Events
The Berkeley Activist's Calendar, April 11-18
Worth Noting:
Monday – Agenda committee is meeting at 2:30 pm to plan the April 27 City Council regular meeting. There are a number of items of interest – too many to list in this header
Tuesday – The Special council meeting is at 6 pm on the UC Berkeley Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). Public response to the LRDP must be submitted to UC by 5 pm on April 21.
Wednesday – The Homeless Commission at 7 pm is discussing a proposal for a residential vacancy tax. The Parks and Waterfront commission agenda includes refuse pick-up at the parks and fitness courts.
Thursday – The Budget process for FY2022 is starting at the Budget and Finance committee at 10 am. Thursday evening the Open Government Commission will consider the Brown Act complaint related to land use proceedings. The Transportation Commission at 7 pm will establish a subcommittee on access/parking at the BART stations – after housing is built at the BART stations there won’t be big parking lots anymore and a plan needs to be developed for how people who used to drive and park at BART will get to and from the stations in the future. Access/parking is not part of the BART CAG (Community Advisory Group) work.
The City Council April 20 regular meeting agenda is available for comment and follows the list of meetings.
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.
Sunday, April 11, 2021
No City meetings or events found
Monday, April 12, 2021
Agenda and Rules Committee at 2:30 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87548147156
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 875 4814 7156
AGENDA Planning for April 27 regular city council meeting: CONSENT: 1. Urgency Ordinance lease 742 Grayson for 11 months, 2. Dorothy Day to operate shelter at 742 Grayson, 3. Appointment of Jordon Klein as Director of Planning and Development annual salary $194,765, 4. Extend contract to 6/30/2023 with Michael Brady Emergency Management Training, 5. Donation surplus fire apparatus, 6. Contract add $245,700 and extend 3 years FY 2022, FY2023 with Rebuilding Together East Bay-North, 7. Contract add $180,100 total $230,000 1/7/2019-6/30/2022 with Cyber Leadership and Strategy Solutions, LLC for professional services, 8. Contract add $60,000 total $120,000 with Edgeworth Integration for additional security cameras at waterfront, 9. Contract add $110,000 total $240,000 with Bellingham Inc. for additional finger dock repairs, 10. Contract $540,000 with Raimi + Associates for professional planning services for the 2023 – 2031 Housing Element Update (RHNA), 11. Contract $4,296,733 with Bay Cities Paving & Grading, Inc for street rehabilitation FY 2021, 12. PO $465,000 for one CCTV Sewer Camera Truck, 13. PO $390,000 plus up-fitting costs $120,000 total $510,000 for eight hybrid Ford Interceptor Utility Hybrid SUVs, 14. Contract add $50,000 total $920,304 with Downtown Streets Team for services around encampments and neighborhoods, 16. Contract add $1,000,000 total $1,450,000 with Trip Stop Sidewalk Repair for sidewalk inspection and shaving, 17. Contract add $78,200 total $484,800 with Disability Access Consultants for ADA Transition Plan, 18. Approve list of projects to utilize State Road and Maintenance Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) Funds, 19. Contract for parking data collection, community outreach with Nelson/Nygaard for goBerkeley Residential Shared Parking Pilot, 20. Contract add $100,000 total $3,156,900 with D.L. Falk Construction for renovations at Central Library, 21. Vision Zero Annual Report and BerkDOT Berkeley Department of Transportation, 22. Contract add $350,000 total $8,670,400 with D.L. Falk Construction for renovation/upgrade at N. Berkeley Senior Center, 23. Lease Agreement 2010 Addison at Center St Garage with Vito Loconte and Alexie LeCount DBA Lexie’s Frozen Custard for 10 yr w/5 yr lease extension and $9,331.23 to Colliers International for commercial brokerage fees for locating tenant, 24. Taplin support AB-490 (use of force policies to prohibit techniques and transport methods with substantial risk of positional asphyxia. 25. Taplin, Arreguin, Budget Referral remediation Ninth St Traffic Conditions adds six traffic circles, ACTION: 26. CM, Public Hearing Submission of PY2021 (FY2022) Annual Action Plan Allocations of Federal Funds (HUD) for community agencies, 27. CM, Refinancing 2010 Certificates originally issued to finance Animal Shelter Project, 28. CM, Issuance of $45,000,000 in General Obligation Bonds, Series B for Measure T1 (Facilities and Infrastructure Improvements), 29. CM, Reserve $40 million of Measure O bonds as part of the $53 million to achieve 35% affordable housing at the Ashby and North Berkeley BART sites and future Housing Funding Notices of Funding Availability (NOFA), reserve at least $13 million in future Affordable Housing Mitigation fees to cover balance of $53, million, refer to CM to investigate bond measure with goal of maximizing affordable housing (up to 100%), 30. Harrison, Bartlett, Taplin, Adopt Ordinance Regulating Police Acquisition and Use of Controlled Equipment, 31. Arreguin, Assessing City’s Bonding Capacity Referral to CM, 32. Harrison, Request CalPERS Divest from Industrial Animal Protein and Factory Farming Companies and Invest in CA Local Plant-Based Food Economy, Information Reports: Zero Waste Commission Workplan, Referred Items for Review: 8. COVID-19 impact on meetings (boards/commissions), 9. Systems Realignment (changing council submissions to budget cycle), Unscheduled Items: 10. Strengthening and Supporting Commissions.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/Policy_Committee__Agenda___Rules.aspx
Personnel Board at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85334925816?pwd=enlvZkViL0pmeEVSQk5nOGRmeENRdz09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 Meeting ID: 853 3492 5816
AGENDA: V. Recommendation to Revise the Housing Inspector Supervisor Classification, VI. Adopt Program Manager I and II Classifications, VII. Establish Director of Police Accountability.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Personnel_Board_Homepage.aspx
Youth Commission at 5 pm
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/92660674844
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 926 6067 4844
AGENDA: 13. Current work, 14. Trigger Warnings subcommittee discussion, 15. Student Advocate subcommittee, 16. Potential environmental projects, 17. Review and approval for Sex Education Survey and its distribution,
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Youth_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Tuesday, April 13, 2021
City Council Special Meeting at 6 pm,
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85445489790
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 854 4548 9790
AGENDA: 1 item: UC Berkeley Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) Update and Housing Projects #1 Anchor House, Oxford, University, Walnut 16 stories, 14 above ground 770 student beds and #2 Peoples Park 1187 student and faculty housing, 125 for supportive housing. LRDP Comment Period ends April 21, 2021 at 5 pm, https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx
Wednesday, April 14, 2021
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board MM Webinar at 10 am
Pre-register for links to webinar http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
AGENDA: Measure MM rent stabilization prohibiting evictions during state or local emergencies
Homeless Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96645301465
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 966 4530 1465
AGENDA: 7. Enforce Berkeley source of income discrimination ordinance, 8. Proposal for Residential Vacancy Tax, 9. Unsheltered Homeless in downtown, 11. Pathways (homeless shelter) accessibility and pandemic response for disabled, 12. Accountability for vendors and NGOs that work for or with City, 13. Possible Homeless Ombudsman Position, 14. Participatory Planning for RHNA.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Homeless_Commission_Homepage.aspx
Parks and Waterfront Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/96974512296
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 969 7451 2296
AGENDA: 9. PRW Capital Budget FY2022, 10. Refuse cost at parks, 11. Update Adopt-a-spot, 12. Update Greening Berkeley, 13. Outdoor fitness courts grant, 14. Proposed Pier/Ferry
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Commissions/Commissions__Parks_and_Waterfront_Commission.aspx
Police Review Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87070468124
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 870 7046 8124
AGENDA: 9. Subcommittee reports, Warrant Service policy, Lexipol, 10. a. Update on transition to new Police Accountability Board, applications for Board members closed, b. Review BPD issues with Use of Force Policy (UOF), c. Whether commissioners to participate in UOF training 11. Whether commissioners may be allowed to observe police officers being trained
Thursday, April 15, 2021
City Council Budget & Finance Committee at 10 am
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86368395448
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 863 6839 5448
AGENDA: 2. Bartlett, Arreguin, Taplin, Predevelopment Allocation, Ashby Recreation and Community Housing (ARCH) Consortium planning grant for Ashby BART East Parking Lot, 3. From Parks and Waterfront Commission, Proposal to Allocate Revenues from Transient Occupancy Tax from the Waterfront Area to the Marin Fund. 4. FY2022 Budget Calendar Update, 5. Fire Dept Budget Presentation, 6. Human Resources Dept Budget Presentation,
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/Home/Policy_Committee__Budget___Finance.aspx
Berkeley Rent Stabilization Board at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/95480886658?pwd=SmJrc1QzdDczeDltaHhySWxndndVQT09
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 954 8088 6658 Passcode: 427413
AGENDA: 7. State Legislative Report and action to take positions on AB1199, AB854, AB1188
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/rent/
Design Review Committee at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://zoom.us/j/98029280758
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 920 2928 0758
AGENDA: 1. 2352 Shattuck @ Channing – continued final review – demolish 2 existing commercial buildings, split lot in two, construct two 8-story mixed-use buildings with 204 units, (including 14 very low income units)
2. 2000 University @ Milvia – preliminary design review – demolish 2 commercial structure, construct new 8-story mixed-use building with 82 units and ground floor commercial
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/designreview/
Fair Campaign Practices Commission and Open Government Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89688058545
Teleconference: 1-669-900-6833 Meeting ID: 896 8805 8545
AGENDA: 6. Mandated Cost of Living Adjustments for Public Financing Program, 7. Developing policies allowing administrative closure of inactive campaign committees, 9. Handling of public communications submitted to city legislative bodies as part of public record in land use proceedings, 10. Brown Act and Open Government Ordinance complaints submitted by Shirley Dean related to City Council land use items.
http://www.cityofberkeley.info/FCPC/
Independent Redistricting Commission at 6 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81495024968
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 814 9502 4968
AGENDA: 2. Training Communities of Interest and Public Engagement.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/redistricting/
Transportation Commission at 7 pm
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86076822421
Teleconference: Meeting ID: 860 7682 2421
AGENDA: B.1. Dana Complete Streets 35% Design Plan, 2. Subcommittee Assignments – Form a subcommittee called the Berkeley-El Cerrito Corridor Access Plan (BECCAP) to plan how BART riders who will not live at the BART station projects (transit oriented development -TOD) get to and from BART, 3. TDA Funding for Bike Plan Update and Vision Zero Quick Build Projects,
Friday, April 16, 2021 & Saturday, April 17, 2021 & Sunday, April 18, 2021
No City meetings or events found
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April 2 City Council Regular Meeting at 6 pm,
email comments to council@cityofberkeley.info
Videoconference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84640742374
Teleconference: 1-669-900-9128 or 1-877-853-5257 Meeting ID: 846 4074 2374
AGENDA: Recess item: 2. Contract add $250,000 total $2,495,726 for Police Substation at 841 Folger/3000 7th St, CONSENT: 4. T1 Loan $1,500,000 to complete Phase1 projects, 6. Contact add $25,000 total $74,000 and extend thru FY2024 with Freitas Landscaping at Dona Spring Animal Shelter, 7. Contract add $110,000 total $231,600 and extend 6/30/2026 with Koefran Industries for Animal Disposal Services, 8. Add $4800 with Orsolya Kuti, DVM to provide free spay and neuter surgeries to pets of low/no income and homeless persons and authorize receipt of $40,000 in donations, 9. Add $9,936 total $219,936 for public art commission at San Pablo Park, 10. Approve (unspecified) bid solicitations $1,581,000, 11. Predevelopment affordable housing funding 2024 Ashby $1,198,960 and 1708 Harmon $1,056,400, 13. Receive grants for Shelter Plus Care Program Renewal HUD $4,124,485 6/1/2021-1/1/2022, COACH Project $2,411,026 1/1/20222-12/31/2022, and Co. of Alameda for tenant-based rental assistance $881,046 3/1/2021-2/28/2022, 14. Contract add $160,562 total $6,066,230 with Mar Con Builders for Live Oak Community Center Seismic Upgrade, 15. Contract add $125,000 total $2,094,056 with Suarez and Munoz Construction Inc for San Pablo Park Playground and Tennis Court Renovation, 16. Contract $542,032 plus 20% contingency $108,406 total $650,438 with ERA Construction for King School Play Area at 1700 Hopkins, 17. Contract $5,369,727 plus 15% contingency $805,459 total $6,175,186 with O.C. Jones & Sons for Berkeley Marina Roadway, 18. Grant application accept any amount up to $8,000,000 CA Proposition 68 Statewide Parks Program for selected Santa Fe Right-of-Way parcels, 19. From Homeless Commission Refer to City Manager including Homeless Persons in hate crime reporting, 20. From Housing Advisory Commission Refer to City Manager release a Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) of Measure O Bond funds allowing tenant incomes up to 120% of AMI reserve $15,432,000 for 2001 Ashby, 21. Authorize CM to amend contract with Badawi & Assoc to perform audits of City’s financial statements for FY 2021, 2022 and include T1 adding $372,660, 22. Refer to budget process from Taplin, Arreguin remediation for plan for Lawn Bowling Green at 2270 Acton and 1324 Allston (North Bowling Green at 1324 Allston contains elevated pesticides and metals and is protected from development under Measure L), 23. Taplin Support AB1401 eliminate parking requirements for housing and commercial buildings near transit, 24. Taplin Support SB 519 decriminalize controlled substances, 25. Taplin, Bartlett, Harrison Urge AC Transit to Restore 80-Ashby/6th Street bus line, 26. Bartlett Support AB 816 State and Local Agencies: Homelessness Plan, 27. Bartlett, Taplin, Harrison oppose FAA proposal to shift WNDSR Commercial Airliner Flight Corridor Directly over residential neighborhoods in Berkeley, Richmond, El Cerrito and Albany, 28. Harrison, Robinson Support SB 271 Sheriff Democracy and Diversity Act to allow for more diverse and democratic sheriff elections, 29. Harrison support AB 1199 creates a database of rental properties serving low-income tenants and levies a tax on holders of multiple rental properties, ( in packet pages 119 -174 from Hahn and Harrison not in agenda revitalization of Solano Ave), 30. Budget Referral FY2022-FY2023: $300,000 Solano Ave Revitalization Plan, 31. Hahn Personal Liability Protection for small businesses impacted by COVID-19, 32. Robinson support AB 455 Bay Bridge designate transit-only traffic lanes, ACTION: 33. New temporary rules for Council committees during COVID-19 emergency, 34. Davila Request CA State Legislature to introduce actions to value human life and condemn racial injustice and police brutality – Health Council Committee recommends refer to Public Safety Committee and f/u on pending bills on police reform, 35. Kesarwani, Taplin refer to Planning commission to establish zoning overlay at Pacific Steel Casting Property to redesignate zoning as Manufacturing (M) to Mixed Use-Light Industrial (MULI), 37. Harrison refer to CM prioritize shift to electric bicycles and other forms of zero-emissions mobility, INFORMATION REPORTS: 38-41 Workplans from Civic Arts Commission, Community Health Commission Disaster and Fire Safety Commission and Measure O Oversight Committee.
https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Clerk/City_Council/City_Council__Agenda_Index.aspx
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Public Hearings Scheduled – Land Use Appeals
2421 Fifth Street (construct two residential buildings) 6/1/2021
Notice of Decision (NOD) and Use Permits with End of Appeal Period
1805 Blake 4/13/2021
1511 Cedar 4/13/2021
905 Contra Costa 4/20/2021
2801 Dohr 4/29/2021
1480 Dwight 4/13/2021
2421 Fifth 2/23/2021
1157 Francisco 4/13/2021
1918 Grant 4/29/2021
1402 Hawthorne 4/29/2021
1514 MLK Jr 4/13/2021
1137 Parker 4/13/2021
2111 Seventh 4/13/2021
28 Tanglewoods 4/13/2021
3031 Telegraph 4/13/2021
LINK to Current Zoning Applications https://www.cityofberkeley.info/Planning_and_Development/Land_Use_Division/Current_Zoning_Applications.aspx
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WORKSESSIONS
May 18 – 1. Systems Realignment 3. Affordable Housing Policy Reform (tentative)
July 20 – 1. Bayer Development Agreement (tentative), Measure FF/Fire Prevention
September 21 – 1. Housing Element (RHNA)
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 Program
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