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City Council Agenda

Friday September 16, 2005

The Berkeley City Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. Items on the agenda include: 

• A proposal to have the Planning Commission review proposed changes to the Elmwood Business District quota system. The council held off on the plan last week while Councilmembers Gordon Wozniak and Kriss Worthington began working on a compromise proposal. 

• Two proposals from the Transportation Commission. One proposal would request that the Water Transit Authority proceed with a comprehensive environmental review of ferry service for Berkeley. The second calls for including a commission member on any task force dealing with the Downtown Area Plan. 

• A recommendation from the Housing Advisory Commission (HAC) that the council add all four members of its subcommittee on the Density Bonus and Inclusionary Housing to the city’s Joint Density Bonus Subcommittee. The members are Jesse Arreguin, Marie Bowman, Victoria Liu and Andrew Murray. 

• An ordinance from the HAC to amend the city’s law on converting rental units to condominiums. The amendments would make it more expensive for property owners to convert units. 

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