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Palo Alto looks to welcome more public art
#ITY TO CONSIDER REQUIRING DEVELOPERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO CITY S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION
by Gennady Sheyner ALO !LTO HAS NO SHORTAGE OF BELIEVE THE CITY IS LAGGING WHEN IT EYE CATCHING PUBLIC ART FROM COMES TO PUBLIC ART AND THEY WANT h$IGITAL $.! v A GIANT EGG DEVELOPERS TO HELP FIX THE SITUATION COVERED WITH SILICON CHIPS THAT SITS 4HE COUNCIL IS SCHEDULED TO DISCUSS IN ,YTTON 0LAZA TO #ALIFORNIA !VE ON -ONDAY !PRIL A NEW PROPOSAL NUE S QUIRKY h'O -AMAv SCULPTURE FROM -AYOR 'REG 3CHARFF AND COUN WHICH FEATURES A RUNNING DOLL WITH A CILMEMBERS 0AT "URT 'AIL 0RICE AND BABY FACE FOR A TORSO 'REG 3CHMID WHICH WOULD REQUIRE "UT FOUR #ITY #OUNCIL MEMBERS DEVELOPERS TO CONTRIBUTE PERCENT OF
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THEIR CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR PUBLIC ART 4HE CITY ADOPTED A 0ERCENT FOR !RT POLICY FOR PUBLIC PROJECTS IN )F THE COUNCIL ADOPTS THE QUARTET S PROPOSAL THE RULE WOULD ALSO APPLY TO ALL MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS SINGLE FAMILY HOMES DUPLEXES TRIPLEXES FOUR PLEXES AND HISTORICAL PRESERVA TION SITES WOULD BE EXEMPT )N THE MEMO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ARGUE THAT 0ALO !LTO hHAS FALLEN BE HIND OTHER CITIES IN FOSTERING PUBLIC ART AND PROVIDING A DEDICATED FUND
ING SOURCE FOR MAINTENANCE OF OUR PUBLIC ART COLLECTION v 4HEY COM PARE 0ALO !LTO TO OTHER CITIES SUCH AS 3ANTA -ONICA WHICH REQUIRES DEVELOPERS OF MAJOR COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS TO EITHER COM MISSION PUBLIC ART OR CONTRIBUTE AN hIN LIEUv FEE OF PERCENT THAT WOULD SUPPORT ART 4HE MEMO NOTES THAT AT LEAST TWO DOZEN OTHER #ALIFORNIA CIT IES HAVE SIMILAR LAWS 4HE IDEA OF REQUIRING PRIVATE DEVEL OPERS TO SUPPORT PUBLIC ART WAS FLOAT
ED BY 3CHARFF DURING HIS h3TATE OF THE #ITYv ADDRESS IN &EBRUARY $URING THE SPEECH 3CHARFF NOTED THAT AS 0ALO !LTO CONTINUES TO DEVELOP THE AVAIL ABILITY OF SPACE FOR PUBLIC ART SHRINKS )T IS IMPORTANT HE SAID hTHAT NEW DE VELOPMENT IN 0ALO !LTO POSITIVELY IM PACT THE LOOK AND FEEL OF OUR CITY v h'REAT COMMUNITIES HAVE GREAT ART v 3CHARFF SAID AT THE SPEECH h0UBLIC ART CREATES A SENSE OF PLACE (continued on page 8)
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Legal demand shuts down Edgewood Eats 7EEKLY FOOD TRUCK EVENTS VIOLATE MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES NEIGHBORS SAY by Sue Dremann POPULAR 0ALO !LTO FOOD TRUCK -ARCH ACCORDING TO -ONICA 7ONG EVENT THAT HELPED REVIVE A COORDINATOR FOR %DGEWOOD %ATS WHO DEFUNCT %MBARCADERO 2OAD IS ALSO PART OWNER OF A 6IETNAMESE SHOPPING CENTER HAS HIT THE SKIDS JUST FOOD TRUCK ,ITTLE 'REEN #YCLO AS ORGANIZERS ATTEMPTED TO RELOCATE IT )N ITS LETTER TO RESIDENTS %DGEWOOD TO A NEARBY CHURCH PARKING LOT %ATS SAID THE EVENT COULD DRAW ACTIV %DGEWOOD %ATS WHICH ATTRACTED ITY FROM ABOUT TO P M INCLUD HUNDREDS OF #RESCENT 0ARK AND $U ING SET UP AND BREAK DOWN 5P TO VENECK 3T &RANCIS NEIGHBORHOODS TRUCKS COULD SET UP RESIDENTS EACH WEEK TO DINE AT %DGE 4HE RESIDENT SAID THAT EACH TRUCK WOOD 0LAZA CLOSED LAST FALL AFTER A BRINGS GENERATORS THAT ROAR AND TWO YEAR RUN AS THE SHOPPING CENTER SPEW FUMES 4RAFFIC ALSO CREATES A BEGAN TO BE REDEVELOPED HAZARD FOR KIDS DURING EVENT HOURS /N -ARCH ORGANIZERS RELO SHE ADDED CATED THE EVENT TO THE &IRST #ONGRE 4HE RESIDENT SAID SHE DOESN T OB GATIONAL #HURCH PARKING LOT AT JECT TO %DGEWOOD %ATS PER SE ,OUIS 2OAD h)T S A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT "UT NOW AN ATTORNEY FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAS NO BUSINESS IN A RESIDENTIAL WHO LIVE ADJACENT TO THE CHURCH IS AREA 4HIS IS A BUSINESS VENTURE ALLEGING THAT %DGEWOOD %ATS WOULD )F PERCENT OF THE MONEY WAS GO LIKELY HAVE SIGNIFICANT LAND USE AND ING TOWARD CHARITY IT WOULD STILL BE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS INCLUDING WORRISOME BUT ) D FEEL BETTER ABOUT INCREASED TRAFFIC AND RELATED PUBLIC IT v SHE SAID SAFETY ISSUES NOISE FROM TRUCKS AND !LTHOUGH %DGEWOOD %ATS PRO GENERATORS GARBAGE AIR POLLUTION VIDES ABOUT PERCENT OF ITS MONEY FROM EXHAUST GENERATORS AND COOK TO CHARITY IT IS A COMMERCIAL VEN ING AND OTHER POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS TURE SHE SAID %DGEWOOD %ATS CANNOT TAKE PLACE 3IXTEEN NEIGHBORS SIGNED A PETI IN A NEIGHBORHOOD ZONED FOR SINGLE TION OPPOSING %DGEWOOD %ATS OP FAMILY HOMES THE LETTER FROM LAWYER ERATION FROM THE CHURCH PARKING LOT -ILES $OLINGER STATES SHE SAID 2ESIDENTS ARE ALSO OBJECTING TO h7E SUGGEST THAT THIS KIND OF FOOD THE CITY S ISSUANCE OF A SPECIAL USE CART VENTURE ALTHOUGH IT MAY BE A PERMIT FOR %DGEWOOD %ATS SINCE NICE GATHERING EVENT FOR A COMMU THE EVENT IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH THE NITY BELONGS AT A CITY PARK SCHOOL CHURCH AS IS REQUIRED UNDER CITY PLAYGROUND OR SHOPPING AREA ZONED ORDINANCE $OLINGER WROTE 3PECIAL FOR COMMERCIAL USE v THE PETITIONERS USE PERMITS FOR A RECURRENT LARGE WROTE TO THE CHURCH SCALE EVENT MUST BE REVIEWED FOR ITS 4HE RESIDENT ASKED THAT SUPPORTERS POTENTIAL IMPACT $OLINGER NOTED NOT JUDGE HER AND OTHERS OPPOSING 0ROPERTY RIGHTS AND HOME VALUES %DGEWOOD %ATS COULD ALSO BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED AND h"EFORE YOU CRITICIZE US THINK RESIDENTS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE HEARD PRI ABOUT WHETHER YOU WANT A BLOCK OR TO THE CITY S APPROVAL HE WROTE PARTY IN YOUR BACK YARD EVERY WEEK 4HE NEIGHBOR WHO BROUGHT IN THE BECAUSE THAT S WHAT IT IS v SHE SAID ATTORNEY SPEAKING ON CONDITION OF /THER RESIDENTS AGREED ! ,OUIS ANONYMITY ON -ONDAY SAID THAT THE 2OAD RESIDENT SAID THE -ARCH NUMBER OF PATRONS ALARMED HER !BOUT PEOPLE ATTENDED ON (continued on page 8)
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Learning how to live healthy lives in danger zones %AST 0ALO !LTO POLICE DEPARTMENT TAKES A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO FIGHTING CRIME by Elena Kadvany N A CLOUDY AFTERNOON AT *ACK &ARRELL 0ARK IN %AST 0ALO !LTO A YOUNG GIRL WEARING A HELMET AND FLUORESCENT SAFETY VEST WAITED EAGERLY ON A BIKE BEHIND %AST 0ALO !LTO 0OLICE ,T 2OD .ORRIS h!RE WE LEAVING YET v SHE ASKED 4HE YOUNG GIRL AND .OR RIS ARE PARTICIPATING IN &ITNESS )MPROVEMENT 4RAINING &)4 ZONES A COLLABORATIVE COMMU NITY EFFORT SPEARHEADED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT TO MAKE %AST 0ALO !LTO S STREETS SAFER WHILE PROMOTING HEALTHY LIVING OUT DOOR EXERCISE AND POSITIVE RELA TIONSHIPS BETWEEN COMMUNITY
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MEMBERS AND POLICE OFFICERS 3INCE LAST !UGUST %AST 0ALO !LTO POLICE OFFICERS HAVE LED EXER CISE ACTIVITIES FROM BICYCLE RIDES AND WALKING GROUPS TO VOLLEYBALL AND :UMBA IN TWO DESIGNATED hHOTSPOTv NEIGHBORHOODS WITH THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF CRIME h7E WANTED TO GET PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HOMES AND INTO THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS TO ENGAGE THEM IN HEALTHY ACTIVITIES v SAID %AST 0ALO !LTO #APTAIN &EDERICO 2OCHA h.OT ONLY COULD THIS POSITIVELY IMPACT THEIR HEALTH BUT BY GET TING OUT THEY D ALSO BE TAKING BACK THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS v 4HE IDEA FOR &)4 ZONES WAS BORN AT A CONFERENCE IN #HICAGO
THAT 0OLICE #HIEF 2ON $AVIS AT TENDED IN 3PEAKING AT THAT CONFERENCE WAS $R !NTHONY )TON THE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF (EALTHY #OM MUNITIES A #ALIFORNIA %NDOW MENT INITIATIVE THAT PROMOTES A PUBLIC HEALTH APPROACH TO CRIME AND SAFETY PROBLEMS )TON SAID SOMETHING THAT RESONATED WITH $AVIS h4ELL ME YOUR :)0 CODE AND ) CAN TELL YOU HOW LONG YOU LL LIVE v )N THE THAT NUMBER IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IN MOST AREAS %AST 0ALO !LTO RESIDENTS (continued on page 11)
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