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MOONLIGHT RUN

RACE NIGHT GUIDE
Q Climbing wall
Q JCC instructors will lead warmups
Q Sponsor booths: DeLeon
Realty, Stanford Federal Credit
Union, Stanford Health Care,
Connoisseur Coffee, Country
Sun, Hobee’s, House of Bagels
Q Information booths

FIELD ACTIVITIES AND BOOTHS
5:30 p.m. Registration opens.

Activities, sponsors’ booths and
more on the field (see below).
6:45 p.m. Pre-walk warmups.
7 p.m. 5K walk begins.
7:15 p.m. Pre-race warmups.
7:30 p.m. Half marathon begins.
8 p.m. Pre-race warmups.
8:15 p.m. 5K run begins.
8:25 p.m. 10K run begins.
8:45 p.m. Food tables open for
5K and 10K runners. Snacks
provided by Country Sun Natural
Foods, Hobee’s and House
of Bagels. Coffee provided by
Connoisseur Coffee Co.
9:30 p.m. Awards ceremony for
the top three finishers in each
category. Race results will be
posted as available.

WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHEN
Results of the in-person races will be
available on computer monitors at the
Baylands Athletic Center beginning
at around 9:30 p.m. on race night.

Results also will be posted online at
bit.ly/2022MoonlightRun.

Medals for first-, second- and third-
place finishers in each division will
be handed out once final results are
in, between 9:30 and 10 p.m. They
may also be picked up during regular
business hours after the race at the
Palo Alto Weekly, 450 Cambridge
Ave., Palo Alto.

To maintain fairness to in-person
runners, virtual participants will not
be eligible for awards and will not be
able to submit times.

FASTEST TIMES

FROM LAST YEAR
Here’s a look at the top Moonlight
Run & Walk finishers from each
running event in 2021.
5K — Men
First place: Kenji Tella, Palo Alto ....... 16:44
Second place: John Miller, Palo Alto .. 16:51
Third place: Jake Seley, Los Altos ......17:42
Fourth place: Owen Matejka,
Wellesley Hills..................................17:45
Fifth place: Kyle Louis, San Jose....... 17:48
5K — Women
First place: Ilan Jen-La Plante,
San Jose ........................................ 19:26 Second place: Nicole Mackey,
South New Berlin, New York ............ 19:48
Third place: Ariana Peck,
Menlo Park ..................................... 20:20
Fourth place: Alexandra Difede,
Palo Alto ......................................... 21:13 Fifth place: Katy Rees, Menlo Park ... 23:23
10K — Men
First place: Eoin Oconnell, Palo Alto .. 33:57
Second place: Chris Holve, Palo Alto .. 34:12
Third place: Eric Buysse, Los Altos ... 35:20
Fourth place: Tyler Jung,
Mountain View ................................ 36:52
Fifth place: Nico Ross, Palo Alto ....... 37:19
10K — Women
First place: Emma Dohner,
Menlo Park .....................................38:53
Second place: Kristina Rivera,
San Jose ........................................ 39:12 Third place: Fenella Scutt, Stanford .. 41:14
Fourth place: Ann Marie Cody,
Sunnyvale ....................................... 41:36 Fifth place: Evelyn Gaskin, Palo Alto ... 44:28
Half marathon — Men
First place: Adrian Amaral ..............1:20:50
Second place: Andrew Schoenen,
Palo Alto ......................................1:20:56 Third place: Emile Choghi,
Palo Alto ......................................1:21:03 Fourth place: Daniel Aminzade,
Sunnyvale ....................................1:28:38
Fifth place: Bret Sarnquist,
Carson City, Nevada ....................1:29:55
Half marathon — Women
First place: Riley Hill, Palo Alto ....... 1:42:15
Second place: Amanda Bellomo,
Sunnyvale ....................................1:56:05
Third place: Linnea Bellomo,
Sunnyvale ....................................1:56:05
Fourth place: Melissa Watkins,
Sunnyvale .................................... 1:59:21
Fifth place: Anitra Romfh,
Palo Alto ......................................2:00:43

RACE RESULTS
Start/Finish
Race H.Q.
10 k
Half
Marathon
Run: 8:25pm
Run: 7:30pm
5k
Walk: 7pm
Run: 8:15pm
Embarcadero Rd
Faber PlGeng RdGeng Rd
Municipal
Service
Center
Palo Alto
Airport
Golf
Course
Race Registration
Sponsor Booths S.F. San Jose
E. Bayshore Rd
Turn Right
AFTER Lap 2 Turn Left
FOR Lap 2
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Three ways to explore the Baylands
All events begin and end in the
large parking lot next to the Bayland
Athletic Center, at the end of Geng
Road. Water/aid stations are situated
approximately every 2.5 miles,
except on the 5K route, where there
is one before the 2-mile mark.
5K WALK & RUN
The 5K course follows the San
Francisquito Creek levee past the
north side of the Palo Alto Golf
Course and the airport and after the
1-mile mark turns to the south and
passes the Baylands Interpretive
Center. The trail then connects with
Embarcadero Road just before the
1-mile mark, passes the duck pond
and follows Embarcadero west past
the airport and golf club. The finish
is along Geng Road, back to the
Baylands Athletic Center parking lot.

THE 10K RUN & HALF MARATHON
The 10K and half marathon runs
each start south along Geng Road
from the Baylands Athletic Center
parking lot, take a short jog west on
Embarcadero Road, then turn south
on Faber Way. The course then
enters the Baylands and follows
a mostly straight paved path that
includes a roughly 1-mile stretch
next to the East Bayshore frontage
road. At the 2-mile mark, where
Adobe Creek flows to the bay, the
trail turns sharply to the west onto
a dirt levee and reaches the first
water station. It then traverses the
outer reaches of the Baylands,
eventually turning back to the north,
crossing a slough on a pedestrian
bridge and then turning west
toward Byxbee Park.

The two runs split at the second
water station at about 4.5 miles into
the run as the course approaches
Byxbee Park.

THE 10K ROUTE
10K runners go straight and follow
the Byxbee Park access road
back to Embarcadero Road. A
small turnaround occurs in front
of the small airport terminal and
then runners proceed west on
Embarcadero Road, back to Geng
Road and to the finish.

THE HALF MARATHON ROUTE
Half marathoners turn left at the
split (at the second water station)
and follow a trail that goes west
along a slough that takes runners
back to the first leg of the run along
East Bayshore Road for a second
lap. When they reach the Byxbee
Park water station for the second
time they turn left again on the
Slough Trail. But just past mile 11
and prior to going all the way to
East Bayshore Road, the final leg
of the half marathon course turns
to the north, goes up and down
Byxbee Hill and then rejoins the 10K
route on the Byxbee Park access
road. It does the same turnaround
and then follows Embarcadero
Road west to Geng Road and
the finish. Note: Half marathoners
who reach the split at the 9.5
milepost after 9:30 (two hours after
the race’s 7:30 p.m. start) will be
diverted and follow a shorter route
to the finish line.

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MOONLIGHT RUN & WALK RACE ROUTES
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Volunteers serve refreshments during last year’s Moonlight Run & Walk.

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MOONLIGHT RUN

LEAD SPONSOR
Stanford Health Care

CORPORATE SPONSORS
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
DeLeon Realty
Kaiser Permanente
The Six Fifty
Stanford Federal Credit Union
Wealth Architects
Wilson Sonsini Foundation

EVENT SPONSORS
Bank of the West
Oshman Family Jewish
Community Center
Omega Printing
Kiwanis Palo Alto

COMMUNITY SPONSORS
Connoisseur Coffee Co.

Country Sun
Hobees
House of Bagels
Pizza My Heart

THANK YOU TO

OUR SPONSORS
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fter Yudy Deng moved to Palo Alto
in 2018, she settled into the commu-
nity through running. The mom and
marathon runner would routinely train at
the Cubberley Community Center’s track on
most weekday mornings after dropping off
her children at school. That’s where she met
a dozen or so other marathon runners who
met up regularly through BURN Running, a
group that organizes running meetups with
a focus on helping Asian American runners
connect within the community.

Deng’s morning runs with the group have
since morphed beyond the track.

Running, she explained, has helped mem-
bers of the group who have moved here
from other places assimilate to their new
surroundings, and now, they want to use the
sport to give back to the community they call
home.

Through fundraising events, Deng and
her running buddies have raised $10,000
in collaboration with the Asian American
Youth Soccer Academy to refurbish the
Cubberley track. And as summer winds
down, Deng and some of the group’s
runners are participating in their first
Moonlight Run & Walk benefit, which
takes place virtually and in person at the
Palo Alto Baylands on Sept. 9, to help raise
funds for local nonprofits dedicated to
helping kids and families in the Peninsula.
“We want the local community to know
that although we’re not from here, now we
li v e h e r e . . . s o w e ’ r e g o in g t o c o n tri b u te , ” said Deng, who is taking part in the event
virtually.

While running is one way for Deng to
connect with her culture and community,
for others, it is a way to connect as a family.

Los Altos resident Michelle Bodine,
who along with her husband, children and
in-laws, also will be participating in the
Moonlight Run virtually from the family va-
cation home in Montana this year, said run-
ning and hiking have proved to be a key way
for her whole family to spend time together.

The Moonlight Run, in particular, was
a family favorite while her children were
growing up because it combined their love
of running with astronomy, she said.
“As I raised my kids, I taught them lots
about the moon and enjoying the night sky,
and also about being active and how impor-
tant it is to exercise,” she said.

Even now, as arthritis has made it difficult
for her to run, the family still spends time
exercising together.
“We love exercising together,” she said.

For Pal o Al to resident V i vian Neou and
her family, the Moonlight Run also is an
important tradition. She met her husband
while running the Stanford Dish Trail, and
she participated in her first Moonlight Run
with him. Since then, the couple has never
missed the race. The couple’s two sons also
participate in the annual event. Neou said
one year, one of her sons even flew back
from the middle of his trip to Japan so he
wouldn’t miss the event.
“He literally flew back from Japan, ran,
t h e n h o p p e d o n a n a i r p l a n e t o g o b a c k to Japan because he was traveling with
friends,” Neou said.

For local mom Laurie Phillips, the
Moonlight Run provides an opportunity for
generations of her family to unite. Phillips
i s p l annin g t o p arti c i p a te in th e 5 K w alk with her husband, their children and her
parents.

Phillips said she appreciates how the
event is welcoming to runners and hikers of
all ages and levels of experience.
“It’s just wonderful how you can do it with
three generations,” she said. “That’s pretty
cool that there are events that everyone can
do together.”
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Courtesy Zoe Liu
Andrew and Alex Peng, sons of BURN Running member
Zoe Liu, run the Cubberley track, which they trained on before it was refurbished, in 2020.

Magali Gauthier
BURN Running member Yudy Deng, center, jogs with her children, Eva Zhao, left, and Ian Zhao, right, at the Cubberley Community Center track in Palo Alto on Aug. 19.

Magali Gauthier
Members of BURN Running jog side by side at the Cubberley Community Center track in Palo Alto on Aug. 19.

Parking: Police and volunteers will
direct you to parking in nearby business
lots off Embarcadero and East Bayshore
roads. Plan on arriving early and
carpooling if possible, as lots will fill up.

We recommend arriving at least an hour
before your event. Please avoid parking
in Stanford Eye Clinic lots.

Bicycle Parking: Bike parking area is
available.

Race-night registration: 5K Walk - $45.
5K Run - $50. 10K Run - $50. Half
Marathon - $60.

Check in: Race check-in, sponsor and
race headquarters booths, first aid
and food/water are on the infield of the
Baylands Athletic Center, located at the
end of Geng Road.

Starting line: The start and finish of all
four events are in the (closed) parking
lot at the Baylands Athletic Center. All
events will head out south on Geng, turn
east on Embarcadero and then head
out onto trails and levees south toward
Mountain View. (See the course map
for more details.)
Storage: Limited checking of small
personal bags and backpacks is
available.

Pets: Dogs are permitted on the 5K
walk but not on any of the runs, where
the terrain and darkness make it too
dangerous to have them. No retractable
leashes. Bring your own cleanup bag.

Strollers: Jogging strollers welcome on
the 5K walk or at the back of the runs.

Visibility: Headlamps are highly
recommended for all runs.

OTHER THINGS TO KNOW
Running connects families, communities, cultures
Participants in this year’s Moonlight Run reflect on why they exercise together By John Bricker
Palo Alto Run Club
Palo Alto Kiwanis Club
Paly Key Club
Pinewood Service Learning Club
Troop 57/Troop 4057 Scouts of
America
Gunn High School Youth
Community Service (YCS)

THANK YOU TO

OUR VOLUNTEERS
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 7 February 2023, 10:54PM
Receipt number: 26
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name ALEX COMSA
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
Email from the City
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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Education: BA in Marketing and Finance
License: Realtor
Certifications: Global Luxury Specialist
Wielding a treasure trove of real estate intel and
charm, and boasting over 15 years of experience,
Alex is a breath of fresh air in the Palo Alto real estate scene. A high-achieving professional, Alex has been
awarded membership into the Coldwell Banker®
International President’s Elite for sales in the top 3% of agents worldwide.

Approachable, committed and calm, Alex is focused
on building long-term relationships with his clients
and treats them all equally, with tenacious hard work,
abundant good humor and the Golden Rule in mind. In
fact, they often become friends. “In a league of his
own,”
Between real estate and fitness objectives, Alex
maintains a balanced lifestyle, so he can enjoy time
with family and friends. He is a father of two teenage
boys, and he loves being involved with them and their
sports hobbies.

Company/Employer Name
Comsa Group LLC / Coldwell Banker
Occupation
Real Estate Professional / Realtor
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Coached AYSO, as a volunteer, when my kids were
younger, for about 7 years.

Currently volunteering for ESV (Emergency Services
Volunteer) - part of City of Palo Alto, as Block
Coordinator for my Community Center neighborhood.

I ran for City Council last year and that was a good
experience, and I was asked by so many people to
consider volunteering for PTC as it is up on my alley.

In fact, even The Daily Post recommended that too.
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Application Questions

1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
My work experience comprises of a decade of
corporate experience in Finance and Operations and
about 15 years of real estate experience.

Was also involved in a handful of projects that
included entitlement work, construction bids, so I have a good understanding of the building codes, local
rules, and I build a house from scratch for my family,
so that was a great experience. As a realtor, I interact with Planning Dept on behalf of my clients. I truly
believe that PTC is up on my alley.

2. Please describe an issue that recently came before
the Commission that is of particular interest to you and describe why you are interested in it. If you have never been to a Commission meeting, you can view archived
videos
from the Midpen Media Center.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Affordable Housing is my top priority, and we need to
add lots of housing per the
Housing Element. This topic intrigues me and I believe
I can be a good resource for the city re housing in
general. In particular, affordable housing for essential workers such as teachers, nurses, firefighters, etc.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
I would like the PTC help the city meet the housing
element requirements, and I can work with other PTC
members in order to identify potential sites that are a good fit for development, especially affordable
housing.
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Alex Comsa
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/07/2023
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 12 February 2023, 10:29AM
Receipt number: 29
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Allen Akin
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
Other: Recommendations by current PTC member
and former Council member
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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BS Information and Computer Science with Electrical
Engineering minor, Georgia Institute of Technology
MS Information and Computer Science, Georgia
Institute of Technology
40+ years experience in a mix of computer
programming, engineering management, and
consulting. Worked for Microsoft, Digital Equipment
Corporation, Silicon Graphics, and several startups as
well as consulting.

Company/Employer Name
Retired
Occupation
Retired computer programmer
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Member of Professorville Historic District Design
Guidelines Committee 2011-2016.

Active in informal citizens' groups addressing traffic
and parking issues. Designed and built traffic
measurement devices deployed 2013-2021. Presented
to Council, Planning, and Office of Transportation
staff.

Known for analytical commentary on Palo Alto Online
and other forums regarding traffic, State housing
laws, and housing development economics.

Application Questions
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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I've lived and worked in Palo Alto for 37 years. My
interest in transportation issues rose along with the
85% increase (from 2013 to 2018) in traffic on Lincoln
Avenue, and the parallel increase in accidents at
Lincoln and Middlefield near Addison School. As our
region has grown, the links between transportation
systems on the one hand, and housing and
commercial development on the other, have been
strained and as a result life has become more difficult for everyone. When the State mandates for increased
housing arrived, it became obvious that planning and
transportation issues had to be better-coordinated if
our policies were to be effective and economically
viable. In Palo Alto, I think PTC is the best place to do that, not only as an individual contributor, but as part of a larger resource for Council, Staff, and the public.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Of course the new Housing Element is the most
important issue to come before the PTC recently. It's
of more than "particular interest"; it's determinative
for the nature of the City for at least the next decade.

It had to be a good-faith effort to meet the HCD and
ABAG requirements, and I believe it cleared that bar. It also had to be viable and equitable with regard to
where new housing should be located and how the
infrastructure (particularly transportation) needed by
the residents of that new housing should be funded
and built. For the most part I believe it succeeded, but I felt it could have been improved by rezoning
Stanford Research Park to develop more housing by-
right there (because transportation service is good,
land is available, taller buildings can be constructed
without disrupting existing neighborhoods) and I
provided that feedback. I was glad to see Council
request changes along those lines, though more
remains to be done.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
Once HCD feedback is available, we'll need to wrap
up the final version of the Housing Element. Specific
transportation improvements for San Antonio will be
necessary. We'll also have to resolve the open
questions about grade separations at Charleston,
Meadow, and Churchill. We should at least initiate the
Coordinated Area Plan for Downtown, which will have
significant effects on grade separation at the Alma
crossing and on housing in Downtown North and
possibly at 27 University. To address the specific
issue that started me on this path, I'd also like to see Lincoln Avenue modified to reduce cut-through traffic
routed there by navigation apps and to reduce
accidents at Middlefield. I would help by doing the
grunt work of analysis that's needed to ensure
proposals are functional and economical; by listening
to and communicating clearly with residents,
businesses, Staff, and Council; and by learning the
things that I don't know that will be required to make
all this successful.

I've built a house in the Professorville National
Register Historic District and served on the
Professorville Design Guidelines Committee. As a
result I have a good deal of experience with the
portions of the Code that pertain to historic
preservation and the design of single-family
residences.

My house required developing an EIR from 2007 to
2010, so I'm personally familiar with the CEQA review
process, and I suspect I'm one of very few residents
who've read the entire CEQA guidelines.

I've studied the portions of the SOFA plans that
pertain to parking in order to comment to Council on
recent project proposals in the area.
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Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
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View the
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.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: T. Allen Akin
Link to signature
Date Completed
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 25 February 2023, 11:27PM
Receipt number: 35
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Arthur M. Keller
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
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I serve as advisor to startups and as expert witness
on patent infringement cases as Managing Partner at
Minerva Consulting. I received a PhD and a MS in
Computer Science from Stanford University, where I
taught and performed research until 1999.

I also
taught at UC Santa Cruz in the Baskin School of
Engineering from 2001 through 2005 and continue to
have an affiliation there. I previously taught at The
University of Texas at Austin and also at Brooklyn
College of the City of New York, where I received my
BS with honors in Mathematics and in Computer and
Information Science.

Company/Employer Name
Minerva Consulting
Occupation
Consultant
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

For Palo Alto, I served on the Housing Element Work
Group from 2021 to 2022, as Co-Chair on the
Comprehensive Plan Citizen Advisory Group from
2015 to 2017, as a Planning and Transportation
Commissioner from 2006 to 2014 (vice chair, 2013-
2014), on the Website Committee from 2008 to 2009,
on the Electric Vehicle Task Force from 2013 to 2014.

I
served on the Environmental and Water Resources
Committee of SCVWD from 2015 to 2022 (vice chair,
2018-2019, chair, 2020, vice chair, 2021-2022).

I
continue to serve as Public Transit Coordinator for
Gunn High School PTSA since 2007, even though my
twin daughters graduated in 2011.

I served on the
board of the Girls Middle School from 2005 to 2008
and on the Site Council for Ohlone Elementary School
from 2001 to 2003.

I served on the board of the
Electric Auto Association from 2007 to 2010. I served
on the board of Cong. Kol Emeth from 1996 to 2000.

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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I previously served on the Planning and
Transportation Commission from 2006 to 2014. I am
interested in helping to make Palo Alto a community
whose strengths survive for years to come. These
include a balance of parkland, community facilities,
schools, and housing. We need to integrate change,
such as additional housing and other developments in
a manner the preserves the character of the existing
neighborhoods, while ensuring the livability of new
neighborhoods. It is important that Palo Alto is a place where people of all ages can thrive.

The PTC reviews the Capital Improvement Project
budget, and as part of that review, I initiated the
funding of a study of a potential bicycle and
pedestrian crossing over US 101 in south Palo Alto
that culminated in the bridge being completed last
year. I also caused Palo Alto to fund SFCJPA's study
of the SAFER Bay project of Sea Level Rise
adaptation in Palo Alto that resulted in the current
studies by the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Although I have attended many PTC meetings, I most
recently attended the February 22, 2023 meeting.

There were two agenda items. The first was a request
to subdivide a RMD property, which the Commission
rejected.

The second was a revision to the ADU
ordinance. The Commission made thoughtful changes
in response to a changing state legislative landscape
as described by HCD.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
In particular, I am interested in participating in the
rezoning process in response to the new Housing
Element post-adoption. I also think we need the
develop an area plan for the Fabian/San
Antonio/Charleston region where much of this
rezoning will occur.

We need to incentivize the
creation of parkland along with the housing, and also
lot consolidation south of San Antonio Road and east
of Charleston Road. I would also like the City to work
with the County to plan for an entrance onto
southbound US 101 from San Antonio Road (replacing
the entrance from Charleston Road in Mountain View)
and creating an auxiliary lane continuing to the
offramp onto Rengstorff per Comprehensive Program
T8.3.1.

Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017)
Zoning Code
City Charter
California Environmental Quality Act
El Camino Real Design Guidelines
El Camino Real Master Plan Study (2007)
Area Plans such as the South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) I (2000) and II (2003) Plans
Baylands Master Plan (2008)
Yes, I am familiar with all of these documents. I think the El Camino Real Design Guidelines should soften
the requirement for a build-to line and replace it with a prohibition of parking in front of the building. I believe that the front facade of the building should be left up to discretion of the Architectural Review Board.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.
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Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Arthur Keller
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/25/2023
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 12 December 2022, 6:44PM
Receipt number: 20
Related form version: 4
Personal Information
Name Brian Hamachek
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
City Website
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I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

Alternate Contact Information - Address
Alternate Contact Information - Phone Number
Alternate Contact Information - Email
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Personal and Job Experience
Please list your relevant education, training, experience, certificates of training, licenses, and professional
registration.
(621 characters max)
I was born in Palo Alto and have lived here most my
life. I am also a software engineer and an
entrepreneur. I have been interested in city planning
for over a decade.

Employment Information
Company/Employer Name
HP
Occupation
Software Consultant
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.
(1311 characters max)
Having lived in Palo Alto for almost my entire life, I've been a member of numerous local organizations over
the years. I was a judge at the City Hackathon in 2012.

I have done CERT training. I have organized block
parties for my local neighborhood. I have been a
member of the Palo Alto Tennis Club for over a
decade. Most recently, I ran, unsuccessfully, for City
Council in 2022.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
(1449 characters max)
Being born in Palo Alto and having lived here most my
life has given me a unique perspective on what makes
this city so special.

I absolutely love Palo Alto. It's
more than just a city to me; it's my home. The work
that the PTC does has real impact on the lives of
residents. I want to help create vibrant, resilient, safe, and livable neighborhoods. I have a natural interest in the arcane aspects of city planning. It interests me. I actually love reading documents such as the
Comprehensive Plan and the Housing Element.
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I'm interested in almost every project that has come
before the commission. Recently, I have been closely
following the next Housing Element. This document
defines the future of Palo Alto.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and
why? How would you suggest accomplishing this?
(1587 characters max)
If appointed, I would be sure to ask the difficult
questions about proposals that come before the
commission. I would take the time to really
understand the nuances and unintended
consequences of decisions being contemplated.

4. Planning and Transportation Commission Members
work with the documents listed below. If you have
experience with any of these documents, please
describe that experience. Experience with these
documents is not required for selection.
(1173 characters max)
Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017)
Zoning Code
City Charter
California Environmental Quality Act
El Camino Real Design Guidelines
El Camino Real Master Plan Study (2007)
Area Plans such as the South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) I (2000) and II (2003) Plans
Baylands Master Plan (2008)
As a result of having ran for City Council in 2022, I am intimately familiar with all of these documents. Even
before having ran, I was familiar with the
Comprehensive Plan and the Zoning Code.
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
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.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Brian Hamachek
Uploaded signature image: signature.jpg
Date Completed
12/12/2022
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 27 February 2023, 12:55PM
Receipt number: 39
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Brigham Wilson
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
Other: email from friend
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I am a passionate student of city planning. For the
past 7 years, I have closely followed our city's plans
and policies to balance increasing our housing supply
while maintaining the character and desirability of our development. My training has been self- study of
relevant text books and thought-pieces on land use,
urban design, and construction.

Company/Employer Name
Google
Occupation
Program Manager
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Member and Chair of the Library Advisory
Commission (2017-2020)
Palo Alto Police Department Citizen Police Academy
participant (2017)
Community Gardener at Johnson Park (2018-Present)
Member of Stanford Congregation of The Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (2016-2020)
Teacher, Clerk and Organist for The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints near Middlefield and E.

Charleston (2020-Present)
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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I am interested in serving on the Planning and
Transportation Commission because the design of
our city is important, I have the knowledge for urban
design, and I have the passion for civic oversight and
committee workings. As Palo Alto continues to grow,
keeping a balance between new construction and
renovations along with our history and character is
integral to our community's personality. I look forward to reviewing proposed residential, commercial, and
landscape proposals and analyzing their merits
environmental impact, impact on housing supply, and
ensuring they meet residential and commercial needs,
open space conservation, and have visual appeal.

Having been on the Library Advisory Commission and
chairing it for one year, I understand how to
collaborate with City Council, review and decide on
proposals, and request and respond to input from
fellow citizens.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

On Nov 30, the PTC reviewed a proposal to redevelop
the 3200 Park property. I am interested in this issue
because we need to build more housing in our city
and we need to partner with developers, but it is also
challenging to balance the different needs and
priorities of stakeholders. This location is interesting because it is large, low-density, and near good
transportation options. Being creative and
considerate as we improve and upgrade areas of Palo
Alto will be important as we continue to meet the
needs of our community.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
While serving on the Planning and Transportation
Commission I would help create the mandated 6,086
units by 2031 in a manner that preserves the character
of each neighborhood. We would increase density
where it is most appropriate aesthetically and focus
on parcels that are underused or vacant or near major
transit centers. As a non-homeowner but 6+ year
resident, I would be an impartial collaborative partner, able to balance the needs of the many stakeholders
involved in these discussions while being loyal and
driven to find the optimal outcome.

Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017)
Zoning Code
City Charter
California Environmental Quality Act
El Camino Real Design Guidelines
El Camino Real Master Plan Study (2007)
Area Plans such as the South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) I (2000) and II (2003) Plans
Baylands Master Plan (2008)
When I was on the Library Advisory Commission, I
read the Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017) to
ensure that our recommendations aligned with the
long-term vision of the city. I have begun reviewing
these documents and will continue to study them
upon my being selected so that I know the regulations
and requirements necessary.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: Brigham Wilson
Link to signature
Date Completed
2/27/2023
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 28 February 2023, 10:53AM
Receipt number: 40
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Cari Templeton
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
Yes
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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EDUCATION
* Stanford University, Master of Liberal Arts
* Vanderbilt University, BS in Classics & Computer
Science, magna cum laude

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* 20-year career as a Technical Program Manager;
worked in or adjacent to Palo
Alto since 2006, including SLAC (Stanford Linear
Accelerator Center) and over 10 years at Google
* District Representative for the California State
Senate in the Office of Senator Josh Becker since
2021
Company/Employer Name
California State Senate
Occupation
District Representative, Office of Senator Josh Becker
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

CIVIC APPOINTMENTS
* North Ventura Coordinated Area Plan Working
Group (NVCAP) (May - Dec. 2018)
* Planning & Transportation Commission (Dec. 2018 -
Present)
* Expanded Community Advisory Panel (XCAP)
(2019-
2021)
* Valley Water's Renewed Safe, Clean Water & Natural
Flood Protection: Independent Monitoring Committee
(2021-present)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
* Homeowner and resident of Palo Alto since 2005
* Regularly attend or view City Council, School Board
meetings, and participate in public conversations in
Palo Alto and neighboring cities.
* Fletcher PTA Treasurer 2021-2022
* PTAC Honorary Service Awardee, 2021
* Palo Alto League of Women Voters Board Member,
2021-Present
* Advocate for diversity in working groups with a
focus on women and neurodiversity
* Preschool Family, 2010-2013
* Ohlone Elementary volunteer in PTA, Girl Scouts,
Boy Scouts, and after school programs, 2013-2021
* My family attends numerous extra-curricular
enrichment programs in Palo Alto community centers
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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I raised my two children in Palo Alto, first in Ventura and now in Barron Park. They learned at Ohlone and
Fletcher, danced at Cubberley, and participated in
scouts, camps, and theater at Lucie Stern. Together,
we enjoy every part of this City and make frequent
use of the streets, bike paths, and walkways, as well
as parks, hiking trails, campgrounds, and open
spaces.

In 4+ years on the PTC, I contributed to discussions
on some of the most difficult issues to face the City
by asking probing questions that help my fellow
Commissioners, and ultimately the Council, view the
Staff reports from multiple angles and develop a
shared understanding of the intricacies and
implications of the agendized items. In my 20+ year
career as a Program Manager, I led complex, cross-
functional, multi-million dollar projects to success,
through planning, communicating, getting buy-in,
soliciting feedback, and working cross-functionally
with stakeholders. I bring this energy of collaboration to the dais.
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Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

In March 2021, Staff asked the PTC Staff to “Review
and Discuss Two Concept Plan Alternatives for
Improvements to the Alma Street and Churchill
Avenue Intersection and Recommend a Preferred
Alternative to City Council.” The PTC discussed the
road safety issues for cars and students biking to
school near the train tracks at Churchill. We
concluded that the stacking space was too small for
the number of bikes waiting for the train to cross
during peak school commute hours. We had one of
the most memorable, collaborative, productive
discussions we ever had in my time on PTC, wrestling
with the pros and cons, diving into the details, and
arriving at consensus: a unanimous 6-0 vote (with one
absent).

The PTC’s role in evaluating the Council’s Covid
recovery plan in 2021 was also very rewarding,
because the City experimented with rapid prototyping
of parklets & street closures, while also soliciting and hearing direct feedback from the community about
what worked and what needed adjustment.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
I have a keen interest in transportation and safety.

Transportation issues have the potential to save lives, shorten commutes, and make our local businesses
and neighborhoods more convenient to reach. Before
joining the PTC, I participated in public discussions
about recommendations to and from the PTC,
including Ross Road feedback, California Avenue
transportation management, and Charleston-
Arastradero Corridor projects. As Chair in 2020, I
advocated for the PTC to have increased presence
and participation by the Department of
Transportation, who now regularly sends a staffer to
share updates with the PTC. However, we still see far
too few Transportation projects come before the PTC
for discussion and review. I want to see more
engagement on transportation issues at the PTC,
including how to make it safer for students who use
these roads to bike to school. The PTC should
continue to encourage Transportation engagement
and provide valuable input on Transportation projects.
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Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017)
Zoning Code
City Charter
California Environmental Quality Act
El Camino Real Design Guidelines
El Camino Real Master Plan Study (2007)
Area Plans such as the South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) I (2000) and II (2003) Plans
Baylands Master Plan (2008)
In my time on the Planning and Transportation
Commission, I have had the opportunity to review,
work with, apply and/or recommend updates to many
of these documents, including the Comprehensive
Plan, Zoning Code, Charter, CEQA, Baylands Master
Plan, and area plans like SOFA and NVCAP, as well as
others not named, such as the Bike and Pedestrian
Plan, Parking Plan, Rail Corridor Plan, Housing
Element, and Sustainability and Climate Action Plan.

What we have not dealt with, sadly, is the El Camino
Real Master Plan, despite the imminent repaving
project upcoming from CalTrans this year. While
other neighboring cities have plans in place and will
be implementing safety improvements as part of the
ECR repaving project in Northern Santa Clara County,
Palo Alto does not have such a plan in place. It feels
like a huge missed opportunity, especially given the
high frequency of collisions, even loss of children’s
lives on this wide, busy road.

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Signature
Name of signatory: Cari Templeton
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Date Completed
02/28/2023
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 4 January 2023, 1:34PM
Receipt number: 21
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Forest Olaf Peterson
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
City Website
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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Earned doctorate in Civil and Environmental
Engineering with an emphasis in Computer Science
from Stanford University
Past employment with Granite Construction Heavy
Construction Division as a project engineer on large
transportation projects (>$250M) in California, Utah,
and Nevada: estimating office, design office, and
construction oversight experience.

Through doctoral thesis research, worked on the CA
high-speed rail project developing project planning
and control theory.

Extensive experience in prevailing wage labor
standards for public works.

Company/Employer Name
Stanford University
Occupation
Civil engineering staff research affiliate
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Santa Clara Valley Water District–Safe, Clean Water &
Natural Flood Protection: Independent Monitoring
Committee 2022 to present
co-Chair, Digital Twin (Building Information Model and
Artificial Intelligence) sub-group of the Committee on
Visualization in Transportation at the National
Academies' Transportation Research Board 2021 to
present
California Democratic Party Caucuses Environmental,
Chicano Latino, Progressive, and Labor–a
crosssection that covers infrastructure public policy
2021 to present
Steering Committee, Santa Clara County Wage Theft
Coalition 2017 to present
ASTM International, Committee E60 Subcommittee on
Water Use 2021 to present
The American Planning Association–Northern
California (urban planning) 2021 to present
California Association of Environmental
Professionals–Monterey/Silicon Valley 2021 to present
Application Questions

1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
My role in development and delivery of large
transportation projects fits with the
ongoing need for
the City of Palo Alto to develop new transportation
corridors for both rail and vehicles.
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Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

The rail corridor study of elevated above grade or
depressed below grade is a topic similar to a rail
corridor project I helped design and construction in
Reno, NV.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
I am fascinated by the public policy implications of
knowledge I have gained from my colleagues in
transportation through my role as chair of the
DigitalTwin subgroup (information model and artificial
intelligence) at the National Academy's Transportation
Research Board, crossed with my professional
experience in design and delivery of large
transportation projects, and my background in large
public works theory development at Stanford
Engineering. I bring to the board a background in
advanced technology and theory.

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fpeterson_cv_PAPTC.pdf
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Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Forest Peterson
Link to signature
Date Completed
1/4/2023
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BIOGRAPHICAL AND BIBLIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Forest Olaf Peterson
Stanford University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Center for Integrated Facility Engineering
The Jerry Yang and Akiko Yamazaki Environment and Energy Building 473 Via Ortega, Room 293, MC: 4020, Stanford, CA 94305-4020, USA Currently: Postdoctoral Staff Research Affiliate

ACADEMIC HISTORY

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Stanford University, 2010 to 2020
Principal Advisor: Kumagai Professor of Engineering Martin Fischer Doctor of Philosophy in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2020 Dissertation: Communication to Align Ideal with Reality: A Contribution to Virtual Design and Construction Theory for Infrastructure Projects
Stanford University, 2007 to 2015
Principal Advisor: Kumagai Professor of Engineering Martin Fischer Engineer in Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2015
Dissertation: A Study of Input and Output Field Quantification in Heavy Civil Construction Stanford University, 2006 to 2007
Principal Advisor: Obayashi Professor in Engineering Clyde Tatum Master of Science in Engineering, Construction Engineering and Management, 2007; 3.4 GPA Master of Science in Engineering, Structural Engineering degree candidate, no anticipated completion date University of Nevada Reno, 2006
Master of Science in Economics degree candidate, no anticipated completion date California State University, Chico, 2004 to 2005
Bachelor of Science in Construction Management, 2005; 3.3 GPA Sierra College, 1994 to 2003
Associate of Science for Transfer in Business Administration (public accounting emphasis), 2003; 3.3 GPA Associate of Art in Liberal Arts, 2003
Live Oak High School, Morgan Hill Unified School District, 1991 to 1994 High School Diploma (Regional Occupational Program, machinist), 1994

SCHOLARSHIPS AND HONORS
2020–21 ECMCF Fellow in Postsecondary Career Technical Education Research 2016 The John F. P. Brahtz Fellow in Civil Engineering
2013 Stanford University Clarkson Oglesby Graduate Fellow 2012 Stanford University Homer Olsen Fellow
2010–11 Stanford University Construction Engineering Management Fellow 2008 Center for Integrated Facility Engineering (CIFE) Seed Award—Automating Activity Coding from Model and Sensor Data
2007 Stanford University Dean E. Stephan / Charles Pankow Builders Stanford Fellow 2004–05 California State University Chico Dean’s List—Two of Three Semesters 2004 Laborers Local 185 Scholarship
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Fall 2022: Gavilan College Division of Career Education Construction Management Program for Transfer Associate faculty–Construction Management
Introduction to the fundamental concepts and an overview of the elements associated with construction management operations. I was responsible for open lab hours as well as graded lab assignments.

Fall 2019: Evergreen Valley College Division of Business and Workforce Building Information Model Program
Associate faculty–Building Information Model
Concepts of sustainability economics, system optimization, life cycle costing, basic project finance, and formal decision-making theory. I was responsible for open lab hours as well as graded lab assignments.

Summer 2019: Evergreen Valley College Division of Business and Workforce Building Information Model Program
Associate faculty–Virtual Design and Construction
Concepts of sustainability economics, system optimization, life cycle costing, basic project finance, and formal decision-making theory. I was responsible for open lab hours as well as graded lab assignments.

Winter 2019: Stanford University School of Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction Program Teaching Assistant–Construction Law and Claims
Concepts of preparation and analysis of construction claims, cost overrun analysis, schedule delay analysis, general legal principles, contracts, integrated project delivery, public-private partnerships, and resolution of construction disputes through ADR and litigation. I was responsible for supplemental lectures, supervised lab, as well as graded lab assignments and exams.

Winter 2017: Stanford University School of Engineering Sustainable Design and Construction Program Teaching Assistant–Stanford Sustainable Living Lab (Engineering economy style) Concepts of sustainability economics, system optimization, life cycle costing, basic project finance, and formal decision-making theory. I was responsible for supplemental lectures, supervised labs.

Spring 2013: Stanford University Construction Engineering and Management Program Teaching Assistant–Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Creation, management, and application of Building Information Models (3D computer representation of building components and geometries). Organizing and operating on models to produce architectural views, construction documents, renderings, animations, and interface with analysis tools. I was responsible for supplemental lectures, supervised lab, as well as graded lab assignments and exams.

ACADEMIC RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Fall 2021 to present: Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering
Post-doctoral Staff Research Affiliate
Project: Labor standards enforcement and wage theft data science Fall 2020 to Fall 2021: Joint North Carolina State University College of Education and the Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering Research Fellow
Project: Post-secondary CTE in Virtual Design and Construction in collaboration with the Digital Learning Lab University of California, Irvine School of Education Spring 2017 to Fall 2020: Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University School of Engineering
Research Assistant
Project: Civil Virtual Design and Construction (VDC); cadwork Informatik AG (CH) Item 2.

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RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Macro and Monetary Economics (6-semester units)
Mathematics: Real Analysis (3-semester units), Linear Algebra (3-semester units), Calculus/Multivariable Calculus (9-semester units)
Programming in C++ (Stanford CS course)

PUBLIC SERVANT EXPERIENCE
2020 to 2021: The County of Santa Clara Emergency Operations Center Staff COVID-19 Community Public Health Enforcement Data Scientist III Under limited supervision, design, develop, and maintain a public health enforcement database by receiving large datasets of county-wide health protocol applications and health enforcement inspection reports, examining and analyzing records, recommending resolutions to public health violation trends; and disseminating information related to COVID-19 public health enforcement to all parties within the County of Santa Clara.
2020 to 2021: The County of Santa Clara Division of Equity and Social Justice Office of Labor Standards Enforcement
Staff Labor Standards Investigator III
Under limited supervision, maintain an investigation caseload by receiving complaints, interviewing involved parties, examining and analyzing accounting, business, and financial records and recommending resolutions and/or penalties related to labor standards and wage violations; and disseminating information related to wage regulations to all parties contracting with the County of Santa Clara.

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
2021 to Present: Palo Alto Data Group, Palo Alto California Staff Data Analyst III
Forensic accounting certified payroll in construction industry wage theft. 2014 to 2016: Rhumbix Inc., San Francisco California
Labor Standards Corp Compliance Officer
As a founding employee (emp. #7), I developed the crew-based wearable technology concept in the StartX incubator with the business founders for one year prior to obtaining what eventually rose to over $55 million in venture capital funding. In addition to verifying technology development compliance, I led action- partnering with labor unions and contractor associations in hazardous material, roofing, and waterproofing industries: Bravo Zulu award 10/30/2015 for collaboration with Roofers and Waterproofers. 2005 to 2007: Granite Construction Company, Heavy Construction Division #300, Western United States Region Design-build Field Engineer–Earthwork (CSI Division 31) Reno Transportation Rail Access Corridor (ReTRAC), $275 million design-build lump sum project - 2007 American Public Works Association (APWA) Public Works Project of the Year. One of six field engineers, each supervised 9 foremen and $8M per year of self-performed operations for final design, schedule, and cost, as well as managed several specialty subcontractors. Designed: Downtown drainage and grades to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act; A preliminary design to exhaust gases from subterranean diesel locomotives.
2000 to Present: Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 185, Sacramento California Journeyman (Foreman) Laborer #3807895 entry 08/28/2000 - inactive mid-2005 - reentered 05/10/2012 #4612848
As a LiUNA represented laborer, each season either I was dispatched or ‘rustled’ a new project–this is typical for laborers. I followed a pair of cement mason foremen across several highway white paving and bridge projects; typical of infrastructure these ranged from a $2M bridge rehabilitation to the $2.6B San Francisco International Airport Project.

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PUBLIC AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

OUTSIDE SERVICES
2021–Present Appointed Member (District 7) of Santa Clara Valley Water District--Safe, Clean Water & Natural Flood Protection: Independent Monitoring Committee (3-year appointment confirmed by the Santa Clara Valley Water District Board of Directors) 2021–2022 co-Chair, Digital Twin InfraBIM and AI sub-committee of the Data, Planning, and Analysis Group (AED) Visualization in Transportation (AED80), National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Transportation Research Board (TRB) 2021–Present Appointed Delegate to California Democratic State Central Committee Assembly District 24 (Congresswoman Hon. Anna Eshoo appointee)
 Member of the California Democratic Party Environment Caucus  Member of the California Democratic Party Labor Caucus  Shirley Chisholm Member of the California Democratic Party Progressive Caucus  Member of the California Democratic Party Children's Caucus 2020–Present Elected Executive Board Member, Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association  2017–2021: Founded a student-run organization that provides continuing education to community college, apprentice program, and high school instructors—500+ participants
 2014–2016: Career Fair Expo BIM station and invited guest talks 2016–Present Steering Committee, Santa Clara County Wage Theft Coalition  2016–Present: Founded an organization of 80+ volunteers that provides data analysis and technology development on wage theft, supervised by Martin Fischer, Ph.D., and Ruth Silver Taube, Esq.

JOURNALS REVIEWED
Automation in Construction (7)
Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (1) Journal of Management in Engineering (4)

CONFERENCES REVIEWED
2010–2019 International Conference of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) 2009 International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, ASCE, Austin, Texas, U.S.

MEMBERSHIP AND AFFILIATIONS
2011–Present Friend, Data, Planning, and Analysis Group (AED) Visualization in Transportation (AED80), Transportation Research Board (TRB)
2021–Present Member, ASTM International, Committee E60 on Sustainability, subcommittee on Water Use and Conservation
2021–Present Member, The American Planning Association (APA) Northern California Chapter 2021–Present Member, California Association of Environmental Professionals (AEP) – Monterey/Silicon Valley Chapter
2012–Present Board member, Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association (S4CA) 2000–Present Member (Foreman Virtual Technician and Journeyman Concrete Laborer), Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) Local 185, Sacramento California Item 2.

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AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES
AWARDS
2020 Certificate of Reviewing by the Editors of Automation in Construction (Elsevier) 2019 Stanford University GradEd Champion for Commitment to Graduate Students 2019 Commendation from City of San Jose for Combating Wage Theft in the Construction Industry 2017 Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing by the Editors of Automation in Construction (Elsevier)

CERTIFICATES
2021 Certificate of Harassment Prevention and Title IX (CA) (self-paced web course) GetInclusive Cert #60212260-1156 https://app.getinclusive.com/verify/60212260-1156 2021 Transportation Research Board (TRB), Highway Engineering Exchange Program (HEEP), and buildingSMARTUSA BIM for Infrastructure in the U.S. Transportation Industry--Using Model Based Digital Delivery in Design & Construction, 2 hrs. 2020 Certificate of Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, and Bullying Prevention Training: Non- Supervisory Staff (expires 6/1/2022)
2016 Title IX Sexual Assault Prevention Program: Stanford Campus SaVE/VAWA, Haven Plus (self- paced web course)
2016 Stanford University Acknowledgement of Mandated Reporter (self-paced web course) 2016 Stanford Working with Minors at Stanford (self-paced web course) 2016 Working with Minors at Stanford and Mandated Reporter Acknowledgement (curriculum) 2015 Autonomous Drone – Stanford Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Enthusiastic Engineers (SUAVE), 12 hrs.
2012 CE News-Zweig White Designing with BIM on Large Transportation Projects, 1 hr. 2011 CE News-Zweig White Infrastructure Projects: Optimizing Designs Through Visualization, 1 hr.

PRESENTATIONS

CONFERENCE AND PAPER PRESENTATIONS
“Inclusive Pathways Utilizing Culturally Responsive Computing for Social Justice,” co-presented with Ryan Lundell (ESUHSD) and Jonathan Montoya (UCI) The Educating for Careers Conference, virtual, March 2021.
“Opportunity Gap and Women in the Energy Infrastructure Workforce: Paper Presentation,” co-presented with Jon Montoya (UCI) and Sade Bonilla (UMass), Flipped IRS PBL Moving toward a virtual PBL Community, Aalborg University Denmark, March 2021.
“Student Social Mobility in CTE Promoted by a Researcher-Practitioner Partnership,” co-presented with Ryan Lundell ESUHSD and Jonathan Montoya (UCI) The Educating for Careers Conference, Long Beach, February 28, 2020. https://2020.educatingforcareers.org/files/2020_program.pdf “Predicting, Analyzing, and Educating on Wage Theft with Machine Learning Tools,” 2nd Annual Public Works Educational Conference (co-presented with Dr. Tessa Johnson, InSight Data Science), San Jose, December 18, 2018.
“Community Scale Research-based Integrated Education Experience” Presenter, 19 th biannual Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Asilomar Conference Grounds, Pacific Grove, California, August 26, 2016.

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“Civil Virtual Design and Construction: A Phenomenological Perspective with a Vertically Integrated Contractor” Presenter with co-presenter Fugitt, C., 7 th International Symposium on Visualization in Transportation, Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, Beckman Center, Irvine, California, October 25, 2013. www.trbvis.org/visualization-symposium/ “Teaching Integrated Scope-Cost Methods with Model-based Tools,” Presenter, 26th International Conference on Managing IT in Construction–CIB W078, Istanbul, October 1-3, Turkey, 2009. “Programming for Field Engineering Quantity Collection: A Case Study,” Presenter, Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing–CC2009, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, September 1-4, 2009.
“Project Monitoring Methods Exploratory Case Analysis: Industry Responses,” 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering, Austin, Texas, U.S., June 24-27, 2009. “Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost Model System for Civil Works,” Presenter, 1st International Conference on Improving Construction and Use Through Integrated Design Solutions–CIB IDS 2009, Espoo, Finland, June 10-12, 2009.
“Location-based Scheduling Linked to a BIM Integrated Scope-Cost-Schedule Model in Virtual Design and Construction (VDC),” Presenter, FIATECH 2009 Technology Conference and Showcase, Henderson, NV, April 6, 2009. fiatech.org/images/stories/events/techconference/2009/LocationbasedScheduling.pdf

INVITED PRESENTATIONS
“Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost,” Civil engineering undergrad course, Universidad de Los Andes, September 30, 2021.
“Workforce Virtual Design and Construction 2022,” Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association Meeting, September 24, 2021.
“Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost,” Workforce Virtual Design and Construction program, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, September 16, 2021.
“Foundational Rework,” Stanford University, Human-Computer Interaction Group Computer Science Department Lunch Talk, March 31, 2021.
“Infrastructure-Virtual Design and Construction,” University of California Santa Cruz, February 2020. “Industry Foundation Classes: A heavy construction case,” Transportation Research Board meeting, Washington D.C., January 2020.
“Workforce Education Recap Virtual Design and Construction (2013 - 2020),” Santa Clara County Construction Careers Association Meeting, September 6, 2019.
“Workforce technologies development,” Laborers’ International Union of North America, September 14, 2018. “Introduction to Virtual Design and Construction (VDC) Project Control with Integrated Building Information Modeling (BIM),” Invited Guest Lecture at Google to the Real Estate and Works Spaces Group and the Data Center Construction Group, December 10, 2015.
“Lead Paint in Escondido Village Student with Children Housing,” Invited Guest Lecture at International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT) District Council 16, April 8, 2015. “Construction Project Planning–Field to Replanner Feedback,” Invited Guest Lecture in undergraduate Civil Engineering CE131 Project Management for Civil Engineers, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), March 18, 2015. “Virtual Design and Construction Civil Information Model for Planning, Estimating, and Project Control,” Invited Guest Lecture in graduate Civil and Environmental Engineering CE239 Information Technology in Construction, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), March 4, 2014.

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“BIM Estimating for Heavy Construction,” Invited Guest Lecture in undergraduate Civil and Environmental Engineering CE131 Introduction to Construction Engineering, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), October 3, 2013. “BIM Site Logistics,” Invited Guest Lecture in graduate Civil and Environmental Engineering CE239 Construction Operations and Procedures, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), February 27, 2013. “Integrated Virtual Design and Construction Systems,” Invited Guest Lecture in graduate Civil and Environmental Engineering CE239 Information Technology in Construction, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), October 10, 2012. “Integrated Project Planning and Control: Merced Highway 99 Overhead Project Case Study,” Invited Guest Lecture in graduate Civil and Environmental Engineering CE239 Information Technology in Construction, San José State University (Henry Tooryani [email protected], Instructor), September 5, 2012.

DEPARTMENTAL PRESENTATIONS
“Virtual Design and Construction,” Project-based Learning Lab: Global AEC, February 2020. “Workforce Virtual Design and Construction: Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost, Building Trades Virtual Technician, and Public Policy in Labor Standards,” Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, January 2020.
“Social Media 4 BIM,” Evergreen Valley College, December 2, 2019. “Wage Theft Technologies Development,” Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, October 10, 2019.
“VDC Summary and Recap,” Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, July 27, 2019. “Workforce Virtual Design and Construction,” Poster session presented at the STEM Core Convening, SLAC, Stanford University, March 7-8, 2019
“Google Timeline and a Virtual Timecard,” Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, October 1, 2018.
“Scope-Schedule-Cost,” Stanford University Civil and Environmental Engineering Managing Sustainable Building Projects (CEE100), October 1, 2018.
“The Big Problem: I Want Phenomenological Empowerment,” Invited Guest Lecture for Center for Integrated Facility Engineering Research Seminar (Professor Martin Fischer [email protected]), Stanford University, January 28, 2015.
“A Phenomenological Perspective,” Invited Guest Lecture in Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Project-based Learning (PBL) Global Teamwork Project (Dr. Renate Fruchter pbl.stanford.edu/), Stanford University, January 17, 2015.
“Daedalus: A Collective Knowledge Theory and Related Methodologies,” Invited Guest Lecture to visiting Civil Engineering students from City University of Hong Kong, Stanford University, May 23, 2014. “Delta-P Scope, Time, Cost Projects Management,” Invited Guest Lecture in Civil and Environmental Engineering CEE100 Managing Sustainable Building Projects, Stanford University (Professor Martin Fischer [email protected]), October 2, 2013.
“Integrated Scope-Cost-Schedule Generation for Civil Works,” Invited Guest Lecture for Center for Integrated Facility Engineering Research Seminar (Professor Martin Fischer [email protected]), Stanford University, February 6, 2013.
“Virtual Construction,” Invited Guest Lecture in Architectural, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Project- based Learning (PBL) Global Teamwork Project (Dr. Renate Fruchter pbl.stanford.edu/), Stanford University, January 19, 2013.

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SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
ResearchGate Forest-Peterson: 4.14 RG Score, 157.2 Research Interest, 16 recommendations Google Scholar: 250 citations, h-index 5, i10-index 2
Scopus Author ID: 35099034000
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9694-8434

REFEREED PUBLICATIONS PUBLISHED
Montoya, J., Peterson, F., Bonilla, S., and [PI TBD] "Opportunity Gap and Women in the Energy Infrastructure Workforce." Journal of TBD, (in preparation).

Montoya, J., Lundell, R., Peterson, F., Tarantino, S., Ramsey, M., Katz, G., Bini, D., Fruchter, R., Fischer, M., and Warschauer, M. “Shifting Perceptions of Building Industry Occupations Through Project-based Learning,” Journal of Civil Engineering Education Special Issue: The Role of Emerging Technologies in AEC Education, (Accepted).

Montoya, J., Peterson, F., Kinslow II, A., and Bustamante, A. “Fiddlers Green College: Looking for Equitable Workforce Pathways in Silicon Valley,” Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (2021).

Peterson, F., Hartmann, T., Fruchter, R., and Fischer, M. “Teaching construction project management with BIM support: Experience and lessons learned,” Automation in Construction (2010), doi:10.1016/j.autcon.2010.09.009
THESES
“Communication to Align Ideal with Reality: A Contribution to Virtual Design and Construction Theory for Infrastructure Projects,” Thesis Ph.D., Stanford University, 2020. “A Study of Input and Output Field Quantification in Heavy Civil Construction,” Thesis Engineer, Stanford University, 2015.

REFEREED CONFERENCE OR SYMPOSIA PROCEEDINGS
Lundell, R., Montoya, J., Peterson, F., Kinslow, A., II., Fruchter, R., Fischer, M., Bustamante, A. S., Nava, P. “Looking Beyond Fiddlers Green College: Social Justice in Workforce Engineering education pathways,” IACEE2022 Proceedings 18th World Conference on Continuing Engineering Education, July 2022.

Montoya, J., Peterson, F., and Bonilla, S. "Opportunity Gap and Women in the Energy Infrastructure Workforce." 8th International Research Symposium on PBL, Educate for the future: PBL, Sustainability and Digitalization, Aalborg University Denmark, August 2020.

Montoya, J., Peterson, F., Tarantino, S., Lundell, R., Ramsey, M., Katz, G., Baldini, R., Fruchter, R., and Fischer, M. “Building Sustainable Communities: A Project-based Learning Approach to Modify Student Perceptions of the Building Industry,” Proceedings of the 2018 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 12, 2018.

Tarantino, S., Peterson, F., Copper, A., Struthers, N., and Fischer, M. “Community Scale Research-based Integrated Education Experience,” Proceedings of the 2016 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings, Pacific Grove, CA, August 21, 2016.

Peterson, F., Fischer, M., Seppänen, O., Tutti, T., See, R., and Wingate, T. “Teaching Integrated Scope-Cost Methods with Model-based Tools,” A. Dikbas, E. Ergen, H. Giritli (Editors), “Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Managing IT in Construction / Managing Construction for Tomorrow,” 2010 Taylor and Francis Group, London, UK, pp 63–73, 2009. ISBN 978-0-415-56744-2, w78.civil.aau.dk/program_ws/2009_istanbul/w78_istanbul_content.pdf Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “Programming for Field Engineering Quantity Collection: A Case Study,” in B.H.V.

Topping, L.F. Costa Neves, R.C. Barros (Editors), “Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering Computing,” Civil-Comp Press, Stirlingshire, UK, Paper 291, 2009. doi:10.4203/ccp.91.291, www.ctresources.info/ccp/paper.html?id=5580 Item 2.

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Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “Project Monitoring Methods Exploratory Case Analysis: Industry Responses,” C.

Caldas, W. O’Brian (Editors), “Computing in Civil Engineering: Proceedings of the 2009 ASCE International Workshop on Computing in Civil Engineering,” ASCE, Austin, Texas, U.S., pp 105–114, 2009. doi:10.1061/41052(346)11, cedb.asce.org/cgi/WWWdisplay.cgi?0907043 Peterson, F., Fischer, M., and Tutti, T. “Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost Model System for Civil Works,” K.

Belloni, J. Kojima, I. Seppä (Editors), “VTT Symposium 258: 1st International Conference on Improving Construction and Use Through Integrated Design Solutions,” Julkaisija - Utgivare, Helsinki, Finland, pp 176–199, 2009. ISBN 978-951-38-6341-8, www.vtt.fi/inf/pdf/symposiums/2009/S259.pdf

NON-REFEREED CONFERENCE OR SYMPOSIA PROCEEDINGS
Martin, P., Costa, D., Rutledge, R., and Peterson, F. “Labor Standards Enforcement in California Agriculture,” Workforce perspectives with technology solutions, Agricultural Labor Research University of California, Davis, March 2021.

Johnson, T., Peterson, F., Silver Taube, R., Myers, M., and Fischer, M. "Predicting, Analyzing, and Educating on Wage Theft with Machine Learning Tools." 2nd Annual Public Works Educational Conference, 2018.

TECHNICAL REPORTS AND WORKING PAPERS
Thai, B., Silver Taube, R., Modica, J., Peterson, F., and Fischer, M. “Child Care in Silicon Valley: A Policy Proposal on Labor Standards, Equity, and Affordable Housing Infrastructure,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper ##, (In preparation).

Tayag, M., Silver Taube, R., Mondina, F., Nasol, K., Kinslow, II., A., Peterson, F. “Wage Theft in Low-Wage Industries: Mixed Methods Research in Silicon Valley,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 147, November 2021. https://cife.stanford.edu/wage-theft-low-wage-industries-mixed-methods-research-silicon-valley Peterson, F. “A Study of Input and Output Field Quantification in Heavy Civil Construction,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 137, October 2015. cife.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/WP137.pdf Peterson, F., Fischer, M., Akinci, B., and Lepech, M. “Heavy Construction Virtual Technician Wiki Technical Report,” Center for Integrated Facility Engineering Technical Report, last accessed February 15, 2013. cife.stanford.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=granite:home
Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “CIFE Wiki Technical Report: Civil VDC Guideline.” CIFE wiki. Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University, last accessed February 15, 2013. cife.stanford.edu/wiki/doku.php?id=granite:civil_vdc
Peterson, F., Winograd, T., and Eckles, D. “Connections: Facilitating Language Pragmatics: A Heavy Civil Engineering Breaking Point in Feedback,” Stanford University Human-Computer Interaction CS378 Working Paper, 2010. hci.stanford.edu/courses/cs378/term-papers/Forest%20Peterson%20-%20Connections.pdf Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “Case Study: Scope-Cost-Time Integrated Model with Work Breakdown Structure,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 115, April 2009. www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/WP115.pdf Peterson, F., Fischer, M., and Tutti, T. “Integrated Scope-Schedule-Cost Model System for Civil Works,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 114, April 2009. www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/WP114.pdf Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “Case Study One: Programming for Field Engineering Quantity Collection,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 113, April 2009. www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/WP113.pdf Peterson, F. and Fischer, M. “Project Monitoring Methods Exploratory Case Analysis: Industry Responses,” Stanford University CIFE Working Paper 112, April 2009. www.stanford.edu/group/CIFE/online.publications/WP112.pdf

OTHER PUBLICATIONS AND GRANT PROPOSALS
California COVID-19 Workplace Outreach Project (CWOP I and II), State of California Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) Labor and Workforce Development Agency, 2021. (funded $446,100) “East Side Career Pathways,” 2018-22 K12 Strong Workforce Pathway (SWP) (funded $1,971,697) Working Session to Develop Tools and Platforms that Build Power for Workers, The Workers Lab and SEIU 775, 2016. (selected project team for venture capital funding) Item 2.

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“Data-Driven Wage Theft Investigations,” DataKind.SF, August 2016 (accepted for data dive) “Worker Report,” The Workers Lab, Ruth Silver Taube Principal Investigator, 2016. (funded $20,000) Venture Capital Proposal, Rhumbix, Greylock partners, Series A, August 2015. (funded $6,100,000) Venture Capital Proposal, Rhumbix, StartX, Stanford University startup accelerator and seed round, May 2014. (funded $1,000,000)

TEACHING

OTHER TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2017–Present Lead Instructor, Workforce Virtual Design and Construction Summer Certificate Program, Center for Integrated Facility Engineering, Stanford University. 2009–Present Team Mentor, Architectural, Engineering, and Construction PBL pbl.stanford.edu international integration project team (Dr. Renate Fruchter, Lecturer), Stanford University School of Engineering, winter and spring quarters.
2009–2012 Team Owner, Architectural, Engineering, and Construction PBL pbl.stanford.edu international integration (Dr. Renate Fruchter, Lecturer), Stanford University School of Engineering.

CONSULTING AND OTHER SIGNIFICANT STUDIES

LABOR STANDARDS
2018–Present Prevailing wage certified payroll analysis for wage and hour violations: Python, Pandas, and C++
 Santa Clara County pilot program to combat wage theft https://sanjosespotlight.com/santa-clara-county-pilots-program-to-combat-wage- theft/
2016 Invited Hackathon: First Place--Digital Tools for Worker Power; RAZE team, SEIU 775, Seattle WA
2015 Smart Cities Prevail Wage Theft Technology: develop technology to detect wage theft of building trades workers’ wages by contractors
2015 Audited Labor Law and Policy, Industrial Relationships: Negotiations, Strikes, and Dispute Resolution; National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). Taught by Michael Walton (Construction Employers’ Association) at Stanford University

CREW-BASED FIELD TECHNOLOGY
2022–Present United Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers field technology and supervisors’ technology course; Stanford University IRB approved study and supervised by Professor Martin Fischer
 NBC Bay Area: Communidad Del Valle – Roofers Take Over Stanford University (Part 1 and 2) https://www.nbcbayarea.com/community/comunidad-del-valle/part-1-roofers- take-over-stanford-university/2904868/
2015–2017 Laborers International Union of North America (LiUNA) field technology survey and supervisors’ technology course, collaboration with Foundation for Fair Contracting; Stanford University IRB approved study and supervised by Professor Martin Fischer

AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
2010 Munich Airport (MUC) Virtual Construction, 3D modeling of 3rd runway with link to cost and schedule (4D simulation), supervised by Professor Martin Fischer Item 2.

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2010 Munich Airport (MUC) Virtual Construction, Construction activity dust and air traffic impact analysis, provided project team useful insight into when, where, and during what scheduled tasks dust could impact flights, supervised by Professor Martin Fischer

RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE
2007 Virtual ReTRAC Case Study, a retrospective look at project data through 4D simulation and line of balance applications, I found a large gap in the project’s as-built schedule that had made it past the project team’s audits

COMMERCIAL AND EDUCATION BUILDING
2010 Stanford Law School William H. Neukom Building; Precast Concrete Institute (PCI) Sustainable Design Award and Best University Project (2012), BIM Engineer/VDC Engineer - BIM process design, Building Information Model coordination, MEP-FS clash detection, observation and documentation of processes, jointly employed by Dome Construction and Stanford University Land, Buildings, and Real Estate; during this project, I observed the contractor aversion to electronic scheduling, as well as faking the BIM coordination 2010 Associated Schools of Construction (ASC) Open Integrated Project ‘Reno’ Student Competition, I implemented a Building Information Model (BIM) approach to the competition and used a 4D simulation to present my team’s plan–our panel of judges had never seen a 4D simulation nor had they seen a model-based schedule, nor a model-based cost estimate–in subsequent years these have become standard in the competition Item 2.

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Submission date: 28 February 2023, 1:28PM
Receipt number: 33
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name George Lu
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
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Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
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I'm currently a Product Manager at Meta, building
models to identify problematic content (such as hate
speech, misinformation, violent threats). Until
November, I was the product lead for election
misinformation.

From 2018 to 2020, I was a Product Manager at Bird, a
scooter sharing company in over 100 cities. I built
software for both cities and riders, including features like geofenced parking, lower-income affordability
programs, and city data sharing integrations.

I care deeply about using technology to improve
communities. My professional and educational history
is on Linkedin:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgelupm/
Company/Employer Name
Meta
Occupation
Product Manager
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

From April to October 2020, I volunteered full-time at
the US Digital Response, a non-profit helping
governments use technology to respond to Covid.

I led a project to help cities implement California's
Great Plates Delivered program. The program offered
free meal delivery to seniors from local restaurants,
but came with novel logistical and compliance
challenges.

We developed software and found logistics partners
for cities in San Mateo, San Francisco, Alameda,
Marin, and Los Angeles counties, ultimately helping
deliver hundreds of thousands of meals.

I was also a DJ at KZSU (Stanford's college radio
station) for 6 years. I've spent my share of time
staffing the radio station's console during City Council broadcasts.

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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I could bring new perspectives and experiences: I live
in a condo; I've ridden a scooter, bike, train, or bus
almost daily for the last ~6 years; and I spent 4 years from 2016 to 2020 in Santa Monica, where I closely
followed planning and transit developments.

From my time at Bird, I could also bring experience on
how to make micromobility programs work for the
city.

I'm deeply passionate about:
1)
filling business districts with life and community.

Ideas include encouraging weekday farmer's markets;
reducing parklet fees; etc.
2) repurposing surface parking lots for mixed-use
housing and open space. (I’m happy to see council
reconsider using public lots for affordable housing.)
3) building affordable housing in general, especially in the vein of teacher housing at 231 Grant which can
reduce traffic and keep essential workers in the
community.
4) ...enabling conditions so a business like the Nut
House can sustainably open on Cal Ave again.
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Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I have mixed thoughts on the Sobrato development at
Park / Portage (Fry's site), which came up on 11/30,
10/26, and 10/12 meetings.

I live ~1000 feet from the site in Evergreen Park. On
balance, I support the development.

It feels like a missed opportunity. As Commissioner
Chang said, we could build 400 homes a few blocks
from Caltrain.

That said, the proposal is the fastest way to build
housing and park space for Ventura. For our own
credibility, we should also build on past decisions
when reasonable.

There's still room for improvement. We could explore:

1. significantly upzoning the smaller Audi R&D site to
encourage affordable housing development (instead
of office space) or in exchange for more community
benefits.

2. a protected bike lane through the site, connecting
Park Blvd to Stanford Research Park.

3. minimizing car traffic through the site for better
park space.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?

1. Prioritize continuous, protected bike lanes between
Downtown, Cal Ave, North Ventura, Stanford
Research Park, and Bol Park / VA.

My ultimate goal is reducing traffic and emissions,
while improving cycling access. I’d work with the
Bicycle and Pedestrian Transport advisory committee
on both large improvements and quality-of-life issues
like bike parking.

2. Prioritize mixed-use development at Stanford
Research Park and Shopping Center.

I’d work with council to improve dialogue with
stakeholders like Stanford, Tesla, and the Simon
Property Group. With so much untapped potential
(and surface parking), we could feasibly have vibrant,
human-scale development with affordable housing,
transit connections, public space, and amazing
architecture.

3. Simplification
Planning staff is asked to efficiently tackle hundreds
of programs and requests simultaneously. I’d work to
reduce ad-hoc followups, bias toward simplicity, and
set clear priorities.
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1. understanding proposed developments around my
home

2. investigating solar panels for my condo

3. exploring options for opening a small business
around Cal Ave
If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: George Lu
Link to signature
Date Completed
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 28 February 2023, 7:29PM
Receipt number: 31
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name James Domine
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
Community Group
City Website
Other: Word of mouth
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I’m an engineering and technology executive, a parent
with 3 kids in our schools, and a Palo Alto homeowner
since 2001. I’m currently the Chief Technology Officer
for Avail Medsystems, a medical device startup, and
have held executive Engineering and Product
Management positions at TiVo, Ericsson and
Microsoft. I have led organizations from several
hundred people down to small teams. These positions
have taught me critical thinking, analysis,
collaboration, leadership, and communications - all
necessary skills to rise to my current position. I’m able to “run the numbers” and estimate - a classic
engineering skill. At Avail, I run regulatory (FDA) and infosec compliance. Both are new roles for me and
highlight my ability to learn new regulatory
environments and interpret them to determine
applicability. I believe my detail-oriented yet
strategically minded skills, coupled with a startup
drive to get things done, will be very relevant to the
PTC.

Company/Employer Name
Avail Medsystems
Occupation
Chief Technology Officer
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

As a father of 3 (currently 13 through 16), I’ve mostly been involved in kids schools and events. Up until
recently, my career required frequent domestic and
international travel that limited more formal civic
commitment. Since joining Avail in mid-2021, I don’t
have this travel obligation and with kids now older I’m looking for a deeper involvement in our city. In past, I coached both AYSO and Little League teams for all 3
kids, and pushed to form and coach El Carmelo’s (at
the time) first mixed boy-girl T-ball team. I was an
organizer of El Carmelo’s annual “Dragon Camp”
Father/Kid(s) Weekend fundraiser in both 2018 and
2019 (the last year it ran - we canceled in 2020 due to COVID). My wife is very active with PiE and PAUSD,
and I’ve worked with her to support items like El
Carmelo’s New Families Ice Cream Social and
chaperoning JLS dances (2022). I’m also a member of
the Synapse School “Constructivists Parent Band”
(now as an “alum parent”) since last year.

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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
A major task in front of Palo Alto in general and the
PTC in particular is to guide our development through
a tremendous housing growth. It is critically
important. I’ve watched the families of kids’ friends
move away, and seen businesses unable to hire, due
to inability to find housing in our city - so this isn’t just theoretical. I’m used to setting & communicating
strategic direction as well as making tactical
decisions daily. Yet those decisions, direction &
strategy aren’t something created in a vacuum or top-
down. The best plans and decisions are a result of
collaboration from different viewpoints and critical
analysis of those viewpoints. This is true for me today in business - where my inputs come from employees,
customers, and the broader market - as it is in the
civic arena. Growth and change must happen while
we also care for our existing constituents. Change can
be guided - and I’ve spent much of my career being a
change agent and balancing opposing viewpoints.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

At the Feb 8 meeting, there was a recommendation
from Staff on a permanent ordinance to address SB9.

The Commissioners requested several clarifications
to the recommendations that highlighted both the
complexity of the issue and the need for detailed
review of the approach. SB9 is one element that can
and will be used to increase our housing stock. We
must use it effectively - and that means our
ordinances and our Objective Standards need to do
the right things. If they put too much red tape in the
way, we won’t get the growth desired (not to mention
risk of litigation). If they don’t address neighbors’
concerns, we risk failing in the other direction - losing character that makes Palo Alto desirable and unique,
creating needless contention between neighbors.

More importantly, we need a process of continuous
improvement - measuring how our ordinances and
Standards perform and working to improve them over
time. I want to help guide this growth and evolution.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
With reference to the PTC 2022 Work plan, following
the completion and approval of the Housing Element
(Goal 9), I believe we need to increase the priority of the Neighborhood Planning activity (Goal 3).

Neighborhood Planning is critical if we intend to
achieve our City goals. Housing planned without
associated services - transportation, retail and
education - is far less likely to succeed. Conversely,
by providing guidance, encouragement and regulation
that aligns all services we can drive housing that is
meaningful and desirable. Given the 23% increase in
net housing units we need to attain, when we are not
starting from anywhere near a blank slate, an
integrated approach is called for. I’d like to see this goal become more concrete with objective measures
of success for the 2023 year. A second area of
interest is the development of Cal Ave as a vital retail hub (Goal 4, related to Goal 2). Cal Ave is important to a dynamic Palo Alto, and can be an anchor for
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
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.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: James Domine
Uploaded signature image: JD-sig2.jpg
Date Completed
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 20 February 2023, 8:35PM
Receipt number: 27
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Leonard Ely
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
Yes
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Planning
and Transportation Commission?
Email from the City
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I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
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I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

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I am currently a licensed Real Estate Salesperson.

Company/Employer Name
Renault & Handley
Occupation
Commercial Real Estate Sales and Leasing
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

I have lived in Palo Alto for 73 years. I am a graduate of Leadership Palo Alto. Was on the Palo Alto CDBG
grant Committee. Have been involved in various non-
profits in Palo Alto and a Board member as well as
hold different offices or positions.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
As a long time resident I see the need for a
Commission member who has seen Palo Alto grow
and change over the years. Now with my Real Estate
background I have seen a different side of the coin.

Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Many. ABAG required housing, seeing builders taking
advantage of the City, Sitting at stop lights with no
one driving by.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
Enforcing the Zoning Rules as written. Making Palo
Alto an easy place to get around and at the same time
reducing pollution. Having signs work or take them
down.
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Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive Plan (2017)
Zoning Code
City Charter
California Environmental Quality Act
El Camino Real Design Guidelines
El Camino Real Master Plan Study (2007)
Area Plans such as the South of Forest Avenue (SOFA) I (2000) and II (2003) Plans
Baylands Master Plan (2008)
Was involved in speaking about the Comprehensive
Plan. Built a house so understand the Zoning Code
pretty well. I know about the California Environment
Quality Act but would like to know more. Because of
my focus of Real Estate in Palo Alto I am familiar with the El Camino and South of Forest plans.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Leonard W Ely III
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/20/2023
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Planning & Transportation
Commission Application
Submission date: 1 February 2023, 5:00PM
Receipt number: 24
Related form version: 7
Personal Information
Name Scott O'Neil
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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Hannibal Construction, Unskilled Laborer, summer of
1993.

B.A. in Math/Computer Science: Revelle College, UC
San Diego, 2002.

M.S. in Computer Security, Computer Science &
Engineering Department, UC San Diego, 2004.
14 years in software development at Microsoft, 2004-
2018.

Company/Employer Name
Microsoft
Occupation
Principal Software Design Engineer
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Last Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Board Member/President, Vantage of Palo Alto HOA.
2012-Present.
* Solved vehicle speeding issue by designing traffic
calming measures.
* Oversaw multi-million dollar construction defect
litigation & settlement.
* Produced and deposed as witness.
* Recruited and vetted winning bid for construction
management contract.
* Oversaw reconstruction effort, TBC early 2023,
within budget.
* Co-leading parking policy reform.
* Chaired all meetings as President for last 3 years.

Volunteer, Palo Alto Forward and Penninsula for
Everyone: 2021-Present.
* Elected/Candidate outreach.
* Housing Element compliance.
* Op-Ed in SJ Mercury News. "Housing Crisis
Christmas," Dec 18 2021.

Board Member, Palo Alto Forward - 2022-Present.
* Community outreach and event organizing.
* Developer outreach.
* Volunteer organizing for Housing Element
groundtruthing effort.
* Co-lead research, drafting, editing of our 62-page
Housing Element letter.

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1. What is it about the Planning and Transportation
Commission that is compatible with your experience and
of specific interest to you, and why?
I grew up in the East Bay, and have slowly watched
my generational cohort get displaced to cities with
better housing affordability.

Esp. Portland & Phoenix.

To the extent that my friends have children, their
grandparents need plane tickets to see them.

As a
father of two amazing children, I do not want that to
be me in 20 years.

And there's ample time to avoid
that.

Less selfishly: homelessness is a housing problem. [1]
Our failures on housing are directly translating into
the abject immiseration of our less fortunate
neighbors.

Such are the moral stakes.

Housing supply is a regional problem, and state policy
is helping -a lot- but the best way to make progress on it quickly enthusiastic local support on commissions
and councils.

The best way to change a system is
always from inside it.
[1]
https://www.sightline.org/2022/03/16/homelessness-is-
a-housing-problem/
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Archived video meetings are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

The Housing Element.

Beyond my other remarks, I'll
point you at our letter, [1] and add two thoughts.

The first is Alameda.

They have enthusiastic pro-
housing people serving in local government.

They
were first to adopt a compliant Housing Element.

This
illustrates that the key to maintaining local control is not fighting the responsibility that it is tied to.

Let's
stop complaining about Sacramento, roll up our
sleeves, and get to work. Do the people who disagree
with me on policy really prefer the Builder's Remedy?
I can help them.

My second thought is that housing and transportation
are connected. Housing makes transit easier. Transit
makes housing easier.

Chicken and egg.

So, which
comes first?
The one you make happen first, comes
first.
[1]
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/62a9436bd6d4
d10e631a56f0/t/63af75c93294e244b7902955/16724433
49611/Palo+Alto+Forward+-
+Comments+on+Draft+Housing+Element+%2812_6_2
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Planning and Transportation Commission achieve,
and how would you help in the process?
I want the state to adopt a strong and compliant
housing element within the next year.

I want Palo Alto's discretionary rezoning process to
be reformed to catch up to the timeline of the median
California city within the next 4 years, even after we
fix the measurement of those timelines to start the
clock at the receipt of the pre-application.
(APRs
currently start at time of *formal* application, and we are fifth slowest in CA.)
Within four years, I want our building permits to take
no longer than twice as long as Redwood City's,
completing in under 180 days.

Within four years I want half our applications to use
objective standards. (Up from zero, I think.) This
means zoning must accommodate real projects.

I bring significant knowledge of Housing Elements,
and am pretty good at reasoning about workflows.

At
my last gig at Microsoft I got a team that could only
ship their product 2-3 times per year down to a two-
week delivery cadence.

This was without being
anyone's manager.
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I've also been making it a project to
better our zoning code.

You can check my work
disentangling it, if you like. [1]
This was toward
understanding why we aren't getting any objective
standards projects.

I think it mostly boils down to height and FAR. Take
RM-30. If SummerHill needs to double FAR (.6) and
exceed height (35 ft) just to build townhomes at 24
du/acre --then what actually is allowed in RM-30?
It's
not townhomes or bigger.

The zone also has a minimum density of 16 du/acre.

This seems to preclude everything sparser than
townhomes.

So the answer to "what's legal?" seems
to be: whatever was grandfathered in.

It may be
impossible to get an objective standards project in
this entire zone.
(SummerHill isn't in RM-30, but it's in a zone that uses those standards.)
[1]
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12kI6SaPrxx
oSr0MMAvXA7PgBhe_fsGgtnj1aClQXRdU/edit?
usp=sharing
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Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: Scott O'Neil
Link to signature
Date Completed
2/1/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 16 November 2022, 12:00PM
Receipt number: 5
Related form version: 4
Personal Information
Name Benjamin Piiru
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Other: I looked for the Commission specifically
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
the City’s website the attached Board and
Commission Application intact.

I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

Alternate Contact Information - Address
Alternate Contact Information - Phone Number
Alternate Contact Information - Email
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Personal and Job Experience
Please list your relevant education, training, experience, certificates of training, licenses, and professional
registration.
(621 characters max)
I've been in the energy space for 17 years, at
California electric and gas utilities, the California PUC, the California ISO, two renewable energy developers,
and FERC. My experience is wide ranging and diverse,
as I've seen energy regulation from all possible
angles. I also went to law school for the express
purpose of learning more about energy law and
policy, regulation, and government practice.

Employment Information
Company/Employer Name
Nexamp
Occupation
Electric utility relationships
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.
(1311 characters max)
I and my family just moved to Palo Alto a couple
months ago. This will be my first attempt at taking
part in my community.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
(1449 characters max)
As mentioned, I have a wide-ranging set of
experiences and skills that I bring to the table, all
focused around utility regulation, climate change, and
energy. The Commission is exactly the type of role I
am hoping to give the most back to, and continue to
sharpen my sword.
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Recent agenda items have included issues pertaining
to climate change, either specifically or tangentially
(see i.e., sea level rise, wildfire safety, etc.). During law school (graduated in 2019), my "senior thesis" for
lack of a better term was focused on climate change
mitigation, and I earned the highest grade in Climate
Change Law & Policy. Climate change is the
existential threat of our generation, and I am eager to find more ways to combat it beyond my current solar
company day job.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and why?
How would you suggest accomplishing this?
(1587 characters max)
I would want to strengthen the city's RPS goals,
encourage energy efficiency programs, and reduce
the city's overall carbon footprint. In my capacity as
Commissioner, I would reach out to the City Council
and advocate personally for stronger RPS goals. For
energy efficiency programs, I would seek to reduce
cost barriers to achieving energy efficiency in
residential homes, and I would connect IOU and
municipal resources to bring energy efficient solutions to ratepayers, particularly those in most need. Lastly, reduction of the city's carbon footprint more generally would include reaching out to renewable energy
developers to hold seminars about services offered,
and enable more education and outreach to the
community. I would also advocate at the State level to
encourage more ways for individual residents to save
on energy and water usage.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.
(1035 characters max)
The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I'm familiar in so far as I have read them but have not had occasion to "work" with them.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Benjamin Piiru - resume.pdf
Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Benjamin Piiru
Link to signature
Date Completed
11/16/2022
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1 Benjamin Piiru

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Nexamp, Palo Alto, CA
Director, Grid Integration, June 2021 – Present
- Lead the development and implementation of the company’s interconnection strategy. - Principal internal consultant and subject matter expert to 6 business organizations (Organic and Channel BD, Interconnection Engineering, Construction, Policy, and Legal) on issues pertaining to interconnection best practices, grid edge technology implementation, utility relationship development, and project timeline and cost troubleshooting.
- Advocate for company strategic initiatives with utility and state regulatory leadership. - Manage interconnection-related issue escalations and disputes by way of utility and state regulatory formal and informal dispute resolution processes.

Southern California Gas Company, Los Angeles, CA
Supervisor, Energy Efficiency Policy, May 2020 – May 2021 - Led energy efficiency policy and compliance activities for the company. - Oversaw the EE Policy team in the creation of data request responses, advice letters, compliance filings, and formal and informal regulatory comments.

SunEdison, Belmont, CA
Principal, Interconnection Policy, November 2014 – July 2016 - Led cross-functional project teams to address strategic issues and resolve complex electric distribution and transmission interconnection regulatory issues across North America. - Oversaw the interconnection group as interim team lead. - Managed the interconnection process for over 200 MW of solar projects across the country.

Southern California Edison, Rosemead, CA
Senior Regulatory Policy Analyst, August 2010 – November 2014 - Project managed various electric utility infrastructure policy issues at state and federal levels.

California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco, CA Junior Advisor to Commissioner Timothy Alan Simon, August 2009 – August 2010 - Advised the Commissioner and the senior advisors on policy issues in front of the Commission.

LAW SCHOOL INTERNSHIPS
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
Braun Blaising Smith Wynne, P.C., Sacramento, CA
UC Davis Policy Institute for Energy, Environment, and the Economy, Davis, CA California Independent System Operator, Folsom, CA

EDUCATION
University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, CA Juris Doctor, May 2019
University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 18 February 2023, 7:07AM
Receipt number: 18
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Bob Wenzlau
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Palo Alto Weekly
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
the City’s website the attached Board and
Commission Application intact.

I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

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Bob has a Masters in Environmental Engineering and
a Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering from
Stanford University.

He is a professional engineer
though not actively practicing as a registered
engineer.

Over the course of his career, Bob has
worked in local government, industry, consulting, and
as a business owner.

His business, Terradex, Inc., a
Palo Alto business,
protects land globally from unsafe
with remote sensing and other data services. Prior to
founding Terradex in 2002, he was a founder and
principal engineer of Pacific Environmental Group,
Inc., environmental manager for National
Semiconductor, staff engineer for EMCON Associates,
and a staff member for City of Palo Alto founding the
curbside recycling and composting programs. He also
is an owner of Huxal Mezcal, a mezcal providing
benefits to the firefighters of Oaxaca, Mexico.

Company/Employer Name
Terradex, Inc.

Occupation
Environmental Engineer
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Bob completed a term as President of Neighbors
Abroad since 2015.

He was a founder and serves on
Palo Alto Repair Cafe, the first repair cafe in the
United States.

He is currently on the board of Center
for Public Environmental Oversight.

He has
volunteered on numerous city panels including the
Zero Waste Task Force, the Blue Ribbon Compost
Task Force, and the ad hoc Climate Advisory Task
Force.

He is a member of the Storm Water Oversight
Committee. He has volunteered for the PTA providing
bike safety training and mapping for safe routes to
school.

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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
The UAC holds purview of our water through the
interest in supply, resilience, quality, fee and
sustainability.

This aligns with my experience as an
environmental engineer focused on groundwater,
storm water, sewer and supply.

Bob is expert at
carbon capture and drawdown, and the UAC has the
capacity to develop drawdown approaches to
complement electrification.

Finally, the UAC is an
integration between our community and staff, and my
participation would support engagement and
understanding, a shortcoming revealed in recent
January gas rates.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Two engagements with the UAC inspired my interest.

First, I observed during staff presentations of Sept
2021 that the One Water program had no engagement
from commissioners, and upon followup with a
commissioner learned that experience in water was
lacking on the commission.

Additionally, when
developing concerns about drinking water quality,
found staff lacked engagement nor experience with
drinking water quality, instead relying on
representations from the SFPUC.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
I would support the UAC consistent with their mission
and annual work plan. My goals would be to make the
City of Palo Alto stronger as a water resource
manager aligned with the One Water Plan initiative,
provide more attention to our drinking water quality,
develop a stronger integration between climate
change and water resources, and develop a stronger
carbon offset program to complement parallel
activities of electrification. I would seek to build more local storage and capture capacity to create strong
resilience.

I would seek in the longer term that the
UAC might assume a stronger mission and authority
on climate change, and gain more authority from
Council to leverage Council in areas of climate,
electrification and water.

I would strive to develop
greater balancing of commission duties between the
storm water management committee (underutilized
and with capacity to water), and the UAC which is
over utilized and lacks water resources focus.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
SCAP - Experience as a member of the ad hoc climate
advisory committee, and as a contributor to offset
development working with city staff and Neighbors
Abroad to create
the first agreement between Mexico
and California for forest based carbon offsets.

Urban Water Management Plan - Developing a
program for stronger organizational alignment to
support objectives of One Water Plan (a component
of the Urban Water Management Plan).

As you consider my application, my current service on
the storm water committee should be balanced. It
maybe that I can serve both roles.

My interest is to
support catalyzing evolution of our city to shift to
greater focus on resource management (climate and
water) while maintaining our fiduciary obligations to
the rate payer as well as aligning with staff's interest in zippering committees to departments.

I hope to
contribute to this evolution.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Energy-Water Commission.pdf
Palo Alto Drinking Water Solids.pdf
Announcing the First Issuance of Forest Carbon
Credits to San Juan Lachao under the Climate Action
Reserves Mexico Forest Protocol - Climate Action
Reserve _ Climate Action Reserve.pdf
Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

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Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Bob Wenzlau
Uploaded signature image:
rkw_signature_docusign.png
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Date Completed
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Proposal to Transform Palo Alto Utility Advisory Commission and Stormwater Oversight Committee into Energy Commission and Water Commission
June 25, 2022
Bob Wenzlau
The City of Palo Alto is a resource agency given our ownership of our utilities which provide electricity, gas [methane] and water to our city. While a strong policy focus is set on climate/energy challenges, especially on getting rid of fossil fuels and electrifying everything, there is a lack of focus and capacity on our current water crisis. The water crisis has many manifestations - drought, flooding, and sea level rise. And it is, of course, inextricably linked to the climate/energy crisis.

This document outlines is a proposal to transform the City of Palo Alto Utility Advisory Commission (UAC) and Stormwater Management Oversight Committee (SMOC) into an Energy/Climate Commission and a Water Commission. This restructuring is designed to more effectively and efficiently meet climate and water scarcity challenges in comparison to the current UAC and SMOC structures. In particular, a Water Commission would emerge with strong attention to the multitude of water challenges Palo Alto confronts addressing a lack of focus on the UAC.

This transition also contemplates the evolution of the current SCAP working group. The SCAP is an effective working group sponsored by the City council. The group is not burdened by the Brown Act, and has advised on technology, finance and communication. The group does not have permanent status, but has contributed to progress on development of SCAP programs.

Background
Palo Alto’s current management of resources of Palo Alto is premised on somewhat arbitrary and historically evolved departmental structure, and not on the integrated resources themselves. The UAC advises Utility staff and the SMOC advises Public Works staff. The problem addressed in this proposal is that our greater sustainability challenges do not align with departmental structure, but rather with the resources themselves – electricity, gas, and water.

Of particular focus is water, that while an integrated resource across the hydrologic cycle, is partitioned to multiple departments. Additionally, the climate and energy work of the Sustainability Climate Action Plan (SCAP) has inadvertently distracted and deprioritized critical attention to water.

The stated purposes of the commissions from the City of Palo Alto website are:

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joint action projects with other public or private entities which involve electric, gas orwater resources; environmental implications of proposed electric, gas or water utilityprojects; and conservation and demand management. Additionally, the UAC ischarged with providing advice on the acquisition, development and financial reviewof the dark fiber network and wastewater collection utilities. As a highly regulatedindustry, there may be matters not listed below that will be presented to the UAC inaccordance with current or future (local, state or federal) legislative requirements.

TheStormwater Management Oversight Committeereviewsproposedstormwater management capital improvement projects, programs and expendituresthat are funded by the Stormwater Management Fees. The City’s StormwaterManagement Fee, approved by Palo Alto property owners in 2017, funds a varietyof projects to improve our storm drain system and reduce pollution to our localcreeks and the San Francisco Bay. The Fee provides funding for increasingcapacity and maintaining the storm drain system, green stormwater infrastructure(GSI) efforts, residential and commercial rebates, litter reduction, and floodingemergency-response services.

Proposal Shifts from a Departmental to a Resource Focus Oversight A recommendation for a resource based rather than organizational based committee structure isoffered. There are two triggers for this recommendation: climate and water scarcity. OurSustainability Climate Action Plan (SCAP) has pushed a new burden on our energy systems toconvert from fossil to electric sources. Water shortages have triggered a view to integratedwater management. This increases the work of the UAC on energy, while at the same time OneWater strategy is divided between the UAC and an underutilized SMOC.

The proposed change is to transform the UAC to the Energy Commission and the Storm WaterOversight Commission to the Water Commission. The portfolios are adjusted based on theresource - electric and gas to the Energy Commission and water to the Water Commission.Each commission would operate from an area of expertise.

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Water Commission.A water commission would hold responsibilityfor all water resources andrates associated with the City. This would include water supply and storage, stormwater,wastewater, flood control, mitigation of sea level rise, groundwater resource management andquality. The commission would lead on the emerging One Water integrated resource planningprogram. The commission would interact with the Energy Commission on water supply versushydro considerations, as well as the anticipated impact of our SCAP on sea-level rise that theWater Commission would strive to mitigate. A corollary focus would be on wildland fires giventhe need to provision water resources in the event of this major threat.

Energy and Climate Commission. The Energy Commissionwould manage electric and gasresources of the City. The Energy Commission is core to the principal approach on climate,being electrification of the gas services, and as such, assimilates Climate into the naming of thecommission. The commission would be established as the long-term forum for SCAP planningknowing that SCAP considerations will touch all elements of city function.

The Energy and Climate Commission could assume the oversight of the SCAP working groups.This would integrate their actions into this overall organizational focus on an Energy andClimate Commission. While the UAC is central to climate mitigation, their role has beensidelined. This adjustment (under an Energy Commision) would align the public bodies guidingthe City.

While the commissions would be separate, there would be multiple areas of overlay. Water is abasis of hydro power and a water resource for potable and nonpotable use. Water is pumpedand treated, a source of energy use. Sea level rise and flooding are consequences ofrepresentative decisions of the energy commission. Points of interaction between an energyand water commission would be necessary.

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An additional, but undeveloped consideration, is the lack delegated authority within ourcommissions. The City Council would delegate more authority to the Energy and Watercommissions to relieve Council's agenda. Growing the delegated authority could leverageCouncil. This could include using the commissions to provide for representation on regionalagencies. The commissions could set rate and energy/water policy with an appeal mechanismavailable to the City Council.

Impact on City StaffThere may be increased city staff burden as Utility staff would need to participate in bothcommittees where now they would only join the UAC. However, the benefit of integratedresource management should generate a return on extra staff commitment.

Implementation via Colleagues MemoImplementing this could be through a colleagues memorandum between City Council members.The memberships of the commissions need not change as each is already composed ofexpertise to the energy and water missions. Given the loss of two of the three councilmembers, it could be prudent to develop this organizational change prior to 2023.

Conclusion. The success of the Energy Commissionin electrification will be a driver of thechallenges of the Water Commission. Sea level rise that the Water Commission lessens inimpact toward the goals of electrification. There will be overlaps such as the balance of hydroas a source of clean electricity balanced against the impact on water supply to Palo Alto.

The organizational structure applied to climate and water scarcity is as important as theprograms implemented. The “how we do it” and the “what we do” are both paramount tomeeting the challenges.

FAQ(Some discussion and response of the proposal)
● The Stormwater Management Oversight Committee is a stipulated committee inthe 2017 bond measure to fund the oversight of revenue to maintain stormwatersystems. Can the committee assimilate other duties to support overall waterresource management? AResolutionby Council anticipatesbut does not limit thescope of the SMOC. The citation in the resolution follows:

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Author’s Response: The discretion appears to existto meet the ballot measure’srequirements for a public body to assure proper spending of funds while enjoying alarger agenda. That discretion already is shown as staff requested use of the bondmeasure funds to support One Water consulting expenses. The City Attorney willneed to judge whether this assimilation usurps the vote establishing the fund. ● City Staff does not support this proposal. Any commissiontakes an enormousamount of work, and the staff believes that this would require more work. The UACwas formed to advise our utilities, as we are unique in having a utility department.Sustainability has also emerged as a work area that also forms a work load.

Author’s Response: The SMOC requires a high level of staff work relative to asmall agenda. For relatively the same amount of work, the SMOC agenda couldbe broadened to include water. In parallel, the UAC, as transitioned to the Energycommission could include a large portion of the SCAP implementation, that of theelectrification of Palo Alto. ● What about Other Utilities not included? There arecertain utilities notencompassed by this model, such as the emerging fiber cable. Additionally thestructure does not encompass zero waste/waste management.

Author’s Response. Presuming that water and energyare delegated to thecommissions, capacity would be retained on Council to manage these, and orthese could be assigned to the Energy and Water Commission. For example,waste management might be assigned to the Water Commission given theparticipation of Public Works staff, while the fiber optic would be assigned to theEnergy Commission given the participation of Utility staff.

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May 8, 2021
Re: Request for the Utility Advisory Commission to Evaluate and Reduce Suspended Solids inPalo Alto Drinking Water Commission Members,
This email develops concerns and makes recommendations to improve the Palo Alto drinkingwater quality. In short, Palo Alto's water is high in suspended solids (mud and silt) whichconsequently impacts health and maintenance. The City does not monitor for this occurrencenor does the supplier City of San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC). Therecommendation in this email is for City of Palo Alto Utilities (CPAU) to evaluate andcharacterize the siltation, and if validated, create a modest capital project to install 5 micronfiltration at the 5 points of connection between Palo Alto and the supplying water networkmaintained by the SFPUC. I hope that this can find its way into the UAC's work plan beingprepared for Council.

Background
Palo Alto lives with a concept that our water is the finest in the world - Sierra water from HetchHetchy. Actually, while the source may be the Sierras, the water passes through severalreservoirs where silts get entrained in our water, and is delivered "raw" to Palo Alto - no filtration.The water is only treated for bacteria by chloramination.

I learned first hand of this quality, compared experiences across the Crescent Park, and with alandscape contractor describing the general word on the street is Palo Alto's water quality ispoor from suspended solids. (Suspended solids measure solids that are entrained in the water,while dissolved solids (TDS) measure solids (like salt) that dissolve in the water) However, PaloAlto does achieve state and federal standards, but like schools, achieving minimum standardswhen our health and thriving are core, is not the bar we seek to achieve. There are compellingreasons to do better, as I introduce.

I came to this issue by trying to address another water quality challenge - I sought to removeTrihalomethanes (e.g. chloroform - THMs) a bi-product of chloramination. The chloraminationimparts a taste, and the THMs pose carcinogenic risk by drinking and inhalation in showerwater. Their removal or destruction is via carbon filtration, but prior to carbon filtration, in orderto preserve the carbon's useful life, one provides filtration of solids to 5 micron. Through thisfiltration I came to realize the sedimentation in our water.

Within 5 weeks my cartridge filter for the indoor water is spent (photos below). Initially I workedwith Utilities to request line flushing on the street with no impact. Our water mains are new.While Utilities postulated a home issue, I queried via the CPNA group and found others afflictedby the same problem - many of whom gave up after the persistent siltation in the water. Othersare burdened by the tedium of changing filters continuously.

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I worked with city staff who constructively engaged on this topic. I learned the reliance onSFPUC, I learned of the testing - and lack of testing for solids. I observed that the City'sknowledge of drinking water quality could be stronger, in that we were too reliant on SFPUC. Ibegan to evaluate the conventionality of municipal level filtration, and began to feel confidentthat there are steps that could be taken. (As background, I am an environmental engineer, andwhile drinking water is not my area of practice, I feel confident to develop this concern.) Setting Direction
We are fortunate to have a water utility, and the ability to manage our water to the goals wecould set as a City. I would ask the UAC or staff to start to analyze and engineer soon. This isa consulting engagement in all likelihood, however, I can forecast next steps.

First Analyze. The City should confirm the sedimentload as Total Suspended Solids, adistribution of particle size, and the proportion that is inorganic versus organic. Why measureorganics? As we chlorinate the water (and the chloramination drives the THM formation), theamount of chlorine demand is proportional to the organic load in the water. As such removal oforganic load in our water, reduces the formation of THMs. The size distribution would inform anyfuture selection of filtration.

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Anticipate a Conceptual Design Approach. Each of the five points-of-entry into Palo Alto hasthe capacity to move 5,000 gallons per minute. (In total the City can utilize upwards of 15,000to 25,000 gpm at maximum demand across all entry points.) There is conventional technologyfor continuous filtration to 5 micron (equivalent to what is needed to then apply carbon in ahome). The technology has continuous automated backwashing that would remove the solidsto a purple pipe or irrigation system. A representative filtration unit is $125k, and installed andengineered may be $500k. Therefore a total project could be $2.5 million or with contingency$4 million, perhaps with a $200k annual maintenance. The annual water enterprise fund isabout $61 million per year, so this is a nominal expense.

There would be benefits to CPAU given a reduced need to flush lines as I expect tons ofsediments from our raw water settle into our pipes. Homeowners and businesses would seeless clogging of appliances, and more durability of drip systems that irrigate. The health impactwould be significant given a reduction of THMs into the homes and businesses. And frankly ourwater would taste better.

My note is seeking to be constructive, and I have done my best with the understanding. I knowour utility staff can carry this forward, but I believe it is up to the UAC or even Council to set thisas a priority. I know that work plans are being put in place for the various commissions, and Iwould ask that this be introduced as a priority to start addressing within the 6 month plan. Withdata, we can better evaluate a concern, but now our City is unfortunately blind as there is nodata collected to vet the anecdotal experience of residents and business.

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I am ready to provide a presentation to the UAC, but as said, be a team player to work this with the support of staff. It just felt that to get the ball moving, I had to lift this to your attention. We can all learn a bit about water quality along the way!
Sincerely,
Bob Wenzlau
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Announcing the First Issuance of Forest Carbon Creditsto San Juan Lachao under the Climate Action ReserveʼsMexico Forest Protocol December 12, 2017

The San Juan Lachao forest project in Oaxaca, Mexico is near and dear to the hearts of Reserve sta members andothers who worked on the project. It is a truly special example of how we can work together to address climatechange and create real, lasting social, environmental and economic benefits for local communities. Weʼre verypleased to share the story of the project through the below perspectives from partners ICICO, ANCE and the City ofPalo Alto, as well as the perspective from the Reserve.

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(https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/IMG_20161110_165529463.jpg) Climate Action Reserve:

By John Nickerson
The Reserve would like to announce that, at long last, it has issued 17,063 CRTs (net of buer pool) to San JuanLachao, Oaxaca for two reporting periods. The project in San Juan Lachao began in 2014 and became our provinggrounds to finalize the development of our Mexico Forest Protocol, the quantification and verification guidancedocuments, and our computer data management and reporting tools. This is a major milestone for our work withthe Mexico Forest Protocol and it is breaking the trail for many more credits to follow. We began the work to create aMexican Forest Protocol in 2010. We quickly encountered unique challenges in Mexico that we didnʼt have in theUnited States, including the fact that most forest lands are communally owned and avoided emissions are managedat a jurisdictional level instead of the project level. Many additional challenges were confronted as we developed theprotocol over a two-year timeframe with the assistance of many U.S. and Mexican stakeholders.

San Juan Lachao is an indigenous community in western Oaxaca. Many of the community members continue tospeak Chatino, their local dialect. The economy is based largely on subsistence agriculture, with coee and honeyproduction, timber sales, and a little tourism providing additional economic resources. The San Juan Lachao Projectis more than a committed eort to increase sequestration for climate mitigation. It has brought pride to thecommunity. They know they are being talked about in other parts of Mexico. It has brought employment to thecommunity as trained community members are responsible to manage the project inventory and will eventuallyhandle other reporting aspects of the project. The project has been accompanied with biodiversity studies and hasraised awareness within the community of the wildlife relationships associated with a well-managed forest. Theforest carbon project will provide an economic incentive that will enable them to achieve a more productive forest interms of timber production by rewarding them to maintain the best-growing trees in the short term.

We are grateful for the relationships that were created during the protocol development time that we continue totreasure today. We are grateful to the The Walt Disney Company, which provided funding to help support anddevelop the project. We only got the project o the ground due to the commitment, vision, and support of CarlosPerez, Teresa Tattersfield and their team at ICICO (Integradora de Comunidades Indigenas y Campesinas de Oaxaca –Carlosʼ consulting firm) and for their forestry expertise, organizational, and capacity-development skills. We owethanks to Leti Espinosa of Pronatura Mexico for building relationships and facilitating the agreement with Disney. Weare grateful to the men and women of San Juan Lachao, who gave us a chance to test our protocol on theirlandscape, engaged directly in developing the inventory, and always welcomed us into their community withexceptional warmth, good food, and a bit of mezcal. We owe a debt of gratitude to Pedro Morales of White and Case.Pedro is our pro bono attorney that helped us sort through so many legal issues. We are grateful to the City of PaloAlto, who is working with the community to purchase the first issuance of credits. A huge thanks to Cecilia Simonand Amy Kessler to get to this milestone. Their perseverance and dedication to making the protocol function is whywe got to this milestone.

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(https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSCN1499.jpg) ICICO:

ICICO, or the Integradora de Comunidades Indigenas y Campesinas de Oaxaca A.C., is a non-profit organization basedin Oaxaca, which provides technical assistance to rural communities. ICICO was the Project Developer for the San JuanLachao project.

La comunidad de San Juan Lachao Pueblo Nuevo, está marcando un precedente en la región, en estado, en país y enel ámbito internacional, no solo por ser la primera comunidad en realizar un proyecto forestal piloto utilizando elprotocolo forestal para México de la Reserva de Acción Climática, por lo consiguiente la primera comunidad enrealizar la venta de bono de carbono en el mercado voluntario internacional, contribuyendo de esta manera a lamitigación del cambio climático.

Cabe resaltar que este no es un esfuerzo aislado, es un esfuerzo conjunto entre los dueños del bosque, lasorganizaciones de la sociedad civil y la Ciudad de Palo Alto, quien en esta ocasión es la entidad que está comprandolos bonos generados en el proyecto forestal de captura de carbono de la Comunidad.

En este sentido, queremos reconocer el papel importante que Disney ha jugado en este proyecto, así como a laCiudad de Palo Alto por el esfuerzo en la adquisición de 17,000 toneladas de CO2 eq., a un precio justo, quisiéramosque municipios del país tomaran como ejemplo esta iniciativa y realizaran la neutralización de sus emisiones paraestar a la vanguardia en el tema ambiental.

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(https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/DSCN1509.jpg) ANCE:

ANCE, or the Associacion Nacional de Normalizacion y Certifiacion, A.C., is a nonprofit entity in Mexico, which evaluatesand certifies compliance with national and international standards and regulations. ANCE was the verification body forthe pilot project of San Juan Lachao.

La participación de ANCE como organismo verificador del Protocolo Forestal para México de CAR surgió del interésque tiene la Asociación por atender varios aspectos en torno al manejo responsable de los recursos naturales enMéxico; particularmente desde el área del manejo sustentable de los bosques.

A lo largo de 7 años ANCE ha sido el único organismo mexicano acreditado por la Entidad Mexicana de Acreditación(ema) para la certificación de la norma NMX-AA-143-SCFI-2015 (2008 hasta diciembre de 2015), la cual es uno de losesquemas con los que cuentan la SEMARNAT y la CONAFOR para evaluar el cumplimiento adecuado de las leyes ynormas mexicanas que permitan el desarrollo forestal sustentable en el país.

La experiencia de estos años, cristalizada en la certificación de 183 predios forestales a lo largo de 11 Estados, setraduce en 1,060,478.11 ha bajo manejo sustentable, uno de ellos es la Comunidad de San Juan Lachao, Oaxaca.

Cuando nos invitaron al primer curso de capacitación sobre el Protocolo Forestal para México CAR que dio la Reservaen Ciudad de México, nos convencimos de las ventajas que representaría tener proyectos con un esquemareconocido internacionalmente, con garantía de estar verificando una captura de CO2 real, transparente, consalvaguardas sociales y ambientales adecuadas a la legislación mexicana y teniendo en primer lugar el desarrollo delas comunidades rurales. De esta manera, el involucrarnos con la verificación del Proyecto de San Juan Lachao,hemos recorrido un camino de mejora continua en la aplicación y verificación del Protocolo Forestal para México,desde su versión 1.2 hasta la reciente versión 1.5, lo que nos ha permitido conocer los aspectos técnicos, sociales yambientales que implica el desarrollo de un proyecto como este, el cual es pionero en México.

A partir de la experiencia con la verificación del proyecto de San Juan Lachao también hemos podido sugerir laparticipación de algunos predios certificados con la norma mexicana, invitando a productores y Técnicos en losestados de Puebla, Hidalgo, México, Durango, Jalisco y Michoacán, así como a las delegaciones estatales deCONAFOR, PROBOSQUE y a la industria mexicana a conocer el protocolo CAR con la esperanza de que más proyectosse sumen para tener una red bien establecida de proyectos forestales de mitigación del cambio climático previo alinicio oficial del Mercado Voluntario de Carbono en México.

Puntualizando, tenemos un gran ejemplo en la comunidad chatina de San Juan Lachao, Oaxaca; dignosrepresentantes de las comunidades campesinas mexicanas, que a pesar de ser consideradas las más rezagadas delpaís, pueden darnos sorpresas gratas con ejemplos de innovación y compromiso con sus recursos naturales y sucomunidad siendo pioneros en el manejo sustentable y conservación de los bosques.

Ojalá que el proyecto de San Juan Lachao sirva como referencia fidedigna para que muchas comunidades más seunan a este esfuerzo. (https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sjl-1.jpg)(https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sjl-2.jpg)

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Palo Alto:

By the City of Palo Alto
On Monday, December 4, the City Council will consider a resolution approving an agreement to purchase “carbonosets” to help Palo Alto maintain its net zero carbon footprint. The City has been working with its sister city,Oaxaca, Mexico on various sustainability issues and during that process learned about a forestry project thatproduces high-quality carbon osets managed by the Integrative Organization of Oaxaca Indigenous andAgricultural Communities (ICICO). Carbon osets are a form of trade to fund projects that reduce greenhouse gas(GHG) emissions. In this case, carbon osets are generated through monitored and verified increases to forest stockthat result in carbon being sequestered in trees rather than released to the atmosphere.

The City will purchase 17,000 tons of carbon osets from ICICO. Palo Altoʼs $136,000 investment is supportingconservation and restoration activities within 5,900 acres of native forest and will neutralize about 10 percent of theCityʼs annual emissions from natural gas use. The remaining osets will be purchased from projects here in the U.S.

Revenue from the sale of carbon osets through ICICOʼs program also provides multiple co-benefits for the Oaxacancommunity including fire protection, tree care, fresh water spring recharge, and transportation and equipment forlocal schools.

Palo Alto has been providing 100 percent carbon neutral electricity since 2013. In July, the City also began osetting100 percent of its natural gas carbon omissions through carbon reduction projects like this one in Mexico. You canlearn more about that here(http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/utl/residents/sustainablehome/carbon_neutral/default.asp).

The “carbon osets” generated by the Oaxaca forestry project are similar to those contemplated by the CarbonNeutral Natural Gas Plan (http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/54160) that was adopted bythe City in 2016. The Mexican forestry project protocol was developed by Climate Action Reserve, one of the largestoset registries in North America that is used by the California Air Resources Board. You can read the full sta reporthere (http://www.cityofpaloalto.org/civicax/filebank/documents/62302) to learn more. (https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sjl-5.jpg) (https://www.climateactionreserve.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sjl-3.jpg) Tags: Natural & Working Lands, including Forests (https://www.climateactionreserve.org/blog/tag/natural-and-working-lands/), osets (https://www.climateactionreserve.org/blog/tag/osets/), Reserve program & sta(https://www.climateactionreserve.org/blog/tag/reserve-program-and-sta/) NEWSLETTER SIGN UP (HTTPS://WWW.CLIMATEACTIONRESERVE.ORG/NEWS-AND-EVENTS/NEWSLETTER/)CONTACT (HTTPS://WWW.CLIMATEACTIONRESERVE.ORG/CONTACT-US)SUPPORT THE RESERVE (HTTPS://WWW.CLIMATEACTIONRESERVE.ORG/ABOUT-US/SUPPORT-THE-RESERVE/) Item 2.

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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 25 February 2023, 1:41AM
Receipt number: 23
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Chris Tucher
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Other: John Kelley
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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BA: Occidental College
MBA: Harvard
Professional experience:
-Internet technology sales and marketing executive,
1995-2006, incl. Netscape and LookSmart (both public
companies)
-Healthcare and health-tech sales and marketing
executive and co-founder, 2006-2021, incl. Healthline
and Conversa Health (acquired by American Well, a
public company)
-De Anza College, 2018-2020, adjunct professor,
Marketing
-Self-employed consultant - including grid and long-
duration battery startup
Company/Employer Name
Self-employed
Occupation
Consultant
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

None to date
Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
After a career in tech and health-tech, I've recently
begun working in the field of energy and electric grid, including consulting engagements with young
startups in the sector: a long-duration battery storage company and a grid advisory company. My top
interest on the commission would be issues around
energy usage, power sourcing and the electrical grid.

That said, my interest extends to all aspects of Palo
Alto utilities, including gas pricing, fiber-broadband
plan and water management.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.
eral key issues, just a few of which are:
-Timeframe appears, loosely, to be 5 years to
completion (residential areas), but only after a 2yr
planning phase, so that completion isn’t until 2030. Is that unreasonably long?
-Household load 15+ years in future: Do we have solid
assumptions and scenarios for load trends? Might
load actually fall as "self consumption" and microgrid
storage rises?
-How do important future technologies like grid-level
battery storage or vehicle-to-grid fit into CPAU's
modernization plan?
-What it will take for CPAU to persuasively educate
residents on implementing solar and "self
consumption" methods (e.g., battery, grid forming
inverter) in their homes?
Grid modernization and CPAU’s planning process --
incl. transmittor upgrades, staffing challenges, load
monitoring -- are important to me because (1) the cost
will be vast ($80M+?) and (2) our grid will be vital to enabling the city's sustainability goals.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
I realize the commission has a broad set of goals. I'll just call out two. They seem related:
1)
Ensure CPA has a good plan for grid
modernization, based on well-reasoned assumptions,
flexible scenarios, and clear short-term milestones.

We need a “grid for tomorrow” that can support more
robust transmission and better load management to
allow for, among other things, hourly renewable
energy matching (not year-end true-ups); smart use of
battery storage (incl. Solar+Storage PPAs); vehicle-to- grid two-way charging and the complex billing issues
that accompany it.
2) More briefly, enable CPA to hit its 2030 energy and
sustainability goals ... because today, in my view, the community seems not to have much confidence, or
clear understanding of how, we will do that.

I think I can help toward these goals because I have
executive leadership experience, because I have at
least a modest understanding of the technical and
budgetary aspects, and because I can communicate
well.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have some familiarity with each of these plans, but
was not involved in discussing or drafting any of
them, hence no experience.
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Chris Tucher
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/24/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 7 February 2023, 10:12AM
Receipt number: 13
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Claude Ezran
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Email from the City
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I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
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attached Board and Commission Application prior to
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Please list your relevant education, training, experience, certificates of training, licenses, and professional
registration. If describing work experience, please
include company/employer name and occupation.
• Retired high-tech marketing executive, 30+ years of
experience in Silicon Valley companies such as Intel,
3Com, Adobe, and start-ups, mostly at the Director
and VP level.
• Director of Marketing for Oorja Fuel Cells, a clean
energy company(2015-2016).
• Extensive experience working collaboratively in
teams.
• Member of the Board of Directors of Cable Co-op
(1992-1998).

Subscribers-owned cable TV company serving Palo
Alto households. Very similar to a publicly owned
utility.
• MBA, Harvard Business School.
• MSEE, Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (France).

Studied electricity generation and transport.
• BS. Advanced mathematics and physics
Company/Employer Name
Oorja Fuel Cells (clean energy company)
Occupation
Director of Marketing
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Last Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.
• Human Relations Commission, including Vice-chair
and Chair:2008-2014.
• Participated in a community workshop for the
update of CPAU's Strategic Plan: 2017
• Founder and Organizer of Palo Alto World Music
Day: 2009-2019
• Member of the Board of Directors, Palo Alto
Recreation Foundation (PARF): 2010-2020
• Graduate of the Palo Alto Citizen Police Academy:
2019
• Member of the Community Advisory Group to the
Police Chief: 2010-2012
• Member of Steering Committee for Measure A
(school parcel tax): 2005
• Treasurer of the Palo Alto PTA Council: 2004-2007.
• Member of the Board of Directors, Cable Co-op:
1992-1998.

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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
Three examples regarding my life-long strong interest
in energy and
utility issues:

Director of Marketing for Oorja Fuel Cells (2015-2016).

Oorja was a clean energy company that
manufactured power systems based
on methanol fuel cells. These systems reduced
operating costs and greenhouse gas emissions in a
wide variety of applications such as wireless
telecommunications and materials handling.

Member of the Board of Directors of Cable Co-op
(1992-1998)
Cable Co-op was a cable TV company serving 28,000
households around
Palo Alto. It was owned by its subscribers. In many
ways its mission
and its functioning were very similar to those of a
publicly owned utility.

MSEE, Ecole Superieure d'Electricite (France).

My engineering School was partially funded by EDF
(Électricité de France), a state-owned utility which is one of the largest utilities in the world. I studied
electricity generation and distribution in great detail and visited many different types of power generation
plants.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
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I am very interested in the plans for an Advanced
Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and how that could
improve conservation of water and energy, as well as
provide customers with information they are currently
lacking to better manage their consumption.

Given likely water shortages in the future due to
climate change and droughts, I am interested in the
use of recycled water and also water purification.

I
visited both the Regional Water Quality Control Plant
and the Silicon Valley Advanced Water Purification
Center.

Resiliency is another important issue for the
Commission that I am very interested in.

We need to
look at what can be done to decrease the frequency
and duration of power outages by looking at all the
factors that impact reliability: equipment quality,
equipment placement, redundancies, risk
management, human factors, etc. I am also
concerned by the vulnerabilities highlighted by the
major power outage of 2010 that was caused by a
small plane crash in East Palo Alto.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
• Continue the focus on: clean energy, reducing
greenhouse gas emissions, transition from gas to
electricity, and improving sustainability.
• Continue to improve recycling rates, but also focus
also on reducing waste in the first place. I am
particularly thinking about food waste, especially
from restaurants.
• Address the long term negative effect that progress
toward our
Zero-Waste objectives will have on refuse collection
fees, maybe
through a new financial reserve to be established and
also improved efficiencies in the collection system.
• Secure long-term green electric, gas, and water
supplies at
competitive rates in order to better moderate the rise
in utility
rates.

The currently very high prices for gas are
definitely a concern.
• Energy conservation programs, green building
codes, etc.
• Smart meters to improve conservation of water and
energy.
• Improved reliability and resiliency of the electric grid.

Look at the entire chain of factors that impact them.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I read these documents in the past and will definitely
spend more time on them if selected for the position.

I participated in a community workshop for the update
of the Strategic Plan, in 2017.

I do, also, closely follow the news about the City
utilities, mostly through the Palo Alto Weekly.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Claude Ezran
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/07/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 26 February 2023, 2:10PM
Receipt number: 26
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Greg Scharff
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
Yes
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Other: Current Commissioner
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
the City’s website the attached Board and
Commission Application intact.

I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

Personal and Job Experience
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I was on the city Council for 9 years, Mayor twice and
served as Palo Alto's Representative to NCPA from
2013-2021.

At NCPA I served on the executive board
as wewll as various leadership roles.

I am also a
current UAC Commissioner
Company/Employer Name
Bay Conservation and Development Commision
Occupation
General Counsel
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

City Council 2009-2018
Mayor 2013, 2017
Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
City Council, Finance Committee 8 years, NCPA
8 years and Current UAC Commission member.

Utilities
is a a large portion of our budget and is also a key to meeting our climate action goals

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I am very interested in most of the issues that come
before the UAC.

Fiber to the premises is of particular
interest and ensuring that we get it done and that we
do it in a cost effective manner without undue risk to
the City.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?

1. Continue to move towards our environmental goals
while at the same time keeping our utility rates rates
at their historical relationship with PG&E and the other bay area
public power cities.

2. Make fiber to the
premises successful.

3. Ensure with a transition to
electrification that we have the capacity to serve our
electrical needs and that the transition is smooth.

4. Ensure that Palo Alto has an adequate supply of
water and uses it efficiently.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have experience with all of these documents through
my work as a City Councilmember and UAC member.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Greg Scharff
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/26/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 27 February 2023, 12:42PM
Receipt number: 27
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Gregory Hood
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Daily Post
Other: Chamber of Commerce
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With over 4 decades of construction experience
across the county, and now as a resident of Palo Alto,
I welcome the opportunity to give back to our
community by serving as a member on the Utility
Advisory Committee. With a masters in civil
engineering from Berkeley with a focus on
Construction Engineering and Management, I have
worked on a number of award winning public works
projects, including Fontana Park, which involved
coordinating construction across easements for both
the San Gabriel Water Company and SCE’s primary
UHV transmission lines.

More recently, I was the
electrical project manager with Blocka Construction
on Folsom Dam’s new spillway. Other projects with
Blocka include water treatment plant upgrades for
Silicon Valley Water and the Hayward Water District.

In addition to being a certified Project Management
Professional (PMP), and licensed contractor (B, C-10),
I am a real estate broker and am currently developing
a property management business here in Palo Alto.

Company/Employer Name
Hood General Contracting, Inc. / Hood Properties, Inc.

Occupation
General Contractor / Electrician / Property
Management
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Habitat for Humanity (Team Leader, 1993-1996)
Associated General Contractors, Los Angeles (Board
Member, 2004)
Associated General Contractors, Riverside
(Apprentice Instructor, 2004-2015)
Project Management Institute - Inland Empire (Director
of Social Media, 2013-2014)
Rebuilding Peninsula (House Captain, 2017)
ACE - Architecture, Construction, Engineering (High
School Student Mentorship - Mentor, 2017 – Present)
Project Management Institute - Silicon Valley (Event
Facilitator, 2021-Present)
Leadership Palo Alto - Class of 2020
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Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
As an electrician, general contractor and construction
project manager, who has requested services and
coordinated plans with utility engineers and having
built schedules for service I can provide a new and
fresh perspective to the committee.

Where I can be
most helpful is understanding the principles ranging
from logistics (supply chain from a customer
perspective) to electricity and where challenges might
arise as CPAU serves our community during an
environmental disaster.

Part of my experience
includes working for Northrop Grumman in
Sustainment and Support for the U.S. Army (work
included generator based temporary power and
microgrid power generation) and as a member of San
Bernardino County’s Search & Rescue.

As we face,
growing environmental challenges, utility responses
and coordination with first responders will be critical - utility preparedness and agency coordination.

At no
point are utilities under greater stress than when an
environmental event strikes.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Grid modernization is the issue.

It is clear that having
more than one EV is a challenge to the grid.

I have
personally installed both 225A, and derated 400A
(residential 320A) panels for customers with multiple
EVs.

With the push towards all-electric homes, the
demand will only increase, even with the offset of LED
lighting solutions (many of which are only 4 watts of
load per fixture, or 5.3% of a standard 75w
incandescent bulb).

The other factor that seems to be
overlooked is how climate change will impact
customer cooling demand.

Another added load that
will come into play is water purification.

When our
water supply is at risk of contamination, consumers
are sure to operate their own filtration systems.

This
is sure to require additional energy.

Lastly, the
greatest challenge facing CPAU is housing density.

The state’s mandate for Palo Alto to add 6,086
housing units, if met, could result in a demand
increase of 23.3% for electricity as well as other utility services.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
General Goals
Electrical training and safety
Utility security - cyber terrorism response (see
12/7/2023)
Planning for continued disruption of natural gas
pricing and supply
Residential electrical code compliance - consumer
awareness
Specific Goals
Bi-directional power distribution (transformer
upgrades), See AIM 12/7/2022 Meeting
Transmission undergrounding and installation of
vaults with subsurface switchgear
Stormwater management in relation to
undergrounding electrical distribution
I could offer review and recommendations for the
planning and implementation of a modernized
electrical distribution system.

As an ongoing
committee focus, the addition of all-electric
households, conversion from gas, the addition of high
density residential zones including ADU and
compliance with SB9, and the ‘Builder’s Remedy’ we
can reasonably anticipate an increase on CPAU’s
load.

My contribution would include using analytic
tools to assess and support program decision
making.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
N/A
If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Gregory Hood
Uploaded signature image: IMG_2576.jpg
Date Completed
02/27/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 3 January 2023, 7:43PM
Receipt number: 8
Related form version: 5
Personal Information
Name Jason Titus
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
Yes
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Email from the City
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attached Board and Commission Application prior to
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I have been a resident of Palo Alto since 2003 and
have been involved in the PV Partners program since
2008.

During my 8 years at Google I managed their
developer programs - partnering with startups and
software developers building upon Google's
technologies.

My team launched multiple
sustainability accelerators around the world and
worked with companies that are changing how people
and companies interact with energy, water, and their
world around them.

Since leaving Google in July of
2022 I have been advising and investing in cleantech
startups from window installed heatpumps to
superdeep geothermal energy (disclosed in my form
700).

Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

I was a member of the Palo Alto 2030 Comprehensive
Plan Citizens Advisory Committee from 2015-2017,
and party co-host for Addison Elementary, and a
volunteer for the Pescadero Pancake Breakfasts.

Application Questions
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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
I've been interested in renewable energy and water
conservation for over 20 years and have installed
solar on 4 different properties we have owned in that
time. In the near future we will need shift how we
source energy and water as well as rapidly evolve our
infrastructure to be more dynamic and responsive.

The city wants to electrify residences and businesses
and yet most do not have the panel capacity to do so.

It will need to facilitate smarter infrastructure to
enable them to install heat pumps, induction stoves,
EV chargers and more. The utility will need to deeply
understand the load requirements and the pace and
trajectory of these shifts and plan accordingly.

These
changes are similar to the challenges I faced
managing and iterating large scale services such as
Yahoo! Mail where modeling and capacity
management were vital.

I understand the need for
careful transitions while evolving infrastructure and
understand how to make it easier for customers to be
part of the migration

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

The discussion of permitting and inspection timelines
for electrification permitting is of interest to me.

Every
step of my own home's electrification process last
year (heat pump water heater, heat pump heating,
and EV charging and the associated electrical work)
was called out by my vendors as notably slower and
more complicated than other municipalities.

I am
interested in solutions like SolarApp+ for all of the
steps towards electrification as well as processes to
facilitate electrification at time of need (i.e. heat pump water heaters ready for install when water heaters fail for customers).

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
Help Palo Alto become best in class for electrification, renewable energy, system resilience, and water
conservation.

Track time and number of transitions,
gather comparative data from leaders in the field and
neighboring cities, score ourselves quarterly, and set
goals to get to the top cohort of utilities.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have tracked the Fiber to the Premise plan and the
followup discussions on fiber and have submitted
feedback to the evolving fiber plans.

I have also taken
part in some of the public discussions of the
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan and some
follow-on Sustainability and Climate Action Plan Ad
Hoc Committee meetings.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Jason Titus
Link to signature
Date Completed
01/03/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 28 February 2023, 1:36PM
Receipt number: 30
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Katie Causey
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
City Website
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address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
Please list your relevant education, training, experience, certificates of training, licenses, and professional
registration. If describing work experience, please
include company/employer name and occupation.

Currently in the process of trying to be eligible for a Master's in Bioengineering which has included general
engineering course work on city infrastructure.

Company/Employer Name
Post Grad Student
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Occupation
Student
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Last Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Life long Palo Altan, previously involved in League of
Women Voter's Climate Change committee, Palo Alto
Recreation Foundation, and currently on the board of
the Palo Alto Renters' Association.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
I've completed coursework related to both subjects of
general engineering and have worked with the most
vulnerable members of Palo Alto understanding how
they're impacted by climate change, internet access,
and rising utility bills.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Issues around workforce and filling line men
positions.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
Helping elevate the perspective of how the most
vulnerable Palo Altans are impacted by climate
change, rising utility rates, and can be benefit from
fiber.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Katie Causey
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/28/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 11 February 2023, 5:19PM
Receipt number: 17
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Maximillian Rayner
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
City Website
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address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

BA (double major in computer science and
engineering)
MBA (Finance)
Management consultant
Company/Employer Name
Hudson Crossing LCC
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Occupation
Management and technology consultant
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

PAUSD PK-12 Computer Science Curriculum Design
Advisory Committee (2018)
Judo teacher - Palo Alto Judo Club
Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
My mixed background in computer science,
engineering, and finance has armed me with the
intellectual prerequisites to be able to contribute to
the Commission

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Current rates and incentives for solar installations are of keen interest to me.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
Most progress to be made is a matter of incentives &
constraints, and a full understanding of the second
order effects (i.e. to look beyond intentions to actual effects)
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
The lack of faster progress in Fiber to the Premise,
Electrical and Gas plans is the key takeaway from my
experience with those documents. If elected I would
look to understand better what changes if any might
allow for greater progress in Palo Alto.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

MAX-RAYNER-short-bio-2023.pdf
Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Maximillian Rayner
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/11/2023
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MAX RAYNER Maximillian Rayner is a Partner at Hudson Crossing, a strategic advisory firm where he focuses on market and technology strategies, agile business transformation and product innovation. Hudson Crossing clients range from global hotel brands to private equity and venture capital firms, world leading financial services companies, leading casino and entertainment groups, airlines, travel distribution and technology companies and startups in e-commerce and big data solutions for digital marketing. In his practice areas, Mr. Rayner has advised some of the world’s leading companies on transformational investments and technology projects: Amadeus, American Express, Booking Holdings, Choice Hotels, Expedia Group, Flight Centre Travel Group, Four Seasons, Hilton Worldwide, Hotelbeds, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, Lychee.com, Mandarin Oriental, Travelport, and leading investors such as Battery Ventures, Comvest, EQT, Thoma Bravo, and Warburg Pincus. Prior to becoming a partner at Hudson Crossing, Mr. Rayner served as TravelClick’s SVP of Product Engineering & General Manager for Reservations Solutions. Mr. Rayner also served as CTO at Travelzoo, where he led Travelzoo’s Product Development, Engineering and IT. Prior to that, Mr. Rayner served as EVP of Products & Services and CIO at information security provider SurfControl (sold at a 63% stock value premium). Mr. Rayner served as VP of Systems Architecture at Salesforce.com where its team designed Salesforce.com’s Internet-scale hosting platform, and as head of Sun Microsystems' business intelligence systems and global Internet engineering. Mr. Rayner holds an MBA from UCLA (Finance) and a BA from Dartmouth College (Computer Science & Engineering).

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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 2 February 2023, 10:43AM
Receipt number: 11
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Meagan Mauter
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Other: Referred by colleague
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attached Board and Commission Application prior to
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Personal and Job Experience
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BS, M.E.E in Environmental Engineering, Engineer in
Training (EIT) certification, and PhD in Chemical &
Environmental Engineering.

I am currently an
associate professor in Stanford's Civil &
Environmental Engineering Department.

I also serve
as the research director for the National Alliance for
Water Innovation, a U.S. Department of Energy
Energy-Water Hub (and co-funded by the CA
Department of Water Resources and State Water
Resources Control Board) focused on minimizing the
cost, energy, and carbon intensity of securing non-
traditional water supplies.

We are especially focused
on early stage applied research and demonstration
projects related to energy efficient water reuse.

I also
have expertise in energy systems and in coordination
of water and electricity grids.

Company/Employer Name
Stanford University
Occupation
Associate Professor
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

I have occasionally volunteered for the Children's
Center of the Stanford Community, served on several
grant review panels in the water sector, and work
closely with municipalities across California in
developing robust water supply portfolios, and served
on several California Council on Science and
Technology panels/webinars/reviews. Finally, I am a
member of the Stanford Faculty Senate.

I have never
formally held office in a civic organization.

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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
I am passionate about securing water supply for
California cities under changing climate, water
demand, and regulatory constraints.

I am also
passionate about facilitating a n affordable and just
transition to a clean energy economy.

My applied
research focuses on identifying, quantifying, and
exploiting synergies across water, energy,
transportation, and telecommunications infrastructure
systems in a municipal setting.

Finally, I have a deep
interest in federal financing of infrastructure projects to accelerate adoption of resilient and sustainable
infrastructure systems by local communities and have
written on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

I am interested in expanding my engagement beyond
Santa Barbara and focusing closer to home on the
myriad of infrastructure challenges and opportunities
in Palo Alto.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I am particularly interested in issues of urban water
supply and energy resiliency.

The urban water
management plan adoption in May 2021, including
planning for the future implementation the Bay Delta
plan, appropriate specification of design droughts
under future climate scenarios, demand side
management interventions, distributional impacts of
rate increases, and the transfer agreement with Valley
Water are all areas in which I have technical expertise.

I am especially interested in issues related to the safe, cost-effective, and energy efficient expansion of
recycled water use throughout the Bay Area.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
As a commissioner, I would bring my knowledge and
expertise of potable and non-potable reuse facility
designs, operating costs, and outreach efforts to
ensure that our region develops reuse facilities
commensurate with future demand, safe drinking
water standards, and energy efficiency targets.

I
would like to support the relationship between Palo
Alto and Valley Water and provide balanced and
thoughtful oversight throughout the finalization of
design.

I am also interested in supporting the
Commissions ability to look across infrastructure
projects for potential synergies and cost savings.

Multifunctional infrastructure upgrades, for instance
designing recycled water facilities with the intent of
intermittent operation to support local electric power
grid stability, are going to be critical to cost effective municipal decarbonization and resiliency plans.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have experience analyzing urban water management
plans for the city of Santa Barbara.

I am also familiar
with municipal climate action plans across the state.

I
do not have direct experience working on or with the
master plans in Palo Alto, but I have read several of
them.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: Meagan Mauter
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/02/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 25 February 2023, 11:02PM
Receipt number: 24
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Michael D Albertine
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Other: John Bowie
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attached Board and Commission Application prior to
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Personal and Job Experience
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I am a registered nurse with two certifications within
the field of Critical Care. I hold two bachelor's
degrees, one in science in nursing from Samuel
Merritt University and the second in history from
Whitman College. I have long been interested in
sustainability of infrastructure and construction and
how to mitigate the impacts of climate change. I have
been looking for a productive outlet to channel this
energy and I believe the Commission would be a great
opportunity to serve my community and learn more
about this interesting field.

Company/Employer Name
Lucile Packard Children's Hospital
Occupation
RN
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

I am recently returned from a year-long sabbatical in
Malaga, Spain. My wife and I took our two small
children to learn a new language and culture to be
better citizens of the world. While there I was the
delegate for my Spanish language class for the
University, where my primary role was to liaise
between the school and the student body.

Prior to that I have been involved with the Whitman
College Alumni organization in supporting and
recruiting future students.

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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
The Utilities Advisory Commission fulfills my interest
to have an impact in my community in the name of
climate change. My interest in climate, infrastructure
and city planning has lead me to seek out this
opportunity. I strive to live my beliefs by riding my
bike to work, living in apartment style housing, and by owning a single car for a family of four. I believe that sustainable living will not degrade but improve the
quality of life we already enjoy.

However, the
transition to this future needs active participants to
usher it in. I hope to be that participant.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

The issue of purchasing geothermal power that came
before the Commission is exciting because of the
rarity of the renewable base power generation. I have
an interest in geothermal primarily for its higher
efficiency for heating and cooling of homes and
businesses. I believe geothermal has many benefits
over stand alone heat pumps that government policy
could assist in reducing the upfront costs. However,
the ability to use geothermal from a natural steam
well should not be overlooked and the commissioners
were correct to seek out further availability of power
from the NCPA. Additionally, the Commission should
be seeking to diversify its power portfolio at all
reasonable costs.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
As a life long tenant I would like to see the
Commission work to support tenants abilities to
become more sustainable and investigate ways in
which landlords and tenants can help achieve the
visions of the Commission.

I would like to see the Commission investigate the
feasibility of community based solar grids, where an
array is placed in a location and then is owned
through a cooperative allowing for renters and those
unable to afford the upfront costs to participate in
solar.

In the role as a commissioner I would act as an
advocate and facilitate dialogue between the
stakeholders to achieve a mutually beneficial
outcome.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I do not have experience with these documents but
have familiarized myself with them.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: Michael Albertine
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/25/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 28 February 2023, 10:35PM
Receipt number: 10
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Natalie Geise
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
City Website
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I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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Education:

BS and PhD in Chemistry
Work Experience:

Graduate Student Researcher, SLAC National Lab,
2015-2021
I studied battery and energy materials to correlate
their performance with underlying structural changes
during their use.

Analyst, Powerhouse, 2022-present
Powerhouse is an innovation firm that helps
corporations find, partner with, or invest in startups in clean energy, mobility, and climate. I lead startup
sourcing and engagement to expand our database
and network. I manage projects and deliverables
where I identify technologies and startups that align
with the goals and needs of our clients.

Company/Employer Name
Powerhouse
Occupation
Consultant
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Volunteer, Palo Alto Repair Cafe, 2020-present
- I help community members repair clothing and
textiles to encourage reuse and zero-waste practices.

Member, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
(SSRL) User Executive Committee, 2017-2020
- The UEC represents the scientists who use SSRL, a
Dept. of Energy User Facility, to SSRL management
and federal government. We provided feedback on
user needs for short-term improvements and long-
range planning for the synchrotron facility.

Co-founder and Leader, Chemistry Association in the
Interest of Minority Students, Stanford Chemistry
Department, 2016-2021
- I facilitated and developed voluntary DEI
programming reaching 80+ attendees at
seminars/town halls and ~20% of department grad
students each year in small-group events.

Member, Stanford University Board of Judicial Affairs,
2017-2021
- We set community guidelines and oversaw
processes related to academic integrity and student
conduct.

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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
I currently work at Powerhouse, an innovation
consulting and venture capital firm focused on clean
energy, climate, and mobility. Our clients include
major utilities, energy retailers, tech companies,
renewable project developers, and engineering
consultancies.

I support research and scouting projects related to
decarbonization, energy markets, renewable project
deployment, and utility operations. I can bring new
perspectives to the UAC from utility projects around
the world.

Prior to my role at Powerhouse, I worked at SLAC, a
Department of Energy National Lab. I researched the
degradation of battery and energy storage materials. I
can apply my understanding of energy materials and
technical background to the work of the UAC in
looking at new technologies.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

Grid resiliency and modernization have recently come
before the Commission. The grid is challenged by
aging infrastructure with limited capacity. Meanwhile,
decarbonization efforts have incentivized
electrification of vehicles and home appliances. This
can lead to outages due to increased electricity
demand with limited local substation capacity. While
some of the demand is flexible, the utility is not
sufficiently utilizing that flexibility to control demand and prevent outages.

I am interested to better address demand
management, which can defer substation upgrades. I
would prioritize studying and implementing managed
charging, demand response, vehicle-to-grid, and
similar programs.

Further, the integration of additional distributed
energy resources, such as residential solar and
storage, can provide resiliency during outages. Often,
this provides resiliency at the single-household level, so I would like to identify and promote solutions that
provide community resiliency.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
1) Procurement for reliable and affordable access to
energy, heat, water, and telecommunications
I am interested to review PPAs, water supplies,
infrastructure plans, and the like to ensure that we
have adequate resources at reasonable costs. I will
work to ensure that short-term and long-term risks are
considered, such as the impacts of technological
shifts or climate change.
2) Improve Customer/Engagement Programs
I will provide feedback and help develop customer
engagement programs (such as electrification and
energy/water efficiency incentives) and rate designs
(such as those for time-of-use, demand response, and
charging) to contribute to resiliency, demand
management, and decarbonization.
3) Increase Pilots through the Program for Emerging
Technologies
I'm excited to bring my experience with start-ups and
innovation partnerships to help recruit more
applicants and ultimately enable more pilot projects.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have reviewed the Sustainability and Climate Action
Plan, but do not have experience with the others. I
would review those documents as needed upon
joining the UAC or as issues relating to them came up.
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Natalie Geise
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/28/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 6 February 2023, 12:00PM
Receipt number: 9
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Rachel E Croft
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Email from the City
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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For the last 7 years I helped develop and launch a
digital health product for behavior change - to help
people stop smoking and nicotine - at Pivot Health
Technologies. The product is an FDA cleared
biometric sensor plus behavior support app. I led
early development of the app, working with scientific
advisors to select and implement behavior change
models, designing the user path and program content,
and used data for program iteration. I later
transitioned to lead Marketing and Corporate
Development (I’m currently a consultant to this
company).

Prior to that I spent 18 years in strategic marketing,
product and business development in the medical
device industry, working in compliance with FDA and
EU regulations. This included 6 years working on
surgical weight loss, which has a large behavior
change component. Prior to that I spent 5 years in
investment banking.

BS Industrial Engineering, Stanford
MBA in Finance, Wharton U Penn
Company/Employer Name
Pivot Health Technologies
Occupation
Corporate Development Consultant, past employee
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Last Employer
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Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Escondido Elementary School:
- PTA communications chair - 2 years (2020-2022)
- Safe Routes to School Rep - current (2022-current)
- Room parent - 3 years (current, 3 years out of the
last 6)
Palo Alto: I worked actively in my local neighborhood
community (Southgate) over 4 years (2018-2022) to
organize feedback regarding Caltrain grade
separation, communicating rail crossing activities to
the community and organizing and communicating
the community's response back to CAP, XCAP and
City Council.

Nextdoor: neighborhood lead for Southgate
Attended PA Climate Summit in November 2022
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1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
- I’ve spent 12 years working on products to help
people change behavior for health. There are proven
behavior change models that I would love to see
tested to reduce the demand side of utility use, and
help users shift the hours they are using energy to
times when renewables are available.
- I have 30 years of experience in the corporate
regulated industries (finance and health care) leading
strategic marketing and dealmaking functions.
- I’m passionate about climate change and
environmental conservation. I've personally made
many changes in our house / way of living to conserve
energy, water, gas, and reduce waste, not all of which
were easy, and some of which were thwarted. Since
cities are a critical piece of the climate equation, I'd like to understand and help our city make decisions
about utilities that lead us to sustainability while still meeting our residents' and businesses' needs.

Link to my professional experience:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelecroft/
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I'm very interested in all issues concerning
sustainability and climate change. Cities will play a
key role in reaching net zero and preserving the
environment, and I'm personally interested in
participating in the transition.

I watched the 2 most recent meetings online.

Examples of areas of interest:
- One Water Plan: As a lifelong peninsula resident and
14 year Palo Alto resident, I'm concerned by our
drying climate, and I'm interested in helping the city
solidify our long term water supply and reduce our
collective demand. I personally removed my lawn, and
installed rain sensors, smart irrigation, and a low flow toilet, but I would like to do more, and help Palo Alto help people reduce.
- Modernizing our grid for the gas to electric shift: I've made some energy efficiency changes to our house,
but I tried and failed to get a heat pump furnace. I'm
interested in helping PA create processes and
services to ease electrification and make sure the grid can handle the increased demand.
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3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
I would like to see measurable progress toward
sustainability goals:
- Increased electrification: motivating and enabling
our residents to electrify easily through procedures,
permitting and grid upgrades - measured by
electrification activities over 3 years, coupled with
reductions in gas use.
- Maintain stable, fair energy prices for residents while maximizing PA's use of clean energy, measured by
demand curve, energy source and prices.
- Solidify long term sources of water, grow efficiency
programs, and increase reuse especially in landscape
applications, measured via per capita water use,
supply vs demand analysis, and reused water metrics,
with a specific goal of decreasing PA's per capita
water use during the next 3 years.
- Broadly, my goal would be to be a productive
contributing member of the commission by listening
to input from the city staff, residents, and regulatory agencies, contributing creative ideas, and helping
make smart, equitable decisions for our community.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I'm familiar with the SCAP process and website, but I
have not done any work directly with SCAP
documents.
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If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Rachel E Croft
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/06/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 10 February 2023, 1:14PM
Receipt number: 16
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Rajmohan Rajagopalan
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Palo Alto Weekly
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

I am pursuing an Exec MBA at MIT Sloan School of
Management (just about to graduate in June 2023)
focusing on Sustainability. I also have a Master's
degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor's degree
in Mechanical Engineering.
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Company/Employer Name
Microsoft
Occupation
General Manager
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Volunteer in local community temple, board director
in a non-profit focused on building sustainable habits
among consumers -- Ecochallenge.org
Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
Sustainability focus at MIT Sloan, Board member at
Ecochallenge.org. Tech Industry veteran to help focus
on the software and systems.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

City’s Electric Grid Modernization Analysis presented
on 02/01/2023. I'm interested in it as a resident of Palo Alto, one of the best and most advanced chartered
cities anywhere on the planet, to understand where
we are and what our roadmap looks like.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
1) I'd like to see Palo Alto the best city when it comes to modern and sustainable utility policies and
incentives to residents and be a role model for other
cities in the Bay Area, and the rest of the world to
emulate.
2) I'd help as a principled and innovative leader and
leverage my MIT network and my Microsoft
experience and network for the city to achieve its
goals.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
FIber to the Premise Master Pland and Long Term
Electric Acquisition Plan. Interested in both of these
plans.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Rajmohan Rajagopalan
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/10/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 10 February 2023, 11:02AM
Receipt number: 15
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name RAMARAO V Digumarthi
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Email from the City
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
the City’s website the attached Board and
Commission Application intact.

I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

Personal and Job Experience
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I am a Palo Alto resident for 40 years.

I have Ph.D.

From Standford University in Aerospace Engineering.

I worked in the Energy industry including green
energy research for 20 years at International Power
Technology and RANN. I worked as Senior Research
Scientist at Lockheed Martin Palo Alto Labs. I have
always watched the UAC work as a citizen of the Palo
Alto and its effects on my utility bill.

Company/Employer Name
White Plume of Freedom Fiduciary Services / Self
employed
Occupation
Professional Fiduciary
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

I was an active member of the PTA and local AYSO
organizations. I am the current NPC for Fairmedow
neighborhood and CERT.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
I worked in the power industry in both research and
production. I understand the energy industry and its
effect on citizens including my utility bill as citizen of Palo Alto.

Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I have not recently attended any of UAC meetings. I
shall watch some of the recent archived videos

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
I would moderate or reduce the cost of power in Palo
Alto. I would like to accelerate the implementation of
fiber across the city (it has taken very long time). I
would like to see a further increase in the green
energy portion of the power used in Palo Alto.
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4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: R.V. Digumarthi
Link to signature
Date Completed
02/10/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 27 February 2023, 11:45AM
Receipt number: 28
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name robert foley
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
No
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Email from the City
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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BS Mathematics College of the Holy Cross Worcester,
MA
MS Mathematics Iowa State University Ames, Iowa
IBM manager for 25 years
Current company QView Medical Inc. Los Altos, CA
a resident of Palo Alto since 1972 - on leave to Dallas Tx 1979-1982.
involved in community affairs through the local
Church, St. Thomas Aquinas
Stanford University IBM Resident scholar 1984-1986
Company/Employer Name
QView Medical, Inc.

Occupation
Manager
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Jail ministry Redwood City San Mateo county 1991-
1993
Board member Thomas Merton Center Palo Alto (St.

Thomas Aquinas Church) 2001 -2003 and current
member - Thomas Merton Center supports activities
in East Palo Alto, supports Elizabeth Seton School,
Palo Alto.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
Business operations in the past 30 years with three
startups - 2 were acquired, and one is still active.

I am involved in healthcare -- breast cancer early
detection, which has perhaps more stringent
regulatory requirements than utilities.

I acted as
regulatory affairs chief while gaining FDA approval for all three companies.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

The price of natural gas increases has been in the
national and local news.

All Palo ALto Altans have
been effective.

The process of commission approvals,
movement of reserves to the general fund, and
bridging the gap if something like this does and will
happen again.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
Oversight of budgets, reserves, the safety of
residents, affordability as best as can be done in
these rising costs

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
none
If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: robert foley
Uploaded signature image: rmf signature.jpg
Date Completed
02/27/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 27 February 2023, 6:08PM
Receipt number: 29
Related form version: 6
Personal Information
Name Robert Phillips
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
Yes
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
Yes
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Palo Alto Weekly
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I request that the City of Palo Alto redact my home
address, phone numbers, and email address from the
attached Board and Commission Application prior to
posting to the City’s website.

Personal and Job Experience
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PhD in Engineering Economic Systems from Stanford
University, Bachelor Degrees in Mathematics and
Economics from Washington State University.

Previously Consultant and Advisor on Energy Policy
to US Department of Energy and South Korea.

Previously consulted on electric power planning and
pricing to Pennsylvania Power and Light (PP&L), TVA,
and Powergen (UK).

Previously managing partner at a
quantitative consulting company (Decision Focus
Incorporated) and Professor of Professional Practice
at Columbia Business School.

Fellow of the
International Federation of Operations Research and
Management Science.

Author of a MBA-level textbook
on dynamic pricing including electric power.

Company/Employer Name
Retired
Occupation
Retired
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.

Former Board Member for Environmental Volunteers
2006 - 2008.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
Electric power and natural gas are complex markets.

I
am interested in helping Palo Alto Utilities work within these markets to provide energy to the city that is
affordable, reliable and environmentally sustainable.

I
have an extensive background in both complex
markets and in electric power markets and
understand the underlying economics of electric
power and natural gas.
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Archived videos are available from the
Midpen Media Center
.

I am particularly interested in the questions of how the commission plans its acquistion of both electricity
and natural gas, particularly in the context of the
recent rate spike the city experienced in natural gas.

Are we doing all we can as a city to cushion as much
as possible Palo Alto citizens from future spikes?

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and how
would you help in the process?
I would like to ensure that our plans for natural gas
and electricity supply and the contracts that we enter
into are consistent with the goals of providing reliable and environmentally sustainable energy to our
citizens at the lowest cost, where environmentally
sustainable includes reducing carbon emissions.

4. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.

The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have read the strategic plan and the long-term
electric acquisition plan.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.

Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
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Signature
Name of signatory: Robert Phillips
Uploaded signature image: Signature.jpg
Date Completed
02/27/2023
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Utilities Advisory Commission
Application
Submission date: 12 March 2022, 6:24PM
Receipt number: 1
Related form version: 3
Personal Information
Name Siyi Zhang
Address
City
Postal Code
Cell Phone Number
Home Phone Number
Email Address
Are you a Palo Alto resident? Yes
Do you have any relatives or members of your
household who are employed by the City of Palo Alto,
who are currently serving on the City Council, or who are Commissioners or Board Members?
No
Are you available and committed to complete the term
applied for?
Yes
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Fair Political Practices
California state law requires board/commission members to file a disclosure of financial interests (
Fair Political Practices Commission
,
Conflict of Interest
,
Form 700
).

Do you/your spouse have an investment in, or do you or your spouse serve as an officer or director of, a company doing business in Palo Alto which you believe is likely to:

1. Engage in business with the City;

2. Provide products or services for City projects; or

3. Be affected by decisions of this Board or Commission? No
Excluding your principal residence, do you or your
spouse own real property in Palo Alto?
Yes
How did you learn about the vacancy on the Utilities
Advisory Commission?
Community Group
Email from the City
Consent to Publish Personal Information on the City of Palo Alto Website Read the code, and check only ONE option below:

I give permission for the City of Palo Alto to post to
the City’s website the attached Board and
Commission Application intact.

I have read and
understand my rights under Government Code
Section 6254.21.

I may revoke this permission at any
time by providing written notice to the Palo Alto City
Clerk.

Alternate Contact Information - Address
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Personal and Job Experience
Please list your relevant education, training, experience, certificates of training, licenses, and professional
registration.
(621 characters max)
I am very passionate about grid infrastructure and
energy technology, with years of experience working
in energy storage at Tesla, where I launched Tesla's
ConnectedSolution Virtual Power Plant for National
Grid & Eversource in Massachusetts. I also worked in
EV charging (EV Connect), and currently focusing on
home electrification at Lunar Energy. I see utility
partnership a key for everyone to get reliable,
affordable clean energy.

I hold engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford in
renewable energy.

Linkedin Profile:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/greensiyi/
Employment Information
Company/Employer Name
Lunar Energy
Occupation
Hardware Product Manager
Is your Company/Employer your current one or last?
Current Employer
Please describe your involvement in community
activities, volunteer and civic organizations, including dates and any offices held.
(1311 characters max)
I am an active volunteer at Sun work, a local NGO that
installs solar and heat pump water heaters for single-
family homes across northern california.

Application Questions

1. What is it about the Utilities Advisory Commission
that is compatible with your experience and of specific interest to you, and why?
(1449 characters max)
My whole career revolves around clean energy, and I
believe forward-thinking utilities have to act now to
transition to a zero-carbon future. I hope to bring my
industry experience to the commission, initiate
meaningful conversations with industry veterans,
academia to make informed decisions, and take
actions that solve the long-term need of our
community.
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I want to make solar and battery more accessible for
Palo Alto residents. In my recent solar installation
experience, five local installers outright declined to
work with me because they don't want to deal with
CPAU. I can't imagine how many potential solar
owners in Palo Alto have turned away like me. I want
to make the process easier for CPUC and installers so
that all residents can benefit.

3. If appointed, what specific goals would you like to see the Utilities Advisory Commission achieve, and why?
How would you suggest accomplishing this?
(1587 characters max)
See above.

5. Utilities Advisory Commission Members work with the
documents listed below. If you have experience with any of these documents, please describe that experience.

Experience with these documents is not required for
selection.
(1035 characters max)
The Utilities Strategic Plan (2018)
The Long Term Electric Acquisition Plan (2012)
The Gas Utility Long-term Plan (2017)
Urban Water Management Plan (2021)
Ten-Year Electric Energy Efficiency Plan and Ten-Year Natural Gas Energy Efficiency Plan (2012)
Sustainability and Climate Action Plan (SCAP)
Fiber-to-the-Premise Master Plan (2015)
I have worked at the MIT office of sustainability in the past on the university's overall climate action plan.

I am also very passionate about energy efficiency - in
the process of retrofitting and electrifying my house in Palo Alto. Can provide real feedback on incentives,
and ways to help home owners more educated.

If you'd like to provide any additional documents, please upload below.
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Please confirm that you have read the Boards and
Commissions Handbook.

View the
Boards and Commissions Handbook
.

Yes
Signature
Name of signatory: Siyi Zhang
Link to signature
Date Completed
03/12/2022
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This consent form will not be redacted and will be attached to the Application and posted to the City’s website.

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City Council
Supplemental Report
From: Jonathan Lait, Planning and Development Services Director Meeting Date: March 6, 2023
Item Number: 8
Report #:2303-1055
TITLE
Supplemental Report to Agenda Item Number 8 – Adopt a Park Improvement Ordinance to Allow Construction in Greer Park to Replace a Private Sewer Connection from the 2850 West Bayshore Housing Development. CEQA Status – CLASS 32 Infill Exempt.

DISCUSSION
On February 28, 2023, the Parks and Recreation Commission voted 7-0 to recommend that the City Council approve the park improvement ordinance for the subject housing project. During the meeting, staff communicated that they spoke with the Little League and soccer teams that use the field to make them aware of the project. Both groups felt comfortable that the approach taken by the City and the developer, SummerHill, would not impact their schedules. Staff also noted that the Urban Forestry team was included in the discussions with the applicant and felt the realignment approach and tree protection measures proposed during construction would provide adequate protections for Greer Park’s existing trees. Overall, Commissioners appreciated that the developer was trying to mitigate effects to both park users and the park itself by moving the sewer line to the edge of the field and eliminating the need for a service cover in the middle of Field 3 (as would otherwise be required if the developer used its existing easement location to replace the sewer line).

Commissioners requested staff provide noticing at the dog park to inform residents of the potential closure window as a result of the work to be done. Commissioners also requested staff return to the PRC at a later point to discuss re-dedicating the existing easement-to-be-vacated as parkland. Staff will implement these requests.

APPROVED BY:

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