REASON FOR HIS APPOINTMENT "EFORE COMING TO 0ALO !LTO HE WORKED IN -OUNTAIN 6IEW FOR SIX YEARS AS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT MANAGER (E HAD ALSO SPENT YEARS AT 7OODWARD #LYDE #ONSULTANTS AS AN ENVIRONMENTAL AND WASTE REMEDIATION PROGRAM DIRECTOR (E HAS A BACHELOR S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM 3AN *OSE 3TATE 5NIVERSITY AND A MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT FROM #OLLEGE OF .OTRE $AME IN "ELMONT 3ARTOR S CONTRACT WILL GO TO THE #ITY #OUNCIL FOR APPROVAL IN *ANUARY N 'ENNADY 3HEYNER
East Palo Alto seeks to bolster tenant protection
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!S %AST 0ALO !LTO BRACES FOR A NEW LANDLORD TO TAKE OVER MORE THAN HOUSING UNITS CITY OFFICIALS ARE CONSIDERING CHANGING THE LAW TO GIVE TEN ANTS MORE PROTECTION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION AND POSSIBLE DISPLACEMENT 4HE REVISIONS ARE PROMPTED IN LARGE PART BY THE RECENT SALE OF THE 7OOD LAND 0ARK HOUSING PORTFOLIO WHICH WAS PREVIOUSLY OWNED BY 0AGE -ILL 0ROPERTIES 4HE COMPANY HAD SIGNIFICANTLY RAISED RENTS AND CHALLENGED THE CITY S RENT CONTROL LAWS IN COURT BEFORE IT DEFAULTED ON A MILLION LOAN IN !UGUST 7ELLS &ARGO TOOK OVER THE PROPERTIES AND SUBSE QUENTLY SOLD THEM TO %QUITY 2ESIDENTIAL WHICH ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT IT IS PLANNING TO CLOSE THE DEAL BY THE END OF THE YEAR 7ITH THE SALE OF THE UNITS PENDING THE #ITY #OUNCIL ASKED STAFF LAST MONTH TO SURVEY TENANT PROTECTION ORDINANCES IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND CONSIDER WHAT %AST 0ALO !LTO CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN ITS OWN LAWS 6ICE -AYOR 2UBEN !BRICA SAID h7E SAW WHAT HAPPENED TO 0AGE -ILL AND WE DON T KNOW YET WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO %QUITY v !BRICA SAID h)T S PART OF OUR HISTORY TO TRY TO AS A CITY GOVERNMENT FIND WAYS TO PROTECT OUR VULNERABLE POPULATION v 4HE REVISIONS COULD INCLUDE NEW PROVISIONS BANNING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST TENANTS BASED ON AGE AND DETAILING THE LANDLORD S OBLIGATIONS WHEN TENANTS HAVE TO BE DISPLACED DURING REMODELING OF BUILDINGS HE SAID 3OME OF THE PROVISIONS COULD SIMPLY BE EXTENSIONS OF EXISTING STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS HE SAID N 'ENNADY 3HEYNER