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Bill moved in 1987 to Illinois, where he enlisted in the Army on Dec. 29, 1987, and later he and Lisa Henderson were married, and the couple moved to Germany, where Bill was stationed. When they returned home to Illinois, their son, Tyler, was born in 1990 and their daughter, Amy, was born in 1995. |
Bill and Lois met in 2008 and became inseparable. Bill proposed to Lois on the steps of Graceland, later saying “I do” on Nov. 13, 2010, at their home. When becoming a mixed family like the “Brady Bunch,” one of his favorite childhood TV shows, Bill gained two more children, Briann and Todd Miller, along with their fur... |
They believed North Dakota to be the best adventure they went on; becoming co-workers and family to everyone who worked at RJR. Recently, the couple had purchased their dream home and couldn’t wait to start their own family farm. |
Bill’s greatest joy besides his children were his three grandchildren and dog, Presley. He loved being a grandpa and couldn’t wait for more grandchildren to help work on the farm. Friends recognized Bill as a true cowboy. |
He had a huge passion for sports, specifically the St. Louis Cardinals and Blues, as well as the local hockey teams, the Bismarck Bobcats and Mizzou Athletics. |
Bill was a strong and loving man and father, with piercing blue eyes and a laugh everyone loved. He will be missed by so many, especially his children, grandchildren and brother. |
Bill is survived by his children, Tyler Cobb, Amy Cobb, Briann Miller and Todd Miller; three grandchildren, Jensen Campbell, Taylin Adams and Aubri Hunt; brother, Kevin (Christy) Cobb; and his loving dog, Presley. |
Bill was preceded in death by his grandfather, Keith B. Cobb; his grandmother, Vivian N. Cobb; and his sister, Michelle Cobb. |
Go to www.eastgatefuneral.com to share memories of Bill and sign the online guest book. |
the life of: William Cobb Jr. |
Ivan Rakitic revealed he was suffering with a fever in the days leading up to Croatia's 2-1 semifinal win over England at the World Cup. |
Losing the 30-year-old would have been a big blow for Zlatko Dalic's Croatia, but the former Sevilla and Schalke player said he would have done everything possible to play. |
"Last night I had a fever, almost 102 [degrees]," he said. "I was lying in bed finding the strength to play and it was worth it. I would play a final without a leg if necessary." |
Rakitic added that hype surrounding the England team on social media did not go unnoticed by Croatia. |
"They thought they were already in the final, with all the things uploaded on [social] networks," he said. |
Cars occupy every spot on a Bryant Street block. Responding to years of complaints about downtown's residential streets transforming into parking lots for employees, Palo Alto's planning commissioners unanimously backed a parking-permit program that aims to ease the congestion. File photo by Gennady Sheyner. |
Responding to years of complaints about downtown's residential streets transforming into parking lots for employees, Palo Alto's planning commissioners unanimously backed a parking-permit program that they hope will ease the congestion. |
In two separate unanimous votes, the Planning and Transportation Commission gave the green light to a downtown Residential Parking Permit Program (RPPP) and approved an ordinance that creates a framework for other neighborhoods who want to set up similar programs. |
The downtown program is a response to a parking situation that has been getting progressively worse in recent years. Occupancy data gathered by staff showed most blocks in the Downtown North filled to capacity during business hours. A September survey of downtown by planning staff showed that much of the area was at le... |
The resolution to create a downtown program was drafted after nine months of work by a specially appointed stakeholders group featuring representatives from businesses and neighborhoods. It would take effect early next year and play out in two phases, with the first phase lasting six months and focused primarily on gat... |
In the second phase, residents would get one free permit and be required to pay $50 per year for additional ones, with a limit of four. Permits for businesses would be limited based on the data gathered in the first phase and parking for employees would be assigned to a specific one- or two-block area. The permit would... |
The program is far broader than the one that the council considered and rejected two years ago, which targeted a portion of Professorville and was also put together after a stakeholder process. At the time, the council argued that the permit area is too restrictive and creating the program would merely push the problem... |
The new program encompasses a huge swath of downtown, from Palo Alto in the north to Lincoln Avenue in the south and from Alma Street in the west to Guinda Street to the east. Staff had originally intended to extend the border further south, to Embarcadero Road, but agreed to omit that section after results from a surv... |
In the rest of the permit area, the split in the informal survey was 643 in favor of the program (53 percent) and 47 percent (against). The survey did not, however, include many of the details that were later added to the program and was intended largely to gather feedback. |
The permit program is a major component in Palo Alto's multi-pronged approach to bringing downtown some parking relief. The strategy also includes building a new garage, expanding the shuttle program, and launching a host of transportation-demand-management initiatives aimed at getting drivers to shift from cars to oth... |
"Non-residential vehicle parking disrupts neighborhood quality of life," Jessica Sullivan, the city's parking manager, said in describing the need for the ordinance. "Which is another way of saying that shortage of parking spaces can result in noise, traffic and those types of things." |
Dozens of residents attended the meeting to support this assertion, though only three remained in the audience by the time the planning commission adopted the downtown program at about 11:30 p.m. All speakers at the meeting advocated in favor of the program, though some suggested modifications. |
Malcolm Beasley noted that the parking situation is deteriorating fast and urged staff to consider future development projects in tallying parking deficits. |
"The reality is that parking will surely get worse and we must openly face up to this reality if we are to deal with it in a firm way," Beasley said. "I urge staff to make dynamic projections to the degree it's possible to do so." |
The planning commission largely followed staff's proposals and approved the ordinance that allows any neighborhood to opt in. The ordinance establishes a process that requires a neighborhood to complete an application and submit a petition indicating majority support from the residents. The planning commission would re... |
Commissioner Kate Downing agreed with the public that a parking-permit program should be implemented, and suggested that the city come up with a threshold for parking congestion that would inform its priorities for parking programs. Creating a system in which fewer people are circling the block and looking for parking ... |
"To get people off the streets, it needs to be a less palatable option than the garage," Downing said. |
Commissioners added a few amendments to the staff proposal for a downtown program. They agreed to add the 300 and 400 blocks of Lincoln Avenue to the program (the were on the periphery of the omitted area, and specified that it should be the planning commission rather than the planning director that determines the prio... |
The commission largely supported the proposal, though members quibbled over some details. Commissioner Michael Alcheck recommended expanding the downtown permit area to the original wider boundaries, despite resident opposition in the southern section of the area. |
Once the permit restrictions start, Alcheck argued, this section of downtown will be overrun with cars and the "nos will become yeses the minute the program is implemented." |
Commissioner Przemek Gardias argued that the permit fees for employees should be "nominal" in the first phase, though this suggestion did not win the support of the rest of the commission. |
The majority agreed that the proposal is worth pursuing and later adjusting as needed. |
"A lot of work has been put into this and it's well thought out," Commissioner Greg Tanaka said. "While not perfect, it's a trial. If it's not perfect, we'll make it better." |
The City Council is scheduled to consider the parking program on Dec. 1. |
This is very much putting the cart before the horse. |
Where will these cars park? Why is nobody asking that question? What will happen to people who need to park all day on an occasional basis? |
Where are signs to direct drivers to all day parking garages? Where are signs to direct drivers to parking lots which actually have some spaces? |
Where are visitors to Palo Alto going to park all day? |
Backwards??? What's backwards is building huge swaths of office without building adequate parking, allowing unchecked intensification of use of downtown properties without adding parking, allowing developers to buy their way out of parking requirements at rock-bottom rates, and building parking garages that are only ha... |
Finally we have some forward progress! Finally we are getting to grips with the problem! Thank you PTC! |
FFinally something that might begin to work. To comment on the first "resident" the cart (build without parking) has been in front of the horse for a long time. |
Simple economics - people will not pay for parking (or anything else) if it is free. I regularly drive downtown and see tons of empty spots in the City lots when the streets are so full of badly parked cars that you can't drive safely. |
Charge for parking everywhere and the lots and garages will get used. |
No, you are missing the point. |
The empty spaces in garages are for permits. Occasional parkers and visitors don't buy permits, they want to pay per hour and often want to park for more than 3 hours. |
These are the people who will suffer. These are the people who won't know where to park. |
Those are the options. Number 3 is the most likely scenario. |
@Resident - I agree with you that a component of this should be a garage where you can pay by the hour to park. It should be expensive enough that people won't use it everyday, but inexpensive enough to not be a detriment to business. |
At least in the parking lot where I often park when I come downtown (near the corner of Cowper and University), there is a machine where I can buy an all-day permit if I want to park for more that two hours. I assume there are such machines in all the garages, and if not they should be installed. So that's the answer t... |
15 trucks parked all day every weekday during the construction. Seems like these restrictions are just more war on the poor. |
Why are workers allowed to buy permits for residential neighborhoods? Seems way backwards to me. |
Caltrain is $5 per day for parking so anything more than that does not make sense. No, there are not pay per hour machines in all garages and lots. Most of the garages have color zones and visitors have no clue how to pay for parking for over 3 hours. |
YAY! Finally! We've been trying to get something similar in Evergreen Park for at least two decades-- so now, hopefully, we will have a precedent for implementing the same practice in our neighborhood. Once the renovation is complete on Calif. Ave., it would be an ideal time to start RPPP for us! |
Going to go ahead with a parking permit program after the City Council has allowed unbridled building of business properties, hotels and condos in the city and removing huge numbers of parking places? And allowing businesses to expand and give them waivers to allow them to be higher and with less parking? |
As a resident of Crescent Park, I expect us to have a plan in place to push everyone out of our neighborhoods by the end of 2015. Green Gables you are next. |
I question the wisdom of charging employees $233 for trial 6 months permits when the normal downtown business district parking permits cost $466.00/year, $146.50/quarter or $17.50/day. Shouldn't the price be at least the same so employees are encouraged to park in garages/locations closer to their workplace than seekin... |
Silly....you ask why are business aloud to buy permits to park in residential neighborhoods.....Last time I checked....you don't own the streets. Otherwise you would be collecting a toll for everyone who crosses your house. |
[Portion removed.] Trying to increase density in out neighborhoods. when will they realize businesses need parking. |
Residents of downtown, please park in your garages & driveways. |
Pointing fingers at one party does not solve the problem nor does it correctly identify the source of the problem/solution. |
Yes - residents of a downtown area should expect higher than normal parking congestion. |
Yes - it is not unreasonable for a downtown resident to hope to park somewhere that is within a block or so of their home. |
Yes - most of the older homes in DTN have 1-car garages or no garages...and do not reflect the modern car ownership paradigm. |
Yes - city staff/council has not embraced modern technology in order to remotely issue all day or hourly parking (paid) permits, as well as allow for the usage of a popular parking app (e.g., Parkmobile). |
This will be a disaster. If you live in Crescent Park or Old Palo Alto, be prepared to be angry. Employees of downtown businesses need to park somewhere - they will not all suddenly start taking the bus or train to work. Time will tell. |
Or businesses should buy permits for their employees. That's what my spouse's firm does. They also supplement monthly public transit passes as well. |
Tax every commercial building owner for each parking space they are short. They will quit asking for exemptioms very quickly. They may even build extra spaces if they can rent them to neighboring businesses. |
So now all of us who live just out of the permit area can expect downtown's problem to become our problem. |
The obvious solution to this problem is just don't go to downtown Palo Alto. |
2) the Constitution does not grant a worker an inalienable right to drive their car to work. Thousands of Stanford workers get by without driving to work. Maybe it is time for Palo Alto to take some of its own medicine. |
You are agreeing with someone who has been deleted. |
It is ridiculous to reserve specific parking spots on the street for specific residents. This plan will put controls on the whole class of people that are causing the problem -- the workers and their employers. |
Does this plan allow the permit holders to park all day in the downtown colored zones? Or are those zone still restricted like they are now? |
Will on-street parking restrictions apply evenings and weekends? |
>>Will on-street parking restrictions apply evenings and weekends? |
No. They apply M-F 8-5. |
Once again the Palo Alto 400 are protecting their own to the detriment of other city residents. |
I live in Palo Alto. However, I am older and if I want to shop cannot manage to shop and carry purchases to a bus stop or home from the bus stop. Therefore, when I want to shop downtown I look for a residential area in which to park so that I can look and shop as long as I want. I also park in residential areas when a ... |
This move by a City Council that favors big developers and special interest residents will encourage me to not shop in downtown PA. |
I do not understand this huge push to avoid parking in front of homes. Most of the homes I see in the affected area are large, on large lots and have plenty of room for parking on their own site. Once again the beautiful PA 400 get their way against those who would like to patronize locally owned downtown businesses. P... |
I'm with OldAlum. I just won't go downtown anymore. The diners on California Ave are good for us. |
parking? Why are tax dollars not able to provide for maintaining free parking? |
The big story out of Washington -- and rightly so -- is the debt ceiling fight that President Obama seems to be coming very close to losing. If the president abandons his 2008 campaign promise to be an absolute defender of Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, he will have very little indeed to run on in 2012. |
But that won't be what beats him. |
Because the biggest story in America is a different one from the biggest story in Washington. Americans are not that into the debt-ceiling debate. Polling has suggested that less than a quarter of Americans are "closely following" the fight. Those numbers will rise a bit as the deadline gets closer and as the media hyp... |
The issue that Americans have been following closely, and will continue to follow straight through the 2012 election cycle, the issue that tops the polls on the list of concerns, is the jobs crisis. Americans are worried about unemployment and underemployment. |
And on Friday they got a lot more worried. |
The Los Angeles Times headline was stark: "Dismal Jobs Report Shows Unemployment Rising to 9.2%." |
The New York Times headline was, if anything, bleaker: "Job Growth Falters Badly, Clouding Hopes for Recovery." |
The 9.2 percent official unemployment rate -- up from 9.0 percent two months ago and 9.1 percent a month ago -- is only a pale shadow of the real rate. Categorized in official terms as the "U6" unemployment, the real rate includes the offically unemployed as well as Americans who are underemployed and those who have gi... |
The official and the real unemployment rates are devastating. These numbers are some of the worst since the Great Depression. But they are not getting the response that high unemployment rates got from Democrats in the Depression era of other periods of economic downtown in the years since. |
President Obama and his team have never focused on job issues with the intensity that is needed. And now they are simply being ridiculous. |
David Plouffe, the president's political czar, said on the eve of the release of Friday's dismal jobs numbers that he does not believe that the high unemployment rate poses a threat to President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. |
Speaking to reporters this week, Plouffe said, "The average American does not view the economy through the prism of GDP or unemployment rates or even monthly jobs numbers. People won't vote based on the unemployment rate, they're going to vote based on: 'How do I feel about my own situation? Do I believe the president ... |
The almost 10 percent of Americans who are officially unemployed probably don't feel all that great about their situation. The same goes for the the tens of millions of additional Americans who are underemployed or who have fallen off official radar because they have given up on the search for work in communities where... |
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