Palo Alto Weekly December 1, 2017

Vol. XXXIX, Number 9

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December 1, 2017

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City leaders scramble to predict impact of university’s expansion Page 5

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Transitions 14 Spectrum 15 Arts 17 Eating Out 18 Q Seniors Retirees bring new life to Orwell’s 1945 satire Page 21 Q Home Green Acres: neighbors change, closeness remains Page 28 Q Sports Sacred Heart Prep in state volleyball finals Page 42

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Local news, information and analysis

City seeks more protection from Stanford expansion City officials, residents question university’s plans to manage anticipated traffic and housing problems

by Gennady Sheyner

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hat if you hosted a public hearing on the largest land-use project in Santa Clara County history and almost no one showed up?

That’s what happened on Oct. 12, when county planners came to Palo Alto to gather residents’

thoughts about Stanford University’s application for a new generaluse permit, which would allow the university to build 2.275 million square feet of academic space, along with 3,150 housing units and 40,000 square feet of child care centers and other supporting

facilities by 2035.

Despite the scale of the project, and its potential impact on everything from the local housing market to traffic conditions, Palo Alto residents largely stayed home.

Among the few who showed up at the Lucie Stern Community Center was county Supervisor Joe Simitian, a former Palo Alto mayor for whom the proceedings had a ring of familiarity. In 2000, when he was in his first stint as a

supervisor, Simitian helped craft the existing general-use permit (GUP), which authorized 2 million square feet of academic space and 3,000 housing units.

By many measures, the firstof-its-kind 2000 agreement has been a boon to both Stanford and the surrounding communities. Under the permit, Stanford has constructed (among many other things) a new Science and Engineering Quad to house its

engineering, medicine, humanities and sciences, and earth-science programs; the Knight Management Center to serve as home for the Graduate School of Business; and the Lorry I. Lokey Stem Cell Research Building, which includes biology laboratories and communal work spaces.

The university also has undergone an art Renaissance of sorts, (continued on page 8)

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In Crescent Park, a push to end traffic gridlock Residents to seek solutions for the daily line of cars on neighborhood streets

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All Students Matter tutor Kathy Greenwood reads a book with Brentwood Academy student Nathalia Duarte as she holds her toy Hei Hei during their weekly time together at the East Palo Alto school.

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nside a quiet classroom at Brentwood Academy in East Palo Alto on Monday afternoon, Gyna Monroy reclined on a blue beanbag, carefully reading aloud from a picture book called “There’s a Bird on Your Head!”

With a tutor’s gentle prompting, the third-grader worked her way through more difficult words. She sounded out each letter in “idea” before she strung the whole word together, excitedly.

Gyna is one of the more than 2,000 students served by All Students Matter, a volunteerdriven nonprofit providing literacy, math and social-emotional

support to elementary school students in the Ravenswood City School District.

All Students Matter received $5,000 from the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund this year, paying for new volunteer training that the organization’s founder described as “invaluable.”

As All Students Matter has grown — from 15 people informally volunteering in one Ravenswood school 10 years ago to more than 200 volunteers at six schools — so have the needs of the students it serves. This is reflected in the revamped training, which now consists of one

hour focused on literacy and, new last year, one hour on social-emotional support.

All Students Matter Executive Director Carolyn Blatman, who is unpaid, said the addition of social-emotional training is a direct result of seeing more students struggling with unstable housing conditions in East Palo Alto. The number fluctuates throughout the year, but most recently, 44 percent of Ravenswood students were identified as homeless, she said. Many others live in overcrowded (continued on page 10)

ed up with the daily traffic gridlock on their neighborhood’s streets, Crescent Park residents are banding together to get the City of Palo Alto’s attention.

For hours each day, Crescent Park residents are plagued by the hundreds of vehicles that jam the streets within blocks of University Avenue, from Middlefield Road to East Crescent Drive. They say they battle just to get in and out of their driveways on weekday afternoons.

On so-called Carmageddon days, when there is total gridlock, drivers start making illegal — and dangerous — turns, drive in oncoming lanes and speed in search of a side street that might be less congested, they said.

Unfortunately, there aren’t any.

About 40 residents met with Councilwomen Karen Holman and Lydia Kou on Nov. 19 at a meeting convened by Center Drive residents Greg Welch and Ann Lewnes.

“We can’t have gridlock forever,” Lewnes said, noting that on multiple occasions she could not get out of her driveway.

The issue for all is safety, the residents said. Holman, who lives near the corner of Forest Avenue and Middlefield Road, agreed. One day while at home “I heard two car wrecks in 1 1/2 hours,” she said.

Residents at the meeting considered completely banning cutthrough traffic during commute hours, similar to a program recently implemented in Menlo Park’s Willows neighborhood; others suggested starting a campaign now to find residentialist City Council candidates to elect in 2018.

Kou cautioned against shortterm approaches rather than those that address the root of the problem, which she said was ongoing development. Residents should also insist that the city develop a traffic-demand management program “that has teeth in it,” she said.

But Holman said limiting development will no longer solve the traffic problem.

“We’ve already passed that point,” she said.

Kou and Holman said that while residents should seek emergency and short-term solutions, they should also look to pressuring the council, Santa Clara County and other stakeholders such as businesses, the Palo Alto Chamber of Commerce and Stanford University into solving the traffic problems.

Stanford University is currently seeking permission from the county to expand. Kou said the university could be asked to develop traffic solutions benefiting the surrounding community.

“They can expand their very well-run shuttle system,” for example, she said.

Residents could also demand that the council revisit last year’s proposed employee transportation tax, which was put on the council’s back burner, Holman said. The ordinance would tax any business with more than four employees per 1,000 square feet of office space, and the funds could be used to pay for shuttle services or transportation infrastructure, she said.

Residents at the meeting said there should be an ordinance requiring (continued on page 11)

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CARING FOR KIDS ... Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford held a grand opening on Nov. 30 for the hospital’s recently completed expansion, which doubled the size of the campus to 844,000 square feet. Taking a tour was the Watson family — mother Jennifer, daughter Effy, 6, son Harry, 5, and father James. Effy was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age 2, but after care at the hospital, she is now cancer-free.

Jennifer said she appreciates the homey touches in the patient rooms, including pull out beds for parents, a private TV-watching area and bathtubs for kids.

“It’s just incredible and beyond imagination. Now top-notch doctors and nurses have a topnotch place to work,” she said.

PIE GIVEAWAY ... Some were shocked and others were humbled when they received a pecan pie from the East Palo Alto Police Department during traffic stops on Thanksgiving Day. At least seven unsuspecting drivers were pulled over by Sgt. Nua Lualemaga for a variety of vehicle violations, including rolling past a stop sign and traveling with a broken taillight. In a video posted on the department’s Facebook page, Lualemaga approaches the motorists and asks them for their driver’s license and vehicle registration. Moments later, he returns with the sweet treat and lets them go with warm Thanksgiving wishes. “They were stunned, there was a delay in processing it all,” Lualemaga said. In one instance, he gave a gentle warning to a young woman who didn’t have her driver’s license card before handing over the edible gift. “That’s pretty awesome,” she said.

Additional pies were handed out to people on the street during the day, Lualemaga said. The purpose behind the random acts of kindness was to encourage people to obey traffic laws, police Cmdr.

Jeff Liu said. “They were given a stern warning with some incentive,” Liu said. The desserts were donated to the agency from Menlo Park’s SusieCakes.

MAKING CONNECTIONS ...

Palo Alto’s recent adoption of its Comprehensive Plan after a decade of discussions was a special moment for the City Council, which marked the Nov. 13 occasion with Champagne and self-administered applause. But while that epic planning process has finally concluded, the city remains entrenched in another one that is just as complex and, for many, just as frustrating. The city hasn’t abandoned its “Fiber to the Premise” project, which has been in discussions for about two decades (take that, Comp Plan!) and aims to bring ultra-highspeed internet to just about every home. In recent years, the city has amassed a library of consultant studies and business plans on the proposed expansion of the city’s dark-fiber network, only to see these plans become obsolete with the advent of new technologies.

Monday’s discussion between the City Council and the Utilities Advisory Commission suggested officials aren’t ready to pull the plug on the project. They are, however, willing to rethink it. “It seems like it’s just doomed to never be carried through,” Vice Mayor Liz Kniss lamented. And Councilman Tom DuBois said he was interested in partnering with a private entity to manage the network. Commissioners, however, had some concerns about rapidly expanding the fiber network. Commissioner Arne Ballantine suggested expanding the network to specific users and for particular purposes like health care and education. If the user’s interest is just streaming movies faster, fiber is “really not the way to do it, Ballentine said. “Getting a faster computer is the better way to do it,” he said. Q

Upfront

Palo Alto explores ways to pay for revamped Caltrain intersections Rail Committee considers new studies on rail-crossing alternatives, financing

by Gennady Sheyner Another possible source is Section 190, a state fund that focuses on grade separations and provides about $15 million annually.

Moody noted that some of these mechanisms are mutually exclusive, given that the council is unlikely to ask voters to approve two tax increases. The funding landscape, he said, is always changing based on politics, laws and the economy.

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typically constructed by digging a trench and then constructing a supporting system to serve as a roof.

The new study pegs the cost of such a system as $3.3 billion to $4 billion.

A slightly cheaper approach to building a tunnel through the city is deep boring, which would use a tunnel-boring machine to construct two underground tunnels.

An estimate for this approach runs from $2.8 billion to $3.4 billion.

Jason Moody, managing principal at Economic & Planning Systems, stressed that the numbers are preliminary and based only on readily available information.

He made a similar disclaimer in presenting a laundry list of potential funding options, which include raising existing taxes, creating a new business-license tax, raising development-impact fees and entering into agreements in which developers who help pay for the project would receive development rights.

The report also considers funding from state, regional and federal sources. The biggest wild card on this front is the California High Speed Rail Authority, which could potentially provide between $155 million and $179 million for rail crossings. To date, however, the rail authority has not committed to funding any grade separations.

By contrast, Santa Clara County is expected to provide some funding through Measure B, the transportation bond that voters passed last year. These funds, which could total as much as $395.5 million, according to the report, are spread out over 30 years.

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espite years of discussions about the need to separate the Caltrain tracks from the local streets that intersect the rail line, Palo Alto leaders are still struggling to figure out what the project would look like and how it would be paid for.

On Wednesday morning, the City Council’s Rail Committee considered two new studies in an effort to make some progress on both of these fronts. But while the studies provided insight into the scope of the problem, the committee’s discussion indicated that Palo Alto is still many months away from getting to real answers.

The city currently has four atgrade intersections — at Charleston Road, Meadow Drive, Churchill Avenue and Palo Alto Avenue — and three underpasses, at Oregon Expressway, Embarcadero Road and University Avenue. In addition, two pedestrian/bike tunnels cross under the rail line at California Avenue and Homer Avenue.

One of the new studies, a report

by Economic & Planning Systems, estimated the cost of various gradeseparation alternatives and looked at possible ways to fund the projects. The low-end estimate for the cheapest project on the list is $500 million, to create an open trench for the railroad tracks at the Charleston intersection. Continuing the trench to Meadow Drive would bring the price up to $750 million.

At the highest end of cost estimates would be the cut-and-cover tunnel stretching from one end of the city to the other. Such a tunnel is

a trench for the train.

But how long should the trench be? And what should the city do at those intersections where it’s not possible to build an over- or underpass? These questions are contemplated in the second study, which was conducted by the engineering firm Mott MacDonald.

The draft Rail Corridor Circulation Study looked at eight different scenarios, two of which keep the rail crossings exactly as they are now. Called “no build,” one scenario assumes existing railservice levels; the other factors in additional commuter trains and a new high-speed-rail system.

The study also considers six scenarios that would add or remove crossings and have varying

“People’s appetites for raising taxes may change,” he said.

The committee didn’t get to fully delve into the finance study Wednesday, though Chair Tom DuBois told the Weekly after the meeting that he believes the study may have underestimated the revenue potential of adopting a business-license tax, as well as the scope of assistance the city can expect from state and federal sources.

The largest variable in cost lies in the fact that Palo Alto has yet to settle on a specific plan — a major decision that the city hopes to reach through a lengthy community-engagement process referred to as Connecting Palo Alto. So far, the vast majority of residents who have shown up at community meetings and answered surveys on the topic have favored building

TRANSPORTATION

Palo Alto is exploring a variety of ways to separate the railroad tracks from local streets in anticipation of more trains using the rail line. The project is expected to last several years.

Palo Alto rail intersections: Scenarios under consideration, Nov. 2017

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with the opening of Bing Concert Hall for music and dance performances; the Anderson Collection, a modern-art museum that includes works by Rothko and de Kooning; and the McMurtry Building, which focuses on art history.

At the same time, the GUP introduced numerous ambitious policies to minimize the consequences of Stanford’s growth.

It established a transportation requirement that bars Stanford from adding to traffic congestion during peak commute hours, a standard that resulted in the university’s adoption of the region’s most successful transportationdemand management program.

The GUP also protected the foothills from development by restricting construction to a defined section of Stanford lands — the dividing line becoming known as the “academic-growth boundary.”

And it required Stanford to contribute to an affordable-housing fund, which the county later used to help purchase and preserve the Buena Vista Mobile Home Park.

The university also contributed to a recreation fund, some of which will be used to help pay for Palo Alto’s new bike bridge over U.S. Highway 101.

“A lot of the things that they are now quite proud of are things that they had to be implored, encouraged or required to do 17 years ago,” Simitian said. “They have now become just sort of the standard way of doing business, and I think it has served the university and the community pretty well.”

The two-year effort to pass the original permit, Simitian recalled, featured its share of “push and shove,” much of it occurring in the final stretch of the negotiations.

That’s when open-space advocates began advocating for better foothills protection; it’s also when Stanford’s golfers realized that the university was contemplating

reconfiguring a portion of its course, Simitian said.

“It’s the only time I’ve ever gotten a letter from Tiger Woods,” Simitian said.

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ne of the lessons Simitian said he learned from the high-stakes wrangling in 2000 is that it’s best to vet issues early so that all the stakeholders have time to reach suitable compromises. After the modestly attended meeting at Lucie Stern, he hosted his own hearing on the GUP in the Palo Alto Council Chambers on Oct. 19. This time, 125 people showed up and more than 30 Palo Alto residents offered comments and concerns. Some asked for more assurance that Stanford would not make traffic conditions worse; others suggested that the level of growth Stanford is requesting is excessive.

Don Barr, a Stanford sociology professor and a longtime affordable-housing advocate, called for a more creative and collaborative

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The PFFC is a nonprofit public benefit corporation whose primary purpose is to provide assistance to the Santa Clara Valley Water District in financing the acquisition, construction and improvement of public buildings, works and equipment for the Santa Clara Valley Water District, together with site development, landscaping, utilities, furnishings and appurtenant and related facilities. The PFFC directors serve as volunteers.

Duties of the PFFC director will be to perform any and all duties imposed by law, by the Corporation’s Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws, or by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Santa Clara Valley Water District. PFFC directors meet at such times and places as required to conduct Corporation business, usually from one to three times annually.

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Students lock their bikes in front of the Tresidder Memorial Union in 2016. approach to using the housing fund. Tina Peak, resident of Downtown North (and wife of Councilman Eric Filseth), argued that Stanford’s growth is already out of control. How much more do they need, she asked, garnering applause.

“Does anybody ever say, ‘What’s the maximum? How big can they get?’ ... Everything here is ‘more, more and more.’ How can we cram more in?”

Since then, community interest in the Stanford permit application has continued to grow. The City Council plans to approve on Monday night a comment letter on the project’s voluminous draft Environmental Impact Report, which assesses likely consequences of the expansion. The letter takes issues with Stanford’s assumptions about traffic, groundwater and fire-service demand, among many other things.

In addition, Palo Alto and Menlo Park officials have requested a 60-day extension to further vet the report, which weighs in at three volumes and more than 1,000 pages. And 366 people (as of Thursday afternoon) have signed a petition asking the county to require the university to state what the ultimate limit of its development could be, known as “maximum build-out.”

The petition, whose signers include former Mayor Peter Drekmeier and former Vice Mayor Jack Morton, notes that the amount of development proposed

by Stanford in the new permit is the equivalent of two-and-a-half Stanford Shopping Centers.

“We are concerned about the potential impacts of such a large amount of growth over a relatively short period of time,” it states.

The petition requests that the county Board of Supervisors, which is tasked with reviewing the application, require Stanford to establish the maximum buildout level; preserve the foothills; providing housing on campus for all of its new staff and students; commit to “no net new trips” during all hours, not just peak commute hours; and adopt a “carbon neutrality” policy to ensure new construction is environmentally sustainable.

Stanford has maintained that its proposed development, while dramatic on paper, is consistent

with the trends of the past two decades. The 2.275-million-squarefoot expansion is equivalent to 1.2 percent annual increase in academic space in each of the 17 years of the GUP application, the university notes in its overview of the permitting process. Catherine Palter, Stanford’s associate vice president for land use and environmental planning, told the crowd at the Oct. 19 meeting that the university has diligently evaluated the expected impacts of the new developments and is confident that it can address the problems. She pointed to three areas — air pollution, vehicle miles traveled and greenhousegas emissions — that the impact analysis notes would actually improve under the GUP proposal.

“I know that 2 million square feet and 3,000 housing units over a period of 17 years can feel like a lot of development and the feeling that there must be impacts, but I urge everyone to review the rigorous study that was done to see that Stanford has a unique opportunity to address its impacts in a very comprehensive way, in a very successful way,” Palter said.

“And we have a track record of doing it since 2000.”

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hen it comes to traffic, Stanford’s track record has been particularly strong. It has successfully met the goal of limiting its traffic during peak rush hours — known as “no net new trips” — almost in every year since 2000 (on three occasions, it slightly exceeded the limit). It did so through an ambitious transportation-demand program that includes giving employees subsidized transit passes, improving bike infrastructure and launching a fleet of Marguerite shuttles that not only roam the campus but transport riders as far as Mountain View.

But despite Stanford’s intent to continue this policy in the current GUP, traffic remains the subject that is now causing the most anxiety for area residents. The environmental analysis for the project concluded that the expansion will bring “significant and unavoidable impacts” on several already congested areas, including Foothill Expressway, the Page Mill Road off-ramp from southbound Interstate 280 and the intersection of

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Vetting Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s plan What is Stanford University requesting? Permission to build up to 2.275 million square feet of academic buildings, 3,150 on-campus housing units (550 faculty homes and 2,600 student beds) and 40,000 net new square feet of child care centers and facilities through 2035.

Who will vet and approve the general-use permit application? The Santa Clara County Planning Commission and ultimately the county Board of Supervisors Where does the process stand now? The GUPâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s draft Environmental Impact Report was released on Oct. 6, launching a 60-day period publiccomment, which ends Dec. 4. The cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park have asked that the deadline be extended.

Where can the public find the draft impact report? At tinyurl.com/ StanfordGUP2018 What potential issues could arise from Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s expansion? Members of the public have raised concerns at community meetings about housing (while 3,150 housing units could be created, the campus population is predicted to increase 9,610 people between 2018 and 2035), increased traffic and sustainability, among other issues. Q

Alma Street and Charleston Road.

Some members of the public feel that the â&#x20AC;&#x153;no net new tripsâ&#x20AC;? program is no longer enough. Under the 2000 GUP, monitoring of Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traffic takes place only during the peak hours: 7 to 9 a.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. College Terrace resident Pria Graves, who attended the Oct. 19 meeting, is among those who believe Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s current target is inadequate. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The peak hour has expanded to be peak three of four hours at each end of the day,â&#x20AC;? Graves said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And traffic all day and all night is getting worse and worse.â&#x20AC;?

That is also Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s official position. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s consultant, Hexagon Transportation Consultant, noted in its review of the Stanford impact report that â&#x20AC;&#x153;peak hoursâ&#x20AC;? have changed since 2001.

It has reviewed raw data from the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s cordon counts on Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s campus, which monitor traffic twice a year to determine the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s compliance, and found that the morning commute frequently occurs after 9 a.m., while the evening commute often happens after 6 p.m. â&#x20AC;&#x153;One of the likely reasons why there appears to be a disconnect between Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s achievement of the â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;no net new tripâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; standard and the communityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s experience of increasing levels of congestion may be that there are higher levels of Stanford-related trips throughout the day or during much longer periods during the morning and evening than was true in 2001,â&#x20AC;?

Hexagon President Gary Black and Associate Jane Clayton wrote in a memo. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Therefore, it is critical that a fresh analysis of the peak period of travel to and from the campus be conducted and that recommendations for future cordon counts be based on that analysis.â&#x20AC;?

Palo Alto officials are also concerned about a provision that allows Stanford to compensate for added traffic by paying to improve traffic at off-campus intersections and roads. The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s letter to Stanford, which the council plans to approve on Dec. 4, states that Palo Alto â&#x20AC;&#x153;does not believe this approach is sustainable for the next 20 years.â&#x20AC;?

It urges the county to require Stanford to provide â&#x20AC;&#x153;explicit and

effective mitigationâ&#x20AC;? for capital improvements at local intersections and roadways. During a council discussion last month, Councilmen Adrian Fine and Greg Tanaka both said theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d also like to see Stanford contribute toward the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s effort to separate the Caltrain tracks from roadways at rail crossings.

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he cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s similarly concerned about a related issue: housing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the shortage of which is contributing to the deterioration of traffic conditions because it increases commuting. Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s proposal calls for building 3,150 housing units, which includes 1,700 beds for undergraduate students, 900 beds for graduate students and 550 homes for faculty and staff.

Many area residents, however, are concerned that this is not enough to accommodate a population expansion of more than 9,600 people, which includes students, faculty and support staff, Simitian said.

The cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comment letter notes that the regionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s housing crisis â&#x20AC;&#x153;will be exacerbated by any project that proposes to add more jobs and more housing demand than housing.â&#x20AC;?

â&#x20AC;&#x153;We urge the county and university to reconsider parameters of the current proposal and either reduce housing demand or increase affordable housing proposed within and proximate to the campus,â&#x20AC;? the letter states.

Yet there is one area that Palo Alto wants to see remain undeveloped: the open space districts next to the campus. The 2000 general-use permit offered some protection by requiring four of the five county supervisors to approve any development in the foothills or on Junipera Serra.

The provision, however, is set to expire in 2025, and Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new request does not propose a renewal.

This effectively means that after 2025, the university will be able to build in the foothills by obtaining a zone change â&#x20AC;&#x201D; an action that can be achieved through a simple-majority vote by the Board of Supervisors. The citizen petition argues that the Stanford foothills outside the campusâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; academic-growth boundary should be â&#x20AC;&#x153;preserved as permanent open space.â&#x20AC;?

Vice Mayor Liz Kniss, a former county supervisor, argued at the Oct. 16 meeting that planning officials should consider stronger protections for the open space areas, which â&#x20AC;&#x153;are an important recreation aspect, not just for Palo Alto but for the entire campus.â&#x20AC;?

Councilwoman Karen Holman agreed. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Maintaining the urban growth boundary and protection of the foothills is critical and key to not just this council but the community at large,â&#x20AC;? Holman said.

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hese concerns notwithstanding, development is the foothills is highly unlikely even without this provision. Stanford has indicated that it has no plans to build outside there as part of the GUP expansion. And Santa Clara County Planning Director Kirk Girard assured the council that the foothills are zoned to pre-

CityView A round-up

of Palo Alto government action this week

City Council (Nov. 27)

Roof deck: The council discussed a proposal from Houzz for a roof deck at 285 Hamilton Ave. The council didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take any formal action, though five members indicated that they would likely support a deck and four said they would not.

Action: None Bridge: The council approved the environmental analysis for the proposed U.S. Highway 101 bike and pedestrian overpass. Yes: Unanimous

Parks and Recreation Commission (Nov. 28) Dog Park: The commission approved a park-improvement ordinance for a dog exercise area at Peers Park. Yes: Unanimous Review: The commission heard a year-end review about the Palo Alto Swim & Sport. Action: None

Board of Education (Nov. 28)

Search firm: The board selected firm Hazard Young Attea and Associates to conduct its search for a new superintendent. Yes: Unanimous

Planning and Transportation Commission (Nov. 29)

Zoning: The commission approved more than a dozen minor revisions to the zoning code, most of which aim to clarify the provisions and make them more consistent with current practice. Yes: Alcheck, Gardias, Lauing, Monk, Summa, Waldfogel Absent: Rosenblum

vent development.

But even if the foothills are protected for the foreseeable future, what will happen down the line, beyond the horizon of the new GUP? Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a question that Drekmeier, Simitian and various council members have been asking for years, with no good answers forthcoming.

The 2000 permit tried to address this question by requiring Stanford to create a Sustainable Development Study that â&#x20AC;&#x153;shall identify the maximum planned build-out potential for all of Stanfordâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s incorporated Santa Clara County land, demonstrate how development will be sited to prevent sprawl into the hillsides, contain development in clustered areas, and provide long-term assurance of compact urban development.â&#x20AC;?

The study, which was approved by the county in 2009, does not in fact include a â&#x20AC;&#x153;maximum buildoutâ&#x20AC;? assessment. Rather, it lays out the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategy for developing its campus and protecting the foothills up until 2035.

Drekmeier, for one, believes that is not enough. During the Oct. 16 meeting, he argued that a â&#x20AC;&#x153;ball was droppedâ&#x20AC;? when the supervisors approved the study without requiring the university to declare its ultimate goals. Unlike in cities, where the zoning code establishes density standards and parameters like height limits for each property, Stanford has the flexibility

to build as much as it wants to at any given site, provided it remains within the scope of the GUP. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There is really no limit to growth on campus,â&#x20AC;? Drekmeier said, in arguing for requiring the establishment of a maximum build-out level. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Limitless growth is not sustainable.â&#x20AC;?

But Stanford is confident that it can accommodate the new growth in a responsible manner, with few negative consequences to the communities that surround it. Palter noted that of the 80 environmental impacts that the report looked at, 47 were deemed â&#x20AC;&#x153;less than significantâ&#x20AC;? and 29 others would be â&#x20AC;&#x153;less than significantâ&#x20AC;? after the proposed mitigations are implemented. Only four were deemed â&#x20AC;&#x153;significant and unavoidableâ&#x20AC;?: construction noise, loss of historical resources and additional traffic on roadways and intersections.

As of Thursday morning, the comment period on the draft environmental-impact report was set to close on Dec. 4 (the county was preparing to announce on Nov. 30 whether to grant the requested 60-day extension). Residents and city officials will also have a chance to weigh in next year, when the project goes to the countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Planning Commission and, ultimately, the Board of Supervisors for approval. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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homes with multiple families, are acting as parents to younger siblings or might not have the time or space to read quietly or get a good night’s sleep. She said the organization has seen more and more students in recent years dealing with these kind of problems, which manifest in students acting out in the classroom.

All Students Matter has also brought in organizations like the counseling nonprofit Cassy and youth mental health nonprofit Children’s Health Council to speak to volunteers.

The new training helps volunteers “instill patience and love for the kids,” said Jeanette Kennedy, a volunteer who has become All Students Matter’s director of strategic planning and marketing. “(If) they’re not paying attention that day, they’re yawning, they’re tired ... (the volunteer has) to be

able to just switch gears. Maybe instead of having them read to you if they’re too tired that day, you read to them, and it’s still literacy and it’s still helping and it’s still supportive.”

The literacy training is now more like a workshop instead of a lecture and mirrors what the district provides to its own teachers. All Students Matter’s part-time program manager, Keri Tully, a former teacher, developed the training in conjunction with Ravenswood’s reading and writing specialists. (Tully is the only paid staff member at All Students Matter. The majority of the nonprofit’s $50,000 budget funds her salary; the rest goes towards books for students, lunch for teachers, literacy kits and other materials.)

The volunteers, like All Students Matter’s founders, are mostly parents from neighboring, higher-achieving and more affluent districts. The nonprofit also offers monthly “coffees” for

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volunteers to meet one another and ask questions. These events and the new training go a long way toward retaining volunteers, which in turn provides consistency to students and teachers.

Every Ravenswood teacher the nonprofit works with gets three trained volunteers each year and can ask them to support students however the teachers see fit.

There is no pre-set agenda — flexibility Blatman said is unique in a community where outside organizations often “come in and say, ‘We have the answer; here are your problems.’”

A teacher usually identifies a small set of students who are struggling and asks the volunteers to work with them one-onone, targeting reading comprehension or finishing a homework assignment.

On Monday afternoon, four All Students Matter volunteers read quietly one-on-one with four Brentwood third-graders in a separate classroom. Many students the

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organization works with are reading below their grade level — a trend across the district, where 81 percent of students are below grade level in reading and 88 percent in math — and the volunteers work to bring them up to speed. Early on, the district asked the nonprofit to focus explicitly on reading.

But it’s more than just tutoring.

As the students turned pages of their books, volunteers casually peppered them with non-academic questions and comments, like how their Thanksgiving was.

The volunteer “may be the one consistent adult that they can talk to,” Blatman said. “There’s not an adult to sit quietly and listen (to them). That’s a rare thing and we can give that.”

All Students Matter (ASM) serves a dual purpose: supporting teachers by helping students.

The organization aims to increase teacher retention, which Kennedy said has improved in recent years.

For many teachers managing large classrooms, the support is invaluable, said Ji Wook Choi, who teaches third grade at Brentwood. The volunteers provide a level of differentiation and oneon-one attention that she isn’t always able to, she said.

“I wouldn’t be able to do my job without ASM,” she said. “They really push my kids forward.”

This year, All Students Matter met its goal of being in all six Ravenswood schools at all grades, from transitional kindergarten through fifth grade. Blatman said the organization has no plans to grow beyond Ravenswood — she thinks it’s most effective working locally — but there are plans to refine the program and expand within the district. A math pilot project will start in early 2018, and they’re working more intensively with students who are reading just below grade level.

Despite the volunteers’ intention to keep the organization small, Tully sees potential in other regions in the Bay Area where, similarly, an affluent community borders a less-fortunate one, like Emerald Hills and Redwood City, Oakland Hills and Oakland or Marin County and Marin City. She hopes others replicate their work.

“It would be easy for any other community to say, ‘We sure would like to do what you’re doing,’ and we would happily support them,” she said. Q More information about the Palo Alto Weekly Holiday Fund can be found on page 14 and also online at PaloAltoOnline.com/ holiday_ fund.

Staff Writer Elena Kadvany can be emailed at ekadvany@ paweekly.com.

Public Agenda A preview of Palo Alto government meetings next week CITY COUNCIL ... The council plans to have a joint meeting with the Public Art Commission, consider approving the reconstruction of the Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, review comments on the Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford University General Use Permit and discuss the recently passed state bills on housing.

The meeting will begin at 5 p.m. on Monday. Dec. 4. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. BOARD OF EDUCATION ... The school board will vote on a comment letter on a draft environmental impact report for Stanford University’s general use permit (GUP) and on a contract with a firm to conduct the district’s superintendent search; discuss a first interim financial report, data for A-G college requirements, a board policy on gifts, board member term limits and an annual report on the Strong Schools Bond, among other items. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, at the district office, 25 Churchill Ave. COUNCIL FINANCE COMMITTEE ... The committee plans to approve an audit of the city’s financial statements; approve the Fiscal Year 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report; and discuss the city’s longrange financial forecast and pension liabilities. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. UTILITIES ADVISORY COMMISSION ... The commission plans to consider a resolution amending utilities rules on billing adjustments; consider the 2018 Utilities Strategic Plan; and discuss the city’s Renewable and Carbon Neutral Portfolio Strategy and the Sustainability and Climate Action Implementation Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 6, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW BOARD ... The board plans to consider exterior improvements to a hotel at 180 Hamilton Ave.; and consider an application for deploying wireless communication equipment on utility poles in Midtown and south of Midtown. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ... The commission plans to meet at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 7, in the Community Meeting Room at City Hall, 250 Hamilton Ave.

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ambitions and objectives.

Scenario 1 would close the current at-grade crossings at Palo Alto Avenue, Churchill and Meadow. It would widen the underpass at Embarcadero, which is currently used by cars, bikes and pedestrians. It would also create a separated crossing at Charleston â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the only constant among the six scenarios.

Scenario 2 would close the Palo Alto Avenue and Meadow crossings. It would create a separated bike-and-pedestrian crossing in north Palo Alto (near Everett and Lytton avenues) and south Palo Alto (near Loma Verde Avenue and Matadero Creek). It would also institute a â&#x20AC;&#x153;quiet zoneâ&#x20AC;? at the current Churchill crossing.

It would also create a separated crossing at Charleston.

Scenario 3 would widen the Embarcadero underpass and create separated bike-pedestrian crossings at Churchill and Meadow.

It would also create a separated crossing at Charleston.

Scenario 4 would build a bikepedestrian crossing at Loma Verde/ Matadero Creek. It would also create a separated crossing at Charleston. This scenario is considered the first phase of a â&#x20AC;&#x153;full buildâ&#x20AC;? and would be followed by either Scenario 5 or 6, which include additional separated crossings.

Scenario 5 would create separated crossings at Meadow and Charleston, as well as separated bike-pedestrian crossings at Churchill and Loma Verde/ Matadero Creek. It would institute a quiet zone at the Palo Alto Avenue at-grade crossing.

Scenario 6 calls for new separated crossings at Palo Alto Avenue, Churchill, Meadow and Charleston, along with bike-pedestrian crossings at Everett/Lytton avenues and Loma Verde/Matadero Creek, plus and a widened underpass at Embarcadero.

The study projected how traffic would be affected in each of the scenarios. It found, among other results, that separating the crossing at Meadow would increase traffic flows on the street by about 50 percent; doing so at Charleston would increase it by even more than that.

By contrast, building a separated Palo Alto Avenue crossing would increase traffic by about 30 percent. Doing so at Churchill would have little effect, the study states.

Closing Churchill to through traffic, however, would cause a â&#x20AC;&#x153;considerable diversionâ&#x20AC;? of vehicles to Embarcadero.

The council committee found the draft study informative but not entirely satisfying. Members noted that many potential options were not included in the six scenarios.

Councilman Eric Filseth wanted more information about the impact of these projects on Embarcadero and Alma Street, while Councilman Adrian Fine requested a table detailing how traffic would end up diverted in each option.

Joshuah Mello, the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chief transportation official, said the study will be updated to address these suggestions as well as other concerns from the council and the public. Q Staff Writer Gennady Sheyner can be emailed at gsheyner@ paweekly.com.

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the city to measure the congestion on roads. The council would not be able to approve a development unless there is a satisfactory traffic flow on surrounding streets or in a particular zone affected by the development, they said.

Some residents suggested that ballot measures could lead to solutions. But Holman cautioned that any proposed ballot measure should be narrowly focused. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You can put something on the ballot, but write a single-issue item. It has to be crisp,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Among the potential short-term solutions posed at the meeting was a traffic-calming approach, such as instituting turning restrictions on certain streets. But any proposed solutions need to be backed by data substantiating the problem, Holman said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You need to be able to explain when the problem is happening by block or street and to

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Evening commute traffic heading to U.S. Highway 101 queues on Center Drive in Palo Altoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s residential Crescent Park neighborhood. Center connects with University Avenue. diagrammatically outline the problem,â&#x20AC;? she said.

Some experienced neighborhood advocates who attended the meeting cautioned that getting the cityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s attention takes time.

John Guislin, a Downtown North resident, petitioned City Hall for 2 1/2 years for traffic-calming and

safety measures on Middlefield Road, north of University Avenue.

He and neighbors finally achieved success after presenting multiple photographs of flipped-over vehicles and accident data to pinpoint the problem. They held meetings with city staff and showed up at council meetings.

Lenore Cymes, a Duveneck/St. Francis resident, and her neighbors also got city staff to resolve a traffic problem. Trucks delivering goods to Edgewood Shopping Center were parking in no-parking zones, causing daily hazards and late-night noise. After months of trying to work with city staff, the residents invited Kou to tour the area in September, and the city then largely resolved the problem. Cymes noted that even the best-developed plans wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t necessarily make headway but for one crucial ingredient. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to be persistent.

You canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give up. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve got to stay focused,â&#x20AC;? she advised. Q Staff Writer Sue Dremann can be emailed at sdremann@ paweekly.com.

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Pulse A weekly compendium of vital statistics

12 Anonymous .................... $4,560

Teresa Roberts........................ 2,000

Burce Campbell ........................ 200

Joanne Koltnow ........................ 300

Diane & Bob Simoni .................. 200

Hal & Iris Korol .......................... 250

Dennis Clark ............................. 150

Kaaren & John Antoun........... 1,500

POLICE CALLS

Leif & Sharon Erickson .............. 250

Ellen & Tom Ehrlich ................... 400

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Arden King ................................. 25

Richard & Tish Fagin.................. 200

Richard Alexander .................. 1,000

Chuck & Jean Thompson .......... 100

Scott & Jan Kilner...................... 500

Godfrey Family.......................... 100

Stephen & Nancy Levy............... 500

Dorsey & Katherine Bass ........... 300

Elaine & Eric Hahn......................... *

Judith & Hans Steiner ................ 100

Bill Johnson & Terri Lobdell ..... 1,000

Sue Kemp ................................. 250

Keith Clarke .............................. 200

Cathy & Howard Kroymann ...... 250

Havern Family ........................ 5,000

Gordon Chamberlain ................ 300

Dorothy Kennedy ...................... 200

Denise Savoie & Darrell DufďŹ e ....... *

Gwen Luce and Family .................. *

Micki & Bob Caredelli.................... *

Janis Ulevich ............................. 100

Joan Norton .................................. *

Hamilton Hitchings ................... 250

Rosalie Shepherd ...................... 100

Andrea Smith............................ 100

Diane Moore................................. *

Bonnie Berg .................................. *

Don & Adele Langendorf .......... 200

Ellen & Mike Turbow ................. 200

Jody Maxmin ................................ *

Ruth Hammett .............................. *

Gerald & Joyce Barker ................... *

Lijun & Jia-Ning Xiang ............... 100

In Memory Of Yen-Chen & Er-Ying .................. 250

Phil Hanawalt & Graciela Spivak .................... 1,000 Nancy & Joe Huber ................... 100 Ann & Don Rothblatt ................ 500 Felecia Levy ............................... 100 Elizabeth Kok ................................ * Carol Bacchetti ............................. * Virginia & Don Fitton .................. 25 Ted & Ginny Chu........................... * Judy Ousterhout ........................... * Ruth Rosenbaum ...................... 100 Glenn AfďŹ&#x201A;eck.............................. 25 Judy Kramer.................................. * Dorothy Saxe ................................ * Lawrence Naiman ..................... 100 Steven Feinberg ..................... 5,000 Freddy & Jan Gabus .................. 250 Susan & Doug Woodman ......... 150 Brigid Barton.......................... 1,000 Margot Goodman ..................... 100 Peter Stern .................................... * Sally & Craig Nordlund .............. 500 Joe & Marlene Prendergast ........... * Carol & Roy Blitzer ........................ * Sally Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Neil & Ken Bencala ........ 100

Dr. Nanci Yuan ....................... 1,000 Jim Byrnes ................................ 100 Ruth & Chet Johnson .................... * Bob & Nancy Lobdell ..................... * Pam Grady ................................ 250 Helen Rubin .............................. 500 Tracy & Alan Herrick ...................... * Ken Sletten ................................... * Nate Rosenberg ........................ 150 Bob Donald............................... 100 Duncan Matteson ..................... 500 Thomas W. & Louise L. Phinney ..... * Leo & Sylvia Breidenbach .............. * Florence Kan Ho ........................... * Dr. David Zlotnick ...................... 250 Janet H. Hermsen...................... 200 Jack Sutorius ............................. 300 As a Gift For Ned & Judy Lund........................... * In Honor Of Elaine Hahn .................................. * Carolyn Reese ........................... 300 Marilyn Sutorius ........................ 300

Judith Appleby .......................... 300

Organizations Palo Alto Weekly Moonlight Run & Walk .............................. 53,745

Margaret Fisher........................... 50

Sponsors of Moonlight Run:

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Phil Fernandez & Daniel Sternbergh ...* Betsy & George Bechtel............. 100 Marcia Katz .............................. 200 Beth Marer-Garcia ....................... 25 Richard Mazze .......................... 100 Greg & Penny Gallo .................. 500 Braff Family............................... 500 Chris Kenrick ......................... 1,000 Art Stauffer............................... 500 Kenyon Family .......................... 500 William DeBord ...................... 1,000 Linda & Steve Boxer ...................... * Eugene & Mabel Dong .............. 200 Barbara Riper ................................ * Harry & Susan Hartzell .............. 100 Jim & Alma Phillips .................... 500 Elizabeth Salzer & Richard Baumgartner .............................. *

Palo Alto Medical Foundation ........................................... 5,000 Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Foundation ............ 5,000 Stanford Federal Credit Union.................................. 5,000 Palantir ............................... 5,000 DeLeon Realty ..................... 5,000 Wealth Architects................ 5,000 Facebook ............................ 5,000 Lakin Spears........................ 2,000 Bank of the West ................ 1,000 Peery Foundation ................. 10,000 Arrillaga Foundation ............ 10,000 Packard Foundation ............ 25,000 Hewlett Foundation ............. 25,000 Good Bear & Co. Charitable Fund ................................... 5,000

Luca & Mary CaďŹ ero ................. 500

Alta Mesa Cemetery & Funeral Home ..................... 1,800

Tom & Pat Sanders ........................ *

Attorney Susan Dondershine ..... 200

Palo Alto Violence related Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Domestic violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Theft related Attempted commercial burglary . . . 1 Commercial burglaries . . . . . . . . . . 5 Embezzlement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Grand theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Identity theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Residential burglaries . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Shoplifting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Auto theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Driving w/ suspended license. . . . . 8 Driving without license . . . . . . . . . . 5 Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . . 2 Vehicle accident/prop. damage . . 10 Vehicle tow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Alcohol or drug related Drinking in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Driving under influence . . . . . . . . . . 1 Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Possession of alcohol by minor . . . 1 Miscellaneous Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Located missing person . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. business & professional code violation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Misc. penal code violation . . . . . . . 3 Missing juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Psychiatric hold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Psychiatric subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Suspicious circumstances . . . . . . . 3 Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Warrant/other agency . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Menlo Park Nov. 22-28

Violence related Assault with a deadly weapon . . . .

Theft related Attempted robbery . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Petty theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Theft undefined. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vehicle related Auto recovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Bicycle theft . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Driving w/suspended license . . . . .

Hit and run . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Lost/stolen plates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Reckless driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Theft from auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vehicle accident/minor injury . . . . .

Vehicle collision/injury. . . . . . . . . . .

Vehicle vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Alcohol or drug related Drug activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Drunk in public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Possession of drugs . . . . . . . . . . . .

Under the influence of drugs . . . . .

Miscellaneous Coronerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Found property. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Gang validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Info case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Mental evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Missing person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Resisting arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Threats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Vandalism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Violation of court order . . . . . . . . . .

Warrant arrest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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VIOLENT CRIMES Palo Alto

412 Emerson St., 11/22, 12:24 a.m.; simple battery/physical altercation.

Encina Avenue, 11/22, 8:08 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

El Camino Real, 11/25, 12:13 p.m.; domestic violence/battery.

Menlo Park University Avenue/railroad tracks, 11/22, 5:15 p.m.; assault with a deadly weapon/firearm.

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Kenneth G. Sletten the story of the Memorex project, which was built on 51 acres of what used to be an onion farm, because before they could break ground, R&S employees had to harvest the onions themselves. Ken’s favorite project, however, may have been constructing the Monterey Bay Aquarium for David and Julie Packard.

Ken’s work extended beyond the company to the community, and he served on the boards of numerous non-profits, including the Children’s Health Council, Peninsula Family YMCA, Avenidas, and Menlo School. He would go on to receive Lifetime of Achievement awards from Avenidas and Habitat for Humanity for his contributions.

In 1999 Ken retired from Rudolph and Sletten, and in 2005, the company was acquired

by Tutor Perini. While in retirement, Ken continued to busy himself with charity work, work on boards, and mentorship. He served as managing director on the advisory board of the construction firm Level 10, one of several companies which had been founded by former R&S employees that Ken had mentored. In 2013, the Computer History Museum recorded Ken’s Oral History for the collection and wrote an accompanying article about his work in the industry, called “The Valley that Rudolph and Sletten Built.”

Ken never stopped wanting to do productive work and contribute to society, and he struggled, in recent years, as it became difficult for him to do so. He also labored to accept the role of “patient” and the help he sorely needed, as he preferred to be the one taking care of others. We are grateful to all of those who helped him during this time. Countless friends, colleagues, and health professionals helped to keep his spirits up. In particular the family would like to thank his “right hand” assistant, Carolyn Burke, for her years of help in his office and out.

His family remembers Ken as a loving father and husband who brought the same incredible energy and enthusiasm he demonstrated in his professional life to raising his family. Whether he was leading family ski trips, coaching soccer teams, cooking his famous buckwheat waffles, or playing his guitar and singing songs, we always knew how much he loved us. He was a kind soul, a passionate builder, and a father overflowing with boundless affection. He will be sorely missed and so fondly remembered.

He is survived by his wife of 51 years, Phyllis Stewart Sletten, children Daniel Stewart Sletten and Joanna Lisa Sletten, sister Vivian Pledge, nephew David Pledge, niece Jennifer Pledge and grand-niece Ashley Pledge. The Pledge family resides in Missoula, Montana.

A Life Celebration for Ken will be announced shortly.

In lieu of flowers, contributions in Ken’s name to Habitat for Humanity or the Children’s Health Council would be warmly appreciated.

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OBITUARY

Transitions Births, marriages and deaths

Charles H. Kruger Charles H. Kruger, a former vice provost and dean of research and graduate policy at Stanford University, died on Nov. 20, 2017 in Palo Alto. He was 83.

Kruger was an engineer and expert in gas and fluid dynamics. He authored more than 200 publications, two textbooks and had expertise in fields ranging from growing synthetic diamonds to spacecraft reentry, according to the university.

Born on Oct. 4, 1934, Kruger grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1956 and a doctorate in 1960, both in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He won a fellowship from the National Science Foundation and attended Imperial College of Science and Technology in London, England, where he received the English equivalent of a master’s degree, the Diploma of Imperial College. An assistant professor at MIT, he then spent two years at Lockheed. He came

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Kenneth G. Sletten passed away quietly on the night of November 8 at the Vi in Palo Alto.

The son of Theodore and Flora Brown Sletten, Ken was born in Helena, Montana and moved with his family to Billings at the age of 5. He graduated from Billings High and, after winning an NROTC scholarship, attended the University of Colorado, earning a B.S. in Civil Engineering. After graduation, he served in the U.S. Marine Corps and volunteered to deploy to Korea, where he was hit by shrapnel from a mortar shell during a mission to retrieve fallen comrades. He required a full year of hospitalization at Mare Island to recover.

This brush with death and year in the hospital sharpened Ken’s resolve to pursue his dreams with intensity. Upon his discharge from the hospital, he attended Stanford Business School, graduating in 1956 with his MBA, and joined the construction firm of Williams and Burrows, where he would meet future business partner, Onslow “Rudy” Rudolph. In 1962, Ken left Williams and Burrows to join Rudy in forming Rudolph and Sletten.

Ken was determined to operate and grow Rudolph and Sletten whilst adhering to the highest ethical standards. He believed in delivering projects with maximum quality, speed, and safety, and innovated numerous business practices in pursuit of these goals. He was noted for his integrity in the construction community and was trusted to do his jobs ontime and on-budget. Years later, Engineering News Record would bestow upon him their Legacy Award for his contributions to the industry, particularly innovations such as fast track scheduling, guaranteed maximum price contracts, negotiated contracts, and the zero punch list. Ken was also a “people” person who excelled at connecting with coworkers and customers. He enjoyed mentoring employees and took great pride in watching their development.

Many buildings throughout Silicon Valley are a testament to Ken’s efforts. During his time at R&S, the company completed a number of projects for Stanford University, including the Carnegie Foundation Labs, the CMGM Building, the Chemical Lab Surge Building, the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, the Stanford Cancer Hospital, the MRI Building, the Gates Information Center, the Sir Norman Foster Science Building, the Governor’s Corner Student Residence, and the Florence Moore Residence Hall. In addition, Rudolph and Sletten was responsible for numerous corporate buildings in the area, including the Hewlett Packard, Fairchild, and National Semiconductor buildings in Stanford Business Park, Xerox Parc, the Memorex Corporation Campus, buildings for Apple and Lockheed, including the Apple Campus at 1 Infinite Loop, and the first “super clean room” for Advanced Micro Devices. Ken enjoyed telling

to Stanford in 1962. Kruger helped found the High Temperature Gasdynamics Laboratory, researching physical gas dynamics, partially ionized plasmas, plasma chemistry and plasma diagnostics.

As vice provost, he helped Stanford double its research funding from 1993-2003. He created collaborative initiatives including Stanford Bio-X, the Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning and the Science and Engineering Quadrangle. He helped build the Stanford Graduate Fellowships Program.

Kruger is survived by his wife of 40 years, Nora Kruger; his children Beth Kruger Curran (John) of Arroyo Grande, Charles Kruger III (Maya) of Irvine and Ellen Kruger (Katie Stutzman) of Philadelphia; and six grandchildren: Jason and Zoe Curran, Charlie and Ellie Kruger, and Trevor and Derek Gibson. He was predeceased by a daughter, Sarah Kruger Gibson of Santa Barbara.

Memorial gifts in the name of Charles H. Kruger may be made to the Yosemite Conservancy.

A celebration of life is planned for Monday, Dec. 18, at 3 p.m. at the Stanford Faculty Club. Q

Isaac Klughaupt

May 10, 1970 – November 23, 2017 Isaac Klughaupt passed away on November 23, 2017 at the age of 47. Isaac was born on May 10, 1970 in San Francisco. He grew up in Los Altos Hills and died of metastatic melanoma at his home in Mountain View. Isaac was the son of Naomi and Martin Klughaupt, brother of Miriam Klughaupt, husband of Annette Klughaupt, stepfather of Keilani and Jacob Gaming, and father of 13 year old daughter, Ilana.

Isaac attended South Peninsula Hebrew Day School and Pinewood High School. He received a BA in Biology and Chemistry from Notre Dame de Namur University, and was employed as a computer technician specializing in hardware repair.

Isaac was deeply committed to Jewish tradition. He had a beautiful voice and often led services and read Torah at Congregation Kol Emeth in Palo Alto, most recently alongside Ilana at her Bat Mitzvah in May. Isaac was also athletically inclined, particularly in basketball, a trait he passed on to Ilana as well.

Isaac was kindhearted and had a great sense of humor. His compassion for others extended to people and animals alike.

He was a devoted friend. As was evident from the hours they spent visiting him throughout his illness, he was loved by many.

Isaac was dearly cherished by his parents, sister, wife, children, aunts, uncles, cousins and friends. Taken far too soon, his memory will truly be a blessing.

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More information needed Editor, Palo Alto has the opportunity to make an infrastructure investment that will affect residential quality of life for the next century. It is critical that the city takes the long view in any decision about changing the alignment of Caltrain through Palo Alto. All traffic consequences, both short and especially long term, must be explicitly considered.

We would like to share some of our concerns regarding the current city process: 1) We need to be certain that undergrounding the track for the full length of Palo Alto will be considered with rigor, including exploring new advances in tunneling techniques and the deployment of a 2 percent grade.

2) The Connect Palo Alto meetings lack the real rigor of citizen engagement. We need more information about options, costs, property takings, impacts and benefits.

The content of survey information seems designed to qualify the most basic design instead of promoting creativity.

3) In June, the City Council will decide the design plan for each of the four Caltrain intersections.

We need to accelerate the studies and the dissemination of information to the public to support the decision-making process.

Palo Alto should be at the forefront of embracing new approaches and demonstrating how a forwardlooking city can tackle complex and important issues. Such a major investment in infrastructure could produce many benefits. We encourage creativity in facing this opportunity and are willing to participate with time, energy and resources.

Rachel Croft Mariposa Avenue, Palo Alto Nancy Madison Escobita Avenue, Palo Alto Shaila Sadrozinski Churchill Avenue, Palo Alto On behalf of Palo Alto Residents for a 21st Century Caltrain Corridor

Trash or treasure?

Editor, Adriana Varella, the Digital DNA artist, certainly has a high opinion of herself if she thinks her work is being censored. Who — besides Varella, and now the Raging Grannies — knew it carried the political message “technology can enslave us”?

Back in 2005, when the city paid Varella $9,950 for the first egg, it was “meant to honor the Palo Alto’s role as the birthplace of Silicon Valley.”

Varella said, “I don’t want to preach truths, just trigger ideas.”

That egg was destroyed in a warehouse fire. Varella hired an

attorney to investigate the city’s liability for the loss. Now she wants to hire an attorney to appeal the deaccession, which she thinks stems from political reasons.

After installation, there were multiple restorations of the sculpture to replace circuit boards and recoat the egg in protective resin.

In 2010, the commission doubled the maintenance budget and denied the artist’s request to “gold plate” the egg. No doubt that stemmed from her self-assessment that Digital DNA “reminds me (of) the Faberge eggs given as a gift to the Russian imperial family.”

It’s worth noting that while the original egg was being built in the artist’s garage in 2001, her neighbor mistook it for junk and tossed it.

Pat Marriott Oakhurst Avenue, Los Altos

Not Michelangelo Editor, Disposing of some of Palo Alto’s egregiously bad public art is like having a tooth pulled.

The sculptures are selected by our lordly Art Commission of dilettantes and handed down like papal encyclicals to us, the great unwashed. They presume that their tastes are superior and condemn us to encounter their blights in perpetuity.

Of course they expect us to pay for them. Junking the blunders

risks the bleating of aggrieved artists and worse, New York lawyers threatening lawsuits.

Public art should have expiration dates like milk and chicken parts. Most good art rests in private collections, museums or homes. I’ll make an exception on Embarcadero Road if it’s a Michelangelo or Rodin.

Vic Befera High Street, Palo Alto

Use what’s there Editor, As a woman in her mid-80s, I walk to Shoreline Park most weeks from the intersection of San Antonio and Charleston roads. I cross the 101 south exit ramp to San Antonio and use the overpass to get to the park. When the Adobe Creek underpass is open, I take it to return home from my walk.

It appalls me that the city of Palo Alto is ready to spend an estimated $16.25 million dollars to build another 101 overpass just three-tenths of a mile north of the current San Antonio overpass. Why? With a bit of tweaking, the exit ramp I cross can be made safer. It currently has two stripes marking its pedestrian/bike crossing. If blinking lights were installed there, activated by users, it would cost a fraction of the costs of a new overpass.

Joyce Tavrow E. Charleston Road, Palo Alto

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Editorial Stanford’s ambitious GUP Proposal rekindles old issues of housing, transportation and ‘build-out’

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t is not surprising that residents and government officials of the communities surrounding Stanford University are only now beginning to wake up to the importance of the university’s pending request for a new general use permit (GUP) to regulate its growth and development through 2035.

Palo Alto and Menlo Park have each had other major land use issues occupying their time, including the final adoption of Palo Alto’s own updated Comprehensive Plan — an 11-year endeavor — and Menlo Park’s approval of Stanford projects on El Camino Real and its attempt to reverse its approval of a development on Sand Hill Road near Sharon Heights.

But with appropriate prodding by Santa Clara County Supervisor Joe Simitian, who will play a key role in the county’s review of the Stanford GUP application, the community is awakening to the need to carefully scrutinize Stanford’s plans.

The general-use-permit process that Stanford uses is unique and is not subject to normal review and approval by either the Palo Alto or Menlo Park city councils. While some of Stanford’s commercially developed lands, such as the Medical Center, the Research Park and the Shopping Center, are located in the city of Palo Alto and subject to Palo Alto zoning control and approvals by the City Council, its general use permit covers the core academic campus and the foothills, which are unincorporated lands regulated mostly by Santa Clara County even though the impacts are felt within nearby cities.

Stanford’s current general use permit was adopted in 2000 and was the subject of much public debate. Intended to eliminate the need for project-by-project review of every Stanford development, the GUP application is a single-shot opportunity for the public to exert land-use and transportation controls over the region’s largest land owner and one of its largest employers.

Coincidentally, Simitian, during his previous stint on the Board of Supervisors, played a key role in the review and approval of the original plan in 2000. He successfully pushed for many detailed new practices, such as requiring no increase in peak-hour car trips and mandates that university’s housing and academic buildings be developed in stair-step fashion to ensure housing kept pace. He also was instrumental in getting the university to commit to preparing a model of fully “built-out” campus lands, a task only partially completed and which needs to be renewed in the new GUP. Now, 17 years later, the university has come to accept the more rigorous county oversight and the benefits of the processes, predictability and flexibility it established. Approval was granted in 2000 for all the development Stanford was requesting at the time (2 million square feet of new academic and athletic buildings and 3,000 housing units), along with some key limitations, such as a 25-year moratorium on any development in the foothills west of Junipero Serra Boulevard.

Stanford’s original prediction was that it would need to return for a new use permit (due to using up the authorized development allowance) after about 10 years, but the Great Recession slowed the pace of Stanford’s building plans. It’s now likely that Stanford will use up its allowed development from the 2000 GUP within the next two years.

The university’s new request is for approval to build another 2.275 million square feet of new academic facilities and 3,150 housing units (550 faculty housing units with the balance being beds in student housing).

An enormous, three-volume draft environmental-impact report has been completed, and several local jurisdictions, including the cities of Palo Alto and Menlo Park and the Palo Alto Unified School District, have asked the county for a 60-day extension from the Dec. 4 deadline for submitting comments. Given the magnitude and complexity of this unique process, those requests are reasonable and Stanford is being short-sighted in opposing this extension.

As the process proceeds over the next year, there are a number of issues that are likely to become contentious and require careful negotiation, including more aggressive traffic-mitigation measures, the renewal of the university’s commitment not to develop in the foothills after the current restriction expires in 2025, the issue of workforce housing for university employees and the development fees the university will be required to pay to help fund transportation and housing mitigation.

Stanford has, for the most part, faithfully lived up to the terms of the current use permit and has developed an outstanding and innovative Marguerite shuttle system, a balanced housing program and attractive and energy-efficient new campus buildings.

But these achievements have come in part because of rigorous public and governmental review and monitoring, and as it becomes more and more difficult to mitigate the impacts of further growth, such oversight will be even more important as the GUP is reviewed. Q

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he management at Pace Gallery likes to keep us guessing. Last month, the downtown Palo Alto space was filled with the colorful, graphic and self-revelatory paintings of Loie Hollowell. The current exhibition, “Adam Pendleton: Which We Can” (on view through Dec. 22), is a stark contrast. Consisting of black-and-white silkscreens, collages and spray-painted canvases, the exhibition requires close examination and time to parse the artist’s messages.

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Pace Gallery’s current exhibition features the black-and-white work of Adam Pendleton.

There in black and white Pace Gallery presents new work by Adam Pendleton

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It is the gallery’s policy to avoid the use of labels, wall statements or other didactic material (although the exhibition’s press release is available at the front desk). In order to better understand the work, it is always beneficial to go straight to the source. Fortunately, Pendleton was in town for the opening reception and agreed to sit down for an interview.

Pendleton is a quiet, thoughtful man in his mid-thirties who is as deliberate and measured in his speech as he is in his artistic expression. He was born in Richmond, Virginia to a family that appreciated and encouraged his artistic aspirations. Following high school graduation at age 16, he traveled to Italy, on his own, in order to study art. After two years, he returned to the U.S. and found a loft in New York City where he set up a studio.

“It was clear to me at a young age that I wanted to pursue the life of an artist,” he said. He found gallery representation shortly thereafter and his career began in earnest.

Although it sounds somewhat like an overnight success story, Pendleton said that there has been a 15year period of working and maneuvering through the art world.

“I think that one of the core qualities an artist must possess is that they must be patient,” he said.

“It requires patience in terms of the development of the work itself and in how you are perceived.”

This exhibition is his fourth solo show at Pace, where he is one of the youngest artists in the gallery’s stable. He is considered a conceptual artist, working in a variety of media including painting, collage, murals, video and live performances. A voracious reader, Pendleton said “writing is integral to my process and thinking.” In much of his work there are fragments of text, interspersed with images that he has appropriated from a variety of sources. In “Our Ideas,” 30 silkscreens on Mylar are assembled in a grid on one wall of the gallery. Some just consist of slashes of black strokes while others have remnants of photographs, text and African masks. Acutely aware of

What: “Adam Pendleton: Which We Can” Where: Pace Gallery, 229 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto.

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the unsettled state of race relations in this country, Pendleton wrote “The Black Dada Reader,” a treatise that unites the philosophy of the post-World War I art movement with the writings of noted figures from the Black Art Movement.

When asked if his work was political, he mulled over the question

and responded, “There is a drive toward the political in the sense that we have to question ourselves as citizens, as human beings.”

He explained that the gestural quality of the work reflects how he was “thinking very fast, making marks because there is a tension of something done quickly

and then sort of left on its own terms.” The fragmentation of text is also a conscious decision on Pendleton’s part because, “We pay more attention to language the harder it is to read.” Similarly, the use of the masks was chosen because, “masks conceal and reveal and I am interested in the dualities

of that.” He chose Mylar as reflective background for these pieces because, “mirrors tend to change the dynamic between artist and viewer.”

The other works in the show are untitled, large-scale paintings in which Pendleton has used a white background, upon which fragments of letters and shapes have been silkscreened. He then applies broad, black swaths, using spray paint. It is a medium he likes because “it is so democratic. Anyone can pick up a can of spray paint.” The end result is an enigmatic melange of shapes and strokes. What about the monochromatic quality of using just black and white, and will he ever use color? Pendleton smiled and said, “Black is a color. Let’s just say that I have refined my palette.”

Although Pendleton likes to create works in series, he explained that there is no effort made towards completion. He may add to “Our Ideas” in the future because, “each piece is a continuum. I am always thinking about each piece as it has been and will continue to be.”

To the casual eye, Pendleton’s work appears very controlled and carefully planned, but he shared that “Making art requires a healthy dose of chaos. You have to be open to chance, to any sort of swerve.”

Silicon Valley is a progressive and entrepreneurial environment where distractions abound and immediate gratification is the norm.

It begs the question of whether this demographic would be open to the time and thought process required to consider his art. After some thought, Pendleton responded, “The gallery or museum can be a place where we can stop and slow down ... where there is a shift of your geometry of attention.”

Having achieved critical attention in the art world, including exhibitions in major museums and inclusion in the 2015 Venice Biennale, has his career gone according to plan?

Pendleton laughed softly and replied, “I am very happy to wake up and do what I do.” Q Freelance writer Sheryl Nonnenberg can be emailed at nonnenberg@aol.com.

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Eating Out Ending the wasted food run-around Peninsula Food Runners makes it easier to donate excess meals to hungry residents Local catering company EAT Club donates leftover food to Peninsula Food Runners.

by Fiona Kelliher Photos by Michelle Le rom corporate events to Michelin-starred restaurants, the Bay Area consumes vast quantities of prepared food every day, contributing to the estimated 30 to 40 percent of food that gets wasted in the United States.

And yet an estimated 4.9 million Californians lack consistent access

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to adequate meals, according to the California Association of Food Banks, and one in four Silicon Valley residents are at risk of hunger, according to Second Harvest Food Bank. That’s why local restaurants and catering companies have partnered with nonprofit Peninsula Food Runners to donate leftovers rather than tossing them in the trash.

Founded in 2013 by Maria Yap,

the organization matches donors, volunteers and recipients, delivering an average of 35,000 meals weekly across the Midpeninsula.

Peninsula Food Runners delivers food to around 200 organizations that then distribute it to low-income housing residents, senior centers, families and the homeless, among other communities — for a total of 8,000 individuals served.

“Basically the premise is that you have so much food here, all this surplus,” Yap said. “So why not give it to people in need?”

Yap, who lives in San Francisco, said she grew up in Malaysia watching her social worker mother make case calls, an experience that made her acutely aware of food insecurity.

“Many of her clients were victims of unfortunate circumstances,

such as fires, monsoon flooding, homelessness, drug abuse, domestic violence, child abuse, etc,” Yap said on the Food Runners website. “Food was always connected somehow.”

In the 2000s, while training as a chef in San Francisco, Yap started volunteering at Food Runners San Francisco. The organization had developed a system in which volunteers picked up food from

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Eating Out restaurants to remove logistical barriers to donation. But the Midpeninsula had no such system, so Yap decided to replicate the San Francisco model. Now, Peninsula Food Runners serves both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties. About 11 percent of Santa Clara County residents and 17 percent of San Mateo County have food insecurity, according to the nonprofit.

Peninsula Food Runners aims to take the onus off businesses by researching recipients and transporting food, which ranges from fresh produce to gourmet steak meals.

The organization relies on a customized software system called ChowMatch, which Yap’s husband Tod created in 2011. The app asks that donors sign up once and then matches them with volunteers and recipients on a case-by-case basis.

On ChowMatch, recipient organizations can specify their clients’ needs to ensure they get the right kind of food at the right time. Some families have kitchens where they can prepare fresh produce, for example, while others don’t and require prepared meals. Because the system addresses recipients’ unique living situations, Yap said, nobody is forced to throw away food they cannot use.

The 500 Food Runners volunteers — a number Yap said is growing “tremendously” — pick up the donated food and deliver it. Aspiring volunteers have to pass a food safety test in order to participate.

Local restaurants have caught on.

Zume Pizza, the Mountain View pizza delivery company known for its semi-automated production, partners with the organization to donate between seven and 25 pizzas daily.

“I personally think that food waste is one of the stupidest problems in the entire world,” said Zume co-founder Julia Collins. “There should be no reason why we make food and throw it in the trash ... It makes a lot of sense to donate your fresh food to a partner who can give it to somebody who’s hungry.”

Still, the barriers to donation remain high for many food producers.

Richard Vo, Palo Alto team leader for catering company EAT Club, said that many restaurants and caterers err on the side of having too much food rather than too little. Although many businesses give excess food to their employees at the end of the day, they are still overwhelmed with leftovers, particularly for caterers that produce it in large quantities.

Even Zume’s “micro-forecasts” for daily business, which rely on artificial intelligence, aren’t always perfect.

Liability concerns present another barrier to addressing food waste.

Many cities have laws against sharing food with people on the street, making restaurant owners wary of accidentally breaking the law. And last summer in San Jose, city officials cracked down on food giveaways in a local park.

With this in mind, Vo said, coming up with effective ways to handle waste is an “extra process” that restaurant owners are often hesitant to take on in addition to the daily stresses of running a business.

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A Zume Pizza worker loads leftover pizzas into Peninsula Food Runners volunteer Arnold Testa’s car.

Local tech companies make up the bulk of donations, though Yap said that recently more restaurants have expressed interest in donating.

LinkedIn, for example, donates excess catered meals every day (and has also supported Peninsula Food Runners financially). Other prolific givers include Salesforce and Sequoia Capital.

And while EAT Club donates between 20 and 100 meals every day, several of their client companies also donate excess food, creating a secondary round of donations

between caterers and tech firms.

For the many people who have to choose between eating and other necessities, like paying for medication or electricity, Peninsula Food Runners fills a critical need.

“What we offer is a supplemental meal that they don’t have to worry about,” Yap said. Q For more information about Peninsula Food Runners, go to peninsulafoodrunners.org.

Editorial intern Fiona Kelliher can be emailed at fkelliher@ paweekly.com.

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Intergenerational Playdate with Community Youth Service

Visit the Play! exhibit and join in some old favorite games or learn something new. 1 to 3pm, Palo Alto Art Center, 1313 Newell Road. Refreshments served. Drop-in, free.

Dec 4

Give them the gift of:

VTA Workshop Series: Introduction to Bus and Light Rail Travel

G Independence

1 to 2pm, Avenidas @ CCC. RSVP required.

Call 650-289-5400. Free

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UNA Film Festival “Happy”

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support G Sense of belonging G Cultural outings G Transportation assistance The gift of an Avenidas Village membership lets your parents stay in the home they love, while p g them active,, safe and connected! keeping

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Calendar of Events

3-4:30pm @ Channing House. Drop-in, free.

Dec 5 Lotus Dance Fitness

How to plan your trip, 1 to 2pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Call 650-289-5400. Free

Caregiver Support Group

11:30am-1pm – every Monday @ Sunrise Palo Alto, 2701 El Camino Real, Palo Alto.

Call Paula 650-289-5438 for more info.

Drop-in, free.

Dec 12

Mindfulness Meditation

Avenidas Village Coffee Chat

10am, Avenidas @ CCC. RSVP required.

Call 650-289-5405 Dec 13

2:30 to 4pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Bring your voice, uke, harmonica, or other acoustic instrument. Drop-in, free.

Dec 22

1 to 2pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Call 650-289-5400. Free Dec 14

Avenidas closed.

VTA Workshop Series: Technology Tools in Transit

Workshop: iPad for the Complete Beginner

3:30-4:30pm – every Tuesday, Avenidas @ CCC. Drop-in, free.

Dec 6

2 to 4pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Space is limited.

RSVP required. Call 650-289-5400. $10/$20 Dec 15

1 to 2pm, Avenidas @ CCC. RSVP required.

Call 650-289-5400. Free Dec 7

7pm @ Avenidas @ CCC. Tix $10/$12.

Call 650-289-5400

VTA Workshop Series: Safety in Travel on Public Transit

Book Club: Crossing to Safety

by Wallace Stegner, 2:30 to 3pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Drop-in, free.

Dec 8 Tuina

10 to 11am, Avenidas @ CCC. Drop-in, free.

Complete schedule or info about Avenidas events, call 650-289-5400

10am – every Tuesday. Call 650-387-5256 for trailhead info or to schedule. Free.

Dec 20

Animal Farm: A Dramatic reading of a Timely Fable

Dec 16

Animal Farm: A Dramatic reading of a Timely Fable

2pm @ Avenidas @ CCC. Tix $10/$12.

Call 650-289-5400 Dec 18 Senior Adult Legal Assistance

2-3pm, Avenidas @ CCC – every Wednesday. Drop-in, free.

Dec 21

Holiday Party and Sing-a-long

Don’t forget to schedule your Doorto-Door rides. Call 650-289-5411.

Dec 25 Dec 26 Avenidas closed.

Dec 27 National Fruitcake Day

Dec 28

Movie: “Loving”

1:30pm, Avenidas @ CCC. Call for ticket 650-289-5400. 0/$2 Dec 29

New Year Party “Breakfast at Mitchell’s,” with the 10th Avenue Band 10am to 1pm @ Mitchell Park

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Living Well

Candlelight Service of Remembrance We invite you to join us in this meaningful evening of remembrance where sharing on the themes of Love, Hope, Memory, Courage and Community come together with live music and culminate in a special candle lighting ceremony to honor loved ones who have died.

This is a non-denominational service open to the community. An opportunity to give to Kara will be presented during the evening.

Actors from Avenidas’ Wise Owls Players troupe follow along with the script from “Animal Farm” during rehearsal.

‘Animal Farm’ (continued from page 21)

power; Squealer, a propagandist; Boxer, a horse who just wants to work hard and believe what he is told; and Benjamin, a cynical and stubborn donkey.

Pianist Audrey Albin adds musical mood touches as well as accompaniment to the song “Beasts of England,” sung to the tune of “Oh My Darling, Clementine.”

Davis, a professional storyteller and writing teacher, works with local schools, libraries and senior centers to provide storytelling programs. She organized the Wise Owl Players storytelling troupe at the nonprofit senior agency Avenidas as part of her theatrical-stage-reading program, which doesn’t use sets or elaborate costumes. The student-actors, who often remain seated throughout the performance, read from a script, using voice and body language skills learned over the six-week program.

Henry Lew, who plays Boxer, said participating in Davis’s staged readings have given him an opportunity to catch up with the arts after spending a long and all-consuming career in medicine. In addition to “Animal Farm,” he recently had a role in the musical “Jeans!” co-written by Davis and performed last August at the Moldaw Senior Residences in Palo Alto.

“I was a premed at Columbia in the ‘50s and everything was science,” Lew said.

“You didn’t dare take English literature

or anything that wasn’t a science course to help you get into medical school.

“There you are in Manhattan — surrounded by art, music, literature, opera and everything — but you have no time at all.

So I’m doing it now, in my 80s.”

Palo Alto resident Taffy Hoffman, who plays Moses, a raven who speaks of an animal afterlife in a better place called Sugarcandy Mountain, said the staged readings have allowed her to try acting for the first time since high school and early college.

“That was a really long time ago,” Hoffman said. “I couldn’t memorize lines any more at this point, at my age. But this is just reading.”

Cast members Naomi Lavori of Stanford and Sandra O’Neal of Palo Alto said they heard about the “Animal Farm” production through a creative writing class that Davis also teaches at Avenidas.

“I was telling my granddaughters about this play and the 15-year-old said, ‘It sounds like contemporary politics,” said O’Neal, a retired nurse practitioner who plays Snowball, a boar who wants to improve the lives of his fellow animals.

“It’s wonderful stuff. I wish it weren’t so timely. You could just erase the date and write ‘2017,’” said Lavori, who plays Benjamin the Donkey.

Lavori said she doesn’t have many lines, but the lines she does have are good: “All animals are equal, but some are more equal

Thursday, December 7th, 7:00 pm First Presbyterian Church 1140 Cowper Street, Palo Alto “Hope links the past through memory, carries with it the grace of love and is evidence of the very real courage of moving forward.”

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Sanford Davis,left, Deborah Rose, center and Jane Stefani rehearse a scene from “Animal Farm,” which they will perform as a theatrical staged reading at Avenidas’ new location at the Cubberley Community Center.

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Living Well

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no place like home.â&#x20AC;?

CITY OF PALO ALTO Notice of Funding Availability for Minor Home Repair Program Administrator Program Years 2017-18 & 2018-19 Community Development Block Grant Program

Senior Focus HAPPY? ... â&#x20AC;&#x153;Happy,â&#x20AC;? a movie that explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion, will be shown Monday, Dec. 4, 3 - 4:30 p.m. at Channing House, 850 Webster St., Palo Alto. Director Roki Belic takes viewers from the bayous of Louisiana to the deserts of Namibia to the beaches of Brazil to the villages of Okinawa to explore what brings people happiness. The award-winning documentary, made in 2011, is being shown as part of the United Nations Association Film Festival. Free and open to the public.

CAREGIVER SUPPORT ... Avenidas offers a free weekly support group for caregivers coping with medical or mental health issues affecting their spouse or partnerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s quality of life. The group meets Mondays from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Sunrise Senior Living, 2701 El Camino Real, Palo Alto. Call facilitator Paula Wolfson at 650-289-5438.

MOTHERS, SISTERS, MIRACLES ... Israeli psychologist and educator Nily Shiryon will lecture Tuesday, Dec. 5, and Tuesday, Dec. 12, as part of the Community Tuesdays series at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center . On Dec. 5, Shiryon will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mothers and Daughters, Sisters and Wives,â&#x20AC;? focusing on the women â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and their men â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who dedicated their lives to creating the state of Israel. On Dec. 12, Shiryon will present â&#x20AC;&#x153;Miracles: In Days of Yore and in Our Times,â&#x20AC;? exploring the Jewish concept of miracles. Both lectures will be from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Room E-104 at the JCC, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto. $15. For more information contact Michelle Rosengaus at 650-223-8616 or mrosenbaus@ paloaltojcc.org.

HANUKKAH CELEBRATION ... The Community Tuesdays program at the Oshman Family Jewish Community Center marks Hanukkah with traditional food and entertainment on Tuesday, Dec. 19, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

David Chernyavsky, a Russianborn San Francisco Symphony violinist, will offer a lively selection of traditional tunes with his klezmer ensemble. A hot buffet lunch will be available before the concert in the Schultz Cultural Arts Hall, 3921 Fabian Way, Palo Alto . $20. RSVP to Michelle Rosengaus at 650 2238616 or mrosengaus@paloaltojcc. org.

HOLIDAY SING-ALONG ... Avenidas encourages seniors to bring their voices, ukuleles, harmonicas or other acoustic instruments to a holiday party and sing-along on Thursday, Dec. 21, from 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Avenidas, Cubberley Community Center Building I-2, 4000 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto.

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than others,â&#x20AC;? is her favorite line, she said.

While audience members are likely to extract contemporary parallels from the story in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s politically polarized environment, Davis said the group is going to let the audience decide what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want politics to be a major part of this at all,â&#x20AC;? Davis said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is the older generation giving a gift of wisdom and consciousness. This is a story to consider.â&#x20AC;?

The Wise Owl Players will be performing â&#x20AC;&#x153;Animal Farmâ&#x20AC;? on Friday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at the new Avenidas center at Cubberley Community Center, 4000 Middlefield Road, Suite I-2, Palo Alto. Tickets are $10 for Avenidas members; $12 for non-members. For more information, call 650-289-5400.

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Home Front

Green Acres is the place to be

NEIGHBORHOOD SNAPSHOT

ALLIED ARTS CHRISTMAS ...

The Allied Arts Guild in Menlo Park will host its free Christmas Market on Saturday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Gifts including handmade needlework and quilts as well as jewelry and ornaments will be for sale. Check out the mini Christmas tree auction, and stick around for singing and jazz music. Proceeds benefit Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. Allied Arts is located at 75 Arbor Road, Menlo Park.

For more information go to alliedartsguild.org.

HOLIDAY WASTE PICKUP ... Garbage services

by GreenWaste of Palo Alto will change slightly for Christmas and New Year’s Day. If your regular collection day falls on or after one of these holidays, your collection day will be moved to the following day for that week.

Regular collection schedules will resume the following week.

Remember to place your carts at the curb before 6 a.m. Call GreenWaste customer service at 650-493-4894 if you have questions. For the four weeks following Christmas Day, holiday trees will be collected curbside. Cut your trees into four-foot lengths and remove tree stands, all decorations, tinsel and nails. Place them next to your green compost cart. Flocked trees are not accepted.

YEARNING FOR FRESH FRUIT? ... Good news!

The Portola Valley Farmers’ Market provides year-round seasonal produce every Thursday. About 25 vendors bring fruits, berries, greens, nuts, honey, even seafood, meat and eggs, as well as pastries, made-toorder crepes and more to the Portola Valley Town Center from 2 to 6 p.m.

The Town Center is located at 765 Portola Road, Portola Valley. For more information, go to pvfarmersmarket.com.

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The neighbors have changed, but the closeness remains

by Crystal Tai photos by Veronica Weber

Jim Colton has lived in Green Acres for more than 40 years. He’s seen the faces of the neighborhood change. “What hasn’t changed, though, is three schools within walking distance and the quiet of the neighborhood,” Colton said.

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he name may be reminiscent of the pastoral 1960s TV show, but Green Acres in Palo Alto is better known for its close proximity to three top-ranking public schools: Juana Briones Elementary School, Terman Middle School and Gunn High School.

“The schools are excellent, and the bonus of having kids able to walk to school independently from grades K-12 is priceless,” said resident Susan Pines, who has three school-aged children. “The location of the neighborhood is great, for schools, for walking on the bike path to Bol Park and biking to Stanford. Another bonus is the underground utilities.”

Green Acres consists of two sections: Green Acres I, which covers the small area from Arastradero Road to Glenbrook Drive and from Los Palos to Pomona avenues; and Green Acres II, which is larger, and stretches from Maybell Avenue to Arastradero Road and from Coulombe Drive to Georgia Avenue.

Ruth Satterthwaite, one of the leaders of the Green Acres II Neighborhood Association, said she has seen many changes in the area since moving there with her husband in 1985.

“There has been a fair amount of turnover, especially recently, as some of the original owners have moved away ... new families with younger children are moving into the neighborhood,” Satterthwaite said.

Jim Colton, who has lived in the Green Acres neighborhood for more than four decades, said he also has seen the demographic changes.

“What hasn’t changed, though, is three schools within walking distance and the quiet of the neighborhood,” Colton said.

The biggest complaint residents said they have about the neighborhood is the lack of retail stores.

“When we moved here, there

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was the All American Market on El Camino at Los Robles. Now the small Barron Park Market is the closest option when you run out of essentials. Walgreens just has snack food. We are used to planning our grocery trips with the car,” Pines said.

Satterthwaite and Colton also pointed out that Green Acres II has no stores in it.

“The closest store is Walgreens on El Camino, about a mile away, with a few more small stores a bit further north on El Camino. But for major grocery shopping, either Los Altos or Piazza’s on Charleston and Middlefield are much more practical; likewise, most other shopping needs or errands unfortunately generally require driving to another area,” Satterthwaite said.

Residents Lorie and Eric Englhardt make do with closer options.

They often buy milk at Walgreens, deli sandwiches at Driftwood Market and tea drinks at Teaspoon in Los Altos, Lorie said. The couple and their four children have lived in Green Acres II for 16 years.

“Our four kids have gone through Juana Briones,” she said.

“We still have one at Terman and one at Gunn. We love having the schools so close. We have enjoyed getting to know our neighbors and have liked the annual summer block party. Our two daughters babysit and enjoy working for families in the neighborhood.”

Just like Green Acres II, Green Acres I is a purely residential neighborhood dominated by single-family homes and in walking distance to schools.

Vidya Maharajah, a Green Acres I resident for 10 years, said she can walk or take a quick drive to stores she needs.

“I have no complaints about the neighborhood,” said Maharajah.

“It’s a fantastic place, with lots of greenery, schools nearby, and a trail behind. The walkability

score is high. You see kids playing around. Neighbors are close to each other and help each other out.” Q

Crystal Tai is a freelance writer for the Palo Alto Weekly.

“We love having the schools so close. We have enjoyed getting to know our neighbors and have liked the annual summer block party,” said resident Lorie Englhardt.

FACTS

LOCATION: Green Acres I: Arastradero Road to Glenbrook Drive, Los Palos to Pomona avenues; Green Acres II: Maybell Avenue to Arastradero Road, Coulombe Drive to Georgia Avenue CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOLS: Palo Alto Montessori School, 575 Arastradero Road; Whistlestop Child Development Center, 3801 Miranda Ave. No. T6B; Young Life Christian Pre-School, 687 Arastradero Road FIRE STATION: No. 5, 600 Arastradero Road LIBRARY: Mitchell Park branch, 3700 Middlefield Road NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: (Green Acres I) Alice Sklar, a2sklar@aol. com; (Green Acres II); Jim Colton, 650-464-1775.

PARKS: Juana Briones Park, 609 Maybell Ave.; Terman Park, 655 Arastradero Road POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave. PRIVATE SCHOOL: Bowman International School, 4000 Terman Drive PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Juana Briones Elementary School, Terman Middle School, Gunn High School SHOPPING: El Camino Real, San Antonio Shopping Center, Downtown Los Altos

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Home sales are provided by California REsource, a real estate information company that obtains the information from the County Recorderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office.

Information is recorded from the deeds after the close of escrow and published within four to eight weeks.

East Palo Alto

1620 Bay Road Clarum Limited to D. Patel for $1,561,500 on 10/11/17; previous sale 07/01/2008, $1,220,000 453 East Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Keefe Street #206 H. Patterson to S. Shah for $672,000 on 10/12/17; built 2003, 2bd, 1,061 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/21/2008, $365,000 2124 Lincoln Street J. & M. Castrejon to T. Pan for $814,500 on 10/11/17; built 1979, 3bd, 1,120 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/15/1988, $90,500

Los Altos

Menlo Park

545 6th Avenue Evergreen Group to Y. Liu for $2,250,000 on 10/11/17; built 1962, 3bd, 1,330 sq.ft.; previous sale 10/19/2015, $925,000 510 8th Avenue Pugh Trust to M. Torosis for $1,365,000 on 10/11/17; built 1952, 3bd, 1,250 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/23/2003, $568,000 546 Hamilton Avenue C. Lee to Vora Trust for $1,375,000 on 10/10/17; built 1950, 4bd, 1,840 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/25/2015, $635,000 247 Hedge Road Hafkenscheid Trust to H. Wen for $1,580,000 on 10/12/17; built 1947, 3bd, 1,210 sq.ft.

433 Oâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Connor Street M. & M. Liang to K. Guo for $2,280,000 on 10/11/17; built 2015, 4bd, 2,578 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/06/2012, $750,000

Mountain View

194 Athena Court MV Urban Village Homes to J. Zhang for $1,588,000 on 11/09/17; built 2016, 3bd, 1,526 sq.ft.

196 Athena Court MV Urban Village Homes to J. Kim for $1,548,000 on 11/08/17; built 2016, 3bd, 1,526 sq.ft.

198 Athena CourtMV Urban Village Homes to A. Yang for $1,738,000 on 11/08/17; built 2016, 4bd, 2,255 sq.ft.

1125 Blue Lake Square Trust to J. & B. Mudigonda for $2,300,000 on 11/13/17; built 1973, 3bd, 1,782 sq.ft.

1137 Boranda Avenue D. Gorgen to L. Zhang for $2,425,000 on 11/13/17; built 1998, 4bd, 1,896 sq.ft.; previous sale 12/17/1998, $535,000 1721 California Street #4 K. & F. Crouch to P. Anglokar for $863,000 on 11/13/17; built 1989, 2bd, 860 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/27/2015, $615,000 821 Central Avenue D. Zenchelsky to R. Ramanand for $1,860,000 on 11/09/17; built 1946, 3bd, 1,357 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/23/2012, $850,000 280 Easy Street #201 M. Grunert to S. Choi for $543,000 on 11/09/17; built 1964, 1bd, 711 sq.ft.

129 Fairchild Drive MV Viewpoint to E. & J. Keller for $1,355,000 on 11/08/17; built 2016, 3bd, 1,771 sq.ft.

1294 Mercy Street S. Purnama to N. Yadav for $1,900,000 on 11/13/17; built 1922, 2bd, 1,432 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/02/2017, $1,500,000

947 Rincon Street D. Rajendra to K. & S. Lai for $2,100,000 on 11/13/17; built 2009, 3bd, 1,653 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/28/2009, $1,014,000 905 West Middlefield Road #982 Salamida Trust to D. Nishi for $943,000 on 11/09/17; built 1978, 2bd, 998 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/19/1992, $195,000

Palo Alto

3489 Alma Village Circle R. Zhang to S. Jia for $2,540,000 on 11/13/17; built 2013, 4bd, 2,297 sq.ft.; previous sale 09/19/2013, $1,658,500 4143 Amaranta Avenue Wu Trust to B. Liu for $3,200,000 on 11/13/17; built 1990, 4bd, 2,781 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/31/1991, $670,000 1461 Dana Avenue Sidana Trust to M. Wang for $4,200,000 on 11/08/17; built 1934, 4bd, 2,056 sq.ft.

3820 Ross Road G. & C. Watanabe to X. Lan for $2,908,000 on 11/08/17; built 1955, 4bd, 2,267 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/10/1994, $435,000

765 San Antonio Road #20 E. & M. Vinsky to Y. Sha for $1,275,000 on 11/08/17; built 1976, 2bd, 1,030 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/31/2012, $580,000 261 Stanford Avenue Koch Trust to Nagle Trust for $4,200,000 on 11/13/17; built 1998, 4bd, 2,386 sq.ft.

543 Tennyson Avenue Thacker Trust to R. Guo for $6,000,000 on 11/07/17; built 1938, 3bd, 2,123 sq.ft.; previous sale 07/01/1974, $86,500 2599 Waverley Street Kitajima Trust to J. & H. Yoon for $2,400,000 on 11/08/17; built 1948, 2bd, 1,131 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/1971, $37,700

Portola Valley

5 Sunhill Street Norcal Properties to Residence Trust for $3,725,000 on 10/11/17; built 1987, 3bd, 4,584 sq.ft.; previous sale 11/03/2015, $3,800,000

Stanford

813 Allardice Way Stanford University to W. Hartmann for

$2,700,000 on 11/07/17; built 1972, 4bd, 3,578 sq.ft.

Woodside

164 Bardet Road Voiss Trust to T. Kochatchawan for $1,800,000 on 10/10/17; built 1959, 4bd, 2,520 sq.ft.

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100 1st Street #214 S. & G. Modarresi to J. Chui for $2,220,000 on 11/09/17; built 2015, 2bd, 1,386 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/24/2015, $1,516,000 2042 Crist Drive Hashemi Trust to M. & A. Baker for $2,885,000 on 11/08/17; built 1953, 4bd, 2,241 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/10/2006, $1,260,000 108 Cuesta Drive #4 Wachs Trust to E. Po for $1,300,000 on 11/08/17; built 1989, 2bd, 1,206 sq.ft.; previous sale 02/23/1995, $370,000 1107 Cuesta Drive K. Carpenter to C. Chung for $2,000,000 on 11/13/17; built 1955, 3bd, 1,280 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/14/2007, $1,080,000 1224 Gronwall Court BurnsArkin Trust to C. Yang for $2,970,000 on 11/13/17; built 1973, 3bd, 2,520 sq.ft.; previous

sale 06/03/1994, $728,000 1310 Harwalt Drive VH Properties to V. Vijayan for $2,850,000 on 11/07/17; built 1962, 3bd, 2039 sq.ft. (previous sale 06/25/1998, $740,000) 748 Loyola Drive M. Sanatkhani to Heraud-Carrero Trust for $7,190,000 on 11/07/17; built 2008, 4bd, 4,104 sq.ft.; previous sale 03/11/2005, $1,886,500 1730 Penny Way Johnson Trust to D. & L. Nil for $3,498,000 on 11/08/17; built 1953, 4bd, 2,599 sq.ft.; previous sale 05/18/1994, $518,000 1435 Richardson Avenue S. & D. Gallienne to H. Gu for $3,420,000 on 11/09/17; built 2017, 5bd, 3,680 sq.ft.; previous sale 01/16/2015, $1,800,000 288 Sunkist Lane Ferguson Trust to F. Sobhanipour for $3,900,000 on 11/13/17; built 1990, 4bd, 3,350 sq.ft.; previous sale 08/26/2008, $2,688,000 11682 Winding Way Hartman Trust to R. & I. Linn for $2,250,000 on 11/09/17; built 2008, 3bd, 1,539 sq.ft.; previous sale 06/12/2008, $870,000

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Tolkien-Inspired Masterpiece Privately sited on 8 lots on the highly coveted Carmel Point, this grand stone estate was recently built with exquisite craftsmanship and attention to detail. The main house boasts an expansive master suite, office, living room, grand open kitchen and family room, 2 guest suites, a lightfilled gym and 2 car garage. Additionally, guests can enjoy a serene stroll through the private gardens and water features to the guest house and art studio. All 6,595 sqft of this residence is on a single level, making for an elegant and comfortable retreat for family and guests. Located within 3 blocks of both Carmel and River Beaches this estate offers a truly unique combination of location, quality, size, character and privacy.

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SPECTACULAR OLD PALO ALTO ESTATE 215 Coleridge Avenue, Palo Alto • Rarely available Magnificent Spanish Mediterranean home • Premier Old Palo Alto location with neighboring estate properties • 6 bedrooms, office, and 4.5 baths plus a 1-room cottage with bath

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One-of-a-Kind Contemporary Retreat 135 Willowbrook Drive, Portola Valley Offered at $6,850,000 · 6 Beds · 6.5 Baths · Home ±6,080 sf · Lot ±1.4 acres 135willowbrook.com

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THE ADDRESS IS THE PENINSU THE EXPERIENCE IS A IN PINEL

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PALO ALTO $5,500,000

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WOODSIDE $3,999,000

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MENLO PARK $3,950,000

SARATOGA $3,800,000

PALO ALTO $2,998,000

LOS ALTOS $2,995,000

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The holiday season is a time for celebration and giving gifts to family and friends, but it is also a time when safety takes a back seat due to the rush and excitement of the season. People become careless and vulnerable to theft and holiday scams.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Keep the outside of your home well-lit. When you leave your home, place your inside lights on timers to make it appear occupied.

â&#x20AC;˘ Follow the 3 ft. - 10 ft. rule. Keep your shrubs trimmed to about three feet and tree heights to no more than 10 feet, to prevent burglars from lurking around your home.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t overload wall outlets and extension cords.

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â&#x20AC;˘ If you have a live Christmas tree, cut two inches off the trunk and mount the tree on a sturdy stand. Keep the tree well-supplied with water and away from candles or a fireplace.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Before entering a store, make a mental note of where you're parked and which entrance and exit you'll use. When you're ready to leave, get your car keys out before you exit the building, and quickly store your purchases out of sight, preferably in the trunk.

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â&#x20AC;˘ Many people are in the giving mood during the holidays and will donate money to charities. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t become a victim of bogus holiday charity scams. Whether you receive them via phone, email or at a shopping mall, always be wary of appeals that are long on emotion, but short on details about how the charity addresses the needs of recipients.

Finally, here are some holiday gift suggestions that can keep your friends and family safe year-round: smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, fire extinguishers, escape ladders, first aid kits, earthquake kits, automobile safety kit, flashlights and portable radios. *** Information provided in this column is presented by the Silicon Valley Association of REALTORSÂŽ. Send questions to Rose Meily at rmeily@silvar.org.

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Menlo looking to make history

MAKING AN IMPACT . . . Stanford football coach David Shaw was named the Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week and senior defensive tackle Harrison Phillips earned Lott IMPACT Player of the Week honors.

Shaw and the Cardinal turned a 2017 deficit into a 38-20 lead in a span of 3:36 in the fourth quarter to beat Notre Dame and finish the regular season with its third straight win. The Dodd Trophy Coach of the Week honors the football coach whose program embodies the award’s three pillars of scholarship, leadership and integrity, while also producing success on the playing field. Phillips, who was also named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week on Oct. 30, finished with six tackles and led the Cardinal with a season-high two sacks and three tackles for loss in Stanford’s second win over a top-10 opponent in three weeks.

WEEKLY HONORS . . . Stanford freshman Corinne Zanolli was named a first team selection and three other Stanford players were named second team Longstreth/ NFHCA All-West Region. Kelsey Bing, Sarah Helgeson and Katie Keyser received second team honors . . . Stanford forward Alanna Smith was named Pac-12 Women’s Basketball Player of the Week for her performance over the course of the Play4Kay Showcase in Las Vegas.

Smith averaged a double-double of 23.7 points and 11.7 rebounds in No. 16 Stanford’s second-place finish at the Thanksgiving tournament. . . . Stanford junior punter and kickoff specialist Jake Bailey was named Pac-12 Special Teams Player of the Week on Monday.

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combined to win 19 games over the past two seasons, including a bowl game.

Hall, Burkett, Bright, Schultz and Marx have also been there every step of the way.

“We’re a veteran team who has won a lot of games,” Shaw said.

“We’re still competing.”

Defensively, seniors Harrison Phillips, Peter Kalambayi, Bobby Okereke and Joey Alfieri bring leadership, passion and energy to the field.

Phillips, who leads the team with seven sacks and 16 tackles

n the surface Menlo School looks like a decided underdog going into Friday’s Central Coast Section Division V football championship game against Gilroy at Westmont High.

But that doesn’t take into account some of the intangibles.

No. 1 seed Gilroy (12-0), one of only two undefeated teams remaining in the CCS, has had a dominant season. A 30-21 win over Carmel in the second week was the closest game it played.

The other 11 opponents were all defeated by 18 points or more.

No. 2 Menlo (8-4), on the other hand, has been in a number of close games, especially lately. The Knights had to come from behind and score the winning touchdown with 1:05 left last week in a 26-21 win over Scotts Valley in the CCS semifinals.

“Our assignment Friday will definitely be a tough one,’’ Menlo coach Mark Newton said. “Gilroy is a well-earned No. 1 seed, really well-coached. A lot of their players grew up together in the Pop Warner system in Gilroy. They don’t have a single weakness. But our team has faced adversity all year and will definitely be up for the challenge.’’

While Menlo’s 8-4 record pales next to Gilroy’s 12-0, it should be noted that Menlo has played the tougher schedule with nonleague games against two CCS “A” league teams in Palma and Sacred Heart Prep, against East Nicolaus, a 13-0 team that won the Northern Section Division IV

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PAC-12 VOLLEYBALL . . . Stanford sophomore Kathryn Plummer earned the Pac-12 Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year award.

Cardinal teammates Jenna Gray was named Setter of the Year and Morgan Hentz was selected Libero of the Year. Senior Merete Lutz and sophomore Audriana Fitzmorris were named first team all-Pac-12.

Junior Tami Alade earned honorable mention and outside hitter Meghan McClure landed on the All-Pac-12 Freshman Team.

Knights are out to win first CCS football title

Love leads the Pac-12 and ranks third nationally in all-purpose yards per game with 171.0 and is the only player in the top-5 nationally without a kick return yard.

Stanford plays for a title Cardinal looking for its fourth championship in seven years

by Rick Eymer uniors Bryce Love and JJ Arcega-Whiteside and sophomore K.J. Costello give Stanford a trio of high-level offensive threats.

It’s seniors like Dalton Schultz, Daniel Marx, A.T. Hall, Jesse Burkett and David Bright who help make it all happen.

The Cardinal (9-3) meets USC (10-2) for the Pac-12 football championship Friday at 5 p.m. inside Levi’s Stadium and the 25 fourthand fifth-year seniors on Stanford’s roster, most in the Pac-12, will have a lot to say about the outcome.

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effective weapons at Costello’s disposal but their main concern is protecting Costello and opening holes for Love, right alongside offensive linemen Hall, Burkett and Bright.

Quarterback may be Stanford’s deepest position, with fifth-year senior Ryan Burns and senior Keller Chryst combining for 19 starts in the past 25 games. Chryst rallied Stanford to a victory over Oregon State in his last start.

“When the chips were down Keller made the throws,” Stanford coach David Shaw said. “With the game on the line he made the plays.”

The three quarterbacks have

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by Rick Chandler hanksgiving has come and gone and the Sacred Heart Prep girls volleyball team still has plenty of thanks left to go around the table. SHP gets one more helping this weekend.

The Gators (29-8) play SoCal champ Sierra Canyon (37-7), which needed five sets to beat La Salle, at 4 p.m. Saturday at Santiago Canyon College in Orange for the state Division II title.

The No. 1 seed in SouCal, Trailblazers have won eight straight and 20 of their past 21. They have no common opponents, but Sierra Canyon lost to Mitty and beat Sacred Heart Cathedral.

In its latest state volleyball rankings, CalHiSports has Sierra Canyon ranked 12th and Sacred Heart Prep ‘on the bubble.’

Of Sierra Canyon, the publication wrote, “This is the only team from the

The NorCal third-seeded Gators understand the underdog role.

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D2 bracket in either north or south that has been in the state rankings in the last two months so it will be an upset if Sacred Heart Prep wins.”

The NorCal third-seeded Gators understand the underdog role. They’ve been pretty successful at it the last couple of times out.

“We’ve made tremendous leaps and bounds over the past three weeks,” said Sacred Heart Prep coach Allison Magner, whose team upset Carlmont, 25-16, 25-20, 19-25, 14-25, 17-15, for the Division II NorCal title.

The Gators have only lost to four teams all year: Menlo School (twice), Notre Dame-Belmont (three times), Carlmont (twice) and Palo Alto. That’s a total of two CCS Open Division teams, the CCS Division I champion, and the (continued on page 43)

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for a loss and is second with 87 tackles, was named the Lott IMPACT Player of the Week twice this season and is Lott IMPACT Trophy finalist. Heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s named on several other watch lists.

Kalambayi has been on the Butkus Award watch list the past three years. He and Okereke each have four sacks and six tackles for a loss.

Okereke is third in tackles with 84.

Justin Reid leads with 88 tackles.

Alfieri, who moved to outside linebacker this year, has 34 tackles, two sacks and 3 1/2 tackles for a loss.

Kevin Palma, Jordan Perez, Mike Tyler, Alameen Murphy and Brandon Simmons are other seniors who bring a lot of experience and emotion to bear.

Perez is fourth on the team in tackles with 58. The other four have combined for 96 tackles.

Love, a finalist for the Walter Camp Player of the Year award, the Maxwell award and the Doak Walker award.

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championship, and Piedmont, a North Coast Section playoff team.

Gilroy played one â&#x20AC;&#x153;Aâ&#x20AC;? division team, Live Oak, but also played Overfelt and Harbor, two â&#x20AC;&#x153;Câ&#x20AC;? division teams.

But 12-0, as football coaches like to say, is 12-0.

Gilroy beat Hillsdale 34-14 in the other semifinal.

Menloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 33-10 win over Hillsdale on Oct. 27 was the highlight of Menloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s season, a win that enabled Menlo to win the Peninsula Athletic League Ocean Division championship.

With his team the one common opponent, Hillsdale coach Mike Parodi was asked how Menlo and Gilroy would match up: â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think it will be a great matchup,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Parodi said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Menlo has some tough kids who play hard and match up well on the offensive and defensive line. I think it will come down to how well Gilroy can defend the pass and how well Menlo can defend the run.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Gilroy is a predominant running team out of its Wing-T formation, averaging 292 yards rushing per game and 7.2 yards per carry. Junior running back Joseph Barnes has rushed for 1,552 yards.

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Menloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s defense, led by Cal commit JH Tevis on the line, has been strong all season. And thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a good thing as Menloâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s offense has been limited to some extent due to injuries at running back. Conor McCusker and Aidan Israelski both went down with season-ending injuries, necessitating the move of Dillon Grady to running back, Grady took a blow to the head at the end of the first half against Scotts Valley, and sat out the second half. Having him cleared to play against Gilroy will be important for Menlo as Grady performs multiple roles for the team. He has nine interceptions as a safety on defense and also has handled the placekicking, punting and kick return jobs for the Knights.

In his absence against Scotts Valley, quarterback Emilio Simbeck rushed for a career-best 96 yards, in addition to passing for 263, and Jake Shiff, the one remaining healthy running back, scored the winning touchdown on a 3-yard run.

This is a game the Menlo seniors have been pointing toward all season. Menlo has played in three previous CCS championship games and come up on the short end all three times. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If we can be the team to get that championship it would mean the world to me,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;&#x2122; Simbeck said. Q

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CCS Division II champ. â&#x20AC;&#x153;After we beat Notre DameBelmont (in the semifinals), the girls came to me and said â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Coach, we want to practice on Thanksgiving,â&#x20AC;&#x2122; â&#x20AC;&#x153; Magner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And so we did: in the gym at 7 a.m., ready to go.â&#x20AC;?

Sacred Heart Prep is a closeknit bunch and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to see in their post-game routine, which includes a great deal of hugging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;That says what you need to know about them,â&#x20AC;? Magner said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve been coaching for 17 years, and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve never seen a group who was more willing to play and sacrifice for each other.â&#x20AC;?

The Gators beat the Scots in loony, bizarre fashion, winning the first two games 25-16 and 2520 before dropping the next two 25-19, 25-14.

Then the fifth and deciding game (to 15 -- and you have to win by 2) went overtime before senior Cate Desler, fittingly, ended it with a kill to the middle of the floor for the 17-15 triumph.

That came after a serve by senior teammate Haley Martella, who led her team with four aces.

Martella, the teamâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s setter, was less able to explain the bizarre shifts in momentum that left her team looking like world-beaters in the first two games, and Carlmont taking over that role in the second two. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know,â&#x20AC;? she said when asked that question. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I guess fatigue had something to do with it.

But there comes a time that you remember that youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re playing for your teammates, and we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to go home.â&#x20AC;?

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The senior outside hitter recorded 33 kills in the Gators five-set victory over Notre Dame-Belmont and followed that with 28 kills in a five-set win over Carlmont in leading SHP to the state Division II championship game.

The senior threw for 263 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 96 yards and another touchdown to help the Knights reach the championships game of the Central Coast Section Division V football playoffs.

Honorable mention Caroline Caruso Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Tevah Gevelber* Castilleja cross country

Luci Lambert Sacred Heart Prep cross country

Haley Martella Sacred Heart Prep volleyball

Joyce Shea* Gunn cross country

Charlotte Tomkinson Menlo cross country

Baily Deeter Menlo football

Miles Conrad* Menlo-Atherton football

Sam Craig Palo Alto cross country

Robert Miranda* Menlo cross country

Kamran Murray Menlo cross country

Alexis Nunez Eastside College Prep cross country *Previous winner

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PALO ALTO CITY COUNCIL CIVIC CENTER, 250 HAMILTON AVENUE BROADCAST LIVE ON KZSU, FM 90.1 CABLECAST LIVE ON GOVERNMENT ACCESS CHANNEL 26 ***************************************** THIS IS A SUMMARY OF COUNCIL AGENDA ITEMS. THE AGENDA WITH COMPLETE TITLES INCLUDING LEGAL DOCUMENTATION CAN BE VIEWED AT THE BELOW WEBPAGE: http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/agendas/default.asp (TENTATIVE) AGENDAâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;SPECIAL MEETING â&#x20AC;&#x201C; COUNCIL CHAMBERS DECEMBER 4, 2017 @ 5:00 PM STUDY SESSION 1. Joint Meeting With the Public Art Commission - Discussion of Accomplishments and Future Initiatives CONSENT CALENDAR (KVW[PVU VM H 9LZVS\[PVU (WWYV]PUN [OL =LYPĂ&#x201E;LK ,TPZZPVU Reduction Agreement (VER Agreement) With the Integrative Organization of Oaxaca Indigenous and Agricultural Communities to Purchase 17,000 Tons of CO2e for a Total Purchase Price of $136,000 4. Approval of an Agreement With Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board in the Amount of $83,838 for 2018 Caltrain Go Pass Program 5. Finance Committee Recommendation That the City Council Approve a Second Allocation of FY2018/19 Human Services Resource Allocation Process (HSRAP) Funding in the Amount of $311,118 6. Approval of the Purchase of Mobile and Portable Radios for the Police, Fire, Public Works, Utilities and Community Services Departments in an Amount Not-to-Exceed $800,000 7. Adoption of a Resolution Amending and Restating the Administrative Penalty Schedule and Civil Penalty Schedules for Certain Violations of the Palo Alto Municipal Code and the California Vehicle Code 8. Adoption of an Ordinance Amending Section 2.040.160 (City Council Minutes) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to Provide for Action Minutes and Video/Audio Recordings HZ [OL 6Ń?JPHS 9LJVYK VM *V\UJPS )\ZPULZZ HUK +PYLJ[PUN the Clerk to Prepare Sense Summaries of Council and Council Standing Committee Meetings for the use and Convenience of Council and the Public 9. Adoption of an Addendum to the Rail Committee Charter 10. Policy and Services Recommendation to Accept the Accuracy of Water Meter Billing Audit ACTION ITEMS 7<)30* /,(905. 8<(:0 1<+0*0(3 4PKKSLĂ&#x201E;LSK Road [17PLN-00147]: Council Approval of: (1) a Resolution Adopting the Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND), Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (MMRP), and Rinconada Long Range Plan; (2) a Record of Land Use Action (RLUA) for the Junior Museum and Zoo (JMZ) Architectural Review Application; (3) a Park Improvement Ordinance for Improvements to the JMZ Within the Rinconada Park Long Range Plan Area; (4) Amend the Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Appropriation Ordinance for the Capital Improvement Fund by Increasing the Other Revenue by $270,124 and Increasing the JMZ Renovation Project (AC I` " HUK HKK H 7HY[ [PTL <UILULĂ&#x201E;[LK FTE Position Limit Dated Through September 30, 2020 9 L]PL^ HUK 7YV]PKL +PYLJ[PVU [V :[HŃ&#x153; 9LNHYKPUN *P[` Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Report for the Stanford General Use Permit (GUP) Application to Santa Clara County +PZJ\ZZPVU HUK +PYLJ[PVU [V :[HŃ&#x153; 9LNHYKPUN [OL :[H[L /V\ZPUN )PSSZ ,Ń&#x153;LJ[P]L 1HU\HY`

STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS The Finance Committee Meeting will be held in the Community Meeting Room on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at 7:00 PM to discuss: 1) Macias Gini & O'Connell's Audit of the City of Palo Alto's Financial Statements as of June 30, 2017 and Management Letter; and 2) Recommendation to Approve the FY 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) and Approve Budget Amendments in Various Funds; and 3)FY2019 - FY2028 Long Range Financial Forecast & City Pension Liabilities www.PaloAltoOnline.com â&#x20AC;˘ Palo Alto Weekly â&#x20AC;˘ December 1, 2017 â&#x20AC;˘ Page 43

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