How Serious is September?!

Calendar of RSCA Events

e summer months passed quickly with fun-filled activites and
many people opting outside for walks, bike rides, playdates, travel,
and two Sounds of the Shores summer concerts.
e Groove Doctors had a big audience in Marlin Park in July! e
park had lots of dancers again for e Cocktail Monkeys in August.
Shores Development Committee Meeting
will occur in late September
A committee of interested community members will
meet to discuss the proposed Shores development
and its impacts on the everyday lives of residents.
Please contact president@rsca.org if you want to
join the committee or provide input. The initial
meeting will be held via Zoom. More information
about this topic is available to review online at
www.rsca.org/biotech-2 and page 10.
RSCA’s Annual Halloween Parade or
Pumpkin Decorating Contest — TBD
RSCA’s Light Up The Shores Contest and
Santa’s Visit to Redwood Shores — TBD
RSCA’s Annual Meeting —February 3, 2022
Mark your calendar for the annual meeting of the
Redwood Shores Community Association (RSCA).
This is a great opporunity to hear from local leaders
about projects, programs and items of interest to
everyone who lives, works or visits Redwood Shores.

Stay tuned for additional community events,

meetings and opportunities coming up.
You can always find more information about these
and other community events on our web site at:

e Levee Cleanup was also well attended (see page 4), and RSCA.org
everyone who participated in this community service event had a
good time and did a good job helping keep the Shores beautiful.
ere are additional fun events coming up, like the Oktoberfest in
Redwood City and the Belmont Water Dog Run in October, but a
lot of upcoming items seem to be on the more serious side...
Remembering 9/11, a special election on 9/14, Autumn equinox
9/22, and lots of meetings and surveys to get your input on a variety
of projects and proposals. e future is being shaped by those who
pay attention and participate; please read e PILOT for details.
Likewise, RSCA helps ensure that our Shores COMMunITy is a
great place to live, work and learn. Enjoy the final days of summer!
 AuGust wAs A very exCitinG Month for siliCon vAlley CleAn wAter! We had the distinct honor and pleasure of
hosting u.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Michael S. Regan, Oro Loma Sanitary District Board
President Rita Duncan, and other local officials to announce Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA)
loans totaling $168 million for water system upgrades in Redwood City and Alameda County!
Our impressive Capital Improvement Program has been made possible, in part, from loans received from the State Water
Board and from the u.S. EPA via its WIFIA program. EPA’s two WIFIA loans to SVCW will help finance wastewater
system rehabilitation projects – one loan of $69 million will support a sewer conveyance upgrade project and the other
loan of $74 million will support upgrades to the wastewater treatment plant. Together, these projects are enhancing
innovative practices and technologies to improve system operations and bring the utility to 100% self-generating power.
EPA’s WIFIA financing will save SVCW approximately $133 million. e project is estimated to create 2,400 jobs during
construction and operation. ese WIFIA loans are in addition to a $218 million WIFIA loan to SVCW to support the
Regional Environmental Sewer Conveyance upgrade (RESCu) Program.
GrAvity PiPeline
Salus reached her destination at SVCW’s wastewater treatment plant without any issues and is currently being disassembled and
transported back to the Airport Access Shaft site at Shoreway Road/Holly Street. Once there, she’ll be shipped to her place of
origin in Germany to Herrenknect’s manufacturing facility. SVCW and its design-build partner for the Gravity Pipeline project
originally negotiated a sell-back fee for Salus, working it into the overall agreement. Salus will live on in a different form for a
different tunneling project somewhere else in the world. We will bid her adieu with a bow to her excellent performance!
PuMP stAtions iMProveMents ProjeCt
For our Pump Stations Improvements project, field work has begun at all three project locations. ere are significant
coordination points with various public and private entities and I am grateful for the cooperation and understanding that
our community members afford us as we disrupt their daily activities for these critical sewer infrastructure projects.
At the Redwood City Pump Station, SVCW’s contractor partner, Shea Parsons Joint Venture (SPJV), is continuing with
the wet well excavation and backfilling the duct banks and electrical vault areas. Along Shoreway Road in Belmont and
San Carlos, a new gravity pipeline will be installed via micro-tunneling construction to carry raw wastewater from the
location of the existing Belmont Pump Station to the location of the existing San Carlos Pump Station. is month, the
micro-tunneling machine (micro TBM) will be mobilized onsite to start its journey. For micro-tunneling to take place,
jacking and receiving shafts have to be excavated and built at intermediate locations along Shoreway Road. A jacking shaft
is used to launch the micro TBM, which is operated from the ground surface (i.e., is not occupied like Salus, the large
TBM) to excavate the alignment (both horizontal and vertical) of the new conveyance pipe. e conveyance pipe is installed
by being pulled behind the micro TBM. e receiving shaft, as its name describes, receives the micro TBM at the end of
its underground tunneling activity. In the next few months, the micro TBM will be tunneling from two jacking and receiving
shafts at intermediate locations along Shoreway Road as the first major step in the construction of the new gravity pipeline.
Keep up to date with all our projects by visiting www.svcw.org and following us on Facebook @siliconvalleyCleanwater
and Twitter @svCwnews.

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ank You for Participating in the
2021 Redwood Shores Cleanup!
by Nina Boire, RSCA Board Member
e Levee Cleanup Event was a success with 88 volunteers!
Beginning in Mariner Park, small groups went throughout the
Shores to pick up litter. e fire department and police attended,
and Recology as well as the City of Redwood City provided all
the equipment we needed. Kainos, Belmont/Redwood Shores
Rotary, the Lions Club, and the Mission Marine Club from
Carlmont participated. Councilmember Jeff Gee also came to
help out and spent a lot of time talking with community
members. RSCA is grateful that our community supports our
clean up efforts and that we were once again able to receive
Redwood City’s Community Improvement Grant.
anks again for your help keeping the Shores a beautiful place
to live, learn and work!
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Sex Offender Alert, and Resolution
At the very end of July, a safety alert went out because a registered
sex offender moved into the new senior housing facility in
Redwood Shores. Because the housing facility, sits right next to
the Shores Child Development Center, RSCA board members
and community members immediately contacted our city council,
the county board of supervisors, county housing department and
representatives at MidPen Housing to question and express
concerns about someone with a history of sexual misconduct
moving into this location. Concerns about the resident population
had been raised at the end of last year when property managers
and county leaders participated in our townhall discussion about
the senior housing project — Shores residents were clear that
safety for nearby businesses, residents and children is a top priorty.
e property managers and owners assured us that the seniors who
would be moving into the facility would undergo background
checks and integrate well into our area. unfortunately it was not
clear that while the county application process does include a
background check, the state of California only allows an application
to be rejected if a conviction occured within the past seven years.
According to the Megan’s Law database, this offender was convicted
in 2000, released in 2010, and is no longer on probation.
(Residents may check meganslaw.ca.gov for more information.)
An article about this issue was also written on August 10th by San
Mateo Daily Journal staff member Sierra Lopez.
After several weeks of followup calls and emails, this statement was
provided for e PILOT by Tommy McDonald, Vice President of
Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, on behalf of
MidPen Housing:
“We are aware of the community’s concerns, and the resident
has relocated.
MidPen, as the property manager, and the County, as the
property owner, screened the individual in accordance with
California state law, which allows for checks of credit history
and of criminal offenses (including sexual crimes) for the prior
seven years. Nothing turned up in the background checks of
the individual we were allowed to do under California law.
erefore, the individual was allowed to move in.
We are committed to being good neighbors in Redwood Shores.
With our County partners, an equitable solution was found
that preserves the individual's rights and addresses the concerns
of Redwood Shores community members.”
While we are grateful this issue has been resolved, it shows how
important it is that your redwood shores Community Association
(RSCA) continues to monitor, remind, communicate, advocate and
follow up on behalf of all Shores residents, businesses and visitors.
RSCA has been dedicated to these community efforts and events
for over 50 years, and we appreciate your support. next month,
you will receive details about making your annual membership
contribution of $45 to support RSCA. If you’d like information
in the meantime, or want to volunteer for projects or the board,
email membership@rsca.org and please include your address.
 REDWOOD SHORES
COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION
274 Redwood Shores Pkwy, PMB #603
Redwood Shores, CA 94065 - 1173
www.RSCA.org | info@rsca.org
Board of Directors
nina Boire Don Long
Kevin Brehmer Connie Munevar
Martha Cullimore Sue nix
Carol Ford Xiao Pan
Rona Gundrum Ben Ploshay
Shannon Guzzetta Bob Slusser
Steven Tsujisaka
(Email us if you would like to become a board member.)
RSCA’s Board of Directors meet on the 2nd ursday
of each month, now at the Sandpiper Community Center.
Our next Board Meeting will be at 6:30pm on:
september 9th, 2021

ArchitecturAl Design BoArD (non-HOA areas):

For CC&R copies & information, email <ADB@rsca.org>
DEADLInES for e PILOT
Space reservations are due at the end of the first week of each
month, with articles and artwork due by the end of the second
week of each month, for the following month’s issue.
Please email <ThePILOT@rsca.org> for a precise schedule.
PUBLISHER: Redwood Shores Community Association
e PILOT is the official monthly publication of
the Redwood Shores Community Association.
CIRCULATION: 6,000 Shores Households & Businesses
Opinions published in e Pilot are solely those of the
authors and not the expressions of RSCA unless so officially and
expressly designated.
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• Summer Fun Fades to Serious September ..................Page 1
• RSCA Events Calendar..............................................Page 1
• Silicon Valley Clean Water update ............................Page 2
• e Redwood Shores Cleanup Recap.........................Page 4
• Sex Offender Alert & Resolution ...................................Page 4
• From the Mayor: Diane Howard ...............................Page 6
• Attention Redwood Shores Seniors! ...............................Page 6
• Technology Classes / Blood Pressure Monitoring...........Page 6
• Congrats BRSySA 10B! .................................................Page 8
• It’s Elementary School updates ......................................Page 8
• Development Project Community Survey ...............Page 10
• Ready? OR nOT?!? by Harvey Radin....................Page 10
• Message from Council Member Jeff Gee..................Page 12
• Intorducing new CERT Coordinator......................Page 12
• Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11
and other more common disasters.......................Page 12
• Shores Business Classified Ads .................................Page 14
• Astrophotography in the Shores...............................Page 16
• e Rotary Club of Belmont-Redwood Shores ........Page 16
• Belmont Water Dog Run is October 9th!..................Page 17
• Redwood City Public Library Information ..............Page 18
• Redwood Shores Tennis Club ..................................Page 18
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 from the mAyor
DiAne howArD
reDwooD City
Greetings Redwood Shores Residents,
With a blink of an eye, we are heading into fall with slightly
shorter days and cooler, crisp evenings. Before we know it, the
holidays will be upon us and we’ll bid 2021 farewell. I hope that
you are taking good care of yourselves and of each other, and that
you are participating in our Summer of Wellness for your mind
and body. Check out www.redwoodcity.org/wellness for FREE
programs offered through September 22nd designed to help you
turn the focus back to your health and wellness.
With the school year underway, a reminder to please be mindful of
the increased traffic congestion with more cars, bicycles and
pedestrians out and about. We have school buses picking up
passengers, kids on bikes hurrying to school, and parents trying to
drop off kids before work. it is important that we all slow down
and pay attention when kids are present – especially before and after
school – to ensure everyone’s safety.
On the topic of transportation, we have A LOT going on.
Here are a few updates for key projects:
GrADe sePArAtion feAsibility stuDy — e project team is
narrowing down the number of rail alternatives and design
options for each of the grade crossings. Evaluation is based on
community input, technical/environmental constraints, and site
planning work for the relocated train center. ere will be another
round of outreach in late fall to further refine the grade separation
options around the southern crossings (Maple, Main and
Chestnut streets). I encourage you to continue to provide your
feedback on these crossings, as well as the northern crossings
(Whipple, Brewster, and Broadway), and stay engaged by visiting
the Virtual Open House at www.rwctransitplan.com.
trAnsit DistriCt work towards the redevelopment of the of
Transit District, adjacent to Sequoia Station Shopping Center,
continues. Caltrain consultants have been doing technical studies
around access/egress needs for an elevated train station.
In addition, route and site planning studies for SamTrans routes
to serve a relocated transit center are underway, which will inform
changes to the transportation components of the Transit District.
See www.redwoodcity.org/transitplan for the latest news,
notices, related meetings and studies.
rwC wAlk, bike, thrive — Staff solicited community input
via two virtual meetings, an online survey, and pinnable maps in
July and August. e project team will be reviewing this input
and analyzing data about existing conditions and travel needs to
develop recommendations to increase traffic safety around
Redwood City and to make walking and biking in our City safer,
easier and more popular than ever.
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We are also in the process of planning new housing in
Redwood City by updating our eight-year housing plan, called
a housing element. As required by state mandate, this
element guides the location, amount and type of new housing.
In September, we’ll be discussing some ideas where this housing
should go, and we want your input. Save the date for Thursday,
September 30th for an interactive, virtual workshop, and visit
www.welcomehomerwc.org for more information.
As we have become accustomed through this pandemic, sometimes
it feels like we are taking one step forward and two steps
backwards. Even with fatigue, stress, and uncertainty, we all still
have the opportunity to share compassion – whether random acts
of kindness or taking an hour to re-center yourself – and we all
need it. As ancient Chinese philosopher and writer, Lao Tzu is
famously quoted, “Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in
thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love.”
Be kind. Be safe. Be well.
Diane Howard
Mayor of Redwood City
Attention reDwooD shores seniors! Do you have
any ideas for senior classes and programs to be offered in
Redwood Shores? you are invited to come and talk to Redwood
City’s Parks, Recreation & Community Services staff members
and share your thoughts and ideas on ursday, september 9th
from10am-12noon at sandpiper Community Center. Light
refreshments will be provided! For more information contact
Bruce at butecht@redwoodcity.org or 650-780-7306.
AnewVista continues to offer complimentary
technology classes; pre-registration is required.
Please view the Virtual Class Schedule and
sign up for classes online at https://www.upgreyd.com/classes.
Email info@anewvista.com or call 650-300-0688 with questions.
Free Blood Pressure Screening is provided every
2nd Wednesday of the month from 11AM-1PM
at the Redwood Shores Library in the parking
lot by the community room under a canopy.

Congratulations to the belmont redwood shores blast 10b
All-star softball team for placing 5th in western nationals!
Submitted by Ying Gonikman and Bettina Bazzini-Lapin
is local softball team has had a tremendous All-Star season, advancing
into title games in all 5 tournaments competed in, taking home
championship trophies in two. e first being the Petaluma Father’s Day
Tournament, making it a great Father’s Day gift for the coaches and
fathers. ey also won the CSA Summer Incline AST in Tahoe after
competing against teams in the Sacramento region.
After seeing how much the girls enjoyed competing and with the wind at
their backs in several consecutive championship games, the coaches took
the team to Western nationals, which took place in Roseville this year.
nationals brought together some of the most competitive teams in the
Western uS, including Southern California known for their great teams
such as ousand Oaks and San Clemente. e annual tournament
started on Monday, July 19, with a parade of teams streaming in, each
representing their cities. ey had an opportunity to trade pins with other
players as a memento of your time at nationals. en the work began
with double days of pool play and double elimination games for the rest
of the week. e Blast 10B All-Star team battled Elk Grove and
Sunnyvale out of norCal and El Segundo from SoCal. e girls battled
each day landing in the gold bracket where they eventually took on strong
SoCal teams such as ousand Oaks and Camarillo. ultimately, they lost
to San Marco Spitfire, in the quarterfinals, in their 4th game of the day.
When Coach Alex was asked about the team’s tournament experience,
he said, “I am so proud of how our team competed. We are a small but mighty
team. Our league is small but our girls showed great dedication in coming to
practice and were eager to learn. rough their hard work and dedication,
the team was able to compete at such a high level. Above all, the team loved
playing ball together and we couldn’t be more proud of them! A memorable
season for the entire 2021 10B Blast All-Star team. GO BLAST!!!!”
it’s elementAry
BRSySA welcomes girls 5+, looking to get out on the diamond to learn
softball, make friends, and learn the value of being part of a team.
brssD suPerintenDent
DAn DeGuArA
2021-2022 Welcome Back to School!
Our community’s TK-8 students started the 2021-22 school year
on August 25th, and we jumped into the school year with a more
traditional start. It was wonderful to see our schools return to
being vibrant community hubs and all students return back to
school in person. We will highlight the start of school at our
next school board meetings on September 9th and 30th.
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More stuDents, More CAution
With over 4,100 students returning to the classroom and returning
to more normal traffic patterns, we need your help to keep our
students safe. Please drive with care, look for pedestrians and
cyclists, slow down in school zones, and stop for anyone in a
crosswalk. ank you for doing your part!
PlAnninG for the future
Last spring, we began to reimagine and renew our District
mission, vision, and strategic planning. is work started with
the critical question, “What do our students need to learn to succeed
in the 21st century?” We utilized a protocol developed by Bernie
Trilling and Charles Fadel to begin our reflective discussion of
three critical questions with the idea of thinking forward to create
the system of education that will help our students thrive in life.
Here are a couple of summary points from our sessions:
What will the world be like twenty years from now?
• e world will benefit from automation.
• Science and technology will influence society.
• Climate change will impact how we live.
• Job requirements will continue to evolve.
• Different career options will exist.
• ere will be more humanitarian interests.
• Careers will not be static.
What skills will your child need in the future described?
• Critical thinking and the ability to think outside the box will
be required.
• Social and interpersonal skills will be valued.
• Individuals need to learn how to learn.
• Curiosity.
• e ability to empathize and show humility.
• Strong foundational skills will be important.
• Flexibility, adaptability, and perseverance will be assets.
What were the conditions that made your high-performance
learning experiences so powerful?
• Opportunities to learn from failure.
• Receiving feedback about performance.
• Having leadership support.
• Teachers/mentors provide support and guidance.
• Learning that there are multiple ways to solve problems.
• Ability to feel safe in taking risks and trying new things.
is fall, we will continue to work with our community to
rebuild our District vision, mission, and strategic plan. To see
the complete transcription of what our families shared with us,
please visit https://bit.ly/brssDfuture. If you would like to
share your thoughts on the questions above, we invite you to at
https://bit.ly/brssDvisionsurvey. Please visit our website
(brssd.org) and follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@brssdk8).
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e Redwood LIFE Evolve survey deadline is September 15th.
Development of the area along Bridge Parkway to Island is in the
early planning stage. Review www.rsca.org/biotech for previous
articles on this topic, and keep in mind that proposed ammenties
may never become a reality. at said, our community should
absolutely review options and provide your preferences for the
active open spaces (pickelball, volleyball, basketball, soccer, fitness
space, skate park, outdoor performance seating, etc.) and the
passive open spaces (chess, dog park, BBQ/Grill, picnic seating,
playground, putting green, garden, labrynth, or other ideas).
e survey also asks for input about community events, including
farmers markets, food trucks, pumpkin patches, and movie nights.
e propose Redwood LIFE Evolve campus may include an
amenity center for tenants that could have a portion dedicated
for community use and programming (large room/event space such
as what’s offered at our library and Sandpiper, individual rooms for
reservation, kitchen, public restrooms, community liaison office,
childcare, cooling center, rooftop deck, bike barn / repair shop, etc.).
e campus could have retail spaces available for a coffee shop,
grab-n-go / fast casual, white tablecloth restaurant, dry cleaner,
community market, florist or other options.
Finally, the survey asks about transportation and traffic!
To participate, anonymously or not, complete the survey at
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/jnvn2h9, and stay tuned.
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Ready? OR NOT?!?
A Community’s Character is Fragile
by Harvey Radin
Are Shores residents ready and willing to have large developments
take place in our community? at’s a good question that was
being asked -- on page 10 -- of the August edition of e PILOT.
Whenever property development is in the works, keeping track
of things REALLy…REALLy IS IMPORTAnT. Can’t stress
that enough! Because property development, sometimes, can
change the character of a community.
Right now, we don’t know, exactly, what’s what – or what will be
what -- because the full details of property development projects
often unfold, over time.
Initial work already is underway on buildings in the Westport
Business Park, out along Twin Dolphin Drive, with some office
buildings being expanded, and such. at was reported in last
month’s PILOT, along with other inital information.
So, just when you’re thinking Redwood Shores is pretty much
built out, that may not be – so to speak – entirely so. Because
older buildings can be expanded upward and outward. And
some remaining parcels of land you, perhaps, believed wouldn’t
be developed, might also be on drawing boards. is could
generate more traffic around the Shores, more congestion, and a
variety of other related problems.
Over several decades, since my family and I moved here, we’ve
seen acres of Redwood Shores land become residential
neighborhoods, and businesses setting up shop. But somehow,
maybe because of thoughtful master planning, business areas
never seemed to be encroaching on residential neighborhoods,
and we have wetlands and natural habitats all around the Shores,
and parks and other open spaces.
One of the property developers, according to the article, “is
promising several community benefits.” Let’s hope those benefits
will preserve our community’s character. But who knows, for
sure? We’ll all have to wait and see. Because projects proposing
things, like expanding existing office buildings outward and
upward, and demolishing some older buildings and replacing
them with new, bigger buildings, can change things. ey surely
can. If we’re not all keeping track of things.
So, please stay interested and informed, with your ear to the
ground, as all this keeps unfolding, because our community’s
character can be fragile. And at risk?
(After a career in corporate communication, Harvey
Radin wrote books and articles about public opinion and
PR. His articles have been published in Business Insider,
American Banker, Talking Biz News and the Pagosa
Daily Post. You can reach out to him by email at
hoastrategic@gmail.com.)
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 A Message From
City Council Member
Jeff Gee
With summer “break” over for the Council, the agendas for the
rest of the year are full. e Council will be receiving work plans
for the various boards, commissions and committees. Other
items include Zoning Amendments for Accessory Dwelling
units (ADu), Affordable Housing Ordinance Amendments,
changes to the Park Impact Fee, Part 2 on Land use Economics,
an update by OneShoreline (San Mateo County’s Flood and
Stormwater Protection agency), and a lot more. City Council
meetings now start at 6:00 pm and can be viewed on cable TV
and streamed online through the City’s website. All meetings
are recorded and available on the City’s website, along with
recordings of most of the City’s meetings by the boards,
committees and commissions.
One of the easiest ways to place a service request
to a City is through the myrwC app, available
in the app store. myRWC enables you to place a
service request for an abandoned shopping cart,
graffiti removal, illegal dumping, file a noise complaint and much
more. Requests go straight to the responsible City department.
e Council receives a report approximately every two weeks,
sorted by Council District, on service requests that have been
submitted by residents. e report provides the date the request
was submitted, location, issue, and city response. I have used
the myRWC app to submit a fallen tree issue and was notified
when the tree was removed. I recommend that you download
the app so that you have it when you need it.
Redwood Shores now has three residents on the Advisory
Redistricting Committee (ARC). Due to a vacancy on the newly
appointed committee, there was an opportunity to appoint a new
member. Congratulations to Rumika Chaudhry on her
appointment to the ARC! now that the 2020 Census data has
been released, the ARC is working hard to meet its deadline to
make recommendations to the City Council. (Please visit
www.redwoodcity.org/redistricting for more information.)
On a final note, for this month, one of the regular themes that
the Council receives is about speeding in our neighborhoods
and in the Shores – cars not stopping at stop signs. I remember
several years ago a resident complaining about being pulled over
by RCPD early in the morning for doing 45 mph and not
stopping at the stop signs. His answer for why he was doing this
was “there was nobody on the road.” unfortunately, it only takes
one incident to leave a life changed forever. We are all part of
the Redwood Shores neighborhood – let’s keep our
neighborhood (and our wildlife) safe from speeding drivers.
anks!
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Introducing Lee Bach, the new
Community Emergency Response Team
(CERT) Coordinator for Redwood City
and San Carlos Fire Departments
Lee Bach comes to the Redwood City and San Carlos CERT
community with many years of involvement in the CERT
program. In addition to working with the residents of Foster
City to build the Foster City CERT program from the ground
up, Lee also managed this program for over six years and trained
over 600 volunteers. e CERT Program educates people about
disaster preparedness for hazards that may impact their area (e.g.
earthquakes or fires) and trains them in basic disaster response
skills, such as fire safety, light search and rescue, team
organization, and disaster medical operations.
In addition to Lee’s experience teaching CERT, she has been in
the fire service for over 25 years retiring from the Foster City Fire
Department as the Assistant Fire Marshal. Her responsibilities
there included inspection of buildings to confirm they met code
for fire safety, review of blue prints of fire suppression and life safety
systems, fire investigations and of course working with the public.
Born in Oakland and growing up in the East Bay before moving
to Redwood City, Lee lives with her husband and two daughters.
In her free time, Lee enjoys spending time with her family,
traveling and playing Mahjong.
Lee is already coordinating a CERT training in September.
If you would like to find out about future CERT trainings,
please reach out to Lee by email at lbach@redwoodcity.org
(please be patient as Lee works part-time).
Reflecting on the 20th Anniversary of 9/11,
and preventing more common devastation
by Editor Shannon Guzzetta
After 20 years, the experience of living in nyC on 9/11/2001 is still
quite vivid. It’s also a good time to remind everyone to reflect on their
own emergency preparedness supplies, plans and skills. Hopefully,
during the COVID-19 pandemic, you’ve realized the importance of
having supplies on hand in case the world as we know it shuts down.
All households and businesses need to have at least some first aid items,
plus food and water. Having a go bag and an escape plan is also critical.
Californians used to try to prepare for an earthquake, but wildfires are
now all too common. Fire professionals and city staff members are so
busy handling the outbreaks and subsequent devastation, that it’s not
yet clear if a program* can possibly be created so that community
members can volunteer to help prevent some of the wildfires from
starting, or from being as destructive. Hopefully, working together on
prevention efforts is something we could all participate in, for the
greater good, and so that we may never forget how quickly disasters
can occur, and cause so much damage that recovery lasts for years.
*Volunteerism for recovery and fire preventation is just an idea now; stay tuned.
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Astrophotography in the Shores
by Kumar Srinivasan
is month, we shift our gaze away from deep-sky objects
(or DSO’s as astronomers call them) such as galaxies and nebulae
to our immediate planetary neighborhood. e gas giants Jupiter
and Saturn have made their way into our evening skies and reached
their respective oppositions just weeks apart – Saturn on Aug 1/2
and Jupiter on Aug 19/20. e term “opposition” in astronomy
refers to the time when one of the outer planets appears directly
opposite the Sun in our skies. In orbital terms, it is generally the
time of their closest approach to Earth, and therefore the best time
to observe them.
e gas giants of our Solar system are called so because they are
mostly made up of hydrogen (the lightest element) and helium
(the 2nd lightest element; also the gas used in celebratory
balloons!). Some fun facts about Jupiter and Saturn: they are
both huge... really huge! While ~700 Earth’s would fit inside
Saturn, ~1,300 would fit inside Jupiter! ey both spin fast on
their axes... really fast! While a day on Saturn lasts a little over
10 hours, it is under 10 hours on Jupiter. Saturn’s rings are not
huge or solid but made up of bits of ice, dust and rock, some as
small as grains of sand and others much larger than tall buildings!
yet they are about 175,000 miles across, about the same distance
as the Moon is from Earth! While there is a lot of folklore /
mythology around Jupiter and Saturn in many cultures around
the world, the gas giants also represent some pivotal moments in
the history of science. For example, the Danish astronomer Ole
Roemer first demonstrated in 1676 that light travels at a finite
speed (i.e. not instantaneously) by studying the apparent motion
of Jupiter's moon Io!
To locate Jupiter and Saturn, look in the southern direction
around 11pm in mid-September. ey are the two brightest
points of lights, about a third of the way from the horizon to the
zenith. I took these pics of Jupiter and Saturn in August from
my deck in Redwood Shores with a color CCD camera attached
to an 8” diameter telescope. More information on these and other
pics are at my website www.thestarryknight.net. Clear skies!
Kumar Srinivasan is an Engineering Technologist specializing
in magnetic data storage. While he was peripatetic during
his youthful years, he is happy to report back to the Galactic
Federation that his cosmic address is now firmly entrenched
in Redwood Shores on Planet Earth.
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e Rotary Club of Belmont & Redwood Shores
Musings by Jack Murray
One of the great things about Rotary is getting to know so many
wonderful people from our community. If it hadn’t been for Rotary,
I never would have met Fred West. He lived just a block and half
from our home here in the Shores, but without Rotary I would
have been deprived of knowing this amazing guy. He passed away
last year and is sorely missed by everyone who knew him. Fred had
been a member of the Rotary Club since 1975; I joined in 2012.
Fred was a big guy, very big, with a big broad smile and a big sense
of humor. He loved telling stories and he unabashedly regaled me
with stories sometimes hard to believe, but apparently quite true.
Back in the day, before I joined, the club had five pilots, each of
whom owned his own plane. Fred was one of them. In one
adventure, related by fellow member John Rossetti, they flew up to
a fishing spot in Canada called the Eleven Sisters Fishing Camp.
ey were assigned different lakes to fish in, but Fred returned just
ten minutes later to change clothes. Being the big guy that he was,
his boat tipped over and Fred went into the lake! Fred was a
marvelous Rotarian. He became President of our club, and then
was selected by the higher-ups of Rotary for higher things,
eventually serving as a District Governor. Once, as DG, he set up
a conference at the Konocti Harbor Inn at Clear Lake. As host of
the hospitality room, Fred set up an unusual drink mixer. It was a
small motorcycle engine. When he fired it up to mix drinks the
noise could be heard a mile away. e fumes were noticeable
everywhere. But big Fred had a great time with that thing, and with
serving everyone with delight. Fred was born in Australia and
continued to love his home country for his entire life. He
frequently hosted travel to his homeland for friends and Rotarians
who wanted to experience a great time down under. Fellow
Rotarian Mike Telleen and his wife joined Fred on one of these
adventures, including visits to Sydney, the Great Barrier Reef,
Cairns, Port Douglas and including Fraser Island, the largest sand
island in the world. Being with Fred meant excellent dining as Fred
had good friends in the Australian restaurant business! When I
joined Rotary, Fred was doing the weekly Bulletin for the club and
he got me involved by showing me how to put together a fun
weekly which used as many members’ names as I could fit in.
When I was Club President awhile back, our biggest fundraiser,
the Rotary Crab Feed, was seriously threatened because of the bad
crab haul that year. What could we do? Fred West went into
action and got the new England Lobster Co. involved, so we were
able to transform the event into the Rotary Lobster Fest, which is
what it remains today. e rotary Club of belmont & redwood
shores will once again host the rotary lobster fest on
february 5, 2022, at belmont’s twin Pines Community Center.
It will be grand time, a release from so much
negativity, excellent dining, and a great
opportunity to help those that we help
through college scholarships, teacher grants,
veterans and many more. BE THERE!
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 by Monique Seibel
e July tournament featured a somewhat abbreviated format—
6-game sets rather than 8 (i.e., a total of six games were played
in each set, for possible scores of 6-0, 5-1, 4-2 or 3-3). Because
the format was a mixed scramble consisting of mens’ and
women’s doubles, scores were totaled individually, not by team.
Among the women, the
winner was Robin George,
while Mike Venturino took
first place among the men.
ey each won a fun summer
prize—a popsicle mold.
After the tournament, many
of the players gathered for
lunch in the outdoor garden at
Devil’s Canyon Brewery in
San Carlos. Pub food, beer Women’s doubles winner Robin George
and/or root beer floats topped gives her trophy the traditional kiss.
off the afternoon.
e August 14th open play “sold out” early. Open plays this year
are on a sign-up basis and are limited to eight players, and the start
time is 9 A.M. sharp. at way no one has to sit out or
accommodate people who come at random times. As usual,
everyone had fun. Results of the August 22nd tournament will
appear in next month’s issue. upcoming activities in September
are the open play on the 11th and the tournament on the 18th.
To see the complete schedule of RSTC activities through
november, as well as how to join and how to register for
tournaments and open plays, go to www.rstc.org.
Let’s play tennis!

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