Events

The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, Feb. 14-21

Kelly Hammargren

Sunday February 14, 2021 - 02:22:00 PM

Worth Noting:

We are looking at a short week with the President’s Day Holiday on Monday, February 15 and city meetings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

Key meetings this week are:

Tuesday at 11 am Margo Schueler will give a presentation on infrastructure at Civic Center Park (what lurks underground). At 6 pm is the presentation to Council on the Marina Area Specific Plan and proposed Pier and Ferry.

Thursday at 10:30 am is the Land Use and Housing Council Committee with several impactful housing proposals especially Quadplex zoning which appears to turn over approval of duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes to a desk sign-off away from ZAB (Zoning Adjustment Board) review except in certain circumstances. At 7 pm there will be a presentation on the creation/progress of a Berkeley Department of Transportation (BerkDOT) at the Transportation Commission.

The City Council February 23 Regular meeting agenda is available for comment and follows the list of city meetings. A public comment letter to Council on agenda item 29 Resolution to End Exclusionary Housing is in this issue.

If you have a meeting you would like included in the summary of meetings, please send a notice to kellyhammargren@gmail.com by noon on the Friday of the preceding week. If you wish to see comments from attending the City meetings of the previous week, go to the Activist’s Diary in this issue.

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

Community for Cultural Civic Center (CCCC) Parks Subcommittee, 11 am – 12 pm

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87665359314

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 876 Meeting ID: 876 6535 9314

AGENDA: 3. Presentation on existing ‘grey’ infrastructure of Civic Center, in relation to elements of Gehl Vision and Berkeley Vision 2050 report by Margo Schueler, (pre meeting homework read 25 pages Gehl report overview options A/B/C, 129-133, 146-147, 154-44, 168-169, Aerial View 216-217, Public Realm Plan 224-225, Public Realm Zones 226-235 link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uhSZ6hTTGoed0T8ugMXffz5DaCc4wDLX/view

Email debdurant@gmail.com to be added to subcommittee and google drive

Berkeley City Council,

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx

Council Closed Session, 4 pm

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87054545221

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 870 5454 5221

AGENDA: Pending Litigation, WCAB (Worker’s Compensation) (4) Cases

Council Work Session, 6 pm

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82670306267

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 826 7030 6267

AGENDA: 1. Presentation: Report on Homeless Outreach during COVID-19, 2. Berkeley Marina Area Specific Plan and Pier/Ferry Work Session,

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, 10 – 11:30 am

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/

AGENDA: COVID-19 webinar – preregister for links to join

Berkeley Cultural Trust (BCT) Equity & Inclusion Committee, 10:30 – 11:30 am

https://berkeleyctrust.weebly.com/news.html

Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96545147675?pwd=TlNKZGtNOFdSWHArL3ljWWlpNlVoQT09

Teleconference: not given try 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 965 4514 7675 Passcode: 693207

Animal Care Commission, 7 – 9 pm

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Animal_Care_Commission_Homepage.aspx

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85743447842?pwd=WmovUGFYTmo4U2gvMVkzcTBJY0dNZz09

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 857 4344 7842 Passcode: 725597

AGENDA: V.a) Update COVID impact Berkeley Animal Care Services, b) Annual Workplan, c) Update on Friends of Berkeley Animal Care Services, VII. Monthly Financials, Statistics, Budget

Thursday, February 18, 2021

City Council Land Use, Housing & Economic Development Committee, 10:30 am,

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/Policy_Committee__Land_Use,_Housing___Economic_Development.aspx

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81837769005

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 818 3776 9005

AGENDA: 2. Quadplex Zoning – to allow approval ministerially of projects with up to 4 units if certain conditions are met, also to allow possibility of dividing up existing homes into up to 4 units. And to direct that staff initiate work immediately and for Planning Commission to incorporate into 2021-2022 workplan., 3. Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act ordinance – expected financing of TOPA combination of City subsidies, tenants’ capital and bank/credit-union loans, 4. Resolution Housing as a Human Right, referral to CM to study financial feasibility of Municipal Housing Development Pilot Project with cooperative, nonprofit and public ownership models,

Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board, 10 am

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/

Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/94935840413?pwd=VFNXTm9MN2RYY1VPbW1UVmlWanJudz09

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 949 3584 0413 Passcode: 417409

AGENDA: 5. Special Presentation: Honorary Resolution to Gus Newport in honor of Black History Month, 7. Midyear-budget & addition to add Housing Counselor, Staff recommendations for waivers

Design Review Committee, 7 pm

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/designreview/

Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/99426090096

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 994 2609 0096

AGENDA: 1. 2129 Shattuck – Review of Building Signage,

2. 3031 Telegraph – continued preliminary design review – demolish existing commercial building and construct 6-story mixed use building, 110 units (7 Very low-income) 112 bicycle spaces, 29 vehicle spaces

Fair Campaign Practices Commission / Open Government Commission, 7 pm

http://www.cityofberkeley.info/FCPC/

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88554543030

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 885 5454 3030

AGENDA: Complaints alleging violations Berkeley Election Reform Act {(BERA) 6. Mayor Arreguin, 7. Leah Simon Weisberg, Mari Mendonca, Andy Kelley, Dominique Walker, Xavier Johnson, & 9. Compassionate Bay} 8. Enforcement referral from City Clerk re Berkeley Community for Police Oversight Committee Supporting Police Commission Oversight Charter Amendment, 10. Remitting public financing funds in event of returned contributions, 12. Lobbying enforcement referrals and procedures, 13. Report and discussion re Council Agenda & Rules Committee on officeholder accounts and budget grants,

Transportation Commission, 7 – 10 pm

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Transportation_Commission_Homepage.aspx

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88633458817?pwd=WitFMEZKc0hvU0F1MWd1WjlGM2VIdz

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 886 3345 8817 Passcode: 612870

AGENDA: B. 1. Berkeley Department of Transportation (BerkDOT), 2. Vision 2050, 4. Work Plan

African American History Celebration, 6 – 8 pm

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/CalendarEventMain.aspx?calendarEventID=16749

Posted as in person at James Kenney Recreation Center, 1780 8^th Street celebration of African American history and culture with light refreshments

John Hinkel Park Community Meeting, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/CalendarEventMain.aspx?calendarEventID=17222

Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/99710129120

Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 997 1012 9120

AGENDA: Potential replacement design and use of building to replace hut, condition of Coast Live Oak trees that surround amphitheater, update lower picnic area, play structure, parking

City Council Regular Meeting, 6 pm, February 23, 2021 available for comment

Email: council@cityofberkeley.info

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx

Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81676274736

Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 816 7627 4736

AGENDA CONSENT: 1. Home Occupations Ordinance 2^nd reading, 3. $210,000 for Mildred Howard Sculpture Commission, 5. Contract add $564,480 and extend 3 yr to 6/30/24 with Jackson & Coker for Lums Tenens Psychiatrists, 6. CA Community Housing Agency (CalCHA) Middle Income Rental Housing Program – authorize CM to enter purchase option agreements with CalCHA for middle-income rental housing, 7. Contract add $118,610 total $820,937 and extend to 6/30/22 with NextGen Health Care Information System for Electronic Health Records, 8. Contract add $77,050 total $102,025 with RevolutionCyber to develop policies and procedures for City’s Data Safety Program, 9. Contract $530,000 with Presidio Network Solutions, LLC, 3/1/22-6/30/22 for network equipment hardware, software and installation, 10. License Agreement Patpatia & Assoc for 125-127 University, 11. Lease Agreement with Patpatia & Assoc for 125-127 University, 12. Contracts $150,000 each with Interface Engineering, Inc and Salas O’Brien Engineers for On-call Citywide Electrical Engineering Services, 13. Contract add $3,556,756 total $11,089,951 and extend to 12/31/22 with LAZ Parking LLC to manage City-owned off-street parking facilities Telegraph Channing, Oxford & Center Street Garage, 14. PO $468,700 with Pape Machinery for 1 John Deere 644L Hybrid Wheel Loader, 15. PO $1,200,000 4 Tractor Trucks, 16. Agreement w/Union Pacific for construction of safety improvements at Gilman and Camelia, 17. Service Animals Welcome Training, 18. Refer to City Attorney to finalize ordinance to prohibit us of City Streets for Operating, Parking or Idling Combustion Vehicles by 2045, 19. Refer to City Attorney to finalize ordinance to prohibit sale of Gasoline, Diesel and other carbon-based transportation fuels by 2045, 20. Amend BERA to prohibit Officeholder Accounts, 21. Form subcommittee OGC and Agenda Committee on Relinquishments and grants from Councilmembers’ budgets, 22. Oppose new US Base Construction in Henoko-Oura Bay of Okinawa, 23. Initiate Just Transition to a Regenerative Economy to Address Climate Emergency FITES recommends vote of no action, 24. Create and Support an Adopt an Unhoused community Program – committee recommendation refer to CM to consider inclusion in Adopt a Spot, 25. Budget and Finance Committee recommended no action on Property Tax Equity Measure and for Councilmembers Harrison and Bartlett to submit item on broader policy issues, 26. Allocation Measure P Funds to Lease and Operate Supportive Housing Project “Step Up Housing” at 1367 University, 27. Virtual Holocaust Remembrance Day Event, ACTION: 28 a. Appeal 1850 Arch, 20b. Appeal 1862 Arch, 20c. dismiss appeals, 29. Resolution to End Exclusionary Zoning in Berkeley, INFORMATION REPORTS: 30. FY 2022 Budget Development, 31. Short Term Referral Quarterly Update, 32. Anti-Displacement Initiatives, 33. FY2021 Public Art Plan and Budgets, 34. CEAC 2021 Workplan, 35. HAC 2021 Workplan,

Public Hearings Scheduled – Land Use Appeals

1850 Arch (add bedrooms) ZAB – 2/23/2021

1862 Arch (add bedrooms) ZAB – 2/23/2021

1200-1214 San Pablo 2/23/2021

Notice of Decision (NOD) and Use Permits with End of Appeal Period

570 Colusa 2/22/2021

1205 Cornell 2/22/2021

1720 Delaware 2/16/2021

2421 Fifth 2/23/2021

2440 Grant 2/23/2021

1901 Marin 2/23/2021

2220 McGee 2/23/2021

1 Orchard Lane (LPO) 2/9/2021

917 Page 2/23/2021

1128 Parker 2/18/2021

86 Rock 2/22/2021

1216 Stannage 2/18/21

2740 & 2744 Telegraph 2/16/2021

2113 Vine 2/16/2021

https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Division/Current_Zoning_Applications_in_Appeal_Period.aspx

LINK to Current Zoning Applications https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Division/Current_Zoning_Applications.aspx

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WORKSESSIONS

March 16 – 1. Capital Improvement Plan (Parks & Public Works), 2. Digital Strategic Plan/FUND$ Replacement Website Update, 3. FY 2021 Mid-Year Report and Unfunded Liabilities Report (tentative)

May 18 – (tentative) – 1. Bayer Development Agreement, 2. Affordable Housing Policy Reform

Unscheduled Workshops/Presentations

Cannabis Health Considerations

Berkeley Police Department Hiring Practices (referred by Public Safety Committee)

Update Zero Waste Priorities

Civic Arts Grantmaking Process & Capital Grant