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Commission Roundup

Friday May 16, 2003

PEACE AND JUSITCE (5/5) 

 

Approved a waiver of Berkeley's nuclear free zone ordinance for Hewlitt Packard, a corporation involved in the nuclear industry which is seeking a city contract. 

 

PERSONNEL (5/5) 

 

Recommended making a non-officer Piolce Department business manager.  

The city auditor last year recommended placing otherwise qualified non-officers in police management positions that don't require police police training. 

 

YOUTH (5/5) 

Discussed recent program aimed at youth violence . The program at Berkeley Alternative High School was in response to recent killings of youths in South Berkeley. 

 

STATUS OF WOMEN (5/7) 

Continued ongoing discussion of homeless women and children, domestic violence, and infant mortality and low birth weight. 

 

PEOPLE'S PARK COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD (5/8) 

Discussed recent removal of a People's Park tree deemed to be dangerous and steps toward possible future removals, including ipublic comment and independent evaluations. 

— Al Winslow