Attachment 36 part 1Joe Sordi Sr
212 Marchmont Drive
Los Gatos, Ca 95032
February 17, 2015
Los Gatos Town Council RECEIVED
110 East Main Street
Los Gatos, California 95030 FEB 17 2015
Subject: Misuse of The TIRE Index to Establish a Traffic Threshold TOWN PLANNIN LOS NG DIVISION
Dear Mayor Jensen and Town Coucil Member:
The following is from a paper, "Assessing the Environmental Capacity of Local Residential Streets" as
presented at the 12w WCTR in July, 2010. See:
http: / /ir.canterbury.ac.nz/bitstream/ 1 0 0 9 2 /454 6/l/12626638_02428.pdf)
"The "Traffic Infusion on Residential Streets (TIRE) index (City of Palo Alto 2002) uses in a number
of North American cities, is an alternative approach to evaluating impacts on local streets to evaluate
the change in average vehicle per day along a street segment. Originally developed by Donald
Goodrich, the TIRE index provides a numerical representation of residents' perceptions of the effect of
local traffic on residential activities and has values that range from 0.1 to 5.0.... The TIRE index
however stops short of defining a threshold at which a volume change should be considered
unacceptable or a significant impact" (emphasis mine).
The paper addresses the environmental capacity of local streets and notes that early thresholds were
set to be between 2000 and 3000 and while that is the general rule of thumb, it was established over 50
years ago and perhaps today, a 1500 to 2000 threshold is more acceptable.
Los Gatos traffic calming criteria uses 1500 as a maximum before traffic calming measures could be
considered.
Joe Sordi Sr
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Jennifer Savage
From:
John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw @me.com>
Sent:
Thursday, February 19, 2015 8:07 AM
To:
Marcia Jensen; Council
Subject:
Hillbrook and outdated data
Follow Up Flag: Follow up
Flag Status: Completed
Out dated data increases risk of poor evaluation of present situation. Assumptions when data available is
unnecessary risk - taking.
Example:
Quoting from
http://ww-w.af.mil/ News /ArticieDisi)lav /tabid/223 /Article /503218/ air - force - rebuts - report- due -to- outdated-
data.aspx
"The data in the report is a year old," said Lt Gen Robert Otto, Air Force deputy chief of staff for intelligence,
surveillance and reconnaissance. "The Air Force is only buying 346 aircraft, 55 fewer than the 401 figure
contained in the report and we've only received about half that number. The projected total Reaper fleet of 346
is far less the service had originally estimated prior to sequestration."
JS
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Joe Sordi
212 Marchmont Dr RECEIVED
Los Gatos, Ca
February 20, 2015 FEB 2 0 2015
Subject: Hillbrook Staff Entering in the Morning TOWN OF LOS GATOS
PLANNING DIVISION
Dear Major Jensen and Town Council Members:
In my opinion, it's not a good idea to require that Hillbrook staff enter between 7:30 and 8:30 a.m.,
when both Hillbrook traffic and local public school traffic is heaviest.
I am at my home office desk facing Marchmont nearly every school day morning. From here, I see
traffic entering and exiting on upper Marchmont just east of Hilow.
On normal school days, Hillbrook school staff begin entering at 7 or perhaps even a bit earlier. By
7:30, 20 to 30 autos have headed east toward the school.
From 7:30 to 8:30, almost all student transportation enters and leaves the school, with the highest
concentration between 7:45 and 8:00. It appears that a few parents sometimes leave after 8:30.
Regards,
Joe Sordi
Jennifer Savage
From:
John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw @me.com>
Sent:
Friday, February 20, 2015 11:18 AM
To:
Marcia Jensen; Council
Subject:
HB (Why reward bad behavior ?)
This is a big deal for the Town. How do we deal with a repeat offer of key terms of a CUP?
How can we push the "reset" button on human behavior? How does one erase past behavior and move forward if there
is a refusal to acknowledge past mistakes, refusal to acknowledge learning from them, and refusal to provide current
information to provide the transparency for a "reset" to occur?
Why make a decision on a matter that has caused problems for over 15 years without insisting on being provided
current CRITICAL data that an applicant has?
If traffic counts are now lower, then an assumption that there is a need for an average and a higher number like 960 has
less validity? More fundamentally, why make a key decision on an assumption when the key data exists?
Why reward any applicant for withholding key data that exists now, is readily produceable, and has been requested by
the Town?
How can you have "reset" transparency when the applicant is telling you with its actions that it doesn't want it?
If I was HB I too might to not produce the counts if I thought the TC would not require it. If I was them, I might try to get
away with as much as I could for my school, particularly since I have gotten away with exceeding student limits, and
other violations of the CUP.
The best predictor of future behavior is past behavior. I predict HB will materially and repeatedly violate a new CUP if
there are not strong financial penalties that are enforced. HB likes to go 80 in a 60 speed limit zone, and we don't write
tickets and issue fines.
Bottom line: There must be strong penalties that are enforced.
Quoting
http: / /fa m i lydoctor .ore /fa mi lydocto r/e n /kid s /be havior- emotions /child- behavior - what -pa rents - can- do- to -cha nee -the ir-
childs- behavior.html
One way to encourage good behavior is to use a reward system. Children who learn that bad behavior is not tolerated
and that good behavior is rewarded are learning skills that will last them a lifetime.
HB violated CUP, and now they seek being rewarded with 99 more students, over $ 2.5M to school, little money to the
Town, and lots more cars entering and exiting Los Gatos.
1111
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Jennifer Savage
From: John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw @me.com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 3:45 PM
To: Council
Subject: HILLBROOK (INCENTIVES)
HILLBROOK HAS MONEY AND HAS PARENTS THAT AFFORD CREATIVE SOLUTIONS.
THE NEIGHBORS ARE ANGRY BY VIOLATIONS.
HILLBROOK WANTS MORE STUDENTS.
NEIGHBORS WANT LESS IMPACTS, PARTICULARLY CAR TRIPS.
WHY NOT STRUCTURE A CUP THAT ENCOURAGES HB TO REDUCE CARS?
IN OTHER WORDS (WITH DAILY CREDIBLE ONLINE DATA) HB GETS MORE
STUDENTS AS ITS CAR TRIPS DECREASE.
STRUCTURE SO THEY SEE LOWERING CAR TRIPS AS A CHALLENGE AND
THAT THEY WILL BE REWARDED FOR MEETING THE CHALLENGE.
I BET HB WITH SHUTTLE RUNNING CONSTANTLY FROM BH PARK, THAT IT
COULD REDUCE CAR TRIPS TO SAY 500 A DAY. SEE STANFORD'S
Marguerite Shuttle
AT htti)://transl)ortation.stanford.edu/marguerit
Jennifer Savage
From: John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw @me.com>
Sent: Friday, February 20, 2015 3:50 PM
To: Rob Rennie; Council
Subject: HB (NEGOTIATIONS...)
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99 STUDENTS WAS A NEGOTIATION NUMBER. THEY CAME IN HIGH, FIGURING THE THE NUMBER WAS GOING TO BE
CHOPPED DOWN. WHY WOULD WE ACCEPT THEIR HIGHEST FIRST OFFER, WHEN THERE IS ROOM TO REASONABLY
REDUCE THE NUMBER WHICH IS A CONCESSION TO THE NEIGHBORS. AND MORE STUDENTS DOESN'T BRING REVENUE
TO THE TOWN, JUST IMPACTS.
JS
Jennifer Savage
From: John Shepardson <shepardsonlaw @me.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:42 AM
To: Rob Rennie; Marcia Jensen; Council
Subject: The Tale of 2 HBs
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There r 2 HB's. The nice respectful parents, and the school leadership which has repeatedly and deliberately made
choices to defy the student cap and other plain CUP requirements.
I've been thinking about your expressed concern about setting HB up for failure in the next CUP.
I have a more fundamental question:
Why reward HB's systemic failure?
HB repeatedly failed to comply with its max of 315, so why reward it with more students?
And up to now HB has failed to provide recent car trip info?
As for need for 99:
That dog won't hunt. They say they need 99 to have a cushion to get to class sizes of 18, and enrollment numbers can
vary. First, HB since 2001 exceeded 315 11 years, hit 315 3 years, and NEVER under enrolled.
HB consistently over enrolled.
Moreover, quite tellingly, the last 2 years, as I understand, HB has exactly hit 315. To me this says they can hit a target
number, and so the cushion of 24 students for lower levels (20 students per class -- remember only need 18 for optimum)
is unnecessary student growth even under HB's standards for max educational benefit.
Therefore, we can safely eliminate 24 students right now and not harm HB's desire for a max educational benefit
99 -24 equal to 75.
Of course my personal view is we should not reward failure, and only 0 -36 students should be allowed, to increase
middle school size, get a new CUP now, allow the $725K /yr in increased student fees to accept, and keep student
numbers down so going forward they meet the 880 hard cap - -set up for success.
I suggest the financial penalties not b capped at 5K for fear they run up violations because after $51K in violations, no
additional costs. Each additional violation should cost something rather than the other way around.
Since HB brings in little revenue, and does on a daily basis impact our roads on Marchmont and elsewhere, it is a net
draw against Town financial resources
JS:)
Jennifer Savage
To: Janette Judd; janety.ehrhardt96 @gmail.com
Cc: Joel Paulson
Subject: RE: North 40 and Hillbrook School
- - - -- Original Message---- -
From: Janet [ mailto :ianetv.ehrhardt96 @email.coml
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 6:55 PM
To: Council
Subject: North 40 and Hillbrook School
Keep the traffic to a minimum. Los Gatos Blvd. is getting worse and the approved developments have only begun.
Keep North 40 housing to seniors who will not drive as much and have not children to impact the schools. No more
medical!
Keep Hillbrook School as its present enrollment... most of the traffic generated by HB through our neighborhood is from
people who live outside of Los Gatos.
Janet Ehrhardt
62 Fillmer Ave.,
Jennifer Savage
To: Janette Judd; John Shepardson
Subject: RE: HillBrook and Accountability
From: John Shepardson [mailto:sheoardsonlawCalme.com]
Sent: Sunday, March 01, 2015 9:54 PM
To: Marcia Jensen; Council
Subject: HillBrook and Accountability
Quoting from
httn: / /www. goodreads.com/work/quotes /7261277- the - gifts -of- imperfection
When we fail to set boundaries and hold people accountable, we feel used and mistreated. This is
why we sometimes attack who they are, which is far more hurtful than addressing a behavior or a
choice.
Bren6 Brown, The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace
Who You Are
Now is the Town's time to hold HB accountable. We don't hold them accountable when we not only don't
impose any penalties, we actually reward them for violating the 315 boundary with more students. Really
holding them accountable could include reducing their 315 cap to say 275 or 250, right?
John Shepardson
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To: Janette Judd
Subject: RE: Slide 1 Vested Rights (Hillbrook)
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From: John Shepardson [mailto:sheoardsonlaw@me.com]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2015 10:10 PM
To: Marcia Jensen; BSpector; Council
Subject: Slide 1 Vested Rights (Hillbrook)
http: // www.nclm.org /SiteCollectionDocu ments /Resource /Vested % 20Rights% 20Can %20Cost %20You.pdf
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